The goal was conceded just 2 minutes into the game, which stunned Newcastle United, which was aiming to gain points and avoid relegation. Especially the centre-back Lascelles, who had just stepped forward and caused Sturridge to score an easy header from behind. He slapped his forehead and regretted it so much.
But the game still has to go on.
Newcastle United kicked the ball out of the center circle and wanted to counterattack, but Liverpool's morale was even higher after scoring the goal, and Newcastle's attacks were resolved one after another.
At the same time, when given the opportunity, Liverpool also counterattacked decisively and would not show mercy just because their opponents were deep in the relegation zone.
After missing several counterattack opportunities, Liverpool finally caught another opportunity in the 31st minute.
Willard shifted to the right wing to receive the ball and first used a bicycle to break through Newcastle midfielder Coleback, and then passed the ball past full-back Dumet.
Just when everyone thought that Willard was going to cross the ball or shoot inside, and Newcastle United's backfield players were moving towards the wing where Willard was, Willard was still more than twenty years away from the bottom line. The distance of meters suddenly changed.
Everyone looked in the direction of the ball and saw Liverpool's No. 20 winger Lallana on the far left in an unguarded gap.
Full-back Anita quickly went to grab the ball, but the distance was too far. Lallana got the ball off first, then spiked the ball to shake off the oncoming Anita, then cut inside and dribbled out of the gap. He kicked off the left side of the penalty area and shot into the far corner, making a good arc shot.
Goalkeeper Dalot was originally on Velarde's side, and he pounced to the left after seeing Velarde pass the ball to Lallana. As a result, Lallana hit another arcing shot from the far corner. Dalot stopped suddenly and turned around to fight back, but it was already too late.
The ball passed diagonally above his palm and flew into the goal against the far post.
"The ball is in!"
"Villade's long pass was transferred to assist, and Lallana's arc shot from outside the penalty area broke Newcastle United's goal again."
"Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United basically sealed the victory."
"This is the home court of the Red Army, and they are leading 2-0 again. There is basically no problem in winning this game. It just depends on whether Leicester City will make mistakes in this round."
Although the commentators said this, the Liverpool players in the stadium did not dare to be careless. Football itself is full of uncertainties. Sometimes even if you have the upper hand, you may lose if you are not lucky.
In addition, Newcastle United has the need to avoid relegation and is very motivated to fight, and the uncertainty is even greater.
Therefore, after the game restarted, the Red Army was not satisfied with the score of 2-0. Instead, they shrunk their defense to attract Newcastle, who needed goals, to attack while waiting for opportunities to counterattack their opponents.
Liverpool's so-called shrinking defense is not to defend with a bus and iron barrel formation within 30 meters of the goal, but to defend in its own half, but the forwards counterattack from near the center line.
This is the essence of high-position pressing. Even the forwards must participate in the counter-attack, so that the opponent cannot press well even if the midfielder or the backcourt moves. Sometimes a defender of the opponent may get the ball and be pressed by two or three people. In this way If you force the opponent to make a mistake in the backcourt, you can successfully counterattack on the spot and create an opportunity to counterattack on the spot.
It was under this game strategy that before the first half was over, Liverpool caused another foul in the 42nd minute when Lallana broke through with the ball on the right side of the penalty area.
Although the opponent was not shown a yellow card, it still helped Liverpool win a free kick opportunity.
The distance and position of this ball are quite good, so it is natural that Willard will take the penalty.
After the referee blew the whistle for a penalty kick, Willard took a few steps and kicked the ball in the middle and lower part. He lifted the ball up, first passed the top of the Newcastle wall, and then made a line in the air. A graceful arc flew into the blind corner of the goal against the near-end post.
"nice shot!"
"Willard's direct free kick helped Liverpool score again."
"The Red Army leads Newcastle United 3-0 at home, which basically kills the suspense of the game."
"Even if there is still half a game, it is completely impossible for Newcastle United to score three goals against Liverpool at Anfield."
"Especially since Liverpool now has Willard, a free man with all-round offensive and defensive capabilities. Even if Liverpool does not score in the second half, Newcastle United will not be able to score three goals against the Red Army's defense led by Willard."
This goal really made everyone at Liverpool feel at ease. Willard also celebrated with his teammates and fans for a long time. One is excited, and the other is celebrating for a while.
The first half ended not long after the game restarted, with Liverpool temporarily leading by three goals.
At the beginning of the second half, Newcastle United removed No. 17 left midfielder Ayose Perez and replaced No. 5 Wijnaldum to strengthen the attack.
Perhaps even Newcastle's head coach did not expect that this substitution had an immediate effect at the beginning of the second half.
