Chapter 428 Weakness Seen Through?Chen Xiaoliang: What are you panicking about?I am here
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Ge Lei Sen Gu Dong
Chapter 428 Weakness Seen Through?Chen Xiaoliang: What are you panicking about?I am here
"嗞~~~嗞~~~嗞~~~"
Chen Xiaoliang's mobile phone in the locker was ringing, and he had already led his teammates into Anfield in the player tunnel.
During the march, except for the old teammate Gwadio, all the other Liverpool players kept eye contact with the Manchester United players, and there was a sense of contempt, as if if there were no referees around, they would just copy the guys. dry.
The moment he walked out of the passageway, Anfield was booed all over the sky, and the fans in the stands that were close to him gave him the middle finger and scolded many words with extremely high content.
To some extent, this can be regarded as a "special courtesy" for superstars at the home court of their rivals.
After the handshake session with extremely stiff and perfunctory expressions on both sides passed, Van Dyke and Chen Xiaoliang guessed.
In the end, Liverpool kicked off first, attacking from northeast to southwest, while Manchester United kicked off later.
"Beep!"
Lou Yichen: "With the whistle of the referee, the 214th double red meeting officially begins!"
Jiakebo pushed the ball back, followed by Barrera to catch the ball, but before dribbling the ball forward, he looked up at Chen Xiaoliang who was not far in front of him.
这一天他等待了整整了将近半年，尽管联赛7球11助场均1.7次抢断的数据绝对配得上他7500万欧元的身价，但在老特拉福德的那个6比0还是让他每每想到就辗转反侧、无法入眠。
Even though the team had all sorts of reasons to lose that game, countless fans, including himself, believed that being sent off for irrational behavior was the culprit of the collapse.
In any case, this account will be recovered today.
And winning this game today will not only give their rivals their first defeat of the season, narrow the gap between them, but also kick their hope of overtaking Manchester City to win the league championship with a high probability.
You must know that Manchester United has not won the Premier League championship for 11 years. If this veteran giant, which is wholly owned by the fund held by the Qatari royal family, is allowed to reach the top again, it will be great for other Premier League powerhouses, especially for Liverpool. a nightmare.
With 19 top league titles, they are only one time away from Manchester United's 20. No one who supports Merseyside's red power in the world wants to see this gap widen again.
Klopp stood on the sidelines with his hands folded across his chest.
The generals are united and the three armies use their lives. Liverpool's first attack showed a threat.
In the 41st second, Liverpool organized in the midfield, and the delayed Barrera passed the ball to McAllister in front left.
The Argentine midfielder pushed forward, and Chen Xiaoliang ran laterally to intercept.
McAllister immediately sent the ball to Nunes on the left. Nunes immediately cut in and Milinkovic defended, but Nunes continued to cut in to the top of the arc with a clear advantage in speed.
Casemiro blocked him and wanted to double-team Milinkovic. Nunes made a feint and then wiped directly from the two into the dribbling penalty area.
In front of him, Casemiro steals the ball with his feet, and behind him, Milinkovic wants to use physical confrontation to delay his advancement.
As a result, Nunes "followed the trend" and fell forward, just falling on the top of the arc in the penalty area.
"Beep!"
Tim Robinson, one of the two new chief referees hired by the Premier League this season, blew the whistle. The referee belonging to the Sussex County Football Association whistled two Premier League games as an assistant referee last season. At this moment, he fouled Milinkovic for pushing.
The other new referee is Darren Bond, who is affiliated with the Lancashire County Football Association.
Milinkovic immediately complained to the referee Tim Robinson, saying that he was fighting normally, but the referee was completely indifferent and instructed Liverpool to prepare for a penalty.
Arnold ran over and started swinging the ball.
This season, he abandoned his previous image of dreadlocks and re-cut his hair into ordinary short hair. At the age of 25, at the golden age, he seemed to have returned to the peak state when he helped Liverpool win the Premier League and the Champions League. It is still a midfielder, and his performance has improved significantly compared to the "Route 66" in the previous two seasons.
Not only that, in terms of crosses and free kicks, he not only plays an important role in Liverpool, but also ranks high in the England national team.
Manchester United set up a five-man wall at the penalty spot, and the rest of the players were scattered around the penalty area to defend Liverpool's other players.
"Beep!"
The referee Tim Robinson whistled, Arnold stood behind the ball on the left, Salah stood behind the ball on the right, and the two looked at each other.
Lou Yichen: "Arnold's run-up!"
"Eh?! Suddenly stopped!"
"It's Salah!"
"It's still Arnold!"
"Ouch!"
"The quality of the ball was really high, but De Gea also made a great save!"
Liu Yue: "Two Liverpool players played a change of pace. Adeno took two steps to run up and stopped suddenly. At this time, Salah started to run up. When the attention of the defenders shifted from Arnold to Salah Arnold, who was already behind the ball, kicked up suddenly."
"The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal. Fortunately, De Gea was concentrated and vacated sideways to block the ball with his left hand. Luke Shaw immediately cleared with his big foot."
The thrilling start did not change the score, nor would it change the tactical arrangements of the two sides.
After kicking Manchester United, I found that today Klopp proposed a new solution to the topic of how to defend Chen Xiaoliang-that is, not to defend specifically.
Before, he used Bajcetic for special defense, and tried double-teaming in midfield and special defense plus partial double-teaming.
After watching the three consecutive games between Manchester United and Manchester City a while ago, Klopp, who racked his brains and racked his brains, suddenly felt relieved.
He realized that facing a player like Chen Xiaoliang, there might not be a perfect targeted defensive tactic in this world that can completely contain him. Since there is no such thing, there is no need to think hard about it.
Conversely, just like boxing, taekwondo, free fighting and other confrontational games, no matter how strong a player is, it is impossible to defend all the opponent's attacks, and more or less always have to suffer so many heavy blows in the game, but In the end, no matter whether you look at knockdowns or points, the comparison is who can give the opponent more blows under a certain defense.
This is the defensive level. On the offensive level, the parts to be hit by these confrontational sports are also the weakest or deadliest places on the opponent's body allowed by the rules.
