After the game restarted, in just three minutes, Manchester City players received three yellow cards for excessive movements. Their emotions were obviously on the verge of losing control. Even De Bruyne, who has always been the most stable, looked very irritable.
In the 75th minute of the game, Guardiola made the first substitution!
He replaced Sterling with Bernardo Silva, who had a poor performance in the game and was booed by the Red Army fans, and then replaced David Silva, who had no presence in the game.
Gundogan.
For Liverpool, Klopp continued to stand still.
The score of 5-1 can be said to have killed the game, but he didn't want to make substitutions so early. Although he knew that the players were very tired, but to be cautious, he planned to substitute Mo Yang and the others at 80 minutes to rest.
Because he is a little afraid of Manchester City's comeback. This is not because Klopp is worrying in vain, but because Manchester City really has this strength this season.
If they were tied with Manchester City because of substitutions, it would be a huge disgrace, and Liverpool would definitely become the laughing stock of the entire English media.
In fact Klopp is right to be cautious!
Guardiola's substitutions quickly showed results.
Veteran David Silva took over the command from De Bruyne after coming on. He did not rush to attack, but instead began to sort out Manchester City's midfield and backfield transmission, which had become somewhat chaotic.
Under the command of his big brother, De Bruyne no longer frequently intervened to participate in the attack, but stayed in the midfield to help David Silva sort out the team.
Gradually, the already shaky Manchester City not only stabilized with the cooperation of these two world-class midfielders, but also brought Manchester City's players on the field into a relatively familiar and comfortable rhythm of the game.
On the sidelines, Guardiola saw that the rhythm of the team's game was no longer easily led by Liverpool, and he kept applauding. This is the change he hopes to see.
Klopp also noticed that Manchester City was playing more smoothly and couldn't help but become worried.
But what was supposed to come came.
On the field, in the 81st minute of the game, Manchester City launched the smoothest wing attack of the entire game from the left.
David Silva personally dribbled the ball in and faced the strong Fabinho's attack. He deftly dodged it with his right foot and dunked to the left. He broke through and dribbled the ball towards Liverpool's right rib.
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After David Silva entered the rib area, he was chased and intercepted by five Liverpool players. When he was about to hit Matip on the penalty area line, he suddenly pushed with his left foot and passed the ball to the right side.
Aguero stands tall.
Aguero kept playing back to meet the ball, and worked with David Silva to hit the wall, directly breaking through Liverpool's dense defense.
But when David Silva entered the penalty area, he ran into Van Dijk who was filling in.
At the same time, Arnold was also trying desperately to squeeze in from behind, so in a hurry, he could only force his kick to shoot.
It was not difficult for Van Dijk to defend this kind of team. As he had expected, he stretched out his long legs and blocked the ball directly.
But Van Dijk never expected that the ball would bounce back and hit the face of Silva's supporting leg, rolling in front of Aguero who was running towards the penalty spot.
Robertson, who was marking Bernardo Silva behind Van Dijk, immediately started and fell to the ground to block Aguero's shot, but he was still slow.
It was not difficult for a striker of Aguero's level from his former team. He quickly ran forward a few steps and pushed directly into a dead corner. The ball finally hit the right post and entered the Liverpool gate.
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On the sidelines, Guardiola clenched his fists with both hands. The whole process of this goal made him see a normal Manchester City, while Klopp next to him was a little nervous.
"Although this goal has some luck, from the start of the attack to the completion of the shot, it is a typical Guardiola-style attack." Zhang Lu analyzed, "It is getting more and more interesting. Counting overtime, there should be more than ten games left in the game.
Minutes, Manchester City still has time!”
Zhan Jun next to him glanced sideways at Zhang Lu and almost blurted out the sentence "Brother, where are you from?" and could only echo "Yes!"
After pulling back a goal, Manchester City gave people a feeling of gaining momentum.
During this period, Mo Yang no longer frequently intervened to participate in the offense, but stayed in the backcourt to assist Van Dijk and others in defense.
In the 86th minute of the game, after Mo Yang fell to the ground again and blocked De Bruyne's pass, he failed to get up, but lay on the ground and groaned.
His legs are cramped!
Van Dijk quickly waved to Klopp, indicating that Mo Yang could no longer continue to play.
Klopp didn't hesitate at all and went straight to Emre Can and replaced Mo Yang. This big baby couldn't be injured.
