I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

When the international match day is over, the national leagues resume fighting. In the new round of the league, Manchester United will usher in another key battle: go to Anfield to challenge the rival Red Army Liverpool. This is the first round of the Double Reds this season.

October 15th, half past twelve noon.

Sturridge stood in the center circle at Anfield, waiting for kick-off.

This is the eighth round of the Premier League, a focus game that has attracted worldwide attention.

The Red Army Liverpool sits at home against the Red Devils Manchester United.

The Double Red Club has always been the most attractive classic event in the Premier League.

And this season's double red meeting is the closest the two sides have ranked in recent years: Manchester United is first, and Liverpool is currently ranked fourth in the Premier League, although the gap with the top Manchester United is only 3 points.

This is a real power talk!

If Liverpool can beat Manchester United at home, it will tie the Red Devils in the standings. Even if Liverpool can beat Manchester United by three goals at home, they can still overwhelm Manchester United with a goal difference advantage and rise to the top position.

Manchester United also attaches great importance to this game, not only because of the hatred that has lasted for a hundred years, but also because if they can hit Liverpool hard in this game, it is tantamount to eliminating a team on their way to the league championship. opponent.

Therefore, both Manchester United and Liverpool attach great importance to this game.

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"The game is about to start! When guessing the side before the game, Liverpool's captain Henderson won. They chose the side that was more favorable in the first half, so Manchester United got the right to serve."

"The lineups of the two teams in this game are relatively neat. Manchester United's Vardy returned from injury before the game, and Liverpool basically played with their main players. Both sides attach great importance to this game."

"Okay, the referee blew the whistle to start the game. Manchester United took the lead and Liverpool took the initiative to press and press."

"Back to back, the Reds looked aggressive at the start of the game."

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"Manchester United's pass was blocked and Liverpool reacted on the spot and counterattacked and passed to the left. Coutinho took the ball,

Follow up and take a long shot..."

"Oh, I was too impatient! Coutinho's shot was still a bit far from the goal, and it was a bit too hasty."

"The most important thing Liverpool should do at this time is to calm down, after all, this is Anfield Stadium."

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"It's still an attack from Liverpool. Klein crosses in from the right."

"The ball went to the left, Coutinho... a beautiful stop... and then passed into the penalty area... Sturridge failed to stop the ball, Maguire and Van Dijk double-teamed at the same time."

"United are still off to a solid start."

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"The ball was still at Liverpool's feet and another attack was planned."

"Kante succeeded in stealing the ball, Manchester United launched a counterattack on the spot and passed it to Rooney."

"Rooney took the ball in the penalty area, volleyed the goal directly, hit Matip, and went out of the baseline. Matip's block this time is still in place."

"Manchester United get a corner."

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Mata stood in the corner area on the right, gently set up the football, and then slowly backed away.

Liverpool coach Klopp seemed very concerned on the sidelines, constantly calling on the players on the field to pay attention.

Coutinho was left in the frontcourt, ready to launch a counterattack at any time. At this time, as the team's counterattack arrow in the frontcourt, Coutinho really can't do much, he can only pay close attention to the situation.

When Mata quickly took a corner kick, there was chaos in the penalty area.

Manchester United's players are trying to get rid of the Liverpool players' markings, and Liverpool's players are the targets of their own markings, especially the most threatening header masters such as Maguire, Van Dijk and Rooney.

But in this chaos, a black figure suddenly appeared from the crowd, leaping high from the middle. Mata's corner pass came right in front of him, and with a header from close range, the ball changed its trajectory in an instant and fell to the left of the goal.

The close distance came very suddenly, and the goalkeeper Karius was beyond his reach.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"The ball went in!"

"In the fifth minute, the visiting team Manchester United took the lead in breaking Liverpool's goal!"

"Header from Zlatan Ibrahimovic!"

"It's wonderful! The Swede grabbed the best spot in the penalty area full of tall people and scored with a header!"

"It was United's first threatening attack of the game, and it turned out to be two shots against Liverpool's goal."

