Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 906 Falling behind at halftime, ten years of nightmare!
Liverpool's fast break twice threatened Manchester City's goal, and Manchester City quickly launched a fast break to try to fight back.

In the 8th minute of the game, Silva responded to Yaya Toure's pass from the left. Under the pressure of Henderson's pressing, Silva pulled the ball out of space and sent it out with a precise lateral transfer of the ball. Flew to the right of midfield.

I saw Zabaleta quickly plugged in to respond, and kicked the ball to find De Bruyne, who also kicked the ball diagonally!
Sterling made a quick stop from the outside line and was about to attack Liverpool's right rib area. Robertson naturally entered the penalty area. At this time, there was space on the side. Sterling then passed the ball back to the side. zone.

Zabaleta, who assisted all the way up, stopped the ball and adjusted a step, then sent a half-high ball to hit the area behind the back line.

Aguero shrewdly slanted into the area behind Koulibaly, facing the ball and taking advantage of the situation!

The football flew towards Liverpool's goal, but the angle was not tricky enough to test the Red Army goalkeeper Ter Stegen, who easily held the ball in his arms.

Situ Yunbing was thinking secretly on the sidelines, seeing that Manchester City's posture is to use Sterling as a breakthrough point on the right. Whether it is Sterling's individual blast or Zabaleta's response, opportunities always come from the right. of!
It's a bit too blatant to fight like this!

The fact that the goal is too conspicuous does not necessarily mean that this is the real killer move that Manchester City hopes to tear through Liverpool's defense!
No matter what tactical ideas Guardiola has, Liverpool will continue to try to bombard the opponent's defense according to their own ideas.

In the 11th minute of the game, Gareth Bale dribbled forward after responding from the right. Facing the pincer attack of Krarov and Yaya Toure, Gareth Bale tried to cooperate with Mbappe hitting the wall, but he got off After the end, I found that my space was compressed to the extreme!

Krarov immediately grabbed the ball, and Gareth Bale was slow to get rid of the ball, causing the football to be destroyed by the opponent and go out of the sideline.

Gareth Bell has no explosive breakthrough, and he still needs to find his feeling for the time being.

Liverpool took the ball from the sideline, Azpilicueta assisted and quickly made an offensive transfer, the football flew to the left, and Azpilicueta quickly retreated after passing the ball.

Robertson was holding the ball from the left side of the midfield, and seeing Sane take the initiative to respond, this time Zabaleta still stepped forward to defend Sane unswervingly, because he noticed that Mbappé was still in the middle of the penalty area.

But just when he was pressing Sane closely, Robertson sent an overhead pass again!
Still hit the open space behind Zabaleta!

This made Zabaleta very surprised. When he turned around, he saw Eriksson quickly slanting into the area in front of the baseline.

Liverpool is aiming at Zabaleta's defense zone and fighting to death!

Otamendi ran out again to block Eriksson, and Zabaleta also returned to defense and team defense with his teammates.

But when Eriksson touched the ball, he knocked back directly with his heel, which shocked Manchester City's defenders.

Sane touches the ball from the outside of the penalty area and changes to a crosscut!
When Fernandinho came towards him, Sane sent the ball obliquely into the left rib area of ​​​​the penalty area. Mbappe quickly moved away from Stones' defense, and blasted the ball with a burst!
When all the audience in the audience thought that the goal must be scored, Mbappe's football hit the outside of the near post and popped out of the bottom line!

Goalkeeper Bravo is in a cold sweat!
Guardiola's face was a little ugly!

"Mbappe almost scored Manchester City's goal! What a pity! The football hit the post!

Liverpool's frontcourt team cooperation is really eye-opening, but it is difficult to see in general Liverpool games, because the opponents adopt intensive defensive tactics, making it extremely difficult for them to intersperse and run, and there is no space!
But even if Manchester City did not make a desperate attack in the away game, it also exposed some loopholes in the defense!
This is what Guardiola needs to pay attention to and actively adjust! "

It is actually difficult for Guardiola to make adjustments, because the team pursues the principle of cutting off the opponent's offense at the first time, and will be more active in defense. In this way, Liverpool's tacit advantage in offensive and defensive confrontations is fully reflected. I am not afraid that Manchester City will not come to grab it. , I'm afraid they will hide and defend!
Manchester City escaped, and the faces of the Manchester City fans in the stands were a little dignified.

In the 16th minute of the game, Manchester City also played a fast break in the frontcourt, still playing on the right. Sterling quickly waded the ball from the outside to the bottom and then knocked the ball back, creating space for Zabaleta to respond. Directly hit the ball across the middle, De Bruyne dialed the ball in the active response and changed the direction to open the distance with Kanter, and then directly blasted a long shot!
The football flew straight to the near corner of the goal, and Ter Stegen swooped to save the ball out of the bottom line with a single palm!

"De Bruyne's long shot was brilliantly saved by Ter Stegen!

