After conceding the goal, Liverpool's offensive was very fierce, completely pressing Everton in the half, and did not give Everton much chance to counterattack, but this kind of attack is better on the field, but there are definitely not many threats, and it is not even as much as the threat created by Everton when they did not shrink their defense. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is perhaps what Everton want most, and their stalker style of play can play to the fullest when shrinking defence, although there are not many opportunities to counter-attack, but Liverpool have few chances to shoot, and in the lead, it is in Everton's best interest to have no chances to score, and they will be keen to use up the rest of the time in this way.

Liverpool also has no way, there are only a few minutes left in the first half, there will definitely not be much stoppage time, if they play step by step, there will not be many chances to score, and the morale will not prevail, now pressing the opponent like this, if the score cannot be recovered at half-time, at least in terms of morale, the morale of the players and fans will be higher.

However, Everton are not vegetarians, they are not prepared to keep the score 1-0 until the end of the game, they are always thinking about how to play Liverpool's counter-attack.

In the 44th minute of the game, Everton cleared the ball out of the penalty area, the ball fell close to the center circle, Liverpool's defenders and Everton strikers competed for the ball here, although Liverpool had a little more people in the backfield, but the clearance ball landed closer to Everton striker Yakubu, Yakubu grabbed the ball before Carragher's foul, and gave the ball to Anicheby, who received the ball with a header and passed the ball to the side.

At this time, Liverpool's wide line was empty, and Everton's midfielder Arteta didn't know when he cut into the wing at high speed, and he quickly crossed the halfway line to get the ball to Liverpool's half.

Dangerous!

Liverpool's players are extremely experienced players, when Anicheby distributed the ball from the dense middle to the wing, the players in the midfield felt dangerous, many people have begun to run to their own half, seeing Arteta inserted, Liverpool's players have no hesitation, including the forwards, all the players are desperately defending their own half.

The Everton players saw their chance and all but the back line was motionless and everyone else ran towards Liverpool's half.

"Attack! Offensive! ”

The Everton fans in attendance stood up and chanted wildly.

"Defend! Hurry up and get back on the defend! ”

Liverpool's fans were not able to sit comfortably either, and they were anxiously calling for their players to return to defending.

Gerrard, who was standing in the middle of the fans, had an extremely grim expression, and he didn't even hear his wife ask him "will he enter".

It was a great opportunity for Everton, and if they could capitalise on it and extend the score to 2-0, they would have a seven-for-seven chance of winning this derby.

Moyes on the sidelines was even more excited than Benitez, Benitez just stood up nervously, Moyes was almost about to rush into the field, and waved his arms vigorously, "Rush up!" Hurry up, hurry up! ”

Of course, this kind of counterattack does not require too much technical content, the comparison is the speed of the players on both sides, Everton's players are fast, Arteta has a horizontal pass, that is the opportunity to go to the meeting alone, and even if Arteta's speed is as fast as Chen Yu, he will directly run for a long distance.

It was only a matter of seconds to run from Everton's half to Liverpool's penalty area, but the fans on both sides felt incredibly long, and they went from cheering and exclamation to absolute silence, until Yakubu came out on top of all the attacking and defensive players that the Everton fans let out another huge cheer.

Arteta had been watching the movement of his team-mates in the middle and the opposition when he was holding the ball down the wing, and when he saw Yakubu overtaking his opponent by a position, Arteta decisively crossed the ball.

The choice of timing is very good, Arteta is not fast enough, if he cuts inside, it is estimated that he will be intercepted by Liverpool's players just to the corner of the big penalty area, passing the ball to his striker is the best choice, with Yakubu's speed, he only needs to go forward with this ball, and it will form a single chance to go to the meeting, Arteta gave a little advance, Yakubu does not need to slow down this step, as long as the power of the ball is controlled.

The game played 44 minutes, the physical fitness of the players on both sides of the attack and defense reached the first limit, Yakubu as a black player, his explosiveness is very good, but the endurance is average, at this time to be able to accelerate the sprint, has almost squeezed out his last bit of physical strength, but he is very happy, very excited, he has seen the dawn of the goal.

Yakubu stared at the ball flying against the turf, calculating his step, ready to make a perfect kick, the most important thing about the single ball is the first touch of the ball, the first kick is good, the back is a matter of course, the first kick is big, the goalkeeper who is eyeing the tiger is definitely attacking, the first kick is small, the speed is slowing down, the defender is desperately chasing it, there is no time advantage when shooting.

