With the good mood of defeating Villarreal 2-0 away from home, Liverpool returned to the country and continued to prepare for the next game, which is the 36th round of the Premier League.
This game is also an away game, but because we have already won 2-0 against Yellow Submarine in the Europa League, we can go all out to win in this league, and we must win in order to continue to maintain our lead against Leicester City. pressure.
The match day was May 1st, which happened to be the day when attributes can be re-added every month. Villard directly spent the last 30 skill points to increase his physique, awareness, and shooting, from 94 to 95. .
The physique can make Willard more physically fit and more resistant to injuries. The awareness can make him have faster vision and faster reactions. Naturally, shooting will increase the accuracy of shooting.
It would be great to be able to improve our strength on match day and cope with this league.
Especially now that the attribute has reached more than 90, every improvement in the attribute can be said to be a qualitative change.
At 21:00 on the evening of May 1, the sky was drizzling. The 36th round of the 2015/2016 Premier League season, which was the third to last round of the league, started at Swansea's home stadium, the Liberty Stadium, with Swansea VS Liverpool.
With the victory in the Europa League semi-finals basically sealed, a substantial rotation can be made in the second round. Although Dortmund was shocked by Dortmund in the quarter-finals, the final result showed that the advantage of winning the first round away from home and having two away goals was huge, and the final winner was Liverpool.
What's more, Liverpool is now two goals ahead of Villarreal, not one goal, and this advantage is even greater. Although there were twists and turns when playing Dortmund, we can't stop eating because of choking and dare not let the players rotate and rest.
Therefore, Liverpool will play with all the main players in this Premier League game. They must win against Swansea and let everyone take a rest in the next Europa League second leg game.
Fortunately, all Liverpool's main players played.
Swansea were originally ranked in the middle of the pack, with no worries about relegation and no way to qualify for the European competition. They should have no desires and desires, but I don’t know what they thought. They chose to fight Liverpool at home. From the beginning of the game, it seemed that Quite excited.
Perhaps it was the process of participating in the championship battle in disguise that made them feel excited?
Liverpool, who were playing away from home, had not yet scored a goal. Swansea first penetrated Liverpool's defense in the 20th minute.
Midfielder Sigurdsson picked up the ball at the edge of the penalty area, and Velarde was about to step forward to steal it. As a result, Sigurdsson knew Velarde's ability and sent a kick without waiting for Velarde to get close. Passed the ball over Willard's head.
Velarde could only look back helplessly as the ball flew into his own penalty area, and then the opponent's center Andre Ayew leaned on center back Lovren and volleyed a high-quality shot.
The volley shot in the penalty area was close, powerful, and at a certain angle. Therefore, Red Army goalkeeper Mignolet had no way to stop it, and his subconscious save was still a certain distance away from the ball.
Sigurdsson assisted Andre Ayew to score, helping Swansea lead Liverpool 1-0.
The commentators sighed one after another:
"Wow, the ball went in!"
"It was Swansea who broke the deadlock first and scored."
"That's a good shot!"
"Whether Sigurdsson broke through Willard's interception with the ball, or Andre Ayew leaned on Lovren in the penalty area and scored with a volley, it was quite exciting."
"This goal can be regarded as a goal that was achieved by the extraordinary performance and tacit cooperation of Swansea's midfielder and forward. Even Willard was helpless and could only watch helplessly."
"The Red Army needs to work hard. The game will look good now, otherwise they will be further and further away from Leicester City, and the possibility of winning the championship will become lower and lower."
"This is a game Liverpool cannot afford to lose."
Indeed, while Swansea players and fans were celebrating, Liverpool's coaches, players, and fans all looked quite heavy. They are already behind Leicester City in points. If they lose again and lose points, they will undoubtedly surrender and allow Leicester City to successfully win the championship.
To maintain the pressure on Leicester City and the hope of winning the championship, Liverpool really has to fight hard. Not even a draw, we have to win.
Therefore, after the game restarted, Liverpool began to strengthen their offense. In particular, Willard, whose physique increased to 95 or above, was very active, constantly taking the ball from the back row to break through, organize, pass, and attack the goal.
Even though Swansea had paid great attention to guarding against Willard, Willard's physique, consciousness, technique, speed, etc. made it impossible for Swansea to guard against him.
In the 32nd minute, Willard picked up the ball near the center circle and attracted interceptions and double-teams from three Swansea players. Suddenly he made a long pass and transferred the ball to Coutinho on the left.
Coutinho successfully unloaded the ball without any defender, then faced the full-back Angel Rangel who rushed to intercept, passed the opponent with a dazzling bicycle, and then went down at high speed. Cross.
