Chapter 738
"In the past few Premier League seasons, I think many teams have proven with their actions that it is impossible to defend Lin with a large number of players."
"Because the more people you have, the more you can show Lin's excellent dribbling when facing double teams."
"So I think Guardiola should not just use such a simple tactic to stop you, he should have a better tactic."
Scholes believes that Guardiola should have a better tactic, so he let Grealish start and play as a center forward.
After the start of the game, Liverpool relied entirely on reasonable passing and attacking methods to suppress Manchester City.
But then, Manchester City's counter-attack style changed, and Grealish began to retreat from the middle, like an elastic rubber cake, and you use a finger to squeeze it downwards from the top of the cake.
At the beginning, the crust of the cake will not break. The surface of the cake will only sink in the direction where your fingers press. Manchester City's formation is like the sunken cake crust, and they start to counterattack again!
The 25th minute of the game!
"McAllister is receiving Rodri again, but Graley is pressing McAllister. Rodri can't pass the ball to McAllister now. He needs to find other passing routes!"
Grealish's retreat was to block McAllister, allowing Rodri to choose to pass the ball to other players.
Guardiola believes that as long as McAllister is not allowed to help Liverpool handle the ball in the midfield and backcourt, Manchester City can at least relieve some of the pressure!
McAllister was trying to shake off Grealish by running, but Grealish was very successful in following McAllister.
Rodri looked at Lin Chen again. Klopp's current tactics did not require Lin Chen to retreat to receive the ball, so Lin Chen was staying in a very forward position!
The original direction of the pass was only Gomez. Rodri wanted to pass the ball directly to Gomez, but the ball left the grass and eventually flew towards Diaz.
When Diaz received the ball, Robertson rushed up again and finally formed a passing cooperation with Diaz on the wing.
Klopp is very satisfied, this is the strength of Rodri!
"Diaz cooperated with Gomez on the wing, then passed the ball to the middle, and now McAllister receives the ball!"
Grealish kept chasing McAllister but found himself getting deeper and deeper before McAllister received the ball just outside City’s box and quickly passed it to Gakpo!
The first thing Gakpo did after stopping the ball was to cut inside. Although it was a bit reluctant, Gakpo immediately shot!
He lowered his body very low, and in order to fully hit the ball and ensure that it hit the goal, Gakpo almost pressed his center of gravity to the ground. After hitting the ball, Gakpo lost control and sat on the ground!
Lin Chen watched Gakpo's shot fly towards the back post. Ederson's save failed to touch the ball, but Al-Ittihad's goal blocked Gakpo's shot instead of Ederson!
"Why does this incision seem familiar?"
"The Dutch player cuts in from the right. Although Gakpo's dribbling is still a little forced, at least it's no longer messy."
"And this ball was played beautifully, it almost helped Liverpool take the lead over Manchester City!"
Lin Chen went up and patted Gakpo's head, then returned to the front midfielder position contentedly to continue preparing for the game. Although the pressure-bread defensive tactics arranged by Guardiola could prevent McAllister from passing the ball, it could not resolve Rodri's pass.
Guardiola, standing on the sidelines, was thinking. Before the game, he thought McAllister was the key to Liverpool's backcourt passing. It was only just now that Guardiola figured it out.
