Chapter Eighty-Nine: Come with Me or Not
Chapter 89 or not
Sturridge's injury halted the game for five or six minutes, so the excitement seemed to have been extinguished.
However, when the game started, Anfield was enthusiastic again, especially with the Liverpool players running hard, and the Liverpool fans did not hesitate to cheer and applaud themselves.
Liverpool's players are really hardworking, and Klopp is still very good at boosting the team's morale.
Even Coutinho, who used to be lazy in the game, worked very hard to press up front. Starting with Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino, Milner, who had just been substituted, as well as Emre Can and Jordan Henderson, were all involved in counter-attacking up front.
De Gea placed the ball on the line of the box and passed it to Hummels. As soon as Hummels received the ball, Liverpool's forward press came up.
Hummels played the ball back to De Gea, and Firmino pressed it at high speed, leaving De Gea with very limited time to deal with the ball.
De Gea was under pressure from the other side and could only hastily clear the siege.
In such a hurry, De Gea's big feet were not on target. The football was not played in half the game, it was cut off by Emrejan.
Liverpool snatched the ball back through frantic pressing.
The fans in the Anfield stands cheered and Liverpool's performance made these die-hard Liverpool fans very excited, and they shouted loudly to cheer for Liverpool.
'Liverpool's pressing up front was good, and Sturridge's injury didn't seem to have much of an impact on Liverpool, but the rhythm of Manchester United was disrupted. Commentator Andy Gray said.
'Jurgen Klopp seems to be deliberately trying to speed up the pace of the game, there are a lot of big men in the Manchester United squad, and the technique at the foot is relatively rough, and if the pace of the game is quickened, Liverpool may have a chance to win in chaos. Henry said.
"I'm worried about the fitness of the Liverpool players, such a fast-paced running and pressing, I don't know if they can hold on until the end of the game, you must know that Liverpool have one less substitution now." Carragher, on the other hand, was a little worried about his old club.
In fact, his fears were unfounded. Under Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, the pace of the game is very fast, and after a game, Liverpool's players may have to go through dozens of sprints back and forth.
This season, when Liverpool faced teams in the middle and lower reaches, they often died in the second half of the game, and their opponents were caught by their opponents due to physical problems.
However, Liverpool's set is still very effective against strong teams. Of course, the strong team will not shrink in the backfield to defend like the middle and lower teams, they are bound to make a difference in attack, and Liverpool's mad dog style of play is a great test of the team's control over the rhythm of the game, otherwise, the pace of the game will be brought into a very, very fast degree by Liverpool.
Now Manchester United is a little bit taken away by Liverpool's rhythm, the rounds of the game are very fast, and the two sides frequently exchange the ball, so that the rhythm of the game is like driving on the highway, being stomped on the accelerator, and I don't know who can step on the brakes.
Ancelotti also stood on the sidelines with a frown at the moment. Such a rhythm is obviously not something he likes to see. If the two sides had made it clear, Manchester United would of course have the advantage, but now that the pace of the game is being disrupted by the opponent, the scene is very mixed.
If there's one of the biggest flaws in United's system right now, it's the lack of a metronome in midfield. Although Li Qingshan is very capable of scoring goals, Manchester United also relies on Li Qingshan to achieve very dazzling results this season. But when it comes to controlling the tempo of the game and things like that, that's what this United team is not good at.
None of the three players in Manchester United's midfield can act as a metronome, and Carrick is actually up to the task, but Carrick, who has been aged since the beginning of the season, is not in good physical condition, and there are intermittent injuries, and it is obviously very risky to rely on such a veteran to play a long season.
This situation is already evident when we face teams with strong field control.
For example, against Manchester City, Manchester United fell into the rhythm of the opponent for a while.
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Manchester United's midfield did encounter difficulties in the ball for a while, even if it was a long pass, under the pressure of Liverpool, there was not much accuracy, but often passed out of the sideline, handing over the ball to Liverpool.
However, fortunately, it was very difficult for Liverpool to attack with the ball and break through Manchester United's defense, so the ball was quickly snatched back by Manchester United.
The frequent exchange of possession made the situation on the field a little chaotic.
For Carlo Ancelotti, although Liverpool's attacking attack with the ball is not much of a threat at the moment, it is clear that the situation on the pitch is not good for Manchester United.
Because most of the football is left at Manchester United, although Liverpool don't seem to be able to create too threatening attacks, if Liverpool breaks the ball in the chaos, they can play a quick counter-attack immediately.
The hidden danger of football in his own half is too great, which has to worry Ancelotti.
Li Qingshan, who was at the front, also discovered the team's passivity, because he hadn't received a pass from his teammates for almost ten minutes.
Occasionally, a long pass would come over, mostly high over the sideline or directly to the opposing goalkeeper, and some were even not passed past half of the pitch at all, and were cut off in the front court, which made Manchester United's defense a little scrambling.
It was very difficult for the team to be forced by Liverpool's running at all costs.
It's been more than ten minutes, and Liverpool have maintained this intensity for more than ten minutes.
Ancelotti's brow gradually calmed down.
No team can run so crazy all the time, even if Klopp gives Liverpool more chicken blood, sports is also a science, not to fight chicken blood can be blocked and killed.
At this time, Ancelotti found that Li Qingshan withdrew to his own half.
Ancelotti just wanted to wave his hand to let Li Qingshan go forward, but before he could stretch out his hand from his pocket, he temporarily changed his attention.
Li Qingshan's ability to hold the ball and protect the ball may play some role at this time.
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Li Qingshan took the initiative to return to his own half, since he couldn't receive a pass in the front court, it was better to go back to the half court to get the ball.
Sacco had been following Li Qingshan, but he watched Li Qingshan pass the center circle and even retreated to the front of the Manchester United penalty area.
Sako's task in this game is to keep an eye on Li Qingshan, but he is a central defender, do you need to follow Li Qingshan all the way to the opponent's penalty area?
Sarco hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to return to his centre-back position.
He didn't believe it, what threat could Li Qingshan, who was far away from his own forbidden area, create?