173. Expedition to Anfield
On the evening of October 3, at Anfield Stadium, the bitter Red Army Liverpool ushered in the promotion of Crystal Palace.
Crystal Palace's recent reputation has been a bit big, the media hype is that they are a strong team killer, to be honest, Wen Sheng doesn't know where the name of this strong team killer comes from, in the first few rounds they only met Arsenal and Chelsea, two title contenders, and they only took out the defending champion Chelsea.
Of course, it can't be said that the media is just talking nonsense, at least they are right, and Crystal Palace is really in good shape against strong teams.
Wen Sheng did not appear in the coach's box, but sat in the stands in slippers, holding a mobile phone in his hand, and today he could only direct the team game remotely.
Hodgson was secretly a little happy that he didn't meet Wen Sheng.
Liverpool still have some physical advantages, after all, they are not dragged down by European competition.
Liverpool's starting goalkeeper Reina, the backline Glenn Brown. Johnson, Skrtel, Kilgiakos, Carragher, midfielder Joe. Cole, Meireles, Paulson, Gerrard, Kuyt, forward Torres
Kevin De Bruyne has been in excellent form since the start of the season, so more and more teams are now looking at him, and Roy Hodgson is no exception, with Carragher playing on the left wing to defend De Bruyne today.
Crystal Palace's Klein returned to the starting line-up, the center-back partner was replaced by a combination of Oneneu and Benatia, midfielder Nemanja Matic got the opportunity to start in a row, De Bruyne returned to the starting line-up line, Mertens on the other side who was in excellent form, and Allen was still playing in the center in the middle. Plum.
Allan. Lee's performance in the last game against Utrecht was good, and he also knows Wensheng's tactical positioning as a central striker, and while he can't be as much of a match as Jamie Vardy, he is at least hardworking.
The pre-match ceremony ended, and the match between the two sides officially began.
In a very different way from the tactics he used against Chelsea and Arsenal, Wen Sheng was more active in this game, and he wanted to bully Liverpool's poor form.
Liverpool's two midfielders, Paulson and Meireles, have just come to the Premier League from other leagues in the summer window, and their adaptation to the league is at least bad for now.
Because of Allen. With Lee as a striker, Palace will have more control in midfield, passing the ball slower and crosses will become a very optional attacking routine.
Slowing down is good for Allen in the box. Lee will also give the midfielder a chance to get closer to Allen. Plum.
Anfield's KOPs were a bit disappointed as they saw their side lose control of midfield after only five or six minutes of battle.
From the seventh minute to the fifteenth minute, Crystal Palace controlled the ball in Liverpool's half for a long time, and Huo Taigong was so anxious that he carefully commanded the team to arrange the defense.
Paulsen, a midfielder who has been scolded by Juventus fans as a parallel import, looked a bit of a parallel import, and on several occasions he couldn't keep up with Boateng's pace, allowing Boateng to shoot or channel.
In the fifteenth minute, Liverpool finally had a chance to counterattack, Gerrard's long pass to Klein on the right side of Crystal Palace, as a result, Torres was injured in the process of fighting for the ball with Benatia and went straight off the field.
Torres is a big killer, and with Gerrard's long pass, he is very sharp, and his end suddenly makes the stands a little happy.
From a humanitarian point of view, Torres is not good to be injured, but as an opponent, Crystal Palace will probably be a little happy up and down.
"It's only been fifteen minutes, and Mahdi is considered meritorious again?!" Joey grinned and teased in a low voice, he sat next to Wen Sheng, he had an important task today to text and make a phone call.
"This kid is so seamless! I knew this kid was amazing, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful?! Wen Sheng praised it.
Torres' downfall was not only a blow to Liverpool's tactical set-up, but also a big blow to their morale.
At this time, Torres is still a god-like existence, he is where Liverpool's goal hope lies, he is all gone, who can everyone expect to score?! Looks like we can only count on Gerald.
Coming off the bench, Enggo is still a young player and no one is going to put their hopes in him.
The blow was soon reflected on the pitch, and in the 18th minute, Mertens burst into the box and followed him by Glenn. Johnson reached out and pulled him down and was sentenced to death by the referee, with Boateng taking the lead for Crystal Palace.
"yes yes!" Joey was happy, but when he looked back and found that his cousin was calm, he asked, "Are you unhappy?!" ”
Wen Sheng smirked, "Where did I make you misunderstand that I'm unhappy?!" ”
"Whoever says I'm not happy, I just don't think it's worth the surprise that we scored a goal against them now! Liverpool, Liverpool, their spirit is running out again! ”
"That Liverpool side of the Istanbul night will never be seen again!"
Liverpool also have a big club, they always want to fight for the ball, and letting Crystal Palace control in their home stadium will undoubtedly make them particularly uncomfortable, so they compete fiercely for players.
But after being scored by Crystal Palace, it felt like their momentum was a lot weaker, and Hodgson's shouts and Gerrard's shouts seemed to be useless.
In the blink of an eye, more than 20 minutes passed, and at the end of the first half, Boateng played the ball and De Bruyne scored another point with a long-range shot from the left side of the front of the Liverpool penalty area.
Away Crystal Palace completed the first half 2-0, much to the home fans' unacceptable end, with Anfield booing loudly when the referee blew the half-time whistle.
This boo is for everyone.
It's for the Crystal Palace players, who let this bunch of guys from London leave their team behind?!
It's for the Liverpool players, who let this group of mercenaries play without fighting spirit!
It's for the referee, who let this dog day favor the away team!
It's for Hodgson, you've been feeding dogs at such a fucking age, what bullshit tactics are you using?!
It's for the disabled person who was sitting in the stands and directing the game remotely, and I heard that your fucking big toe is broken, so it's better to have your fucking toe sawed off!
The anger of the fans is understandable, this kind of booing, complete dissatisfaction has brought great pressure and motivation to the Liverpool players, after the break, after the restart, the Liverpool players are not sore, their legs are not sore, they are running more energetically, they seem to have regained their form.
This three points are extremely important, Wen Sheng immediately gave a decisive order, hurry up and retract it, retract it to his own half, and the tactics of defensive counterattack must be sacrificed!
Hodgson didn't make any adjustments at halftime, replacing Joe with Jovanovic. Kerr, and then they started playing wide and close, and they gradually gained the upper hand.
Wen Sheng actually knows what is wrong with Crystal Palace, they have a much shorter rest than Liverpool, they played well in the first half, and there were many physical confrontations, and it was strange that they could withstand it in the second half.
Wen Sheng accidentally chose a wrong idea, he let the team defend in the low post, let Liverpool play a positional battle, when in the 65th minute, Liverpool with Jovanovic's goal to pull one back, Wen Sheng realized that he should not let the opponent keep suppressing himself.
Which line has been the most tiring so far in the new season, the back line is the most tired, especially the two full-backs Klein and Sears, they have played too many games, and this game is less than four minutes away from the last Europa League game.
Wen Sheng was anxious in the stands, and hurriedly instructed Webster to replace Allen with Vardy. Lee, his physical fitness is also not good, and he has been frequently at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Skrtel, which is a sign that his physical fitness cannot keep up.
In the 76th minute, Crystal Palace's Oneu was punished for a foul in the penalty area, and Liverpool also got a penalty opportunity, Gerrard did not waste it, and the penalty hit the goal to equalize the score for Liverpool.
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