Under Klopp's crazy roaring and shouting in the sideline coaching area and his commanding movements that looked like punching, Liverpool, which had lost two goals in a row, did not lose morale but began to counterattack.
As a result, the balance of the game began to tilt towards Liverpool again. Liverpool used practical actions to show people that the fundamental reason for their rapid rise this season is that Klopp has created an efficient offensive system.
After Chu Zheng noticed Liverpool's changes and the defensive pressure it brought, he was greatly shocked.
He has never faced a team with the mentality of Liverpool.
After conceding two goals in a row, the Liverpool players not only did not lose their confidence, but instead fought harder and fought harder, as if they had been beaten to death.
In the 35th minute of the game, Chu Zheng retreated along the left rib to his own half.
Kolarov, who was pressed on the outside of the penalty area on the same side, quickly moved forward and passed the ball straight.
Chu Zheng ran towards the ball and was about to turn the ball around and launch a surprise attack from the wing.
But as soon as he ran forward, two red figures appeared in his sight on the left and right sides.
Wijnaldum and Henderson rushed to Chu Zheng and tackled him when he fell to the ground.
Chu Zheng was so frightened that he yelled "Nama", quickly gave up his plan to get the ball, then pulled onions on the dry ground and jumped forward to avoid it.
The next second, the ball that had just rolled over was shoveled into the air, hit Chu Zheng and flew out of the baseline.
“Biu got it!!!!”
"Snap, snap, snap!!!!"
The incident took place right next to the Liverpool coaching area. When Klopp saw Chu Zheng running away in fear, he slapped his hands and signaled Wijnaldum and Henderson to the field this time.
The defense did a great job.
Guardiola, who was next to Klopp, looked dissatisfied and went directly to the fourth official on the sidelines to complain.
Although Wijnaldum and Henderson came to rush the ball, this double sliding tackle action was too dangerous, and Chu Zheng was at risk of injury.
As the saying goes, people on the football field are never as fast as the ball.
No matter how good a player's defensive skills are, he cannot guarantee that he will touch the ball every time he stretches his foot.
However, if a dangerous move like sliding tackle misses the ball, the opponent's feet may suffer.
In football, it is not uncommon for players to be carried off due to rough defense such as rushing the ball but not attacking people.
Fortunately, Chu Zheng dodged quickly this time and jumped directly over.
After Chu Zheng got up from the ground, he also had a frightened look on his face. He was glad that he hid quickly.
Otherwise, he will definitely be brought down by Wijnaldum and Henderson, and either he or both of them will be injured.
The hard work of the Liverpool players is really scary.
Chu Zheng glanced at Klopp next to him, and he knew very well that the blood of Liverpool players was injected by this passionate coach on the sidelines.
As the saying goes, a raging army will weaken a whole group of cowards. With a passionate coach like Klopp, how can the players not go crazy?
Soon, Liverpool, who rushed and fought frantically on the field, was rewarded.
In the 40th minute of the game, Liverpool was on the right side of the midfield circle in the Liverpool half. Wijnaldum retreated to get the ball and wanted to dribble forward.
But De Bruyne and Yaya Toure quickly crossed in front of him from the left and right.
Seeing that the way was blocked, Wijnaldum quickly stepped on the brakes, and then without giving De Bruyne a chance to get close, he raised his right foot and hit the Manchester City winger with a long pass.
At the moment of passing the ball, in front of the center line, Mane, who was less than six meters away from Wijnaldum, quickly started to accelerate like a rocket rising into the sky and moved towards the sideline.
On Mane's right side, Kolarov had already turned around in advance and rushed forward.
Mane was on the left front, and Stones, who had retreated early, had already gained a distance advantage of more than one meter.
However, in the blink of an eye, this Senegalese striker, who Zhan Jun called a fiery King Kong, was like a rocket that took off into the sky after pressing the launcher. He continued to accelerate, not only leaving Kolarov behind.
Behind him, he also used his speed to eliminate the positional disadvantage between him and Stones, and received Wijnaldum's pass on the sideline.
The moment Mane touched the ball from the outside wing in the upper right corner of the penalty area, he rubbed his left outside instep and the ball rolled towards the inside edge of the penalty area.
Then Mane, who was sprinting at high speed, started to turn left and overtake on the outer lane.
At this time, Stones had already switched positions with Kolarov and moved to the wing.
But although Stones' speed is very fast among central defenders, it is far from enough when faced with a speedy forward like Mane.
In the blink of an eye, Stones was passed by Mane on the right outside line.
Stones did not give up and continued the pursuit.
The next second, Mane brought the ball to the sideline of the penalty area.
At this time, Kolarov had already positioned himself defensively along the edge of the penalty area, and cooperated with Stones to form a front-to-back attack on Mane.
