Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 187 Against Manchester United

At 10 o'clock in the morning on October 18th, China time, the 3th round of the Premier League in the 16-17 season was a focus match between Liverpool and Manchester United. The first match against Wooden Bird in the Premier League is also the first duel between "Mr. Billion" Pogba and Zhang Mai who have returned to the Premier League.

Anfield Stadium has long been crowded with people and singing loudly. Liverpool and Manchester in the north are very different. This is due to both historical factors and the unbalanced development of modern cities. Since they are all named after red, they have to be distinguished Make the first decision.

Liverpool has been in excellent form recently. They are now advancing in the league with a wave of 4 consecutive victories. This is also the longest winning streak in the Premier League led by Klopp.

In the past 7 rounds of the Premier League, Liverpool won Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester City and other teams in strong dialogues, but lost to Tottenham in the third round of adjusting the lineup. Zhang Mai played 6 games, 450 He handed over 8 goals and 8 assists in [-] minutes of playing time, continuing the personal performance of last season.

In addition to Manchester United, Ibrahimovic and Pogba, the two superstars of Manchester United, will also usher in the debut of the Double Red Club. If Manchester United wants to score points in the away game, the performance of these two will be natural. is very critical.

The game is about to start, Liverpool players wearing the traditional home red jerseys, Manchester United as a guest had to wear dark blue away jerseys.

The big screen on the sidelines displayed the starting players of both sides:

Liverpool: 4-3-3
1 - Karius;

2-Klein, 4-Van Dijk, 5-Lovren, 7-Milner;
15-Chamberlain, 23 Emre Can, 10-Zhang Mai;

19-Mane, 11-Firmino, 12-Mbappe.

Manchester United: 4-2-3-1
1- De Gea;
15-Blind, 12-Smolin, 3-Bailey, 25-Valencia;

27-Fellaini, 21-Herrera;
6-Pogba, 18-Ashley Young, 19-Rashford;

9 - Ibrahimovic.

"Zhang Mai leads the midfield, and No. 23 Emre Can, who is excellent in offense and defense, replaced No. 5 Wijnaldum as the starter. Mbappe partnered with Mane and Firmino as the striker; Manchester United, Fermino. Lenny starts, Rashford and Ashley Young partner, Ibrahimovic is still Manchester United's single arrow, and Rooney, who was Manchester United's first brother last season, did not start."

Zhan Jun is interpreting the lineups of both sides in front of the camera.

"Today's biggest highlight is not Uncle Zha and Mu Niao's on-the-spot casting, but Pogba's 5000 million euros against Zhang Mai's [-] million pounds!"

Huang Tao was not to be outdone, pointing out the biggest highlights to the audience.

"What 5000 million pounds? This summer, the German "Kicker" marked Zhang Mai's worth close to 9000 million pounds, which is equivalent to more than 5000 million euros. Zhang Mai signed a buyout in Leicester City last year. Liquidated damages contract, so Liverpool can use [-] million pounds to introduce Zhang Mai, it is estimated that they have made a lot of concessions in terms of personal treatment."

Zhan Jun sneered at the "Mr. Billionaire vs. 5000 million pound boy" hyped by the major media:
"Looking at the respective performances of the two since the start of this year, Pogba may not be able to show Zhang Mai's current statistics in seven more rounds; let alone the comparison of Liverpool and Manchester United's results."

Zhang Mai listened to the overwhelming cheers of the Red Army fans in the audience, and looked at Pogba in the opposite team.

Such a nonsensical Pogba, how long can Muniao, who has always managed the army strictly, endure it?

Zhang Mai turned his eyes to the coaching bench on the sidelines, and suddenly found that Mu Niao's unruly virtue was not much better than Pogba's, and he looked comfortable with the easy-going smile of Uncle Zha on the Liverpool coaching bench next to him.

The referee blew the opening whistle, and the first half began with Manchester United taking the lead.

Mu Niao and the Manchester United generals did not bluff this time, they were obviously running away to score points, and launched an attack against the guest at the beginning of the game.

In the 3rd minute, Rashford received a pass from Ashley Young on the right and ran all the way down to the penalty area, but the ball went straight out of the baseline in the end.

