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After Liverpool won the Champions League championship, their confidence in the team was very strong.
This allows them to be cautious when facing Arsenal at home without being overly conservative.
Amid the cheering of tens of thousands of Red Army fans in Anfield, Liverpool immediately launched an offensive after the opening.
Alonso is very comfortable in the mid- and backcourt dispatch, because Arsenal's formation is delayed, and Arsenal continues the strategy formulated in the season to play away games, focusing on preventing counter-tactics.
Gerrard received Alonso's pass when he ran to the frontcourt, and then passed the ball to Cenden in a confrontation with Qin Xiong. The Dutch veteran dribbled the ball directly down the bottom on the side. Lauren's defense was stable. When he did not encounter an opponent's breakthrough, his position selection and follow-up defense seemed to be without any problems.
Cen Deng's cross was of poor quality and was directly headed by Toure.
The football fell to Fabregas's feet, and Gerald immediately counterattacked. Fabregas experienced three league wins and scored goals himself, his confidence increased significantly, and the outside world praised him very much.
He trolled the ball horizontally away from Gerald, and then passed the ball straight without any delay to Qin Xiong.
When playing against the defensive game away, Qin Xiong saved the task of organizing the field control. While stopping the ball, he turned around to face Liverpool's half and started dribbling and breaking forward.
Alonso had already consciously retreated, but he did not expect Qin Xiong to advance too quickly!
He had no time to form a joint defense with Xisoko, so he had to stand a certain position to intercept Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong paused one meter in front of him and made a move to advance to the left. Alonso was alert to Qin Xiong's false moves. When Qin Xiong's body retracted the center of gravity, he felt alert in his mind: Sure enough!
Just as he decisively intercepted the ball, he found that Qin Xiong's body was rushing towards the front of the left again!
Alonso was stunned to see Qin Xiong dribbling past him, and suddenly realized: This is a premeditated!
Indeed, it was premeditated that Qin Xiong had the tendency to move his body to the front left for the first time, but his withdrawal of the center of gravity did not mean that he would break through in another direction. It was a rhythm deception!
When passing Alonso bye, Qin Xiong saw Sissoko, who replaced Old Mehman with a black and hard midfielder, robbed. Sissoko wanted to help Alonso to form a joint defense of two midfielders, but he did not expect Alonso to be directly broken through by Qin Xiong, and he didn't even bother him!
When he rushed over, Qin Xiong changed direction again and dribbled forward to the right. Sissoko immediately stopped and stopped quickly and started to follow Qin Xiong.
The two consecutive changes of directions have slowed down Qin Xiong's speed. It is a bit difficult for him to get rid of his opponent when he is very close to Sissoko. But he does not plan to make a breakthrough again. What makes Sissoko smart is to always keep a sufficient distance from the back line, which makes Qin Xiong get rid of him and he will inevitably fall into the second interception of the back line.
In that case, the probability of losing the ball is very high.
Qin Xiong decisively passed the ball diagonally in front of the penalty area in the left front. Pire ran into the position, with a gap in front of him, so he directly shot. The football flew towards Liverpool's goal.
Liverpool's new goalkeeper Renner made a wonderful save and blocked the ball from the bottom line with one hand!
"As soon as the opening, Arsenal's offense tested Liverpool's new goalkeeper Renner, and Qin Xiong continued his unstoppable state. He broke through Alonso beautifully in the frontcourt, and then transferred the attack with Sissoko following the defense. Pire chose to take a kick, which was a very high-quality shot. Reina's save was very exciting! If he was a little unfocused, I'm afraid Liverpool would concede the ball shortly after the opening!"
Alonso was unable to participate in this defense after being broken through by Qin Xiong. When Arsenal was preparing to take a corner kick, Alonso glanced at Qin Xiong. He regarded Qin Xiong as a rare opponent in the Premier League. He thought that he and the team were at the top of the Champions League. It was a kind of proof of strength, and it also means that his first season in England was very successful and made great progress. However, at the beginning of the new season, Qin Xiong, intentionally or not, gave Alonso the idea of becoming stronger in a head-on confrontation, because the pressure he felt was invisibly emitted by Qin Xiong, but it made him more difficult than when he met last season.
Arsenal's corner kick offensive failed, Liverpool seized the opportunity to fight back, Gerrard directly sent a threatening pass in the midfield, Morientes hesitated a little in front of Sendros, Silva cut the ball from behind, and Arsenal successfully defended Liverpool's fast break.
The "unreasonable" Qin Xiong did not flexibly attack with the change of position, but focused on putting pressure on Alonso in the middle.
His mind is clear.
Alonso is the hub of Liverpool's offensive and defensive transformation. The greater the pressure he puts on Alonso, it is not only oppressing Liverpool's defense, but also attacking Liverpool's offense!
This effect is a double-layer harvest.
In the 18th minute of the game, Qin Xiong passed the ball to Yongbery in front of Alonso, and then he made a move forward. Alonso immediately retreated, but Qin Xiong stopped again, and Yongbery passed the ball back to Qin Xiong.
At this time, Alonso saw that the distance between him and Qin Xiong was widened, and he chose to go forward again, but he regretted it after taking a step.
Because he saw that while he was moving forward, Qin Xiong also burst out with an acceleration and dribble forward!
This time he was passed too easily. Both of them were moving forward and crossing each other head-on. Before Alonso had time to press, Qin Xiong happened to pass by him!
After turning around, Alonso was shocked to see Qin Xiong's accelerated forward swing through the ball and could freely complete the change. Qin Xiong set a distance between Sissoko and then observed in a flash.
Henry has always been the number one target on Liverpool's defense line. Hypia and Carragher will not let Henry play wild in Liverpool's penalty area. Qin Xiong cannot give Henry a wonderful pass, and he still has good shooting space, so Qin Xiong simply does it himself!
He took a long shot from the goal close to thirty yards!
The football was like a cannonball that hit Liverpool's goal. Renner made a save, but he lost, and his hand failed to touch the thunderous football!
Bang!
The football hit the crossbar and bounced out.
Pi Lei followed up with a volley outside the penalty area, but unfortunately he couldn't control his footwork well and fired an anti-aircraft gun.
The hearts of the Red Army fans were pounding, which was a false alarm. They did not expect that although Arsenal's offensive was not fierce, the offensive that could reach the frontcourt was very threatening!
"Liverpool's goal was almost lost! Qin Xiong's long-range shot hit the crossbar and bounced out. What happened to Alonso today? Is he not in the state? I can't tell that his pass is as accurate as ever, and his defensive movement is not too big. But in key points, he is always slower than Qin Xiong. Maybe Qin Xiong is too fast. His good condition is shocking, and he is amazing in the choice of breakthrough timing! Liverpool must think about the countermeasures. If you continue to play like this, it is probably a matter of time to lose the ball."
Chapter completed!