i want to be king

Chapter 962 I will definitely not be fooled again this time!
Anfield King Kenny Dalglish, this is a legendary name, and it continues to create legends.

He is destined to be a name that will never be forgotten by Liverpool and even in the history of English football.

He has witnessed the most glorious golden age in the history of English professional football. In the 80s, he led Liverpool to sweep the European football world, created a series of amazing achievements, and brought Liverpool to the peak of history.

A sudden Heysel tragedy did not crush Liverpool. After coach Joe Fagan left the team, Dalglish took on the heavy burden, serving as both a player and a coach, leading Liverpool to remain strong.

Misfortunes never come singly, the Hillsborough tragedy in [-] completely crushed Liverpool.

The heavy pressure dragged down Dalglish's health, and he resigned as Liverpool's head coach in [-], which caused a shock in the entire British football circle and even European football circle at that time.

He is the greatest legend in Liverpool football history!
Afterwards, although Dalglish has coached at Blackburn and Newcastle successively, his results were not satisfactory. His pragmatic and conservative tactics were regarded as synonymous with outdated, and his long-term separation from the front line of coaching also made Dalglish gradually reduced to a mascot.

In January last year, Hodgson, the head coach who replaced Benitez in charge of Liverpool, was fired due to poor performance. As the club's youth training consultant, Dalglish, who is very familiar with the team's business and a legend in the club's history, stepped in and took over the team.

At that time, Liverpool could be described as having internal and external troubles.

Ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League standings, only three points away from the relegation zone, the team's top superstar Torres insisted on moving to Chelsea, and Dalglish himself had been away from first-line coaching for more than ten years, which made Liverpool at that time precarious and precarious.

But Dalglish quickly showed his skills. He let Torres transfer, in exchange for 5000 million pounds, the introduction of Suarez and the then fiery England native center Andy Carroll.

These two transfers also played a role in the second half, helping Liverpool stabilize their performance and quickly climbed to sixth in the league. So after the game, Dalglish got a three-year coaching contract.

This time, he officially entered the palace for the second time.

Dalglish received strong support from the management, made frequent moves in the transfer market, and introduced a group of powerful stars including Henderson, Downing, Charlie Adam and Bellamy, which improved Liverpool's overall strength.

More importantly, Liverpool fights in a single line and only needs to worry about the league, which undoubtedly facilitates Dalglish's coaching.

But no one thought that when the outside world placed high hopes on Dalglish, Liverpool's start to the season was not ideal.

One of the strongest defenses in the Premier League, but also the worst offensive strength among the Premier League teams.

After playing 22 rounds, Liverpool's defense only conceded 21 goals, and they only lost to Manchester City in the Premier League.

It can be said that Liverpool's defense is very solid, but the offense is a mess.

This seems to once again confirm the evaluation and concerns of the outside world about Dalglish, that is, his tactics are outdated, he no longer knows how to adjust the team's offense, and cannot adapt to the current football tactics.

Dalglish could not refute the doubts from the outside world, because his team's performance was indeed unsatisfactory.

Seventh in the Premier League, which is obviously far from the top two in the league that the outside world expected for him before the season.

But his team relied on tenacious defense, overcame obstacles all the way, and finally reached the League Cup semi-finals, only one step away from the League Cup final, which gave Dalglish a burst of hope.

Regardless of whether he dismisses get out of class after the end of this season, at least he hopes to leave something for this team when he coaches Liverpool for the second time, such as a championship trophy.

With such a wish, Dalglish showed a certain enthusiasm in the first round at Anfield, and even drew with Manchester City in [-]-[-]. Dalglish's team even received a lot of praise for it.

Looking at the Premier League and European football this season, how many teams can draw with Manchester City?
But from this game, Dalglish also clearly saw the gap between Liverpool and Manchester City. The Red Army has already used their main force, but they still can't beat the rotation Manchester City, and even conceded two away goals.

If it was at the Etihad Stadium, what would Liverpool have to do against Manchester City?

Dalglish is clearly aware of this, so in the second round, when he was a guest at the Etihad Stadium, Liverpool chose a tactic of three defensive midfielders and strictly guarded against death.

Liverpool's defense itself is very good, and Dalglish's tactic of guarding against death and shrinking back immediately made Liverpool's defense even more impenetrable.

Manchester City's pass and ball control is indeed excellent, but facing this kind of defense that is almost like an iron barrel, they really can't come up with too many solutions. They can only patiently stabilize the ball possession and rhythm, patiently organize penetration, slowly consume the opponent, and slowly look for opportunities.

