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Van Gaal immediately made substitutions and adjustments in the second half, and he had a miraculous effect at the beginning of the game.

Ashley Young used his wonderful performance to prove his worth to Van Gaal, and also made Rogers pay the price for his unchanging defensive tactics.

Conceding the goal at the beginning was a huge blow to Liverpool's bad morale.

But Ashley Young, who was extremely active, was still on the left, continuing to launch his own continuous attack.

Compared with Memphis Depay in the first half, Ashley Young can use his speed on the left after coming off the bench, and can also combine his speed with game experience, use different offensive methods, and constantly It constantly created defensive troubles for Klein and constantly helped Manchester United get more offensive opportunities.

A single Ashley Young almost messed up Liverpool's entire defense. In the face of Manchester United's increasingly threatening offensive, it was Yang Feng's decision on the spot, indicating that Milner should be more reliant than a fixed defensive position. A little on the right side, in order to provide Klein with greater help, and barely blocked the gap in the wing.

And Rogers, who should adjust his tactics on the sidelines, has no intention of changing the team's defense at this time.

"Attack! Attack! Take the opportunity to attack!"

Can the defense equalize and win?

cannot.

For Rogers, what is needed at this time is for the team to launch an offense, and the team needs to keep scoring and scoring goals to ensure that the team does not lose the game away from home like this, and to ensure that his coaching position can be stable.

It would be good to rely on Yang Feng for defense. In the past few seasons, didn't Liverpool's defense rely on Yang Feng alone at critical moments?

Rogers is fully directing the offensive movement of the players in front. He hopes to use his "micro-manipulation" on the sidelines in the game to guide the team's offense and achieve the tactical effect he wants. Create enough threats to Manchester United.

It's just that the Liverpool players did not have a tacit understanding of the offense. When facing ordinary teams, they can still play decent tactics, but when facing the intensity of the double red game, the opponent's tight defense In the case of oppression and pressing, there is no good way to create opportunities to threaten offense in the game.

Even though Liverpool's players have signaled by Rodgers on the sidelines to put all the midfielders into the offense at the expense of the team's overall defense, the threat they pose is still limited.

It cannot be said that there is no chance. After all, the value of Liverpool players is there. Sometimes relying on the player's own personal ability can also create certain opportunities in the game.

It's just that the creation of such opportunities is difficult and rare, and the opportunities for Liverpool to score are extremely limited compared with Manchester United.

Manchester United's first goal relied on the set-piece tactic.

And that very threatening set-kick penalty came from the fact that Klein himself lost his defensive position on the wing and had to send a foul.

It was precisely because of his own mistakes that Klein wanted to play on the offensive end in the game to complete the opportunity to make up for his mistakes.

Starting in the 56th minute of the game, Liverpool played the most threatening wave of the game.

Klein's attack on the right side is directly using his own speed and explosive power to launch a strong attack.

Of course, it is impossible for a person to advance tens of meters on the wing and completely penetrate Manchester United's wing defense. Manchester United's defense is not that fragile.

However, Klein was not far from halftime, and Blind was still retreating, and without making a tackle, he directly passed the ball from the wing.

I hope that with this 45-degree oblique long pass, we can find Benteke, the high point in the penalty area.

It's just that after Phil Jones judged the landing point of the ball, he leaned firmly against Benteke to limit his running positions and win time for De Gea to attack.

Jumping high, he took the ball off Benteke's head. De Gea used his steady performance and did not give Benteke any chance to compete for the top.

However, it may be that the opponent's goalkeeper Mignolet's exposure rate is too high. De Gea, who has been doing nothing in the defense, forcibly added drama to himself in handling the ball this time.

A hand throw passed to Blind in front of him, but after Klein completed the diagonal long pass in the accelerated state, he rushed forward according to the inertia and directly completed the tackle.

Blind felt the pressure and could only pass back to De Gea, while Klein sprinted past him to continue to press De Gea.

Not only Klein who came from the right, but also Benteke who was also close to De Gea on the left.

However, when two "black goalkeepers" rushed over from one left and one right, De Gea didn't even choose to be on the safe side, and kicked the ball out of bounds with a big foot.

De Gea may have too much confidence in his footwork. Under the influence of the Spanish national team, De Gea believes that he does have the capital to pass the ball.

Only this time, the pass sent by De Gea from the middle of the two defensive players was not received by his teammates.

"De Gea misses the pass."

The ball was passed directly to the middle, at the feet of Danny Ince outside the penalty area.

Danny Ince passed the ball diagonally and handed it to the right side. After finishing the tackle, he has retreated to the foot of Klein on the line of the penalty area.

Klein, on the other hand, passed the ball head-on and sent a through ball into the penalty area.

Firmino, this time he showed his speed and flexibility.

After entering the penalty area, the ball seemed to be firmly stuck to Firmino's feet, allowing Firmino to break through at full speed while still in control of the ball.

A horizontal kick in the small penalty area made De Gea's forward pounce come to naught.

It was Benteke who had no defensive player around him and had a chance to hit an empty goal when he caught the ball at the back point.

However, just as Benteke swung his legs to hit the goal, the ball was quickly chased by Smalling from behind, who blocked the ball with a sliding tackle and completed the clearance.

Risking an own goal, Smalling also used this extreme defense to complete the interception, without giving Benteke a chance to score.

Smalling slid the ball out of the baseline and only gave Liverpool a corner kick.

Milner takes the corner from this side.

Yang Feng, who was inside the restricted area, became the main attack point this time.

However, without the level of tacit understanding between Gerrard and Coutinho, Milner and Yang Feng can only make some conventional and agreed tactical choices, naturally there is not so much suddenness.

This is the lack of tacit understanding and the inability to adapt to changing circumstances.

And Yang Feng was also blocked by Phil Jones early on. This time, although he got the spot for the header, he was unable to complete a high-quality header.

Smalling completed a clearance at the second point of the ball, and the clearance went out of the penalty area.

And Klein in the midfield area, after receiving the clearance ball, immediately moved a long pass to the empty position on the left, and re-launched the attack.

The high-altitude pass directly hit the top of Henderson's head on the left, and then Henderson swung the ball directly into the penalty area.

In the previous position, there was no player to respond.

However, Henderson hit a high throw, and the ball landed deep, giving Danny Ince, who was plugging in behind, a chance to go forward to compete for this landing point.

After plugging in, use the sudden start to get rid of the opposing defensive player, then turn sideways and stop the ball in the chest, then immediately turn around and hit the goal.

Danny Ince's post-insertion was extremely exciting, and he also shot a high-quality shot.

A volley shot directly into the near corner of the goal.

It's just that this time, De Gea played his own worth. Facing a close-range shot, he reacted with open hands to expand the defensive area.

Then the right palm directly blocked the ball.

Liverpool's most threatening offensive, although it was lively on the field, it still had no results...