At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool did continue to take the initiative to press forward as Mourinho expected.

But because Mourinho reminded the players during the halftime break, and after the halftime break, the Blues fans recovered a little physically, they defended Liverpool's offense well.

The two sides had a fast-paced confrontation for 10 minutes. Chelsea continued to adopt the tactical idea of ​​shrinking the half and building its own high-pressure defense. This set of defense once again confirmed Mourinho's confidence and frozen Liverpool's offense.

After 10 minutes, Yang Cheng waved his hand and the team began to slow down and began to control the ball more and adjust.

This is something that there is no way. If you blindly perform such an ineffective fast attack, in the end you will only waste your physical strength and give your opponent more opportunities and chips in vain.

"This bastard is really like a turtle, silly!" Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"You should be careful about Chelsea's counterattack!" Benitez reminded.

Yang Cheng was not so proud that he thought Chelsea would not shoot the whole game, so as soon as he adjusted, he signaled the players to stabilize the situation and be careful of Chelsea's counterattack.

As if to prove this, Chelsea quickly counterattacked on the left.

Galas broke the ball under Ronaldo's feet, and the French even knocked Ronaldo, who wanted to drive the ball past the ball, and then inserted it forward with the ball to Joe Cole who was retreating.

Glen Johnson marks against Joe Cole, but the latter is known as the most delicate technical in England. He is a flexible escape. After passing Glen Johnson, he dribbles the ball and quickly inserts it on the left.

This was the first real threatening attack for Chelsea throughout the game. The Blues fans at Stamford Bridge were suddenly cheering, and they were all looking forward to the team being able to counterattack, kill Liverpool and end the battle.

After Joe Cole took the ball from the left, facing Carragher who came out to block him, he forced himself to use his personal skills to dodge Carragher and pass the ball to the middle.

Lampard inserted in the back row, and under the interference of Carrick, he shot with a shot towards the ball.

This shot was very powerful, but the angle was a bit high. Reina jumped high, but still couldn't reach it. The ball flew directly out of the baseline, Liverpool's goal kick.

"Chelsea finally completed his first shot in the game in the 61st minute!" Andy Gray was a little helpless, "A long shot from Lampard outside the penalty area turned into an anti-aircraft gun, but we can see that Chelsea began to have an idea to fight back, which may make the game a little better."

It's so depressing. When the game completely becomes a battle of attrition for the competition of willpower, no one will think it looks good except for the tension.

The so-called good-looking thing is to have a gorgeous goal battle, a mercury-like pass and catch cooperation, which is good-looking.

However, this match between Liverpool and Chelsea is not as good as it can be said to be intense at best.

"Have he finally stuck his head out?" Yang Cheng looked at Mourinho outside the home team coach's seat.

What he fears most is not the kind of opponent who is willing to fight back and attack, and what he fears most is the kind of opponent who holds a decisive attitude.

Iron barrel formation, that is definitely a nightmare for all attackers!

"Not necessarily!" Benitez shook his head, "It's still a little too early to press it out now."

Yang Cheng sighed, and he also felt that it was more like a spontaneous counterattack made by the players based on the situation on the court, rather than Mourinho's intentional arrangement.

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Carrick stood in the middle of the half, about 40 meters in front of the goal. Behind him was the central defender combination of Hypia and Carragher. In front of him, Gerald and Essin were in front.

The Liverpool player wearing a red jersey is quickly retreating, waiting for Cech to drive the goal.

While attacking just now, Carrick sprinted forward for more than 30 meters, but the pass was shot out of the penalty area by Ronaldo. He had to run back again. This was just one of the countless times in the whole game.

But this time, he seemed to have exhausted all his energy. He could clearly feel that his legs were shaking, soft and wanted to tilt.

In this game, Chelsea's midfielder caused him a lot of trouble. Lampard, Marklele and Thiago firmly locked the midfielder, among which Marklele and Thiago were even further back, and Lampard moved forward, obviously it was aimed at Carrick.

Just to get rid of their entanglement, Carrick needs to run and run around tirelessly.

Nowadays, the legs are like they are filled with lead, and the brain cannot drive them like they usually do.

