Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 1097 World class, I said it!
No one doubted that Liverpool might take a utilitarian stance against Manchester City in the second half of the game!

As long as they are not scored by Manchester City, even if Liverpool draw with Manchester City, they will beat Manchester City to win the Premier League for six consecutive times!

It will also create the English top league champion with the highest points in history!
Therefore, when Henderson came off the bench, many people thought that Situ Yunbing wanted to put Manchester City in a difficult situation of fighting a beast!
Guardiola had a premonition that Situ Yunbing would not, but it would be ridiculous and generous if he foolishly ordered the team to strengthen their offense and fell into Liverpool's counterattack trap.

The paradox is that Manchester City also has an enemy, not just Liverpool, but time!
If too much time is wasted due to observation and temptation, then Manchester City is likely to be under more and more pressure because of this, but it is easy to mess up!

Guardiola gestured to the team before the start of the second half, telling the team to be cautious first, and he would only observe for 5 minutes.

After Liverpool completed the substitutions, the second half of the game officially started!
Many viewers believe that Liverpool will adopt a triangle system of three midfielders, one midfielder, and two central midfielders, so that the midfield defense is almost foolproof!
Situ Yunbing chose to substitute when dealing with how to curb the offensive creativity of Manchester City's midfielder. Henderson's appearance is indeed a choice to strengthen the defense.

But this does not mean that Liverpool will become conservative in its overall posture.

Henderson is better than Eriksson in terms of running ability and defensive ability, which does not mean that he is useless in offense.

Manchester City's first attack in the second half was not ideal, because Liverpool's midfielder was like an iron chain, leaving De Bruyne and Gundogan with no room to play in organization, so they could only give the ball to Sterling to try It is basically not difficult for Sterling to go from the outside to the bottom to create opportunities from the wing, but it is not difficult for Liverpool to defend with a pass from the wing.

Casemiro took control of the ball at the back when Koulibaly nodded the ball from behind the box to clear it.

Guardiola cheered up, and while ordering Manchester City to return to defense at full speed, he carefully observed Liverpool's posture.

If it is the main counterattack, then there are two points in the offense, the first is speed, the first element of counterattack!The second is simplicity!If it is complicated, it will conflict with the first point!
In fact, you can get a glimpse of it by observing the immediate reaction of Liverpool strikers!
When he found that Griezmann and Mbappe did not move forward quickly to put pressure on Manchester City's defense, Guardiola knew that Liverpool did not intend to pin their fate on the counterattack!

It is very efficient to hit the counterattack, but if it is not successful, the ball will be returned to Manchester City in a short time. This must be what Situ Yunbing is worried about.

Liverpool moved forward steadily without rushing forward. What surprised Guardiola was that Henderson appeared in the midfielder position. It seems that Liverpool's offensive center of gravity has not completely shifted to the wing!

But to say that Henderson can play Eriksson's role is absolutely impossible.

Therefore, although Henderson stood in the position of the front midfielder, he hardly passed the ball forward. He either passed back or knocked horizontally, but after all, it had a certain effect and could play a role in containing Manchester City's defense.

In the 50th minute of the game, Liverpool's frontcourt attack shifted from the center to the left. Robertson sprinted up for an assist and went directly to the bottom. When Walker returned to the penalty area, Robertson encountered Gundogan's pressing and immediately slanted the ball Knock back.

Griezmann stopped and adjusted the ball at the outer edge of the top corner of the penalty area, and hit a rubbing shot on the spot, and the football went straight to the far corner of the goal!

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson took off and raised the ball above the crossbar with a single palm in a quick move.

The scene was very thrilling, but Griezmann's shot was still a bit slow.

call.

The scalps of all Manchester City fans were numb. No matter how Liverpool adjusts, it is an indisputable fact that their offensive threat is stronger than Manchester City.

"Wow! Griezmann's long-range shot straight into the dead corner of the goal was saved by Ederson!
Ederson's save was brilliant, and Griezmann's shot was also beautiful!
Manchester City is now blocked by Liverpool's midfielder, how should their offense play a threat? "

Liverpool took a tactical corner, and when Henderson tried a shot from outside the penalty area, his shot unfortunately hit teammate Robert Lewandowski and bounced off the baseline.

At present, his role after playing is more reflected in the defense, and it is not clear what kind of changes he can bring in the offense.

While Manchester City patiently organized the attack from the backcourt, they couldn't create more space for De Bruyne and Gundogan in the midfield!
Henderson, Casemiro, and Kanter each perform their duties. Kanter intercepts the last line of defense, Casemiro can personally limit the opponent, and Henderson runs and sweeps at all costs!
This kind of cooperation can be said to make Manchester City seem to be trapped in a cage in the midfield attack!
To break this deadlock, the easiest way is to increase the assist aggressiveness of the full-backs!
In that case, Liverpool's midfield would have to split up to help defend the flanks.