Just as the ball was about to roll in front of Yakubu, the ball suddenly bounced.

It could be that the turf in that place was kicked up when it was shot, or it could be tackled, in short, that bit of unevenness changed the speed and height of the ball.

Poor Yakubu was ready, his feet were about to stretch out, but there was an accident, he was too late to adjust, and the instep he expected touched the ball and let the ball run forward, because of this bounce, it became an ankle touching the ball, and the ball was no longer in a straight line, but diagonally to the sideline.

The ball was deflected in that direction, but Yakubu had to take an arc and then turn back, and it was only a half-second delay before Carragher got there.

The opportunity was fleeting, and when Carragher caught up, Yakubu with the ball could no longer run forward at high speed, and Carragher kept blocking with his arms, hitting with his body, and reaching out for steals, so that Yakubu had to change direction frequently, so it was strange that the speed could be faster.

Yakubu slowed down, and the defenders of Liverpool also came back as fast as possible, they did not go directly to cover Yakubu, but stuck the important position at the front of the penalty area, because the attacking players also arrived, if the attention is on Yakubu who holds the ball, Yakubu only needs to pass the ball, Liverpool will become very passive again.

Seeing that the counter-attack turned into a positional battle, Moyes on the sidelines sighed, knowing that the opportunity to extend the score was gone, and the Liverpool players who returned to the defensive position would not give Yakubu another chance to shoot, and it was already the best result to be able to get a free kick.

The commentator at the scene also expressed regret repeatedly, "A great opportunity!" What a pity! If the ball hadn't bounced on the turf, perhaps the Everton would have celebrated their second goal by now, in a sense that little accident had changed the course of the game......

Yakubu saw that Liverpool's players were back in place, and he was anxious and annoyed, made a fake move with his upper body, and pulled his foot to force a shot.

Carragher is a very experienced central defender, he has been pestering Yakubu just now but did not foul, after his teammates returned to the defense, he defended more easily, Yakubu's false deflection did not deceive Carragher, when he came out to shoot, Carragher instead rushed to destroy the ball with one kick.

The ball flew off the line and Everton were awarded another corner.

With the score leading and a good chance wasted just now, Everton's players were not in high spirits and did not invest much in this corner, and it looked like they were ready to hold on to a 1-0 result.

There is only one minute left in the first half, Everton is ahead, and it is normal to be conservative, even if they change Liverpool, they will not take risks.

There was too little investment in the troops, the corner was not much of a threat to Liverpool, the ball was easily pushed out by Carragher, and the Everton players could not even get the second spot, which was cleverly grabbed by Benayoun.

Time is running out, it is estimated that it is enough for Liverpool to attack this time, Benayoun did not give the Everton players a chance to destroy, he had already observed the position of his teammates when he stopped the ball on his chest, and passed the ball to Chen Yu who ran to the side without waiting for the ball to land.

Chen Yu started to run when the ball flew to Benayoun, he had to shake off the defenders who were following him, otherwise his teammates would not dare to pass it to him even if they got the ball, and now Benayoun passed the ball to Chen Yu's front, Chen Yu headed a little, continued to accelerate to the side, and completely threw off the defenders.

The speed of Chen Yu's assault was extremely fast, and Everton's attacking players didn't have time to come back to defend, but fortunately, Everton didn't invest much, the two fullbacks were there, and although only one of the two central defenders was there, Phil Neville in the midfield didn't go up, which was almost a relatively complete line of defense.

With a complete defensive line, Everton was not afraid of Chen Yu's breakthrough on the wing, and fullback Lescott tightly stuck the inside line, let Chen Yu go down, and prevented Chen Yu from cutting inside.

This is Everton's pre-game designed tactics, after research and analysis, Everton's coaching staff believes that Chen Yu's pass can not kill people, Chen Yu's shot can kill people, in the game must limit the number of Chen Yu's shots, force him to pass, so that Everton has a chance to win.

Time waits for no one, and Chen Yu didn't play any feints with Lescott, but directly divided the ball and forcibly overtook from the outside.

Lescott wasn't in a hurry, so he got stuck on the inside line and chased after him.

If Chen Yu crosses, Lescote has no way at all, but if Chen Yu cuts inside, Lescote has a chance to foul.

