Six Hundred and Thirteenth We've Got It, Rafa!
"Be careful!"
Mascherano remained focused the whole time. When he saw the ball landing, his first reaction was to push it out.
But as soon as he moved, he suddenly felt a huge pressure rushing towards his face. It felt as if the whole mountain was collapsing, making him feel that his body became extremely heavy.
He took off almost at the same time as the opponent, but the Argentine midfielder, who was only 1.74 meters tall, was easily pushed away by the opponent.
As soon as they came into contact, Mascherano knew that he was not in the same heavyweight class as the other party at all.
After squeezing Mascherano away, the Manchester City player slammed a head hammer and ferried Giroud's header straight into the left side of Liverpool's goal.
Goalkeeper Reina stood on the right side and was beyond reach for the ball.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 71st minute, Manchester City passed a corner kick and scored with a header from Xavi Martinez!"
"One to zero!"
"It took the whole game and Manchester City finally got Liverpool's goal."
"What a wonderful corner kick attack!"
"Liverpool suffered another set-piece defense error. Benitez's team has been criticized for their zone defense this season, but he has always insisted on his own judgment. And lose the ball."
"This is the sixth corner for Manchester City tonight, and they haven't been able to score a goal before, but this time, Xavi Martinez took the opportunity calmly."
On the sidelines, when Gao Shen saw Harvey Martinez's decision, he raised his hands in excitement and cheered the Spanish midfielder vigorously.
As he said in the pre-match meeting, Liverpool's set-piece defense problem is not some so-called zone defense or man-to-man, these are appearances, the real problem is the players.
It's like Barça.
In fact, Barcelona also often lose points on set-pieces because their players are short, but can this be said to be a problem with Barcelona's set-piece defensive tactics?
Even if other tactics are changed, can it change the problem of Barcelona players being short?
The real reason is that, as modern defensive tactics become more sophisticated, set-piece attacking is becoming an increasingly important attacking method, so set-pieces will lose more and more points.
For a well-defended team like Liverpool, because it is difficult for opponents to break their defense in positional battles, they rely more on set-pieces, so Liverpool lose more points from set-pieces, which is actually a kind of survivor deviation.
But in any case, after tonight, the Red Army's set-piece tactics will definitely be criticized again.
Gao Shen looked at Xavi Martinez, who rushed out of the pitch to celebrate, and the Manchester City players who followed him, not to mention how happy he was.
As long as he has a ball in hand, what is he afraid of?
...
Benitez quickly understood why Capello was so angry that he vomited blood.
Because after leading by a goal, Gao Shen did not bombard as indiscriminately as before, but chose to retreat, patiently and slowly controlling the ball, and slowly consuming Liverpool.
Gao Shen almost didn't hold a microphone and tell the world loudly: It is enough for labor and capital to win a ball!
Benitez took a few deep breaths in a row to stabilize his emotions and did not scold his mother, but he still made a substitution and replaced Benayoun, letting the winger form the frontcourt with Babel and Kuyt. Trident.
Manchester City quit.
If Liverpool, who are playing at home, do not want to kill themselves, they can only increase their offensive efforts.
And the first thing is to grab the ball at Manchester City's feet first.
If you want to grab Manchester City's ball, you have to exert more pressing pressure in the midfield and frontcourt, and the team's overall formation has to be more advanced.
The more forward the formation is, the more space behind it will be exposed.
In the 78th minute, Manchester City made a continuous pass from the midfield. Rakitic divided the ball to the right and handed it to Robben. The Dutchman stopped the ball and cut inside. After getting rid of Insua, he was in the penalty area. The left foot on the right side of the top of the arc scored a curve ball.
After the football crossed a graceful arc, it crashed into the left side of Liverpool's goal.
Two to zero!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
Peter Pan quickly rushed out of the stadium, pointing his hands in front of him excitedly, causing the Manchester City fans in the stands to cheer and scream.
After joining Manchester City, Robben's performance on the right is getting better and better.
This also makes everyone admire Gao Shen's vision and coaching ability even more. All those who questioned Gao Shen's employment before have now changed their positions and adjusted their tone.
Anyone can see that Robben on the right is playing more and more like a duck to water.
More importantly, he still looks healthy.
...
"It's done!"
Gao Shen scored the goal in Robben, and the whole person clenched his fists and shouted hard.
Two to zero, the lead was enough.
Although there are more than ten minutes left in the game, Manchester City only needs to do one thing, and that is to pass the ball patiently.
If Liverpool doesn't press out, it would be great. If the Red Army presses out and grabs it, Manchester City will fight Liverpool's counterattack just like just now.
