Leicester City are the top club to invest in this summer transfer window.
As soon as the summer window opened, they first spent 45 million pounds to take Madison from Leeds United.
Then they spent 19.8 million euros to buy Porto right back Ricardo Pereira. They bought a total of 6 players throughout the summer transfer window, spending a total of 110 million pounds.
This shows the expectations that Leicester City's senior management has for the team this season.
1pm local time in England, King Power Stadium.
"Welcome to the opening match of the fourth round of the 2018-19 Premier League season. Leicester City will face last season's Premier League champion Liverpool at home!"
"The starting lineups of both sides in this game are..."
Leicester City:4231
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel
Defenders: Chilwell, Evans, Morgan, Pereira
Midfielder: Ndidi, Mendy
Attacking midfielder: Albrighton, Maddison, Gazal
Forward: Gray
Liverpool:(433)
Forwards: Mane, Firmino, Salah
Midfielder: Mo Yang, Henderson, Wijnaldum
Defenders: Robertson, Van Dijk, Gomez, Alexander-Arnold
Goalkeeper: Alisson
"The effect of Leicester City's heavy investment this season is very obvious in several games of the new season!"
"In addition to losing 1-2 to Manchester United in the first round of the Premier League, they soon ushered in three consecutive wins in two Premier League games and one League Cup!"
Hearing Zhan Jun's words, Zhang Lu nodded and said: "Although the opponents in these three games are limited in strength, consecutive victories have a positive impact on the team's morale and the players' mentality!"
"In the previous 4 games, Leicester City scored in each game. A total of 9 goals were scored, each from different players. This shows that the entire Leicester City team is in the same state.
good!"
After Zhang Lu finished speaking, Zhan Jun continued: "As for Liverpool, there are also four games, three Premier League games and one European Super Cup. Liverpool has scored a total of 11 goals, and the state is even more exciting!"
"Although they were tied by Brighton at Anfield in the last round, the players' condition was not greatly affected!"
In the pre-match analysis by Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, the game on the field has officially started.
After the start, Leicester City and Liverpool started fighting in the midfield.
Mo Yang tried to organize a few attacks in the left half, but found that the success rate was very low and it was difficult to pass through the interceptions of Leicester City's two midfielders Endidi and Mendy. After that, he terminated the team's opening.
A plan of attack.
After a few minutes of fighting in the midfield, Mo Yang discovered that Leicester City's midfielder was somewhat reborn this season.
The combination of Ndidi and Mendy, one big and one small, one tall and one short, has greatly enhanced Leicester City's defensive hardness and interception ability in the midfield.
And Endidi and Mendy's cooperation has become even more tacit.
Especially Mendy, this guy makes Mo Yang feel like Kante.
Very flexible and able to drill, but his stealing and interception abilities are not as weird and efficient as Kanter's.
In the following time, Mo Yang reduced the number of forward penetrations, sat in the midfield and backcourt to sort out the ball, and began to look for holes in Leicester City's defense.
Soon, under the scanning of Mo Yang's huge field of vision, he seized an opportunity.
6 minutes and 12 seconds of the game.
Liverpool received a touchline ball on the center line of the right half.
Under Mo Yang's command, Arnold threw directly to Gomez on the right side.
Gomez received the ball and was closely pressed by Leicester City forward Gray.
He didn't dare to take risks, so he carried Gray behind him and passed Wijnaldum forward diagonally to the left.
"Give it to Alisson!
!
!
"
After Wijnaldum caught the ball, he was about to turn around and take it by himself when he suddenly heard the roar of Mo Yang in the center circle. He immediately realized that there was someone behind him, so without a moment's hesitation, he directly passed the ball back to the top of the arc.
Alisson.
Then Wijnaldum saw Maddison blowing like a gust of wind from the right, heading straight for Alisson.
At this moment, Wijnaldum was frightened.
