From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 376 Leading at Anfield

BBC解说本场比赛的主持人加里·莱因克尔还在介绍着与本场比赛相关的情况：“利物浦近2个赛季均遭曼联双杀，但上赛季在欧联杯中淘汰曼联。曼联上次对阵红军联赛5连胜还是2008年，上次联赛客场3连胜还是2005年。双方英超交锋48场，利物浦13胜8平27负处于下风，其中主场8胜4平12负。此前双方历史交锋196场，利物浦65胜52平79负处于下风。克洛普5次对阵穆里尼奥取得3胜1平1负，斯图里奇和埃姆雷·詹轮换出场。曼联轮换2人，阿什利·扬和费莱尼迎来赛季联赛首次首发。”

Manchester United's upcoming schedule is very dense and cruel, and Mourinho is already making appropriate rotations of the starting lineup to cope with the tight schedule.

In this game, Mourinho arranged a formation more similar to 4231. The goalkeeper is naturally De Gea, and the back line from right to left is Valencia, Van Dijk, Smalling and Blind, Kante and Felipe. Lenny partners with double midfielders, on the forward line, Bruno is in the center, Ashley Young and Rashford are separated on the left and right, and Ibrahimovic's single arrow comes forward.

However, when Ashley Young and Rashford are in better positions, Manchester United's formation is still Mourinho's best 433.

For the home team Liverpool, Klopp also arranged a 4231 formation. Goalkeeper Karius; back four of Klein, Matip, Lovren and veteran Milner; captain Henderson and Emre Can form a double midfielder; forward line Coutinho and Firmi Novo and Mane are lined up; the single arrow is Sturridge. When Firmino and Mane are in good positions, Liverpool can also change the formation to 433.

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Bruno looked at Liverpool's lineup, especially their forwards and defenders. Later, Klopp led the team to conquer the Premier League and Europe. Most of the main players were already in the lineup, but the two core players, center back Van Dijk, Having been poached from Southampton by Manchester United, Bruno is wondering whether he should suggest Giaretta to poach Salah as well.

After all, with his relationship with Salah, if Manchester United is interested, Salah will not refuse.

I just don’t know, without Van Dijk, the defensive anchor, and Salah, the soul of the "Red Arrows", where will Klopp take Liverpool?

Bruno's long shot gave Manchester United a chance for a corner kick, but his teammates did not seize the opportunity. After the football was kicked out by Bruno, no one grabbed the ball. The football was firmly held by Karius who attacked.

Liverpool then tried to counterattack. They all still remember what coach Klopp asked them before the game: not to shrink the defense, but to attack the opponent. Only attacking can avoid being suppressed.

However, their offense did not achieve any satisfactory results. The attack went through and soon ended with Sturridge shooting the football into the stands.

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Manchester United reorganized their attack.

Bruno signaled goalkeeper De Gea to pass the football to him, and the Spanish goalkeeper obediently passed the ball over.

After Bruno received the ball, he turned around and led forward, and then made a one-two against the wall with the forward Ashley Young who retreated to meet him. He passed the football to Ashley Young and then continued to run forward. Ashley Young didn't turn around and knocked the ball directly with the outside of his instep.

Bruno received the ball and met Liverpool's midfielder Jordan Henderson.

Henderson was born in the youth training system of Black Cat Sunderland, but he moved to Liverpool as early as 2011. In July 2015, Gerrard became the captain of Liverpool after leaving for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Henderson, who has played for Liverpool for many seasons, is not only Liverpool's captain, but also Liverpool's main midfielder. He has excellent defensive ability and has good passing and control abilities. He is an all-round midfielder who is good at both offense and defense.

Seeing Henderson rushing forward, Bruno first made a move to pass the football to the right. When Henderson's center of gravity moved a little in that direction, he suddenly stepped on the football with his left foot and pulled the ball back. Henderson missed, and Bruno calmly pushed the football forward with his left foot, then started and passed the opponent.

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Bruno, who passed Henderson, did not pass the ball, but strode the ball directly towards Liverpool's ribs.

When Emre Can, another defensive midfielder of Liverpool, saw Bruno's posture, he thought he was going to break through from the ribs, and rushed to stop him.

Bruno has been waiting for this opportunity. From the moment he passed Henderson, he was calculating the development of the situation on the field in his mind.

