Nine Hundred and Thirtieth Two, Play the Backhand in Advance!
Manchester City, who are playing at home, should be more proactive in terms of emotion, reason and face.
After the game started, they did improve their tempo all of a sudden, but it made Situ Yunbing feel a little awkward.
After De Bruyne and Silva passed the ball in midfield, De Bruyne crossed the ball diagonally in the middle circle to find Mahrez. The latter quickly followed up with Gareth Bale and Aguero, who took the initiative to meet him, completed the collision with the wall.
If you only look at it from the TV screen, you can only see part of the offense. It feels like the offense has not been completed. Manchester City is still proactive!
But Situ Yunbing standing on the sidelines and the audience in the stands can see the overall situation. The effect on the field is that after De Bruyne played the ball, Manchester City only had two wingers and striker Aguero forward, Silva and De Bruyne.
In this way, Manchester City's attitude is very clear.
The rhythm is fast and fast, and the pressure goes up? not my business.
Liverpool also quickly launched a fast break after stealing the ball. Now that the rhythm has been raised, Liverpool's natural soldiers will come to cover the water and cover the ground.
When Henderson passed the ball to Sane, the latter quickly advanced along the right. At this time, Silva assisted the defense to intercept it. Sane knew that if he forced a breakthrough, there was a Clichy waiting in front of him, so he passed the ball to Mbappe who took the initiative to respond.
The French forward met Yaya Toure when he pulled the ball and turned forward. He quickly sent the ball to find Lewandowski.
Manchester City's defensive control is also in place.
Guardiola sighed helplessly on the sidelines.
He and Situ Yunbing thought of going together.
At least from the point of view of the overall posture, both teams are trying to counterattack the opponent!
Is Guardiola good at counter-attacking?
Of course, he led Barcelona to sweep Europe in his first season, relying on quick counterattacks for most of the season!
So in the opening stage of this game, the two teams invested less troops to storm the opponent's tight defense line, and the effect was not very ideal.
In the 7th minute of the game, Sterling quickly passed the ball from the left. Although he passed Azpilicueta during the change of direction and accelerated, he waded the ball too much, resulting in no choice when he controlled the ball before the baseline. After barely passing the ball, Van Dijk made a clearance.
Two minutes later, Liverpool attacked from the left and Gareth Bale quickly knocked the ball back to the center after being frustrated in front of Fernandinho. Henderson directly sent a through ball!
Mbappe succeeded in anti-offside, but the football fell a little close to the goalkeeper. Caballero attacked and hugged the ball first. Mbappe ran in place, but he had to stop.
After 15 minutes of the game, both Situ Yunbing and Guardiola saw that the two teams could not create a threat to each other under the conventional style of play!
The defense is too cautious!
Even though the rhythm is always fast, there are too many inefficient crosses and through balls!
Situ Yunbing took the lead in making gestures to make the team change their style of play!
In the 18th minute of the game,
Liverpool attacked from the right side of the frontcourt. Sane passed the ball straight forward under the pursuit of Sterling. Lewandowski took the initiative to pull the ball to respond. When Lewandowski stopped the ball, Yaya Toure also took the initiative to follow the defense to the side.
Mbappe was flanked by Silva and Otamendi here, but he never allowed the opponent to complete the steal after knocking the ball continuously at his feet. When Yaya Toure rushed back to steal him, Mbappe lightly passed the ball back.
Sane passed by like the wind, slammed the ball to the middle of the penalty area and kicked a burst shot!
The football flew across an outer arc and flew towards the upper right corner of the goal!
Goalkeeper Caballero hastily made a save, and all the audience on the scene immediately cheered up, and the Manchester City fans were extremely panicked!
Seeing that Caballero was already powerless, the football flew towards the stands above the upper right crossbar of the goal!
call!
Not only the Liverpool fans sighed, but Situ Yunbing couldn't help turning around to show a look of regret.
The tone of the game has already determined that this will definitely not be a confrontation between the two teams, where the heaven and earth will be destroyed and sparks hit the earth!
Manchester City can't afford to lose, so why not Liverpool?
It's just that Liverpool is a guest, and at least they can hold their face.
"Sane's shot slips past the goal! Liverpool almost knocked Manchester City's goal!
This time Liverpool's offensive style of play has obviously changed. Lewandowski and Mbappe screened and contained Sane, and created opportunities for him. After cutting inside, Sane found a chance to kick a long shot.
It's a hair's breadth away! "
Guardiola was like a man on his back, and his palms were sweating.