Benitez on the sidelines also understood Everton's strategic intentions at this time, since Chen Yu played the role of a passer, if he wanted to improve the efficiency of the goal, he must increase the number of players who grabbed the point, Benitez waved his arm forward at Liverpool's midfielder, shouting: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Outflank in the middle! Hurry up and plug in! ”

The game time is almost out, the opponent basically has no time to counterattack, Liverpool's players have no worries, and they do not need Benitez to urge them to flank Everton's penalty area from all directions, ready to give Everton a fatal blow in the final moments.

Cutting inside is to get a short corner, not to go down to the bottom of the cross, at least the bottom of the cross when the player is moving, although the attacking players are not many, but the number of defenders in the penalty area is also small, in comparison or the bottom of the cross has a greater chance.

Chen Yu's account was very clear, and he also chose to cross.

Because Lescott was worried about being over, he didn't interfere too much with Chen Yu's cross, Chen Yu could calmly choose his footwork and landing point, and his ball accurately found Kuyt in front of him, but Kuyt was the focus of Everton's target, he was sandwiched like a sandwich by two defenders, Chen Yu's ball was about to pass to his head, but Kuyt couldn't even jump, and it was easy to hang two people to jump up, but he couldn't head the ball, and the ball almost hit his head and flew out.

Such a header did not pose a threat to the in-form goalkeeper Howard, who saw that the ball was not very powerful, flew and leaped, holding the ball with both hands.

After getting the ball, Howard did not rush to attack, but slowly fell to the ground again, delaying the time.

Referee Clattenburg looked at his watch and the stoppage time was up, so he blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

Seeing the referee blow the whistle, Howard jumped up and threw the ball into the air, cheering and running to his teammates as if he had already won the game.

The rest of Everton's players are also very excited, and now that Liverpool are in the limelight, even if they are leading at half-time, it is something to celebrate.

Liverpool's players were a little depressed, although the game was not over, but after half the game, they were actually led by their rivals in the same city, which really made them a little shameless to face the Reds fans who came to cheer them on the road, so that when they returned to the dressing room, many players lowered their heads and did not even dare to look at the away stands.

Chinese commentator Duan Xuan looked at the Liverpool players fleeing the same back, and couldn't help but say: "Falling behind Everton at half-time, this is a somewhat unexpected thing, with Liverpool's strength and state, even at Everton's home stadium, they should not lose to Everton, but the game is not over yet, I believe that Liverpool in the second half will adjust their state and pull the score back, after all, Everton is only one goal ahead, and Liverpool has a superstar like Chen Yu who can change the game." ”

Away team locker room

Rafael Benitez followed Liverpool's players into the dressing room last of them, then slammed the door behind the dressing room and said, "Think about it, why are we falling behind, why are we falling behind Everton?" ”

Some of the Liverpool players took off their shoes, some untied their shin guards, some drank water, and some lay on their seats for the assistant coach to help press their waists, but none of them spoke.

Benitez waited for a moment and saw that no one had spoken, so he repeated it again.

Deputy Carragher saw that his teammates were silent, he couldn't stop talking, and if he didn't speak, the coach wouldn't be able to get off the stage, "We're unlucky, it's Everton's home ...... again"

"Are we unlucky? Everton were lucky enough to go in at that post and we were two goals behind. ”

Carragher was interrupted by Benitez before he could finish speaking.

"Don't talk about luck, it's ridiculous to play against a small club like Everton and talk about luck?"

Carragher was speechless by Benitez, he had planned to give Benitez a step down, but he didn't expect to be targeted.

However, there are still those who are not afraid of death, Chen Yu said in a sullen voice: "We don't seem to play badly, and the opponent is not very good, but the result is that they are ahead of the own goal can only be said to be our bad luck, but it does not mean that they are lucky, because they still have a goalpost that has not scored, as for why we are behind, I can't tell." ”

Seeing that Chen Yu spoke, Benitez hadn't interrupted him, and Alonso also said hesitantly: "I just feel that the fight is not smooth, it may be that the opponent knows us too well and has been restricting our play." ”

Benitez said: "Yes, Alonso is right, we are limited by our opponents, we don't play what we do best, we don't play to our strengths? Well, what are our strengths? ”

The dressing room was silent again, no one knew where Liverpool's advantage was, Liverpool was certainly stronger than Everton, but where was the advantage?

Benitez glanced at all the players, and then said: "Liverpool's advantage is you, your individual ability is stronger than Everton, we must play our advantage, that is, your individual ability, and use our absolute strength to crush the opponent, this is what we need to do in the second half, if we can do well, we don't want to say an equalizer, even the overtake is not a miracle." ”