LIverpool won the derby match against Chelsea in the English Premier League. Maxi Rodriguez and Glen Johnson scored for the impressive 2-1, while Daniel Sturridge was the Chelsea's goalscorer.
The beginning of the match was very intriguing and Juan Mata tried a volley in the 10th minute, but the shot was blocked by a Liverpool defender. IN the next minute, the Reds also had a chance, but Branislav Ivanovic stopped the opponents' attack. In the 21th minute Didier Drogba fired a dangerous shot from a free kick, a less than meter away from teh goal.
IN the 33rd minute, the first goal was scored. John Obi Mikel made a mistake and in the following counterattack Maxi Rodriguez scored an easy goal 1 on 1 against the goalkeeper Petr Cech.
After Liverpool's goal Chelsea launched massive attacks in order to score a goal before the end of the first half, but all efforts were unsuccessful.
During the break Andre Villas-Boas substituted Mikel with Sturridge and changed the playing style into more offensive. This refreshed the attacking style of Chelsea and a lot of dangrous attacks marked the beginning of the second half. In the 55th minute Florent Malouda advanced in Liverpool's half and fired a shot. The ball went into Sturridge, who successfully scored from 2 meters in the empty net. The following minutes were even tougher for the Liverpool's defenders. David Luiz's header was saved by Pepe Reina, and dangerous attacks resulting in shots fired by Malouda and Lampard also showed the weakness of the Liverpool's defence in this minutes of the match.
And then, suprisingly, out of nothing, an excellent raid of the defender Glen Johnson, passing through Ashley Cole, ended with a goal-scoring shot. It happened in the 87th minute, so there was no time for Chelsea to launch successful attacks, so Liverpool didn't have much trouble keeping their net safe to the end of the match.
The win gives hope to Liverpool for a place in the first 4 (the participants in the Champions League)teams in the Premier League.
No comments:
Post a Comment