Benitez talked about the tactics of the second half.*

When talking about tactics, the Spaniard immediately became much more serious. He wrote and painted on the tactical board and explained it carefully to the players.

"In the second half, we will still focus on defense, strengthen the team's defensive strength and don't give them any chance."

"When you have the opportunity to counterattack, you should also be careful that there are too many people who cannot insert assists. Arsenal's offense is very fast. If we press too far, the backcourt will be very dangerous."

"Jimmy, you command the team's defense well and always remind everyone to stand. As long as our defense is stable, Arsenal will not have any good solutions. They must press on the offense, and that is our opportunity."

In Benitez's mind, you have to defend against Arsenal.

He and Mourinho are both quite conservative coaches. Mourinho is interested in defense, and Benitez also values ​​defense. In the world of football, victory or defeat is the key. In fact, Benitez is considering more than just focusing on what is going on.

If the team's overall offensive ability is not weaker than Arsenal, he doesn't mind letting the whole team play against Arsenal, such a game will definitely be very good.

Even he likes to watch exciting attacks.

But now Liverpool... Benitez can only shake his head when he thinks about it. If it is a defensive counterattack, the team can play better. If it is only attacking, it is often not as good as the players in the frontcourt.

The ability problems of midfielders and backcourt players have caused them to not be very helpful when attacking. Instead of doing this, it is better to defend with all your might.

This is also the safest and most suitable tactic.

..

Liverpool's defense is indeed doing a good job.

Although he was scored two goals in the first half, Liverpool has always been regarded by the media as one of the two best defense teams this season, one is Chelsea and the other is Liverpool.

This seems a bit magical to the media.

The problems that Liverpool have in the backcourt are, as long as they are senior fans, they can know that the only players in the backcourt can show off are Carragher and Hypia. Almost everyone else has various problems. As a result, Liverpool has become one of the two best defense teams in England.

Many people in the football industry believe that this is related to Benitez's conservative tactics.

But no matter what, it means that Liverpool did a good job in defense. When Benitez rested at halftime, let the team stick to defense and repeatedly reminded him, Arsenal's offensive attack was full of momentum in the second half, but in fact he couldn't find any good opportunity.

But Arsenal now has no choice.

They are the backward side at home, so what else can they do besides pushing the attack? Arsenal is known for its fast-paced football with all attacks and defenses, and the same is true for their style. But this style is not much when facing the opponent's guard against each other, especially when the opponent's strength is not weaker than itself, they don't have many ways.

This is also one of the reasons why Arsenal always has poor performance when competing against strong teams.

The problem has always existed, and everyone knows that Arsenal will naturally find ways to make up for the shortcomings. Wenger's solution is to let the team play in form, so that no flaw will become a problem. So Arsenal has been making substitution adjustments in the past two years, and Wenger wants to find the candidate who can replace Vieira.

When Vieira was there, Arsenal could almost be described as sweeping England.

Vieira left, and Arsenal's performance immediately declined. This is the role of a core midfielder. One core can drive the entire team to find its state, offense and defense to play smoother.

Wenger promoted Fabregas.

But Fabregas is really young now. He wants to have stable and outstanding performance. Perhaps he will have to live another season.

Arsenal's offense was blocked, and Liverpool naturally became active.

From the start of the second half to the 70th minute of the game, in these twenty minutes, Arsenal failed to create too good opportunities, let alone create shots that threaten Liverpool's goal. Instead, Liverpool took advantage of several counterattack opportunities to continue to threaten Arsenal's goal.

Arsenal has the advantage in the scene, but in fact Liverpool has a great advantage.

At this time, any fans who have watched the second half of the game for a while will be very clear about the situation on the court. Although Arsenal has a high ball possession rate and their offense is also beautiful, they cannot threaten Liverpool's goal for a long time, but when Liverpool gets the ball, it is a threat again and again.

Arsenal fans were worried.

Many commentators also mentioned the current situation when commenting on the game. "Liverpool is still defending and counterattacking, but their defense is more stable. Arsenal has no good way to face the iron walls of defense. Every time Liverpool counterattacks, it will bring many threats to Arsenal..."

"If the game continues like this, there will be no hope of Arsenal equalizing the score!"

Arsenal is only one goal behind!

There is really only one ball!

But many people think that Arsenal has little hope, which shows how far the game between Arsenal and Liverpool has reached. Although Arsenal has been seeking attack, there are not many goals that can really score into the penalty area, let alone shoot directly.

No!

Another ten minutes have passed, but there is still nothing!

