Chapter 880
Guardiola finally spoke, and his anxious state suddenly disappeared, and Guardiola became the calm head coach again!
"For example, in this game, Liverpool played much better than us,"
"We played badly throughout the first half, so we conceded the goal."
"But we will change this in the second half!"
"We want to get corner kicks through long shots. According to our previous tactical drills and normal game situations, we can get at least six or seven corner kick opportunities in the second half using this tactic. Then we have to use corner kicks to find opportunities to break Liverpool's goal!"
Guardiola figured it out!
When it comes to positional warfare, Liverpool is now the strongest in European football. When it comes to counterattacks, Liverpool is also very good. This also makes it seem that many teams cannot compete with Liverpool no matter whether they are fighting positional warfare or counterattacks.
But there are more than just these two tactics in football games!
Set-piece and free kick tactics are also very important tools for scoring goals!
Guardiola decided to create more scoring opportunities with long shots, and then use corner kick tactics to break Liverpool's goal and score a goal in this unexpected way!
Sometimes, maybe one opportunity can allow Manchester City to turn defeat into victory, not to mention that now Manchester City only needs to score one goal to equalize the score!
Klopp was also wondering, if he were Guardiola, what adjustments would he make at this time?
Should the team start a positional battle or a counterattack?
After thinking about it, Klopp believes that Guardiola is likely to play a positional battle in the second half!
"Manchester City may fight a positional battle with us in the second half. What we need to do is to cooperate with Manchester City with short passes!"
"Unlike a few seasons ago, our short pass ability is strong enough now!"
"Don't give them close-range chances, but if they want to shoot from long range, let them make such a useless attempt!"
Klopp is ready, Guardiola is ready, the second half of the game begins!
At the beginning of the second half, the adjustments made by Guardiola showed results. Klopp thought Manchester City would play short passes, but Manchester City players increased the number of long shots!
The 49th minute of the game!
Grealish dribbled the ball, and as expected, Joe Gomez gave him space to pass the ball again, but this time Grealish used the space left for him by Joe Gomez to raise his foot and shoot from long range!
Gralisi was well prepared and the quality of the long shot was very high!
But Alisson was also prepared and saved the long shot, but this gave Manchester City a corner kick opportunity!
Most of the Liverpool members entered the penalty area to participate in the corner kick defense. Lin Chen looked at the positions of Manchester City players. This was obviously a corner kick tactic!
"Everyone, keep an eye on Manchester City's offensive players. I'll be responsible for the ball in the air, and the rest of the players just need to keep an eye on the players!"
Lin Chen reminded his teammates that six Manchester City players entered the Liverpool penalty area, while Liverpool sent eight players to participate in the corner kick defense!
Lin Chen stood in the middle closer to the front point, ready to intercept the ball. As long as the quality of Mahrez's corner kick was not high, he would definitely be able to block the ball at the front point!
Everything is ready, Mahrez takes a corner kick!
It seems like there was a mistake, the ball turned to the front point!
Lin Chen immediately ran towards the corner, but a player who shouldn't have appeared appeared in front of him!
Grealish, who was staying at the front post, suddenly appeared and reached the front point one step faster than himself, then headed the ball back and spun the ball towards the back point!
As the ball was spinning towards the back point, Lin Chen turned his head and saw Joe Gomez standing at the back point. This was Liverpool's corner kick defense habit!
