Football’s First Defender

It is not so easy for Liverpool, who are playing away, to score goals in this double-red game.

Especially in Manchester United, they have taken the lead and can further defend themselves in the game.

Rodgers on the sidelines was as anxious as the players, but there was nothing to do with anxiety. Liverpool's offense, under the pressure of Manchester United players, had no good way at all.

In the 66th minute of the game, the coaches of both sides made substitution adjustments at the same time.

Standing on the sidelines, dressed in red, representing the home team Manchester United, was Martial, who had just been bought from Ligue 1 before the trade deadline and was known as the "New Henry".

And wearing a white jersey, also coming off the bench is Rodgers' first change in this game, the offensive striker, the young Jordan Ibe.

"Anthony Martial welcome to the Theater of Dreams".

The focus of the live broadcast camera was on Martial, and the cheering signs of the fans on the scene were also found.

As a young player who is only 19 years old, Martial has become the most expensive player in the world among players under the age of 20 in this transfer from Monaco to Manchester United.

The transfer fee of 36 million pounds, plus many hidden terms in the contract, if all the terms of this transfer are activated, Manchester United may eventually pay more than 58 million pounds.

Not to mention the addition after the fact, it is the actual 36 million pounds now, which makes everyone think Manchester United is crazy.

For a 19-year-old player who only scored 9 goals and 3 assists in Monaco last season.

Everyone can see the shadow of Henry in the young Martial, but the young Messi and the young Ronaldo have a lot, let alone the young Henry. If you don’t play it, it will never be worth it.

If you don’t contribute real data in various competitions, you will spend such a value on one year’s performance. The deal itself, at least for now, from everyone’s point of view, apart from the expectations of the players, Manchester United definitely thinks Manchester United took a big risk.

And watching the substitutions on the sidelines, Yang Feng felt dizzy.

First look at the substitution adjustments of your own team. The appearance of an offensive player like Jordan Ibe will definitely mean that Liverpool will continue to focus on offense in the future, and even in order to better match the team's existing defensive strength must be reduced.

And Manchester United's substitution adjustment.

At least Martial is definitely not a parallel player.

Even in Yang Feng's memory, Martial has been Manchester United's absolute thigh-level player for a long time.

At a young age, he was able to gain a firm foothold in a team of Manchester United's level, and even made a big splash in the Premier League. This "New Henry" is definitely not in vain.

That is to say, the chaos of Manchester United's own management, the frequent change of coaches, the introduction of new players and the discovery of the team's youth training have squeezed Martial's playing time, otherwise Martial may not be able to achieve more in a few years. nice achievement.

With such a powerful Martial, Yang Feng knows that Liverpool's defense must be more careful when facing Manchester United's counterattack.

As the game entered the last 20 minutes, the pressing of the two teams on the field became more intense.

Liverpool's offense has been unable to penetrate Manchester United's defense, and Manchester United is not reconciled to a one-goal lead, hoping to rely on defensive counterattacks to score a second goal earlier.

In the 72nd minute, Manchester United's defensive counterattack turned into a positional battle.

Damian, who inserted in the back, completed the cross from the bottom of the right.

It was directly intercepted by Yang Feng.

Afterwards, Yang Feng passed a direct pass to Firmino not far away to organize Liverpool's counterattack.

It's just that Firmino, who is eager to make contributions, made a fatal mistake when he dribbled the ball forward.

Under Schweinsteiger's shovel that suddenly broke out, Firmino made a mistake in his ball.

The ball was passed straight to Carrick's feet.

Manchester United took advantage of the opportunity to launch a second wave of offensive.

Seeing that Liverpool's defense line was at this moment, and the defensive lineup was unstable, Carrick kicked the ball through and pushed the ball into Liverpool's penalty area from a long distance.

Herrera, on the other hand, had a tacit understanding with Carrick. The moment Carrick passed the ball, Herrera succeeded in turning offside and accelerated into the depths of Liverpool's penalty area.

Get the ball in the penalty area, lead the ball directly to the goal.

In such a dangerous position in the hinterland of the penalty area, which can be passed and played, Gomez can only choose to block it with a shovel.

However, this shovel failed to shovel the ball, but brought Herrera down directly.

"Penalty!"

"The referee Oliver pointed to the penalty spot!"

"Liverpool suffered a death sentence..."

"Gomez, he paid the price for his youth and impulsiveness."

Since Rooney, Manchester United's first penalty shooter, was not on the court, Herrera chose to take the penalty himself.

Facing Mignolet, Herrera blasted the ball into the goal after a run-up.

2 to 0, Manchester United led by two goals, further pushing Liverpool to the cliff.

Rogers replaced offensive players one after another and used up all three substitutions. However, for Liverpool, it seemed that they had lost the momentum to equalize the score.

Standing in the backcourt, Yang Feng looked at some of his teammates who were running vainly. He wanted to raise the team's morale by shouting loudly, but he lacked the penetrating power to penetrate the entire field.

Everyone can see that Liverpool is in danger...

After achieving a 2-0 lead, Van Gaal, who knew that Liverpool was dying, immediately replaced Carrick with defensive midfielder France international Schneiderlin to continue to strengthen the team's midfield defense.

Steadily accepting this double red meeting is the victory Van Gaal most wants to win now.

No chance, no space, no chance.

Liverpool's counterattack in the final stage, under the strict defense of Manchester United, except for long-range shots, it was almost impossible to create a chance to hit the goal in the dangerous area.

And wanting to rely on long-range shots to break through the goal guarded by De Gea is still a bit of a dream.

The game entered 80 minutes, and as the game time was further compressed, for Liverpool, anxiety began to spread.

However, this impatience on the offensive end cannot improve Liverpool's success rate.

Instead, it was Manchester United's counterattack, which once again dealt a heavy blow to Liverpool.

When Herrera countered United, the midfielder first sent a pass to Ashley Young on the left.

Then Ashley Young kicked the ball straight to the empty space in front of the left.

Martial used his speed to get rid of Skrtel's defense, complete the cross diagonally, and get the pass.

With Skrtel blocking in the front and Klein defending in the back, Martial is not afraid.

First he dribbled the ball to accelerate, and made a forward breakthrough, then suddenly led the ball laterally, using his own flexibility, directly swayed away from Skrtel's defense, and then poked the ball forward during the change of direction, and got rid of the Klein's upper grab from the rear.

Pass the two of them directly and enter the restricted area.

Yang Feng also didn't expect that Skrtel and Klein's defense was so easily broken through. At this time, they could only choose to shovel over, hoping to stop Martial. Another smash, after dunking Yang Feng, facing the attacking Mignolet, he shot with his right foot and hit the far corner successfully.

With 3 players in a row, including world-class central defender Yang Feng, Martial scored in his debut, giving Manchester United a 3-0 lead...