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Chapter 1027 Klopp's Envy, Jealousy and Hate

April 4, Old Trafford.

When he saw Manchester United's starting list, Klopp couldn't help but sighed. To be honest, Uncle Zha envied Sun Wu.

Uh, the word envy may not be accurate, it should be said to be envy, jealousy and hatred.

Ferguson retired in a hurry that year, and Moyes and Van Gaal also had many signings, but the main lineup still follows the Ferguson era.

Three years ago, Sun Wu came to Old Trafford and teamed up with Pochettino to clean up the three transfer windows, creating a brand new Red Devils, in addition to Phil Jones, De Gea, Fletcher Besides, all are newcomers.

Among them, Sun Wu's vicious vision has been recognized all over the world. The stars he nominated or personally introduced have basically shown outstanding performances. The only missed Shaqiri was not abandoned because of his competitive state. .

Last summer, Sun Wu introduced seven stars in one go. Except for Falcao, the others were unknown, but after one season, they were all highly praised by the industry.

Most of the newcomers were recognized in the first double red meeting this season. At that time, Klopp was a little envious, but now it has risen to envy and hatred.

What Klopp is envious of is that these seven stars will greatly enhance Manchester United's bench strength. What he is jealous of is Sun Wu's vicious eyes that almost never make mistakes. What he hates is why?
Why didn't I dig out Van Dijk and Fabinho, why didn't I snatch Mane and Salah...

Compared with the FA Cup semi-final three days ago, Sun Wu made great adjustments to the starting lineup today.

Pavard replaced Coleman in the start, Alderweireld replaced Phil Jones in the start, Luke Shaw replaced Lucas in the start, Milner replaced Mane in the start, Harry Kane replaced Griezmann in the start.

The starting 11 players removed the central axis De Gea, Van Dijk, Kanter and Sun Wu, who are basically impossible to adjust. Only Salah and Fabinho continued to start.

But Manchester United's overall strength has not declined, how can this not make Klopp envious! ?
Of course, Sun Wu chose to let Milner start as a left winger, which will affect Manchester United's offensive quality to a certain extent, but he doesn't care, Manchester United's main task today is defense.

Klopp also sees this very clearly. This is an away game, and Liverpool's task is to score goals.

"We saw that those who came to the scene today...Sir Ferguson, Sir Charlton, and the golden generation of Manchester United in 92." Zhan Jun followed the camera like a treasure, "Cantona, the last King of Old Trafford, also came There was also Roy Keane, one of the best captains in Manchester United's history, today is really a star."

"Liverpool's legendary captain Gerrard, who retired last year, is also in the stands." Zhang Lu added: "There is also Liverpool's owner John Henry, and Liverpool's CEO Martin Broughton."

"The referee blows the whistle, and the first round of the 2015-2016 UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Manchester United and Liverpool officially kicked off."

This is Old Trafford, and Manchester United wanted to avoid conceding the ball as much as possible, so Sun Wucai hid Griezmann and Mane and let Milner start.

As Sun Wu expected, Klopp made adjustments in the midfield, and Kagawa Shinji served as the starting midfielder. This Japanese attacker has nothing unique in organization, so the two wingers arranged by Klopp today are Lallana and Gotze, the double defensive midfielder in the last game, only Nzonzi, who has a better defense, started, and Emre Can replaced Henderson in another position.

Sun Wu expected everything, but Klopp did not, at least he did not expect that Manchester United did not defend after the opening, but pressed heavily to press high.

In the 3rd minute, Salah took the ball from the right and made a cross pass. Sun Wu kept the ball and stuffed it back to the right. Paval made a pass from the bottom and Harry Kane headed slightly higher.

In the 5th minute, Milner and Luke Shaw, who was pressing forward, combined to steal the ball from Arnold. The latter sent a 45-degree cross. Bailey made a header before Harry Kane, but Frye Toru overwhelmed Shinji Kagawa with a header to ferry, and Sun Wu shot 30 meters away from the goal, but Joe Hart lifted the crossbar with one hand.

Klopp on the sidelines looked at the passive situation on the field with a gloomy face, and kept complaining in his heart, Best is crazy, Manchester United is crazy, and it is unreasonable to risk your life at the beginning of the game!
But today Klopp considered that it would be difficult for Liverpool to get a chance to counterattack. The faster Sturridge and Depay failed to start. Shinji Kagawa needed to return to defense. Lana and Gotze are not the kind of extremely fast attackers, which leads to the low quality of Liverpool's counterattack.

"It's a little surprising. It's different from the double-red game in the last game. Today, it entered a white-hot state at the beginning of the game. Manchester United's high-level press caught Liverpool off guard." Zhan Jun shook his head and said, "Liverpool will lose the ball sooner or later if we continue to play like this."

"But if we continue to play like this, Liverpool will always find opportunities to play high-quality counterattacks." Zhang Lu has different opinions.

Hearing Mike Phelan's loud roar, Sun Wu glanced at Klopp, who called Firmino over and whispered something.

Sun Wu frowned and hesitated for a while, and gestured to his teammates to continue, but pulled Fabinho covertly.

In the 9th minute, Milner, who was interspersed in the middle, received a cross pass from Kanter. Sun Wu ran to meet it, but Milner hesitated. At this moment, a foot suddenly inserted between Milner and the ball. Followed by a powerful impact.

"Firmino steals the ball!" Mortensen shouted: "The Brazilian retreated so deep!"

There is a natural reason for the deep retreat. Firmino, who is not fast, did not pass the ball, but took the ball forward, and did not send a diagonal ball until Van Dijk forced him up.

Gotze on the right side immediately sent the ground oblique ball, Kagawa Shinji quickly started to throw away and followed Alderweireld!
"Dangerous!" Liverpool fan Zhan Jun blurted out. Shinji Kagawa threw off the defensive player in the penalty area. Although the angle was a bit small, as long as there was a cross pass, Lallana on the other side was plugging in at high speed.

Shinji Kagawa did choose the safest cross, and Lallana also managed to get rid of Pavar, who was closely following him.

But at this moment, a red figure slid forward and appeared in front of Lallana. He stretched out his long legs and took the risk to touch the ball...

"In the biography of Shinji Kagawa... oh, it's so dangerous!"

"Fabinho made a clearance at a critical moment and Lallana missed it!"

"Manchester United dodged a bullet!"

Zhang Lu, who had been nervous and silent all the time, let out a long sigh of relief, "Fabinho is so courageous, he touched the ball first, and it may become an own goal!"

Sun Wu, who ran back, was also patting his chest to soothe his beating heart, and Klopp's on-the-spot adjustment ability was also excellent.

Klopp temporarily switched Shinji Kagawa and Firmino. The former has speed, while the latter has better passing ability and immediately played a wave of high-quality counterattacks. If Sun Wu hadn't told Fabinho to pay attention to defensive positions , This time Tietie missed the ball.

Sun Wu raised his head and looked at the score board. It showed 10 minutes and 23 seconds. The original plan was to play for a quarter of an hour, but it seemed that it was going to end early.

But soon, Sun Wu changed his mind, football is round... many things were unexpected before the game.

(End of this chapter)