In the first half, the two sides played zero to zero, and no one was able to take advantage.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Liverpool still strictly defended. It seemed that there was a posture of wanting to hold on to the defense until the end of the game.

But everyone in Manchester City knows that Liverpool is waiting for Manchester City to make a mistake.

Dalglish's strategy is very conservative, first to ensure that he does not make mistakes, and then wait for the opponent to make mistakes.

Interestingly, Guardiola's strategy is also the same.

As a result, this has evolved into a conservative and depressing stalemate.

Manchester City, who have been exhausted from fighting for a long time, really has no way to open up the battle against Liverpool, because no one can guarantee whether the players will make mistakes under fatigue and be used by the opponent.

No one dares to be careless about the right to be promoted in the league.

The two sides continued to fight from the 30-meter area of ​​Liverpool to the center line. As long as Manchester City seized the opportunity, there would be a wave of pressure in the frontcourt immediately, trying to grab the ball from the frontcourt, and at the same time forcing Liverpool's midfielders to make mistakes.

Liverpool saw an opportunity in 5 minutes. Henderson broke through from the left, dribbled the ball into Manchester City's half, and made a cross, but the ball was cleared by Kompany's header at the front of the penalty area and headed back to the midfield.

Manchester City quickly organized a fast attack. Two or three passes sent the ball to the frontcourt and directly threatened Liverpool's penalty area. However, this time the attack failed to pass the ball to Su Dong's feet. Daniel Agger intercepted it at the front of the penalty area and passed it to Gerrard in the midfield.

Blue Moon immediately organized a press in the frontcourt and formed a strangulation tactic against the Liverpool midfielders, forcing Gerrard to pass back.

Su Dong and his teammates took advantage of the victory and continued to attack the defense line, especially Manchester City's front trident, which pressed harder and harder, cutting off the forward passing line of Liverpool's defense line, leaving the Red Army with no choice.

When the left back Martin Kelly received a pass from his teammate on the left in 7 minutes, Di Maria got close to Martin Kelly for the first time and formed a close press on him, mainly blocking his cross pass and forward pass.

Di Maria's position made Martin Kelly very uncomfortable, the other side was the touchline, and he couldn't pass the ball.

The 21-year-old Liverpool teenager chose to pass back to goalkeeper Reina when he had no good plan.

This wasn't a problem at first, but the real problem was that under Di Maria's close interference, Martin Kelly's pass was a little lighter. Although the ball also rolled into the penalty area, the speed of the ball was slow.

Before Martin Kelly passed the ball, Su Dong had already guessed his passing intention.

No way, the young player lacks some experience. After being forced to the sideline by Di Maria, there is no line for forward and cross passes. Passing back is his natural choice.

Therefore, Martin Kelly's pass is more like an assist for Su Dong.

Reina's reaction was also extremely fast, as soon as he saw Su Dong go forward, obviously in an offside position, he yelled in his heart.

why?
With Su Dong's ability, he would never be so obviously offside.

Then there is only one explanation, he is waiting for Martin Kelly to pass back.

It can even be said that Manchester City's pressing, especially Di Maria's pressing, was deliberately to let Martin Kelly pass back, so that Su Dong could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Reina decisively abandoned the goal and went towards Martin Kelly's pass.

But Su Dong's speed was obviously faster, and his legs were very long. Before Reina was in place, he took a step forward and stopped the ball on the inside of his right foot to the left, just avoiding Reina's save.

To say that Reina's reaction was indeed fast enough, he seemed to have guessed that Su Dong would intercept the ball first, and he immediately opened his arms to expand the defensive area, obviously to guard against Su Dong's direct kick.

After Su Dong stopped the ball with his right foot, the whole person had already rushed in front of Reina. The whole person suddenly stopped suddenly, and his left shoulder sank, as if he was about to pull a gap to the left. His left foot also made a seemingly secretive movement of kicking his foot to hit the goal, which immediately tricked Reina into reacting.

But Su Dong suddenly flicked the ball behind with his left foot, and the ball rolled from behind to the right, and the whole person also adjusted his center of gravity and leaned to the right, which immediately made Reina turn pale with shock.

The previous one was really a fake move, this kid just wanted to cut inward.

This time, after seeing Su Dong's right foot movement, Renner threw it directly without hesitation.

This time I will definitely not be fooled again!
Unexpectedly, Su Dong's right foot did not shoot the ball, but dunked it back again.

The whole process is very long, but it actually happened in the blink of an eye. In an instant, Su Dong stopped and changed directions continuously, pulling the ball left and right, and finally created a gap on the left side, with an empty goal behind him.

He didn't hesitate any longer, and shot directly with his left foot, and the ball went straight to the goal!

(End of this chapter)