Chapter 1026 Change of Formation

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!"

"Poor defending from Manchester United, they completely missed Matip!"

Matip, who still holds the record as the youngest goalscorer in the Champions League, rushed out of the penalty area and rushed straight to Klopp on the sidelines in excitement.

De Gea in front of the goal picked the ball out of the net with a look of displeasure on his face and kicked it towards the center circle. For such a violent header from such a close range, the goalkeeper could do very little, and the save basically relied on luck.

There is no high point among Liverpool's midfield players. Manchester United's main targets in defense are Bailly, Matip and N'Zonzi.

When Gotze took the corner kick, Van Dijk blocked Bailly. Alderweireld and N'Zonzi crowded together, but Matip cleverly circled from the back point and shook off Fabini. Ao nodded and shook his head to attack the goal.

Because the distance was too close, even though Matip's header angle was not very tricky, the ball still went into the near corner from De Gea who was caught off guard.

Mike Phelan on the sidelines was okay, but Rolf kicked the seat angrily because he was responsible for the team's set-piece offensive and defensive tactics.

At this point, Sun Wu's plan for this game was completely disrupted.

Sun Wu's plan before the game is that it is best not to concede a goal at home. He can accept 0-0 or other draws, and he will never allow the score to fall behind.

Everything is empty now, and Sun Wu needs to find a countermeasure quickly.

However, in order to find a countermeasure, Sun Wu must first accurately determine what Klopp will do.

After the restart, Sun Wu retreated very deep and kept moving in the midfield and backcourt, while observing the movements of Liverpool players from a "God's perspective".

In such an important game, Klopp remained cautious enough. Liverpool did not press forward to quickly score a second goal, nor did they press high, but they also did not recover very deep. The main focus was on the midfield. The fight is on.

It's a bit difficult... Sun Wu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Klopp knew himself too well. Dealing with this Manchester United is sometimes difficult, but sometimes it is easy.

The tenacious fighting spirit, non-stop running and pressing, accurate and desperate blocking of gun holes, high concentration, coupled with the sense of oppression brought by just taking the lead, left Manchester United with almost no offensive channels.

Salah's breakthrough seemed to be stuck in a quagmire. Matip and Bailly took turns to clear the pass from the wing. Milner could only return to defense again and again under the opponent's oppressive defense.

For nearly a quarter of an hour, Manchester United had nearly 80% of the ball, but they never created any threat. They could only pass crosses, crosses, back passes, back passes...

Sun Wu received the ball in a pre-positioned position several times. One of Emre Can and Nzonzi would pounce in advance to entangle him, and the other person would immediately come over to defend, preventing Sun Wu from passing the ball easily. If there was a foul, he would try his best to prevent him from shooting directly. Area.

On the contrary, Liverpool made two high-quality counterattacks.

In the 20th minute, Nzonzi intercepted Sun Wu's diagonal pass. Robertson, the left back, drove straight in. He cut inside and cooperated with Firmino to hit the wall and then took a long shot. De Gea hit the ball with a single punch.

In the 26th minute, Manchester United's midfielder passed horizontally. Liverpool right back Arnold suddenly stepped forward to steal Luke Shaw and then passed through. Shinji Kagawa deftly changed direction and passed Van Dijk before falling to the ground and crossing.

Firmino's shot from the penalty area missed the post and flew out of the baseline.

Sun Wu knew that changes had to be made.

Mike Phelan on the sidelines thought so too. He made a substitution gesture towards Sun Wu, but the latter shook his head.

There is no need to make substitutions, and adjustments can be made based on the situation on the field. This is one of the meanings of the head coach's presence on the field.

After half an hour of playing, Zhan Jun noticed the change immediately, "No, Manchester United has changed their formation."

Zhang Lu: "Pavard and Luke Shaw on both wings are in good position... Fabinho retreats, this is a change of formation 343."

Fabinho can play as a central defender. In fact, he often played this position on the training ground. He let the two wings go forward, and he dropped back and formed a three-centre defender with the two central defenders. This is Manchester United's training this season. One of the tactical training subjects on the field.

In fact, Pochettino had this idea in the first two seasons, and now Tottenham's midfielder Dell is such a tactical pawn.