So tonight, with the iron triangle configuration of Barrera, Lavia, and McAllister in the midfield, Klopp did not arrange any specific defensive tactics against Chen Xiaoliang. The corresponding midfielder defends him, and then according to the actual defensive situation and position, other teammates in the corresponding position will assist in the defense.
In other words, this is no different from most teams' defensive tactics against the opponent's key players.
But on offense, Klopp has worked very hard.
In the 6th minute, Wan Bissaka passed the ball from Cesco in the middle distance, and Van Dijk was the first to move up and destroy it. Barrera took possession of the ball and Liverpool launched an attack.
Robertson made a high-speed drive from the left, Barrera gave him the ball, Robertson rushed forward with the ball, Nunes was always active in the corner of Manchester United's left penalty area, as if he was going to advance at any time, seducing Mi The defensive attention of Linkovic and Wan-Bissaka.
Robertson easily got rid of B Fee who ran over from the offensive position to defend, and then really passed the ball to Nunes.
Nunes feints forward with a feint shot, Wan-Bissaka and Milinkovic immediately come to double-team, Nunes pushes the ball back to the wing, Robertson receives the ball again and kicks without any defensive pressure Ready to cross.
Before Wan-Bissaka, who turned his head and rushed over, got close to Robertson, Robertson's high pass turned into a low cross.
Nunes over there waited for Wan-Bissaka to turn his head and leave, and immediately went to the bottom along the left side of the penalty area. The sudden start made people tall, but Milinkovic, who was flexible and deviated, couldn't keep up. Robertson When the ball came, Nunes was again the one stepping inside the paint with no one around.
Nunes turned and dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and Varane immediately made it up.
Lou Yichen: "Cross the door!"
"Dangerous!"
"Fortunately, Argentine central defender Lisandro Martinez made up for it in time, and fell to the ground and shoveled the ball out of the sideline before Gacpo outflanked it!"
"Let's watch the replay again. Whether it is Wan-Bissaka, Milinkovic, or Varane, they are all running with the ball running back and forth on the left side of Liverpool. They are all passive defenses, which lead to defensive failures. Always in a state of one less person.”
Liu Yue: "Whether it's Robertson just now, or Alexander-Arnold who also tried to press up and assist on the right, today Liverpool's two full-backs pressed up very much, cooperating with the wingers in some areas on the wing, and Manchester United just now. Bad defense also has to do with the player's shortcomings."
"Wan-Bissaka's one-on-one defensive ability is very strong, but the ability to cover and assist the opponent's players without the ball is relatively average. Although Milinkovic has excellent ability to fight for the top and confrontation, but his speed and flexibility are the best. His two weaknesses, against the very fast Nunez, he can easily get rid of by the latter."
"Varane didn't expect that the two teammates would be thrown away by the short pass back and forth of the opponent's two players, and they could only be forced to come over to defend. Fortunately, Lima's prediction was in place and the reaction was quick, otherwise Jake If Bo outflanks and grabs points, the goal will most likely be scored."
On the field, Robertson threw the ball out of bounds on the left side. McAllister stepped forward to catch the ball and attracted Wan Bissaka's defense, and then knocked the ball back to Robertson. Robertson made a decisive pass this time. Nunez, Garcia Kepo and Salah outflanked the Manchester United penalty area at three points in front, middle and back. In the end, Nunez's header from the left side of the small penalty area was too straight and was thrown to the ground by De Gea in his arms.
At this time, the broadcaster typed subtitles on the screen, listing the offensive data of the two sides after the opening.
Lou Yichen: "In the opening 7 minutes, the home team Liverpool already had a three-footed goal, but Manchester United has not yet scored the ball into Liverpool's penalty area."
At this time, De Gea saw that the people around had dispersed, got up and patted the ball twice, then threw the ball on the ground and prepared to pass it to his teammates.
As soon as he threw it, Jia Kebo, who had already retreated beyond the top of the arc, rushed up immediately.
Next to Varane and Lima on the left and right sides of the penalty area, Nunez and Salah also rushed over.
De Gea didn't expect that Liverpool's striker's three arrows would go back and forth. In a panic, he saw that the two central defenders were being targeted, so he could only urgently choose to drive the ball forward with his big foot.
Ten Hag frowned suddenly on the sidelines.
The blind kick kicked off with a big foot, and naturally it finally fell at the feet of Liverpool players. Lavia unloaded the ball with his chest and passed it to Salah on the right. Liverpool attacked again, and Salah on the right. After a forced inward cut, he kicked and shot, but was caught again by De Gea.
But this time when De Gea stood up, Gakpo was still dangling beside him. De Gea didn't dare to throw the ball on the ground, and the central defenders on both sides were still stared at, and the throw was not too far away. He had no choice but to kick off the ball again and kick the ball forward.
Fortunately, Chen Xiaoliang, who moved forward this time, suppressed Lavia with his strong body and pushed the ball down.
Lou Yichen: "Let's see if Manchester United can play a complete attack."
Chen Xiaoliang turned around and forced Lavia. Lavia squeezed Chen Xiaoliang with her body, but bounced herself back as if hitting a concrete wall. Barrera and Arnold on the side began to approach Chen Xiaoliang's direction. Chen Xiaoliang It was immediately distributed to Luke Shaw on the left, and then he went forward into the penalty area.
Seeing that there was no one in front of him, Luke Shaw decisively dribbled the ball forward along the left flank, and Kwa let him take Arnold to the left rib.
Lavia pounced on Luke Shaw, and Luke Shaw made a pass at a 45-degree angle. Barrera and Gwadiol stuck to Chen Xiaoliang. Van Dijk defended Sesco alone, but the pass was a bit too big. Goalkeeper Alisson rushed directly out of the small penalty area and jumped off.
Over there, Luke Xiao was still raising his hand to "greeting" Chen Xiaoliang and Cesco, indicating that the pass was not good. Here, Alisson did not give Chen Xiaoliang and Cesco in the penalty area any chance to press, and the ball was already far away. It was thrown far to McAllister who was waiting outside the penalty area.
After McAllister received the ball, Liverpool's midfielders and two full-backs flooded towards Manchester United's half. McAllister kicked the ball diagonally and distributed the ball to the right. , Arnold has already run in place, caught the ball and rushed forward.
