Chapter 604: Long-distance attack, capture Anfield!

"Liverpool's counterattack in the frontcourt is great!"

"Salah! He's running with the ball!"

"He passed Laporte, cut inside and shot, and the ball went in!"

In the CCTV studio, the commentator who was broadcasting the game live praised Liverpool's goal after seeing it.

"Salah played this ball beautifully, especially the dribble, which was a bit like Lin Quan's!"

"Yes, Laporte was beaten very cleanly!"

The partner next to him echoed:

"But the main credit for this goal should go to Milner. If he hadn't seized the opportunity and given the ball to Salah to initiate the attack, there would be no goal!"

On the field, after scoring the goal, Salah retreated while pointing at Milner who passed the ball to him, obviously telling everyone who was the biggest contributor to this goal.

The Liverpool fans in the stands were very excited. They first shouted Salah's name and then started singing Milner's song.

Milner has been in Liverpool for several years and has worked diligently for the team for several years. He has long been recognized by Liverpool fans.

And today, on such an important occasion, in the game against his old club, he was able to perform in such a state, which surprised the fans even more.

The players produced by Manchester City are really useful!

On the sidelines, Klopp waved his arms vigorously and celebrated excitedly.

This goal came at the right time and it immediately reversed the situation that Liverpool was gradually falling into.

With this goal lead, Liverpool players should be more confident in their tactics.

On the other hand, after Manchester City conceded the goal, their tactical arrangements might be disrupted, and they might not be able to continue organizing the attack so leisurely.

Of course, just one ball is not enough.

Facing a strong rival like Manchester City, they must expand their lead as much as possible so as to avoid being reversed by their opponents in the second leg.

They have witnessed with their own eyes Manchester City's ability to counterattack in desperate situations. They were able to equalize the score when the score was 1:4. Now one goal is really not safe.

In Manchester City's coaching booth, Guardiola's expression did not change at all when he saw the opponent score a goal.

It seemed like they had been prepared for this, so they were not surprised by the result at all.

Of course, this is just what it looks like on the surface. In fact, he is also very depressed in his heart.

Guardiola glanced at the game time on the big screen and saw that it was only 20 minutes.

Liverpool's players still have plenty of physical energy. With the stimulation and encouragement of the goal, their offensive will definitely become crazy again in the next period of time.

As a result, it will be very difficult for Manchester City to press forward. For the next period of time, or even the entire first half, they may be suppressed by the opponent's offensive.

Guardiola's prediction was very accurate, and Salah's goal did give Liverpool players a shot in the arm.

With their morale boosted, they ran more aggressively and pressed more resolutely.

Under the opponent's crazy pressing, Manchester City's formation had to retreat, otherwise the three lines would be divided by the opponent due to the long distance, resulting in disconnection.

But as soon as he retreated like this, the opponent's full-backs on both sides came up.

Chamberlain, who performed well in the last game, continued his excellent form in this game.

In the 25th minute of the first half, he dribbled the ball down the wing and made a cross.

The quality of this cross was very high, and with two Liverpool players in the penalty area, in the chaos, it posed a considerable threat to Manchester City's goal.

Fortunately, Ederson is very tall and has a strong ability to handle high balls.

He accurately judged where the football would land, rushed out of the goal, and took the ball off the opponent's head, preventing the opponent from getting a header.

Manchester City escaped a disaster! After Ederson got the ball, he saw a large gap on the right side and immediately threw the ball over with a strong hand.

On the sidelines, Guardiola frowned slightly after seeing Ederson's move.

In the last game, Ederson made a mistake because he was in a hurry to pass the ball, and passed the ball directly to the opponent's striker Salah, causing Manchester City to lose the ball.

Seeing Ederson so anxious again this time, I couldn't help but worry that he would repeat the same mistake.

Fortunately, Ederson did not act rashly this time. Before throwing the ball, he had observed it in advance and made sure that the ball would not cause a mistake before he chose to do so.

David Silva saw the ball flying towards him and took a few steps back to prepare to catch the ball.

