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Liverpool also made careful preparations and arrangements for this game.

After all, there are still 10 rounds in the league. For Liverpool, if they want to reverse and win the championship, not only does Leicester City need to make mistakes, but they also need to be hard-working. Liverpool themselves must continue to win and get 3 points. Put pressure on Leicester City ahead.

In this game, sitting at the Anfield Stadium, Klopp made another change for Manchester City's usual lineup.

In fact, this change of lineup is not only because of the lineup against Manchester City on the one hand, but also because of Liverpool's offensive core in the frontcourt. Coutinho has some minor physical problems in training, so this game is just sitting down. Stand by on the bench.

During the game, Klopp simply changed the previous 433 style of play and changed to a 442 lineup.

Klopp himself is concerned about his 433 style of play, and he lacks a suitable right winger. At this time, the left winger Coutinho has to sit on the sidelines, so there is really no way to continue to make do with the 433 lineup. .

Today Liverpool sent Firmino and Origi's double striker offensive combination in the game.

Klopp still did not choose to believe in Benteke when the team was changing, but let Origi, who is more in line with this fast-paced offense and defense, play.

It is very obvious for Benteke that such a signal is sent, or he can play as a substitute in Liverpool with peace of mind and sacrifice his playing time to enrich Liverpool's offensive system. At the last moment of every game, especially Liverpool's offense needs a substitute When the firepower is on the table, go out and play a dozen high balls to compete for points, and do some hard work.

Or just this summer, I will seek a transfer and leave to play for a team that can give him the main position and is willing to pay for him, so as to perform better.

Anyway, Benteke is definitely not in Klopp's starting lineup.

As for the choice of the four midfielders, Lallana, Henderson, Emre Can and Milner are lined up from left to right. These four are the absolute main players of Liverpool in the near future. The tacit understanding between them degree is also increasing.

This is Klopp's mind, the midfielder that Liverpool will reuse in the next few years.

On the defensive line, there is still the old four-man team, as well as Mignolet in the goalkeeper position.

Yang Feng is the core player of this defensive lineup, but Klopp is worried about Yang Feng's contract renewal...

Liverpool's redistributed 442 lineup can be used offensively and defensively. It can make changes during the game according to the situation on the field. In fact, it has a considerable initiative.

Of course, although Manchester City has many problems recently, the strength of the team lies there.

Sheikh Mansour spent a lot of money to buy finished stars, and those who can stay in the Manchester City team are definitely the essence of money.

Therefore, when Manchester City players can put on a good mentality and express themselves, from the very beginning of the game, some Manchester City players turned away at Anfield and played a good offensive performance.

At the beginning of the game, for Liverpool, they wanted to have a better start in the game.

However, the performance of Manchester City's own offensive players suppressed Liverpool's offense.

Of course, in this kind of strong duel, the offense of the two sides is more about probing. It is not under special circumstances that the ball possession advantage can be obtained, but it is not so easy to kill the opponent with a stick.

The Manchester City players, the active fighting in the opening game and the active running on the offensive end put Manchester City in an excellent position from the very beginning of the game.

With more possession of the ball, there are more offensive attempts, and the possibility of a more threatening offense can be played.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Manchester City, which kept attacking in the frontcourt, finally created an excellent offensive opportunity.

Manchester City's offensive advancement, the inverted triangle after the back and forth breakthrough, compressed Liverpool's defensive formation very flat.

Almost all Liverpool players were compressed in the penalty area, which allowed Manchester City to make various pass attempts on the periphery.

Especially David Silva in the middle of Manchester City. When De Bruyne was unable to play due to injury, the core of the midfielder was actually David Silva alone.

His shots were also strictly guarded by Liverpool defenders to prevent Silva from making too much contribution to the team.

When Silva took the ball, he was directly followed by Milner and assisted by others, so basically, Silva chose some kicks in the game to complete his organizational tasks .

Anyway, Silva is used to it. After all, the playing style of the Premier League is completely different from that of La Liga. After so many years, Silva has also adapted to it and found his own way of survival in the Premier League, which advocates confrontation. .

After receiving a pass from a teammate, take it, and directly kick the ball out to find Fernandinho who is in the attack.

If David Silva is the core of Manchester City's frontcourt organization, then Fernandinho is the core of the team's offensive scheduling for Manchester City.

After receiving Silva's pass, Fernandinho directly passed the ball from the center position according to the instant field situation, and made a strong direct pass to find Navas in the horizontal position on the right side.

Knowing that Navas is fast, he has Lallana's defense in front of him, and behind Lallana there is Liverpool left-back Moreno, ready to supplement the defense at any time.

But Navas did not rush, but started with a gesture. After attracting the defensive attention of Lallana and Moreno, he scored another through ball from the side into Liverpool's penalty area and hit Moreno. behind Renault.

This empty space was directly caught by Zabaleta, who was "walking" on the field before, and quickly moved forward, receiving the football before Moreno, and then directly accelerated to the bottom of the penalty area, sending a very threatening kick from close range the cross.

There are three people in Manchester City's outflanking point in front of the goal, Aguero, Silva, and Sterling. Although they are not the kind of strong players, they are all suitable for passing the ball at close range. A player who disrupts the fight in the penalty area and seizes opportunities.

Zabaleta's inverted triangle pass this time is extremely powerful, making the ball very fast, and killing the pass to the small penalty area, let alone the offensive player, a light touch can form a goal threat.

Even defensive players, if they are in a hurry, they may be caused an own goal.

At the critical moment, Liverpool still had to rely on Yang Feng's decisive defense to stop Zabaleta's pass.

In other words, Yang Feng directly chose to use the sliding shovel on the ground to completely block the passing route, while he was under the pressure of scoring an own goal, forcibly controlled his figure, and successfully blocked the ball from the baseline.

Yang Feng's defense is always so trustworthy.