Luke Shaw, who was still raising his hand just now, chased desperately, but when he just caught up, Arnold had already poked the ball to Salah, who cut in from the right.
Salah did not confront Casemiro head-on, and continued to dribble the ball to the left after receiving the ball, heading straight for Milinkovic's defense zone. The latter, like Luke Shaw, also failed to return to the position.
In order to prevent Salah from shooting from the front of the penalty area, Casemiro had to follow up all the way.
Suddenly, Salah lowered his shoulders as if he was going to force his way, and Casemiro immediately stuck it up to prevent him from starting up. Salah then turned around with the ball and pushed the ball to the right of the top of the arc in the penalty area, where it should have been Casemiro's defense zone is now empty, and Arnold, who has already cut inside, shoots without stopping the ball!
The ball flew out like a cannonball, De Gea flew to the left to pounce on the ball, blocked the ball with his right hand but failed to completely change the trajectory of the ball!
The hearts of the Manchester United fans were in their throats, until finally there was a "bang", the ball that was lifted hit the top of the crossbar and popped out of the bottom line!
"Ouch!!!"
The Liverpool fans in the surrounding stands sighed in unison, and Klopp also shook his hand vigorously, complaining about the bad luck of the team, otherwise he would have already led by 2 goals.
However, he immediately applauded and shouted loudly, signaling the players to maintain this rhythm and continue to actively press and advance.
Chen Xiaoliang has now completely discovered that Klopp is bringing his heavy metal frenzy tonight to hit the snake and hit the seven inches.
On the left flank, Liverpool players avoided forming a one-on-one with Wan Bissaka, but used midfield and full-back support, Nunes continued to put pressure on Wan Bissaka in the ribs, and then passed back and forth to pass the ball back and forth. The shortcomings of his defensive ability were fully exposed.
On the right, although Luke Shaw is not as strong as Wan Bisaka in one-on-one, he is also not an easy target in one-on-one with balanced abilities.
But Luke Shaw has an obvious problem. Like Manchester United's left-back Evra back then, he has good offensive and defensive abilities and needs to press up frequently to participate in the offense. It is difficult for him to chase back the wide players in the first place, which is the biggest problem of the so-called full-backs-the pressure cannot be withdrawn.
Therefore, on this road, Liverpool did not press on him at halftime, and actively lured other Manchester United players to pass the ball to Luke Shaw, and then let him push forward, and directly hit the gap behind him after the offensive and defensive transition.
On Manchester United's two wings, there is another hidden danger, that is, although Kwa and B Fei's defensive attitude is good, their defensive ability is very average.
Today, Anthony did not play on the right side and went to the B fee. Ten Hag wanted to strengthen the frontcourt connection, but this position is a cameo for the B fee after all, which further magnified Wan Bisaka's tendency to focus on one thing and lose another.
As for the defensive midfielder position, Casemiro's strength is obvious to all, so today Liverpool's offense actively bypasses him, focusing on Milinkovic's side as much as possible.
And Milinkovic was not born as a defensive midfielder, and it is no secret that his speed is slow. In Serie A, which is relatively slow overall and pays more attention to tactical cooperation, his shortcoming is not too obvious. The transition between offense and defense is extremely fast, and there are many players who are good at individual blasting in the Premier League. This problem is quite obvious.
However, high pressure and fast-paced offensive transitions are Klopp's most signature tactical style. Today, Nunes, who is playing on this side, continues to use his speed to get rid of Milinkovic with the help of Robertson.
The last weakness is the goalkeeper's ability to play the ball.
David de Gea, may be the most "retro" among the main goalkeepers of today's football giants. His ability to save on the goal line is extremely strong. After so many years of hammering, the high-altitude ball ability that was repeatedly ravaged in the Premier League at the beginning of the year, He has also changed a long time ago, but only his ability to control and play the ball has not been improved, which makes him more and more different under the changes of modern football.
Back then, Liverpool spent a total of 7250 million euros to introduce Alisson from Rome. In addition to his goalkeeping ability, he needed his ability to play the ball.
This is also confirmed by Guardiola. In the summer window of 2017, he introduced Alisson's substitute second goal Ederson from Benfica for 4000 million euros in the Brazilian national team, also in order to strengthen his ability to play in the backcourt.
You know, two years ago, in the summer of 2, the transfer fee for Ederson, who was still unknown at the time, from Rio Ave to Benfica was only 2015 euros. Guardiola was willing to set out 50 times the price, except It has a great relationship with Benfica's black spot attribute, but it also shows that such a goalkeeper is an urgently needed type in today's football tactical reform trend.
In addition to the ability to play the ball, De Gea also has the characteristics of a classical goalkeeper, which is the ability to attack and cover.
This has to mention Neuer, the most famous character who changed the goalkeeper type. With his super coverage and interception ability outside the penalty area, Neuer showed the future direction of modern goalkeepers on the defensive end, and to some extent made the team More than half a defender.
Ten Hag, who likes to use the old department, really wanted to buy Inter Milan goalkeeper Onana last summer, especially after Onana had a complete fallout with the national team and Cameroon Football Association President Eto'o at the World Cup in Qatar and quit the national team. From the club's point of view, this African goalkeeper who does not need to participate in the African Cup is not only more modern in ability, but also has no worries about using it.
But it cost too much money to buy the three heroes of Roma and Timber. In addition, the Inter Milan Lions opened their mouths and cost 6000 million euros. This will make Manchester United's net investment in the summer window more than 4 million euros, and 100% will trigger UEFA. The Federal Finance Committee's punishment for violating the Financial Fair Play Act, so I gave up and bought Livakovic with the same classical style, but extremely cheap and extremely cost-effective.
Tonight, Klopp made it clear that he was going to "ignore" Chen Xiaoliang at home, and attacked Manchester United's main weaknesses. Like a boxer, if he can't be knocked down completely, then use more points to win the game .
However, compared to Ten Hahe who was frowning on the sidelines, Chen Xiaoliang on the field was not too flustered.
For him, weakness looks scary, but it's actually not scary at all.
Because everyone has weaknesses and every team has their weaknesses.
Klopp has calculated so many weaknesses of Manchester United, but has he calculated how to make up for Liverpool's weaknesses?
Chen Xiaoliang didn't care whether Kropp had calculated or not, as long as he knew he knew it.