Henry, who performed well in the first half, was completely lost in Liverpool's defense. The active Fabregas faced one by one, and the defensive players who were guarding the penalty area line, were no longer agile and active.

He became an ordinary young player, and even made two consecutive mistakes just now.

"Fabregas' condition is really worrying..." Even the London commentator said so. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Fabregas being intercepted by Gerald. He exclaimed, "Ah...attention! Fabregas was cut off!"

"That's the third time!"

"He seems to be going past Gerald, but Gerald is not so easy to break through."

This is a fatal mistake!

After Gerald got the ball, he directly transferred the ball to the left with a long pass. Garcia had been waiting for a long time. In the whole game, except for Zhang Tiehan, he was looking for opportunities to attack. Now the opportunity has come again, and Garcia frantically led the ball forward.

He broke through to Arsenal's half and quickly cut inside and entered the hinterland of the penalty area.

At this point, facing Toure's defense, Garcia passed the ball.

Zhang Tiehan was right behind him, facing this extremely safe pass, he waved his right foot without hesitation, allowing the football to hang directly at the corner of the goal.

“gl!!!”

"2:4! Liverpool led Arsenal two goals in the away game!

"Now is the 79th minute of the game. Zhang Gang just scored another goal for Liverpool, exaggerating Liverpool's score advantage! This is also his third goal in this game!"

"This is the first league game he played after he returned from injury. He encountered an opponent like Arsenal in the first game. Zhang was under a lot of pressure, but we didn't see any pressure at all. Instead, he scored consecutive goals, the third goal, a hat trick! His comeback is perfect!"

"He might be telling everyone with a hat in Highbury--he's back!"

"Yes, we believe that after this game, all fans who are following the Premier League will know this news. Zhang is back and he still can't stop him!"

All commentators praised Zhang Tiehan's performance.

"Zhang Tiehan is unstoppable!" This simply put Zhang Tiehan into the sky. It probably doesn't matter whether it is true or not. Arsenal goalkeeper Lehman felt very disappointed. If he knew that the current commentator was saying Zhang Tiehan, he would definitely support him very much.

He lost four goals in one game, Zhang Tiehan scored three and assisted one... Isn't this unstoppable?

Anyway, he is unable to stop Zhang Tiehan.

Lehman was helpless. He didn't know whether he should blame his teammates for their poor defense or for not being able to save Zhang Tiehan's shot. He obviously prefers the former. After all, he has never heard of any goalkeeper calmly when facing Zhang Tiehan's shot. Even if there are some guys who are not famous, it's all for hype.

But if his teammates are not good, he has no choice...

Lehman could only accept all this in his heart.

Other Arsenals, including coach Wenger, knew that there was no suspense in the game after seeing Zhang Tiehan score again. Although there were still ten minutes left, it was not impossible to equalize two goals, but they were no longer confident.

In the second half of more than 30 minutes, they didn't find a good opportunity, but Liverpool seized the opportunity to score a goal. So what can they do in just ten minutes?

Head coach Wenger sees more than ordinary players.

He didn't have confidence when he saw that there was not much time left, but what made him unconfidence was the team's fighting spirit. Looking at the expressions of the young people on the court, he knew that most people were no longer confident.

There will be no suspense in the game like this.

His only idea now is that he hopes the result will not affect Arsenal's future matches.

...

After a brief celebration of the goal, the match between the two sides started again.

Although there are still ten minutes left in the game, many people have already judged the result. Even Arsenal players have lost confidence. Anyone knows that the game has entered garbage time. Many Arsenal fans in the audience are ready to leave the game early.

In the 85th minute of the game, Benitez took advantage of an opportunity outside the boundary and replaced Zhang Tiehan with Morientes.

It's mainly not Morientes, but Zhang Tiehan.

Benitez is giving Zhang Tiehan a chance to receive applause from fans.

Sure enough, when Zhang Tiehan came out, a lot of applause came from the Highbury Stadium, and many Arsenal fans stood up to applaud Zhang Tiehan and gave him applause for his performance.

Football does not distinguish between national boundaries.

As long as you perform well enough, fans of your arch-rivals in the city will applaud you, let alone Arsenal fans and Zhang Tiehan have no grudges. Although Arsenal has no chance in this game and Arsenal fans who lost the game are in a bad mood, they still respect Zhang Tiehan who performed well.

This is football.

Zhang Tiehan smiled and waved to the fans in the stands, step by step off the stadium.

The next thing was really garbage time. After five minutes, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game in just two minutes, and also announced that Liverpool, who was visiting Highbury, had another league victory. To be continued...
Chapter completed!