But when he saw the ball Cech drove it out, he immediately raised his head.

Seeing the ball slowly coming towards his direction, Carrick made a prediction as soon as possible. He moved a few steps to the left with difficulty. Lampard also reacted immediately. He could see that he also guessed the landing point of the ball.

Carrick came to the predicted landing point earlier, jumped high towards the coming ball, pressed his shoulders against Lampard, closed his eyes, swung his head hard, and pushed the ball forward desperately.

The ball fell to Essin's feet, but the Garners immediately hit Gerald, who knocked back directly because he did not find the right pass point in front.

The ball went back and forth between Carragher, Hypia and the full-back.

Carrick gasped heavily. He sprinted again to compete with Lampard for speed, which made him almost unable to bear the physical strength and could only breathe from a distance.

Sweat slipped from his hair and forehead one by one, and whenever he almost penetrated into his eyes, he would reach out to wipe it.

Everyone could see that his physical fitness had been almost exhausted, and he also used his light to see Yang Cheng shouting at Ashawen on the sidelines, obviously he wanted to let the Russians play to replace Carrick.

This is also a big move for Yang Cheng this season. When Carrick is absent, he will try to let Essin and Gerald play a double central forward, and a shadow striker is placed in front to play a positioning tactic that is nearly 4231. After all, Ashavin and Gerald have different technical characteristics, and their personal abilities are also different.

Just as Yang Cheng said when he introduced Ashawen, he was aiming to bring more changes and richer tactical means to the team, rather than simply pursuing one main force and one substitute, which had no meaning at all.

Are you going to replace me?

Carrick had a feeling in his heart that he knew that his physical fitness was almost done, and it was understandable that the boss chose to replace him at this time. After all, he could not make much contributions to staying on the court.

But just when he almost accepted the fact that he was going to end, he suddenly saw Joe Cole not far away, who was chasing Glen Johnson, preparing to grab the ball, forcing Glen Johnson to pass the ball back to Carragher.

He can still run!

Carrick felt a little funny. You know, Joe Cole's physical fitness was not as good as his before.

This comparison made him feel a little fighting spirit.

When he was at West Ham United, Joe Cole was the captain. Everyone felt that he was the core of the team for granted, and Carrick was just an assistant serving him. This would be a little dissatisfied in Carrick's heart.

Now that he has come to Liverpool, he has achieved some success. Do you still have to lose to him?

He remembered what Yang Cheng said during the break. He wanted Joe Cole to defeat Lampard!

When he thought of this, he gritted his teeth and ran towards the middle, raising his right hand high, "Here, Jamie!"

Carragher was disturbed by Crespo, and as soon as he heard the movement, he immediately passed the ball in front of him.

This is what Yang Cheng emphasized most in training. The pass should not be staring at people, but at his running route and pass it to his front so that he can continue to do the movements after receiving the ball more comfortably.

The ball came to Carrick's front, and there was no one around. He slowed down and passed the ball to the retreating captain Gerald.

This is a very smart person who knows when to come forward and when to come back.

Gerald took the ball with his back, and behind him was Marklele. He was not sure to fight the Frenchman alone, so he knocked back.

Carrick moved forward and faced the incoming ball, and the overall situation of the entire court appeared in front of him. He felt that after nearly half an hour of defense in the second half, Chelsea began to consciously move the pressing zone forward, especially after Cech just drove the goal, the ball was always on Liverpool's side, and there was a lot of gap between their defense line and the goal.

Who can get there as soon as possible?

Larson retreated with Gerald's retreat. Ronaldo had just come back to pick up Glen Johnson, and the position was also far behind. There was only one Robben left in the frontcourt, and he always cruised near Ferreira.

In just a moment, Carrick made a judgment.

I saw the ball in front, swung my foot, and passed it directly from a long distance.

The ball flew out from under his feet, which was high, but the arc was beautiful and fast enough.

From Liverpool's half to Chelsea's penalty area, it was about 60 meters long, and it was a long enough pass, and it was also a sudden enough!

Robben also saw Carrick's movements in an instant. He and Carrick cooperated for so long and knew very well what he wanted to pass the ball, so he immediately chose to lean on Ferreira.