He noticed that after Ashley Young played one-on-one with him, he ran to the right wing while Rashford moved closer to the center. So he looked up to observe the opponent's situation while dribbling the ball. He found that after Henderson was passed by him, Liverpool's defense seemed very thin. As long as the pass and run were appropriate, he could easily find the space, so he began to intentionally pass the ball. Rib belt to the right.

After Emre Can came up, Bruno did not continue, but passed the football to Ashley Young who was pulled to the wing.

After receiving the ball, Ashley Young did not break through from the wing, but suddenly cut inside. When Liverpool's full-back Milner and center back Lovren both focused on him, Ashley Young Suddenly a through ball from the outside was passed.

The football rolled past Liverpool left-back James Milner and into the penalty area. Milner and Lovren turned around at the same time and saw that Rashford, who was still in the center of the penalty area just now, had received the ball!

A beautiful direct pass and diagonal penetration!

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<divclass="contentadv">"This is Manchester United's chance!" BBC commentator Lineker shouted.

The guest who partnered with Lineker to commentate on this game, Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand, said: "Look at this ball... a beautiful pass!"

Another guest, Liverpool star Carragher: "..."

When Rashford received the ball, his back was facing the direction of the goal. Liverpool's other central defender Matip rushed over, intending to block the position and prevent the opponent from turning around.

In this case, the threat of an attack can be considered eliminated. Unexpectedly, as soon as he started, he saw Rashford turn around and sweep with his right foot, passing the ball low!

Liverpool goalkeeper Karius and center back Matip did not react and watched the football pass in front of them and roll to the goal.

What Ibrahimovic was waiting there to do was very simple. He blocked the football into the goal with a flick of his ankle.

"GOOOOOOOOOAL!! Ibrahimovic! Ibrahimovic! This is his 7th goal in 6 league games this season! The top scorer in Ligue last season has been in good form since coming to Manchester United, scoring goals continuously!"

"Oh... beautiful! Beautiful! Ibrahimovic scored again! Manchester United leads 1:0 away from home!"

At this time, only three minutes had passed since the start of the game.

The Manchester United fans in the stands immediately cheered. The team did not let them wait too long and used their best offense to tear open the opponent's defense.

And Liverpool fans still haven't recovered. The game has only started for three minutes. Why is their team lagging behind?

If it was inevitable that their opponent would score a goal in the first three minutes, they might feel more balanced if they felt that this opponent was Manchester City. But now, it turns out to be Manchester United, whom they hate the most, and it's not a good feeling.

The director cut the camera to the VIP box in the stands, and fans around the world saw a familiar face: Sir Alex Ferguson.

The old man, who is about to turn 75, also came to Anfield Stadium to watch the game. Sitting with him was another Manchester United legend, Sir Bobby Charlton.

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When Manchester United players celebrated the goal wildly at Anfield, the Liverpool players at home fell into silence.

There was a moment of silence, and when play resumed, they began to fight back.

"The cousin army! The cousin army! You are a group of shameless ugly cousins!!"

"Ibrahimovic, you Viking, go back to your hometown!"

Manchester United fell into a slump after Ferguson retired, and their arch-rivals Liverpool were no better.

In fact, since Benitez left Liverpool, the Red Army has basically stayed away from the Champions League competition.

During this period, Rogers led Liverpool to the championship in the 2013-2014 season. However, in the game against Chelsea, the Red Army captain Liverpool's unparalleled slip not only slipped away the last victory of his career. The opportunity to win the Premier League title also puts Liverpool back into the dust.

In the 2015-2015 season, Liverpool only ranked sixth in the Premier League and did not even get a Champions League spot. They could only participate in the Europa League.

In the 2016-2017 season, Liverpool's performance in the Premier League was even worse. Rogers, who was only ranked tenth after eight rounds of league games, was kicked out. After Klopp took over midway, although Liverpool reached the finals of both the League Cup and the Europa League, it could not Lost in both finals. In the league, Liverpool finally ranked eighth and did not even qualify for the League Cup. This means that Liverpool can only participate in domestic competitions in the UK this season.

The former hegemon of England and five-time Champions League winner has now fallen to this level. It is no wonder that Liverpool fans have a huge psychological gap and are somewhat unbalanced.

On the one hand, they feel that their team is still a strong team in the Premier League, but on the other hand, the cruel reality tells them that their glory has long become a thing of the past. Today's Liverpool is no longer considered a strong team. Their road to revival still has a long way to go, and they have no reason to be proud when facing Manchester United. But the fans were unwilling to accept this reality, and the team was incapable of beating Manchester United, so they could only "defeat" their opponents verbally.