"Liverpool have won all of their games against Manchester City in the past two seasons, which gives Liverpool a big psychological advantage against Manchester City, which is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing, the good thing is that they are confident against this opponent, and the bad thing is that they will become proud, they will become very relaxed mentally, and even despise the opponent." John. Mortensen looked at the scoreboard and said, "Scoring too early has made the Liverpool players believe that this game, like the previous games, will take Manchester City more easily!" ”

"Obviously, that's not how the game is going!" Gary. Lineker also said, "Manchester City are obviously more prepared than Liverpool in this game!" ”

"In addition, for Manchester City, they lost to Liverpool in the League Cup final, they were also out of the FA Cup, the league is now hopeless, and it also takes a certain amount of luck to reach the top four in the league, in this case, the Champions League is the most realistic pursuit of the Manchester City team, at least they don't need to look at other people's faces in this competition, just do their best and keep winning!" Lineker concluded.

'At the end of the first half, we saw that Jurgen Klopp had a bad look on his face and he must have been angry. John. Mortenson said.

Jurgen Klopp was furious about his team's performance in the first half.

From blind underestimation, over-relaxation to impatience, to some timidity, the whole first half of the game Liverpool played simply miserable.

Liverpool's dressing room. The players obviously knew they weren't doing well, so when they came back to the dressing room, they were silent, no one talked, and no one was fighting.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and it was their opponents, the elated Manchester City players, who were talking and laughing as they passed the door of the Liverpool dressing room and turned into the visiting lounge.

The Liverpool players even suspected that the City man was deliberate, deliberately talking loudly and laughing.

Because...... They've done the same thing.

This is a normal operation, especially when facing sworn enemies and direct competitors, if they can suppress the opponent and gain an advantage in the scoreline, no matter which side does not mind showing their excitement and smugness to their opponents, they are not worried about provoking their opponents at all.

In fact, some coaches also deliberately condone the existence of this kind of behavior, believing that it would be absolutely excellent if they could provoke the opponent and make the opponent lose their cool because of the anger.

……

With a dark face, Klopp walked through the door.

He was washing his face in the bathroom just now, and he happened to run into Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini, who was humming a little song into the bathroom, and it was still very embarrassing to see Klopp inside.

The two of them just nodded in acknowledgment and didn't say anything at all?

What to say? Could it be that Klopp asked Pellegrini what he was humming? Pretty good?!

Some of the players looked up at their manager, others still had their heads down.

"What were you thinking in the first half? What's wrong? Some people think that Manchester City can easily win, so what's the situation now? ”

"Our opponents are no weaker than ours!"

"You have to be aware of it at all times."

"There is no way back for Manchester City in this game, they have to get a good result at Anfield! Our opponents behave like fighters, they are ready to fight, but what about us? ”

It took five or six minutes of almost a face-splitting reprimand for Klopp's anger to dissipate slightly.

Then he began to make adjustments and deployments for the tactics of the second half.

"In the second half, you have to press out and attack, and from the first second of the whistle at the start of the game, you put pressure on the Manchester City goal!"

"Salah, you have to be more active, use your speed to hit their left!"

"Jiang, your goal is to impact Mangala here, and this player won't hinder you."

……

The second half began.

Manchester City, who went from 0-1 to 2-1 in the first half, staged a comeback and took the lead, were clearly relaxed at the beginning of the second half, and after fifteen minutes of half-time, they entered the game much slower than Liverpool, and it was evident from the frequent unsolicited errors under Liverpool's frantic pressing after the opening kick-off, they were not used to the sudden up-to-tempo and sudden desperate Liverpool team.

Salah has been very active.

'Liverpool were on their right flank and Mohamed Salah was the most active man in the Liverpool squad since the start of the second half! Fernandinho struggled against the fast and skilful Salah, who would have cut inside into the box if it hadn't been for Klich coming to help......

Pellegrini was impatient and surprised at the same time, he expected at halftime that Liverpool would start to counterattack in the second half, however, he judged that Liverpool would rely on Jiang Chenxi's attacking point to break out, but he didn't expect it to be Salah who started to attack the Manchester City defense from the left side.

Now, Klich has completely retracted to defend and Fernandinho is almost pinned down, with City's left side almost paralyzed at the offensive end and putting a lot of pressure on the defensive end.

Seeing this change, Klopp finally had a smile on his face, this is a set of backup tactics for Liverpool, Salah's activity may make the opponent think that the Liverpool team will put the main attack direction on the right side, but in fact, Salah's side is just a feint, Liverpool's real killer move is - a wide range of transfers, and then gradually attract the opponent's defensive strength to the left side, suddenly a long pass transfer, suddenly in the opponent's defensive empty right hinterland to attack.

On Liverpool's left flank, Milner's impact is underrated, and the England stalwart is a threat when he rushes forward.

This is also the reason why Klopp did not use Mane on the left side today, but used Milner, if Mane is on the field, even if Salah is active here on the right side, Pellegrini will not necessarily be fooled, because the Senegalese are no less threatening than the Egyptians, but if it is Milner, it will be another matter, after all, although Milner can also play as a winger, the offensive end is indeed more average.

Salah is too active here, Milner is very quiet here, and he does not seem to have any intention of getting involved in the attack, but retreating to the vicinity of the center circle to help defend against Manchester City's possible counter-attack, which also makes Manchester City's side slowly relax their vigilance.

Manchester City's left wing-back Klich and Fernandinho, who are close to the left in the back two, came up to flick Mohamed Salah.

Not far from them, centre-back Mangala has been on his toes, and the trio form a solid triangle formation, enough to cut off and intercept Salah's path.

At this moment, Jiang Chenxi suddenly activated the forward insertion!

"Be careful!"

"Block him for passing!"

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart and another defender, Fernando at the same time, shouted at the same time.

But... When he didn't expect it, Salah did not pass it to his old partner Jiang Chenxi, the Chinese star's run was a cover, Salah suddenly got up and passed the ball to the other side of the court.

"Beautiful and precise transfer! James. Milner received the ball and City's side was completely empty! ”

There was a huge cheer from the stands at Anfield, and after the start of the second half, the chanting of 'you will never walk alone' rang out from the stands, and now there was a scene of anticipation, and everyone realised that Manchester City were attracted to Salah on the left, the defence was heavily skewed to the left, and now the right was empty, and it was a great opportunity to attack.

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