green showman

Chapter 971
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The loud and tidy "Never Walk Alone" came from the opposite screen. Zhan Jun had a complicated heart. As a die-hard fan of the Red Army, he really didn't want Liverpool to become a stepping stone for Manchester United to create a record of 19 consecutive victories.

However, the domestic media and the Internet all support Manchester United. To be precise, they support Sun Wu. Zhan Jun also has to admit that deep down in his heart, he also hopes that Sun Wu can lead Manchester United to create an unprecedented record.

"Ahem." Zhang Lu sensed his partner's distraction, and coughed twice to remind him, "Sir Alex Ferguson also came to Anfield today."

"Ha, this is quite surprising." Zhan Jun returned to his senses and smiled: "During the times of Moyes, Van Gaal and even Pochettino, Ferguson did not appear in the Manchester United stands many times, and this season Sun Wu took over. After that, Ferguson appeared much more frequently, even in the away stands."

Zhang Lu added: "Many celebrities from both sides appeared in the stands, Liverpool King Dalglish was also there, Carragher, Alan Hansen, Manchester United brothers Gary Neville and Philip Neville were also there. "

"This season Manchester United has won 18 consecutive victories after one draw and one loss, while Liverpool's performance in the first half of the season was slightly inferior, but there is no doubt that these two teams are the most attacking teams in the Premier League."

"It is true, and this season's Premier League scorer list is very strange. Diego Costa is far ahead with 18 goals, but there is no second Chelsea player in the top ten." Zhan Jun analyzed with great interest: " From No.2 to No.10, these nine places are divided among Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City."

"Sterling 13, Douglas Costa 9, Aguero 8."

"Firmino 11, Coutinho 9, Depay 9."

"Griezmann 13, Harry Kane 13, Falcao 11."

"From the dispersion of the number of goals scored, it can be seen that the offensive tactics of these three teams are more diversified, and the ways of scoring goals are also more comprehensive."

"Especially Manchester United, Lingard, Sun Wu, Bernardo Silva, Mane, Herrera, Milner all scored more than 5 goals, Van Dijk, Alderweirel in the defense Germany and Lucas have scored goals, they are the team with the most goals in the Premier League."

"Of course, in terms of the starting XI, Liverpool beat Manchester United because Falcao started and Harry Kane was on the bench."

"Okay, the players from both sides have already played, and the double red will be on the verge of breaking out!"

The moment Sun Wu walked out of the player tunnel, Sun Wu was greeted with boos all over the court. He couldn't help but look back and look up. There was a former Liverpool player who hated him very, very much sitting on the commentary seat above.

"Haha, Stephen, booing is useless to Best." Mortensen said to today's interim commentary partner Gerrard: "Maybe Best regards it as a medal."

"This is a warning to Best."

"Including the riot ahead?"

"I don't like extreme fans either, but I like the banners they put up outside the bus." Gerrard said sarcastically without the professionalism of a commentator. "I really hope that Best can live in peace!"

Mortensen coughed twice and picked up the starting lineup, "Best formed another 343 formation, with Van Dijk, Alderweireld, and Phil Jones forming a three-centre back, Lucas and Coleman on the wings, Can Te and Sun Wu in the middle, Bernardo Silva, Falcao and Griezmann form a trident."

"Basically nothing unexpected." Gerrard nodded, "Best has come up with the strongest lineup."

"But Harry Kane on the bench may become Best's trump card." Mortensen smiled and continued: "There is no surprise here for Klopp, and it is also the strongest lineup."

"Lovren, Matip, Piszczek, Robertson, Nzonzi and Henderson in midfield, Firmino, Depay, Gotze and Couti in front attacking four Neo."

"Shinji Kagawa, Lallana, Emre Can are all on the bench."

He exchanged team flags with Henderson, and Sun Wu's outstretched hand was ignored by the opponent. He shrugged at the referee Atkinson. Liverpool was very, very unfriendly to him today.