In less than 2 minutes, Pogba was brought down by Emre Can when he advanced in the midfield, and Ibrahimovic's frontcourt center set ball directly hit the goal and flew away.

Then Liverpool stabilized their position and began to attack Manchester United's hinterland.

Zhang Mai split the side in the middle, and Firmino, who temporarily changed positions with Mane, kicked a diagonal pass from the left to the penalty area, and the ball was cleared by Smalling's header.

The two sides began to fight in the midfield, and Zhang Mai and Pogba also faced each other directly several times, but the Frenchman of the chicken thief always kicked the ball, avoiding the physical confrontation with Zhang Mai.

In the 9th minute, Emre Can made a long pass from the backcourt to the penalty area. Mbappe stopped the ball too far and was directly confiscated by goalkeeper De Gea.

In the 10th minute, Ibrahimovic was tackled by Milner, Ashley Young set the ball from the left side of the front court and sent it into the penalty area, and Fellaini, who grabbed the point in the middle, was offside.

A few minutes later, Ibrahimovic retreated to the midfield and entangled with Zhang Mai. Pogba, who was freed up, shot a strong long-range shot in the frontcourt, but the ball went straight to the audience.

In 14 minutes, Valencia made a 45-degree oblique long pass from the right to the penalty area and was cleared by Van Dijk with a header.

In the 16th minute, Valencia knocked horizontally, and Pogba hit the goal with a long shot from the front of the penalty area again, which was confiscated by goalkeeper Karius.

In the 19th minute, Herrera moved a long pass to the right, and Rashford failed to stop the ball under Milner's interference and went straight out of the sideline.

Ibrahimovic mixed with Zhang Mai in the midfield, cheapening Manchester United's other offensive players, and the pressure in Liverpool's penalty area increased sharply.

This wave of continuous attacks finally made Ibrahimovic, who was eager to score goals, unable to hold back, and the Swedish high center also ran to the Liverpool penalty area.

In the 22nd minute, Rashford made a pass from the right, and the ball slid past the goal. Ibrahimovic, who advanced in the middle, failed to grab the point.

Zhang Mai quickly eased the rhythm in the midfield, began to sort out Liverpool's offensive line, and slowly brought the situation back on the field.

In the 25th minute, Zhang Mai passed Pogba and grabbed Emre Can, who made a diagonal pass when Herrera came up to intercept, and the German midfielder shot high with a long shot.

In the 30th minute, Zhang Mai was pulled down from behind by Pogba. Milner set the ball from the left side of the front court and sent it into the penalty area. Unfortunately, he was too close to the goal and was directly picked off by De Gea.

In the 33rd minute, Klein's cross from the right in the penalty area was blocked by the Manchester United defender and went out of the baseline. Liverpool won a corner kick.

Zhang Mai sent a corner kick from the right into the penalty area, but Ibrahimovic beat Firmino with a header to clear the siege.

In the 35th minute, Zhang Mai made another long pass from the midfielder, but it was a pity that Mane was offside.

In the 38th minute, Rashford tried to break through Klein on the right side of the front court and was cut off. Zhang Mai got the ball in the middle and immediately gave it to Mbappe on the right.

Mbappe took a big step along the sideline to the bottom, and finally passed back at 45 degrees near the bottom line. The ball passed to Zhang Mai's feet in the front center of the penalty area.

The running positions of Mane and Firmino took away the two central defenders of Manchester United. Zhang Mai took away Ashley Young who was beside him and volleyed directly. The ball passed through De Gea's fingers and entered the goal. upper left corner.

1-0, Liverpool finally scored a goal, Zhang Mai also ran to the stands of the fans, took out his own exclusive posture of looking up at the sky to celebrate, the audience was boiling!
After the re-kick-off, there was not much time left in the first half, and the Manchester United players began to worry.

In the 41st minute, Pogba went straight to the frontcourt after stealing the ball from his own backcourt. Ibrahimovic, who was stuck in Van Dijk's position, became angry and pulled someone to cause a foul.

In the 43rd minute, Bailey brought down Mane behind his back and received a yellow card.

At the end of the first half, Liverpool temporarily led Manchester United 1-0 at home. The two sides had mutual offense and defense. Generally speaking, the situation was a little peaceful. It was only in the last few minutes after Zhang Mai's goal that the field became gunpowder.

(End of this chapter)