On November 2, in the fourth round of the Champions League Group E, Liverpool faced Maribor at home.
In this game, Klopp thought that Maribor would strive for three points even if they didn't risk their lives against them. However, he never expected that Maribor would lie flat and put up a 541 defensive formation.
Even the forward players retreated to a 30-meter area to participate in defense. It seemed that they were satisfied with taking away one point from Anfield Stadium.
The problem is that Maribor is the dominant player in Slovenia's domestic league, and they are also one of the top clubs in their country. They have always been sideways, and no one can challenge their hegemony. Therefore, Maribor's players simply cannot adapt to this kind of pure defense.
The offensive turtle tactic.
After the game started, Klopp stood on the sidelines and watched for a few minutes before becoming amused.
Because Maribor suddenly changed to the 541 formation, the situation on the field was a mess. It was obvious that the Maribor players had not practiced this defensive formation at all. Many players could not even stand in the middle of the sports battle.
I don't even know how to stand.
Moreover, the connection and flexibility between the defense and the midfield are completely insufficient. Sometimes the midfield line moves forward, and the defense fails to catch up immediately.
In terms of wing protection, they don't have a clear concept at all when the full backs and center backs will come out.
All in all it's a mess.
The Iron Barrel Formation is also a great test of the abilities of the head coach and players. It is not simply about piling up people in the backcourt.
So the next game was completely one-sided.
The Liverpool players were very relaxed, and Mo Yang was like a wild horse running wild. He immediately noticed the problems on Maribor's two wings and continued to organize attacks on both wings to attack Maribor's defense.
As for Maribor, even if they intercept the ball in the backcourt, only the forward and the two midfielders in the frontcourt will run forward. Apart from this, no other players can participate in the counterattack immediately.
It is a complete joke to try to break Liverpool's defense with such an investment of troops, especially when Van Dijk returns from injury in this game, it is even more ridiculous to try to steal Liverpool's advantage.
"The only test of this game is Liverpool's attacking ability!"
"But with Mo Yang here, Liverpool has never been afraid of the iron barrel formation. Even the steel bus that is as strong as Mourinho has been destroyed by Mo Yang!"
Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were chatting happily in the live broadcast room.
Even though I knew before the game that Liverpool would win without any doubt, I still didn't expect it to be such a one-sided situation.
"If Liverpool wins this game, they will basically book a place in the group."
During the conversation between the two, the deadlock on the court was suddenly broken.
Mane brought the ball from the left to outside the Maribor penalty area. After attracting the opponent's full-back, he suddenly knocked the ball across the outside of the penalty area to Mo Yang.
Mo Yang received the ball and quickly blasted Maribor's ribs, posing to break into the penalty area. As a result, after hooking Maribor midfielders Malvin and Hottic, he suddenly kicked off a 45-degree cross.
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In the penalty area, the slippery Salah circled around Maribor center back Marco like a loach, seized the position in advance, headed the ball into the far corner, and easily broke through Maribor's goal.
"Moyang tricked Maribor's entire defense by himself. After he hooked out Malvin and Hottic, there was a moment of chaos in Maribor's defense in the penalty area. Salah ran well. Look.
When he got to the gap that Mo Yang created for him, he directly got through and scored!"
"Maribor played a formation that I am not very familiar with, and this time I finally caused my own tragedy. The game has been going on for nearly 40 minutes. I counted carefully and found that Maribor crossed the midfield line less than five times!"
Zhang Lu squinted her eyes. Neither of them were very excited about this goal. Maribor was so weak that they were a bit uninterested.
The birth of this goal officially announced that Maribor's iron bucket was leaking.
The second goal came in the first minute of the second half.
Mo Yang was brought down by Maribor midfielder Hottic on the left rib, allowing Liverpool to get a well-positioned free kick.
Mo Yang once again stimulated his free kick attributes and took the penalty himself. His right foot drove a straight arc into the blind corner, helping Liverpool win another victory and increasing his number of Champions League goals this season to 3.
In the 60th minute of the game, Mo Yang successfully intercepted a rare counterattack in Maribor, and then directly assisted Mane with a through ball to rewrite the score to 3-0.
In stoppage time, Arnold passed in from the wing, allowing Ibrahimovic to score another one.
Since then, the game has come to an end. Liverpool slaughtered Slovenia's domestic giant Maribor twice at home and away.
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After the Champions League group stage, Liverpool ushered in the eleventh round of the Premier League and challenged the Hammers West Ham United at the London Olympic Stadium.
As a result, Liverpool, who came back with a big victory, directly scored four goals against the Hammers, stunned West Ham United, and easily scored three points with the ball.
In this game, Mo Yang came on as a substitute in the 80th minute of the second half. He did not assist, but within ten minutes of the end of the game, the two goals scored by Liverpool were all initiated from his feet.
In mid-November, in the twelfth round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced Southampton at home.
In the third minute of the game, Mo Yang made a one-stop long-distance attack from the wing. After breaking into the penalty area from the bottom line, he made a cross pass in an attempt to assist Firmino.
As a result, Firmino spit out the cake in front of the goal, and his shot from close range was blocked by the goalkeeper, and fell to the feet of Mo Yang, who was not in an offside position.
Mo Yang had no choice but to accept it and easily succeeded in pushing the ball to the near corner.
Then Liverpool got out of control!
All Liverpool players went crazy and were in great condition, launching a violent attack on the Hammers across the board.
There were constant shells coming from Mo Yang's feet. Although he did not assist, the offense he organized indirectly helped Mane and Salah score twice.
In the 83rd minute of the game, facing the shrinking Hammers, Mo Yang strengthened his long-range shots outside the penalty area and displayed his heavy artillery attributes.
The ball that seemed to have a roar hit the door frame twice and was finally blasted into the West Ham United door by Mo Yang again.
After the game, a score of 6-1 was extremely dazzling, and Mo Yang became the well-deserved man of the match.
"The Liverpool team that terrified countless Premier League teams last season is back! With four consecutive wins in the Champions League, they have already booked a place in the group!" - Daily Mail
"One Champions League, two Premier League games, Liverpool caused three massacres in a row! Liverpool's state has fully recovered! This is the true nature of the Red Army that made the Premier League giants tremble last season!" - The Times
"I am now extremely convinced that the next era is the midfielder! The performance of the two midfielders De Bruyne and China Yang is at the palace level. Manchester City's De Bruyne's performance this season is also phenomenal. His league performance
The number of assists is 8 and Yang is 9. He is also the accomplice of Manchester City’s horror this season!》-Daily Telegraph
"Three games, two goals, three assists, this Chinese is becoming more and more comprehensive, and his shooting attributes have been developed! Head coaches of Premier League clubs, are you ready to face a more terrifying one?
Is it sunny yet?”——The Independent
Liverpool's continuous phenomenal performance has made Mo Yang, Salah, Mane, Van Dijk and others collectively become the darlings of the media, and it has also allowed many people to see how hot Liverpool's state is.