On April 18th, Bai Xiaolangjun was beaten by Manchester City because he kept his words and failed to realize his bold words.
Mo Yang watched the whole game, but he didn't see whether Bielsa found any weakness in Manchester City's defense.
But Guardiola really caught Leeds United's pain point and beat Leeds United at the Etihad, directly scoring a 5-1 score.
On April 21, Liverpool visited the Hawthorn Stadium to face their 35th round opponent West Bromwich Albion.
West Bromwich Albion, which was still in the middle of the Premier League standings last season, is really miserable this season.
So far in the league, they are in last place and at the bottom, having just accumulated 20 points.
Although West Brom is last, Klopp does not dare to make large-scale rotations.
In the last round, Manchester United suffered a huge upset at Old Trafford at the hands of West Bromwich Albion 1-0, and the lessons from the past are still fresh in our minds.
This also reminded Klopp not to underestimate these struggling teams.
There have been a lot of upsets in the Premier League these days, all of which are fantastic games played by teams on the verge of being relegated.
Last week Chelsea was held to a draw by West Ham United at home, and a few days later Newcastle defeated Arsenal 2-1 at home.
This also allowed countless fans and media to see how terrifying the energy burst out from these struggling teams was.
But for the first round match against Roma on the 25th, Mo Yang still failed to start.
And Salah, who had been holding back for more than a week, finally got his wish.
From the beginning of the game, this guy was like a wild horse running wild, very active on the right, frequently asking for the ball and attacking West Bromwich Albion's defense. As a result, he was taught a lesson by their intensive defense.
Although West Bromwich Albion has a high probability of being relegated, they still showed their unyielding will and defended very tough.
Although Liverpool's offensive was strong, there were no goals in the first half.
It was not until the 62nd minute of the second half that Mo Yang was replaced by Klopp. In less than five minutes, Mo Yang broke through in the middle to attract the defensive attention and then separated, assisting Salah to score West Brom's goal.
Salah's goal officially broke the Premier League single-season scoring record of 31 goals jointly held by Shearer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Suarez, and also created a new Premier League single-season record of his own.
This guy was so happy that he took off his jersey again and ran all over the field to celebrate.
This was also the only goal in the game.
After the game, the entire Liverpool team conducted closed preparation training.
On April 22, Mo Yang watched the FA semi-finals in the base dormitory.
This game went beyond Mo Yang's expectations. Manchester United did not make a large-scale rotation for the Europa League, not even a half-rotation. It was a relatively complete main lineup.
However, Leeds United stubbornly resisted Manchester United's offensive, and frequently posed a great threat to Manchester United's goal with the help of two wings, directly dragging the game into overtime, and was about to enter a cruel penalty shootout stage.
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As a result, in the last minute of the second half of overtime, Bai Lele, who had been dormant and accumulating energy, suddenly launched an ultra-long-distance run from the backcourt, passing Herrera, Valencia, Lingard and others, and then singled out Germany
Hea.
As a result, although he was brought down by De Gea, he also won a decisive penalty kick for Leeds United. This helped Leeds United narrowly and dangerously reach the FA Cup final and decide the winner with Chelsea.
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23rd, Melwood training base.
After the simple daily training in the morning, Klopp gathered Mo Yang and the others in the multimedia tactics classroom.
The tactical training for Roma has been completed in the past few days. Today will be the last tactical review to help the players deepen their impression.
"During their European journey to the semi-finals, Roma defeated Chelsea and Atletico Madrid to top the group, and even the powerful Barcelona overturned them."
"Guys, I hope you can learn from the lessons of the second round against Juventus. There is absolutely no team that can enter the knockout stages of the Champions League that will be weak, believe me!"
In front of rows of Mo Yang and others sitting in rows, Klopp spoke slowly, but his face was extremely serious, "I have just analyzed it for you. Although the Roma team also has skilled ground attack skills,
Their offensive advantage is in the air."
"You have also seen the highlights of the Roman attack that were played for you just now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the projection screen behind Klopp flashed and a statistical table appeared.
Klopp turned sideways, pointed at the table with a slender wooden stick in his hand, and said: "In this season's Champions League, Roma's success rate in the title challenge has reached 59.6%. They are first among the top four in the Champions League, even Real Madrid with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Not as good as Rome."
"In all their Champions League games, they won a total of 124 aerial duels, and Dzeko, a high center forward, contributed 38 times alone, and he only failed 11 aerial duels.
"Six of Roma's 15 goals in the Champions League this season came from Bosnia and Herzegovina center Dzeko, so during the game you must get stuck in your defensive position in time and never relax a little bit, especially when it comes to defending high-altitude balls, otherwise
That would be a disaster."
After hearing Klopp's words, Mo Yang also had a headache.
He most likes his opponents to play on the ground, which will make Liverpool, who like to press, more accustomed and comfortable.
"If Real Madrid's dependence on Cristiano Ronaldo is their most lethal weapon, then Roma's dependence on Dzeko can be said to be their major weakness."
After analyzing Roma's strengths, Klopp began to explain Roma's weaknesses.
"In the 10 Champions League games that Roma has participated in so far, Dzeko has failed to score a goal or assist in two games. In these two games, Roma was kept clean by their opponents. This is their weakness."
"So we only need to use high pressure to restrict other Roma players from providing help to Dzeko, as in previous games, and cut off their connection with Dzeko, so that they can contain their offense..."
Klopp's explanation ended quickly.
Next, Peter gave Mo Yang and the others a detailed explanation on how to use the speed of Salah and Mane to frequently attack Roma's formation, how to make Dzeko exhausted and reduce the threat of the Bosnian on the offensive end.
Klopp sat aside.
Although this draw is a good one for Liverpool, Klopp is very aware that his defense will still face a certain amount of pressure against Roma.
Who among the four of Lovren, Klavan, Matip and Gomez is Van Dijk's best partner?
In the past few days of closed training, he has been observing the status of several central defenders in the team, but he is not very satisfied with them, so he has been hesitant.
Lovren has rich defensive experience and his defensive ability is not bad, but he occasionally likes to make some inexplicable mistakes.
Gomez has speed, defense, and body, but he is too young. In such an important game, he is afraid that Gomez, who lacks competition experience, will be targeted by Roma. If he cannot withstand the pressure, it will be terrible.
Matip is very good, but this guy seems to have developed a desire to play as a forward recently, and he always likes to dribble the ball forward and show off his feet.
Not to mention Klavan, he is not stable enough and is very good as a substitute.
As for the goalkeeper position, there is nothing to say. It must be Alisson. He is really scared by Karius.
After the game against Juventus, Klopp became more determined to appoint Karius as the second goalkeeper. He no longer wanted to play with his heart in the game.
Afraid of sudden death!
As for the two full-backs, Robertson must be on the left. This guy's desperate fighting spirit amazed Klopp, and his assist ability is not weak either.
The right wing gave Klopp some hesitation. He wanted to play Gomez. He was afraid that the young Arnold would not be able to withstand the pressure, but he was reluctant to add Arnold's offensive ability from the wing.