1015 Pressure

After Liverpool won all 5 games in the Champions League group stage and secured the top spot in the group to advance to the top 16 of the Champions League, the outside world gradually began to think that Liverpool's performance was stronger because they took into account the Champions League!

But at the same time, there are also voices who believe that the Champions League is likely to affect Liverpool's championship with Manchester City in the second half of the season!

Liverpool will usher in the first group civil war with Chelsea on the weekend, and Liverpool has the advantage of home court.

At the pre-match press conference, Situ Yunbing was not surprised by Chelsea's decline in performance this season.

"Chelsea didn't have the Champions League to deal with last season, and they're going to play in the Champions League this season, that's the main reason why they're underperformed, and because they haven't been promoted, you can hardly find anything better than last season. , in any aspect, you can't see it!"

About the conflict between him and Conte?

Situ Yunbing shook his head with a smile, and said: "I don't think there are conflicts between us. I may dislike many things, but that doesn't mean I have to hate them. Most of the time, I just don't like Chelsea's conservatism. Once I was almost moved by the grand dream of the Chelsea boss!

But Chelsea has not shown beautiful football for many years!

My attitude towards conservative football has always been very clear. For those powerful teams who firmly adopt conservative tactics, their failure cannot be sympathized with.

As an Italian coach, Conte may have been influenced by the inheritance of his tactical style. I don't appreciate his football, but it doesn't mean that I have conflicts with him. "

Finally, when asked whether Chelsea still had a chance to participate in the championship this season, Situ Yunbing said lightly: "I don't know, and I don't care, just like I don't care which team will win the fourth place in the league, which team The team will succeed in relegation again."

Situ Yunbing has absolute confidence and is defiant. His goal has always been to compete for the championship. Naturally, he doesn't care much about the goals and pursuits of other teams. Anyway, it will not affect Liverpool's championship.

This league is the finale of this round, and other games start first.

Tottenham lost points in a draw with West Brom.

Manchester United took all three points in a small victory over Brighton at home.

Arsenal also beat Burnley by one goal in the away game.

Manchester City beat Huddersfield 2-1 in the away game without any risk.

It seems that the pressure is on the shoulders of Liverpool and Chelsea at the same time.

If Chelsea wants to compete for four, they will be 4 points behind Manchester United with one game less, while Liverpool will be 3 points behind Manchester City with one game less.

On the day of the match, the Red Army fans who flocked to the Anfield stadium were discussing whether Mbappé could continue to score goals!

Anfield is so loud, Chelsea fans have been wondering what happened to the team all these years. One season is bad, one season is suddenly strong. Repeatedly, it is really testing their patience and making them into torture among.

The starting players of the two teams came on the stage, and Situ Yunbing was still sitting on the coach's bench. He didn't seem to feel any pressure because the opponent was Chelsea.

"Good evening, viewers, and welcome to the last game of the 13th round of the Premier League. The defending champion Liverpool is playing at Anfield at home against last season's runner-up Chelsea!

We all know that Liverpool and Manchester City are the two teams with the strongest performance this season, while Chelsea's performance has declined compared to last season, although the season has just passed 1/3 of the season,

But if Chelsea want to maintain their hope of winning the championship, they must work hard from now on to win as much as possible, and keep winning!

The victories of Manchester City and Manchester United in this round put pressure on Liverpool and Chelsea respectively. It can be said that the two teams most hope that the result of this game will be a draw!

Then Manchester City will dominate the top spot!

Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams.

Liverpool start 433 at home.

Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Defenders: Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Koulibaly, Robertson.

Midfield: Casemiro, Eriksen, Kante.

Forwards: Mbappe, Lewandowski, Gareth Bale.

Mbappe has scored in 12 consecutive Premier League games. He is now the record holder of consecutive goals in the Premier League. Whether he can continue to refresh his record today will be the focus of attention of many fans.

Chelsea started today with 352.

Goalkeeper: Courtois.

Defenders: Ivanovic, Christensen, Cahill.

Midfield: Zampacosta, Drinkwater, Fabregas, Bakayoko, Marcos Alonso.

Forwards: Morata, Hazard.

Conte put up a 352 formation in this game. I don’t know if this style of play can effectively resist the attack from Liverpool. At the same time, their counterattack can almost only rely on Hazard and Morata. William’s The absence has a big impact on them, otherwise they will have a stronger impact on the wing.

The game is about to start, let us see the performance of the two teams today! "

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially kicked off.

Liverpool took the lead to kick off the ball, and while the midfielder quickly passed the transfer, Liverpool's formation began to press forward. Although Chelsea is 352 in name, it must be 532 when defending.

