Football’s First Defender
Chapter 660: Crash the blue moon
"Man City's defense this time is really cooperating to give gifts."
"First, Joe Hart played with fire in the backcourt, and when Liverpool maintained enough frontcourt pressure, he still chose to pass the ball to the backcourt players."
"Then Sanya took it for granted that he could protect the football. Even if he was knocked down, he would be called for a foul, but the referee ignored him. Sanya didn't make the siege and was completed by Coutinho. Pressed, grabbed the ball."
"Demichelis's defense didn't have any big surprises. This is what Demichelis's defense is not good at. There is no accident when he is penetrated by Liverpool's attack."
"It's just that Mangala's own goal this time is quite'spiritual'. Did he want to clear the ball out of the bottom line? It turned out that he made a mistake in his busy schedule. Instead of adjusting his foot shape, he successfully pushed the ball. Go online."
With this own goal away, Liverpool managed to take the lead at the Etihad Stadium.
Liverpool, which took the lead away, did not change their style of play. The team continued to press high in the frontcourt, and the oppressive defense played a big interference role in the development of Manchester City's offense.
The most obvious thing is that after Manchester City had to make a big-footed clearance many times and handed the ball back to Liverpool, Manchester City had to move their midfielder's position further back to complete the transition from the backcourt.
This not only increased the cumbersomeness of Manchester City’s offense, but also gave Liverpool more room to complete the defense.
Manchester City's offensive rhythm, under the pressure of Liverpool, lost the calmness of the past in the game.
The Manchester City players are indeed being robbed by Liverpool at all costs.
Even if De Bruyne wants to play a role, but without the assistance of David Silva, in the game, De Bruyne, who organized the attack in the center and front court alone, still did not have a good opportunity to give his teammates Deliver a subtle pass.
As the only core point left on the field, Liverpool's defensive arrangement, for De Bruyne's press, achieved chase and interception, leaving De Bruyne no chance to play.
The two wings that Pellegrini is proud of are because of the impact of the national team's match day. In today's performance, it is obviously out of state.
Navas and Sterling, unable to play their speed advantage on the wing, made Manchester City unable to maintain the repressive power of Liverpool’s wing. However, Liverpool's defense against the center and front court is strong. You can invest more troops.
In the 22nd minute of the game, Liverpool completed an excellent midfield interception in the game.
Milner tackled directly and kicked the pass to De Bruyne directly back to Manchester City in the half.
All the staff pressed on and organized the offensive Manchester City defensive line. After being intercepted, they panicked.
Both Demichelis and Mangala have huge shortcomings in their recovery speed. Firmino took the lead. Although Mangala barely stretched his leg, touched the football and stabbed the ball to the right, it did not affect the Philippines. Ermino accelerated to get the ball and continued to attack Manchester City's penalty area.
While the attention on the field was focused on Firmino who entered the penalty area from the right, and when Korolav and Mangala were about to complete the containment, Firmino Instead of trying a kick on his own, he went diagonally forward and sent a diagonal pass, passing the ball directly to the back point.
Firmino, as Klopp's favorite striker now, has the biggest advantage that he is not greedy for merit and has a very good passing ability.
This time the oblique pass passed in front of Mangala, Demichelis, and Joe Hart, but it was accurately outside their control range, and the ball quickly rolled to the point behind the goal.
And it was Coutinho who moved quickly on the left.
With the daily training and the tactical coordination of Firmino, Coutinho is now also willing to actively penetrate deep into the penalty area, which is to believe in Firmino’s passing ability, this time with a quick advance. Coutinho overtook Demichelis from the back, and at the back point, he slid and shoveled out, completing a shovel shot and hit the empty goal.
"GOAL!!!"
"Coutinho! Scored the second goal for Liverpool, Manchester City, two goals behind in the first half."
"After Klopp came to the team, Firmino quickly integrated into the current Liverpool tactics. This time the connection between the two offensive players is quite cooperative."
is limited by the physical influence of the players after the national team game. Even though Manchester City is at home today, many players are not showing enough mental state.
The team's offensive organization was unfavorable. Instead, they were forced by Liverpool's frontcourt and gradually grabbed the ball in possession.
And Liverpool's own frontcourt attack is much better than Manchester City.
In the 34th minute of the game, Manchester City was hit hard again.
Liverpool played an exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt. After Moreno advanced in, he encountered Sarnia's defense. In the case of an unsuccessful breakthrough, he took the ball back and chose to pass back to the midfielder Lallana.
Lallana leaned on Yaya Toure after receiving the ball in the game, but suddenly chose a heel kick and passed the ball directly into the penalty area.
Coutinho had a sharp start before Lallana passed the ball.
Lallana’s heel pass completely penetrated the entire Manchester City’s defense line~lightnovelpub.net~ After Coutinho succeeded in offside, he got the ball in the small penalty area, and there was no one around him. Up.
Facing the attacking Joe Hart, Coutinho retaliated and crossed the ball to the goal, while Firmino leaned on Mangala's defensive position and directly hit the goal with his left foot to help Liverpool score 3-0. Leading advantage.
"This Liverpool team is getting more and more of the offensive style of last season. Manchester City, at home today, was beaten by Liverpool with no power to fight back."
was a 3-0 lead in the first half, which also made the game lose suspense early.
Just after the national team match day, under the stimulation of the 3-0 score, the exhaustion of the Manchester City players broke out further.
was playing even more unorganized on the court.
This also made it seem that both sides lost their offensive passion in the subsequent games.
In the second half of the game, the number of attacks by both teams was significantly reduced compared to the first half, and more attempts were made for long-range shots that did not consume too much energy.
Minholet’s ability to defend long shots is pretty good, and he successfully won his zero bonus in the game against Manchester City.
On the other side, Joe Hart is once again the background board.
Coutinho hit the 30-meter outside world wave in a counterattack. In the 64th minute of the second half, he once again penetrated the gate guarded by Joe Hart.
extended the score to 4 to 0.
Finally, in this round of focus of the battle, Liverpool beat Manchester City 4-0 in an away game, which shocked everyone and made the outside world realize how powerful this Liverpool team under Klopp is.