But at this moment, he used the corner of his eye to see Liverpool's left-back Robertson rushing towards him.

If he just receives the ball like this, he will be entangled by the opponent and will probably not be able to complete the turn, and can only knock the ball back.

At this time, most of Liverpool's players were in Manchester City's half. If he knocked the ball back, his teammate who received the ball would be pressed by the opponent in the first place, and there was a high possibility that he would be double-teamed.

This is Manchester City's half. If they lose the ball here, the team's defense that has just pressed forward will likely be caught off guard, and they may lose a second goal.

Thinking of this, David Silva planned to control the ball under his feet first, delay time on the wing, and after his teammates got into position, he would find a way to kick the ball onto the opponent's body and make it go out of bounds.

In this way, the ball is still in their hands and they can also resolve the threat of a counterattack by the opponent.

But just as he was about to do so, he saw a blue figure approaching him.

Although he didn't have time to see clearly who it was, David Silva immediately guessed the other person's identity.

Thinking of this, he changed the way he received the ball without thinking too much, jumped up with effort, and passed the ball to his teammate before Robertson.

The person who received the pass from David Silva was none other than Manchester City's captain, Lin Quan, who was wearing the number 10 jersey!

Before Ederson threw the ball, Lin Quan had already seen the huge space on the right, so he moved towards there immediately to see if he could find an opportunity.

He knows Ederson's character. He is a goalkeeper who is very good at finding opportunities to counterattack. He will definitely not miss such an opportunity.

As it turned out, Lin Quan guessed right.

Originally, he came over intending to cooperate with David Silva, but after seeing the opponent's full-back rushing to steal the ball, Lin Quan changed his mind.

He saw an opportunity to tear apart the opponent's defense! The opponent's full-back Chamberlain could dribble the ball from the front of his own penalty area all the way to the bottom line of Manchester City. Lin Quan, who was near the midline and in a more forward position, had no reason not to be able to do it.

“Stop him!”

When the retreating Liverpool players saw who received the ball, they all started to panic.

They didn't know when Lin Quan came here. The players marking him were so focused on the attack that they ignored the player who posed the greatest threat to Liverpool.

At this time, there were only two people in Liverpool's half, Lorentz who was lagging behind and their goalkeeper Karius.

Can these two people stop Lin Quan, the best striker in the Premier League and even the world?

In one word, difficult!

When Milner shouted this, he was already running back desperately.

But after Lin Quan received the pass from David Silva, he started to speed up immediately.

He moved forward along the center line and took the initiative to move towards Liverpool defender Lorentz who was retreating.

The Croatian was already sweating profusely. Facing such a famous guy, he was really under a lot of pressure.

Lorenzo did not dare to attack rashly because he had seen Lin Quan's dribbling highlights, in which many of them were easily dribbled past by him after his opponents took the initiative to steal the ball.

The opponent's footwork is faster than that of an ordinary person, his body is more flexible, and his fake moves are very realistic.

We must not kick the ball easily, otherwise, if we make a mistake, there will be no chance to make up for it.

Lorenfu's mind was still clear. He knew his own strength and knew that he could not stop the opponent by himself.

So he retreated while praying that his teammates could get back to defense as soon as possible.

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Since Van Dijk became famous in Manchester City, many people have begun to study and imitate his retreating defense.

You know what, I actually figured out some things just by taking a look at it.

Many experts confidently stated that Van Dijk's defensive strategy is the best strategy to deal with attackers like Lin Quan and Messi.

Don't rush in blindly to avoid being easily passed.

Keep your position to prevent the opponent from cutting inside.

Control the reasonable distance and continuously compress the opponent's dribbling space.

When the opponent is forced into a corner and tries to break through by force, decisively use physical confrontation and the favorable position you occupy to disrupt the opponent's dribbling rhythm, allowing the goalkeeper or your teammates to steal the ball from the opponent's feet.

The experts' analysis is actually quite correct, even Van Dijk had to say "that's a great idea, Boss".

However, this defensive strategy is not suitable for everyone.