Mo Yang slowly came off the field and received a standing ovation from all the fans. Warm applause resounded from every corner of Eifield.
Two minutes later, Klopp replaced Salah with Lallana, again in the midfield. It was clear that he wanted to pile people in the midfield to prevent further conceding of the ball.
In the 89th minute of the game, Manchester City, which had completely escaped Mo Yang's rhythm control, was in high spirits. Like a beast that had been hungry for a long time out of the cage, it actually started to encircle Liverpool in front of the penalty area for as long as three minutes.
This scene made countless domestic fans call out, 'The gods are fighting!'
In the 91st minute of the game, Aguero and Sane changed positions and came to the wing to get the ball. After entering the penalty area, they faced the siege of Alexander-Arnold and Matip. He took the lead and directly picked the ball to the center of the penalty area, which was passed by Love.
De Bruyne is sandwiched between Len and Van Dijk.
Seeing the ball coming and blocking De Bruyne, Lovren, who had just been substituted, took off but missed the ball.
De Bruyne relied on his strong body to resist Van Dijk, and he just turned his head like a lion in front of the goal and pushed the ball in.
When Klopp saw this scene, he grinned helplessly.
But he knew that Lovren was not to blame for the ball. He could only say that Aguero passed the ball too well, making it impossible for Lovren in the front and Van Dijk at the back to reach him, so he aimed towards Deb in the middle.
Laune fell.
In the penultimate minute of injury time, just when everyone thought the game was over, De Bruyne took a corner kick from the right side of Manchester City, but it turned out that Aguero, the shortest man in the penalty area, nodded it in.
A positive one.
Manchester City scored three goals in ten minutes, leaving countless fans watching the game stunned and giving Klopp a toothache.
Fortunately, Liverpool held on to win in the end!
When referee Marriner blew the whistle to end the game, both Manchester City and Liverpool players collapsed on the ground.
"Liverpool also scored three goals in a row within ten minutes of the second half, and Manchester City followed suit. It's amazing. Te Miao scored 9 goals in one game. Isn't this a fight between gods?"
"It's so exciting! This is a battle between top teams!"
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"No team can continue to exert high-intensity pressure on Manchester City like Liverpool did today, because most teams do not have such physical strength, rhythm, ability and firepower. They maintained this kind of high pressure for nearly 90 minutes, so Klopp
I’m not surprised to win.”
"Yes! This is the first time I have seen Mo Yang cramping. It can be seen that the intensity of this game is so high that it drained his physical energy!"
There was a lot of discussion in the live broadcast room. Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were also reviewing the entire game and carefully analyzing the changes in Manchester City's substitutions for the fans in the live broadcast room.
At the same time, Klopp and Guardiola were attending the post-match press conference.
"Pep, are you satisfied with the team's performance?" the reporter asked.
"I know that bad news will come one day. Yes, we lost, but I don't think it is a bad thing!"
"Continuous wins have put the players in a bad state that is used to winning. I think the defeat in this game may wake them up. We are not invincible yet. There are many teams in the Premier League who can beat us.
Creating a threat may be a good thing!"
"Although we lost control a little after conceding the third goal and the players' mentality was a little bad, we still rebounded strongly. This is what I want to see. We played very well in the last ten minutes!"
"Then what do you think of this Liverpool match?"
Guardiola laughed and said: "Liverpool is in better shape than us in this game. They deserve to win this game."
"Klopp gave the team a high degree of freedom. Throughout the game we could see Liverpool's players constantly changing positions. If someone stepped forward, another person would fill his position, and someone else would fill his position.
location and their teamwork is world class!”
"To play like Liverpool, you need physical strength, rhythm, non-stop running throughout the field, courage, and confidence, and they did all of these today!"
"Especially Yang, he shocked me very much! I saw many shadows of football geniuses in him, and he is far better than I imagined!"
"His position during the game was elusive, sometimes as a forward, sometimes as a defensive midfielder. He made our players a little confused, and this bad boy unknowingly led us into what Liverpool is best at.
In the rhythm of the game!”
Soon it was Klopp's turn.
"I actually prefer to watch this game as a fan, it's so exciting." Klopp laughed.
"Then what do you think of the last three consecutive goals conceded?" the reporter asked with a smile.
"Tomorrow there will definitely be people scolding us for our poor defense, saying we failed to keep a clean sheet against Manchester City and other nonsense!"
"To this kind of person, I just want to say, 'Kick my old scumbag!'"