The Greatest Performer on the Football Field

Watching the Manchester United players quickly return to the half-court waiting for kick-off, Klopp's face was very long, but he was not desperate. This game was not yet time to admit defeat.

Klopp was not desperate, but McFerran was completely desperate. He finally understood that Sun Wu was determined to defeat Liverpool today. This may have something to do with the racist slogans raised by Liverpool fans before the game.

In the next seven or eight minutes, Liverpool tried to push outwards, and Manchester United naturally gave up the high-position press and recovered.

Liverpool felt that with Sun Wu and Kante partnering as a double midfielder today, Manchester United's defense in the middle must have loopholes, but how could Sun Wu not know about this?

Sun Wu's countermeasure is to use the numerical advantage to make up for the lack of defensive quality. Both Griezmann and Falcao retreated to the central midfielder position to assist the defense, which means that these two people completely gave up the offense.

Within three minutes, Griezmann, Falcao and Kante stole the ball three times in the middle. Liverpool's midfield organization was in a mess. Not to mention Henderson and N'Zonzi, Coutinho himself is not that kind. A player with great organizational talent, Gotze was eventually forced to move in to catch the ball and assist in the organization.

In the 36th minute, Gotze moved in and played with Coutinho and then crossed the ball diagonally to the right. Piszczek made a low pass at high speed and Firmino struggled to get ahead of Van Dijk and stretched his legs to block the shot. , but this shot was deflected and high. This was Liverpool's first shot of the game.

Seeing Liverpool's midfield organization gradually becoming smoother, Sun Wu raised his right hand high and shouted a few words, making a tactical gesture towards his teammates.

Klopp on the sidelines was still wondering what this tactical gesture meant, but he soon understood.

In the 38th minute, Coutinho and Kanter were entangled. Van Dijk suddenly stepped in to steal the ball, and then immediately sent a long-distance diagonal ball without waiting for the opponent to press.

Facing Bailly's attack, Mane deftly poked the ball first, then jumped away and dodged Bailly from the other side.

Oh, Mane passed the ball...a beautiful pass!

Mane is accelerating... so fast, 2 against 3, 2 against 3!

Salah shoots... Joe Hart, Hart again, this is his sixth save in the first half.

Klopp sighed, of course he understood it now, but he couldn't come up with any good solutions.

Although Griezmann and Falcao both recovered to assist the defense,

But Salah and Mane on the two wings have super personal abilities. They are enough to produce high-quality counterattacks. Even if they don’t get a good shooting opportunity, Falcao and Griezmann will. Forward insertion support.

After all, Klopp's Liverpool lacks an excellent midfield organizer. Of course, this does not mean that Liverpool lacks the confidence to attack.

But facing Manchester United, which has a numerical advantage in defense, Liverpool has to deploy more manpower to be able to create a threat. The weakness in the backcourt will also be magnified. Matip, Bailey, and Nzonzi can withstand it. The impact of Salah and Mane?

In the rest of the first half, Liverpool cautiously recovered. They hoped to save the chance to decide the outcome until the second half. After all, they still have the advantage of away goals and only need one goal to eliminate Manchester United.

But Sun Wu was unstoppable, and immediately directed Manchester United to attack again. Klopp was so angry that his teeth were itching. Although Liverpool's midfield and frontcourt did not lack strong players in offense, they lacked absolute speed and lack of such skills. Players like Mane and Salah who can complete continuous dribbles while advancing quickly.

Gotze has good skills, but he is definitely not fast enough. Coutinho has the passing ability and the ability to shoot through the clouds, but speed and passing are not his strong points. Depay has speed, but on his side Opponent Pavard hasn't made many forward advances today, and he is being closely guarded. Firmino...well, let's not talk about it.

Seeing Salah and Mane turning heads on the wings, Klopp's eyes turned red. He began to miss Royce in Dortmund back then.

In the last few minutes, Sun Wu honestly did not push forward frequently. Instead, he and Kante protected the back and counterattacked from time to time. But without Sun Wu, Manchester United's offense was still very good.

In the 43rd minute, Salah hit a rainbow in the left rib. Joe Hart watched the ball fly to the far corner without any reaction, grazing the crossbar and barely flying out of the baseline.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Mane and Luke Shaw played a wonderful match against the wall and passed Piszczek, but were pulled down from behind by the Polish defender on the penalty area line.

The referee was aware of the situation and did not give a penalty kick, but only gave Piszczek a yellow card.

As Van Dijk received a header from Griezmann's free kick, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half.

In the Kop stands, applause and boos alternated from time to time.

Players from both sides walked into the tunnel in twos and threes. Sun Wu was a step slow because he said a few words to Rolf and Giggs... As a result, he had to leave the field under the cover of a riot police shield.

At the beginning of the game, the Liverpool fans on both sides of the tunnel were itchy. Now that only Sun Wu is there, how could they give up such a good opportunity...

Sun Wu, who pretended to be calm, was furious in his heart, he was bullying an honest person!

I remember how arrogant and domineering Bayern were back then, but in this meeting, except for Robben who couldn't control his mouth, even Hoeness didn't make any negative comments about Sun Wu and Manchester United...

Sun Wu encouraged himself in his heart... What I did was not good enough!

Back in the locker room, Sun Wu did not explain anything to McFerran or Rolf, but said this to all players who played and did not play.

Klopp is not a fool. 15 minutes is enough for him to find a countermeasure. Liverpool will definitely make adjustments in the second half.

But let's keep attacking!

Today we just needed to score!

Sun Wu's eyes swept over the faces of the attacking players in the midfield and frontcourt one by one. Griezmann, Falcao, Salah, and Mane who started today are all in good condition, especially Mane, who passes the ball one after the other. Shooting makes a great contribution.

Unless I have clear tactical gestures, I don't need to save energy or retreat deeply to assist defense. I just need to score goals, score goals!

Sun Wu turned to look at Van Dijk and Lucas, Liverpool's counterattack in the second half... If you need to foul, don't hesitate. On the one hand, don't give them a chance to shoot a direct free kick. On the other hand, don't be soft. After getting the yellow card, I will Substitute.

In other words, in today's game, unless there is injury, physical exhaustion, or a yellow card, I will not make any substitutions.

Forty-five minutes in the second half, we only attack from beginning to end. I want to crush them with goals!

After saying all this, Sun Wu looked at Phil Jones, Where are the things?

Phil Jones hesitated before taking out a piece of cardboard and a marker from his bag.

Sun Wu took it with a smile and wrote a number on the cardboard with a marker.

Heavy breathing sounded in the quiet locker room. Sun Wu was very satisfied to see that almost all the starting players were in high spirits and seemed to be able to run another marathon.