Chapter 159 Neville and Carragher's Bet (3rd update)!

"Why think about so many problems? Just do your best to win today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the next game!"

"If my injury hadn't healed yet, how could you have had a share?"

Ibrahimovic walked to the center of the locker room and looked around like a lion king.

At the end, he made a joke: "This is the season in which we have the best chance of winning the championship. If we fail to win the championship in the end, I will punch each of you hard."

Mourinho stopped outside the locker room and a smile appeared on his lips.

Are you guys starting to cheer yourself up now? Soon the players from both sides came to the player tunnel. There was no communication between them and the atmosphere was depressing and dull.

Like a powder keg about to explode.

Salah took a deep breath.

Although he did not have much resentment towards Mourinho, he still felt a little dissatisfied when he saw how much Mourinho valued Chu Feng.

Why were you willing to give him so many opportunities but ignore me when I first arrived at Chelsea?

He wanted to completely defeat Chu Feng in this game, establish his absolute advantage in the scorer list, and by the way, complete the "proof" that was three years late.

Arnold glanced at Chu Feng out of the corner of his eye, and there didn't seem to be anything special about him.

He recalled what Klopp had said to him before the game, and felt the blood flowing faster throughout his body, his emotions being aroused to the highest point.

"You will become the strongest full-back in the Premier League in the future!"

"You're not going to be David Beckham, you're always going to be Alexander-Arnold!"

"Go fight for Liverpool!"

Soon, under the leadership of the referee, the team started moving.

The faint light in Chu Feng's vision continued to grow, and finally blossomed into a sky full of red. At the same time, he heard thunderous cheers.

He clenched his hands tightly.

Even though he has started the game countless times, he would still lose his mind at this moment and feel overwhelmed with emotions.

Maybe this is persistence and love.

At this time, the Sky Sports commentary booth in the stands.

"Mane's speed, Firmino's vision, Salah's efficiency, when they move forward, no one can stop them!"

Carragher held the microphone with a wild expression.

"Then why did Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 in the last game?"

Neville asked back.

"That's because you're lucky. Lady Luck won't always be on your side! Don't forget our bet. If Chu doesn't score twice, you'll have to wear this right now!"

Carragher took out a Liverpool No. 11 jersey with a sinister look and spread it flat on the table.

Neville's eyes twitched uncontrollably.

If he really put on a Liverpool jersey in front of tens of thousands of Manchester United fans, he would probably be subjected to online bullying after the game to the point of doubting his life.

He suddenly felt a little regretful.

But now that things have come to this, it is impossible to give in.

So he also took out a Manchester United No. 7 jersey and said through gritted teeth: "Same to you!"

"Let's wait and see!"

Seeing this, Carragher's throat kept rolling and he snorted coldly.

"Well, stop arguing and introduce the starting lineups of both teams to the audience first."

Sky Sports host David Jones said helplessly.

"Manchester United, wearing red jerseys and attacking from left to right, have deployed their most used formation this season, 4-2-3-1, with a goalkeeper."

"Unlike the last Champions League knockout match, Mourinho chose David Luiz and Smalling as double central defenders, and chose Mata as right winger, probably to strengthen the ball control and secondary organization in the frontcourt."

"Let's take a look at Liverpool's starting lineup. Klopp arranged a 4-3-3 formation. The goalkeeper:."

"Liverpool currently have two goalkeepers, Karius and Mignolet. Klopp has been hesitating between them before, but now he has made the decision to make Karius the number one goalkeeper."

"The main reason for Liverpool's defeat in the last game was the goalkeeper. All 11 shots on target were saved by De Gea. I wonder how he will perform today?"

"Let's wait and see!"

Beep! The referee blew the whistle.

The game officially begins! Liverpool takes the lead after kicking off.

The formation was quickly switched, with Emre Can, who was in the center, sinking into the defense line to form a three-center-back position with Lovren and Van Dijk.

The two full-backs quickly moved inwards, forming two passing channels on the flanks.

Manchester United also came up with a surprising move.

They did not build a low-post defensive system as they did in the past, but instead pressed forward as a whole and launched a crazy attack in the midfield.

After continuous passes, the football came to Arnold's feet.

The Prince of Liverpool was very confident. After repeatedly shaking his body to deceive Chu Feng's center of gravity, he made a diagonal pass to find Salah on the wing.

“This is our talented player!”

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

“Are Liverpool going to score at the start?”

Carragher's words were still lingering.

Salah was double-teamed by Matic and Ashley Young.

The Egyptian Pharaoh has been honed over several seasons.

His various abilities, such as retreating and connecting, single-point breakthrough, back-to-the-basket defense, and running without the ball are all top-notch.

Therefore, Liverpool's attack basically started from the right side.

Salah was seen touching the ball with his left foot continuously, and when the time was right he pushed the ball hard while his body flashed.

The ball passes the ball!

The cheers of Liverpool fans came to an abrupt end as Ashley Young twisted his body and fell to the ground, clearing the ball out of the baseline.

"Beautiful! A neat tackle!"

"Both sides put in a wonderful offensive and defensive battle!"

The fans thought this was just the opening to a wonderful game, but the situation on the field afterwards was very dull.

Liverpool's high pressing was stopped by Manchester United's midfield.

The ball was constantly passed around in the midfield.

The two teams' wing attacking cores, Salah and Chu Feng, were severely targeted and failed to find many good opportunities.

For Salah.

Mourinho activated the long-forgotten "classical defense mode", which was to arrange Ashley Young to defend Salah in the first half, without even considering the participation of both ends of offense and defense. His duty was to exchange balls with Salah.

For Chu Feng.

Klopp's targeting was more clever. Through focused high-pressure defense, he forced Manchester United to choose the right side when passing the ball, thus reducing the frequency of Chu Feng getting the ball.

As for Mata, he found it difficult to hold the ball under the fierce confrontation and was constantly ravaged by Van Dijk and several strong men.

Seeing this, Chu Feng could only retreat slightly, but this was already the maximum distance.

If he goes any further, he will encounter three lines of defense consisting of Salah, Chamberlain and Arnold, and it will be too difficult to break through.

8th minute of the game.

Liverpool changed the direction of attack, Chamberlain made a long diagonal pass to find Mane on the left. Valencia's defensive ability was much worse than Ashley Young.

Mane used his speed to force a breakthrough, and since Liverpool had no tall players, he directly swept the ball into the penalty area.

There was no chaos in Manchester United's penalty area.

David Luiz's performance was brilliant, he got in front of Firmino and cleared the ball first.

(End of this chapter)