Yang Huan sat in the chairman's stand at St. Mary's Stadium, the seat that belonged to him.

Little did he know that in China, three women close to him were plotting to start a business, and he just watched intently at the stadium, where a Southampton vs. Liverpool match was taking place.

Looking at the current Premier League standings, Southampton are second and Liverpool are sixth.

But in terms of situation, the Saints are challenging Manchester United for top spot, while Liverpool are fighting for Champions League qualification in the top four of the league!

Therefore, in this game, both sides cannot afford to lose.

In this game, Southampton changed the tactics of four draws and eight stability against Norwich City in the last round, and played very aggressively.

From the very beginning of the game, the Saints pressed aggressively, adopting high defense and pressing, and firmly pinned down the Reds.

Liverpool seemed to have prepared for Southampton's starting tactics, and after the opening, the midfield three of Joe Allen, Lucas and Steven Gerrard all fell into deep positions and looked more defensive.

This season, at St. Mary's Stadium, if you want to play against Southampton, this is undoubtedly the old birthday star hanged and tired!

The Saints' series of pressing and pressing after the opening kick-off made Liverpool very embarrassed, especially goalkeeper Reina, who made a low-level mistake and passed the ball directly to Gareth Bale, almost causing a conceded goal.

This also made the Red Army panic.

In the fifth minute, Neymar took the ball and suddenly knocked back when he smashed into the box from the left flank.

Toni Kroos stepped in and met Neymar's return pass and shot straight away.

The ball spun violently into the top right corner, and Reyna couldn't reach it!

Tony Kroos' long-range shot ignited the frenetic atmosphere at St Mary's Stadium.

Countless fans rushed out of their seats in a frenzy, chanting Tony Kroos's name and cheering for the German midfielder!

Although Yang Huan sat in the stands, he still gave warm applause.

"You Southampton have so many ways to change the tide of the game!"

Sitting next to Yang Huan, Liverpool Ian Ayr, who accompanied the team, shook his head and sighed.

When Rodgers wanted to rely on the back line and the midfield three to block Southampton's midfield attack, Toni Kroos suddenly stepped in and hit a long-range shot, which caused the goal!

How can people resist this?

Yang Huan smiled, Southampton's attack was not a joke!

Just like in this game, the starting trident, Ibrahimovic alone was able to contain Liverpool's two central defenders, Skrtel and Agger, and even the midfielder Lucas had to keep an eye on it at all times and keep in touch with the two central defenders.

But even so, can Liverpool cut off the ball to Ibrahimovic?

The answer is, it's hard!

That's the Swedish centre-forward's greatest tactical value!

Neymar on the left and Gareth Bale on the right are the types of attackers who pose a great threat up front.

Once they get the ball, they can't defend themselves at full-backs alone, they have to be supported by their midfield team-mates.

So, just now Neymar got the ball, Glenn Johnson and Gerrard teamed up with him, one to defend the bottom and the other to cut inside.

Gareth Bale on the right also relied on his own clever movement to attract the attention of José Enrique and Joallen.

Vidal suddenly thrust forward, immediately drawing Lucas over.

This leads to the front of Liverpool's entire penalty area, which is completely exposed.

So, as soon as Toni Kroos plugged in, Neymar passed the ball out, and the German could shoot directly from a distance!

In the final analysis, Southampton's strength, especially the individual strength of the midfielders, has completely exploded Liverpool!

Glen Johnson and Steven Gerrard both caught a Neymar and let the latter knock the ball back, what else is there to say?

In Yang Huan's opinion, the only one in the Liverpool team who can compete with Southampton's midfield is Suarez.

The Uruguayan's recent form has been phenomenal, scoring seven goals in four games and finishing second only to Southampton's Ibrahimovic in the scorers' charts, which shows just how hot the form is.

As soon as Suarez was mentioned, the Uruguayan striker on the pitch seemed to come alive.

Because Southampton defended high and pressed very high, Suarez has been patiently looking for opportunities.

Not long after the restart, a chance was seized when Steven Gerrard picked up the ball in midfield and Suarez started quickly and made his way through the Southampton backline, and the referee's whistle blew as he saw that it was about to form a one-on-one knife.

Offside!

The Uruguayan looked back and saw Xavi Martinez and Raphael Varane starting at the same time, and Southampton's entire backline moved forward very well to form an offside trap.

"It's a pity!" Yang Huan shook his head and sighed.

It's not a pity for Suarez's offside, it's a pity for the Uruguayans.

With Suarez's strength, in the current Liverpool, it is definitely buried.

To put it bluntly, Liverpool's attack now is completely supported by Suarez alone!

In Yang Huan's previous life, at least there was one Sturridge who could keep up with Suarez, but now?

Looking at Liverpool as a whole, Steven Gerrard is dying, Sterling is still young, who else can match Suarez?

Brendan Rodgers played a shrewd game and retreated in midfield to press Southampton's first pass forward in midfield, and then used two wingers to entangle Southampton's two full-backs.

As for Suarez, he was alone in front and fell into a situation of isolation and helplessness, which is also something that cannot be helped.

