Chapter 737 The Three Red Arrows
While the Manchester United people were still celebrating, Klopp called team captain Henderson to the sidelines.
"Jordan, the game has reached the most critical moment." Klopp said directly.
Henderson nodded, understanding what the coach meant. At this point in the game, both sides were already furious. Manchester United's goal at this moment was undoubtedly too crucial. Liverpool equalized twice. It all depends on whether they can equalize the score for the third time.
If Liverpool can equalize for a third time, it will be the Manchester United people who will be emotionally and psychologically frustrated. On the contrary, if Liverpool cannot equalize the score, they will naturally lose the score.
"We have to try to equalize the score within fifteen minutes!" Klopp said.
Fifteen minutes later, it will be eighty minutes of the game.
An equalizer before the 80th minute of the game will boost Liverpool's morale. However, once the score cannot be equalized after more than 80 minutes, the situation will only get worse.
As the game time goes by, Liverpool's players will become more and more impatient, and by then the situation will be over.
"Put Roberto (Firmino) back a little bit, he can help the defence! Leave Sadio (Mane) and Mohamed (Salah) and Jorginho (Wijnaldum) in front Attack with all your strength!" Klopp's decision is quite courageous.
This is equivalent to asking the three players not to worry about defense but to attack with all their strength. This will cause hidden dangers on the defensive end. Once Manchester United seizes the loophole and scores another goal, Liverpool will be very dangerous.
But now that the situation is here, Liverpool must give it a go.
Liverpool has reached the European finals three times in four years. Under such circumstances, if they cannot win a championship and stand on the top of Europe, this is Klopp, a Liverpool player, and this is unacceptable to the entire club and Liverpool fans. .
To put it bluntly, it’s our Red Army’s turn!
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On the other side, Manchester United's head coach Mourinho also pulled team captain Bruno to the sidelines for a face-to-face discussion, telling Bruno to be careful of Liverpool's counterattack.
Mourinho's original words were: Liverpool is going to fight hard and must withstand it!
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The game became even more exciting after the kick-off from the center circle again!
Liverpool is attacking, almost desperately and desperately.
As for Manchester United, their defense was not a defensive one. Manchester United's counterattack was also impressive, shocking the Liverpool fans into a cold sweat.
The current situation is: either Liverpool scores a goal, equalizes the score, boosts morale, and may even take advantage of the momentum to pursue a comeback; or if Manchester United succeeds in a sneak attack, Liverpool can predict that the situation will be over.
"This is definitely one of the most beautiful games played in the Champions League finals in recent years. The tenacity can be compared with the amazing battle between Manchester United and Real Madrid last season! Both Manchester United and Liverpool played well. Not conservative!”
The game that the commentators and fans, especially the neutral fans, applauded was actually not the kind of one-sided game.
It is this kind of game where both sides are evenly matched and do not play conservatively but sparkle.
In the 71st minute of the game, Salah broke through with the ball. He was surrounded by Van Dijk and Luke Shaw, but he beautifully poked the football out with his toes.
When Wijnaldum received the ball, he pulled the ball and avoided Kanter's first tackle.
Not far away, Gundogan saw that the situation was not good, made a decisive tactical foul, and pulled down Wijnaldum.
The referee's whistle sounded, Manchester United was awarded a foul and a yellow card was shown to Gundogan.
Kanter came over and hugged Gundogan. Gundogan just blocked Kanter's bullet hole.
Kanter got a yellow card and he didn't dare to commit any more tactical fouls. Gundogan stepped forward at the critical moment.
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Liverpool's set piece in the frontcourt.
Salah walked to the penalty spot and was ready to take the free kick.
The referee Skomina's whistle sounded, Salah took a running start, rubbed the football with his left foot, and the football lifted off the ground and flew towards the penalty area.
The tall and tall Matip came up to participate in the corner kick attack. He jumped up and fought for the top.
Matip and Van Dijk went to head the ball at the same time. Matip hit the football on his forehead and then on the back of Van Dijk's head. The football bounced and flew towards the upper corner of the goal in a weird arc.
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea made a world-class save as he almost knocked the ball away with his fingertips. However, the football did not leave the danger zone and continued to hover over the penalty area, which in turn caused chaos in the Manchester United penalty area!
In the chaos, Mane leaned on Luke Shaw. He raised his foot to shoot. Luke Shaw stretched his leg to block the ball. The football was touched by two people at the same time. It bounced in front of the goal and then flew towards the goal.
It was already very difficult for De Gea to save the first shot. At this time, he had no time to save the ball again. He could only watch the football bounce on the ground in front of the goal and roll into the net behind him.
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"GOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Mane! Mane! 3:3! Thaddeo Mane! He equalized the score for the third time for Liverpool!"
