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Chapter 144 It's Anfield Again
On the evening of April 4th, Liverpool, Anfield.

"It's a little chilly tonight."

"It's still spring, isn't it?"

Wang looked at the weather forecast. The temperature in Liverpool today is about 19 degrees. It is definitely not cold, but it is a bit cool.

But if you get active in a while, it will definitely not be cold.

"It's Anfield again, it's the second time this season."

"Hopefully we can win the game like last time."

"On the previous match day, it was really unexpected that Real Madrid could cleanly beat Juventus 3-0."

"You also watched that game, I watched the Bayern game, but it is true that Real Madrid won it so easily, after all, they are the defending champions."

"The only team that has defended the Champions League after the restructuring. The strength is really strong."

Wang Yi heard Sterling and Aguero chatting.

He leaned against the cabinet in the locker room, closing his eyes and meditating.

The game is about to start, and they are all waiting for the head coach Pep Guardiola to come in and announce the starting lineup before the game, which is supposed to be long overdue.

Like Liverpool's starting lineup, they all knew it on the bus an hour ago.

Liverpool's starting list is almost a clear card.

"Karius, Robertson, Van Dijk, Lovren, Alexander-Arnold, Milner, Henderson, Chamberlain, Mane, Firmino, Salah."

The starting list for Manchester City has already been reported, but now everyone is waiting for Guardiola to come in and announce.

At the same time, Guardiola opened the door and entered.

As soon as Wang heard footsteps, he knew it was Guardiola.

Guardiola was not ambiguous at all, and started reading the starting list as soon as he came in.

While thinking, he placed positions on the tactical board.

"Goalkeeper Ederson. Left back Laporte, center back Kompany and Otamendi, right back Walker, the midfield trio is Fernandinho, David Silva, Bernardo Erva, the front three are Wang Yi, Gabriel Jesus and De Bruyne."

After Guardiola finished reading, the locker room was silent.

Wang Yi was dumbfounded.

"Laporte hasn't played left-back in the past few months at Manchester City."

Wang Yi thought, Laporte didn't seem to have played left back before, right?
When Wang Yi was thinking, Kompany looked up.

"Boss, are you playing 3 central defenders today?"

Wang Yiyi heard what the captain said, and thought: "That's right, the three central defenders made sense—"

"No, there are still four backs, and Laporte will play left back. Emerick, do you have any questions?"

Laporte stood up and said, "No problem!"

Of course there is no problem. At this time, Laporte will say that there is a problem when he is sick, especially after Kompany's comeback.

"During the game, Emmerich, you are facing Liverpool Salah, just as you can use your height to limit the opponent."

"I'm afraid Salah will overtake him in terms of speed."

Suddenly, someone on Wang Yi's right hand whispered something.

Wang subconsciously looked over.

It's Sane.

The voice was very low, but Wang Yi's hearing was already good, and he was leaning against Sane, so he could hear it naturally.

"Okay, are there any questions?"

Of course Wang Yi had a problem in his heart, but none of his teammates said anything, so he couldn't speak.

"What's the matter with Kevin playing right winger? Could it be that De Bruyne retreated and asked me and Jesus to play a double forward, and De Bruyne came up again when attacking?"

But guessing is just guessing.

Wang Yi left the locker room full of doubts.

Also in doubt is De Bruyne.

"Kevin, wait a minute."

Guardiola stopped De Bruyne.

"You're a midfielder, I'll tell you and you'll understand. When you're defending for a while you drop back to the midfield and Fernandinho drops back to the defense so we can defend. When they are pressing, you go up when they are attacking."

De Bruy didn't think much in his heart, nodded seriously, and went out.

De Bruyne is usually a boring gourd, so when he saw De Bruyne nodding, Guardiola knew that De Bruyne should know what he said.

"Today, the positions of the two personnel on Manchester City's side have changed. De Bruyne did not play in the midfield position but went to the right winger position, while the central defender Laporte went to play the left back. Of course it is the official game. This position is still three central defenders, it depends on Manchester City's game position after the start of the game."

Klopp saw City start the game.

"Let Laporte play left back, is he trying to use his body to limit Salah? It's a good idea!"

"Guardiola still asked De Bruyne to play right winger? What are you thinking if you don't play Sterling?"

And Klopp saw through Guardiola's thoughts at a glance.

"He wants De Bruyne to retreat to the midfield when defending, and go up to the striker when attacking. He wants to take both. Is it possible?"

At this point, the handshake has been completed.

Manchester City kicked off first.

And within 3 minutes after kick-off.

Manchester City always controlled the ball in the frontcourt.

In the face of Manchester City's short pass cooperation, Liverpool did not hesitate to press the three forwards directly to oppress Manchester City's frontcourt.

Jesus was not stable with the ball at his feet. Wang Yi saw it and reached out for the ball. Jesus was pressed by Firmino again and barely passed the ball.

Wang Yi hurriedly ran two extra steps, got the ball, and then passed it back to the midfield.

The frontcourt is not stable with the ball now, so let the midfielder organize it.

As soon as Wang Yi passed the ball back to the midfielder, De Bruyne also retreated to the midfielder.

And Fernandinho also retreated to a point in front of the defense.

Manchester City now has five main players defending in the backcourt. Otamendi, Kompany, and Laporte are in the backcourt. Fernandinho is in front of Kompany to intercept at any time.

David Silva, Bernardo Silva and De Bruyne play short passes in midfield.

But at this time, Firmino continued to press, or in other words, the three frontcourt players of the Liverpool team went deep behind the enemy and continued to press.

Firmino saw the opportunity and directly pressed De Bruyne with all his strength.

When De Bruyne was pressed and pressed, he did not see that David Silva was unmarked on the left at this time.

Losing the chance to play the ball, De Bruyne had no choice but to knock the ball back to Fernandinho behind him.

But Wang Yi was on the wing at this time, away from the pressing area in the middle. At this time, he was outside the game, but he saw the brilliance of Liverpool's pressing.

The best thing about Liverpool's pressing is that they controlled Manchester City's five players with only three players in the frontcourt. Firmino was responsible for loaning and pressing in the middle. Mane and Salah from both sides to the ribs To control the two opponents, while Chamberlain and Milner behind him are close to the trio to keep the formation compact and there are no gaps.

This set of pressing system made Wang Yi feel that his side was restrained too much.

It's only been 10 minutes!
(End of this chapter)