In the early morning of April 28, Beijing time, the second leg of the first leg of this season's Champions League semi-final was held, with two goals in the second half within 3 minutes, the Premier League Liverpool team defeated La Liga Villarreal 2-0 at home to seize the opportunity to advance to the final.
Under the leadership of German coach Klopp, Liverpool played with passion and passion. In contrast, the "yellow submarine", which is significantly less staffed, focuses on defensive counterattacks. In this game, Liverpool showed excellent form, completely suppressing the opponent, leading by 73% to 27% in terms of possession and 19-1 difference in the number of shots on goal.
This slightly lucky goal opened the door to Victory for Liverpool.
However, the "Yellow Dive" defense is tenacious, and the goal is not lost throughout the first half. At the crucial moment, luck took the side of the home team, and in the 53rd minute, Salah sent a direct pass, Henderson crossed from the right, and the ball hit the returning "yellow diving" defender and flew into the net, giving Liverpool a 1-0 lead. Just two minutes later, Liverpool, who had let go of their baggage, played a wonderful match, and Mane picked up Salah's direct pass and poked a shot at the goal. After taking a two-goal lead, Liverpool still had a chance, but "Huang Qian" stabilized his position in time and finally did not concede another goal.
Salah assisted Mane to score the second goal.
After the game, Klopp bluntly said that the team was eager to score a third goal, "We controlled the game and played a lot of wonderful coordination, but unfortunately we did not go to the next city. Despite the win, Klopp wasn't too optimistic about the prospects for promotion, "We played a good game today, we were attacking all the time, and the 2-0 score was better than expected... However, everyone must always be vigilant and put in 100% effort in the second leg like this game, because it is not over yet. ”
In fact, the "yellow dive" was not in the best form of this game, with two frontcourt players, Spain international Moreno and youngster Pino absent due to injury. In this case, manager Emery was not too upset about the 0-2 result, saying after the game: "We are against Liverpool, they are strong, they are the biggest favorite to win the title. But we can totally break their wrists with them, and next week, back at home, it will be absolutely different. ”
According to the schedule, the second leg of the two teams will be played in the early morning of May 4, Beijing time at the "Huang Qian" home ceramic stadium.