Chapter 58 The counterattack starts now!

No one knows what Mourinho and Klopp said during the halftime break, but when the players of both teams returned to the green field, their eyes were slightly red.

At this time, Sir Alex Ferguson was chewing gum in the stands, and his hands were shaking slightly.

As a former top coach, he can naturally see the situation on the field and even predict the course of the next game.

"Mourinho only knows how to park the bus and destroy the spirit of Manchester United—"

"Shut up!"

Scholes was about to make a sarcastic remark when he was interrupted by Ferguson's angry scolding.

In such a crucial situation, not only did he not think about cheering for the club, but he even thought about criticizing Mourinho's tactics.

This is what has lost the spirit of Manchester United.

Dalglish, who was watching from a distance, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, thinking about what to say in the post-match interview to make his old opponent mad.

At this time on the green field, the second half of the game has begun.

Liverpool continued to strengthen positional transitions between players and maximized individual skills to create an advantage in advancement.

Manchester United could only keep retreating, forming a 4-5-1 defensive formation, leaving only Lukaku in the frontcourt.

At the same time, they gave up the vast space in the midfield, but strengthened the dense positioning in the backcourt to ensure the effectiveness on the defensive end.

And let Mkhitaryan go forward to interfere with Liverpool's offensive organization and initiation.

This resulted in the space inside and outside the penalty area being severely squeezed. No matter how agile the Liverpool players were, they could not get in and could only frequently take long shots and crosses.

Unfortunately, without a center forward, Liverpool's efficiency in scoring was not high and they were unable to threaten Manchester United's goal.

In just a few dozen minutes, Liverpool had five more shots, but the quality was not very high.

Under such circumstances, the voices of the two teams' fans grew louder and louder, and in the end, only the cheers of Liverpool fans remained.

Manchester United fans cursed the tactics, players and coaches with sour faces.

In fact, most fans of top clubs are very picky and always want this and that.

But it is completely understandable. After all, it is they who support the club and cheer for the team day and night.

As time goes by.

The physical fitness of the players of both teams began to decline rapidly, and the intensity of Liverpool's frontcourt pressure gradually decreased.

64th minute of the game.

After Wijnaldum's long-range shot was blocked by Smalling, Matic controlled the second landing point.

The latter easily passed the ball in the face of the counterattacks of Salah and Firmino who were obviously unable to cope with the situation.

Manchester United's formation changed instantly.

The two wingbacks began to press forward, Mkhitaryan moved to the right, and Herrera followed suit.

If you look at it from a bird's eye view, they have formed a numerical balance on the right side.

Several players cooperated and ran continuously in a small area, with Herrera as the central axis for rapid counterattack.

In the blink of an eye, they reached the thirty-meter area.

Chu Feng on the other side also gritted his teeth and ran as fast as he could, forcing Wijnaldum and Gomez to defend against him.

After several passes, Mkhitaryan's precise diagonal pass found Ashley Young on the wing, who made a direct cross.

Lukaku could only barely grab a little bit facing the close defense of Matip and Lovren.

But the quality of the header was too low and Mignola easily caught it.

to be honest.

If Liverpool's goalkeeper was replaced by Karius on the bench, maybe the goal could have been scored.

Klopp on the sidelines suddenly hesitated. If he made a substitution now, it would mean shrinking the defense.

This was not in line with his philosophy. While he was immersed in thinking, the situation on the field suddenly changed drastically.

Liverpool's front trident executed the crazy running tactics for 65 minutes without fail. Their reserve energy had already begun to run out, and they were no longer able to form effective pressure in the frontcourt.

Manchester United, after lying dormant for so long, finally showed its fangs.

Mourinho's level of on-the-spot adjustment is undoubtedly at the world's top level.

He spotted the opponent's weak points and moved the entire formation forward.

At the same time, the previous right-side advancement mode was copied, turning the original number of people into a number advantage, solving the problem of insufficient offensive forces.

"Ashley Young made a beautiful breakthrough and the low ball went straight to the middle!"

Lukaku's shovel shot

"Mignolet was very fast at the bottom line and blocked the sure goal with his foot at the critical moment."

"It's not over yet, Mkhitaryan lobs the ball into the penalty area again!"

There was chaos in the penalty area. In fact, before Van Dijk joined Liverpool, their defense was just average, not much better than Manchester United, or even worse.

Without the pressure from the frontcourt players, their true colors will soon be revealed.

For example, in the previous game against Manchester City, Guardiola used the wing midfielder tactics to break Liverpool's high pressure and then scored 5 goals.

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

At this time, Lukaku climbed up using his hands and feet, and squeezed in front of Matip and Lovren.

He just jumped up like an onion pulled up from dry land and performed the classic rhinoceros looking back at the moon.

The football was suddenly raised a bit, passed over Mignolet's gloves, and finally fell into the goal.

Wow!!! The away stands instantly erupted in enthusiastic cheers. Even if Manchester United fans were dissatisfied with the conservative tactics, they would not hesitate to applaud after their players scored a goal.

Lukaku ran towards the corner area and did a handsome sliding celebration.

The Manchester United players followed closely behind, sliding past one after another with happy smiles on their faces.

Chu Feng is no exception.

Although the arrangement before the game was defensive counterattack, anyone would feel suffocated if they were pressed into the penalty area by others.

He played more like a full-back and now finally started to counterattack.

Chu Feng silently encouraged himself in his heart.

I want to score a goal too! The Liverpool players not far away looked a little disappointed, but this negative emotion soon dissipated.

This is a Red Devils match, there is no time to waste on self-pity.

Listen to the cheers of tens of thousands of Liverpool fans in the stands. If they can score one goal, they can score two or three.

They have full confidence in this.

Klopp on the sidelines punched the air in frustration, thinking he shouldn't have hesitated at the time.

If the substitutions continue to press forward, Manchester United will never be able to form a numerical advantage on the flanks, let alone easily advance the formation into the attacking third zone.

On the other side, Mourinho excitedly hugged Faria.

His previous adjustments were also risky moves. If the attack was ineffective, there was a high possibility that Liverpool's counterattack would break through the defense.

Now the two teams are back on the same starting line. Klopp, who is playing at home, absolutely cannot accept a draw, and his next substitutions will be more radical.

And this will be a great opportunity for Manchester United to overtake the score.

At this time, the fourth official on the sidelines raised the LED sign.

"In the 70th minute of the game, both sides made substitutions."

"Liverpool replace Salah with Chamberlain and Coutinho with Sturridge."

"Both were positional substitutions. It seems Klopp is not content with just one point and wants to continue to maintain the pressure in the front court."

"Manchester United replaced Mkhitaryan with Lingard to strengthen the frontcourt's impact."

“I believe the next game will be even more exciting!”

(End of this chapter)