Chapter 86: Strong Enemy Manchester City! A Dream Start!
On the evening of the 31st, in the 19th round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced Guardiola's Manchester City at home.
"You must pay attention to these four divisions!"
In the locker room, Klopp is reviewing Manchester City's tactics for Mo Yang and others.
At this time, on the tactical board in front of Klopp, the stadium was divided into 20 areas. This is Guardiola's famous 20-zone tactical system.
Klopp moved his index finger back and forth across the four areas of 5, 7, 12, and 14, repeatedly emphasizing: "In the backcourt, this is the area where Manchester City's two full-backs often move in to assist the ball in the backcourt.
In the frontcourt, this is the area where De Bruyne and David Silva create threats and kills."
"There are also four areas on the wing at 16, 18, 17, and 20. This is the activity area of Manchester City's wingers. Most of the time they will suddenly pull wide in order to open up the gap between the full-back and the center back.
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"As long as there is a gap in the ribs, De Bruyne and David Silva will immediately step in. After getting the ball in the ribs, they can choose to divide the sides, penetrate with short passes, hit the goal, or directly 45
Crossed."
"So you must pay attention to the protection of the two ribs. Once the two ribs in front of our penalty area are exposed to De Bruyne and David Silva, believe me, it will be a disaster!" Klopp
Warn everyone loudly.
Klopp really has no confidence in winning this game.
Although Manchester City's performance this season has been ups and downs, it is no longer the Manchester City that Guardiola just took over in the second half of last season, which scored 4,231.
Now, after a series of transformations by that bald man, Manchester City is no longer just about passing and controlling, both on the offensive and defensive ends.
In Klopp's view, the key to this game lies in the midfield confrontation between the two sides. Whoever can gain an advantage in the midfield will have the opportunity to kill the game.
Therefore, whether they can win depends on whether Mo Yang and Henderson can suppress Manchester City's dual-core midfielder composed of De Bruyne and David Silva.
On the other side of the locker room, Guardiola was also arranging tactics for the Manchester City players.
"Remember! If you limit Yang, Liverpool's offense will be completely misfired."
De Bruyne heard Guardiola once again emphasize Mo Yang's strength, and he suddenly thought of the highlights of Liverpool's game they were watching at the base yesterday.
To be honest, De Bruyne was really amazed by Mo Yang.
His passing and court vision are not inferior to him, but in terms of creativity, personal breakthrough dribbling ability and ball sense, Mo Yang is indeed better than him.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, the fact was that Mo Yang was more comprehensive than him.
In a blink of an eye, the players from both sides walked onto the court under the leadership of referee Atkinson.
Mo Yang stood in the queue and suddenly turned around when he felt someone was looking at him.
Suddenly his eyes met with De Bruyne's!
De Bruyne didn't expect this kid to be so sensitive. After being caught, he smiled awkwardly at Mo Yang and then looked away instantly.
The atmosphere at Anfield Stadium was particularly lively today, and the excitement and expectations of the fans could be heard from the passionate singing.
After many years, they once again won the half-distance championship. There is a high probability that they will win the championship they dream of every year. How can this not make them excited?
After a series of pre-match procedures, with referee Atkinson blowing his whistle, this high-profile Premier League dialogue officially began.
After the game started, the pace of both sides was not fast, it could even be said to be a bit slow.
But the scene soon left Red Army fans terrified.
In the 4th minute of the game, Manchester City controlled the ball and passed it around in the midfield and backcourt. Salah, who was sneaking around to press, ran back and forth like dogs.
Seeing that they couldn't catch it, Salah and the others slowed down their pressing pace slightly.
But they never expected that as soon as they let go, Manchester City immediately passed the ball in the left half and penetrated Liverpool's midfield defense in an instant.
De Bruyne advanced with the ball and faced Wijnaldum's entanglement. Although he had a strong ability to protect the ball, he did not dare to stick to the ball and directly distributed the ball to Sterling on the wing.
Sterling took the ball and quickly advanced along the wing toward the baseline.
Arnold kept Klopp's warning in mind and did not give up protecting his ribs. He stayed stuck in Sterling's passing and breakthrough routes.