From the fan riots, to the long boos when he came out, to Henderson's intentional avoidance of shaking hands, even when he came out just now, the caddy refused to let Sun Wu hold his hand!

Soon, Sun Wu felt that all the previous unfriendliness was trivial!
"boom!"

This was a powerful collision in the air. Nzongzi accelerated forward and leaped high, pressed on Kanter's shoulder and flew up, carrying the jumping Sun Wu into the air!
Sun Wu rolled five times on the ground and complained to Atkinson angrily. The latter signaled Nzonzi to foul, but did not give the card, not even a verbal warning.

Among the top four in the standings, Manchester United is in the limelight. Manchester City has a record of 18 consecutive victories at the start. Even Conte has won 12 consecutive victories. Only Liverpool is flat. They are suffocating fire!

After the opening, Liverpool showed a different tactical thinking and mental outlook than Sun Wu expected.

No high pressing, but crazy pressing in the midfield, and even the attacking combination in the frontcourt puts more focus on the ball, fouls than attacking.

Firmino was the first to receive a yellow card within the first 10 minutes, but he, Gotze and Depay made it almost impossible for United to successfully hold the ball in midfield.

Henderson and Nzonzi's horizontal sweep was very large. They did not hesitate to accelerate and run back and forth. It seemed that the game only lasted 45 minutes instead of 10 minutes.

The Manchester United coaching staff all expected that Klopp would press high to preemptively strike, but they did not expect that Liverpool's recovery was very tight, the defense line was very stable, and the midfield press was basically completed only by the midfielders.

Obviously, Klopp wants to strike back.

In the 13th minute, Sun Wu patiently organized a series of passes, and then suddenly found Griezmann with a long pass. pass.

"A little bit... Gotze returned to defense in time!"

But Gotze returned to the defense hard and passed the ball to Lovren with a shovel ahead of time. The latter sent the ball forward immediately. Van Dijk pushed the ball back. After failing to touch the ball, Henderson, who received the ball, immediately sent another long pass.

"Oh, crazy Gotze..."

Gotze, who had just returned to defense, was running all the way, wading the ball away before Phil Jones.

Mortensen's voice rose, "Gotze...Gotze made a pass!"

"No threat, Van Dijk gave the ball back to De Gea."

Although Gotze worked hard on both ends of the offense and defense, the effect was very poor.

However, Sun Wu looked at Klopp vigilantly, and the guy was applauding vigorously on the sidelines.

Without thinking too much, Sun Wu knew what Klopp was thinking.

For 1 days in the first half of January, Manchester United played two more games than Liverpool, and suffered a lot physically.

But Klopp is very afraid of Manchester United's offensive power. Of course, he is even more afraid of Sun Wu's passing and changes. Guardiola has been defeated. Klopp doesn't think he is better than Guardiola.

To be frustrating, if the two sides have worked hard until the 75th minute, Klopp feels that Manchester United's chances of winning can be as high as [-]%.

And if Liverpool press high at the beginning, Klopp feels that it is too risky and may not be able to score, but with Sun Wu, Manchester United's counterattack quality will be very high, maybe Liverpool will have to concede the ball.

Therefore, Klopp chose to attack from behind. In the first half, he strictly guarded the defensive line. The midfielders pressed aggressively, and at the same time accelerated the rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions as much as possible. This is the reason why Lovren and Henderson sent long passes at the first time. .

Klopp hopes to consume the physical energy of Manchester United players as much as possible, and then in the second half through one or two counterattack fast breaks, or a sudden high press to get a chance to score.

Sun Wu sighed, the Club World Cup is really not a fun thing, and I don't know if I can give up...

How to break Liverpool's tactical thinking is very simple, just score a goal.

But the point is this, even if Manchester United has the best attack combination in the Premier League and even in Europe, it is not easy to break through Liverpool's gate.

(End of this chapter)