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

Chapter 409: Repaying others with their own methods

When the Manchester United bus arrived at Old Trafford, the spotlights outside the bus windows flashed. Reporters and fans waited on the roadside to cheer for Manchester United.

When Mourinho led the Manchester United players out of the car, cheers rang out.

He is one of the biggest stars on this team.

Among the many Manchester United players who subsequently got off the bus, the person who received the most attention from the media was their midfield core Bruno.

After getting off the bus, Bruno did not accept interviews from reporters, but ran into the locker room first. It could be seen from his face that his expression was very serious.

This game is a double red event, so of course he will be more serious.

For Manchester United's players, they don't have much time to laugh and joke around. The game is imminent, and Liverpool is definitely coming with bad intentions.

The Old Trafford Stadium was already packed an hour before the game started. Despite this, there were still many fans outside the stadium, and they all had one thing in common - they were all holding signs asking for tickets.

The opponent in this game is Liverpool. Whether they are Manchester United fans or Liverpool fans, it is the biggest wish of these fans to enjoy a double red match at the scene.

When the players came out to warm up, the stands were filled with flags of both teams and various cheering slogans.

The enthusiastic atmosphere in the stadium made each of them feel excited, and they carried this emotion into the locker room.

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"This is a war between us and Liverpool! It is also a real battle of life and death!" Bruno shouted to everyone in the locker room. Head coach Mourinho has finished what he has to say, and there is still some time left for the players themselves.

Bruno is jumping into the emotions of his teammates and following him into the game. He doesn't want his teammates to find the rhythm of the game slowly during the game.

Against Liverpool, this is very dangerous and stupid. Because Liverpool under Klopp is a team with a fast pace. This "fastness" is not only reflected in the speed of dribbling and attacking on the court, but also in the speed of the team entering the game. .

If you don't want to be beaten through the goal by them from the beginning, or be beaten very awkwardly from the beginning, it's best to follow and get into the rhythm of the game as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Manchester United also has a lot of experience in this regard. In many competitions, they have scored from the beginning, which fully demonstrates that they enter the game faster than most teams.

But can it be faster than Liverpool?

"We beat them by a big score at their home court last time. There is no reason to return to our own home court and it will be worse. So everyone must play this game with the belief that we must win! We must Show your courage and let them have a taste of our football!!”

In the Liverpool dressing room, Klopp was speaking to his players: "I remind you once again how important this game is for us. This is not only a battle of life and death for us this season, but also a battle of dignity. !Revenge battle! At home, we suffered the most painful defeat in recent years. I don’t want that to happen again today.”

After speaking, he glanced at everyone in the locker room. Klopp is a master of psychology. He can detect the inner thoughts of players from some of their external performances. When he saw that everyone was ready, he waved his hand to signal them to come out.

"Remember, we are Liverpool. Against Manchester United, Liverpool will never fight for a draw!"

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When the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel under the leadership of the referee, the Old Trafford stadium erupted in huge cheers.

The moment they have been waiting for has finally arrived!

"Players from both sides appeared! Klopp made large-scale adjustments to the starting lineup for this game. Even the core midfielder Coutinho was temporarily placed on the bench by Klopp. League Cup semi-finals Coutinho did not start. Everyone thought that Klopp was saving his strength for this double red meeting, but today Coutinho still did not start. This arrangement is really unexpected. For Manchester United, this is It must be good news!”

Putting the core midfielder on the bench is indeed a very unexpected arrangement. Some people may even think that this is because Klopp knew that he could not beat Manchester United, so he simply stayed at Old Trafford and tried to get a place here. point.

But in fact, Klopp will never let the team let go, and his pride will not allow him to do so, so this game is not as easy and casual as the commentators thought.

For Manchester United, as Bruno said, this is a real battle of life and death.

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This is also true. The game between the two sides entered a fast-paced confrontation from the beginning. Whether it is Liverpool or Manchester United, both teams are characterized by speed. When two fast teams meet together, they will naturally speed up.

There were exciting scenes in the first minute of the game.

Bruno launched an offensive, and Manchester United quickly reached the opponent's hinterland. Ibrahimovic shot from outside the penalty area, and the football missed the post and flew out of the baseline, making the Manchester United fans in the stands happy in vain.

"Oh! Judging from this shot, Manchester United are in good condition! The game only started for one minute, and they had a threatening shot!"

In this game, Mourinho's tactical instruction to the team was to press the whole court and use rough fouls or big defensive actions to contain Liverpool's performance. For this reason, Mourinho sent Kante, Gundogan and Herrera, who have super running ability, in the midfielder position. These three people plus Bruno and Lingard in the frontcourt, Mourinho obviously It is intended to lock Liverpool in the midfield position.

And the Manchester United players faithfully executed it on the field. As soon as Liverpool kicked off the ball, Manchester United's players pounced on it and were inseparable.

Even if there is a kick in the backcourt, Bruno, Lingard and others will press forward.

Even if the opponent passes the football, they don't give up, they just change the target of the press.

It looks like the Liverpool players are teasing monkeys, but the Liverpool fans watching the game will definitely not think this is good. They are on tenterhooks every time the ball is passed. I was afraid that the pass would be too big, so I didn't stop and let the opponent seize the opportunity to steal the ball directly in the frontcourt.

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To be honest, Manchester United's full-court pressing strategy did bring some troubles and troubles to Liverpool's players.

You know, this was originally their strategy to deal with their opponents, and it was also Klopp's best tactic, but unexpectedly it was used by Manchester United to deal with them today, and it had a very good effect.

Under the almost mad-dog pressing of Manchester United players, they had to increase their passing and receiving speed.

On several occasions, when Firmino and other players dropped back to catch the ball in the frontcourt, Bruno, Kante and others immediately rushed behind them and stole the ball, making them unable to turn around and could only move the football. Passed it back again.

As a result, Liverpool's most proud rapid attack couldn't operate.

Later, Liverpool simply made a long pass from the backcourt to the teammates in front, intending to rely on the personal abilities of the frontcourt teammates to break the deadlock.