It is not surprising that Situ Yunbing took the lead, but what surprised Guardiola was that Liverpool did not sacrifice or cut the defense.
This is exactly the embodiment of Situ Yunbing's calm side. The preparations are very thorough, the tone is what it is, and it will never be changed easily.
Three minutes later, when Liverpool launched an attack from the right and forced Manchester City's defense to tilt, Sane knocked the ball back to Kante, who quickly diverted the ball to the left.
Although the ball hit Manchester City's goal, it did not pose a threat.
The angle is right on!
Guardiola was pacing on the sidelines with a serious expression on his face. It is absolutely impossible to say that he would rather let Manchester City play a fast-break tactic in this game.
It's just that his backhand is reserved for the second half.
He expects to be able to penetrate Liverpool's defense and not give Liverpool enough time!
It can be seen that Liverpool's offensive has changed now. He is worried that if the situation continues like this, Manchester City may not have a chance to make moves!
It's just conceivable, once Liverpool score first, then according to Situ Yunbing's style, he will definitely use the leading advantage to the extreme!
Liverpool's change of play does not mean that after the change, they will completely stop playing the previous crossing tactics.
In the 23rd minute of the game, when Gareth Bale made a 45-degree pass from the left and hoisted the ball into the penalty area, Mbappe, who was quick, flexible and fast, succeeded in making a counter-offside shot from the right side of the penalty area and almost broke the goal, which shocked all Manchester City players and fans.
Thanks to Caballero's steady play and saved the ball!
"Mbappe missed a great chance! Gareth Bale's pass was so sudden!
Mbappe's running position also has a tacit understanding with him!
Otamendi and Stones did not keep an eye on Mbappé, Manchester City's defense should be careful! "
Situ Yunbing looked up to the sky and sighed, this kind of missed opportunity is really unforgivable.
Guardiola gritted his teeth and gestured to the players on the field. Manchester City's backhands are going to start early!
Otherwise, there may be no chance to shine the sword!
In the 26th minute of the game, when Manchester City attacked from the left side of the frontcourt, Sterling waded the ball to Azpilicueta. At this time Silva took the initiative to run up to meet him. Sterling passed the ball shortly. Silva knocked the ball back under the defense of Henderson.
Mahrez made a quick inside cut to grab the ball before Coulibaly made a clearance and then pushed the ball to the middle of the goal. Aguero ran quickly to outflank, but it was a pity that he was a bit late!
The football bounced off the baseline two meters outside the far post.
"Manchester City also played a threatening attack, but it's a pity that Aguero started slowly this time!
If Aguero can accelerate the outflank earlier, then this ball is a great opportunity!
It seems that the situation of the game has become more subtle, and both teams are exerting restraint! "
Situ Yunbing squinted his eyes and carefully explored Manchester City's offensive changes.
Against the backdrop of an immovable defense line, Silva and De Bruyne are the core of the change, and the two indeed have top-notch organization and creativity!
Situ Yunbing gestured to Kanter, asking him to defend the penalty area as much as possible.
In any case, Sterling and Mahrez are the most dangerous players in the offense!
Aguero is already a bright card, and the team will naturally limit him at the first time.
In the 29th minute of the game, Lewandowski retreated to respond in Liverpool's frontcourt attack, resisting the pressure from Yaya Toure. He knocked the ball across the front left of the penalty area.
Situ Yunbing's heart couldn't help pounding.
Don't dare to have any more wounded people appear!
Fortunately, Gareth Bell returned to the court after simply receiving treatment.
Sane took the direct free kick, and the football he played failed to go over the wall and was cleared by Stones' header.
Kanter controlled the ball in front of the middle circle, Aguero rushed up to counter-grab, Kanter was bold, changed the direction of the ball to complete the breakthrough, and then passed the ball diagonally to the right outside the penalty area, Henderson took the initiative to run here.
Since Manchester City defended the free kick just now, the formation retreated deeply, which made Liverpool take the initiative to press a lot, but they will definitely retreat far away immediately after failing to make a hit.
Henderson's cross was hoisted to the rear of the penalty area, and Lewandowski flew in the running position and shot!
Although he touched the football, he couldn't control the ball better because of the extreme shot, which caused the football to hit the goal net uncontrollably!
Manchester City fans made a false alarm again, but they still have lingering fears!
"Liverpool created a threat with a set-piece attack followed by a second attack, Lewandowski responded to Henderson's cross and hit the goal net!
Overall, Liverpool's offensive threat today is greater than that of Manchester City, but they always gain momentum without scoring. It looks very threatening, but there is no way to score! "