Without Mo Yang's reminder, he might have intercepted the ball when he turned around. At that time, Madison, Gray on the left wing, and Pereira on the right wing might directly form a three-on-two situation.
In the coaching area on the sidelines, French coach Puel had a look of regret.
Klopp, on the other hand, looked disdainful. Such a sneak attack could not escape Mo Yang's eyes.
In the eyes of the outside world, Mo Yang's field vision is a mystery, but in the eyes of Klopp, it is also a mystery. Sometimes Klopp is really curious about how Mo Yang sees some threats and opportunities that have not yet happened on the field.
He also asked Mo Yang!
But it's a pity that Mo Yang didn't give him the answer. Every time he said, 'You can see it if you look over it!', and then said, 'Head, can't you see it in the audience?' This kind of words beat him to death.
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On the field, Van Dijk returned to the top of the key to meet Alisson.
Let the ball turn and take the ball, then take the ball to the right half.
Seeing that Mo Yang suddenly took over Robertson's position and stayed on the left wing, waving to him for the ball, Van Dijk immediately passed the ball over.
Having been teammates with Mo Yang for so long, Van Dijk knew very well that Mo Yang wanted the ball in this situation. He probably saw some defensive loopholes that others could not see and wanted to organize an attack.
Seeing Mo Yang receiving the ball, midfielder Gazal, who Leicester City spent 12.6 million euros to introduce from Monaco this season, went straight to Mo Yang.
At the same time, Mendy also came from the middle to stare at Robertson who was running behind Gazal, and Pereira followed Mane all the way back.
This regional marking directly blocked all Mo Yang's ball release points in front of the left half. Even Henderson in the center circle on Mo Yang's right was firmly stuck to Madison.
If other players faced this situation, they would probably choose to pass back and reorganize a new attack.
But who is Mo Yang, haha!
In full view of everyone, Mo Yang grabbed the opportunity before Gazal could get close and pushed Mane forward in a straight line on the left side, who was retreating along the sideline.
Gazal reacted quickly, turned around immediately, and formed a flanking attack with Pereira behind Mane.
Mane received the ball behind the center line. Although Robertson on his left came over to support him, Mendy also came over and was about to fall into a three-man double-team.
At this moment, Mane suddenly saw Mo Yang waving to him behind Gazal, so he raised his right foot and pushed, and the ball passed back to the left in front of Mo Yang, who was slightly adducted on the center line.
Just when the fans at the scene were collectively wondering what Mo Yang would do with the ball.
Mo Yang trotted to the ball, suddenly swung his leg and twitched. Without even looking, he passed the ball to the right half of the front court, to the left rib area of Leicester City.
At this moment, countless fans followed the ball that spanned the left and right half like a rainbow to the landing point, only to realize that Salah was already in an unmarked position.
In front of the left rib area of Leicester City's penalty area, Salah raised his right foot to easily remove the ball, and then immediately drove it straight into the center of the penalty area.
Before the top of the key, Firmino cleverly got through between Evans and Morgan. The ball came to the right side of the penalty spot, so he met the ball and fired furiously.
But maybe he was too excited, or maybe his feet weren't warm enough, he didn't exert enough force, and the shooting angle wasn't good enough.
In front of the goal, Schmeichel used his leg skills and stretched out his straight left leg to block the ball.
But Liverpool's attack was not over yet. After the ball was blocked by Schmeichel, it just rolled to the feet of Salah who entered the penalty area from the right rib.
Salah met the ball and fired an angry shot at the far post. As a result, Schmeichel bounced off the ground and accurately appeared on the shooting line with his hands, blocking the ball from the baseline.
"Woo!
!
!
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Liverpool's two consecutive shots shocked the King Power Stadium and caused short exclamations one after another.
On the sidelines, Klopp shook his head and smiled helplessly.
Firmino and Salah are not to blame for this goal. They did a good enough job in such a short period of time. The bad thing was Schmeichel's amazing save.
Mo Yang, who was on the left center line, also looked helpless and had nothing to say.