Liverpool scored in the first 2 minutes of the first half, and Newcastle United was not bad either. Just 3 minutes into the second half, that is, in the 48th minute, Newcastle left the newly replaced left midfielder Wijnaldum and the forward. Midfielder Moussa Sissoko hit the wall and broke through the full-back Liverpool full-back Randall's interception and then passed down the bottom, assisting No. 9 center Papiss Cisse to beat Kolo Toure's header in the penalty area. The attack was successful and the score was tied at 1-3.
This goal boosted Newcastle United's fighting spirit, and everyone began to attack fiercely, trying to make persistent efforts to equalize or even reverse the score.
But the subsequent games proved that Newcastle United's goal was just good luck.
In the remaining time, no matter how hard Newcastle United fought and attacked, they were still unable to break through Liverpool's goal. Instead, in the 74th minute, the Red Army took advantage of a counterattack opportunity and Firmino scored, extending the score to 1. 4-1, completely killing the suspense of the game.
Then Klopp made three substitutions, letting Firmino, Sturridge, and Alan Willard, the three absolute main players, take a rest.
After Willard came off the field, Liverpool's offensive and defensive strength obviously dropped a lot. Newcastle United also managed to score another goal in the 87th minute before the end of the game, bringing the score to 2-4.
But this was obviously of no avail. In the end, Liverpool defeated Newcastle United 4-2 at home and continued to chase the top spot, Leicester City. It only depends on whether the Blue Fox can win this round of the game.
To the disappointment of everyone at Liverpool, in another game of this round the next day, Leicester City unexpectedly broke out at home and beat Swansea 4-0, which was better than Liverpool's win. Still big.
Leicester City continues to lead Liverpool by 3 points, with the final three rounds of the league remaining.
Although the team news is not good, there is still good news for Willard. After defeating Newcastle United, his experience exceeded 800 million, met the upgrade conditions, was automatically promoted to level 44, and gained another Received a reward of 50 skill points.
Because there were only 10 skill points before, the extra point of Willard on the 1st of this month only increased the physique from 93 to 94. Now that he has 50 skill points, he can add a few more skills, but Willard doesn't use them all at once.
Because the next upgrade requires a full 900 million experience, it is getting harder and harder to upgrade, so skill points are becoming more and more precious, and Willard must make a choice.
After some consideration, Willard only spent 20 skill points this time to increase his awareness and shooting skills from 93 to 94. He still has 30 skill points left and is ready to wait for the 1st of next month to improve his physique. , awareness, and shooting all increased from 94 to 95 again.
His physique determines his physical fitness, injury resistance, and confrontation ability, his consciousness determines his defensive position, off-ball movement, vision, insight, reaction, etc., and his shooting determines the accuracy of his shooting.
Therefore, Willard feels that these three skills are the most important. Currently, there is a shortage of skill points, so he only adds these three skills first.
After completing the upgrade and adding points, Willard’s skill attributes will change to:
Host: Alan Willard
Nationality: Argentina
Club: Liverpool
Level: 44
Experience: 06.8 million/900 million
Skill points: 30
Defense: 93
Physique: 94
Awareness: 94
Speed: 93
Headers: 93
Technology: 93
Shots: 94
Passes: 93
Inverse foot: 91
Goalkeeping: 30
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Better awareness and shooting ability can improve Velarde's strength again. The attributes have reached more than 90 levels, and every improvement brings a huge change in strength.
This is obviously helpful for Liverpool, because both the Premier League and the Europa League have reached the final sprint stage.
In the league, Liverpool is still three points behind Leicester City, but has a better goal difference than the opponent. As long as Liverpool keeps winning, Leicester City will only need to lose one game in the next three league rounds, and Liverpool will be able to reverse and win the championship.
The Europa League has also entered the semi-finals. The two-leg semi-finals and the final only have the last three games left. Of course, this requires entering the finals. If not, there will only be two semi-final double-leg games to play.
But no matter what, we have reached the final sprint stage to determine the championship. Willard can be upgraded at this time, improve his awareness and shooting, and can be improved again on May 1st. Naturally, it is the best news. .
The four teams that entered the Europa League semi-finals are Sevilla, Liverpool, Shakhtar Donetsk and Villarreal. Among them, Sevilla is the dominant player in the Europa League and has won the Europa League four times. Some people have nicknamed the Europa League the Sevilla Cup.
Fortunately, Liverpool's opponent in the semi-finals was not Sevilla, but another Spanish team, Villarreal.
Compared with the experienced Sevilla, Villarreal is obviously easier to deal with.
