Just at the beginning of the second half, Leeds United scored.
Woodgate's long pass from the backcourt directly found Smith on the left who had gone behind Finnan.
The opportunity was rare, so Smith did not choose to hold the ball and wait for others.
He just rushed directly towards Liverpool's goal.
Carragher came to defend from the penalty area, and Agger also came to defend from the side.
Smith didn't care, he just charged and led.
He forced his way in between two Liverpool defenders.
But as soon as he stepped into the penalty area, he saw Reina attacking, and he was not far away from him. There were pursuers behind and interceptions in front of him. Smith just shot without thinking about angles or lob shots. He just kicked towards the goal.
Reina was also worried that Smith would choose a lob or something, and when he saw Smith taking off his feet, he was ready to save.
The ball hit hard and Reina reached out to block it. He didn't dare to pick it up at all, so he could only choose to block it.
Reina blocked the first shot with his left hand, and then because the ball was too powerful, the ball did not fly far away, but flew upwards.
As for Reina himself, he sat down on the ground because of the ball.
When the Liverpool goalkeeper got up again to get the ball, Smith had already reached his position and started to take off. Carragher behind him tried his best to stop it, but in the end there was nothing he could do.
Everyone in Liverpool watched as Smith headed the ball into the goal.
1 to 0.
Leeds United scored a goal through a direct counterattack from the backcourt.
Seeing this goal, Li George saw the shadow of the mainstream play style of several Premier League teams in his previous life, which was an offense launched through the backcourt organization, which was fast and effective.
This is why center backs with the ability to play are highly valued. While defending, he can also participate in offense.
However, George Lee knew that the goal just now was probably just a flash of inspiration from Woodgate. Leeds United's central defenders still have a long way to go before they can meet the requirements of future ball-playing central defenders.
After being scored, Liverpool wanted to launch a counterattack, but unfortunately today, Liverpool faced Leeds United's double midfielders. The protection measures in the middle were very good, and both Gerrard and Alonso had long-range shooting opportunities. rare.
Leeds United launched their attack today. Except for the one who scored the goal, most of them started with two full-backs. Because Leeds United's wing pressure is not very high today.
Baines and Mills intervened in various ways, and after halfway through the first half, Leeds United's attack from the right put a lot of pressure on Liverpool's left.
Riise often came back to help Aurelio in defence.
Benitez kept asking the team to counterattack and wanted to take the offensive initiative.
Leeds United also followed Li's wishes and gave him face. After the goal is scored, he shrinks, and then uses the ball in the backcourt to attract Liverpool to attack, which consumes the physical energy of the Liverpool players, but allows his frontcourt players to get sufficient rest and wait for opportunities to launch counterattacks.
As time passed, the situation became more and more unfavorable for Liverpool. Finally, under Benitez's constant urging, Liverpool's entire defense pressed forward, trying to steal the football from Leeds United.
Under Liverpool's double-team, Mills' ball was snatched by a Liverpool player.
Riise, who grabbed the ball, was too impatient and wanted to attack immediately.
After a brief look at the penalty area, the ball was passed into the Leeds United penalty area.
Granqvist firmly stuck the tall but not very strong Crouch, and then jumped up to head the ball away.
Outside the penalty area, De Jong blocked Alonso, removed the football with his instep, and turned around to pass Alonso, showing his technical skills as an attacking midfielder.
With a glance from the corner of his eye, he saw Milner on the right and took a direct shot.
Also seen was Gerrard, who had just rushed to the passing lane to intercept the ball.
But it was still a step too late. Gerrard's tackle failed to stop De Jong's pass.
Milner got the ball on the wing and took a step forward to cross the center line.
Because of Liverpool's heavy pressure, there was no one on the back line.
Milner played solo directly from midfield.
After running for tens of meters, Milner reached Liverpool's penalty area.
Reina struck out, but not completely, standing on the line of the small penalty area.
Because Hyypia on the back line has already caught up, Milner can no longer go to the center. At the same time, Reina also tries his best to block Milner's shooting angle.
But Milner was not greedy for credit. He passed the ball and passed between Hyypia and Reina.
Kuyt, who was outflanking in the middle, was in place before Carragher.
The former Eredivisie top scorer put the ball into an empty net.
2 to 0.
Liverpool has completely lost any hope of making a comeback. Next, Leeds United will just defend. Do you, Liverpool, dare to attack like this?
Being entered into the 3rd one?
Being entered into the 4th one?
Benitez pushed up his glasses, thinking about what to do.
George Li also pushed up his glasses, wondering who would move up next.
"JR!"
George Li called to Arnesen who was pretending to run around to warm up. The young man's face was red and his forehead was a little sweaty. Those who didn't know thought it was caused by working hard in the warm-up, but it was actually caused by the celebration after Leeds United scored a goal just now.
Forget it, just think of it as a warm-up, and just go to the fourth official to stretch a little while waiting for substitutions.
"Yang, you go up and replace the captain. Today you try the left wing. Use your speed just like you did on the right wing."
"Then if I replace the captain, will I wear the captain's armband?" Perhaps the situation was so good that Arnesen dared to joke with George Lee during the game.
"Get out!" George Li cursed, then pushed Arnesen to the fourth official.
After 2 minutes, the ball went out of the sideline and was dead.
Leeds United made a substitution, replacing No. 17 with No. 22.
In the end, Arnesen's dream did not come true, and Smith gave the captain's armband to Edwin van der Sar before being replaced.
Arneson started to adjust after coming on the field, showing extreme discomfort on the left side.
Because the left foot is not used often, when dribbling with the right foot, it is easy to be intercepted by the opponent's full-back and restricted by the opponent to the side.
Finally, he made a perfect breakthrough and used his speed to get rid of Finnan. Then when he smashed the ball back from the baseline, he used his right foot, but failed to do it properly and knocked the ball out of the baseline.
"This kid..."
George Li off the court also laughed when he saw it.
I don’t know if Robben comes next season and lets him play on the right side. Will it be the same at the beginning?
In the end, Liverpool, who were short of major generals, did not cause any more trouble. Leeds United scored 3 points 2-0, further narrowing the gap with Manchester United.
^^^
In the following games, Leeds United also ushered in a wave of four consecutive victories in the second half of January.
After winning Liverpool on the 16th.
First, they defeated Aston Villa 1-0 away from home, and then won Blackburn 2-1 at home.
Finally in the 4th round of the FA Cup at the end of the month. The Wolves were beaten to a pulp 3-0.
After losing Robin van Persie, Leeds United seemed to have found their attacking sense again.
George Lee reviewed the team's matchup situation next month.
The league games are against Manchester United, Bolton, West Ham, Wigan and Everton, and then there are two UEFA Cup games to play against Nancy. There is also an FA Cup tie against Middlesbrough.
George Li picked up a pen and drew a circle on February 1st. It was the first game in February, and the opponent was Manchester United.
If he plays well in this game, Li feels that he will be very comfortable in February.