In the 18th minute, Manchester United attacked again after fending off Liverpool's torrential 6 shots.
Also on the left, since Liverpool did not press Luke Shaw at halftime, the ball naturally passed to him.
The only difference this time is that Chen Xiaoliang also moved to the left rib.
Luke Shaw pushed forward, and when he crossed the center line and approached the offensive third zone, Lavia began to approach him. After Luke Xiao and Chen Xiaoliang made eye contact for a moment, they continued to advance.
Seeing that he had entered the third offensive zone, Lavia was already "closer" enough, stepped forward and began to press hard, trying to intercept the ball.
Luke Shaw was well prepared, and without waiting for Lavia to approach, he pushed the ball with his left foot and passed it to Chen Xiaoliang.
Chen Xiaoliang received the ball and turned around. McAllister was on his right and Barrera was in front of him. A distance of more than three meters.
Chen Xiaoliang took two steps forward, suddenly lowered his center of gravity as if about to break through, and then took a step forward.
McAllister and Barrera retreated quickly to prevent Chen Xiaoliang from passing them in two or three steps at an extremely fast speed, but when they looked closely, only Chen Xiaoliang's body was moving, and the ball under his feet did not move.
His kick attracted Lavia's attention from the left rear. At this moment, Chen Xiaoliang pushed the ball to the left front. Luke Shaw, who had already run forward without the ball, Received the ball again and completed a two-for-one cooperation with Chen Xiaoliang.
But this time, without the ball, Chen Xiaoliang began to rush towards the top of the penalty area.
Arnold Jian Luke Shaw rushed over with the ball and had no choice but to pounce on it to defend.
Luke Shaw repeated his old trick, did not make contact with him, and pushed the ball straight to Kwa in front.
Kwa turned offside at the moment he took the ball, and Arnold immediately turned back to chase, but Kwa unloaded the ball at the same time and used the speed advantage of the early start to throw Arnold away, and reached the left side of the penalty area.
Cesko has moved to the right side of the penalty area at this time, attracting the defensive attention of Gwadiol and Robertson, while the eyes of other people in the Liverpool penalty area are all focused on Kwa who burst in.
Kewa made an inverted triangle with his left foot, and the ball came to the feet of Chen Xiaoliang who had rushed to the left of the penalty spot!
The teammates on the Manchester United bench and the 2000 Manchester United fans in the Anfield away fans area all stood up.
They all knew what would happen if Chen Xiaoliang got the ball in the opponent's penalty area.
The shouts of celebration have come to the throat, and the waving hands have been raised to the level. According to the script, Chen Xiaoliang should shoot in anger, and then everyone shouted in unison and raised their arms to celebrate!
Then Chen Xiaoliang turned 180 degrees to catch the ball, took advantage of the situation and then turned half a circle to face the goal, but did not take a shot.
He made a shot with his right foot, and Barrera, who had chased to his left, immediately fell to the ground and a sliding tackle passed in front of him, trying to block his shot.
Chen Xiaoliang stepped on the ball with his right foot in a fake move and pulled it back slightly. Barrera had slid from the front of his body to his right side, and was turning around and trying to get up for the second defense.
But this time, Chen Xiaoliang would not give him another chance. Facing the huge goal, and Van Dijk, who was standing with his hands behind his back about 4 meters in front of him, he nudged the lower left corner of the goal.
There is no explosive shot, no strong shot, just a precise shot that sticks to the inside of the goal post, like a golf putter on the green preparing to catch a birdie.
Alisson immediately got off the ground and stretched out his hand to his right, but still rolled steadily into his own goal.
Lou Yichen: "Beautiful! The 19th minute! I didn't expect to survive Manchester United's onslaught from Liverpool after the opening, and scored the goal with the first shot of the audience, leading the home team Liverpool by 1 goal in the away game!"
Liu Yue: "This ball was played smartly and chicly. First, it faked two defenders outside the penalty area, then sent the ball to Luke Shaw, and then went straight to the penalty area without the ball, and shared the penalty area with Sesco. On the left and right sides, open up the defensive density in Liverpool's penalty area."
"Then he made a fake shot and stepped on the ball in a calm manner. He completely deceived Barrera, who rushed to tackle the ball, and finally made a precise push. The ball seemed slow, but rolled steadily into the goal."
"As if to correspond with Liverpool's wide open and close attack tonight, Chen Xiaoliang played a leisurely and unhurried football."
Lou Yichen: "Old Liu is right! Let's see! Haha, Barrera really wants to win. Kneeling on the ground before getting up, he slapped the turf vigorously to vent his dissatisfaction. Regardless of whether he was the captain or not, Lister asked Van Dijk loudly why he would rather stand still with his hands behind his back than go up to Chen Xiaoliang and sabotage his shot."
Liu Yue: "You are the champion of the Champions League, and I am the champion of the World Cup. It seems that it is okay to say a few words about you."
Lou Yichen: "Hahaha!"
Van Dijk and McAllister on the field were indeed arguing as the audience saw, but only McAllister was talking.
Van Dijk clearly remembers that Milner, the old captain who has now left the team, sprayed the same content on him because he didn't jump up in time.
After Chen Xiaoliang and his teammates celebrated, seeing the picture of Van Dijk reluctantly trying to walk away from McAllister staring at him, he couldn't help but smile crookedly.
The former "Shiyiwei" has long stepped down from the altar. Although he is about to be 33 years old, he is still a very good central defender, but he has dropped a lot from his heyday. The most notable thing is his speed. and responsiveness.
And Varela's violent temper was also precisely handled by Chen Xiaoliang. When he saw that he was about to shoot, his mind was thinking of revenge every day, and the [-]% Barrera would rush over to block with a sliding shovel regardless of his own safety. .
The addition of two and two resulted in the goal just now.
Chen Xiaoliang made a gesture of pressing his hands down towards Ten Hahe who stretched his brows. Ten Hahe couldn't help but shook his head and laughed, and then simply sat back on the bench.
The old coach McLaren on the side also smiled, and said to him: "This kid wants you to relax, so you can relax."
Ten Hag was still smiling and shaking his head: "Yeah, this kid has turned to command the head coach. Maybe someday I will be able to stand on the sidelines and command, and I have to listen to him."
