"From the first ten minutes, neither side has achieved the smooth footwork that Liverpool and Manchester City are best at."
Hearing Zhan Jun's words, Zhang Lu nodded and answered, "Klopp and Guardiola want to go together. They just keep causing trouble for each other, robbing you, and not letting you guide the ball smoothly."
"So this game is actually a confrontation between two new generation world-class midfielders, Mo Yang and De Bruyne." Zhan Jun interjected.
"Yes!" Zhang Lu nodded wildly, "The competition is who has better control over the rhythm of the game and who has a wider field of vision, then whoever can help the team suppress the other team. During the opening period, the two teams'
The game ideas of suppression and counter-suppression are very clear!”
"For Manchester City, their defense was very high in this game, and they also had a bit of a high-position press in them!"
"But it's not. As long as the ball is on both sides, they will try to drive Liverpool's players to the sideline on the stronger side of the attack!"
"Guardiola obviously knows very well how much vision Mo Yang has in the game and how accurate he is in transferring the ball!"
"At present, it seems that Manchester City has done a pretty good job in preventing Liverpool from shifting to the weak side to attack!" Zhang Lu analyzed.
"Wow!!!!"
As soon as Zhang Lu finished speaking, huge uproar and cheers suddenly erupted from the scene.
On the field, Van Dijk took the ball, stood and looked downfield, and found that there were no opportunities to pass the ball, so he directly hit Karius back, trying to draw out some of Manchester City's formation forward and then organize the ball.
attack.
Karius came out of the penalty area to get the ball, looked forward, and before Aguero came up, he directly made a long pass to Mane on the left side of the frontcourt.
Mane and Stones arrived at the landing point and took off almost at the same time, and the ball was finally tipped by Stones.
But it didn't go far, the ball went straight up and down, and landed just a few meters behind Stones.
When Firmino saw it in the middle, he immediately rushed to the landing point!
Walker was not slow in his movements and rushed directly towards Firmino for a two-point challenge.
As a result, no one took off during the entanglement between the two, and the ball fell to their feet.
Stones also gathered around and grabbed Firmino with Walker.
The ball was rubbed around at the feet of the three people. As a result, it was poked by someone in the chaos and rolled back to Mo Yang's feet.
Seeing Mo Yang take the ball, Mane, who had already pulled to the wing, waved and asked.
Because Walker went up, Manchester City's side ribs were empty. As long as the ball came to Mane, he could cut inside and hit the goal. It was definitely an excellent offensive opportunity.
Stones found out that Mo Yang had the ball, and immediately handed Mo Yang to Fernandinho, who had already rushed over quickly. Then he turned around and ran faster than a rabbit, and went to his defensive position without looking back.
Run wildly.
Walker also knew that Mane behind him was unmarked, so he quickly took a big step forward, which could not only prevent Mo Yang from passing the ball to Mane, but also block the ground pass to Mane.
line.
At the same time, De Bruyne and Sterling quickly approached Mo Yang from the left and right sides respectively, and the four of them formed a trapezoidal position to surround Mo Yang in the middle.
As a result, Mo Yang once again made an unexpected choice. Instead of passing the ball, he suddenly dribbled the ball forward.
Fernandinho tried to push Mo Yang away with his body and get the ball, but after he bumped into it, he felt like there were springs on Mo Yang's body. Instead, he almost lost his balance and fell.
Mo Yang also used this physical confrontation to successfully reach the rib area.
Mo Yang slowed down and was looking for opportunities to pass the ball.
But suddenly seeing Ederson standing closer to the goal post, Mo Yang's eyes suddenly lit up, and without saying a word, he took a long shot with his left foot.
Seeing Mo Yang suddenly turning sideways and kicking, Stones immediately fell to the ground and stretched out his feet to block. Otamendi also made the same blocking action as Stones.
However, no one touched it. Mo Yang's long-range shot from the penalty area, the ball rolled between the two feet and turned into a ground ball.
In front of the goal, Ederson did not expect that Mo Yang would forcefully kick the ball towards the goal. When he saw the ball rolling towards him, he fell to the ground, but missed the shot.
