MM Racing Chapter 248
Chapter 248
The match between Manchester City and Liverpool has become a real battlefield!
After Liverpool's substitution, the three-striker tactic began to pass the ball more into the box, even if sometimes it had to pass high balls, but as long as it can make the Manchester City box chaotic, it is a good thing for Liverpool.
Of course, this tactic is actually very inefficient.
Rogers is now even regretting why he brought in Aspas in the summer, and why he didn't bring in a high school forward!
If there is a high school striker in the Manchester City penalty area at this time, Liverpool will have a huge advantage in competing for the top ball.
Whether it's a straight shot after a scramble or a ball for a teammate, the high school forward can do well.
But now it's hard for all three strikers on the pitch to do that.
Although Suarez is also very confrontational, his height makes it impossible for him to play like Dzeko.
As for Sturridge, the proper speed and technical flow striker belongs to the fast of the British striker's "one high and one fast" combination.
And Aspas is even worse, less than 1.8 meters tall, directly in the restricted area was submerged.
Add to that Raheem Sterling, who likes to rush into the Manchester City penalty area, imagine how interesting that picture is!
Of course, the increased flexibility has put a lot of pressure on City's defence in the chaos.
After Manchester City took the lead, Liverpool also posed a real threat to the Manchester City goal.
In the 14th minute, Sterling fired a long-range shot from outside the box, although it was blocked by Kompany, but Kompany could not control the ball, and was grabbed by Sturridge in the scuffle to complete the shot.
It's a pity that the angle was not mastered well in the chaotic battle, and the kick was deviated.
Five minutes later, it was Sturridge again, who actually entered the box from a small angle after completing a small area of cooperation with Aspas in a limited space.
Directly threatened the goal guarded by Joe Hart.
Unfortunately, because the angle of the final shot was too small, Joe Hart completely blocked his shooting space, causing his shot to be blocked again.
Manchester City's defence continues to compress, and Pellegrini is unlikely to keep Brendan Rodgers' team threatening.
After the space is compressed, neither Kompany nor Van's long legs are so easy to cross.
Whether it is Liverpool's breakthrough or a small area of cooperation, it is easier to intercept.
Even in chaotic battles, the advantage of leg length is very obvious.
It is likely that the two of them stretched out at the same time, and as a result, the legs were short and could not reach....
Finally, after killing several attacks by Liverpool in a row, the Manchester City offensive, which had been a little dormant for a while, came again.
Van Dijk tackles the ball at Raheem Sterling's feet and quickly distributes it to Kolarov on the wing.
After Kolarov turned the ball, although he found it empty in front of him, he also found that Liverpool's backfield was even more empty.
Although Gerrard's departure has increased Liverpool's attacking point, it is really missing a piece of the puzzle in the midfield.
It's like it's obviously a long fence, but I don't know who ripped it off, turning it into an obvious gap.
Not to mention that Liverpool centre-back Kolo Toure has not yet had time to defend because he just went to fight for a corner.
Kolarov simply got up and made a long pass and passed the ball to the feet of David Silva on the right.
Almost at the same time, Manchester City's midfield, which had long been accustomed to counter-attacks, began to rush towards Liverpool half.
Dzeko is in front, Nasri is racing on the left, Xu Ning is quickly following in the middle, plus Yaya Toure who is not willing to be lonely....
For a while, Manchester City seemed to launch several rockets towards Liverpool!
Liverpool's defense line is like a big enemy, and it actually fell into the embarrassment of playing more with less!
I have to say that Manchester City's counterattack is too sharp!
Manchester City fans in the stands roared excitedly, as if they had scored again.
David Silva unloaded the ball and took a few steps forward to face Glenn Johnson's defense, but did not slow down but did not rush through, but distributed the ball to Xu Ning, who received him in the middle.
Xu Ning successfully got the ball, and the excited roar of the fans in the stands was even more shocking!
Liverpool dragged the last defender Sacco hesitated, threw down Dzeko, who had just been staring, and turned back towards Xu Ning.
In his opinion, his teammates and him must have a tacit understanding.
Dzeko can leave it alone, he is directly in an offside position, and Xu Ning will not pass the ball to him.
As long as he blocks Xu Ning, or delays Xu Ning's forward speed, and waits for his teammates to come back, his defense will be successful.
But just after he stopped, the moment he wanted to turn back and run, the scene in front of him made him cold and shocked.
He never expected that Xu Ning actually passed the ball!
The straight plug directly forward, passed to the path of Dzeko rushing forward!
And the timing is just right!
Just when Dzeko is parallel to himself and not offside!
At that moment, an absurd thought popped into Sacco's mind - did Xu Ning know what he was thinking?
Otherwise, why was the timing so accurate?
The already changed center of gravity quickly changed back and restarted.
Khasakko is already more than one step slower than Dzeko!
In shock, he did not give up and raised his hand while chasing, signaling that the referee Dzeko was offside.
Even if he knows not to be offside, he must give the referee a false impression.
If you succeed, you can pick up a big bargain!
But the referee said nothing, and Sacco could only watch as Dzeko single-handedly faced Mignolet and sent the ball into the goal.
The 2:0
referee made a decisive gesture to score an effective goal, and then the Wembley frenzy erupted, turning into the appearance of ice souls.
Manchester City fans celebrated excitedly, opposite Liverpool fans, who had completely fallen silent at this time.
In the cheers of the sky, Zheke turned around and jumped on Xu Ning in two steps, and the big man pressed Xu Ning a little unsteadily.
The teammates also rushed over excitedly and began to celebrate wildly.
Such a super counter-attacking goal is definitely an adrenaline rush that ignites everyone.
The first half was not yet halfway through, with a two-goal lead and the situation was already one-sided in City's favour.
Even if Liverpool have the ability to break through Manchester City's goal, it's hard to say how many goals they can score.
But on the contrary, they can't prevent Manchester City from being real.
Rogers frowned on the sidelines, and the dilemma in front of him had left him unsure of how to respond.
This goal is Liverpool's reaction after unsuccessful attacks on Manchester City's goal.
Although football is only a competitive game, it can sometimes be treated strategically.
Offense and defense are like this, when you attack strongly, the opponent has to defend, you can't help the opponent, you can only wait for the opponent to beat you in turn.
That's the way it is now!
Especially Manchester City's counterattack because of Xu Ning's presence, almost grabbed a quasi!
What can be done about this?
For the first time since Rodgers took charge of Liverpool, it felt so difficult!
Compared to the first leg of the two sides in the league, it is clear that Manchester City is now more mature!
Don't deal with it either!
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