The list of recent acknowledgments will be issued tomorrow, thank you all directors!
(End of this chapter)
"嗞~~~嗞~~~嗞~~~"
Chen Xiaoliang's mobile phone in the locker was ringing, and he had already led his teammates into Anfield in the player tunnel.
During the march, except for the old teammate Gwadio, all the other Liverpool players kept eye contact with the Manchester United players, and there was a sense of contempt, as if if there were no referees around, they would just copy the guys. dry.
The moment he walked out of the passageway, Anfield was booed all over the sky, and the fans in the stands that were close to him gave him the middle finger and scolded many words with extremely high content.
To some extent, this can be regarded as a "special courtesy" for superstars at the home court of their rivals.
After the handshake session with extremely stiff and perfunctory expressions on both sides passed, Van Dyke and Chen Xiaoliang guessed.
In the end, Liverpool kicked off first, attacking from northeast to southwest, while Manchester United kicked off later.
"Beep!"
Lou Yichen: "With the whistle of the referee, the 214th double red meeting officially begins!"
Jiakebo pushed the ball back, followed by Barrera to catch the ball, but before dribbling the ball forward, he looked up at Chen Xiaoliang who was not far in front of him.
这一天他等待了整整了将近半年，尽管联赛7球11助场均1.7次抢断的数据绝对配得上他7500万欧元的身价，但在老特拉福德的那个6比0还是让他每每想到就辗转反侧、无法入眠。
Even though the team had all sorts of reasons to lose that game, countless fans, including himself, believed that being sent off for irrational behavior was the culprit of the collapse.
In any case, this account will be recovered today.
And winning this game today will not only give their rivals their first defeat of the season, narrow the gap between them, but also kick their hope of overtaking Manchester City to win the league championship with a high probability.
You must know that Manchester United has not won the Premier League championship for 11 years. If this veteran giant, which is wholly owned by the fund held by the Qatari royal family, is allowed to reach the top again, it will be great for other Premier League powerhouses, especially for Liverpool. a nightmare.
With 19 top league titles, they are only one time away from Manchester United's 20. No one who supports Merseyside's red power in the world wants to see this gap widen again.
Klopp stood on the sidelines with his hands folded across his chest.
The generals are united and the three armies use their lives. Liverpool's first attack showed a threat.
In the 41st second, Liverpool organized in the midfield, and the delayed Barrera passed the ball to McAllister in front left.
The Argentine midfielder pushed forward, and Chen Xiaoliang ran laterally to intercept.
McAllister immediately sent the ball to Nunes on the left. Nunes immediately cut in and Milinkovic defended, but Nunes continued to cut in to the top of the arc with a clear advantage in speed.
Casemiro blocked him and wanted to double-team Milinkovic. Nunes made a feint and then wiped directly from the two into the dribbling penalty area.
In front of him, Casemiro steals the ball with his feet, and behind him, Milinkovic wants to use physical confrontation to delay his advancement.
As a result, Nunes "followed the trend" and fell forward, just falling on the top of the arc in the penalty area.
"Beep!"
Tim Robinson, one of the two new chief referees hired by the Premier League this season, blew the whistle. The referee belonging to the Sussex County Football Association whistled two Premier League games as an assistant referee last season. At this moment, he fouled Milinkovic for pushing.
The other new referee is Darren Bond, who is affiliated with the Lancashire County Football Association.
Milinkovic immediately complained to the referee Tim Robinson, saying that he was fighting normally, but the referee was completely indifferent and instructed Liverpool to prepare for a penalty.
Arnold ran over and started swinging the ball.
This season, he abandoned his previous image of dreadlocks and re-cut his hair into ordinary short hair. At the age of 25, at the golden age, he seemed to have returned to the peak state when he helped Liverpool win the Premier League and the Champions League. It is still a midfielder, and his performance has improved significantly compared to the "Route 66" in the previous two seasons.
Not only that, in terms of crosses and free kicks, he not only plays an important role in Liverpool, but also ranks high in the England national team.
Manchester United set up a five-man wall at the penalty spot, and the rest of the players were scattered around the penalty area to defend Liverpool's other players.
"Beep!"
The referee Tim Robinson whistled, Arnold stood behind the ball on the left, Salah stood behind the ball on the right, and the two looked at each other.
Lou Yichen: "Arnold's run-up!"
"Eh?! Suddenly stopped!"
"It's Salah!"
"It's still Arnold!"
"Ouch!"
"The quality of the ball was really high, but De Gea also made a great save!"
Liu Yue: "Two Liverpool players played a change of pace. Adeno took two steps to run up and stopped suddenly. At this time, Salah started to run up. When the attention of the defenders shifted from Arnold to Salah Arnold, who was already behind the ball, kicked up suddenly."
"The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal. Fortunately, De Gea was concentrated and vacated sideways to block the ball with his left hand. Luke Shaw immediately cleared with his big foot."
The thrilling start did not change the score, nor would it change the tactical arrangements of the two sides.
After kicking Manchester United, I found that today Klopp proposed a new solution to the topic of how to defend Chen Xiaoliang-that is, not to defend specifically.
Before, he used Bajcetic for special defense, and tried double-teaming in midfield and special defense plus partial double-teaming.
After watching the three consecutive games between Manchester United and Manchester City a while ago, Klopp, who racked his brains and racked his brains, suddenly felt relieved.
He realized that facing a player like Chen Xiaoliang, there might not be a perfect targeted defensive tactic in this world that can completely contain him. Since there is no such thing, there is no need to think hard about it.
Conversely, just like boxing, taekwondo, free fighting and other confrontational games, no matter how strong a player is, it is impossible to defend all the opponent's attacks, and more or less always have to suffer so many heavy blows in the game, but In the end, no matter whether you look at knockdowns or points, the comparison is who can give the opponent more blows under a certain defense.
This is the defensive level. On the offensive level, the parts to be hit by these confrontational sports are also the weakest or deadliest places on the opponent's body allowed by the rules.
So tonight, with the iron triangle configuration of Barrera, Lavia, and McAllister in the midfield, Klopp did not arrange any specific defensive tactics against Chen Xiaoliang. The corresponding midfielder defends him, and then according to the actual defensive situation and position, other teammates in the corresponding position will assist in the defense.