"Set kicks, or set kicks! The main theme of the Shuanghong Club in the past two or three seasons is set kicks to win. Whoever can seize the opportunity will win!"

"Let's revisit the goal again, the corner kick from Mata confused a lot of players, Liverpool's attention fell on Maguire, Van Dijk and Rooney's strong headers, but ignored Iraq. cloth."

"This is definitely a mistake that shouldn't be made. Although Ibrahimovic was not good at heading, but now he has already made up for the shortcomings of heading. His header is very threatening, but Liverpool obviously missed people."

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After the goal, Ibrahimovic turned around and rushed out of the field, ran all the way along the Anfield field, and finally put on his iconic goal celebration in the corner area, accepting the congratulations of the fans and teammates.

Coutinho wiped his face depressed. It was only five minutes into the game, and before he even broke a sweat, the goal was broken.

This conceded goal has nothing to do with him, because his task is to wait for an opportunity to counterattack in the frontcourt. No one will blame him for this conceded goal, but he still feels uncomfortable.

There is no doubt about the strength of Manchester United. In the past two years, they have been invincible in the Premier League. This is indeed a big challenge and test for Liverpool.

Of course, looking for objective factors is not enough. The team's set-piece defense this time is indeed not ideal.

Klopp was also very excited on the sidelines, dissatisfied with conceding a goal. But soon, the Germans immediately made adjustments, especially for the team's defense.

Because he knows Ye Su, what the Red Devils and Manchester United are best at is to take advantage of the victory and pursue the attack. As long as you give them a chance, they will catch you until you have no strength to fight back.

Even if this is Anfield Stadium, Liverpool can only take defense.

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After a wave of celebration, Ibrahimovic returned to the field amidst cheers and cheers from the fans.

After the game restarted, Manchester United chose to take advantage of the victory and continue to attack Liverpool.

Ibrahimovic was particularly excited. After scoring a goal, he quickly took the ball on the left rib to face the three Liverpool defenders. He still chose to do it alone, and he just relied on his personal ability to dribble the ball and rushed for a kicking shot. A low shot from 26 meters from the goal.

Not long after that, Rooney pulled to the right, hit the gap behind Coutinho, and crossed into the penalty area. Ibrahimovic scored another header in front of the goal, but this time it was confiscated by Karius and failed to create a threat. .

Just two minutes later, another Ibrahimovic dribbled the ball from the center and forced a breakthrough. The shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked out of the baseline. Mata took a corner kick from the right, but Liverpool had already prepared this time. Matip headed The ball is cleared.

The ball is still at the feet of Manchester United. After reorganization, Mata made a cross from the right. Ibrahimovic volleyed from 12 meters in front of the penalty area and slipped past the goal again.

Manchester United, who played crazy, can be said to be almost omnipotent. Even Liverpool, who are sitting at Anfield, have to choose to avoid the edge for the time being and retreat to their own half to defend tenaciously.

And Klopp's defense that has been trained for two years has also played an effect at this critical moment. Except for the problem of Milner at the left back, it is difficult for Manchester United to take advantage of Liverpool.

The midfielder defends tightly, while the frontcourt is actively looking for opportunities. On the one hand, it serves as the team's first line of defense, and at the same time it is putting pressure on Manchester United's midfielder.

Coutinho's running is as frequent as ever, and he is not anxious about conceding goals at all, because in Liverpool's pre-match plan, the coaching staff has already made sufficient plans for conceding goals first, even conceding two goals first How to kick after the ball.

With a plan, you have a bottom line in your heart.

Coutinho is very clear that what he needs to do next is to wait patiently. As long as Liverpool can hold on, Manchester United will show its flaws sooner or later.

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However, Coutinho was unable to wait for the flaws revealed by Manchester United for a long time. Instead, Liverpool's goal was pierced again.

For Manchester United, although Ibrahimovic scored a goal, another guy is still waiting to be fed.

Every time he played against Liverpool, Rooney was full of fighting spirit. The little fat man was originally an Everton fan, and he was full of hostility towards Liverpool since he was a child. Then he moved to Manchester United, and the hostility became double, and the fighting spirit was also double.