But as a result, the midfield three has shrunk back and the two wingers have their own defensive duties, so who will be in front of Southampton's midfielders Luka Modric and Toni Kroos?

Modric is relatively better, the hard-working Gerrard can still run back and forth, but on Tony Kroos's side, Joallen can't care about it at all, so the German has a lot of room to move, appears to be very active, and frequently moves forward to create threats.

Toni Kroos's activism, as well as Modric's organisation and management of the ball in midfield, allowed Southampton to control the ball steadily, and since the opening period, the possession rate has been as high as 70%.

"Oh my God!" Yang Huan wondered if he was wrong.

Is this a Southampton and Liverpool match?

It is worth mentioning that the Saints' possession is very different from Barcelona's.

Barcelona's possession was mainly based on passing, relying on the back and forth of the midfield.

The Saints' possession was based on pressing and pressing.

Southampton dared to take the risk of trying to pass the ball, insisted on playing two wings, and were not afraid of conceding the ball, because as soon as they lost the ball, they immediately put in the counter-attack, in the shortest possible time, snatched the ball back, and then tried to attack, and then made mistakes, and then grabbed again.

With the exception of the game against Norwich, Southampton rarely saw redundant midfielders, let alone possession.

That's why Southampton's style of play is more aggressive, more enjoyable than Barcelona's, and more pleasing to fans.

Firmly in control of the situation on the field, Southampton almost pressed Liverpool to a fat beating.

But it must also be said that although Liverpool's attack is not very good, the defense is quite well organized.

The centre-back combination of Skrtel and Agger, as well as Lucas at the back, made Liverpool's defence solid.

Especially after being scored by Southampton at the beginning, Liverpool adjusted their defense and was much more conservative in mentality, although Southampton got a lot of chances, but they couldn't convert into goals.

Until the 37th minute of the game, Neymar was fouled with the ball in front, Toni Kroos took a free kick, Ibrahimovic headed the ferry, Gareth Bale grabbed the point and hit, 2-0!

This goal, coupled with the situation on the field, almost pronounced Liverpool's death sentence!

But Yang Huan's heart was not very happy.

Manchester United played a day before Southampton, with the Reds beating Reading 0-0 thanks to Wayne Rooney's goal.

In this way, the Saints will take Liverpool, at best, they will be chasing Manchester United.

Eight rounds and eight points, this suspense still has to be boiled!

"It's still not as good as others!" Ian Al shook his head and sighed reluctantly.

Yang Huan smiled, "Ian, don't be unconvinced, your Liverpool's defense is stable now, but if you want to compete for the top four in the league, you still have to work offense!" ”

"What do you mean?" Ian Al asked with concern.

All the Premier League, oh no, it's all Europe, who doesn't know, Young Master Huan is the boss who knows the ball the most?

"Your biggest problem at Liverpool right now is the way forward!"

"The advancement of the ball?" Ian Al was thoughtful.

"It's not going to work with Suarez up front, but if you pull Suarez back to connect the midfield and the front, then who can be up front? But if Suarez is put up front, who will get the ball from midfield to front? ”

Ian Elton felt it made sense.

Southampton's attacking play is excellent, isn't it because they have a lot of means to advance the ball?

Toni Kroos' long balls are superb, with Xavi Martinez and Raphael Varane both having great long-pass ability.

Coupled with the fact that there are top high school strikers such as God Tajbrahimovic and Didier Drogba standing in front of them, it is enough to give full play to the advantages of the team's long passes in the midfield and backfield.

With the ball in midfield, Neymar, Gareth Bale and Luka Modric all have a decent individual ability to dribble up front.

Looking at the Liverpool team, who else can advance with the ball besides Suarez?

In Yang Huan's previous life, Liverpool's best season happened to be Suarez and Sturridge formed a double striker, and they played the most outstanding season, plus there was no interference from European competitions and cups, and the team concentrated on the league, so the combat effectiveness played was also quite amazing.

It's not for nothing!

To put it simply, these two players can decide to break forward and retreat according to the surrounding situation, solve the problem of ball advancement, and with Henderson, Coutinho, Sterling and others on the side, Liverpool's attacking power is revealed.

When Suarez transferred, the problem was exposed again!

"There are not many options in front of you right now, either to bring in another strong striker and partner Suarez, which can improve Liverpool's overall strength, but also put a lot of money into operation."

Yang Huan paused deliberately, noticing that Ian Al had a difficult look on his face, and he knew it in his heart.

Liverpool's operations in the transfer market have never been the type to spend big.

The reason why Carroll was brought in heavily in the first place was because of the sale of Torres, and the team urgently needed to fill the void of Torres.

But as a result, Carroll became a big parallel commodity, more than 30 million pounds were lost, and Comori, the football director who was responsible for running the transfer, was also fired.

Therefore, Yang Huan is very sure that he wants Liverpool to invest more than 20 million pounds to bring in a striker who has the ability to attack the city in the Premier League, even if Ian Elken, the boss behind Liverpool will definitely refuse.

Well, there's only the second option left!

"Either sell Suarez altogether, cash out and get two attackers up front to solve the team's current problems!" R1148