In the 57th minute of the game, the ball came to De Bruyne's feet, but he was sandwiched by Henderson and Casemiro. He couldn't find the pass to Gundogan and didn't give him much time. to hesitate.

De Bruyne picks the ball forward with the outside instep!

The football almost brushes past Casemiro's ears as it flies past his cheek!

Casemiro turned and looked, and saw the football flying through the air between Van Dijk and Arnold, and drew a trajectory to the right in the air!

What an imaginative pass!
This is definitely an unexpected wonderful pass!

Not only did it make Liverpool's defense a little stupefied, it was unexpected!
Even De Bruyne's teammates didn't react.

Aguero belatedly ran forward to respond. As a result, when the football hit the ground, he was almost two meters away from the football, and then the football was hugged by Ter Stegen!
"De Bruyne's pass bounced inside the Liverpool box!
If Aguero could start earlier, even if it was only for a second, he would have a chance to receive this pass and then form a single!

This is really a fairy ball! "

Situ Yunbing grinned on the sidelines, shaking his head while laughing.

When he was brought from Belgium to Germany, he became the most creative attacking midfielder who has amazed the entire European football world. Situ Yunbing thought that De Bruyne's failure at Chelsea would affect his career progress, after all He has achieved very high achievements, even if he doesn't work hard later, it is not surprising.

But I didn't expect De Bruyne to turn around and return to the Premier League in only one season after returning to the Bundesliga!
Now he is the strongest offensive midfielder in the Premier League. If he maintains his current level for another two or three years, he will be the only midfielder in European football!
It's no exaggeration.

Situ Yunbing almost wanted to shout at De Bruyne: "Great! You are amazing!"

Ter Stegen did not throw the ball quickly to instigate a counterattack. Liverpool did not plan to use counterattack tactics in the second half, unless the opponent's two full-backs pressed up and there was a sidewalk that allowed Liverpool's sideways to flatten the river. There is no problem with counterattack, because first of all, it is ensured that the offense can reach the opponent's offensive danger zone, the success rate will be much higher, and the pressure on one's own defense will be reduced a lot.

But Manchester City's two full-backs began to retreat after completing their supporting work, which made Liverpool dispel the idea of ​​​​counterattacking.

Even for Ter Stegen, he has to observe the development of the overall situation!
City moved back quickly and Liverpool pushed forward steadily from the back.

After pretending to play on the left, he immediately made an offensive transfer. When Casemiro transferred the ball to the right, although Henderson stayed in the midfielder position, he did not actively run to respond. It looked like It is a wooden man.

At this time, I am afraid that no one cares what Situ Yunbing whispered in Henderson's ear before he played.

In the eyes of outsiders, it should be Situ Yunbing assigning tasks to Henderson.

But Situ Yunbing's words at that time will be remembered by Henderson for life!

"Everyone underestimated you by three points. The only thing I have misunderstood in my coaching career is you. I thought you would give up and leave Liverpool four years ago, but you persisted and became strong and absolutely worthy. Put on this jersey.

Jordan, you are world-class, as Situ Yunbing said! "

In fact, there has never been a clear standard for world class.

It may be more related to the role played by the player and the position he can occupy among players of the same type.

It's like ranking the forwards. If the top ten are all world-class, then Messi, Ronaldo, Lewandowski, Mbappe and other players occupy half of the country.

Narrow the goalkeeper positions down to five and only the top five goalkeepers are world class.

This is related to the times and to the most powerful players currently active in football.

The embarrassment for Henderson is that he cannot be a pure defensive midfielder, nor can he be a key offensive organizer in a team, but he has his own characteristics and functions. I am afraid that such a role is difficult for Situ Yunbing to find now. A replacement for Henderson, it is not that such players have not entered the market, and it is almost impossible to find one who can do better than Henderson.

For Henderson to complete his task, he must appear in the attacking midfield position. When he attracted Fernandinho's defensive attention, Liverpool's attack on the right began simultaneously.

Arnold, Mbappé, and Lewandowski all came here, and Manchester City naturally began to shrink their defense. They believed that Liverpool was still playing exactly the same offensive tactics as they scored in the first half.

In a contest of this level, Situ Yunbing is now unwilling to make drastic changes to tactics easily, and this set of offensive tactics will at least have no problem until the end of this link.

But when Manchester City's more and more defensive players pressed to this side, forcing Liverpool's possession and cooperation space to start getting smaller and smaller, no one noticed Casemiro's average speed forward, and Henderson was in Kace Miro began to retreat halfway through the advance.

transposition!

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