Even, in order to achieve a better counterattack effect, Gao Shen simply replaced Suarez and Sturridge.
In order to play this game well, Gao Shen arranged several main players including Suarez, Zabaleta and David Luiz to start.
You know, in the past, after each national team match day, the South American international would be scheduled to rest.
This time against Liverpool, Gao Shen made an exception.
As a result, Suarez did not perform very well the whole game.
But the top scorer in the Premier League, coupled with active movement, Suarez's tactical role is still obvious.
Now, replace Suarez with Sturridge, just to play the Englishman's speed and impact advantage.
After changing people, Gao Shen couldn't help laughing happily.
He had the urge to face Benitez, hook his Shen Teng fingers, and shout again: Come here!
...
"Shameless!"
In front of the home team's coach, Benitez scolded angrily.
He now really understands why Capello has not had much good things to say so far.
To put it bluntly, this guy is so shameless.
How hard did you attack before you scored?
As soon as a goal was scored, he immediately retracted. Do you want your face?
Although Benitez is very clear that this is actually a very pragmatic and sensible choice, the question is, how much he hopes that Gao Shen can continue to press and attack like before.
But soon, after seeing Manchester City play very patiently, Benitez was desperate.
Without Torres, Liverpool's offense was ineffective today.
There were only two shots on target in the whole game, and there was no threat in the sports battle.
The most important thing is Gerrard, who is also highly expected by Benitez. After encountering Harvey Martinez, his performance is also very average. As for Kuyt, the former Dutch scoring champion came to the Premier League. , is more playing on the wing, and has long lost the spirit of the shooter king.
"This bastard!" Benitez exhaled heavily.
He admits he lost!
And at Anfield.
When he realized this and looked back, he quickly discovered that Gao Shen had placed his chips on set-pieces from the very beginning, so Manchester City attacked continuously and won a lot of set-pieces in this game. Chance.
There are free kicks in the frontcourt, there are corner kicks, and there are throw-in kicks...
Clearly, Gao Shen was conscious of breaking Liverpool's goal through set pieces.
And as long as he grabs a ball, he has to use his passing advantage to retreat, forcing Liverpool to press out.
Don't forget, there's a Gareth Bell sitting on the deep bench.
And so far, he's only made two substitutions.
"It's not easy!" Pellegrino glanced at the depth in front of the visiting team's coach and couldn't help but praise.
"We've got it, Rafa."
Benitez snorted coldly.
It can't be said to be a trick, because Gao Shen is a conspiracy, and he has enough chips.
If nothing else, he has more talent than Liverpool.
After Benitez fell a Torres, there is basically no striker on hand.
And what about high depth?
God knows where he poached a backup like Giroud?
The point is, both Suarez and Giroud are very cheap and easy to use.
Benitez is having a headache on the left side, and Suya's performance is not ideal, but if Gareth Bale is in Liverpool, Benitez believes that the Welshman will be able to greatly improve Liverpool's attacking power.
Especially with a full-back like Glen Johnson on the right, flying on both wings is not a dream.
But the problem is, Gareth Bale belongs to Manchester City.
And all of this is because of that darn lofty one!
...
"Congratulations, boss!"
Manchester City finally beat Liverpool 2-0 away thanks to goals from Harvey Martinez and Robben.
As soon as he walked off the court, Biglia came over and shook hands with Gao Shen.
Even after joining Liverpool, Biglia has reiterated more than once that Gao Shen is the head coach he respects and appreciates the most, because it was Gao Shen who brought him to European football when he was in his infancy.
Although he lost the game, Biglia still came over to congratulate Gao Shen.
"Thank you, Lucas." Gao Shen shook hands with Biglia, but quickly looked at Mascherano who was not far away, and Benitez who was a little further away, and found that neither of them were pregnant. Staring at him kindly, he couldn't help laughing immediately.
"Go quickly, otherwise, I'm afraid you will be in trouble later."
Biglia also seemed to feel the crisis, saw the sight of Mascherano and Benitez, and immediately smiled helplessly.
"He was probably going crazy when Harvey Martinez scored a goal from the top of his head." Biglia teased his old friend, "As for our head coach, seriously, boss, Sometimes I feel like he's a kid."
Gao Shen laughed out loud.
Biglia also hurriedly bid farewell, saying that he would come to visit Gao Shen again at an appointment, and invite Gao Shen to dinner.
Liverpool and Manchester are very close.
But Gao Shen felt that Biglia was right at all.
Benitez is really like a child at times, especially in his wayward character.
A kid obsessed with football.
But today, the unlucky child was beaten!
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