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After the UEFA Champions League draw, Liverpool immediately ushered in the No. 30 round of the league against Everton.

This game has a double meaning: First, this is a derby between Liverpool and Everton, because they lost the away game, and Liverpool can no longer lose this game anyway.

And secondly, this is also the key battle of No.4 in the Premier League: Liverpool is now eight points away from Everton and ranked fourth. If they can win this game, they can leave Everton by as many as ten points. One point, with eight rounds left, there is almost no need to worry about Everton being able to catch up.

But if Liverpool loses this game and the point difference becomes five points, then Liverpool will be in trouble.

At this time, Manchester United is only one point ahead of Liverpool.If this victory can be won, Liverpool may surpass Manchester United and reach third in the league. [

A match between two mortal enemies is naturally very important.

In this game, the lineups of both sides are not neat.Hyypia's appetite is still not getting better, and Alonso is also ill.Kewell's injury is also in the fog. Although it is said that his injury has improved, he insists that he cannot play.

It is said that his agent is helping him contact the transfer.Injury stops in Liverpool, let him live enough of this kind of life.His thoughts of wanting to play football in another place also began to come alive.Taking advantage of winning the League Cup this year, it is not considered that the big four are empty, he also wants to leave Liverpool and develop in other teams.

Now the newspapers have vaguely accused him of fraudulent injuries.Zhao Yaning couldn’t agree with such a statement: Kewell was his teammate, and he was injured three times in a season, and Zhao Yaning was always on the court.Said he cheated, it was not.But to say such things at this time is really unprofessional and chilling.

As for Liverpool, it is still a 451 formation.The starting lineup is still Zhao Yaning in the center, with Riise and Garcia on the left and right sides, Gerrard and Harman starting in the midfielder.

The striker is still Morientes, and the back line is Warnock playing left back.Pellegrino and Carragher were the starting defenders, with Finnan at right back and Dudek in goal.

On the Everton side, Stubbs returned from injury, Yabo served as the starting defender, and Beatty, who had ended his suspension, and Watson, who had just recovered from a stomach problem, returned to the bench, but McFadden and Arteta The injury stopped.

From the beginning of the game, Liverpool took the lead in attacking. Since it is a derby match and a home match, there is really no reason for Liverpool not to play.As soon as the game started, Zhao Yaning directly kicked the ball into the penalty area with a long pass.But Morientes moved a step slower and Hibbert made a successful header clearance.Then, Gerrard also sent a long pass directly into the penalty area. This time Morientes grabbed the point, but unfortunately, his header went wide.

And randomly, Pellegrino also made a long pass. This time, Zhao Yaning succeeded in turning offside, but his shot was thrown into the arms of the goalkeeper.

"Liverpool's new tactic is to find the striker with a long pass from the backcourt?" Martin Taylor watched the game with discomfort. "It's too bad to come up with such an idea after working on it for a season."

Actually the idea is not too bad.After all, Liverpool and Everton are enemies, and the games of both sides also invested heavily in the midfield.If Liverpool wants to count on Zhao Yaning's breakthrough, although it is not completely impossible, the success rate is not high after all.And although Zhao Yaning has not been injured in a season, he is still a breakthrough-oriented technical player after all, and he is easily kicked and injured. Benitez has no interest in gambling that Everton is a good boy.At this time, Benitez's idea is obviously to use another attack to replace the breakthrough in the midfield. It is also a good way to directly deploy a heavy defense in the backcourt, and then rely on long passes to directly find the striker.

But the problem is that although such an approach is good for Liverpool, it is definitely not good for neutral fans.Benitez is always able to turn some seemingly boring games into good rounds, and turn some other particularly interesting games into dull rounds. Such a coach is really a wonderful flower.

The game fell into a stalemate under the monotonous play of Liverpool's backcourt counterattack.

Everton obviously considered Liverpool's midfield breakthrough ability and excellent free kick ability.They hoarded heavy troops in the midfield, and they came for Zhao Yaning.Together with Zhao Yaning’s breakthrough, they tried their best to intercept the opportunity, and they did not hesitate to foul. Now they have indeed blocked Zhao Yaning’s surprise attack.

In the 13th minute, after Zhao Yaning was brought down again, Liverpool got an excellent frontcourt free kick.

Zhao Yaning looked at the position of the human wall and did not choose to hit the goal.His free kicks are being studied more and more by Premier League teams, and the scoring rate at the beginning of the season is no longer found.And if you don't shoot, if you want to score a goal, you have to use your brain and think about how the opponent's defense in the penalty area.

