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Chapter 210 Manchester United is scared

Chapter 210 Manchester United is scared
The camera gave a close-up of Klopp on the sidelines.

When I saw Pogba's long pass penetrate Liverpool's entire midfield and backcourt defense.

It can be clearly seen that Klopp's expression has become a little nervous.

After seeing Lingard hit the ball away.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Klopp then clapped his hands again and shouted at Liverpool players to attack quickly.

Of course he knew that Liverpool's high pressing and crazy pressing style of football would be risky.

But with high risk comes high reward.

Liverpool's current offensive trident is too strong.

He is not worried at all about competing with his opponents in the number of goals.

Moreover, Liverpool will definitely encounter more teams that adopt a intensive defensive strategy when facing them in the future.

If Liverpool is not afraid of Manchester United parking the bus.

Then they will not be afraid of the iron bucket formation of other mid- and lower-level teams.

Manchester United's counterattack made Liverpool players a little afraid.

So, next, the three midfielders didn't dare to get too close.

Who gets the space in the middle?
It is the sunlight that pulls back to fill this space.

Mane and Salah invaded the opponent's penalty area, which can be seen clearly if shot from the air.

The center of the circle is the sun.

Liverpool's midfielders and forwards move around the sun.

The purpose of doing this.

It is to better set up the sun.

Take a long shot!
Mane and Salah pinned down Manchester United's central defenders.

The other three midfielders helped Sunshine to open up space in front of the penalty area.

This prevents Manchester United from devoting more manpower to defending Sunshine.

Simultaneously.

This positioning allows Liverpool's midfielders and even the two full-backs to pass the ball to Sunshine's feet as soon as possible.

Next.

It was a performance where Yang Guang used his personal ability to get rid of Matic, or the double team of Matic and Herrera, and find space for long shots.

It’s raining so hard now.

It's a good opportunity to take a long shot.

Sunshine is Liverpool's strongest heavy hitter.

The shells coming from all directions, when they reach his feet, will eventually turn into rumbling cannonballs bombarding the goal.

This made Manchester United players quite uncomfortable.

Liverpool didn't actually have many players involved in the attack - just Sunshine, Mane and Salah.

But Mane and Salah pushed forward and the Sunshine retreated.

Such a mismatch makes it difficult for Manchester United's defense to help defend Sunshine.

If they go forward, who will keep an eye on Mane and Salah?

If they take it back.

Sunshine's frequent long-range shots in the area between Manchester United's defensive midfielder and central defender will sooner or later make them pay the price.

What should we do now?
Manchester United players finally figured it out: whoever has the ball will be the greater threat.

When the sun shone from a distance, they rushed forward without hesitation to block the angle.

However, he successfully blocked several shots from Yang Guang.

But the sunshine doesn't just have this rhythm.

He is not a robot.

Twenty-seventh minute of the game.

When he got the ball at the edge of the penalty area again, he got rid of Matic and raised his foot to shoot.

Within the restricted area.

Both Bailly and Smalling rushed forward, then stood sideways in front of the sun, ready to use their bodies to block the bullets.

When the sun's feet, raised high, fall down.

The football did not suddenly hit Bailly or Smalling, but was lightly rubbed.

The football flew between the two people and fell into the penalty area in a small parabola.

Mane suddenly rushed forward in the penalty area and easily stopped the ball at his feet.

The players on Manchester United's defense turned their heads and saw the back of Liverpool's No. 10.

They instinctively raised their hands and complained that Mane was offside.

But neither the linesman nor the referee made any comment.

"Yang passes the ball! Mane! One-on-one! Not offside! De Gea attacks! Cross pass!!!"

“Salah!!!”

Amid the commentator's shouts.

De Gea looked at Mane in despair as he passed the ball to the other side. He moved his eyes over and saw Liverpool's No. 11 raised his foot, pushed the ball into the empty goal with the arch of his instep.

"Salah! Shot into the empty goal! The ball went in! The ball went in! Liverpool scored the first goal!"

“One to zero!!”

"Manchester United's iron defense has been broken! Now the problem is back to Mourinho!"

"De Gea has already saved three long shots from Sunshine in this game! But Manchester United can't expect the goalkeeper to save all the shots. This time, Sunshine's change of rhythm completely broke through Manchester United's defense!!"

After scoring the goal, Salah opened his arms and hugged his teammates in Manchester United's penalty area to celebrate.

The Manchester United players rushed towards the referee.

"Offside! He was offside when he received the ball!"

Smalling shouted.

The referee Oliver did not make any comment.

More Manchester United players came up to argue with him.

But Oliver was determined not to change the verdict - even if it was a miscarriage of justice, he would not change it.

