Chapter 0119 victory
During the intermission, commentators and guests from major TV media were also analyzing the game. Everyone had a consistent view and believed that as the game progressed, the game would tend to be unfavorable to Liverpool's direction.
Professionals are very clear about the tactics of Klopp's team and have extremely high requirements for the players' physical fitness. As the players' physical fitness decreases, Klopp's tactical power will plummet.
Ye Su's Manchester United's tactics tend to be controlled to play tactics, and their physical energy consumption will not be so fast.
Of course, Ye Su's team will also press with high pressure, and its tactical power will not be much inferior to Klopp. However, Manchester United rarely uses such extreme styles of play. Especially in the first half of today's game, Manchester United obviously adopted a back-attack and did not compete with Liverpool, who played at home.
In addition to Manchester United's lineup, when a player's physical fitness is in crisis, he can have excellent counterattack players to switch, which will not affect Manchester United's combat effectiveness.
This is the terrible part of Manchester United!
Of course, Manchester United's current lineup thickness is due to Ye Su's successful transformation of Manchester United's lineup in the past two years. Klopp was not able to introduce enough players that meet their tactical requirements shortly after coaching Liverpool, which greatly affected the team's tactical power and also led to no significant change in the team's record.
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After the second half of the game started, the scene was as analyzed by these professionals in the midfield.
At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool could still play with Manchester United, offense and defense, and it was very exciting. But after 60 minutes of the game, the balance on the court began to tilt towards Manchester United.
In the 65th minute of the game, Manchester United made personnel adjustments, Mata replaced Harry Kane, and Manchester United changed to 433, to be precise, 4141.
This change seems to have removed a striker and replaced a midfielder, which tends to be conservative tactical adjustments, but in fact it is an unswerving strengthening of the offense. Because on the court, Manchester United has been driven by De Bruyne's single-core to become the current dual-core driver of Mata and De Bruyne.
Shortly after Mata's appearance, the situation on the field really fell into the control of Manchester United, and Liverpool could only respond passively.
The deadlock on the court was finally broken when the game was in the 77th minute.
Through continuous attacks, Liverpool has been exhausted from defense and has no counterattack power. At this time, Manchester United got a chance to get a corner kick.
Manchester United took a corner kick, Mata made a cross, Maguire headed the ball and hit the crossbar, Rooney volleyed in the small penalty area, Miniole saved and failed to change the line of the ball, the ball entered!
Manchester United leads Liverpool 1:0!
At that moment, the noisy Anfield Stadium fell into silence. Facing his team's home court behind his mortal enemy, Reds fans were a little unacceptable for a while.
Immediately, Liverpool fans supported their team in a more enthusiastic way, and the singing of "You Never Walk Alone" resounded through the sky of Anfield.
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Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of fans at home, Liverpool players mustered up Yu Yong and barely dealt with Manchester United.
However, Liverpool is not strong enough to face the strong Manchester United at this moment, and this is not a gap that courage can make up, especially when the entire Liverpool team is in extreme fatigue.
At this time, there were frequent scenes of Liverpool players being snatched by Manchester United players at Anfield Stadium.
The frontcourt counterattack and then went into the offense. This was originally Klopp's special skill, but he did not expect that it would appear on his arch-rival Manchester United, and the team they supported was on the side that was intercepted, which made many Liverpool fans feel helpless and even desperate.
Klopp on the sidelines also kept shaking his head. He knew very well that his players had worked hard enough, but after more than 80 minutes of fighting, his players had already entered a state of exhaustion and were unable to compete with Manchester United, who was in good shape.
Especially when seeing Ye Su's three personnel adjustments, Klopp was even more envious: Mata replaced Harry Kane, Bruno Fernandez replaced Valdy, and Carrick replaced De Bruyne. Whether it was the substitute or the players who were replaced, they all had the strength of world-class players.
Even though Carrick is about to turn 35, this season, Carrick has played in the best form in recent seasons, and is the second spring to return to the peak, and once again has the strength of a world-class player.
After he appeared on the court, he ran actively and passed the ball carefully. Although he was in the midfielder, it was Manchester United's real offensive engine after De Bruyne left the court, which made Klopp very jealous.
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In the 84th minute, Manchester United launched a general attack, destroying Liverpool's hope of equalizing the score. Carrick, who suddenly stepped forward, completed a key steal in the frontcourt. He then sent a straight pass like a scalpel, breaking through Liverpool's two defense lines.