Sterling saw that Arnold was not fooled and took the ball down without saying a word.
Arnold was not allowed to leave, but he shouted before following him to defend.
As a result, Arnold did not expect that as soon as he reached the bottom line, Sterling suddenly knocked the ball back with his heel without saying a word, and the ball immediately rolled to the front of the ribs.
De Bruyne had already guessed Sterling's purpose of going down, and at this time he pushed forward to meet the ball.
But just when he was about to get the ball in his ribs, a red figure with black hair suddenly appeared in his sight and poked the ball away.
Klopp actually laughed after seeing this dangerous situation on the sidelines!
In fact, even if the ball was not intercepted by Mo Yang, it would be difficult for De Bruyne to do anything after receiving the ball.
Because Henderson has already positioned himself in the back line, Matip will make up for the defense in the ribs in time.
When Manchester City saw the ball was lost, they immediately launched a high-pressure attack in the frontcourt.
At this time, Manchester City's formation still has the shadow of 433, but it has become 235.
After Mo Yang got the ball, he didn't run far before he was caught up by De Bruyne who was catching up.
De Bruyne hit Mo Yang several times, but Mo Yang remained motionless.
He didn't expect that Mo Yang, who didn't look very strong, could be so strong.
Unable to hit or squeeze away, De Bruyne made some small moves, but the jersey was stretched straight, and he only slowed down Mo Yang.
Helpless, De Bruyne had no choice but to let go, but at this moment, he saw Fernandez rushing toward them, seemingly planning to surround Moyang with him, and he was immediately frightened to death.
"Don't come here!" De Bruyne shouted with a look of horror on his face.
In his sight, a through line from the right half to the left half was very clear.
And there is no reason why Mo Yang, who also has world-class court vision, can't see it.
Fernandenho's departure just connected the line and made it smooth.
At this moment, Mo Yang, who already had a smile on his face, took advantage of De Bruyne's distraction and suddenly took off the outside instep of his left foot and rubbed it on the ball.
Suddenly the ball was like an arrow off the string, drawing a long arc and rolling directly to the empty left half of Manchester City, just in front of Mane.
For Mo Yang's pass, Mane was slightly under-prepared and did not form a tacit understanding immediately, allowing Manchester City right back Navas to take the lead.
But in the end Mane relied on his outstanding explosive power to catch up with Navas.
Navas was a little panicked at this time, because he was not a full-back at all, he was a pure winger, and he was a guest full-back.
So at this time, he was really at a loss when facing the dark and hard Mane.
The defender skills he just learned are completely useless when applied to a forward like Liverpool.
Just when he was hesitating about how to grab the ball, he suddenly felt that he was hit by someone, and he immediately lost his balance, causing his speed to drop sharply.
At this moment, he was quickly pulled away by half of Mane's body.
After Navas maintained his balance, he used his top speed to catch up with Mane, but it was no use. He was blocked behind him by Mane.
After receiving the ball, Mane ran directly from the ribs of the penalty area, and before Kompany came over, he directly took off and shot into the far corner of the goal.
Faced with this surprisingly high-quality shot from the far corner, Caballero could only surrender and watch the ball go into the goal.
The Liverpool fans at the scene were a little stunned. They didn't expect the goal to come so quickly and suddenly.
A second later, huge cheers erupted from the scene, flags were waved in the stands, and the singing became louder and louder.
"I bought it!"
"We scored just over 4 minutes into the game. It was a dream start!"
"This is the efficiency of Yang!" said the commentator in the stands. Beglin was stunned and then showed infinite surprise on his face.
After Mane scored, he knew that taking off his jersey would result in a yellow card, but he still took it off and ran to the KOP stands waving his jersey to celebrate wildly.
On the sidelines, after Klopp celebrated with three punches, he saw Mane receiving a yellow card. He immediately couldn't laugh or cry. He knew why Mane was so excited.
The club has reached a transfer agreement with Barcelona!
Now the transfer can be completed only after Coutinho and Barcelona have agreed on his personal treatment. It can be said that he is already a Barcelona player.
Once Coutinho leaves, Mane will start directly. No one in the team can compete with him.