In this age without var.

If the referee changes the decision due to pressure from the players.

Then his law enforcement would definitely not be able to continue.

Because every time he makes a penalty, he will be under tremendous pressure.

Players who feel they have been taken advantage of will keep pestering him, and they will think, "If you can change the call once, you can change it a second time."

Therefore, under normal circumstances.

There is absolutely no way the referee can change his decision.

not to mention.

There is nothing wrong with this judgment.

When Smalling and Bailly pounced on him.

Valencia and Rojo did not act in unison with their centre-backs.

As a result, the two of them were left at the end.

Mane was not in an offside position at all when he received the ball.

Finally, Mane's cross was not offside.

It's a good shot.

Mourinho on the sidelines also protested loudly.

In the end, he could only walk back to the coaching seat angrily.

Mourinho was sitting in his seat, writing something in his notebook. "Maybe he was cursing the referee."

A commentator laughed.

But in fact, Mourinho was recording some adjustments for the second half.

For Manchester United.

Losing the ball means that the bus can no longer be parked.
In the second half, we had to make substitutions and attack.

But Mourinho felt a little scalp-tingling when he thought of Liverpool's front-line attacking trident.

Klopp smiled.

He really likes to see this expression on his opponent's face.

Liverpool's attack was unsophisticated but effective.

Facing Manchester United's counterattack that almost led to a goal, Liverpool immediately responded with a goal.

This is what a top team should have.

Mourinho returned to the sidelines.

He wants his players to continue to defend.

Although a ball was lost.

But this is not the worst situation.

If we lose goals consecutively due to panic response, then the game will basically be over.

in contrast.

If the first half ended with this score.

Back to halftime.

He had fifteen minutes to make detailed adjustments.

At the same time, you can also change people.

Just one goal behind.

The second half was well played.

Can also turn the game around!

After the game restarts.

After losing the ball, Manchester United retreated deeper.

This made Yangguang very strange.

After one of his passes was intercepted by the opponent and went out of bounds.

He turned his head and said to Henderson next to him: "They lost the ball but they still kept it so far back. It seems they are afraid of us."

Henderson grinned: "Don't forget, you scored against six of them in two games!"

"Hehe. It's a pity that I haven't scored yet. Since they are so far back, let's continue to shoot from long range!"

"Okay! We'll help you make some space."

Pogba was also asked to retreat to the defensive midfielder line.

at this moment.

Manchester United's defensive system has become 451.

Only Lukaku is left in front.

This made Pogba very unhappy.

He is not a player who likes to defend - although he often appears in the No. 6 position and plays as a defensive midfielder.

But his defensive discipline and game concentration are both problematic.

When I was at Juventus.

Juventus head coach Conte rarely lets Pogba play in critical positions.

Instead, Pogba's offensive talent and talent for passing threatening balls are fully utilized.

But under Mourinho.

Pogba sometimes plays as a double defensive midfielder with Matic.

This doesn't seem to be a big problem.

But in Pogba's opinion, now that they are behind, it is time to press forward and attack.

Why did it retreat even deeper?

The team's tactic was defensive counterattack, but now only defense is left.

Counterattack
The counterattack is gone!

Rely on Lukaku?

Even if the ball is passed.

Kaku is not very good at protecting the ball.

Although this Belgian is a strongman weighing 200 kilograms.

But he is softer
Not tough enough in confrontation and likes to play to the side.

He clearly has the physique of a pillar center.

I just like the running back's style of play.

[Small flat head, beer belly, professional winger Lukaku]

It's really a waste of all the weight.

Manchester United, who retreated to defend, did not give Liverpool too many opportunities in the first half.

As the first half of the game was coming to an end.

They retreated deeper and made the fence more secure.

Simultaneously.

They also pay attention to the movements.

Avoid giving Liverpool free kick opportunities.

Because everyone knows
The more tense the game becomes.

Giving a free kick to the opponent is very dangerous.

In particular, Liverpool is very good at attacking free kicks. Whether it is passing the ball into the penalty area for tall players to head the ball, or directly shooting from a free kick, the threat is very great.

But the more you fear something.

The more you come.

The 46th minute of the game.

That is, when there were only a dozen seconds left in injury time and the first half was about to end.

Mane dribbled the ball to the middle and was about 35 meters away from the goal.

He was defended by Rojo and knocked to the ground.

The referee called a foul on Rojo.

Rojo was extremely excited when he heard the whistle.

He made a diving gesture to protest Mane's diving.

But it is difficult to say whether Mane dived or not, because the physical contact was obvious.
Mourinho on the sidelines was also protesting loudly.

A free kick from a position that is not actually particularly threatening.

Manchester United players care so much.