The two wing players dropped back to the full-back position.

The Liverpool full-back assisted and came to the midfield area. Robertson responded with the ball from the left and pushed the ball forward. When he saw Drinkwater helping to defend the wing, he quickly knocked the ball back diagonally to Kanter, who sent a direct pass. ball.

Lewandowski took the initiative to come to the left side of the penalty area to respond, kicked the ball back in front of Ivanovic, Eriksson followed up and knocked the ball across to the right before Fabregas blocked it side.

Casemiro quickly followed up and took advantage of the trend to take a step forward and kick the goal!

Knock the mountain to shake the tiger at the beginning!

The football flew straight to the upper right of the center of the goal. Goalkeeper Courtois made a wonderful save. After shooting the ball in the air, he waited for the football to bounce back and rushed forward to hug the ball. Mbappe did not have a chance to make a supplementary shot.

"Casemiro's long-range shot failed to test Courtois, it looked like the Belgian goalkeeper was in good form today.

However, Bakayoko's useless defense just now is a bit worrying about his performance today. "

Chelsea quickly launched a fast-break counterattack. Fabregas kicked a long pass from the backcourt to look for Hazard on the left side of the frontcourt. The latter encountered Arnold's pressure after stopping the ball. Cutting the line, Kanter rushed to intercept him for the second time, and Hazard immediately sent the ball to find Morata in the middle.

When the Spanish center kicked the ball under the pressure of Van Dijk's defense and wanted to return the ball to Hazard, but the football he passed was intercepted by Kanter halfway.

Kanter's defense is in place, and Morata's passing angle is not very good.

After stealing the ball from the backcourt, Liverpool quickly launched another attack on the frontcourt. Casemiro and Eriksson passed the ball in the middle circle, and Chelsea put up a tight defensive position.

This kind of static defense seems impenetrable, but the key lies in the individual performance of the players!

If a player does not perform well, it will easily lead to loopholes in the zone defense.

Facing Liverpool's fast and agile pass and cut cooperation and personal breakthrough today, Bakayoko was a little lost.

When Mbappe came behind him to meet him, he turned around and immediately rushed to Mbappe, but after Mbappe knocked the ball diagonally back to the middle of the penalty area, Bakayoko wanted to turn back and play again. It's too late to defend!

Eriksson moved forward and came to the middle of the penalty area to stop the ball and adjust a step before hitting a volley!

The ball went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal!

Courtois was about to take two full steps and then leapt forward, saving the ball to the bottom line with one palm!

call!

All the Red Army fans were sighing that the goal was not scored!

"Another great save from Courtois! Eriksen's angle was already tricky, but he didn't use it!

If the speed of the ball is faster, then the ball will definitely be scored!

Chelsea couldn't prevent Liverpool's attack at the front of the penalty area today!

Drinkwater has been showing difficulty in adapting since joining Chelsea, and Bakayoko is the same. It can be said that Chelsea's midfield is in a state of confusion and panic!

We can't see their very tacit understanding and tough and calm performance.

This may be the direct reason for the decline in Chelsea's record this season.

Matic's departure should be a mistake for Chelsea in the summer, but Matic himself is willing to cooperate with Mourinho again, which is the main reason for the transfer.

I think if Matic had a choice, he would prefer to join Liverpool and continue his mentorship with Situ Yunbing.

However, there is no shortage of defensive midfielders on Liverpool's side. The combination of Kante and Casemiro has been the strongest midfield defensive combination in Europe for the past four years. Even if one player cannot play, the other player can. Basically complete the defensive task well, Liverpool really don't need to hoard too many defensive midfielders, after all, they still have Henderson who can attack and defend.

Let us observe and observe how Bakayoko and Drinkwater will perform. "

Chelsea's midfield this season is no longer as simple as weak, but chaotic!

The chaos in the offensive organization, coupled with defensive flaws, will naturally lead to a disadvantageous record.

Obviously, the entire European football world has entered a state of "midfield shortage".

Whether it is offensive or defensive, or a B2B type of midfielder, it is now priceless.

Taking offense as an example, De Bruyne, Kroos, and Modric are all in the first echelon, but in the second echelon, attacking midfielders like Eriksson are already out of stock!

The same is true for midfield defensive players, this is an era with almost no great gods!

So looking at Chelsea spending money to enhance the midfielder is indeed valuable, but the actual effect of using it is not good, or very average!

Especially in the top battles of strong dialogue, it is often clear at a glance whether the players are strong enough.

Apart from winning against Manchester United, Chelsea played against a strong team this season. Their other performances are not good, so it is not just facing Liverpool that this or that problem has appeared. The problem has always been there, but there is no better solution. That's all.

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