Van Dijk has a good sense of positioning, strong physical confrontation ability, and first-class predictive and stealing abilities.

These abilities are the basis for his retreat and defensive tactics.

If you are missing any one of these, you won't be able to use this defensive tactic.

For example, for Lorenzo, the first ten meters seemed to be fine.

But as Lorenzo retreated, he realized something was wrong.

Looking back, he felt disappointed as he discovered to his amazement that he was almost reaching the top of the penalty area and was about to retreat into the penalty area.

He couldn't retreat any further. Once he retreated to the penalty area, he wouldn't even dare to commit a foul. By then, he would be restricted and would not be able to stop the opponent.

So he stopped retreating and rushed towards Lin Quan with the resolution to die bravely.

The worst that can happen is a yellow card. Even if it's a foul, I'll keep you.

Lorenfu has a good idea in his mind, but the problem is that the other party will not give you this opportunity!

Seeing that Lorentz lost his patience and took the initiative to steal the ball, Lin Quan simply pushed the ball sideways lightly, and easily separated himself from the opponent. With the help of the cover provided by the opponent's body, he immediately shot at the same time.

The kick was so sudden that even the goalkeeper didn't expect that he could complete the shot while dribbling the ball at such a high speed.

In addition, his vision was blocked by his teammates, and his reaction was slow. He only completed his jump when Lin Quan kicked the ball out.

It would be too late to jump at this time.

The football whizzed into the goal from his side!

The score became 1:1, and Lin Quan used his superb personal strength to equalize the score in a long-distance run.

The smiles on the faces of Liverpool fans in the stands disappeared, or to be more precise, shifted to the faces of Manchester City fans opposite.

The Manchester City fans who traveled with the team to the away game were laughing as exaggeratedly as they could, for fear of giving Liverpool players less stimulation.

The score of 1:1 seems to be a draw, but it is actually more favorable to Manchester City.

Because this is an away game, and away goals are very valuable.

If the two teams are tied in the end, Manchester City will most likely advance to the semi-finals with the advantage of away goals!

On the sidelines, Guardiola was also extremely excited when he saw Lin Quan score such a beautiful goal.

He clenched his fists tightly, turned around excitedly, looked at the stands where the visiting fans gathered, raised his arms, and signaled the fans to applaud and cheer louder.

When Manchester City fans saw Guardiola's actions, they cooperated and tried to make louder noise.

But the Liverpool fans on the side also reacted at this time. This is Anfield and they will not allow fans of the visiting team to act recklessly here.

So, Guardiola was responded by boos from the whole stadium.

A huge boo suddenly sounded, not only completely covering up the noise made by more than 3,000 Manchester City fans, but even scaring the Manchester City fans who were celebrating on the field.

Tsk, I can't help it, are you booing? Wait, this is just the beginning! When I think of the tactics arranged by the head coach before the game, especially the tactics in the second half.

The Manchester City players on the field looked at each other and smiled, with particularly bright smiles on their faces.

Don’t Liverpool like to press high? Don’t they like to run?

Then I'll let you run as much as you want, and you're not allowed to stop! ...

Lin Quan's goal dealt a big blow to Liverpool's morale. The team had just scored a goal and was preparing to expand the victory in one go!

Unexpectedly, the opponent took advantage of the empty backcourt to launch a sneak attack, and the attack was successful.

This made them feel very frustrated. After all, it was extremely difficult for them to score a goal, and the opponent equalized the score with just one counterattack. This made many Liverpool players begin to doubt their lives.

What was the point of their previous hard attack? Liverpool, with their morale frustrated, did not pose any threat to Manchester City's goal in the next ten minutes.

Manchester City stabilized their position and once again gained the upper hand in the midfield battle.

After adapting to Liverpool's crazy pressing, Manchester City players can now calmly play their familiar passing and controlling tactics under the opponent's pressing.

The smoother their passing and control, the greater the defensive pressure Liverpool faces and the smaller their offensive opportunities.

This made Klopp frown on the sidelines. He realized that this would not work, because Liverpool needed to score goals and take the initiative in the game! (End of this chapter)