Before halftime, Benitez asked the team to strengthen their defense to avoid such a threatening counterattack by Leeds United again.
Kuyt's header was also the closest Leeds United came to a goal in the first half.
After the intense first half, after hearing the referee's halftime whistle, the players ran into the tunnel and headed towards their team's locker room one after another.
Smith was the last player to enter the team. When he entered the locker room, he found that the atmosphere in the entire locker room was a bit depressing. Some players were wiping the rain off their bodies. Just before the end of the half-time game, the sky in Yorkshire changed and it started to rain lightly.
Taking the towel handed by the substitute player, Smith immediately began to wipe the rain off his body.
Lee George was the last person in Leeds United to enter the locker room. He also discovered that the team's morale was not very high.
"Shit! It's Liverpool again, it's this freckled boy again." He laughed and cursed.
It was his words that instantly broke the silence in the originally quiet locker room. The players laughed, and some started to communicate.
"Edwin, look at Reina, how can he save that ball? Why can't you save that Spaniard's ball?" Woodgate said to Van der Sar.
"It's not you yet. If you can keep an eye on him, I won't do anything." Van der Sar first hammered his defensive teammate with little force, then looked at him naked, and then put his The new jersey was handed over.
Woodgate immediately put his jersey on to avoid catching a cold.
After Smith quickly changed his jersey, he led the players to sit down and wait for the head coach to assign tasks for the second half.
After seeing everyone's preparations, George Li began to lay out the tactics for the second half.
"Alan, I need you to continue to play as a defensive midfielder. I'm sorry to have to sacrifice you again today." The first tactical arrangement was to find Smith, who performed well in the first half. George Lee's changes today may be a step forward in the future. He would do this in the next few games, and he discovered that Smith could really play any position in the middle except goalkeeper and center back.
"It's okay. This position is quite exciting. To be honest, it's more interesting than playing winger." Smith scratched his hair and was a little embarrassed when the head coach said that.
Originally, the captain should be more responsible, but when the head coach said it so directly, he felt a little embarrassed. It's okay to sacrifice a little. As long as the team can win and win the championship, he can obey any arrangement.
"Then next time you have a chance, I'll let you try out as a central defender."
"Don't......"
"You may not have a chance if you want to play. Martin and Andres are waiting to play." George Lee pointed at Albuchesson and Granqvist.
Smith wanted to say a few more words, but George Li immediately stopped him with a gesture.
Now there are other tactics that need to be deployed, and George Li thinks it’s better to stop joking. He just said this because he needed to liven up the atmosphere in the locker room, otherwise he wouldn't be the first to come up and praise Smith.
"In the second half, James and Charlotte switch positions. I need you, James, to play as a midfielder. On the left, Leyton, you don't have to be too far forward. You can continue to do your job as a full-back, such as defense and passing. I will not say much."
After hearing the head coach's arrangement, Milner and Baines looked at each other and nodded.
The two of them came to work under George Li relatively early, so they can understand Li George's tactics. Generally, after a team moves one full-back up, it needs the full-back on the other side not to be positioned too far forward. Otherwise, the team's two wingers will be easily beaten behind, and the pressure on the center back will increase.
"Charlotte, I need you to move closer to the center in the second half. I even allow you and JR to be further forward than Dirk."
George Li took the chess pieces representing the two wingers closer to the center.
Then he first pointed to the left and said: "JR, after you move forward, Alan will fill in the offensive position behind you. Alan can properly fill in behind JR when attacking."
He continued to place a white chess piece No. 17 behind Arneson.
"On the right, Dirk, when you find Charlotte cutting inside or cutting into the middle, I need you to appear in this position to provide support."
George Lee moved Kuyt's piece close to the wing.
"Because James' defensive midfielder position cannot be too far to the side, so once Charlotte moves to the middle, the position on the wing can only be filled by Wesley or Dirk."
George Lee did not forget that he also had Sneijder in the frontcourt.
"Anyway, you two need one to flank and behind Charlotte to support the offense in this situation."
"Huh~"
After George Li finished the arrangement, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Of course this is a change of formation under special circumstances. If we can score goals in a normal way, then I still hope not to use this tactic. Because after all, we don't have Experimented.”
"My original idea was to find a weak team or use it in the League Cup or FA Cup, but today it seems that I have to use it in advance. After all, Liverpool is too comprehensive, except for the two wingers who are independent. In terms of offensive ability, there are no obvious weaknesses in other aspects.”
"And now that we are lagging behind, we cannot rely on others' offensive inability to solve the problem for us."
"Now, hurry up and let me talk about something else..."
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Compared with the lively atmosphere described by George Lee in the dressing room at Leeds United, the visiting team's dressing room at Liverpool was not so lively.
After Benitez laid out a few tactical points, he said nothing and asked the players to take time to rest.
"Coach, don't we need to make any more changes?" Gerrard came to Benitez and asked in a voice that was neither too small nor too loud.
"Change what?"
"Don't we need to send another striker? Fernando is a bit isolated in the front and we can't rely on him to attack alone."
"Have I just arranged it for you and Harvey to move forward appropriately to support him?"
Gerrard was left speechless by his head coach, and he couldn't help but raise his voice.
"We can't rely on forward pressure from the midfield to threaten Leeds United. They counterattack very quickly. You will create a disconnect in our midfield."
"Captain, I don't need you to arrange tactics, you just need to play the ball well according to my arrangements."
Benitez found that the players were all looking over and couldn't help but feel a little angry. Now that the team is in the lead, there is no need for him to make too many arrangements. He can just continue playing according to the situation. We won the first meeting this season, and we can still win if we play this way today.
Seeing that his idea was not adopted, Gerald was about to leave. He decided to discuss it with a few core players of the team when he went out.
Obviously, this is not the first time Gerrard has done this.
