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

Chapter 143

Guardiola's worry about "being hit from behind" is not without reason, after all, Mane and Salah are not slow.

However, in the first 30 minutes of the first half, they did not have many opportunities to carry the ball deep.

This is mainly because the midfielders do not support the front-line offensive players.

Henderson and Fabinho are good at protecting the ball and intercepting, but they are a little worse on the offensive end.

Under the offensive pressure of Chen Chen and De Bruyne, Liverpool still mainly prioritizes the stability of midfield defense today.

But in this case, Liverpool's front trident will have to rely on their own personal abilities.

In this case, Klopp gave up the idea of ​​playing behind or going to the side to find opportunities, but chose to continue to defend and counterattack.

The Liverpool fans at the scene did not express any dissatisfaction.

Klopp's status and importance at Anfield are no less than Guardiola's at Etihad, and everyone believes in him.

After all, Fenway has such a small net investment every year, and it is not easy for Klopp to lead Liverpool to become a regular in the top four!

And they also won the league and Champions League once in the middle!

Such a scumbag! How can Liverpool fans not love him?

On the field, the game is going on.

There are not many opportunities on both sides.

Soon the time came to the 39th minute.

Manchester City took the ball and launched another attack.

The football was passed to Chen Chen on the left.

After Chen Chen took the ball, he took it to the middle. He wanted to pass it straight, but the opponent arranged too many people on the defense line, and he couldn't pass it at all!

In desperation, Chen Chen knocked the ball horizontally to De Bruyne who was standing parallel to the right side.

De Bruyne did not stand there stupidly waiting for the ball to come, but faced the ball and made a light lob pass!

Look for Jesus who came out near the right sideline!

While looking at the possible landing point of the football, the Brazilian international stretched out his hand and pulled Robertson.

Jesus did not live up to Ding Ding's clever pass, he got the ball!

Then Jesus didn't hesitate and directly passed the ball into the penalty area!

Van Dijk used his height to push the ball back!

"Wuhu~!"

Liverpool fans who were still worried about the team's crisis breathed a sigh of relief, and Anfield erupted in cheers like a tsunami!

Van Dijk's performance today was really great!

This header clearance was a great achievement!

But the crisis has not been resolved.

Facing this clearance, Chen Chen, who was in the middle position, took advantage of the situation and kicked it!

Fabinho rushed up quickly when he saw this!

The Brazilian midfielder missed!

Because Chen Chen didn't shoot, his right foot slipped over the ball and the ball was leaked to the back!

Fabinho was still surprised at Chen Chen's choice, and Rodri, who followed, had already completed the shooting action!

"Bang!"

A powerful shot flew towards the Liverpool goal!

"Van Dijk, head the ball back from Jesus!"

"Another good header clearance. Van Dijk's performance today deserves the title of Dinghaishenzhen."

"Oh? He didn't clear the ball too far."

"It came to Chen Chen."

"Kick! Shoot! Not shoot! Chen Chen's foot slipped!"

"Give it to Rodri! The Spaniard swung his legs!"

"The ball went in!"

"Alisson made another unsuccessful save!"

"Liverpool 0-2 Manchester City!"

Alisson, who tried his best to make a save, fell to the ground.

The Brazilian goalkeeper could only watch the ball fly into the net helplessly!

His reaction was fast enough.

But this shot that went straight to the upper left corner of Alisson didn't give him any chance!

Even if he flew out and made an extreme save, it was useless.

Alisson was very angry and hit the ground with his fist several times, then lay on his back on the grass and looked at the sky.

Zhan Jun in the studio was crying in his heart, but he continued to shout excitedly,

"0-2!"

"What has Liverpool experienced?"

"There is no way to stop it! This is Manchester City!"

Rodri, who scored a wonderful long shot, ran to the corner flag area with his arms open, enjoying the cheers from Liverpool fans!

Then Chen Chen and others quickly followed.

The Blue Moon fans who traveled with the team joined the cheering and celebrating!

Anfield?X!

Etihad?✓!

Guardiola on the sidelines clenched his fists excitedly.

Before coming to Anfield, Guardiola was not really sure.

After all, Liverpool is not an easy target to bully.

The two teams have been fighting for so many years, and they are too familiar with each other.

And it is worth noting that in the 19/20 season, Liverpool broke Manchester City's monopoly on the Premier League championship,This proves that the Red Army Liverpool has the strength to overcome everything!

So before the game, Guardiola talked a lot about tactical arrangements and offensive and defensive position adjustments in the game.

Including just now in the locker room, Guardiola has been emphasizing the importance and dismantling of the opponent's skills and tactics.

After all, you can't say that you lose a game if you lose a game. This kind of indifferent attitude is not acceptable.

The league championship started from the first round. If you don't care, you will miss the championship!

So if you want to win the championship, you have to deal with every game seriously!

Fortunately, the team's consecutive goals made Guardiola feel relieved, and of course it also made the players who were cheering and celebrating feel relieved.

With a two-goal lead, Manchester City grasped the fruits of victory!

Klopp's face was very solemn.

However, he was not overwhelmed by anger and anxiety, but continued to choose to let the players play steadily and move forward slowly.

Losing the ball is not terrible. What is terrible is that if everyone from the coach to the players suddenly gets excited and attacks for the sake of attacking, and then the formation suddenly becomes loose, then the game is not far from collapse!

In the next few minutes, Liverpool also tried to find opportunities to counterattack.

Unfortunately, they had very few opportunities to counterattack. Mane and Salah had very few opportunities to hold the ball, and Jota was nowhere to be found.

Of course, Manchester City had no chance either.

After all, Liverpool players knew that the gap between 2-0 and 3-0 was very huge. If they lost three goals, they could really say that they had lost.

Interestingly, now on major social platforms, many fans are asking Liverpool to let go of their defense and let Manchester City score another goal.

What they want is Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool, and then activate the one-in-a-million reversal gene!

How could Manchester City be "fooled"?

In the end, with Foden's long shot rubbing the post and flying out, the referee blew the whistle to end the half-time game, and Manchester City entered the halftime break with a two-goal advantage.

In the away team's locker room, Guardiola was thinking about how to make adjustments.

Liverpool will definitely come out to attack in the second half, and the Blue Moon will work hard on defense.

Thinking of this, Guardiola said to Grealish,

"Jack, I will let you rest in the second half. We need a center forward with stronger defensive attributes."

Grealish was not unhappy at all, he nodded,

"No problem! Boss."

Between changing Grealish and Foden, Guardiola chose to change Grealish.

Mainly because Foden's performance today was not bad. Several times of dribbling and attacking and attracting the opponent's defense were very good. You can look forward to it.