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In this way, the halftime ended with 1-0, and the home team led.

Manchester City, except for the opening stage, took the initiative for most of the first half.

As the general framework of the two teams, the team did not change in the summer, but it showed the opposite performance in the new season, which many neutral fans did not expect.

You know, the most important battle for Liverpool to win the championship last season may have been against Manchester City with 1 win and 1 draw in two rounds, earning a 3-point difference, and Liverpool only won the championship by two points.

However, at the beginning of the season, the two sides directly transformed their offense and defense. In the previous Community Shield Cup and today's at least half of the game, Liverpool was in a state of being suppressed most of the time.

Losing a Suarez, when playing against ordinary teams before, the impact on Liverpool's offense was not that great.

But in the strong dialogue, it is obvious that Liverpool's offense lacks sufficient suppression.

You must know that last season, Liverpool's offense could be unscrupulously attacked and suppressed, relying on offense can not be afraid of any team, Liverpool can create a big enough offensive threat, and completely hand over the defense to the back led by Yang Feng line of defense.

However, in the two games against Manchester City, it was obvious that there was a huge problem with Liverpool's lineup.

Last season, even if Suarez missed a few games, everyone was not so worried, because there was no such strong team as Manchester City twice in a month.

A team like Manchester City is definitely the top team in the Premier League today.

Liverpool's offense now lacks sufficient offensive routines to force Manchester City to invest more power on the defensive end.

The offense is a bit monotonous, and the help provided by the midfield has become limited.

This is also the reason why Gerrard has to say.

Today's Gerrard is one year older. Although he intends to do more for the team, what I have to say is that Gerrard has played more in the backcourt in these two games. Scheduling the ball.

Even the long-range shots that he was once proud of, in order to preserve his physical strength on the defensive end, Gerrard began to reduce the range of forward penetration during the game.

Although it is only a few months away from the direct confrontation between the two teams at the end of last season, the ebb and flow has caused Manchester City to have stronger strength than Liverpool and can suppress Liverpool to play.

Rogers wanted to regain the initiative in the second half, and wanted to regain the initiative by pressing the frontcourt.

Even though Gerrard's physical strength may not be able to support too much time, but considering the veteran and regaining the hope of the game, Rogers still chose the latter.

Rodgers has already made plans to replace Gerrard, who is physically weak, at an appropriate time in the game.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool's offense reaped miraculous results.

Glenn Johnson got enough space to start the ball after Sterling's strong pass back, and a precise pass passed directly to the goal.

Sturridge, who was at the forefront, got rid of Kompany's defense and smashed in front of the goal.

It's just that Sturridge's mechanical dance celebration has not yet been performed, and the linesman has already raised the flag to signal offside.

In the slow-motion playback, Sturridge was indeed constantly testing Kompany's position repeatedly. At the moment of passing the ball, he was half a body longer than Kompany's behind Manchester City's defense.

The line referee's penalty this time was quite accurate.

Perhaps this is the drawback of Sturridge playing center forward.

Compared with the position of the left winger who played the most last season, Sturridge always has some habitual attacking methods of wingers in the orthodox center position.

For example, this time, if Suarez is there, Sturridge only needs to focus on grabbing the spot. The problem of offside?

Suarez, who is more threatening, will definitely push forward than Sturridge, directly attract the opponent's defense line, and move back. For Sturridge, there will be no offside problem at all.

This kind of player is obviously familiar, but the inexplicable sense of offensive fragmentation limits Liverpool's offensive performance in this away game.

On the contrary, Manchester City began to continuously create opportunities in the counterattack process.

Yang Feng is a player who is very good at defending and counterattacking, but when Liverpool's midfielder cannot form a sufficient interception barrier, sometimes Yang Feng is really helpless.

Nasri's speed, in the counterattack, left everyone behind.

The long-distance through ball sent by Silva in the middle allowed Nasri to give full play to his speed advantage.

Yang Feng followed Nasri closely at full speed. Although Nasri was restricted from cutting directly inside to hit the goal, there was no way to stop Nasri from passing the ball from the side.

Relying on speed to open up a certain amount of passing space, Nasri did not choose to pass the ball directly to the goal, looking for Dzeko who was following up at the fastest speed.

It was a farther inverted triangle pass, passing the ball further back.

Follow up or Jovetic!

The Montenegrin striker was not stage-frightened in this focus battle, and with an easy and tricky push, Manchester City expanded the score to 2-0 in the 57th minute of the game!

Liverpool, two goals behind.

Afterwards, Sterling made a forced breakthrough from the right, which created confusion for Manchester City. Sterling made a through pass, and Sturridge, who successfully reversed offside, got a good chance in the penalty area. However, due to the small angle, Sturridge's A low shot hit the goal and did not break through Joe Hart's ten fingers.

Liverpool's many attacks could not be converted into points. Instead, Aguero, who came off the bench for Manchester City, seized the opportunity in the 68th minute.

When Aguero was fully pressed by Liverpool, Manchester City's defensive counterattack received a direct sling pass from Silva's backcourt. In the "100-meter sprint", they defeated Skrtel and perfectly sprinted at full speed. Unloading the ball did not waste any time, and directly created a single-handed opportunity in the penalty area.

A push shot extended the score lead to 3-0!

Liverpool was in the away game, and was once again defeated by Manchester City in the final stage, which knocked out the team's heart.

Markovic, Emre Can, Lambert, all came off the bench afterwards.

3 goals behind, for Rogers, the defeat is certain, but he still needs to maximize the significance of this defeat.

At least try it, how can you make Liverpool's offense better.

However, in the limited playing time, Markovic is obviously still somewhat dissatisfied with the Premier League. As far as the performance on the court is concerned, it is really unsatisfactory.

On the contrary, Emre Can's active running in the midfield gave Rogers more hope for the future.

Veteran Lambert can be said to be a surprise.

The reason why this veteran striker was introduced at the beginning was because Rogers wanted Liverpool to have a traditional center forward who could charge and hit a header in the final stage of the game.

At the last moment of the game, after Sturridge forced the players down from the frontcourt, he kicked the ball directly to the goal.

It was Lambert who grabbed the spot. Although the header was saved by Joe Hart bravely, but the blocked ball was in front of the goal, but Sabaletta, who was anxious to defend, slammed the ball into the goal. out the door of his own house.

Although an own goal didn't help the matter, the score of 3 to 1, a face-saving goal, still saved the Liverpool players from being so embarrassing...

But what about Liverpool's next game? It has become the biggest problem in Rogers' mind!