Chapter 1028 The Anger in Liverpool’s Heart
There has never been a shortage of coaches with that kind of personality in world football, but they have never gained attention just for being unique. Their capital for settling down has always been their record.
But these character coaches often do things on the field that make the media, opponents and even their own fans stunned.
Although Sun Wu is young, he has never been a character coach. He is a winner only. He will only choose the plan that is best for himself and the team.
In today's European football world, Klopp is an out-and-out character coach. Sun Wu has known this for a long time, but he never expected that Klopp would be so crazy in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals. At this point, this guy barely left any escape route for himself.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!"
There was dead silence in the stands, and countless home fans stared angrily at the figure running wildly in celebration on the sidelines.
Klopp ran forty meters along the sideline and leaped into the crowd of Liverpool players with a run-up.
"Incredible score, just ten minutes into the second half, Liverpool is already leading Manchester United 3-1!" Mortensen shouted: "Look at the excited Klopp, he may become the first player in European football to defeat Best’s wealthy head coach.”
De Gea had no choice but to detect the ball from the goal for the third time in this game. This is a taste he has not tasted all season.
Sun Wu quickly ran to the sidelines. It was impossible not to adjust now.
To be fair, there is no problem with Sun Wu's tactical thinking. Play defensive counterattack at home, try to concede as few goals as possible, and then attack with all his strength in the second round to win the initiative.
Moreover, this defensive system of Pavard, Luke Shaw, Alderweireld, Van Dijk, Kante, and Fabinho is already the strongest skill Manchester United can come up with.
But who could have imagined that Liverpool was completely reckless in pressing high after the start of the second half, and the crazy Klopp changed two people at once during the halftime break, replacing Lallana with Depay, and then replaced Couti Neo replaced midfielder Emre Can.
It seemed crazy and risky, with a single defensive midfielder and five offensive players in the midfield and frontcourt, but Klopp won. Not only did he completely suppress Manchester United tactically, but he also scored two goals in a short period of time.
In the 50th minute, Robertson intercepted the ball in the frontcourt, and Depay cut in and shot a long shot. The ball was deflected in front of the penalty area. Shinji Kagawa immediately shoveled the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Gotze rubbed the outside of his right foot awkwardly far away. Ermino headed in from behind Van Dijk.
We really can’t blame Van Dijk. This time Liverpool had four people entering the penalty area. Liverpool did not consider the consequences of being intercepted and counterattacked by the opponent at all.
In the 55th minute, Kante, who has always been steady this season, made a mistake in the backcourt. His cross pass to Pavard was too light and was destroyed by Firmino. Before Fabinho and Sun Wu could cover up the defense, the back row inserted Coutinho stopped the ball and took a long shot from 28 meters away from the goal.
A beautiful world wave broke through the gate guarded by De Gea for the third time.
"Manchester United has made a substitution, Griezmann replaced Milner." Zhan Jun broke the silence in the live broadcast room. This was the first time in three years that Manchester United fell behind by two goals, and it was still in such a crucial game.
"Sun Wu's deployment of troops today was a bit conservative." Zhang Lu said in a hurry: "We couldn't attack the frontcourt, and we couldn't defend the backcourt.
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"If the score of 1-3 lasts until the end, Manchester United will have to score at least 3-0 or 4-1 in the second round to advance. It is too difficult, so next, Manchester United's task is to score goals, and Liverpool's task It’s defense.”
"Then we have to see...whether Liverpool can withstand Manchester United's attack. Now the Red Army only has Nzonzi as a single defensive midfielder...Oh, Coutinho retreated very deep, and Shinji Kagawa also went back to help defend. .”
Zhan Jun paused, "Manchester United's formation doesn't seem to be pressing forward?"
"Sun Wu wants to be on the safe side?" Zhang Lu guessed: "At that moment, Manchester United was fooled."
Indeed, there is one thing about Manchester United that has been particularly praised by people in the industry in recent years. Once the ball is lost, the Red Devils can always stabilize their position and take their time.
Therefore, Manchester United has rarely conceded consecutive goals in recent years, but today they conceded two goals in five minutes. Sun Wu hopes to be stable. 1-3 is not the end of the world.
In addition, Sun Wu also hopes to find the weaknesses of Liverpool's overall defense through passing.
On the surface, Liverpool's defense in the middle is the weakest, and only Nzonzi can provide stable and efficient defense.
But scoring two goals in five minutes made the Liverpool players very excited. They ran back and forth without any effort. They would remain extremely vigilant against the most threatening enemies such as Sun Wu and Griezmann.
Not to mention that Coutinho and Shinji Kagawa will return to the midfielder position to assist in defense, even Firmino has returned to the 40-meter area.
The cheers of the home fans in the stands never stopped, and the steps of the Manchester United players on the field never stopped, but they were never able to create any threatening offensive.
In the 65th minute, Sun Wu made a pass from the middle and suddenly boldly picked up the ball and broke through. His timing was very accurate, passing through the gap between Shinji Kagawa and Coutinho, two defensive rookies.
Facing the charging Nzongzi, Sun Wu poked his toe and passed it directly to Harry Kane who was pulling out of the penalty area. The latter gestured to the accelerating Sun Wu, but actually half-turned to the other side and sent the diagonal ball. Griezmann caught the ball and made a fake move to shake Bailly away, then raised his foot and hit the ball on the line of the penalty area!
"Best, Best... Harry Kane... Oh oh, Griezmann shoots!"
"Being blocked... cum again!"
"Oh, the Liverpool defender must have ball marks all over him!"
Griezmann's two consecutive shots were blocked by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Matip with his body. Fabinho from the outside defeated N'Zongqi with a header. Sun Wu's next shot was blocked by Matip with his back. .
Similar situations have occurred more than once or twice. It is not that Manchester United cannot create opportunities, but the desperate efforts of Liverpool players at critical moments always make the shooters wary, not because they are afraid of pain from being kicked, but because they are afraid of being blocked.
Sun Wu was running and passing the ball while taking stock carefully in his mind. In terms of defensive quality and level, Liverpool did not do very well. They relied more on their energy.
What's the anger?
The anger of being without a win for three consecutive years was being held in my heart.
From a certain perspective, Liverpool is the team that best matches Klopp among the European giants. The two have a lot in common, especially in terms of spiritual temperament.
To put it simply, at critical moments, Klopp's Liverpool can often go crazy and be unreasonable. Today is a typical example, both in terms of tactics and player execution, they are crazy.
Sun Wu gasped and yelled at his teammates several times, and made a tactical gesture to back up the formation. If he wanted to make a difference in the next 20 minutes or so, he had to vent the anger in Liverpool's heart.
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