However, at the moment when Kolarov was about to grab the ball, Mane, who came to the sideline and faced the center of the penalty area, suddenly knocked the ball to the left with his right foot, and then followed the ball out.
This sudden change of direction allowed Stones to chase Kolarov directly.
After getting rid of the defense, Mane brought the ball across the right side of the penalty area to the upper right corner of the small penalty area. His right foot was tilted at an angle of four or five degrees to the ground, and then his left foot landed directly on the ball in front of him.
On Mane's right front, Stones fell to the ground to block it, but his judgment was wrong.
Although Mane's shot hit the far corner, it didn't hit the ground.
The next second, there were two bangs, and the ball hit the inside of the far side post and bounced into the Manchester City goal.
"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Recovering a goal directly pushed the atmosphere at Anfield to its peak.
At this moment, none of the Liverpool fans who were at the scene and exposed to the cold wind felt cold. They only felt as if they were in a volcanic crater, and even the surrounding air was scorching hot.
"The ball is in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Sadio Mane!"
"This is his ninth Premier League goal since joining Liverpool this season. In addition, Mane has 5 assists!"
"The fiery Vajra, the smoky Tai Sui!!!!"
"The momentum is overwhelming and unstoppable!!!" Seeing Mane help the team get a goal back, Zhan Jun, a die-hard Liverpool fan, was particularly excited and happy, shouting in a mellow and eloquent tone.
Of course, the main reason is that Mane's goal is highly entertaining, has a strong visual impact, and makes people excited.
It can be said that this goal was scored by Mane relying on his strong personal explosive ability.
After shouting several times to vent his excitement, Zhan Jun said with a smile: "The gods are fighting, this is definitely a rare goal battle!!!"
Next to him, Zhang Lu laughed and said: "Klopp's vision is as good as ever. This player Mane is definitely worth the money. Judging from his transfer to Liverpool, this player is definitely worth far more than 34 million."
GBP."
On the field, after Mane scored a goal, he turned around and ran all the way to the Liverpool coaching area, dodging several Firminos who rushed towards him along the way.
Running to the coaching area, Mane stretched out his hands and pointed at Klopp.
Klopp, who was grinning with big white teeth, quickly understood and turned around and bent down.
The next second, Mane jumped directly onto Klopp's back, and a crowd of Liverpool players surrounded the two to celebrate.
The Liverpool fans in the stands were cheering continuously and deafeningly!
Next to him, after witnessing Liverpool pulling back a goal, Guardiola turned around, walked back to the coaching bench, sat down, and drank half a bottle of water.
Liverpool scored this goal and he was speechless.
It was entirely based on the strong personal abilities of the forward players.
There is no problem with Stones and Kolarov's defense. There is no problem at all with their position changing, position selection, mutual understanding and cooperation.
On the court, Chu Zheng's face remained normal. Looking at the Liverpool celebrating crowd, he shook his head slightly, not knowing what he meant.
After pulling back a goal to rewrite the score to 3-2, Liverpool's morale became even higher, and that hard work infected everyone at Anfield.
Especially the Liverpool fans in the stands, everyone went crazy, cheering crazily to cheer for the Liverpool players on the field.
Perhaps taking advantage of the fact that Sterling was booed and made semi-invisible, Liverpool fans began to boo others.
De Bruyne, Aguero and others were all booed. Liverpool fans frantically created psychological pressure on Manchester City in an attempt to create opportunities for the team.
And Chu Zheng, who has almost been the best player in this game so far, was even more booed.
But after discovering that Chu Zheng was barely affected, although Liverpool fans were furious, they quickly set their sights on De Bruyne and others.
But in the last few minutes of the first half, although Liverpool's offensive was fierce with the cheers of the fans, Manchester City was not afraid at all. They also used fierce fighting and full-attack methods to counterattack.
When the game time jumped to the 47th minute, referee Paulson sounded the whistle to end the first half.
The camera returned to the LeTV sports live broadcast room. Zhang Lu, who was writing and drawing on the table with her head down, quickly raised her head and looked directly at the camera after hearing the prompt in the earphones.
After Zhan Jun gave a brief summary of the first half, he looked at Zhang Lu and said: "Zhang pointed out, five goals were scored in the first half of this game. How do you think the situation will develop in the second half?"
Zhang Lu put down the pen between her fingers, turned to look at Zhan Jun, then smiled and said: "There will definitely be more goals. Judging from the open attack scene in the first half, I personally predict that there will be two more goals."
goals or more."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Lu looked at the camera, thought for a moment, and said: "Both Liverpool and Manchester City are in excellent condition today."
"Except for some minor mistakes in the respective defenses, there is almost nothing to criticize in other aspects."
