Chapter 841 Free Kick

"Well done, keep playing like this in the second half!" said Mourinho.

Overall, Manchester United did play well in the first half of the game and basically achieved its tactical requirements. The performance and tactics in the first half cannot be denied because of one mistake.

At this time, what the team needs is encouragement and cheering. Mourinho has confidence in his players and believes that after the halftime break, the team will not let him down in the second half of the game.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United took advantage of the home court and launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on Liverpool's penalty area amid the cheers of nearly two thousand fans. They told everyone with their actions that their goal in this game was to win.

Manchester United's attack soon produced results. In the 48th minute, Greenwood got the ball in the backcourt and made a long diagonal pass to the left side of the frontcourt. Williams failed to clear the ball. Rashford got the ball and broke into the penalty area on the left side and shot. Alisson blocked the ball but failed to prevent the ball from rolling into the goal. Manchester United once again increased the score and led Liverpool 2:1.

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Losing is obviously not Liverpool's goal. Liverpool head coach Klopp also showed a tough response. His team had no intention of retreating to defense in the second half. Klopp made almost the same choice as Mourinho: attack, continue to attack, strive to score goals and win the game.

In fact, Liverpool's strength is also offense. After 9 rounds of the league, Liverpool has 7 wins, 2 draws and losses. They have scored goals and conceded goals. Conceding too many goals is the biggest reason for their poor record. On the offensive end, their number of goals is second only to Manchester United, ranking second among the Premier League teams.

Klopp obviously also knows where the team's strengths lie. Since the defense is not stable, the team should score more goals.

Liverpool's strong attack soon produced results. In the 58th minute, McTominay made a mistake in passing the ball on the left side of the backcourt. Milner intercepted the ball and passed it forward. Firmino then passed the ball diagonally into the penalty area. Milner pushed the ball along and Salah pushed the ball into the goal from the right. He scored his second goal and helped Liverpool equalize the score again.

2: 2!

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In the 65th minute of the game, Mourinho replaced Greenwood, who was beginning to have physical problems, with Mbappe to continue to strengthen the attack.

"Well done!" Mourinho and Greenwood high-fived and praised.

Liverpool head coach Klopp also made a tit-for-tat adjustment immediately. He replaced midfielder Wijnaldum with striker Mane, and at the same time moved Curtis Jones back to midfield.

Although Liverpool still maintained a 4-3-3 formation on the field, Klopp's intention to strengthen the attack was very obvious by replacing a main striker with a midfielder.

Three minutes later, Mourinho made another substitution, replacing Bellingham with Mahrez, who is better at attacking.

Liverpool also made another substitution, Klopp replaced Curtis Jones with center forward Origi.

The head coaches of both sides continuously deployed their troops and replaced them with offensive players. The two sides engaged in a fierce offensive battle. The happiest thing was the fans of both sides, who were excited to watch.

Mourinho and Klopp, both head coaches, were standing on the sidelines directing the game. Both of them had frowned faces and stared at the field, hoping to catch the opponent's loopholes and spaces.

However, both Mourinho and Klopp shook their heads. Both teams were attacking with all their might at this time. The offense and defense rhythm was very fast, and mistakes from both sides began to increase. The scene seemed very fierce, but also more chaotic. In this moment of chaos, the role of the head coach has been weakened, and it depends on the on-the-spot performance of the players from both sides.

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"Both coaches showed their courage in attacking," said Martin Taylor. "Both teams attacked with all their might. It was a gamble, either scoring a goal or being counterattacked."

"Neither side is willing to accept a draw," said Andy Gray. "Now, both sides are fighting fiercely. In this case, an accident is often enough to change the game."

Andy Gray felt that his lips were really made of gold. Just two or three minutes after he said this, an unexpected situation occurred on the field.

Faced with Rashford's pressure, Liverpool defender Arnold chose to pass the ball back. McTominay immediately rushed towards Rico Williams who was about to take the ball. The latter was startled and quickly passed the ball back.

However, an unexpected situation occurred, Williams's pass was not strong enough. Mbappe immediately rushed over like a leopard out of a cage, approaching the ball before Fabinho, who played as a central defender in this game, and was about to shoot.

Fabinho was anxious and made a direct tackle. Then people saw Mbappe falling in front of Liverpool's penalty area like a tree stump chopped down by an axe.

"Red card!" Mourinho jumped up and shouted as if there were springs under his butt.

"Diving!" This is what Liverpool head coach Klopp yelled.

Mourinho was furious. He yelled at Klopp: "Are you blind?"

Klopp also had a bad temper and glared back, "Your players are diving! Rubbish!"

The two world-class coaches started arguing with each other on the sidelines.

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At this time in the stadium, the referee on duty had already made a decision. He showed a yellow card to Liverpool's central defender Fabinho, and then awarded Manchester United a free kick only four or five meters away from the penalty area line.

This penalty caused dissatisfaction among Manchester United players on the field. They believed that Fabinho was Liverpool's last defensive player besides the goalkeeper, so Fabinho's foul should be a direct red card.

But the referee insisted on his decision and even warned Manchester United players not to continue protesting, otherwise he would take action.

At Bruno's signal, Manchester United players slowly retreated, while Bruno was ready to take the free kick.

"The referee showed Fabinho a yellow card and Manchester United got a free kick opportunity in a good position. Manchester United players were protesting, perhaps they thought Fabinho should have received a direct red card." Martin Taylor shouted.

The referee's whistle sounded.

Bruno took a run-up and the football drew a perfect arc, bypassing Liverpool's wall and going into the goal guarded by Alisson.

"Bruno! Run-up! Shot! Beautiful!" Martin Taylor shouted, "GOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLL!!!!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!!!!" Andy Gray also shouted, "Bruno scored directly from the free kick! Manchester United took the lead again!"