When the game reached the 16th minute, Mourinho gave the answer to the second part of his tactics for this game.
The transition between offense and defense is fast and accurate!
Flying wings on the wing, hit the whirlwind!
In the 18th minute of the game, Manchester United defended Liverpool's left corner kick in the penalty area. Jones won the duel with Fabinho and cleared the ball to the top of the arc.
Matic saw Lallana rushing past, he stood on tiptoe and rubbed the ball with his forehead to Pogba in front of him on the left.
Pogba followed the ball with his eyes. After turning around, he raised his right foot and passed directly. The ball flew to the right of Liverpool as if it was equipped with a locator. The accuracy made countless Red Army fans tremble.
In the frontcourt, Lingard turned on his full power, stopping and stabbing the ball that bounced high into the ground. The speed only slowed down a little, and then he accelerated again to catch up with the ball.
Matip and Lingard entered the penalty area from the left rib almost at the same time.
But after crossing the end line of the penalty area, Lingard suddenly slowed down and immediately knocked the ball sideways with his heel to change direction, directly facing Lukaku on the right side of the ribs, and made a pass.
Matip didn't believe it and quickly stretched out his legs to intercept. As a result, Lingard faked a fake dunk, which made Matip slip and almost make a one-shot.
Seeing Lingard spike the ball and break through from the left, directly facing Alisson, Van Dijk did not panic at all, and was still firmly stuck on the only line where Lingard crossed Lukaku.
Seeing that Lingard had no chance to pass the ball, he simply turned sideways and raised his foot, and shot low and low into the far corner of the goal with his left foot.
Seeing this scene, more than 50,000 Red Army fans were so nervous that they even forgot to breathe.
Klopp on the sidelines was also so nervous that he leaned forward slightly and leaned forward to watch the offensive and defensive confrontation in front of the goal.
At this critical moment, Alisson lived up to Klopp's trust.
This fat-headed kid is fat, but his reflexes and positioning in front of goal are truly world-class.
Alisson read Lingard's thoughts in advance, fell to the ground at the moment of shooting, and stretched out his long left leg to block Lingard's powerful low shot.
"fool!"
The 50,000 fans at the scene let out rapid exclamations, but the crisis was not over yet.
The ball bounced high into Alisson's left foot.
When the ball landed, the two big men Lukaku and Van Dijk pushed each other and competed for the landing spot.
Although Lukaku is hailed as Drogba by the major media, his ability to fight tough battles is not even inferior to Drogba's.
After two confrontations with Van Dijk in the penalty area, he was immediately squeezed out of a favorable position.
In full view of everyone, Van Dijk took off and pushed the ball directly out of the sideline.
He didn't dare to try to hit the ball to Robertson who was retreating because Manchester United was already pressing the ball, so he didn't dare to take the risk.
On the sidelines, Klopp applauded wildly when he saw the tacit cooperation between Van Dijk and Alisson.
But Mourinho next to him had an annoyed look on his face. He kept walking around, talking to himself, and opening and lowering his hands again, as if doing radio gymnastics.
"Beep!..."
However, just as all the Red Army fans were successfully defending for their team, referee Clattenburg's sharp whistle sounded.
Seeing Clattenburg pointing at the penalty spot and running into the Liverpool penalty area, everyone's eyes were wide open.
What happened? Why was Manchester United given a penalty directly?
"Clattenberg calls a defensive foul on Van Dijk!"
"Is this a foul? Where did he know it was a foul?"
In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun also looked confused.
In the eyes of the two of them, Van Dijk's defense just now was extremely clean, and Lukaku completely lost his center of gravity and fell backwards.
At this moment, the live footage was played back from multiple angles.
In the side shot, it is obvious that Lukaku lost his center of gravity and fell during the physical confrontation with Van Dijk. The final contact between the two could only be regarded as a scratch.
In the frontal shot, due to the obstruction of Van Dijk's body, it looks very much like Van Dijk caused Lukaku to fall.
Seeing that Henderson and Clattenburg upheld the original verdict after negotiating with each other, Klopp directly went to the fourth official to negotiate, his actions and expressions were extremely angry.
"This is a misjudgment!"
"What the hell!"
"Sir, stay calm! Please respect the referee's decision, otherwise I think you may be in trouble!"
Klopp laughed angrily after being pushed back by the fourth official.
Looking at Clattenburg on the field, Klopp felt itchy with hatred.
It's the same guy again, the same guy who gave them a disgusting misjudgment against Tottenham last season.
"Clattenberg's law enforcement style has always been blind and confident. He never wants you to think, he only wants what he feels."
Seeing Lukaku's penalty shot and rewriting the score, Zhan Jun's words were a little sarcastic.
"Yes, Liverpool conceded the goal so unfairly!" Zhang Lu shook her head and smiled.
On the field, the game starts again.
After Manchester United scored, the players' spirits were also aroused.
Last season, they lost to their arch-rival Liverpool four times in a row, which made the Manchester United players feel a little aggrieved.
Now Martial, Pogba and others only have an ultimate sense of joy in their hearts.
In the next game, Manchester United continued to restrict Mo Yang.
No part of Mo Yang's jersey was clean.
Manchester United's players made great moves when defending him. He couldn't remember how many times he fell down during this period.
But he had no choice. The cage that Manchester United set for him gave him the illusion that his assistant's feet were tied, which was extremely uncomfortable.
"Yang needs Klopp's tactical support!"
In the commentary box, Berglin also saw Mo Yang's dilemma and the offensive and defensive difficulties faced by Liverpool.
And Klopp didn't see the trouble the team was encountering.
In Klopp's eyes, Mourinho's tactics in this game were too targeted.
Now Mourinho is staring at the gaps exposed behind them when the central midfielders on both sides come up to participate in the attack, and also the gaps on the two wings after Alexander-Arnold and Robertson deeply participate in the attack.
Arnold and Robertson are very capable of assisting when they have the ball.
Although their defense is not bad, they are still young after all, and their coverage area has not yet reached the point where they can take care of both ends.
Robertson's side is better, Mo Yang will often retreat, or Van Dijk, the big brother, will help him cover.
On Alexander-Arnold's side, Matip and Lallana cannot do so well.
So now Manchester United is focusing on these two points to attack. This is why Mourinho used Lingard and Martial in this game. The speed of these two people can quickly blast them during counterattacks.
Although Klopp also has ways to deal with it, he is hesitant now.
His response method is to change the formation 4231, let Lallana move into the attacking midfielder position, and then move Moyang deeper and play as a double defensive midfielder with Fabinho.
Although Mo Yang's stealing ability is not very good, his defensive awareness and coverage area are definitely as terrifying as his offensive coverage area.
With Mo Yang's huge field vision and Fabinho assisting him, Klopp believes that the left wing will definitely make it difficult for Manchester United to move forward.
But the problem is that if this happens, their offense will inevitably be weak.
Although this can contain Manchester United's counterattack, the striker's offensive power has dropped sharply, and he really has no confidence in breaking through Mourinho's intensive defense.
Klopp was a little helpless. Henderson, Milner and Wijnaldum were injured at the wrong time.
Otherwise, he directly asked Mo Yang to play as an attacking midfielder, and removed Lallana to play Henderson and others.