"Okay!" Zhan Jun smiled and changed the subject, "Then let me ask Zhang Zhi to analyze the tactical confrontation between the two sides in the first half for the fans. Fans probably want to know about Klopp and
What kind of tactics did Guardiola adopt that caused the game between the two teams to gradually turn into an offensive situation in the first half?"
"Hey!" Zhang Lu smiled.
"Liverpool, if you watched Liverpool's games last season, would you find the beauty of Liverpool's tactical changes?"
"Beauty?" Zhan Jun was stunned when he heard this.
Zhang Lu glanced at Zhan Jun and continued: "I personally feel that Liverpool has found the most suitable head coach for them."
"The current Liverpool team is not the one when Klopp first came. They only pressed high, played fast, robbed the rich and gave to the poor. Their tactics seemed a bit nonsensical."
"This season's Liverpool, after cleaning and recruiting, Klopp's tactics already contain advanced tactical concepts."
"Liverpool's current offensive system is to create more receiving points in the frontcourt through constant rapid changes of positions, thereby unbalancing the opponent's defensive system and creating more loopholes."
"For example, in today's game, when there is a one-on-one or two-on-one opportunity in an area, Liverpool players will quickly form a goal or breakthrough through simple frontcourt cooperation, and finally score a goal."
"The specific implementation method of this style of play is that Wijnaldum and Coutinho drop back to receive the ball, and after receiving the ball, they cooperate with Henderson to form other opportunities to drive the ball forward, creating breakthroughs for players on the wing.
Opportunity."
"Well, that's true!" Zhan Jun nodded and gave an example, "Just like the goal just now, Wijnaldum retreated to take the ball and sent the ball behind him, giving Mane a chance to break through.
In the end, he scored an unreasonable goal."
"Yes, to sum up, it means pressing hard, switching offense and defense quickly, and entering blitz mode!"
Zhang Lu stopped at this point in her analysis. In fact, he wanted to talk about the shortcomings of Klopp's tactics, but there was not enough time.
So he turned the topic to Manchester City.
"At Manchester City, we all know that the core of Guardiola's passing and controlling system lies in the continuous pressure formed by passing the ball in the midfield and the frontcourt, and the rapid on-the-spot high press after losing the ball."
"Guardiola's team, in fact, under ideal conditions, can completely suppress the opponent in a 30-meter area in the opponent's half without being able to play the ball."
"Guardiola still adhered to his tactical concept today. The full-backs gathered a large number of players in the midfield to press and intercept, while the frontcourt allowed Aguero, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne to give full play to their abilities.
Offensive talent.”
"In addition, both sides are in excellent overall condition today, and their respective head coaches have adhered to their own tactical concepts. Then the game naturally becomes more open as the game progresses, and it becomes a duel in terms of goal efficiency!"
"A duel with extremely high technical and tactical levels!"
At this time, in the Manchester City locker room, Guardiola was also explaining the tactical adjustments for the second half to the players.
Whether it is Liverpool or Klopp, an old enemy, Guardiola has done enough homework and has enough understanding.
He knows very well where Klopp's tactical weakness lies.
The tactics adopted by Klopp this season are indeed very ferocious, and if he cannot hold on, he may be kicked out directly.
But as long as they can hold on to the first half, Liverpool will fall into the quagmire of Klopp's tactical flaws in the second half.
In the eyes of Guardiola, Klopp's tactics have almost polarizing advantages and disadvantages.
This tactic can support Liverpool's fight for fourth place, but the championship is definitely unsustainable.
Because the most fatal flaw in Klopp's tactics is that his tactics are unsustainable.
Such high-intensity running can indeed create a lot of offensive opportunities, but no matter how flexible the running position is, as long as the players are moving at high speed, the human body will be in an anaerobic state.
Even if Liverpool can adapt to this internal environment through training, mistakes and loopholes cannot be avoided.
Once he is unable to seize these opportunities created, convert them into goals, and establish a goal advantage, Klopp will inevitably be counterattacked by his own tactics in the second half.
After listening to Guardiola's analysis, Chu Zheng immediately thought of the games this season in which Liverpool took a big lead, and then were chased by several goals in the second half, and were eventually defeated or narrowly defeated.
Suddenly, Chu Zheng was filled with admiration. This bald man's eyes were as vicious as ever.
This is because the offensive methods and high-position pressing consume a lot of physical energy, making it difficult to have too much physical support in the second half. Under the influence of physical overdraft and the continuous anaerobic internal environment of the body, the players' judgment and attention will be obviously impaired.
decline, making it difficult to withstand the opponent's crazy counterattack.
Chu Zheng felt that Klopp was practicing the Seven Injury Boxing, which hurt both others and himself.