In other words, this is no different from most teams' defensive tactics against the opponent's key players.
But on offense, Klopp has worked very hard.
In the 6th minute, Wan Bissaka passed the ball from Cesco in the middle distance, and Van Dijk was the first to move up and destroy it. Barrera took possession of the ball and Liverpool launched an attack.
Robertson made a high-speed drive from the left, Barrera gave him the ball, Robertson rushed forward with the ball, Nunes was always active in the corner of Manchester United's left penalty area, as if he was going to advance at any time, seducing Mi The defensive attention of Linkovic and Wan-Bissaka.
Robertson easily got rid of B Fee who ran over from the offensive position to defend, and then really passed the ball to Nunes.
Nunes feints forward with a feint shot, Wan-Bissaka and Milinkovic immediately come to double-team, Nunes pushes the ball back to the wing, Robertson receives the ball again and kicks without any defensive pressure Ready to cross.
Before Wan-Bissaka, who turned his head and rushed over, got close to Robertson, Robertson's high pass turned into a low cross.
Nunes over there waited for Wan-Bissaka to turn his head and leave, and immediately went to the bottom along the left side of the penalty area. The sudden start made people tall, but Milinkovic, who was flexible and deviated, couldn't keep up. Robertson When the ball came, Nunes was again the one stepping inside the paint with no one around.
Nunes turned and dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and Varane immediately made it up.
Lou Yichen: "Cross the door!"
"Dangerous!"
"Fortunately, Argentine central defender Lisandro Martinez made up for it in time, and fell to the ground and shoveled the ball out of the sideline before Gacpo outflanked it!"
"Let's watch the replay again. Whether it is Wan-Bissaka, Milinkovic, or Varane, they are all running with the ball running back and forth on the left side of Liverpool. They are all passive defenses, which lead to defensive failures. Always in a state of one less person.”
Liu Yue: "Whether it's Robertson just now, or Alexander-Arnold who also tried to press up and assist on the right, today Liverpool's two full-backs pressed up very much, cooperating with the wingers in some areas on the wing, and Manchester United just now. Bad defense also has to do with the player's shortcomings."
"Wan-Bissaka's one-on-one defensive ability is very strong, but the ability to cover and assist the opponent's players without the ball is relatively average. Although Milinkovic has excellent ability to fight for the top and confrontation, but his speed and flexibility are the best. His two weaknesses, against the very fast Nunez, he can easily get rid of by the latter."
"Varane didn't expect that the two teammates would be thrown away by the short pass back and forth of the opponent's two players, and they could only be forced to come over to defend. Fortunately, Lima's prediction was in place and the reaction was quick, otherwise Jake If Bo outflanks and grabs points, the goal will most likely be scored."
On the field, Robertson threw the ball out of bounds on the left side. McAllister stepped forward to catch the ball and attracted Wan Bissaka's defense, and then knocked the ball back to Robertson. Robertson made a decisive pass this time. Nunez, Garcia Kepo and Salah outflanked the Manchester United penalty area at three points in front, middle and back. In the end, Nunez's header from the left side of the small penalty area was too straight and was thrown to the ground by De Gea in his arms.
At this time, the broadcaster typed subtitles on the screen, listing the offensive data of the two sides after the opening.
Lou Yichen: "In the opening 7 minutes, the home team Liverpool already had a three-footed goal, but Manchester United has not yet scored the ball into Liverpool's penalty area."
At this time, De Gea saw that the people around had dispersed, got up and patted the ball twice, then threw the ball on the ground and prepared to pass it to his teammates.
As soon as he threw it, Jia Kebo, who had already retreated beyond the top of the arc, rushed up immediately.
Next to Varane and Lima on the left and right sides of the penalty area, Nunez and Salah also rushed over.
De Gea didn't expect that Liverpool's striker's three arrows would go back and forth. In a panic, he saw that the two central defenders were being targeted, so he could only urgently choose to drive the ball forward with his big foot.
Ten Hag frowned suddenly on the sidelines.
The blind kick kicked off with a big foot, and naturally it finally fell at the feet of Liverpool players. Lavia unloaded the ball with his chest and passed it to Salah on the right. Liverpool attacked again, and Salah on the right. After a forced inward cut, he kicked and shot, but was caught again by De Gea.
But this time when De Gea stood up, Gakpo was still dangling beside him. De Gea didn't dare to throw the ball on the ground, and the central defenders on both sides were still stared at, and the throw was not too far away. He had no choice but to kick off the ball again and kick the ball forward.
Fortunately, Chen Xiaoliang, who moved forward this time, suppressed Lavia with his strong body and pushed the ball down.
Lou Yichen: "Let's see if Manchester United can play a complete attack."
Chen Xiaoliang turned around and forced Lavia. Lavia squeezed Chen Xiaoliang with her body, but bounced herself back as if hitting a concrete wall. Barrera and Arnold on the side began to approach Chen Xiaoliang's direction. Chen Xiaoliang It was immediately distributed to Luke Shaw on the left, and then he went forward into the penalty area.
Seeing that there was no one in front of him, Luke Shaw decisively dribbled the ball forward along the left flank, and Kwa let him take Arnold to the left rib.
Lavia pounced on Luke Shaw, and Luke Shaw made a pass at a 45-degree angle. Barrera and Gwadiol stuck to Chen Xiaoliang. Van Dijk defended Sesco alone, but the pass was a bit too big. Goalkeeper Alisson rushed directly out of the small penalty area and jumped off.
Over there, Luke Xiao was still raising his hand to "greeting" Chen Xiaoliang and Cesco, indicating that the pass was not good. Here, Alisson did not give Chen Xiaoliang and Cesco in the penalty area any chance to press, and the ball was already far away. It was thrown far to McAllister who was waiting outside the penalty area.
After McAllister received the ball, Liverpool's midfielders and two full-backs flooded towards Manchester United's half. McAllister kicked the ball diagonally and distributed the ball to the right. , Arnold has already run in place, caught the ball and rushed forward.
Luke Shaw, who was still raising his hand just now, chased desperately, but when he just caught up, Arnold had already poked the ball to Salah, who cut in from the right.
