Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 145

59th minute.

Liverpool launched an attack.

Salah dribbled the ball on the left side of Manchester City.

Chen Chen turned around to participate in the defense.

There was no better opportunity, so Salah simply passed the ball to Fabinho in the middle.

The latter then passed the ball to Jones on the left side.

Liverpool completed an offensive transition from the right side to the left side.

Jones kicked the ball to Mane, and the Senegalese star faced Kyle Walker head-on.

Facing Walker, Mane wiped his feet and prepared to forcefully run over from the sideline!

But Kyle Walker reacted quickly, and the English right back blocked Mane's dribbling route, and finally kicked the ball out of bounds accurately.

Anfield burst into applause.

Although no good threatening opportunities were created, Liverpool fans still applauded and encouraged Mane's choice to try to pass this time.

I'm not afraid of you trying to make mistakes, I'm afraid you don't dare to try and make mistakes!

Diaz and Walker high-fived. Walker's defense was very powerful and boosted morale.

"In terms of speed, Kyle Walker is not afraid of anyone!"

Zhan Jun was a little emotional.

This Walker who can go up and down is too abnormal.

Zhang Lu nodded,

"Southgate took advantage of this in the European Cup. Luke Shaw on the left and Kyle Walker on the right, the forward speed is too fast! Not many teams can defend it."

"And they are also fast in positioning and defending. The Germans suffered from this."

On the court, Curtis Jones came to throw the ball.

This time Fabinho did not come to receive the ball. He ran forward, and Robertson ran up to receive the thrown ball.

Because Kyle Walker was pressed back to defend, the defensive pressure on the Scottish on the left was almost zero, and he must come up to participate in the attack.

"Bang!"

Robertson kicked the ball and passed it!

Henderson and Fabinho were pushing into the Manchester City penalty area!

But the ball was headed by Ruben Dias first.

Dias headed the ball to the front court

But he didn't get enough strength, the ball was not headed too far, and finally the ball landed on the right side of the top of the penalty area.

Seeing the right moment, Matip, who had made a forward run, directly made a long shot!

"Bang!"

It was powerful and heavy!

Unfortunately, it was too straight!

Ederson slapped the ball to the ground with both palms, and made a second save after releasing the force.

Salah, who had reached the front of the goal, wanted to kick his foot, but he had no chance.

Because if he stretched his foot again, he would hit the goalkeeper.

Klopp on the sidelines held the back of his head and felt incredible!

This ball was really a pity!

It was just a little bit short!

Guardiola applauded.

Matip's long shot attempt reminded him of someone, Kompany.

There are many examples of central defenders scoring from long range, such as Kompany.

The Belgian's long-range shot outside the penalty area can be said to have brought Manchester City an extremely valuable league championship!

In addition, Pavard also kicked a very wonderful long-range shot in the World Cup, which was "Peach Blossom Shadow Falling Flying Sword".

When Matip swung his legs just now, not only Klopp, but even Guardiola thought it was going to go in!

But!

In the end, it was still a little lack of luck.

The game soon came to the 66th minute.

Both sides made substitutions again.

Guardiola's plan today is to follow Klopp's rhythm.

Commonly known as, meet the opponent's moves.

Milner's physical strength can't support the full 90 minutes of the game, so Milner left the field and Joe Gomez came on.

Gomez can play both left and right sidebacks, but he is mainly a central defender.

But there is no other way, Arnold is injured, and Tsimikas plays as a left back.

Konate can play right back, but the effect is definitely not as good as Gomez.

Another substitution is to replace Fabinho.

Chamberlain got the chance.

Chamberlain mainly plays central midfielder and attacking midfielder, and he came up to strengthen the offense.

Henderson will participate more in the backcourt defense, so that Chamberlain can move forward more safely.

Guardiola's arrangement is simpler.

Stones replaced De Bruyne, forming a double defensive midfielder with Rodri, and Chen Chen played a single attacking midfielder.

The team changed to 4231, with both offense and defense.

Guardiola originally wanted to replace Sterling, but Foden did not have obvious physical deficiency, so he would delay it.

After the substitution, Liverpool strengthened the offense.

Manchester City began to focus on defense.

The game soon came to the 73rd minute.

Liverpool got a throw-in on the left side of the frontcourt.

Jones threw the ball to Chamberlain.

The latter quickly moved forward with the ball.

Chamberlain then passed the ball to Mane in front of the left side.

In fact, KLopez wanted to play on the right side, but Salah was restricted badly.

Kyle Walker would at least dribble forward or run forward to increase his attacking options.

But what about Cancelo?

The Portuguese blocked Salah to death!

Cancelo understood the importance of limiting Salah. As long as he was blocked, Liverpool's right side would be directly useless.

After all, Milner and Henderson could not run up to participate in the attack!

Even if you run up, will you still defend behind?

Do you not want to defend in the backcourt?

Mane took the ball and broke into the penalty area directly.

Walker hurried to defend closely.

At this time, Dias ran over to assist.

Mane chose to pass the ball.

He wanted to pass the ball to the empty space near the middle point, and Firmino had already landed.

However, the imagined connection did not work, and the ball was taken by Laporte one step ahead!

The Spanish central defender gave the ball to Stones, who decisively chose to kick forward!

Mahrez and Jesus jumped out quickly!

Manchester City switched from defense to offense!

The counterattack was very fast!

This is also the effect Guardiola wanted to achieve!

Klopp rushed to the field and shouted loudly, signaling the players to quickly get into position to defend!

Van Dijk and Matip were in the last position, and they did not lose their position.

But the problem is that Robertson on the left has vacated the defensive position, and Van Dijk must defend Jesus.

Okay, vvd is going to defend Jesus, what about Mahrez in the middle?

Matip is here.

What about the right side?

Joe Gomez is fighting with Foden, what about Chen Chen?

Chen Chen is very fast! He did not give Liverpool's backcourt players a chance to figure it out.

In the earlier FIFA21 game data, Chen Chen's speed attribute is the highest in the world!

And he calculated without intention.

Henderson and Chamberlain, who were speeding back to defense, couldn't keep up at all. On the contrary, the gap between them and Chen Chen was still widening!

Stones' long pass came to Mahrez accurately.

The polo king didn't bother Matip too much. He was ready to do a bicycle kick.

Unfortunately, he made a mistake and Mahrez stumbled.

And the ball was almost intercepted by Matip.

The Algerian didn't dare to neglect it anymore and quickly pushed the ball back to Chen Chen.

Chen Chen didn't hesitate!

Swinging his arms and legs, he calculated the best shooting route in his mind!

"Bang!"

Everyone in the audience focused their attention on Chen Chen!

Matip stretched his head to reach it, but it was still a little short!

Chen Chen made an arc.

The football that seemed to be out of bounds turned a corner at the last moment and flew to the upper left corner of Alisson's hand!

A very beautiful shot!

"Mahrez!"

"Pass it back."

"Pass it to Chen Chen!"

"Chen Chen kicked it directly!"

"Alisson flew out! It was too tricky!"

"The ball went in!"

"Chen Chen scored his first goal after returning to the team!"

"3-0! Manchester City is leading by three goals!"