445 Take advantage of your illness to kill you
The buzzing Old Trafford stadium doesn't welcome Liverpool at all.
When they saw the players of the two teams walking out of the tunnel side by side under the leadership of the referee, they immediately gave a huge boo, although Liverpool have struggled to pose a threat to Manchester United over the years in the Premier League, but the Red Devils fans still hate this sworn enemy who wears the same coloured shirt as them.
The same goes for Liverpool fans!
Yang Cheng followed the players out of the passage, and he felt as if he was suddenly at the bottom of a waterfall, and the boos and noises poured violently into his ears, and the timid ones were scared to death.
"Doesn't that mean the atmosphere at Old Trafford is getting worse and worse?" Yang Cheng smiled and walked forward.
Gerson stood at the entrance of the passage not far away to block him, and smiled slightly, "Usually it's quite quiet, only when Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and other sworn enemies come, they will re-emerge to show their magic, often this kind of game, we will perform better." ”
Yang Cheng sneered, "Demonic? I can't stand on my feet, and I'm still magical? ”
The two coaches stood at the entrance of the players' tunnel, chatting a few words, and Yang Cheng turned around and returned to the front of his coach's seat.
"What's the deal with that bastard?" Dalglish turned his head to the side and looked at Pingesen with an unhappy expression.
Just now, while the players were warming up, Ferguson took the initiative to come to him, but the king of Liverpool did not give him a good look, but just said a few perfunctory words coldly.
Yang Cheng shrugged his shoulders, "Find out his details!" ”
Everyone laughed.
This is Dalglish's first game on the coaching staff, although he was once the head coach of Liverpool, leading the team to the top flight title, the latter also led Blackburn to the Premier League title, but after a long time out of the industry, he now needs to refamiliarize, especially for a coach like Yang Cheng who has a more advanced coaching philosophy.
Manchester United's squad is still what they are good at, with Howard in goal, O'Shea, Silvestre, Brown, Gary and Neville at the back, Keane, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in midfield, and Saha and Forlan in front.
Liverpool's lineup has undergone certain adjustments, the goalkeeper is Reina, the backline is Leyton Barnes, Hyypia, Carragher and Finnan, the three midfielders are Davies, Carrick and Gerrard, the trident of the little Luo was taken down by Yang Cheng and replaced with the versatile Murphy known as Manchester United's killer, Drogba played in the middle, and Robben was changed to the right side.
No matter how good the trident is, Yang Cheng always feels that the winger's backfoot will be more in line with the current Liverpool trident, so he will continue to try to make the two wingers switch positions in the future.
And he's also working on a more varied tactical approach specifically for the two wingers, Arjen Robben and Ronaldo, in order to make Liverpool's trident play a sharper attacking combination.
"I heard that Murphy played Manchester United, he can always come to form, Manchester United has a shadow on him!" Bao Bubeier said with a smile.
Sometimes this kind of thing is really difficult to say, as if it is a psychological factor, but I have to admit that Murphy is always in good shape when he plays Manchester United, so Yang Cheng will rotate the lineup in this game to ensure that Manchester United is won.
"Manchester United's defensive line is very problematic, after the opening of the attack, the front court is more pressing, it is better to let them mess up!"
Yang Cheng is very familiar with Alex Ferguson, this old guy is a very stubborn person who has a deep understanding of football.
Looking at his reinforcements over the years, almost all of them have been smashed in the midfield, that is, the two more powerful reinforcements in the backline of Stam and Ferdinand, because he is very stubborn in believing that the key to the stability and tacit understanding of the defensive combination is not the player's own strength, but the long-term cooperation and tacit understanding, so Brown, Johansen and many other central defenders who obviously do not meet the requirements of Manchester United are still in the camp of the Red Devils.
Another strategy to fill the defensive deficiencies was Ferguson's aggressive attacking midfield and the team's superior running ability, as well as the coverage of the defence, which made United's defence look solid.
Martin Samuel, a well-known football critic in the Premier League, has given Manchester United's stubbornness at centre-back an interesting medical name, called the Red Devils' centre-back intermittent disorder syndrome. ,
In this case, when Rio Ferdinand was absent due to a drug test and Ferguson did not bring in a quality centre-back during the winter break, the situation was even more revealed.
Just two minutes into the opening period, Liverpool's attack advanced, and Carrick immediately stepped forward to receive the ball after seeing Robben's limited breakthrough on the right, and after winning the ball, he hoisted the ball into the penalty area with a diagonal pass.
Drogba got his hands firmly on Silvestre, met the ball, and headed it to the left.
Gary, Neville didn't keep an eye on Murphy who had stumbled into the penalty area, who squinted in front of the left post, met the ball and pushed it directly into the goal of Howard's handle, a!
This goal came very suddenly, because no one thought that Gary and Neville would not look at Murphy, and after losing the opportunity to drop the first spot, Brown did not have the idea of competing for the second spot, and watched Murphy sweep the ball into the Manchester United goal.
This was a very stupid mistake!
But if you think that the person who scored the goal is Murphy, you really can't help but wonder, why did this guy score as soon as he touched Manchester United? Is it really that there is a definite number in the underworld?
