After the halftime break, the two sides changed sides and fought again. At this time, Klopp no longer cared about whether removing Lovren directly from the halftime break would hurt the players' self-esteem.
He called Lovren out of the locker room alone, and after a heart-to-heart talk outside the door, he replaced Matip, no longer caring about Lovren's mood.
There is no way, now Manchester United is focusing on Lovren's spot in the first half. Although Lovren is a central defender, his physical confrontation ability was obviously completely destroyed by Lukaku in the two goals just conceded.
Therefore, if Lovren is not replaced, Manchester United, which has already tasted the benefits many times in the second half, will definitely continue to stare at him for targeted blasts.
After the start of the second half, Liverpool showed a counterattack from the beginning.
Manchester United saw Matip replaced and once again tried a long pass from the backcourt to find Lukaku, hoping to continue replicating the goal in the first half.
As a result, Lukaku failed to take any advantage against Matip several times in the following games. Matip's air defense ability and height were not decorations.
In this game, Mourinho's restrictions on Mo Yang were still everywhere.
Mo Yang was violated and fell to the ground so often that the referee couldn't stand it anymore and gave McTominay a yellow card before Manchester United restrained himself.
Although Mo Yang was closely guarded, he was still able to plan extremely threatening attacks from time to time, which made the Red Devils fans at Old Trafford tremble with fear.
In the past, the media evaluated Pogba as inferior to Mo Yang, and they were still very unconvinced.
But in fact, they know that it is just a matter of saving face. Who is better among these two world-class midfielders? In fact, each of them has the answer in their heart.
In the 49th minute of the game, Liverpool, who was furiously attacking, won a left corner kick.
Mo Yang took a corner kick and went directly to Van Dijk in the penalty area.
Van Dijk squeezed Matic behind him, jumped up and bent over to hit the ball, but unfortunately he missed the ball, and the ball hit his face and shoulder and missed the post.
Although Van Dijk made mistakes in this game, after conceding two goals in the first half, not only was this guy's psychology not affected, but he became even more terrifying on the defensive end.
In the last fifteen minutes of the first half, Manchester United played several consecutive waves of attacks, almost all of which were resolved by Van Dijk's excellent defense, especially in the air defense. He did not let any Manchester United player in.
He tasted a little bit of sweetness in front of him.
In the 56th minute of the game, Liverpool once again attacked from the right half to the right side of Manchester United's penalty area.
Arnold broke through with the ball himself, and after being entangled by Ashley Young, he suddenly passed back in an inverted triangle to Mo Yang on the left rib of Manchester United's penalty area.
Mo Yang turned the ball around and caught McTominay behind him before the Manchester United encirclement appeared. Then he kicked off the line of the penalty area and took a full arc shot.
But De Gea was well prepared in front of the goal. He chose his position perfectly, stretched his body to the extreme after flying into the air, and just missed Mo Yang's long shot that went straight into the blind corner.
In the 68th minute of the game, Mo Yang once again took advantage of Liverpool's transition from defense to offense and dribbled the ball from the side to break through.
After passing two people, Mo Yang was stuck on the edge of Manchester United's penalty area by Valencia.
Seeing that the Manchester United players were about to return to defense, Mo Yang made a false shot, then went down to the bottom of the ball and swept the ball directly in front of the goal with his left foot.
Mo Yang's low ball passed across the goalpost and was very powerful, and the route was also very tricky. It just passed the end line of the small penalty area where De Gea could not reach him.
His timing with Salah's passing and running was extremely fast.
After Salah came in from behind, he got in front of Ashley Young and shot directly into the near corner.
As a result, De Gea seemed to have expected it and fell directly to the ground. The ball hit him again and bounced out of the baseline.
This scene made Mo Yang depressed.
He really admired De Gea today for being able to make such world-class saves continuously.
De Gea was able to move quickly and fall to the ground to block Salah's shot that was so close to the goal post. This was obviously because he had guessed Salah's intention in advance.
Klopp on the sidelines was also depressed after being beaten by De Gea.
