After the game started, as Li Shiguang had expected in the locker room before, Liverpool's overall performance was not as bad as the media said. With the advantage of home court, they launched a fierce attack.
Less than 10 minutes after the start, Liverpool had completed 3 shots.
One of them was Alonso's ground pass in the midfield that directly penetrated Leeds United's defense line, but then Cisse received the ball in the penalty area and shot directly with a cannon, which made Benitez, who was standing on the sidelines and ready to celebrate the goal, angry and kept cursing.
Looking at the situation on the field, Li Shiguang was not in a hurry. Instead, he asked the players to slow down the pace. Once they got the ball, they would slowly pass the ball back and forth in the backcourt to look for opportunities. They usually practiced this a lot. In fact, it was to pull the opponent's defensive formation by constantly passing the ball back and forth. Once they found a gap in the passing, Leeds United would immediately speed up and catch the opponent off guard.
In the 13th minute, Yaya Toure, who was standing in the midfielder position in this game, had retreated to the center circle to receive the ball, and Liverpool's overall defense line also moved forward a few steps as Leeds United's formation moved back, but it was these few steps that Toure keenly discovered.
After receiving the pass from Modric on the left side of the backcourt, Toure quickly passed the ball straight. At the moment his foot touched the ball, Falcao and the other two who had just moved back with Liverpool's defense line immediately turned around and ran towards the Liverpool goal.
"Deisler!!! Good shot!! Beautiful offside!! "Eddie Gray shouted excitedly in the studio.
Carragher and Hyypia's reactions were also fast. When they saw Toure making a pass, they had already realized his intention and had already turned around. However, on the football field, one step slow means every step slow, especially Carragher, who was closer to Deisler, who was always half a body behind Deisler who accelerated earlier than him.
Reina in front of the goal had to attack and wanted to cooperate with Carragher to block Deisler's shooting angle.
After entering the penalty area, Deisler did not choose to pass the ball, but directly kicked the ball. He pressed it very low, and the football flew straight to the lower left corner of the goal along the grass.
Although Reina had stretched his body as much as possible when he tried to catch the ball to form the largest defensive area, the football still flew past his hand.
But just when everyone thought that the ball would definitely go in, "bang!", a loud bang from the goalpost stopped Deisler who was also ready to celebrate.
As luck would have it, his shot hit the left post and bounced out of the bottom line. Seeing the ball fly out of the bottom line, Deisler shook his arms in frustration and yelled to vent his regret.
The mood of the Liverpool fans behind the goal also changed with Deisler's shot. Seeing the ball hit the post and fly out of the bottom line, the audience, which had been quiet just now, also burst into cheers.
In sharp contrast to their cheers was Eddie Gray, who was sitting in his seat with his hands on his head, shouting in an annoyed tone: "Oh! What a pity... Deisler's shot actually hit the post!!! But it was also good news, at least we blew the horn of counterattack, and Liverpool needs to think about whether to play so aggressively in the next game!"
Sure enough, as Eddie Gray said, the Liverpool players who were frightened by Deisler's shot took the initiative to slow down the rhythm of the attack after the restart. For a while, the situation on the field reversed, and it was Leeds United who kept threatening the opponent's penalty area through quick passes.
In the 17th minute, Berbatov received Falcao's pass on the edge of the penalty area on the left, and then rushed to the right rear of Liverpool's goal before Hyypia came up to block it. Deisler received the ball and completed another wonderful shot, but it was a pity that Reina, who reacted quickly, lifted it out of the baseline with one hand.
Then Deisler took a corner kick, Kompany fought for the first point in the penalty area and smashed a powerful header, but unfortunately it was caught by Reina again.
In the 20th minute, Falcao and Berbatov quietly exchanged positions, and then forced a breakthrough on the left and passed the ball back to the middle. Yaya Toure inserted and kicked a powerful shot, but unfortunately he failed to suppress it and the ball went over the crossbar.
In just 4 minutes, Leeds United's continuous attack made Liverpool's goal in a panic. Finally, in the 26th minute, Leeds United's siege was received.
Effect.
This was an attack launched from the middle. After receiving the pass from Mascherano, Toure used his strong body to resist Alonso's defense and pushed forward, and before losing his balance, he passed the ball to Lahm who came up from the right to assist.
After receiving the ball, Lahm immediately observed the distance between him and Riise who was rushing to defend. He knew that he could not be Riise's opponent in physical confrontation, so when Riise was about 2 meters away from him, he deftly sent the ball forward and kicked the football between Riise's legs. For a moment, Riise, who had not reacted at all, was left behind by Lahm!
"Lahm made a cross! It was so beautiful. Deisler's imaginative heel shot finally broke through Liverpool's door!!! 1:0, Leeds United took the lead away from home!" With Deisler's goal, Eddie Gray finally jumped up in the studio and shouted excitedly.
Li Shiguang on the sidelines was also very excited and gave a big hug to Deisler who ran over to celebrate the goal!
This was indeed an extremely beautiful goal. In fact, when Lahm passed the ball, Deisler was facing the direction of the ball, and Hyypiä was closely following him behind.
Normally, in this situation where it is difficult to turn around and there is no shooting angle, players usually choose to pass the ball back to the penalty area line to the teammates who receive it, or let the teammates behind them complete the shot. Hyypiä, who was close to Deisler, also thought so.
But Deisler did the opposite. The moment the football reached his feet, he quietly raised his right foot and knocked it with his heel in the direction of the ball, and the football slightly changed its direction and flew towards the goal.
Hyypiä behind him did not see Deisler's little move at all, and did not expect him to play such a trick, so he did not react at all. Reina in front of the goal had no vision at all. He only realized that Deisler had completed the shot when the ball came out from between Hyypia's legs. However, with such a short distance, even if he was in good shape today, he had no time to react. He could only watch the ball go into the net at a not very fast speed!
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