Salah did not confront Casemiro head-on, and continued to dribble the ball to the left after receiving the ball, heading straight for Milinkovic's defense zone. The latter, like Luke Shaw, also failed to return to the position.
In order to prevent Salah from shooting from the front of the penalty area, Casemiro had to follow up all the way.
Suddenly, Salah lowered his shoulders as if he was going to force his way, and Casemiro immediately stuck it up to prevent him from starting up. Salah then turned around with the ball and pushed the ball to the right of the top of the arc in the penalty area, where it should have been Casemiro's defense zone is now empty, and Arnold, who has already cut inside, shoots without stopping the ball!
The ball flew out like a cannonball, De Gea flew to the left to pounce on the ball, blocked the ball with his right hand but failed to completely change the trajectory of the ball!
The hearts of the Manchester United fans were in their throats, until finally there was a "bang", the ball that was lifted hit the top of the crossbar and popped out of the bottom line!
"Ouch!!!"
The Liverpool fans in the surrounding stands sighed in unison, and Klopp also shook his hand vigorously, complaining about the bad luck of the team, otherwise he would have already led by 2 goals.
However, he immediately applauded and shouted loudly, signaling the players to maintain this rhythm and continue to actively press and advance.
Chen Xiaoliang has now completely discovered that Klopp is bringing his heavy metal frenzy tonight to hit the snake and hit the seven inches.
On the left flank, Liverpool players avoided forming a one-on-one with Wan Bissaka, but used midfield and full-back support, Nunes continued to put pressure on Wan Bissaka in the ribs, and then passed back and forth to pass the ball back and forth. The shortcomings of his defensive ability were fully exposed.
On the right, although Luke Shaw is not as strong as Wan Bisaka in one-on-one, he is also not an easy target in one-on-one with balanced abilities.
But Luke Shaw has an obvious problem. Like Manchester United's left-back Evra back then, he has good offensive and defensive abilities and needs to press up frequently to participate in the offense. It is difficult for him to chase back the wide players in the first place, which is the biggest problem of the so-called full-backs-the pressure cannot be withdrawn.
Therefore, on this road, Liverpool did not press on him at halftime, and actively lured other Manchester United players to pass the ball to Luke Shaw, and then let him push forward, and directly hit the gap behind him after the offensive and defensive transition.
On Manchester United's two wings, there is another hidden danger, that is, although Kwa and B Fei's defensive attitude is good, their defensive ability is very average.
Today, Anthony did not play on the right side and went to the B fee. Ten Hag wanted to strengthen the frontcourt connection, but this position is a cameo for the B fee after all, which further magnified Wan Bisaka's tendency to focus on one thing and lose another.
As for the defensive midfielder position, Casemiro's strength is obvious to all, so today Liverpool's offense actively bypasses him, focusing on Milinkovic's side as much as possible.
And Milinkovic was not born as a defensive midfielder, and it is no secret that his speed is slow. In Serie A, which is relatively slow overall and pays more attention to tactical cooperation, his shortcoming is not too obvious. The transition between offense and defense is extremely fast, and there are many players who are good at individual blasting in the Premier League. This problem is quite obvious.
However, high pressure and fast-paced offensive transitions are Klopp's most signature tactical style. Today, Nunes, who is playing on this side, continues to use his speed to get rid of Milinkovic with the help of Robertson.
The last weakness is the goalkeeper's ability to play the ball.
David de Gea, may be the most "retro" among the main goalkeepers of today's football giants. His ability to save on the goal line is extremely strong. After so many years of hammering, the high-altitude ball ability that was repeatedly ravaged in the Premier League at the beginning of the year, He has also changed a long time ago, but only his ability to control and play the ball has not been improved, which makes him more and more different under the changes of modern football.
Back then, Liverpool spent a total of 7250 million euros to introduce Alisson from Rome. In addition to his goalkeeping ability, he needed his ability to play the ball.
This is also confirmed by Guardiola. In the summer window of 2017, he introduced Alisson's substitute second goal Ederson from Benfica for 4000 million euros in the Brazilian national team, also in order to strengthen his ability to play in the backcourt.
You know, two years ago, in the summer of 2, the transfer fee for Ederson, who was still unknown at the time, from Rio Ave to Benfica was only 2015 euros. Guardiola was willing to set out 50 times the price, except It has a great relationship with Benfica's black spot attribute, but it also shows that such a goalkeeper is an urgently needed type in today's football tactical reform trend.
In addition to the ability to play the ball, De Gea also has the characteristics of a classical goalkeeper, which is the ability to attack and cover.
This has to mention Neuer, the most famous character who changed the goalkeeper type. With his super coverage and interception ability outside the penalty area, Neuer showed the future direction of modern goalkeepers on the defensive end, and to some extent made the team More than half a defender.
Ten Hag, who likes to use the old department, really wanted to buy Inter Milan goalkeeper Onana last summer, especially after Onana had a complete fallout with the national team and Cameroon Football Association President Eto'o at the World Cup in Qatar and quit the national team. From the club's point of view, this African goalkeeper who does not need to participate in the African Cup is not only more modern in ability, but also has no worries about using it.
But it cost too much money to buy the three heroes of Roma and Timber. In addition, the Inter Milan Lions opened their mouths and cost 6000 million euros. This will make Manchester United's net investment in the summer window more than 4 million euros, and 100% will trigger UEFA. The Federal Finance Committee's punishment for violating the Financial Fair Play Act, so I gave up and bought Livakovic with the same classical style, but extremely cheap and extremely cost-effective.
Tonight, Klopp made it clear that he was going to "ignore" Chen Xiaoliang at home, and attacked Manchester United's main weaknesses. Like a boxer, if he can't be knocked down completely, then use more points to win the game .
However, compared to Ten Hahe who was frowning on the sidelines, Chen Xiaoliang on the field was not too flustered.
For him, weakness looks scary, but it's actually not scary at all.
Because everyone has weaknesses and every team has their weaknesses.
Klopp has calculated so many weaknesses of Manchester United, but has he calculated how to make up for Liverpool's weaknesses?
Chen Xiaoliang didn't care whether Kropp had calculated or not, as long as he knew he knew it.
In the 18th minute, Manchester United attacked again after fending off Liverpool's torrential 6 shots.
