Generally speaking, after the balance is broken, the leading side will slightly shrink its formation to attract the opponent to attack, leaving more gaps in the backcourt to facilitate the attack.
But Liverpool is no longer like this. According to the tactical arrangements for the new season, Klopp requires the team to run better than last season. Even after taking the lead, they should not shrink their defense, but continue to put pressure on their opponents and use an invincible offensive. , completely defeating the opponent.
Even if this game is against Chelsea, Klopp asks everyone to do this.
Among them, the confidence in Willard is reflected.
And Willard did not disappoint Klopp.
Although Chelsea tried to counterattack, their offensive always failed in front of the versatile offensive and defensive Willard. Even if the attack is from other routes, as long as other Liverpool players delay for a little time, Willard can arrive and steal the ball.
In the 24th minute, when Pedro faced full-back Alberto Moreno with the ball, he failed to break through. Moreno delayed him for a while, but Velard returned to defense and poked the ball away from the side.
Liverpool also launched a counterattack. If Mane's shot hadn't been too hasty in the end and missed the post, Liverpool might have scored again.
Even so, Chelsea's defense could not hold on for long. The reason is that they are lagging behind and have to attack forward when they get the ball. But once they lose the ball, they will be attacked quickly by Liverpool.
Moreover, Liverpool's offense does not completely rely on Velarde alone. If the opponent wants to defend Velarde tightly to defend the defense, it will basically be in vain.
The attack in the 31st minute was that Verard took the ball in the early stage and broke through the defense of William and Kanter, attracting interceptions from three Chelsea defenders. However, Verard did not continue to attack Longtan alone, but decisively Pass the ball out to a teammate in the gap.
Finally, after passing the ball from Wijnaldum and Mane, the ball came to the feet of Firmino near the penalty spot in the penalty area.
Firmino caught the ball, pulled the ball, turned around, and spiked the ball in one go. He shook away David Luiz, the last defender in the penalty area, and then pushed the ball into the Blues' goal.
Although goalkeeper Courtois was not slow to react, Firmino's shot was from an awkward angle and Courtois was beyond his reach and could only watch the ball hit the net.
2-0, the Red Army leads Chelsea by two goals.
The key is not the score, but that under Liverpool's wave after wave of attacks, Chelsea's counterattacks are very few. Even if they occasionally counterattack, it is difficult to threaten Liverpool's goal.
Klopp is using offense instead of defense to reduce the pressure on the Red Army's defense, and it seems to be successful.
Anyway, if the goalkeeper is unreliable, then the whole team will press forward and suppress the battlefield in the opponent's half, then your own goal will be safe.
Based on this idea and tactic, Liverpool, which was leading by two goals, still did not shrink its defense and still attacked the Blues in the midfield and Chelsea's half.
Of course Chelsea wanted to take advantage of such an open space in Liverpool's backcourt. However, they did not have the strength of Real Madrid and could not rush forward. They could only defend passively and were tired of dealing with Liverpool's successive attacks.
Before the first half was over, in the 40th minute, Willard got the ball from the midfield wing and suddenly made another long pass and lobbed the ball directly into Chelsea's penalty area.
Everyone turned around and saw that the Chelsea penalty area was empty. Faced with the threat of Willard's shot, Courtois did not dare to attack too much, leaving a large gap in the penalty area, which Willard and Origi took advantage of.
Velarde's midfielder shot was passed to center Origi.
Origi gained the upper hand in the duel with Gary Cahill. Instead of heading the ball, he directly headed the ball towards the Chelsea goal.
Fortunately, Origi took an extremely tricky angle and flew right into the upper left corner of the goal from the junction of the post and the crossbar.
Although Courtois reacted slowly, he still failed to pounce on this header that went straight to the theoretical blind corner. He was so close that he could only watch the ball go into the net.
At the end of the first half, Liverpool led 3-0, basically sealing the victory.
At halftime, Chelsea removed wing-back Alonso and replaced forward Batshuayi, switching to a double center forward, preparing to use a more concise and efficient long pass to try to score goals.
However, the tactic of long passes and lobs tests the ability of the center. In fact, after discovering that the opponent was playing this tactic, Velarde returned to the defense in time and retreated to the penalty area, facing Chelsea centers Morata and Barca. Shuyayi defended tightly, and Chelsea's long pass tactic failed.
Regardless of consciousness, physique, and header ability, Velard has the upper hand. Very few people can steal the ball from the air above Velard's head.
And with Willard back, Liverpool's offense has not weakened much, because Mane and Firmino are also top forwards, as well as Wijnaldum and Origi's assistance, plus Willard's Liverpool's offensive power is as sharp as the attack launched from the backcourt.
In the 64th minute of the second half, Chelsea failed to attack, and Liverpool intercepted the ball and counterattacked again. Velarde passed through Chelsea's defense with a long pass, and was received by Mane in the gap on the left side of the front court. Willard passed the ball to form a breakthrough, and finally the ground ball was passed crosswise. Origi pushed the ball from the center and sent the ball into Chelsea's gate.
Origi scored a rare brace to help Liverpool expand the score to 4-0, completely sealing the victory.
Chelsea still wanted to struggle, or score a face-saving goal, but even this wish failed to come true.
Instead, in the 78th minute, Willard was pulled and awarded a frontcourt free kick.
Willard did not waste this opportunity and sent the ball directly into the Blues' goal with a full-moon scimitar kick.
Willard made the final decision, helping Liverpool lock the score at 5-0.
With the score like this, Chelsea finally gave up and stopped struggling, instead holding on to the score.
In the end, after the referee blew the final whistle, Liverpool defeated Chelsea 5-0 and won the first game of the new season. It was also the first championship of the new season and Liverpool's fifth championship in 2017.
Liverpool became the five-time champions of the year.
The Community Shield Cup is considered the king of kings in the Premier League civil war, so the experience is the same as the European Super Cup and ten times that of the domestic league. Willard has also gained a lot of experience this time.
Unfortunately, for the 7 billion experience he now needs to upgrade, it is still a drop in the bucket.
But no matter what, beating Chelsea to win the 2017 English Community Shield is a good start for Liverpool in the 2017/2018 season, which is a good sign.