However, in the past two years, due to the tactical characteristics of Schneiderlin and Fletcher, there was a lack of manpower in this area. This season, Kante is too short and echoes the tactical requirements. It was not until Fabinho gradually integrated into the team that this tactic Really taking shape.

Klopp frowned tightly on the sidelines. Although he didn't know how effective Fabinho would be if he retreated to play as a central defender, one thing is for sure. Manchester United will have an advantage in the midfield and frontcourt after the change of formation. Sun Wu will have More release points.

Klopp's prediction was quickly verified. In the 34th minute, Sun Wu received Pavard's cross while running horizontally, and pushed the ball to Salah diagonally in front of him.

The Egyptian relied on Robertson behind him to knock across the ball. Sun Wu moved forward to get the ball again. He passed the ball without stopping and passed it behind Salah, finding Pavard who had thrown away Lallana's high-speed sprint.

"Pavar... Pavar... he entered the penalty area!"

"Inverted triangle...Best shoots!"

"Oooh, Joe Hart made an incredible save!"

Sun Wu rolled up his jersey and covered his face. This attack was a classic from planning to movement and coordination. After receiving a pass from Pavar in an inverted triangle, he deliberately dunked N'Zongzi who was approaching him and rubbed his left foot out of the way. Shoot into the far corner.

Unfortunately, Joe Hart made a beautiful side dive and rubbed the ball out of the baseline with his fingertips.

In the remainder of the first half, Manchester United continued to maintain its absolute advantage and absolute possession of the ball, but did not invest in high-position pressing and maintained the integrity of the formation. This made it difficult for Liverpool's counterattack to be effective. Fabinho, who withdrew, performed very well, making no mistakes whether he was pressing forward to fight for the top or selecting his position.

Sun Wu is very aware of the current situation. If he fails to equalize the score in the first half, Klopp will definitely make adjustments during the halftime break. Depay, who is extremely fast and in excellent form, will definitely come on as a substitute. This former "Manchester United" "Parallel Import" has scored 14 league goals this season and 20 goals in all competitions.

But now Liverpool has completely given up on counterattack. Gotze and Lallana on both wings have retreated very deep. Firmino and Shinji Kagawa have come back to help defend, plus Emre Can and Nzonzi.

Sun Wu is closely guarded every time he makes a move. Every time he touches the ball, if he doesn't make a kick, he will be tangled up. Even if he makes a kick, he may be pulled, bumped, or even knocked down.

But even so, Sun Wu still organized a wonderful attack in the 43rd minute, but this time the protagonist was not himself.

In the 43rd minute, Salah and Pavard passed on the right.

After Pavard crossed the ball, he accelerated and took away Robertson. Salah, with his back leaning on Emre Can, moved his shoulders slightly in an extremely difficult situation. After turning to the side, he suddenly turned to the other side. Cut inside.

Liverpool's defense was very tight. Both Firmino and Shinji Kagawa recovered very deep. The Egyptian winger did not continue to dribble the ball, but moved the outside instep of his left foot laterally, and then bypassed Firmino in front of him to receive the ball again. Sun Wu's pass.

Sun Wu, who was overturned by Nzonzi, had no performance this time. His eyes were fixed on Salah. Emre Can and Nzonzi were both out of position. This was a rare opportunity!

"Salah...cut inside...crossed, one-two..."

"Salah...Harry Kane, continuous passes!"

"Salah, Salah, Salah..." Personal ability and tacit cooperation were integrated, which made Mortensen shout: "Shoot... no, keep dribbling... Salah... still fake of!"

"Salah shoots!"

"boom!"

The crisp sound of the center post fell in everyone's ears. The faces of the Liverpool players were ecstatic. Matip immediately cleared the baseline with a big kick, while the Manchester United players were as if they were in mourning. They didn't even score!

Salah kicked the goalpost angrily. He had already done his previous work to the extreme. In Mortensen's words, this was a typical Messi-style and Barcelona-style attack.

The Egyptian cut diagonally inwards and played clever cooperation with Sun Wu and Harry Kane along the way. He deceived Matip and Alexander-Arnold with consecutive false shots in front of the penalty area. He went all the way to the left side of the penalty area before choosing to shoot a low shot into the far corner. , Joe Hart was helpless, but the post denied this wonderful shot.

Sun Wu also spat angrily. Luck is very important, but luck is not everything. I don't believe it!

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