Football’s First Defender

"Manchester City's defense this time is really a gift from cooperation."

"First, Joe Hart played with fire in the backcourt. When Liverpool maintained enough frontcourt pressure, he still chose to pass the ball to the backcourt players."

"Furthermore, Sarnia took it for granted that he could protect the football. Even if he was knocked down, he would be whistled for a foul, but the referee ignored it. Sarnia did not make the siege immediately and was completed by Coutinho. Pressed, got the ball."

"Demichelis' defense, there is no big surprise. This is what Demichelis' defense is not good at. There is no surprise to be penetrated by Liverpool's offense."

"It's just that Mangala's own goal this time is quite 'spiritual'. Did he want to clear the ball out of the baseline? But he made a mistake in his busy schedule. Instead of adjusting his foot shape, he succeeded in 'pushing' the ball." into the net."

Relying on an own goal in the away game, Liverpool successfully took the lead at the Etihad Stadium.

Liverpool, which took the lead in the away game, did not change their style of play. The team continued to press high in the frontcourt, and the oppressive defense played a great role in interfering with Manchester City's offensive development.

The most obvious thing is that after Manchester City had to clear the siege many times and return the ball to Liverpool, Manchester City had to position their midfielders further back to complete the transition from the backcourt.

This not only increases the cumbersomeness of Manchester City's offense, but also allows Liverpool to have more space to complete the defense.

Manchester City's offensive rhythm, under the pressure of Liverpool, lost the calmness it used to have in the game.

The Manchester City players were indeed robbed by Liverpool at all costs, and were terrified of being robbed.

Even if De Bruyne wants to play a role, but without the assistance of David Silva, in the game, De Bruyne, who organized the attack alone in the midfield, still did not have a good chance to give his teammates Make a great pass.

As the only core outlet point left on the field, Liverpool managed to chase and intercept De Bruyne's press in the defensive arrangement, leaving De Bruyne with no chance to play.

The two wings that Pellegrini is proud of are obviously out of shape today because of the influence of the national team match day.

Keylor Navas and Sterling couldn't give full play to their speed advantage on the wing, which made it impossible for Manchester City to maintain their pressure on Liverpool's wing. Liverpool, with a solid defense, could not press down on the midfield. You can invest more troops.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Liverpool completed a very good midfield interception in the game.

Milner tackled directly, passed the pass to De Bruyne, and kicked it directly back to the Manchester City half.

The Manchester City defense line, which was full of pressure and organized the attack, panicked after being intercepted.

Both Demichelis and Mangala had huge shortcomings in their recovery speed. Firmino took the lead. Although Mangala barely stretched his legs, touched the football, and stabbed the ball to the right, it still did not affect Filipino. Ermino accelerated to get the ball and continued to attack Manchester City's penalty area.

And when all the attention on the court was on Firmino, who entered the penalty area from the right, when Kororav and Mangala were about to complete the siege, Firmino Instead of trying with a kick himself, he leaned forward, sent a diagonal pass, and passed the ball directly to the back point.

As Klopp's favorite striker now, Firmino's biggest advantage is that he is not greedy for credit and has a very good passing ability.

This time, the oblique pass passed Mangala, Demichelis, and Joe Hart in front of them, but they were all accurately out of their control, and the ball quickly rolled to the point behind the goal.

And it was Coutinho who moved forward quickly on the left.

With the tactical cooperation with Firmino in daily training, Coutinho is now willing to actively penetrate deep into the penalty area, because he believes in Firmino's passing ability. Coutinho overtook Demichelis from the back side, and at the back point, he slid out directly, completing a shovel shot and hitting an empty goal.

"GOAL!!!"

"Coutinho! Second goal for Liverpool, Manchester City, two goals behind in the first half."

"Firmino quickly integrated into the current Liverpool tactics after Klopp came to the team. This time, the connection between the two offensive players is quite cooperative."

Affected by the physical fitness of the players after the national team game, even though Manchester City is at home today, many players did not show enough mentality.

The team's offensive organization was unfavorable. Instead, they were forced by Liverpool's frontcourt, and they gradually overtook the possession rate.

But Liverpool's own frontcourt offense is much better than Manchester City's.

In the 34th minute of the game, Manchester City was hit hard again.

Liverpool played exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt. After Moreno advanced, he encountered Sagna's defense. When the breakthrough failed, he dribbled the ball back and chose to pass it back to Lallana in the midfield.

In the game, Lallana received the ball with his back against Yaya Toure, but suddenly chose a heel knock and passed the ball directly into the penalty area.

Coutinho had a tacit understanding and suddenly started to advance before Lallana passed the ball.

Lallana's heel pass completely penetrated the entire Manchester City defense. After Coutinho succeeded in countering offside, when he got the ball in the small penalty area, there was no one around.

Facing the attacking Joe Hart, Coutinho reciprocated and crossed the ball to the goal, while Firmino leaned on Mangala's defensive position and directly hit the goal with his left foot to help Liverpool win 3-0. leading edge.

"This Liverpool team is more and more attacking like last season. Manchester City, at home today, was beaten helplessly by Liverpool."

The game led 3-0 in the first half, which also made the game lose suspense early.

Just after the national team match day, under the stimulation of the 3-0 score, the exhaustion of the Manchester City players further broke out.

He played even more disorganized on the field.

This also made both sides seem to lose their offensive passion in the subsequent games.

In the second half of the game, the number of offenses of the two teams was significantly reduced compared with the first half, and more attempts were made to hit the goal with long-range shots that did not consume too much energy.

Mignolet's ability to defend long-range shots is pretty good, and he successfully won his own zero-block bonus in the game against Manchester City.

On the other side, Joe Hart once again became the background board.

In the 64th minute of the second half, Coutinho's 30-meter world wave in a counterattack pierced through the gate guarded by Joe Hart again.

Let the score expand to 4 to 0.

In the end, in this round of the focus battle, Liverpool beat Manchester City 4-0 in an away game, which surprised everyone and made the outside world realize again how powerful this Liverpool team under Klopp is.