The Portuguese instinctively felt dangerous, but they didn't have time to react. In a flash, they saw Robben accelerated over his defense zone.

There was no offside, because at the moment when Carrick passed the ball, Robben and Ferreira's positions were even, but they were even further backwards than Terry and Carvalho. The Dutch's explosive power made him rush up, and the speed was so fast that Ferreira had no time to react. He didn't realize that Carrick was going to pass a long time, and Robben had already passed him and could not even stop him.

The ball crossed most of the stadium and landed on the left side of the Chelsea penalty area and bounced up.

Terry chased after him, Robben was also very fast, and Carvalho was also helping with defense. Cech was a little outside just now, but now hesitated to attack? Or should he quickly return to the goal line and hand Robben over to Terry and Carvalho?

Robben was very fast. After entering the penalty area, Terry also caught up from the side. He was about to touch the ball, but Robben suddenly hooked his left foot. The ball hit his left instep, as if it hit a wall and rebounded behind Terry, but Terry couldn't stop and slid out.

"Beautiful, Robben picked the ball very beautifully and shook Terry away..." Andy Grey couldn't help but be amazed at Robben's extraordinary picking, which fully demonstrated Robben's outstanding ball sense.

The ball fell to his right and Carvalho rushed up immediately. He knew that Robben's right foot was almost disabled!

But what he didn't know was that Robben was practicing his right foot skills. Although it was still very bad, at least he could still pick a ball.

Just as Robben took another move with his right foot, Carvalho's clearance was lost, and the ball returned to Robben's left.

The landing point was also very good, just right for his left foot to exert force, and Cech felt the threat at this time, and he was retreating to the goal line. Obviously, he had seen Robben's threat.

But the Dutch did not let him retreat, and directly rubbed a curved ball. The Czech jumped high, hoping to stop it, but it could not reach it. The ball passed over his head, almost rubbing against the crossbar, and fell into the goal.

"goallllllllllll!!!" Andy Gray roared wildly.

"Aryan Robben, after receiving a long pass from the backcourt in the 77th minute, showed his outstanding football skills at the front of the penalty area. After picking the ball continuously, he shot a curved ball and penetrated Chelsea's goal!"

The live TV camera aimed at the goal-scoring hero Robben. The Dutch rushed out of the penalty area almost immediately, with his hands spread out, and rushed out of the court excitedly, making a fist-clapping action. He couldn't tell whether it was a Chelsea or a Liverpool fan, and he roared excitedly.

"So beautiful! Carrick made a long pass from the backcourt and sent the ball directly to Chelsea's penalty area. Robben used his speed and skills to send the ball into Chelsea's goal under the double-team of Terry and Carvalho. This is a very outstanding personal ability."

Speaking of this, Andy Gray couldn't help but laugh, "Liverpool is really impressed now. Whether it is overall strength or the personal ability of the stars, they are all well integrated, and they can always maintain a high concentration of the game. The team's overall skills and tactics have also matured. The only thing they lack is an explosion!"

"I remember that when someone interviewed Yang Cheng before and asked about Liverpool's performance this season, Yang Cheng said something that was very confusing, and said it was their Chinese idiom. It was obvious that he felt that Liverpool was still in the stage of accumulating game experience, accumulating tacit understanding of players, accumulating star strength, etc., and even the club is accumulating financial strength."

"We have to admire Yang Cheng's plan for the team, because the team he leads can always show gratifying progress and strength when facing doubts, making people believe that they are on a road of rapid development."

When Andy Gray spoke, the live TV camera had already played two slow-motion goals from different angles, and then pointed them at the Liverpool players on the sidelines. Robben and others were watching the goal celebrating on the sidelines.

They pressed Chelsea for more than an hour, but this tenacious team relied on iron barrel defense to stop them from scoring. Now that they scored, they had to stimulate them with the most unbridled celebration.

Look, no matter how you defend, even if you stuff all 11 players into the goal, we still have a way to send the ball in!

Mourinho looked very angry because just when he was about to start counterattack, the team lost the ball, and he couldn't even say who was wrong to conceal the ball. It was so fucking depressing!
To be continued...