"It's incredible. Liverpool took advantage of a set piece opportunity to launch continuous attacks, and finally Sadio Mane scored! So far, the famous three Red Arrows have scored in this world-famous Champions League final. ! It is indeed the most powerful offensive combination this season! ”
"3:3, Liverpool fell behind three times and equalized the score three times, so tenacious!"
"What a wonderful game! A wonderful game, Manchester United played well, and Liverpool was not inferior at all. 3:3, a game that made everyone excited."
"Long live! Mane!"
"Liverpool! You'll Never Walk Alone!"
In the stands where Liverpool fans were at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, Liverpool fans burst into thunderous cheers, which eventually converged into their team song "You'll Never Walk Alone" that was sung all over the world.
The Liverpool players on the field were celebrating the goal crazily. Mane wanted to run to celebrate, but he didn't run far at all. He was hugged by Firmino. The Brazilian directly pressed him to the ground and rushed over with a roar.
More Liverpool players rushed over. At first, Mane could be seen kicking his legs in resistance, but in the end he was seen being drowned by seven or eight big men.
On the Liverpool coaching bench, Klopp rushed out of the coaching bench, and Uncle Slag excitedly waved his fists and roared to the sky, celebrating crazily.
This goal was too crucial, he was almost crazy.
At this moment, he remembered the famous saying that Manchester United said after defeating Bayern Munich in extra time at Camp Nou 20 years ago: Damn football!
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Fuck!
On the Manchester United side, Bruno, who was wearing the captain's armband, was extremely angry and subconsciously spoke the quintessence of Chinese culture.
Liverpool's mobile warfare was loud but not effective, and they did not have a very good lethal weapon for the time being in the face of Manchester United's strict defense. But Liverpool seized the opportunity of a set-piece.
After falling behind three times and equalizing the score three times, it is obvious that this goal will definitely boost Liverpool's morale.
No, we can't let the morale of Liverpool people rise!
Morale is a very mysterious thing, and it also rises and falls.
Taking advantage of the interval of Liverpool's celebration, Bruno called the Manchester United players together and asked the whole team to launch a crazy attack after the start of the game. Even if they didn't score, they had to suppress Liverpool's momentum.
Of course, if they could score again, it would be best to take the lead in the score for the fourth time in this game.
He said loudly to his teammates: "Don't think about playing overtime, everyone must play with momentum and put pressure on Liverpool's defense!"
Bruno's meaning is very clear, he wants to attack instead of defend.
Facing a crazy team like Liverpool, if they really make them crazy, even gods can't stop them. AC Milan's experience in Istanbul 14 years ago has long become the best negative teaching material. Bruno doesn't want himself and his teammates to become such an example in the future.
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At the same time, Mourinho also made substitutions. He asked the young player Greenwood, who got up and warmed up ten minutes ago, to come on the bench and replace Mbappe.
At this moment, Mourinho and Bruno had similar ideas and planned to strengthen the speed and impact of Manchester United's wing.
Use Greenwood's speed to attack Liverpool's defense, which was tired after playing for 70 or 80 minutes.
Even if you can't score, you have to scare Liverpool and make the opponent feel pressure, so that the opponent dare not press all the way recklessly.
Doing this also reduces the pressure on Manchester United's defense.
"Manchester United made substitutions. Mourinho replaced Mbappe with Greenwood. I wonder if Klopp will make any adjustments for Liverpool." He Wei said.
"No substitutions will be made before 80 minutes." Zhang Lu said, "Liverpool just equalized the score, the morale on the field is boosted, and Liverpool's players performed well overall. Klopp is not the kind of coach who likes to adjust and control the game through substitutions. Unless a player is injured or forced to make a substitution after receiving a yellow card, he will choose to trust the players on the field to the maximum extent. Of course, this does not mean that Klopp's ability to adjust on the spot is poor. In fact, Klopp also has many classics of reversal through on-the-spot adjustments."
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Mourinho arranged for Manchester United to press forward and attack, trying to suppress Liverpool's momentum due to the equalization.
However, Mourinho miscalculated a little. Klopp did not seem to consider playing overtime. He asked Liverpool to continue attacking.
Facing Liverpool's pursuit, Manchester United's defense was quite embarrassed for a while.
"Salah! Shoot! Saved it!"
"De Gea! He saved Salah's shot. Liverpool got a corner kick. Manchester United should be careful. They just lost the ball in the set-piece defense."
Liverpool took a corner kick. Maguire headed the ball out of the penalty area. Kante wanted to kick the ball to the front court, but was pushed from the side by Henderson and fell to the ground. Henderson took the opportunity to steal the ball and launched a second attack.