Chapter Ninety-Two: Still Attacking?

Liverpool are behind at home!

Now Liverpool is not going to be able to do it. Continue the onslaught? What if you get hit with another counterattack, take it back and slow down the rhythm? This may be playing into the hands of Manchester United, and it is better for everyone to finish the whole game with their feet down.

It's just that for Liverpool, losing this game is too big a blow to the team. Manchester United and Liverpool are mortal enemies of mortal enemies, Liverpool were double-killed by Manchester United last season, and if they are double-killed this season, they will be double-killed by mortal enemies for two consecutive seasons. That's a lot to put on for Liverpool fans.

And the current standings are not much room for Liverpool to lose, if Liverpool do not want to miss the Champions League again after the end of the season, they will have to fight for every point in the next dozen rounds of the league.

The least pressure in the table is now Manchester United, and Carlo Ancelotti didn't celebrate too wildly, he just got up from his seat and hugged his assistants.

After a wild celebration at Anfield, the United players returned to their own half to await the resumption of kick-off.

Jurgen Klopp was clearly furious at the result, but his anger could not be vented on the players on the pitch.

In fact, the current situation is caused by Klopp's own tactical arrangement, which has little to do with the players on the pitch - Liverpool's players have faithfully implemented Klopp's tactics.

Liverpool legend Carragher on the commentary bench also criticized Klopp after the goal: "Klopp wants to use attacks to suppress Manchester United's attack, I have to say that this idea is really idealistic, Klopp has always wanted to transplant his way at Dortmund to Liverpool now, but he must take into account that the Premier League and the Bundesliga are different leagues. ”

'Jurgen Klopp is an idealistic coach and he likes to attack. But I think the most important thing for Liverpool is not the illusion of the idea, but the results!! If you miss the Champions League for a few more years, Liverpool's influence will inevitably continue to decline! ”

What Carragher said was not alarmist. Competitive sports are based on results, Liverpool is a traditional giant in England, but because the Premier League era has not been able to win the league title, in terms of global influence, it has been overtaken by Chelsea and Manchester City, who have risen behind.

In a few years' time, when the same group of old fans that Liverpool built up in the seventies and eighties grow old, Liverpool may even sink like some other English clubs that have achieved great success.

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Manchester United's players were not very crazy to celebrate, and on the one hand, for Manchester United, who are now at the top of the table, it is not a matter of course for them to take the lead against such a Liverpool side.

In their view, even on the road, after Manchester United scored first, the game has basically entered the rhythm that United are accustomed to.

With the first goal, United have a lot of options, they can choose to defend a little bit and play the opponent's counter-attack, or they can press appropriately and put more pressure on the opponent's defence.

'Manchester United haven't lost a game this season, so it's really the worst-case scenario for Jurgen Klopp to concede first...... Manchester United this season is really difficult to deal with, let alone being scored by Manchester United first, even if they scored two goals first, they finally came back. And this season, Manchester United have not given their opponents a chance to equalize while they are in the lead. It's not good news for Jurgen Klopp and his Liverpool........

The televised broadcast gave Klopp a close-up at the right time.

After the anger, Klopp stood on the sidelines with a grim expression. Anger doesn't solve the problem and as a manager, he has to give the team a clear tactical directive at this time.

The game of football is a war, and the law of war is that even the wrong decision is better than no decision at all.

Obviously, conceding the ball first disrupted his pre-match tactical planning. It's just that for the head coach of a team, all kinds of situations will be considered before the game starts. That included the first goal conceded in the first half.

Football is a sport full of accidents, and anything can happen on the pitch. Of course, Klopp knows that tactical deployment cannot replace everything, and his tactics rely on the players on the pitch after all.

It's already the twenty-first minute of the first half, and it's an awkward time period. There are still about twenty-five minutes left before the end of the first half, and if Liverpool continue to attack aggressively, these twenty-odd minutes will not be able to do continuous onslaught in any way - players are not robots after all, and a football game cannot be played in a way that pushes the gas pedal to the bottom and accelerates to the end.

There wasn't much time left for Klopp to think, so after a few moments, he made a decision.

He called Henderson, the captain of the field, to the sidelines to teach him face-to-face.

"Hendo, let's go on the offensive next!!" Klopp put his arm around Henderson's shoulders and whispered in his ear.

"Go on the offensive?" Henderson smacked.

He had thought that the coach would let the team play a little more safely, and it was a bit risky to press the attack.

Henderson's hesitation didn't make Klopp unhappy. Despite his fierce appearance, Klopp is not the kind of self-respecting dictatorial type of manager, and he does not tolerate the slightest suspicion from the players.

Klopp patted Henderson on the shoulder and said, "That's right, let's keep attacking, trust me, Hendo." ”

Henderson nodded, although Liverpool's results this season were not outstanding, but after Klopp took over the team halfway, with Klopp's successful experience in Dojemond and his own personality, he still won the trust of Liverpool players.

Coutinho stood near the centre circle, his hands on his knees and panting. He felt as if his lungs had been inhaled into a fire, and he had to open his mouth wide and gulp in the air.

Coutinho was one of the first Liverpool players to react when United counter-attacked, sprinting all the way back to the box from the front, but it didn't make much difference, instead allowing him to reach the extreme of fitness early.

Liverpool's crazy pressing before was quite physically draining, and with a full-speed sprint, it is not difficult to understand that Coutinho, who is not very physical, has a physical crisis.

But it's only been more than 20 minutes into the game, and I have to say that Klopp's team has too high physical requirements.

'The coach asked us to keep attacking, just like we did before.

Henderson faithfully passed Jurgen Klopp's instructions to the rest of the players.

Coutinho's feet went limp.

Still going to attack?

I don't know if my little body can support it........