"How should we play against Arsenal?"

"One word: forbearance."

When Kravitz and Klopp discussed the tactical arrangements before the game, the focus was all on endurance.

"Boss, how can I bear it?"

"You don't fight back when you're hit, or you don't talk back when you're scolded?"

Klopp rolled his eyes.

"That's not called forbearance, that's called cowardice."

"We fight back!"

"We played the same tactics we were good at in Dortmund, 442, but changed to 424 on the counterattack."

"Give Arsenal the ball but don't give them space to play beautiful football."

"When Arsenal gradually relax and start to attack aggressively, we will definitely get the chance to counterattack."

"Then kill them with one strike, completely kill them!"

Klopp and Kravitz smiled at each other.

The two of them laughed strangely at the same time.

Let’s go back to April 4, the FA Cup semi-final.

After the game started, Arsenal indeed got the right to attack.

It was a beautiful pass, especially in the frontcourt, which fully utilized the talents of the attacking trident around Giroud's fulcrum.

The versatile striker Lacazette teamed up with the extremely fast Iwobi to repeatedly attack Liverpool's defense.

But Liverpool, who adopted a 442 formation, built a very stable defensive chain, kept the players close, and combined zone defense with pressing defense, preventing Arsenal from finding a comfortable space to score goals.

After creating a threat at the start, Arsenal never had any other chances.

As the game time passed, Arsenal's formation began to move forward gradually.

The 26th minute of the game.

"Arsenal's formation was clearly in the lead, with Bellerin pushing forward to join the attack."

"Wilshere passes the ball to the right from the defensive midfielder position, Bellerin comes in from behind to receive the ball, there is a chance to cross!"

"Low cross ball to Giroud!"

"A light tap of the heels, beautiful coordination!"

"Lacazette receives the ball and passes it to Iwobi!"

"Hit the door! Ouch!"

"It was a beautiful pass, but unfortunately the quality of the shot was a bit low and Karius caught it in his arms."

"This is Arsenal's tactical ability, it was a beautiful performance!"

Coach Zhang was praising Arsenal's attack when Karius, holding the ball, suddenly threw the ball with great force to launch a counterattack!

Throw it straight to the left, Bellerin pressed forward to attack and had not retreated yet. At this time, Mane had already ambushed in place. After receiving the pass from Karius, he turned around and dribbled the ball. Salah took a big step forward on the right!

Liverpool launches a lightning counterattack!

"Counterattack! Mane takes the ball and pushes it to Firmino."

"Give it back to Mane!"

Mane pushed the ball to Firmino, the Brazilian center forward leaned against the central defender with his back and passed the ball back to Mane.

Mane received the pass without making any adjustments and kicked the ball to the middle.

Lin Chen came from behind to meet the pass, and without stopping the ball, he shook his ankle and sent a powerful arc ball to the right!

Salah has moved forward!

"Lin Chen passed the ball to the right side, all with one kick!"

"Salah pushes forward on the wing, Liverpool have four against three in the frontcourt!"

"Firmino moves forward to distract the defense, giving Salah space!"

"Cut inside and pass the ball!"

"There's Mane at the back post!"

"Header!!!"

"Pretty!"

"Smooth! So smooth!"

"What do you mean by counterattack?"

"Mane scored, Salah assisted, Liverpool equalized the score!"

Gerard stood up and cheered!

"GOAL!!!"

"Mane scored a goal, an extremely sharp and quick counterattack, and beautiful teamwork!"

"It's the Crazy Four again!"

“MLSF completed a wonderful goal-scoring combination!”

"Arsenal paid the price for their forward attack and for leaving space behind Liverpool."

Arsenal legend Henry shook his head and sighed, he knew Bellerin had been fooled.

"Facing Arsenal, they played 442 and took the initiative to defend after the opening, obviously trying to relax the psychological defense of Arsenal players and lure them into attacking."

"After a long period of attack, Arsenal became anxious. They moved their formation forward and used the full-backs' attack to gain more chances."

"Bellerin's pressure did create space for scoring in the frontcourt, but after failing to score, Liverpool seized the opportunity to convert. What a beautiful counterattack tactic!"

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