The ball went straight to the far post, crossed the goal line and hit the inner net of the goal.
"boom!!!!"
Anfield was buzzing with excitement, and Gerrard and the other three jumped up from their seats the moment they scored, raising their hands in the air in celebration.
“gooooooaaaaaal!!!!!”
“The ball is in!!!!”
"In the 12th minute of the game, Mo Yang suddenly shot a cold arrow outside Manchester City's penalty area, helping Liverpool take the lead in breaking through Manchester City's gate!"
Zhang Lu was also applauding crazily and said with a smile: "It cannot be said that there was a problem with Edson's position selection for this goal. It was really because Mo Yang was so unexpected that Edson fell to the ground in a hurry and his body was not fully stretched at all.
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"He was just a fingertip away from being able to stop Mo Yang's shot."
On the field, Mo Yang looked extremely excited after scoring the goal, and did a dangerous 360-degree backflip to celebrate.
On the sidelines, Klopp clenched his fists and roared in celebration.
Guardiola on the side touched his head with one hand and smiled helplessly.
Compared with last season, Mo Yang's changes are too obvious. Now Mo Yang can pass and shoot outside the penalty area, which makes Guardiola feel even more terrifying.
On the court, Stones and Otamendi looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes. Their feelings about Mo Yang's changes were more intuitive.
Compared with the previous times, they feel that the current Liverpool No. 8 is more difficult to guard, because now they not only have to defend the No. 8's pass, but they also have to always pay attention to whether this guy will suddenly take a long shot.
After the goal was breached, it was obvious in the next few minutes that Manchester City played somewhat passively.
As they advanced from the backcourt, the smooth coordination they had in the past was gone, and they occasionally made mistakes in the backcourt.
Mo Yang quickly discovered that something was wrong with Manchester City, so he accelerated the pace of the game, hoping to make Manchester City more chaotic and fish in troubled waters.
But De Bruyne's reaction was not slow. After he discovered that there was a problem with the ball in the backcourt, he no longer frequently pressed forward to participate in the surprise. Instead, he frequently retreated into the backcourt and began to sort out the chaos. It didn't take long for Manchester City's backcourt to stabilize.
Come down.
Guardiola's palms hurt when he saw the performance of his favorite general on the sidelines.
If you look at the aspects of game rhythm control and passing, Guardiola really doesn't think De Bruyne is worse than Moyang. The two are just on par.
But in terms of vision and creativity, De Bruyne, who is also extremely good, is not as dazzling as Mo Yang.
Mo Yang's vision gives Guardiola the illusion of a 'God's perspective' every time.
And his unbridled creativity and imagination often surprise him. This is the biggest difference between the two.
After solving the problem of being passive when playing the ball in the backcourt, De Bruyne began to frequently intervene again.
Gradually, Manchester City's disappearing offensive picked up again.
In the 17th minute of the game, Manchester City won a free kick on the sideline.
De Bruyne drove the ball directly into the sky above the Liverpool penalty area, but it was too close to the goal. Karius easily picked it off, and then quickly threw the ball to Firmino who ran out of the top of the arc to initiate a fast break.
Seeing Mane running into the middle, Firmino made a direct pass, but his strength was too small. Sterling, who would be booed by Red Army fans if he took the ball, successfully intercepted it.
After Sterling took the ball and turned around, he immediately distributed the ball to De Bruyne on the right.
De Bruyne stopped the ball, glanced at Liverpool's defense, and found that Aguero was in an offside position.
So he took two steps forward, and when the Liverpool defense retreated and was parallel to Aguero, he suddenly took off his foot and pushed behind the Liverpool defense. The timing of the pass was truly terrifying.
The ball turned to the left of Robertson who was stuck in the position. With full arc and force, it circled from the sideline of the penalty area to Aguero.
Fortunately, Van Dijk focused his attention, suddenly accelerated his sliding tackle to intercept, and shoveled the ball out of the baseline, thus preventing De Bruyne from succeeding.