Also on the left, since Liverpool did not press Luke Shaw at halftime, the ball naturally passed to him.
The only difference this time is that Chen Xiaoliang also moved to the left rib.
Luke Shaw pushed forward, and when he crossed the center line and approached the offensive third zone, Lavia began to approach him. After Luke Xiao and Chen Xiaoliang made eye contact for a moment, they continued to advance.
Seeing that he had entered the third offensive zone, Lavia was already "closer" enough, stepped forward and began to press hard, trying to intercept the ball.
Luke Shaw was well prepared, and without waiting for Lavia to approach, he pushed the ball with his left foot and passed it to Chen Xiaoliang.
Chen Xiaoliang received the ball and turned around. McAllister was on his right and Barrera was in front of him. A distance of more than three meters.
Chen Xiaoliang took two steps forward, suddenly lowered his center of gravity as if about to break through, and then took a step forward.
McAllister and Barrera retreated quickly to prevent Chen Xiaoliang from passing them in two or three steps at an extremely fast speed, but when they looked closely, only Chen Xiaoliang's body was moving, and the ball under his feet did not move.
His kick attracted Lavia's attention from the left rear. At this moment, Chen Xiaoliang pushed the ball to the left front. Luke Shaw, who had already run forward without the ball, Received the ball again and completed a two-for-one cooperation with Chen Xiaoliang.
But this time, without the ball, Chen Xiaoliang began to rush towards the top of the penalty area.
Arnold Jian Luke Shaw rushed over with the ball and had no choice but to pounce on it to defend.
Luke Shaw repeated his old trick, did not make contact with him, and pushed the ball straight to Kwa in front.
Kwa turned offside at the moment he took the ball, and Arnold immediately turned back to chase, but Kwa unloaded the ball at the same time and used the speed advantage of the early start to throw Arnold away, and reached the left side of the penalty area.
Cesko has moved to the right side of the penalty area at this time, attracting the defensive attention of Gwadiol and Robertson, while the eyes of other people in the Liverpool penalty area are all focused on Kwa who burst in.
Kewa made an inverted triangle with his left foot, and the ball came to the feet of Chen Xiaoliang who had rushed to the left of the penalty spot!
The teammates on the Manchester United bench and the 2000 Manchester United fans in the Anfield away fans area all stood up.
They all knew what would happen if Chen Xiaoliang got the ball in the opponent's penalty area.
The shouts of celebration have come to the throat, and the waving hands have been raised to the level. According to the script, Chen Xiaoliang should shoot in anger, and then everyone shouted in unison and raised their arms to celebrate!
Then Chen Xiaoliang turned 180 degrees to catch the ball, took advantage of the situation and then turned half a circle to face the goal, but did not take a shot.
He made a shot with his right foot, and Barrera, who had chased to his left, immediately fell to the ground and a sliding tackle passed in front of him, trying to block his shot.
Chen Xiaoliang stepped on the ball with his right foot in a fake move and pulled it back slightly. Barrera had slid from the front of his body to his right side, and was turning around and trying to get up for the second defense.
But this time, Chen Xiaoliang would not give him another chance. Facing the huge goal, and Van Dijk, who was standing with his hands behind his back about 4 meters in front of him, he nudged the lower left corner of the goal.
There is no explosive shot, no strong shot, just a precise shot that sticks to the inside of the goal post, like a golf putter on the green preparing to catch a birdie.
Alisson immediately got off the ground and stretched out his hand to his right, but still rolled steadily into his own goal.
Lou Yichen: "Beautiful! The 19th minute! I didn't expect to survive Manchester United's onslaught from Liverpool after the opening, and scored the goal with the first shot of the audience, leading the home team Liverpool by 1 goal in the away game!"
Liu Yue: "This ball was played smartly and chicly. First, it faked two defenders outside the penalty area, then sent the ball to Luke Shaw, and then went straight to the penalty area without the ball, and shared the penalty area with Sesco. On the left and right sides, open up the defensive density in Liverpool's penalty area."
"Then he made a fake shot and stepped on the ball in a calm manner. He completely deceived Barrera, who rushed to tackle the ball, and finally made a precise push. The ball seemed slow, but rolled steadily into the goal."
"As if to correspond with Liverpool's wide open and close attack tonight, Chen Xiaoliang played a leisurely and unhurried football."
Lou Yichen: "Old Liu is right! Let's see! Haha, Barrera really wants to win. Kneeling on the ground before getting up, he slapped the turf vigorously to vent his dissatisfaction. Regardless of whether he was the captain or not, Lister asked Van Dijk loudly why he would rather stand still with his hands behind his back than go up to Chen Xiaoliang and sabotage his shot."
Liu Yue: "You are the champion of the Champions League, and I am the champion of the World Cup. It seems that it is okay to say a few words about you."
Lou Yichen: "Hahaha!"
Van Dijk and McAllister on the field were indeed arguing as the audience saw, but only McAllister was talking.
Van Dijk clearly remembers that Milner, the old captain who has now left the team, sprayed the same content on him because he didn't jump up in time.
After Chen Xiaoliang and his teammates celebrated, seeing the picture of Van Dijk reluctantly trying to walk away from McAllister staring at him, he couldn't help but smile crookedly.
The former "Shiyiwei" has long stepped down from the altar. Although he is about to be 33 years old, he is still a very good central defender, but he has dropped a lot from his heyday. The most notable thing is his speed. and responsiveness.
And Varela's violent temper was also precisely handled by Chen Xiaoliang. When he saw that he was about to shoot, his mind was thinking of revenge every day, and the [-]% Barrera would rush over to block with a sliding shovel regardless of his own safety. .
The addition of two and two resulted in the goal just now.
Chen Xiaoliang made a gesture of pressing his hands down towards Ten Hahe who stretched his brows. Ten Hahe couldn't help but shook his head and laughed, and then simply sat back on the bench.
The old coach McLaren on the side also smiled, and said to him: "This kid wants you to relax, so you can relax."
Ten Hag was still smiling and shaking his head: "Yeah, this kid has turned to command the head coach. Maybe someday I will be able to stand on the sidelines and command, and I have to listen to him."
The list of recent acknowledgments will be issued tomorrow, thank you all directors!
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