In the 10th minute, Liverpool took a 1-0 lead with Willard's header from a corner kick, and then the game completely entered Liverpool's rhythm.
Although this game was Aston Villa's home court, they also took advantage of the opportunity to launch a counterattack after the restart of the game in an attempt to equalize the score. However, Liverpool's state in this game was so good that it soon fell. Successfully intercepted the ball, attacked again, and formed a siege on Aston Villa's penalty area.
Even if the home team tightened their defense and put up a bus and iron barrel array to resist, they still couldn't hold on for long.
In the 23rd minute, Coutinho dribbled the ball from the left and cut inside. After a collision with Velarde, he took a long shot from the front of the penalty area. The ball was saved by goalkeeper Boone and then hit the far post. Returning to the penalty area, center Sturridge, who was ambushed in the penalty area, took the lead to grab the second spot and kicked the ball into the goal with a supplementary shot.
"Haha, the ball went in again."
"This time it was Sturridge. He scored in the first game after returning from injury. He was very lucky."
"Liverpool are 2-0 up."
"This game looks relatively easy, but I wonder if Liverpool will lose two goals in a row like they did against Sunderland before?"
That is naturally impossible, not to mention the previous lessons, the Red Army soldiers will no longer relax and look down on any opponent. Moreover, after a week's rest, everyone was in very good condition for this game.
The most important thing is that the two main forwards, Coutinho and Sturridge, have returned from injury one after another. The three forward combination they formed with Firmino is better than before with Lallana, Milner and others serving as forwards. Ermino is much better when he plays as a center forward.
No, after the game restarted, Aston Villa barely completed an attack and shot that failed to hit the goal frame, but Liverpool immediately hit the attack near Aston Villa's penalty area.
If Emre Can's shot from the back row hadn't missed the right spot and missed, it might have been another threatening shot.
But Liverpool's offense did not stop, with the ball possession rate reaching more than 70%. Wave after wave of attacks made Aston Villa unable to defend at all, and could only selectively carry out some key markings: such as Villa Virtue.
Everyone knows how powerful and threatening Velard is. In the 36th minute, when Velard dribbled the ball from the wing to the baseline, then smashed the ball past the full-back and cut inside with the ball, it attracted two defenders. After blocking him in the penalty area, the goalkeeper also stood near the goal and prepared to block Willard's shot.
As a result, Velarde did not shoot, but made an inverted triangle pass and passed the ball to the line of the penalty area.
Firmino, who changed positions with Velarde, received the ball and pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Boone, who was in the near corner, was beyond reach and had no choice. Defender Richards, who returned to defend, was unable to prevent the goal, and finally fell into the goal with the ball.
Liverpool led 3-0, and Willard contributed a goal and an assist.
Before the first half was over, they conceded three goals. Aston Villa was completely defeated. After the game restarted, the home team once again launched a fierce attack, trying to score a goal to save some face.
As a result, not only did the attack fail, but Liverpool also intercepted the ball and counterattacked. Finally, the ball was passed to the feet of Velarde, who took the ball and prepared to break through Aston Villa center back Okore, and shot near the penalty area line.
Seeing that Willard was about to break through with a fried ball, the anxious Okore chose a tactical foul and made a big side tackle, knocking down Willard who was about to rush past him. on the ground.
"beep……"
The referee's whistle sounded, Okore was shown a yellow card, and Liverpool was awarded a free kick with a good position and angle.
Coutinho was originally Liverpool's first free kick taker, but he was injured for a long time some time ago. Liverpool's free kick taker has become Willard, and Willard also scored directly through a free kick. Got two balls.
In normal training, Willard also specially strengthened his free kick training. Although his system attributes are so high, if he does not practice more, he will not be able to perform well in the game.
As Willard takes more free kicks in training and games, everyone has confidence in Willard's skills.
Now Liverpool's default first taker of set kicks has become Willard. Coutinho also knows this, so he didn't come up to compete with Willard for the right to take the penalty. Instead, he stood in the penalty area and prepared to take the penalty. Second landing point.
Willard placed the ball at the edge of the penalty area about 28 meters away from the goal, preparing for a free throw. This position is a bit far, but Velard's shot is powerful enough, so it is not difficult. The problem is just to see if it can bypass the wall and hit it within the door frame, while still having an excellent angle.
In addition to the two direct free kicks, Willard also took many free kicks during the game, but failed to score successfully.
With 92's shooting and skills, I can't hit where I want, it still depends on some on-the-spot performance and luck.
Velarde also had no confidence in this ball. But as for free kicks, the scoring rate is not high. You have to try it to know.
After Aston Villa's goalkeeper directed the wall to line up, the referee blew the whistle for a penalty kick. Then, Willard looked up at the goalkeeper's position and started to run.
After running a few steps, he came to the side of the penalty spot and stood with his left foot. When he was about to kick the ball, Willard subconsciously looked up at the goalkeeper's position. This process is quite fast. After taking one look, he immediately lowered his head to look at the ball and was ready to kick the ball.
The result was this last glance, when Willard suddenly realized that goalkeeper Boone was moving towards the near corner in advance. Originally, Willard was preparing to take a curved free kick, aiming for the top corner of the near end, but now he found that the opponent's goalkeeper was moving in advance.
Velarde, who had good reaction ability, immediately changed the position where he touched the ball. He abruptly changed the position of touching the ball from a rub shot to a volley. He also changed the position of touching the ball. He volleyed the ball from the instep with a weak kick and kicked the ball far away. horn.
Willard's observation was correct, Aston Villa's goalkeeper Boone did move early. He predicted that Willard would kick into the near corner, so Boone, who was originally standing at the far end watching Willard, moved ahead and pounced on the near corner.
Unexpectedly, Villard could temporarily change his kicking method when he touched the ball. He abruptly changed his kick to a volley and kicked the ball to the far corner.
If Boone had not moved before and saw the ball being kicked out and then made a save according to the path of the ball, Boone, who was standing at the far end of the goal line, could easily confiscate the ball.
As a result, because of the advance prediction, he moved to the near end, not only away from Velarde's ball path, but also lost the chance to save because the center of gravity of the movement was opposite.
By the time he discovered that the ball kicked by Willard was not towards the near corner, but towards the far corner, and then turned around to fight back, he had already wasted too much time by moving his center of gravity in the opposite direction.
Therefore, although the ball that Willard hit by temporarily changing his kicking method was not very powerful, the angle was not tricky enough, and it did not even have an arc. In the end, Boone's reluctant save still failed to touch the ball, and he could only watch helplessly. The ball flew into the net.
