Chapter 877
"Although they can't attack through short passes, Liverpool's pressing will leave a lot of space for Manchester City's frontcourt players."
"I think Manchester City can directly pass the ball to Sterling or Grealish. It is better to give the ball to Grealish, and then Grealish will take the ball from the left to create opportunities for Sterling and Mahrez. In this way, Manchester City should be able to find a chance to score!"
Gullit saw it very clearly. Although such pressure can prevent Manchester City from controlling the tempo, you must also leave a certain amount of space behind you for Manchester City players to attack.
Sterling was sticking to Van Dijk at this time, while Gvardiol helped Robertson keep an eye on Mahrez!
Joe Gomez was defending Grealish alone. The two were teammates in the England national team and Joe Gomez was very familiar with Grealish's style.
Facing Liverpool's pressure, Fernandinho was unable to control the ball, and Gundogan could only quickly transfer from the midfield and pass the ball to Grealish.
At this time, Guardiola immediately gestured to Sterling on the sidelines, probably wanting Sterling to press forward!
Sterling and Mahrez start immediately!
But Van Dijk stretched out his hand to block Sterling's sprint route, and cleverly used his physical advantage to prevent Sterling from sprinting.
As for Mahrez, he moved in a very good position. Grealish saw Mahrez's position, cut inside and passed the ball to the far right corner. Mahrez stopped the ball steadily, dribbled quickly and tried to cut inside!
Over Robertson!
But what Robertson is least afraid of is this kind of inside breakthrough. On the contrary, the sudden rhythm burst in a straight line may cause Robertson to lose his defensive position, not to mention that there is Gvadiol behind him!
Gvardiol stood behind Robertson, protecting the lateral space behind Robertson.
As Mahrez began to cut inside, Robertson deliberately did not follow him at first, but gave Mahrez about half a step of space to break through.
Mahrez thought he had successfully broken through, and he quickly used this half-step advantage to successfully break through. Then, Gvardiol suddenly appeared and teamed up with Robertson to successfully steal the ball!
Gvardiol intercepted the ball with a flat tackle and cleared it to Soboslai. Liverpool began to control the ball and attack on the left!
Klopp did not let Diaz start, but let Soboslai play as left winger, just to play a more layered attack!
Soboslai controlled the ball on the left, and Gakpo sprinted quickly, but Gakpo did not run to the position where the center should be, but to the position where the left winger should be!
At this time, Soboslai was already in the position of left attacking midfielder.
The fans watched as Liverpool's frontcourt positioning suddenly changed. The sudden swap between the left and the middle created an opportunity for forward pressure in the middle. Lin Chen rushed towards Ederson again and began to pressure Manchester City's goalkeeper!
Ruben Dias and the defenders maintained a defensive position, putting Lin Chen in an offside position.
However, Salah on the right side suddenly pushed Stones. Stones was not pushed down. He thought that Salah wanted to confront him, so he took the opportunity to hold back Salah.
During this confrontation between the two, Stones moved one step back, and it was this step that allowed Stones' left leg to stretch behind Lin Chen!
Soboslai had already finished dribbling the ball on the left and looked at Lin Chen in the middle. Unexpectedly, none of Manchester City's central defenders was defending him!
Ruben Dias thought he had successfully created offside!
Soboslai makes a quick cross!
The cross ball, which was almost not difficult at all, landed accurately in front of Lin Chen!
When Lin Chen stopped the ball, Manchester City's defenders even reached out to the linesman to indicate that Lin Chen was offside.
