Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 984

Gerrard's contract with Liverpool will expire this summer. Since the end of last year, Gerrard has been discussing his future with the club. According to his plan, he certainly hopes to renew his contract with the club for one or two years. But the negotiation on the price between the two sides was not very smooth. Gerrard has only played a few years in his career. If he is not in Liverpool, he must go abroad to seek gold, but he also wants to spend more time in Liverpool. Of course he can retire here. the best choice.

Another reason why he doesn’t want to leave is to win a championship. He is astounded by Zhang Yuan’s adaptability. This season Zhang Yuan has helped the team score a lot of goals. Next season, everything in the team will stabilize. Gerrard guessed that the team would have a good harvest next season. He was eager for the league championship, and Zhang Yuan had promised him.

As a native of Liverpool and a Liverpool fan, he naturally dislikes Manchester United. He still remembers wearing Robson Manchester United's No. 7 jersey on the street when he was a child, because he admired the midfielder's England team. Performance.However, Gerrard's father called him into the room, asked him to take off his Manchester United jersey, and told him why he couldn't like Manchester United, saying that the neighbors would despise and laugh at him. From then on, he knew that Liverpool and Manchester United were incompatible. Therefore, he rejected the invitation of Manchester United and the powerful Chelsea, and became the loyal soul of Liverpool.

Sitting on the bench now, maybe this is the last time he played in the double red game. Watching Liverpool's passive scene on the field, he felt very uncomfortable. What made him even more heartwarming was that the situation on the field changed after a few minutes.

In the 14th minute, Manchester United attacked with the ball. Herrera took the ball in the middle circle and sent a precise oblique ball. Mata quickly inserted the ball and pushed the ball. The ball rolled into the far corner of the goal. At this moment, Liverpool's defense was useless. Sakho was too careless to pay attention to the distance with Mata, allowing Mata to easily exploit a loophole. The two central defenders were too late to fill in. Mignolet's attack was still timely, but Mata's shot was even more tricky.

Liverpool, who were playing at home, conceded the ball first at Anfield and fell behind Manchester United 0:1. You must know that this is Manchester United's first shot until now. Herrera's pass is too penetrating. Maybe another Sometimes he can't pass so accurately, but it is often such a split-second thing on the court.

Hearing the scolding from the Liverpool fans on the sidelines and the cheers from the visiting Manchester United fans, Zhang Yuan was extremely depressed. Today's situation is so rare that he didn't even take a shot!

But he doesn't know how to change it. Liverpool's state has completely lost the dominance of the five-game winning streak. There are a lot of mistakes, and the running is not as good as Manchester United.

Klopp was full of anger on the sidelines. What the players did was far from enough to win the game. When it came to running, they were so easily watched to death. Klopp couldn't believe it. The aftermath of the arduous battle, the players were exhausted, and finally showed a poor state.

Klopp began to adjust slowly. He tightened his formation and no longer pursued high pressure. The more this kind of pressure, the easier it is for Manchester United to find the loopholes in the midfield. Mata's goal just now was because of Liverpool. The high-post press failed and the midfielder leaked, allowing Herrera to get the space for an easy pass.

Klopp's current idea is very simple, at least he must stabilize his defense first and not allow Manchester United to easily find a chance to pass the gap, otherwise if he scores another goal, the game will be overwhelmed!
Zhang Yuan’s position also had to be moved back. In fact, Klopp’s helpless move was a good thing for Liverpool. At least Zhang Yuan’s distance from the midfield was closer, and the possibility of passing the ball on the ground was much greater. In this way, he can get the chance to get the ball at his feet, instead of getting into hand-to-hand combat with Manchester United players frequently. Don't forget that Zhang Yuan is also a good counterattacker.

However, such opportunities are not easy to come by. Manchester United's players are in good condition, especially Herrera is very active. Although he is a midfielder, he covers a large area and is also helpful to Manchester United's defense. Manchester United's passing and receiving speed is very slow, which is a characteristic of Van Gaal, and in fact this can be regarded as a shortcoming.

The pace of the Premier League is very fast, and each team is often very fast in terms of offensive and defensive transitions. The more Van Gaal emphasizes possession, the easier it is to drag Manchester United into a positional battle. This is why Manchester United is always playing against the enemy. The reason why it is very difficult for forwards is because they often face the opponent's dense defense, it is difficult to find space, and Manchester United lacks a real breakthrough player. Skills, speed and dribbling are not his strengths, but passing is his strength.

As a result, the slow Manchester United nominally maintained the advantage in possession, but Rooney was at a disadvantage when facing Degan and Skrtel, finding no chance to shoot.

Fortunately, they did a good job in possession of the ball, and all the statistics on the scene suppressed Liverpool.

Liverpool's defense is much more stable, but the offense is still a bit poor. It was not until the 20th minute of the game that they completed their first shot of the game. Sterling made a 45-degree diagonal pass from the wing. Lin had the upper hand in the contest and headed the goal, but under the interference, the ball was a little weak and was easily obtained by De Gea.

Zhang Yuan is depressed now, but I don’t know who to blame. It seems that everyone is working hard, but the ball is still too little at his feet. A few times he did it by himself, but the ball never returned again. If this continues, There was no hope of winning for Liverpool at all.

Klopp's face on the sidelines is not good-looking, quite bad-looking. The team's defense at this stage reassures him, but the offense is not capable of causing too much trouble for the opponent. Zhang Yuan is restricted because he has the ball. There are few opportunities. The key is that Liverpool players still habitually choose to play the ball in the air when facing high pressure. Klopp repeatedly shouted loudly, hold on, and walk on the ground. Opinion, but when the situation is at a disadvantage, the minds of Liverpool players are unstable.

Seeing the siege of Manchester United, I felt that I was in a dangerous situation and wanted to clear the ball as soon as possible.

One side is besieging but not attacking and the other is not attacking well. The two teams are entangled. Compared with the scene at Old Trafford last time, it is much uglier. Liverpool fans are not disappointed when they see such a scene. On the contrary, I have been expecting the team to equalize the score in the counterattack. It seems that Manchester United has no way to take Liverpool!

The loyal Liverpool fans started singing again, singing the team song, and singing songs written for Zhang Yuan. Everyone expected Zhang Yuan to explode like the savior, but until the end of the first half, Zhang Yuan failed to explode, and neither did Liverpool. Outburst, Van Gaal was satisfied with the score of 1:0. He was quite satisfied with this scene. People say that Van Gaal is actually a representative of offensive football. This is true, but there are also times when the score is clear.

Today, Manchester United's opponent is Liverpool. Now, Liverpool, which is known as a scoring madman by the outside world, has a very strong offensive power. It is impossible for Van Gaal to completely consider his own offense. He has rich experience and knows the strategy from a whole game To lay out the game overall, he does not need Manchester United to have a lot of shooting opportunities. Ball possession is the means, and offense relies on quality. As long as the quality is played, it doesn’t matter even if there are only two shots. The rhythm of something big.

"I'm so disappointed in your first half! What the hell are you doing?! You are facing Manchester United! Our natural enemy, but what about the fucking desire you showed?! Determination?! "Klopp sprayed on the players when he returned to the locker room. He sprayed for a reason, and the Liverpool players had nothing to say.

"It's not because of your fucking practice!" Digan murmured in his heart. He was relatively relaxed in this rare game, because many people participated in the defense. It was no problem for him to fight against Rooney. Today Rooney is also restricted to death, so that Rooney can do nothing.

(End of this chapter)