The opponent's penalty area is very heavily defended, and the midfielders and defenders are all blocked in the penalty area.So, in this way, the frontier protection of the restricted area is definitely not strong enough...

Zhao Yaning faked a free kick, but flicked the ball lightly, and passed it to Gerrard, who was outside the care of the wall.There was no one in front of Gerrard, he rushed into the penalty area, 15 yards in the middle, and before he could make more adjustments, he shot with his left foot!

Goalkeeper Martin judged his ball correctly and kicked the ball out of the penalty area with his foot.About 25 yards outside the penalty area, Harman volleyed the ball, but unfortunately it was higher than the crossbar. [

A sigh: This opportunity is indeed good.

"Liverpool failed to seize this good opportunity, but judging by their state, there should be another opportunity."

Before Martin Taylor finished speaking, he saw that something happened to Liverpool: Warnock sprained his ankle during the game and couldn't hold on.And Benitez had Nunes replace him, changing the formation to 4321, Riise retreating to the back position, and the game continued.

Liverpool still had the advantage on the field. Garcia, Riise and Finnan tried to shoot one after another, but all were useless.But at this time, when Zhao Yaning broke through with the ball again, he was brought down in the arc of the penalty area by Hibbert.

The referee gave it a free kick.

The position is too close, but it is not easy to punish.Zhao Yaning thought for a while, and called Gerrard over, “Cooperate with me.”

This kind of free kick at the front of the penalty area is not Zhao Yaning's habit.At this time, what is needed is a strong shot, not looking for arcs and rotations.This kind of ball, Liverpool is best at Riise, and his powerful goal is definitely a must.But the problem is that he is now in the backcourt, so Liverpool is good at long-range shots, naturally it is Gerrard.

"Let me forget it." Gerrard looked at the position of the free kick, "I can also take this kind of free kick."

"They defended too well. I will cover and you will kick. I have been able to play all season, and they must not guard against you." After Zhao Yaning said something, Gerrard got out of the way.

Lifting his foot and falling down, just when Zhao Yaning was about to kick a long shot, Zhao Yaning ran over quickly, and at this time, Gerrard who was following up immediately hit the goal!

The ball was kicked by him at a very high speed, directly passed through the wall and flew into the gate!

"gooool!!!!!! Stephen Gerrard!!!! Crucial moment, crucial man!!! Gerrard's goal for Liverpool's opener, Liverpool captain's goal against Everton!!!! "

Gerrard frantically rushed to the front of the audience and celebrated his goal with them.To be able to score in the derby is really the best thing!

"Stephen Gerrard proved with one goal that he is one of the best midfielders in England. He also proved that he is the person Liverpool hates Everton the most."

And with this goal, Liverpool began to take advantage even more.This is Anfield, which was originally their home stadium, and now they lead the rivals in the same city 1-0, which also makes the fans even more crazy.

What the fans didn't expect was that soon, Liverpool ushered in a second goal.

No. 30 In the second minute, after Zhao Yaning and Morientes made a small cooperation in the midfield, Zhao Yaning suddenly passed the ball to Morientes, and he ran towards the penalty area.His original intention was to hope that Morientes could hang the ball over and let him play an anti-offside, but Morientes did not choose to pass the ball. He adjusted a step and suddenly kicked vigorously from 35 yards away. Door!

The football hit the crossbar with a loud bang, and then went straight to the penalty area, but Zhao Yaning, who happened to run into the penalty area, was hit by the back ball and rushed directly to his head. He also knew that it was a header. Opportunity, although he closed his eyes subconsciously, he still shook his head vigorously, but the huge impact of the football still made him dizzy, but at this moment, Zhao Yaning also heard the sound coming from the audience. Shocking cheers!

"gooool!!! Zhao Yaning's goal!!!!!! His No.18 goal this season!!!! And congratulations to Zhao Yaning, just now, he scored the first header of his career !"

Martin Taylor's words made it hard to tell whether it was a compliment or a sarcasm, "Morientes' shot was extremely fast, and Zhao Yaning, who had no time to dodge, was hit on the head by the falling ball, and the football flew into the goal... Who is it?" Said that Zhao Yaning’s header skills are not good? He didn’t even move his head, he stood like a pillar, and he scored the first header of his career! It’s still in such an important game!!!!”

At this time, Zhao Yaning also raised his head.He had been surrounded by his teammates who rushed over, and it wasn't until this time that Zhao Yaning somewhat understood what he had done.

I actually, really scored a header? [

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ps: There are changes.