Sturridge and Firmino rushed into the penalty area and compressed Swansea's center back near the small penalty area line. As a result, Coutinho's cross ball was a bit like a backward inverted triangle pass, and it was passed to The line of the penalty area is a bit far from the goal, making it impossible for forwards and defenders from both sides who rushed into the penalty area to withdraw in time to grab the ball.
Of course, Coutinho didn't pass the ball to them, but to Velarde.
After completing the pass, Villard had already moved without the ball and broke through the circle of Swansea midfielders. He used his flexible movement and speed to get rid of all the players marking him, rushed to the penalty area line and swung his right foot. Without stopping the ball, he directly took a powerful long-range shot, and with a shooting skill of 95, he successfully hit a ground-breaking volley that shocked the world.
The ball suddenly changed direction like a heavy cannonball and hit the upper right corner of Swansea's goal. Goalkeeper Fabianski tried his best to save it, but the ball was too fast. He had just jumped up and his hands were not good enough. From a long distance, the ball flew into the goal against the right post.
The commentator of Liverpool City TV shouted excitedly:
"Goooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"World wave!"
"This is a wonderful volleying world wave!"
"Villad volleyed directly from the penalty area line without stopping the ball, and hit a very fast volley that hit the goal and opened Swansea's goal, helping Liverpool equalize the score 1-1. "
"This goal is so exciting and it fully demonstrates Velarde's shooting skills and strength."
"Oh, the speed statistics are out. The speed of Velarde's ball is as high as 146 kilometers per hour. It is truly a super heavy shot."
"In the statistical ranking of football's heavy-hitting speed, Willard's goal is enough to enter the top ten."
"Too strong."
"Such a shot, let alone a tricky angle, would be difficult for the goalkeeper to save even if it's facing the goal."
"A lot of times my hand may touch the ball and I can't save it. It's just too powerful."
Although Velarde and his teammates did not know how fast the ball was, they could see the speed of the ball flying into the goal in a flash, and the huge power of Velarde when he hit the ball. Everyone still saw it. Therefore, scoring with such a volley and heavy artillery shot is quite a morale booster. Not only Velarde who scored the goal, but his teammates were also very excited and rushed up to celebrate with Velarde.
After the game restarted, the morale-boosted Liverpool not only defended flawlessly, but also frequently used offense to threaten Swansea's goal.
Although Swansea has a certain desire to attack and want to stop Liverpool and experience the thrill of affecting the championship competition, this is only the idea of some players. There are also many people who feel uncomfortable with this game because Swansea ranks in the middle. Doesn't matter, lack of motivation.
In addition, the weather was bad, it was drizzling, the venue was slippery, and the players were afraid of falling, getting injured, etc. Therefore, during the rest of the first half, Swansea failed to pose a threat to Liverpool's goal.
Liverpool, on the other hand, constantly threatened the home team's goal through Willard's series organization. Even though the weather and field conditions were not very good, in the 44th minute before the end of the first half, Milner made a pass from the right, assisting Sturridge with a header in the penalty area and successfully reversed the score to 2. -1.
After conceding one goal on the road, Liverpool scored two consecutive goals to reverse the score and entered the halftime break with a one-goal lead.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half. Everyone thought that Liverpool, whose morale had been boosted by Willard's heavy volley and was on track, could still control the game and win easily.
Unexpectedly, football is really round. In the 57th minute of the second half, Swansea first counterattacked and shot, causing Kolo Toure to destroy the ball out of the baseline and get a corner kick opportunity.
Then, in this corner kick attack, the two sides pushed and pulled each other, but no one was able to grab the first point, and finally the ball landed in the small penalty area. In the chaos, Swansea striker Andre Ayew grabbed the ball and took an awkward shot into the goal.
Although goalkeeper Mignolet saw the ball, it was too close and he had no time to react and watched the ball roll past his feet and into the goal.
"Wow!"
"What a surprise!"
"Swansea have scored again."
"Andre Ayew grabbed the ball in Liverpool's chaotic penalty area and fired a shot into Mignolet's goal."
"Andre Ayew scored twice to help Swansea equalize the score 2-2."
"The pressure is on Liverpool again."
"If the game ends with this score, it will obviously be quite disadvantageous for Liverpool."
"They have to win."
"Ranked in the middle of the pack, Swansea, who thought they had nothing to ask for, actually pushed Liverpool to this point. It is unexpected."
"Perhaps this is also the reason why the Premier League is welcomed and praised by fans around the world, because the competition is too fierce."
"Even seemingly unknown teams may pose a threat to the giants, just like Leicester City and Claudio Ranieri, who seem to have no chance of winning the Premier League title this season."
"Once Leicester City actually wins the championship, it will definitely be enough to cause a global sensation and bring the charm and appeal of the Premier League to a higher level."
