heir to the red devil

Chapter 664 Klopp's Championship Dream

If Kintag was asked to choose the player with the best performance this season in his mind, he would choose Griezmann without hesitation.

This season Griezmann ushered in a big explosion. Not only did he score a lot of goals in various competitions, but he also relied on large-scale running and frequent retreats to get the ball, which also played a big role in the team's midfield connection. big effect.

Kintag sometimes thinks: If he has won enough championships this season, and the French team can perform well in the European Cup next year, then Griezmann is fully capable of competing for the 2016 Golden Globe Award!
However, it is still early to study these, and there will be many uncertain factors in everything.

In January 2016, the League Cup and the FA Cup started one after another, and Manchester United will usher in a third-line battle.

In the first round of the Carabao Cup semi-final on January 1, Manchester United will welcome rivals Liverpool at home.

In the third round of the FA Cup on January 1, Manchester United will welcome Sheffield United at home.

In the No.1 round of the Premier League on January 13, Manchester United will go away to Newcastle.

In the No.1 second round of the Premier League on January 17, Manchester United will play away against Liverpool.

In the No.1 round of the Premier League on January 23, Manchester United will welcome Southampton at home.

In the second round of the League Cup semi-final on January 1, Manchester United will continue to slam against Liverpool in the away game.

Three Premier League games and three cup games, Manchester United's January is not easy.In these six games, Manchester United will meet Liverpool three times, which makes many fans talk about it.

Liverpool's performance this season is still not very good. They are now ranked eighth in the league, and it is very difficult to compete for a place in the Europa League.However, Liverpool's top management still supports Klopp very much, and has given Klopp enough rights and sufficient patience.

Although he received high-level support, Klopp was very unwilling.Liverpool have always been able to play an excellent offense this season and have a perfect press, but the lack of strength in the back line is Klopp's heart disease.Therefore, this season, Liverpool has sometimes attacked superbly, and sometimes suffered a crushing defeat, and its state is extremely unstable.

Even so, Klopp still does not want to be empty-handed in his first season of coaching.The Premier League is hopeless, and he has not entered the European war. This season, Klopp's biggest sustenance is on the domestic cup. What he hopes most now is to win the FA Cup or the League Cup, and give the board of directors and fans some surprises. , so that they can have more trust in themselves.

Therefore, in a recent league game, Klopp hid a number of main players, just wanting to stay strong for the next League Cup semi-finals.He knew very well that this game at Old Trafford would be very difficult.

On the afternoon of January 1, the first round of the League Cup semi-final, which has received a lot of attention, officially started at Old Trafford!
In this game, Liverpool formed a 4-3-3 formation, the goalkeeper is still Mignolet; the four defenders Moreno, Lovren, Kolo Toure and Klein; the three midfielders are Joe Allen, Luka Si and Emre Can; the three strikers are Firmino in the center, Coutinho and Lallana on the left and on the right.The seven players on the bench are also good: Jordan Ibe, Milner, Benteke, Bogdan, Smith, Randall and Brannagan.

And Manchester United still uses the familiar 4-4-2 formation: the goalkeeper is De Gea; the defense is Van Dijk and Coulibaly partnering central defenders, with Alonso and Valencia on the left and right; Kanter and Kroos, Mahrez and De Bruyne are on the left and right; the striker is a combination of Lewandowski and Griezmann.The substitute players are Romero, Kimmich, Nainggolan, Carrick, Fekir, Martial, Dybala.

From the first minute of this game, the two teams launched a crazy attack.

As a century-old enemy, from the moment Liverpool stepped into Old Trafford, there were huge boos from the entire stadium.The Manchester United fans cursed the Liverpool players loudly, wishing they could rush off the pitch to fuck these Liverpool players!

In the stands of the visiting team fans, although the number of Liverpool fans is limited, they also do their best to cheer for their team.

In the 16th minute of the first half, Manchester United's offense took the lead in achieving results.

This time it was still Manchester United's familiar rapid advance method. They passed De Bruyne's forward drive, causing chaos in the Liverpool penalty area, and finally Griezmann knocked on the goal guarded by Mignolet.

1 to 0!Manchester United take the lead!
This goal made all the home fans excited and cheered, and Old Trafford even shook for a while!
In the 34th minute of the game, Manchester United once again tore through Liverpool's defense through the midfield.This time it was De Bruyne's dribble. He handed the ball to Lewandowski in front. Lewandowski took the ball with his back and made a move to turn around, which attracted two defenders and Liverpool goalkeeper Minho. Ray's attention.

But Lewandowski didn't shoot. He passed the ball lightly to the front of the penalty area. De Bruyne shot angrily at the ball, and the ball went straight into the net!
2 to 0!Manchester United expanded the score!

In fact, Liverpool also had many opportunities in the first half, but their offensive opportunities were firmly blocked by Manchester United's defensive system.With Kanter's midfield sweep and Van Dijk and Koulibaly's defenses, Liverpool can hardly enter Manchester United's penalty area, let alone shoot.

In the entire first half, Manchester United had 13 shots and 8 hit the goal frame; while Liverpool had only 3 shots, and two of them were direct free kicks.Calculated in this way, in the first half of the game, Liverpool had only one chance to score a goal!
Klopp on the sidelines was also very anxious to see the situation on the field.Although he loudly encouraged his players to speed up the frequency of passing and receiving the ball and strengthen the pressing in the frontcourt, it still didn't help.The whole scene was firmly controlled by Manchester United, and the Liverpool people had no chance.

Klopp looked at the Manchester United players on the field, and he was very envious of Kintag.

If I can have a Kanter in my hand, or a defensive player like Van Dijk or Coulibaly, then Liverpool's current defensive ability will definitely be greatly improved.

In fact, he never imagined that in another world, Van Dyke had already become his capable general...

The final score of the first half was fixed at 2-0, and Manchester United was very satisfied with this score.They happily returned to the locker room to prepare for the second half of the game.The Liverpool people were downcast, and even Klopp frowned.

Will Liverpool have a chance of a comeback in the second half of the game?

Or will Manchester United continue to score goals and completely trample their mortal enemy under their feet?

(End of this chapter)