"Manchester United centre-backs have intermittent disorder syndrome, that's it!!" Dalglish rushed out of the dugout and cheered on the pitch as if he had scored a goal.
Seeing him like this, Yang Cheng and the others couldn't help laughing.
It was a bit of a fluke, but being able to score from the start would undoubtedly give Liverpool the upper hand.
Ferguson in the distance didn't see it that way, in his opinion, the guy yelling at the pitch in the distance was like a turtle from the countryside, as rude as an upstart, "Isn't it just a goal?" Look at him happy to be like that, destined to be a waste wood with no interest for a lifetime! ”
But in fact, he didn't feel good in his heart.
Walter beside him, Smith could naturally sense the helplessness in the old man's heart, and walked over with a wry smile, "It's going to get better!" As an assistant, he could only comfort him like this.
Ferguson was a little ashamed in his heart, during the winter break, in response to the current situation of the team, Ferguson, Walter and Smith jointly formulated two transfer plans, first, the introduction of Saha, and second, the introduction of a trustworthy central defender.
However, Ferguson only won Saha, and his problem of rewarding central defenders could be filled by Brown, Johansen and others, but now it seems that Walter's worries are correct.
Many people felt very busy at the time, why did Ferguson use 18 million euros to bring in Saha after already having strikers such as Forlan and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?
This is the inspiration he got from the two-striker tactics played by Yang Cheng in Inter Milan before, that is, the two-striker configuration, one retreats, one forward, and two players form a counter-run, which can maximize the loopholes in the opponent's back line, and then gain offensive space.
This line of thinking is very similar to Yang Cheng's Trident offensive tactics formulated by Liverpool for Drogba, Robben and Xiao Xiao Luo, which are all completed after Li's counter-run and quick insertion into the defensive line, this set of tactics is actually not too big in Serie A, because the defense of Serie A is very tight, and the space is limited to death, but it can play a huge role in the Premier League.
Obviously, Ferguson and Yang Cheng both see the same direction.
The difference is that Yang Cheng is a poor ghost, and he can only carve Drogba, Xiao Xiao Luo and Robben by himself, but Ferguson is an old rich woman, and he directly entered Saha, who has excellent ability to take the ball and turn, that is, to let Saha and Forlan form a double striker and play behind the defensive line.
With the combination of two forwards, Ryan Giggs and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, two players who can cut inside, and the combination of two strikers, United's attack can minimize the problems of losing a midfield with a long pass.
However, in this way, the midfield pressure is insufficient, after all, Solskjaer is not Beckham, and his active forward insertion has caused the midfielder's control to decline, making the defense on the right side also run into trouble.
One link after another, in the end, Manchester United's entire defensive line problems were completely exposed, coupled with Ferdinand's drug ban, Manchester United's current defense is in a storm. ,
But Ferguson himself knows that it is too late to regret it!
The so-called targeted tactics are actually not aimed at people, but against the opponent's offensive routine.
Yang Cheng is very aware of Saha's role, as early as when Manchester United bought Saha, he had already noticed the characteristics of the French striker, and was also thinking that Ferguson wanted to use Saha's ability to take the ball and turn to make a fuss, and then it was really so.
Therefore, in this game, Liverpool's targeted defense actually choked two points, Saha and Ryan Giggs to set up the defense.
Choked these two points, forcing United's attacking push routine to be cut off from them, and then ruining United's attack.
But this is reflected on the pitch, presented in front of all the fans, but there is another impression, that is, they all feel that Manchester United's attack is chaotic, and there are many mistakes, especially when it comes to Liverpool's hinterland, they are always making mistakes, even if they have the opportunity to face Liverpool's goal, they are all in a hurry.
But choking Saha and Giggs and limiting Manchester United's attack is not an easy thing to do, and it is not something that any team can do, because tactics are dead, people are alive, and they are running around, so in this game, Liverpool's overall idea is still to defend and counterattack.
After all, a fluke in the opening game gave Liverpool more chips.
Manchester United made a well-organized counterattack after conceding the goal, but Liverpool did a good job of defending and pinched Manchester United to death
As the game wore on, Manchester United, despite having a certain advantage on the field, struggled to find a way to put the ball into the Liverpool goal and could only watch the clock pass.
Although Liverpool is defending and counter-attacking, they have done a very crisp and thorough counter-attack.
As soon as he seized the opportunity, he fought to the death, and Manchester United had to defend, so the atmosphere on the scene was very hot.
It was as if in the first minute, Liverpool's header at the back was knocked back, Carrick took the ball, Keane knocked him down from behind, and referee Bennett showed a yellow card to the Red Devils captain, but Keane expressed displeasure, and there was some verbal battle between the two sides, which also made the atmosphere in the stadium more tense.
Two minutes later, Liverpool regrouped and started a wave of attack, with Murphy on the left being very active, dropping back to receive a pass from Davies and dribbling forward, but by this time United's right side defence was already in place.