Rooney received Carrick's pass in an environment with a very relaxed defense. Lu Xiaopang was in good condition today. He responded to Carrick's pass, gently picked up the ball, turned around and shot.
Then, fans around the world saw that the ball was like a shell that was released from the bullet and headed straight to the far corner of the goal.
Miniole was completely helpless about Rooney's sudden shot, standing in front of the goal, watching the ball fly into the goal from the other side of his position.
Manchester United players once again ran at Anfield Stadium. Faced with the crazy booing of tens of thousands of Liverpool fans, they celebrated and ignored their performances at all.
At this moment, the booing and scolding of Liverpool fans were like the far-baring barking of a dog, with a fierce look on the inside and a weak look on the inside, and could not affect the Manchester United players who were used to big scenes.
Manchester United's goal has actually destroyed the Liverpool players' will to resist. They are physically and mentally exhausted and no longer have the ability to break through Manchester United's goal.
However, under the gaze of tens of thousands of home fans, and amid the song of "You Never Walk Alone", which still sang loudly by tens of thousands of fans, they had to attack Manchester United's goal.
However, this kind of offense is obviously powerless, and it is actually useless except that it seems a bit tragic.
In the end, when the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, the score remained at 0:2, with the home team Liverpool in the front.
Although the score does not seem very dazzling, after the game, professionals' comments on this game all believed that this was a complete defeat by Liverpool.
Although Liverpool contributed nearly 20 shots in the whole game, in fact, there was no absolute chance to score!
On the contrary, although Manchester United's 13 shots were 6 less than Liverpool's, Manchester United led the lead with 8:2 in terms of shooting.
That is, Liverpool goalkeeper Minhole performed well today, otherwise Liverpool would have lost more than two goals.
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Ye Su tidied up his suit, then walked towards Klopp, stretched out his hand and said, "Jurgen, I'm glad to know you!"
A reluctant smile appeared on Klopp's face and said, "Ye, I can't be happy at all when facing such a scene."
Ye Su smiled and said, "I feel relieved when I hear you like this. This is the biggest compliment to me. I hope that every time I encounter a game with you in the future, you will say such words after the game."
Klopp shook his head helplessly and said, "Ye, you simply don't let me live! But even if you are an opponent, I have to admit that you are doing a good job."
Ye Su smiled and said, "Thank you again for your praise, why don't we have a drink together later?"
Klopp also smiled and said, "If you sell me a few players, even if you risk your life, I can accept your invitation with ease!"
Ye Su shook his head and said, "Then forget it, I'm worried that I will be beaten to death by Manchester United fans at night."
The two then walked away in the opposite direction.
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After Anfield defeated Liverpool, Manchester United's advantage in the Premier League standings became more and more obvious, because Leicester City, which had previously ranked second, lost points in this round.
At Villa Park Stadium, the Blue Foxes and the home team were 1:1 in harmony. After 22 rounds, the Blue Foxes had 12 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, and got 43 points, continuing to rank second, but only 1 point more than Manchester City, the third, but 16 points less than Manchester United, the top spot.
With only 16 games left in the league, it is a fantasy that the Blue Foxes want to catch up with the 16-point difference and have a huge goal difference.
Blue Moon swept Crystal Palace 4:0 in this round at Etihad Stadium, surpassing Arsenal, who was tied in this round with points, ranking third in the standings with 13 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses and 42 points.
Arsenal's position is very familiar to the gun fans. Their record is 12 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, and they have won 41 points, temporarily ranking fourth in the Premier League!
Tottenham still followed quietly. Pochettino's team defeated Black Cat Sunderland 4-1 in this round, winning the 10th game of the season. Too many draws involve Bai Baihe's ranking, with 9 draws second only to Toffee Everton who won 11 draws, but both teams can be called draw experts. However, they still scored 39 points and ranked 5th.
The Premier League standings are now clearly divided. Manchester United, which is ahead of the pack, is undoubtedly the only contender for the Premier League championship this season. Leicester City, Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham can only compete for a place in the Champions League. After all, the gap between them and Manchester United, which is topped by the list, is too big, and there is almost only a theoretical possibility of a reversal.
Many people believe that Manchester United is very likely to set the record for the largest number of early championship rounds this season.
Previously, the top three Premier League rounds won the championship ahead of schedule were maintained by Manchester United. At the turn of the century, Manchester United won the championship in the 33rd round, five rounds ahead of schedule. Then there was the 1999-2000 season, and the 2012-2013 season, Manchester United won the championship in the 34th round, four rounds ahead of schedule.
Chapter completed!