After all, it is at Anfield Stadium. It is impossible for Liverpool to allow Manchester United to attack recklessly here. They must be more active. Coupled with the fact that Klopp is a head coach who likes to play offensive football, it is destined that Liverpool will not be able to defend the whole game.

After being attacked by Manchester United for a while, Liverpool stabilized their position and began to attack Manchester United.

Klopp has been at Anfield for nearly two seasons. The most successful transformation of the team is not defense, but offense. Their midfield strength is also very strong. When they attack with all their strength, coupled with the cheers and cheers of tens of thousands of Anfield fans, Manchester United can only be suppressed unwillingly.

Of course, this is also the reason why Ye Su signaled the team to take the initiative to withdraw. It is impossible for Manchester United to suppress Liverpool at Anfield. When necessary, it is also a good choice to recover defense and accumulate strength.

Rooney patiently looked for opportunities on the pitch.

When Liverpool aggressively pressed the offense, Manchester United's offensive burden was almost entirely on him. Because both Ibrahimovic and Vardy have retreated to the front of their own penalty area to help the team defend.

Rooney began to expand his range of activities. He integrated himself into the team as a whole, but at the same time, when the team needed his personal performance, whether it was breakthroughs, holding the ball, organizing or distributing the ball, he was able to do it with ease. , also showed its own advantages.

Rooney's playing style is concise and quick, stable and reasonable.

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Liverpool's attack once again won a free kick in the frontcourt.

Coutinho personally took the free kick. With the referee's whistle, Coutinho jumped out quickly and kicked the ball quickly.

Only a bang was heard at the scene, and the ball quickly flew out from the Brazilian midfielder's feet, crossed an arc, bypassed the human wall, and quickly fell towards the goal behind him.

But Manchester United's goalkeeper De Gea has long been prepared. When he was setting the wall just now, he had already taken into account all the angles Coutinho might hit the goal, so he reacted quickly and flew the ball over the crossbar. Although he gave Liverpool a corner kick, but Free kick missed.

In an instant, all Manchester United players breathed a sigh of relief.

The fans at Anfield sighed Qiqi, obviously a little disappointed with the result.

United quickly reorganized their defense, this time defending a corner kick.

It is difficult to break through Manchester United's goal in positional warfare, and Liverpool attaches great importance to every set-piece opportunity. For this corner kick opportunity, they also invested a lot of troops, and the two central defenders Matip and Lovren all came up.

Coutinho continued to take the corner kick, he wanted to find Liverpool's center forward Sturridge. But after Liverpool's corner kick was issued, De Gea quickly attacked, took the ball out of mid-air first, and quickly rushed to the front of the penalty area, throwing it to De Bruyne.

The Belgian midfielder immediately understood, he didn't even need to look up, he just passed forward with a big foot.

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"Manchester United had a quick goal kick, a counter-attack. Kevin De Bruyne made a big long pass and the ball went to the left."

When Vardy's Liverpool corner was confiscated by De Gea, he had already started to run forward quickly. At the same time, Liverpool's right back Klein was also quickly returning to defense, and the two sprinted towards Liverpool's half almost neck and neck.

In the middle, Liverpool's defensive captains Henderson and Milner also saw the target of De Bruyne's pass, so they quickly started and ran towards the ball's landing point.

Three-on-one, the Red Army fans at Anfield feel at ease: three defenses and one defense are more than enough.

But this time it was obviously different from before.

Although Vardy is on par with Klein, he is on the inside and can more easily seize long passes from the rear, and Klein already has a yellow card.

The two competed for speed, and Vardy finally took a step ahead, turned sideways, blocked Klein with his body, and headed the ball in front of him. The ball also seemed to follow his instructions. After hitting his head, it changed its flight trajectory and fell forward, while Vardy suddenly accelerated to catch up.

Klein made an obvious movement of pulling the jersey behind him, but he didn't dare to make it too public, and let it go as soon as he pulled it. This caused Vardy to slow down a bit, and when he caught up again, Henderson had already caught up from the side and rear.

One to two!

Flank left and right!