Seeing that there was no chance left, Murphy chose to dribble the ball along the edge of the penalty area to the middle, and after attracting Keane's attention, he crossed the ball to the middle.
There was a gap in the front of Manchester United's penalty area, because Xiao Luo and Drogba were in the penalty area, which made Wei Brown's up-and-down hesitation, Gerrard stepped forward to get the ball, adjusted it slightly, and directly pumped out a powerful Yuanran, the ball went straight into the lower right corner of the goal, Howard's vision was blocked, and the whip was out of reach, 0:2
After Gerrard scored, he rushed out of the pitch excitedly, rushed to the area where the Liverpool fans were, waved his hands vigorously, and yelled at them, "Come on, more violent, more violent!" ”
Gerrard's call was met with the support of the fans, who returned the favor with louder applause and cheers, as Gerrard has now become the flag and symbol of Liverpool.
There were many Liverpool fans in the stands who pulled out a huge horizontal banner with the words "Caesar: Gerrard is not for sale in our Liverpool!" ], once to show their determination to defend Yang Cheng in order to keep Gerald.
No matter how rich you are at Chelsea, you can buy anyone, but you can't buy our flag, our soul!
Strictly speaking, in this kind of real game, the adjustments and changes that the two sides can make are more in response to the situation on the field.
But it's clear that there's not much United can do right now.
Therefore, at halftime, even though Manchester United was down 0:2, Ferguson did not make any substitution adjustments, and Yang Cheng, who was in the advantage on the field, did not change as a matter of course.
Both sides also returned to the game with lineups.
However, there was a noticeable change that United began to seek more stability, with Paul Scholes dropping back into the midfield and Keane protecting his penalty area more, so from the start of the second half, the two sides entered a long period of streak. ,
Liverpool still followed Yang Cheng's arrangement, actively pressing in the midfield, especially against Manchester United's backline.
In the 63rd minute, Carrick made a long pass from the backfield, and Silvestre cleared the ball with a header, but the ball did not fly far and was cut off by Gerrard, but Gerrard was ready to go straight behind Robben, but Brown intercepted the ball in advance.
Drogba immediately pressed on, and Vibi Brown lived in the shadow of the Ivorian monster throughout the game, and he was tortured by Drogba to the point that he was almost without fighting spirit, and his first reaction when he saw the Ivorians rushing up was to pass the ball out.
But he didn't notice that his pass to O'Shea was intercepted by Robben, and the Dutchman even picked up his speed, cut into the box from the right, shook off Sylvestre with a skilful dribble, and fired a left-footed volley that rolled into the bottom left corner of the goal on the grass, and Howard was too late to judge the right direction.
“G。 auLuuLuuu!! ”
Anqin Gray exclaimed, he didn't expect that this England national derby would turn into such a scene.
In terms of strength, the two teams are definitely equal, but he would never have thought that Manchester United would be beaten so embarrassed in this game, especially the Red Devils' backline, which is like a bean rot scum, making mistakes in every position.
On the pitch, Liverpool's players were celebrating with gusto, announcing their impending victory, especially revenge on Manchester United.
The first leg lost 1:1 at home to Manchester United, the Liverpool team was angry, Yang Cheng shouted to retaliate against Manchester United in the second leg, and now they are visiting Old Trafford, Manchester United is at a low point, although it is a bit of a victory, but Yang Cheng does not mind saying to Ferguson, take advantage of your illness to kill you!
"Ferguson's biggest failure this season has been the winter break!" Anqin Gray couldn't help but shake his head and sigh after replaying Robben's goal.
Before the winter break, Manchester United was top of the league standings, but with Rio Ferdinand being banned, Ferguson did not put in the right substitutes at the back, which directly led to the collapse of Manchester United in the second half, from the first place in the league to now having to fight with Chelsea for third in the league, and even lost Manchester City 1:4 in the Manchester derby, and now it is even more likely to lose another defeat to Liverpool.
In the final analysis, all of this is that there is no way to help the immortals during the winter break
On the other hand, Liverpool could not perform before the winter break, although they barely maintained the style of the giant team, but they did not show any signs of winning the championship, but the introduction of Carrick during the winter break, the Englishman showed eye-catching strength and midfield scheduling ability, so as to gain a foothold in Liverpool and become the absolute main force of the team.
"Two different ideas of recruitment, directly caused the transformation and collapse of Liverpool and Manchester United, Ferguson is obsessed with the stability of the backline, but ignores the gap in strength, directly caused today's rout!" Andy Gray was very embarrassed in his heart.
In the final analysis, Manchester United's overall overall strength is still the first in the Premier League, plus a Ferguson, the Red Devils are still the best team, Arsenal's main team is excellent, but the substitute lineup is the bottleneck, Chelsea is star-studded, but it has not been able to blend a mature set of tactical play.
As for Liverpool, it is too young and still has a lot of potential to hold exhibitions, if it can really win the championship this season, it will rely more on Yang Cheng's tactical adjustment and pinching of players, so that every player can play his best level in the right position.
"Ferguson really should have a good time to reflect on it!" Anqin Gray said.
And as soon as these words came out, the situation at Old Trafford changed again...... )