In Klopp's eyes, something was very wrong with Manchester United in this game. It felt like they were collectively taking stimulants, and they were in really good shape.
In the 81st minute of the game, Mane changed positions and came to the center, dribbling the ball directly to the top of the arc.
He rushed the ball between Matip and McTominay before they closed the door and quickly pushed the ball into the Manchester United penalty area.
In the penalty area, Firmino ran over from the right to receive the ball, and directly knocked the ball with his heel to Mane who was advancing forward.
As a result, Mane was tripped by Fellaini who was replaced!
However, what is controversial is that it was clearly in the penalty area, but the referee ignored it.
Klopp was extremely dissatisfied with the referee's inaction, but there was nothing he could do. This is Old Trafford. Whether the referee really didn't see it or pretended not to see it, there was nothing he could do. This is the home field advantage.
After a sustained attack in the second half, Liverpool finally broke through Manchester United's goal.
It's a pity that it was not a Liverpool player who scored the goal.
In the 86th minute of the game, Mane broke through from the wing and swept in front of the goal. As a result, when Manchester United center back Bailly returned to defend, he stretched his foot to kick the ball out of the penalty area, but the ball hit his back heel first and stuck to the ball.
The goal post drilled into the goal.
This goal made Mo Yang dumbfounded. He fired four or five high-quality long-range shots from outside the penalty area but could not break through De Gea's fingers.
In the end, Liverpool suffered a defeat at Old Trafford at a critical time in the championship, losing 2-1 to their arch-enemy Manchester United.
After the game, De Gea was voted the best of the game.
Both goals were related to him, and he also made consecutive world-class saves. His super performance can be said to be the key factor in defeating Liverpool.
At this moment, the Red Army fans who came to the scene with the team were silent.
The point difference with Manchester City once again widened to five points, and they knew that the Premier League championship was gone.
In the LeTV live broadcast room, although Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were smiling, they also felt extremely sorry for Liverpool's loss in this crucial game.
"Manchester United's form was fantastic in this game!"
"Mourinho's bus feels different today!"
"More balanced!" Zhan Jun continued with a smile.
"Yes, yes!" Zhang Lu nodded and smiled, "The Red Devils are in surprisingly good condition today. Each player has a very clear understanding of their responsibilities, and they cooperate very well, fully implementing Mourinho's tactical intentions."
"Because Pogba is missing!" Zhan Jun said again abruptly.
"Hahaha!" Zhang Lu was amused and laughed, "It's true. Mourinho used the double midfielder composed of McTominay and Matic to protect the defense today. It really played a top-notch defense."
Effect."
"The midfield discipline, defensive hardness, rigor, and aggressiveness of these two people today have always been things that Pogba has found difficult to do well, especially when facing a team like Liverpool with extremely strong offensive capabilities.
Team, Manchester United needs manpower to protect the back line."
"And De Gea, today is really, well, to use the Internet lingo, he is super." Zhang Lu squinted and smiled, "In the first and second half, Mo Yang shot a total of five long-range shots from outside the penalty area and four.
He hit the target within the door frame, and three of the shots were at very tricky angles, but he successfully saved them all."
After analyzing Manchester United, Zhang Lu began to speak out against Liverpool, "On Liverpool's side, their defense was terrible in the first half, especially on Lovren's side. The first goal they conceded was a warning to Liverpool's defense."
The director promptly brought up the footage of Manchester United's first and second goals.
"Look at these two times, Lovren went up to compete with Lukaku. This is absolutely correct. It is his duty as a central defender."
"But after the first loss, he should have clearly known that Lukaku could easily defeat him in the air. At this time, he could not be so reckless. Instead, he called Emre Can next to him and attacked Lukaku together.
Kaku.”
"But it's a pity that he still insisted on having his own way, and was crushed by Lukaku again one-on-one!"
"It is a pity that Liverpool's defeat can be said to have missed the Premier League championship."
"Of course, there are still 8 rounds left in the league, so maybe there is still a chance!"