Manchester City's offense seems to have begun to become threatening! "

Situ Yunbing was calm and relaxed. He gestured to the team to make the defense more vigilant. Although Guardiola's team is not as strong in pass control as in Barcelona, ​​he has such a tactical concept after all. If it is simple If you think that they are only capable at this point, you will definitely suffer a big loss!
When Manchester City realized Liverpool's offensive threat on Sane's side, they immediately strengthened their defense on this side. At the same time, Stones' defensive position was also more flexible, mainly keeping up with Mbappe.

In the 19th minute of the game, Liverpool failed to score a cross from the side. Stones took the lead to clear the ball and Liverpool returned without success.

Manchester City's counterattack quickly shifted to the right after Silva passed the left.

This time, Sterling got rid of all the defensive players in a right-sided cut, but when he responded to De Bruyne's pick pass, he made a direct pass but kicked a flaw, and the football flew out of the bottom line!

The Liverpool fans at the scene immediately laughed at him.

Liverpool fans are indeed a bit unkind.

The two offensive teams failed to win after speeding up. It seemed that the scene had reached a stalemate after rounds of probing and attacking, but Situ Yunbing stared at the field with calm eyes. Master duels often need to be calm first!
He doesn't have any metaphysics, waiting for a sudden change in his favor on the court, or a "I don't know what happened, but we won" situation.

In the 25th minute of the game, Liverpool's offensive organization in the frontcourt. After Eriksson and Henderson quickly passed and cooperated, Fernandinho and Yaya Toure came to the middle to prevent the two from rushing. At this time, Eriksson Rixon passed the ball to the left, and Robertson quickly inserted the ball and continued to push forward.

Sane took the initiative to respond in the running position, but this time he retreated first and then turned forward, hitting Zabaleta by surprise. Zabaleta quickly turned around and chased after losing the defensive target. Otamendi moved to Sane The inward line was ready to intercept, and Stones followed Mbappé to the left of the center of the penalty area.

It seems that under the tense and fast rhythm, Manchester City's players also did a good job!
But Robertson made a 45-degree cross from the wing!
Situ Yunbing smiled on the sidelines when the football fell through a wonderful arc to the back of Manchester City's penalty area.

Stones hastily turned and moved to the football landing point, but it was obviously too late!
And Gareth Bale, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly came, and the Welsh superstar leaped high and headed the ball to the upper right corner of Manchester City's goal!
Goalkeeper Bravo struggled to save this time but was powerless!

When the football flew into Manchester City's goal, the cheers at Anfield were earth-shattering!

Gareth Bale rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal with a look of surprise on his face. When he made a heart shape to the Red Army fans in the stands, many Red Army fans were deeply moved!

After being absent for half a season due to a serious injury, Gareth Bell announced his return with a goal in his first start after returning from injury!

Perhaps in the first 25 minutes of the game, his performance was completely inferior to Sane and Mbappé, but when he scored, people seemed to forget that he was recovering from a serious injury!
The style remains the same!

Guardiola was dumbfounded, and then secretly clenched his fists again.

At this time, he suddenly realized that Liverpool's tactical play for the previous 25 minutes was actually to create opportunities for Gareth Bale!
Everyone knows that Gareth Bale has just recovered from his injury. After the early matches of the game, Manchester City can also figure out Gareth Bale's current situation. His body is back to health, but his competitive state still needs to be improved. The threat Naturally dropped dramatically!

So Gareth Bale once felt a little struggling and uncomfortable, but in fact Situ Yunbing's tactical deployment really took advantage of this. When Liverpool's Sane and Mbappe threatened, Gareth- Bell is easily overlooked by opponents, especially the combination of Stones and Otamendi, which is more than brave, and will not be able to control the scene!
Gareth Bale's technical state needs to be restored, but he can still run fast when he is healthy. He runs to the goal at the right time. The only skill he needs is to head or kick the ball in!

That's it!

This is much simpler and easier than the previous need for him to break through the ball and continuously cooperate with his teammates to find a sense of rhythm!
"Gareth Bale headed in! Liverpool broke the deadlock first!

After several shots from Sane and Mbappe in the penalty area threatened Manchester City's goal, the Manchester City defense strengthened the defense against Sane and Mbappe, but they ignored Gareth Bale!

A healthy Gareth Bell is a threat as long as he plays, even if he doesn't pass the ball to break through!
This time his header helped Liverpool take the lead, and once again proved his superstar strength and value!
Now the situation is a bit grim for Manchester City!

I don't know if Guardiola realizes the seriousness of the problem!
If Manchester City can't equalize the score before the end of the first half, then based on experience, Manchester City has a high probability of falling into the sand at Anfield today!

This is not me being alarmist or talking nonsense. In the past 92 Premier League away games when the score fell behind at halftime, Manchester City has not won once. That is to say, if Manchester City falls behind in the away game, then they cannot come back in the second half. A tie, but this statistic is definitely a nightmare for Manchester City fans, 92 away half-time behind, 11 draws, 81 losses!
Although records are meant to be broken, this record has spanned more than ten years, so who can be confident that Manchester City will be able to break the record if they really fall behind at half-time today?

They are facing the defending champion, the European overlord Red Army Liverpool! "

(End of this chapter)