Chapter 602: Red Card

Zhang Yuan sat down on his bench and drank water, he agreed with Klopp's criticism, everyone's fighting spirit does not seem to be at the same level as Manchester United, this is very bad, we can't still let Manchester United do this.

Klopp roared and said with half encouragement: "We need to play a lot of games every season, if we want to be successful, we have to persevere, we have to maintain a strong will to fight every game, whether the opponent is Manchester United or other opponents, today is not a title game, but it is like a title fight, this is an important game, a game worth six points, we can throw them away, I don't think any of you are a bad seed, you can do it, you can equalize the damn score and then overtake them!" Damn, can I trust you?! I need a win, you need a win to prove that we don't fear them, you can't get two defeats in a season!"

The players were aroused a lot by Klopp's words, and the most infuriating thing was with Manchester United, Liverpool have already lost a game, and the players really don't want to lose!

Everyone who wears a Liverpool shirt has that shame and it's really humiliating to lose the national derby twice in one season.

The fighting spirit of the players was mobilized by Klopp, drink water that should be drunk, and add a little energy to supplement a little ability, Klopp began to arrange the tactics of the second half, substitutions are a must, and the front court is only constrained everywhere because there is only Zhang Yuan a high point, so Klopp's first substitution, replaced Sterling with Sturridge, Sterling has speed and breakthrough, but the passing skill is not good, and Coutinho on the other side not only has both breakthrough and passing skills.

The second substitution, replace Joe Allen with Gerrard, Joe Allen's confrontation ability is too poor, Liverpool lost ground in the midfield today can not but say that it has a lot to do with Joe Allen's downturn, although Gerrard does not get much attention from Klopp, but there should be no problem playing in the half.

Gerrard also has a good sense of long-range shooting, which could be more useful for a Liverpool side who are at a disadvantage, and Klopp is no longer taking it lightly this time, and he is starting to take a proper look at everything about Manchester United, calculating the situation on the pitch in the second half and making a series of targeted arrangements.

When Klopp finished making tactical adjustments and the players took a short break, Zhang Yuan took advantage of this time to be next to Gerrard and handed the captain's armband to Gerrard.

"You better put it on, it's good!" Gerald resigned.

"No, you're our captain, since you're on the court, you should take on this responsibility, I'm Alexander!" Zhang Yuan said with an exaggerated smile.

Having said that, Gerrard still knows very well what Zhang Yuan thinks, this is about his last double red meeting, and he wants me to finish this game as the captain!

In the anxious wait of the fans, Atkinson finally blew the whistle at the start of the second half, Liverpool took the lead, Gerrard took the ball, did not rush to pass, but controlled it on the spot, and then prepared to make a long pass.

Herrera's upsurge was quick, he flew down to tackle, Gerrard couldn't dodge, Herrera's kick not only intercepted the ball, but also tackled Gerrard, which was undoubtedly a dangerous move, and Atkinson's whistle also blew, ruling that Herrera had committed a foul.

Gerrard was unhappy with the decision, Herrera deserved a yellow card for his actions, but Atkinson didn't say anything, he shouted at Atkinson, who just kept waving.

This made Gerrard furious, his eyes stared viciously at Herrera, who was still shouting to Atkinson, Herrera's movements were exaggerated, holding his head in his hands, his eyes were round, and he had an expression of disbelief, I was a foul on this ball?!

He didn't know that his actions had made Gerard very angry, in Gerald's opinion, this Herrera did not have the slightest remorse, and Gerard secretly made up his mind to give this fledgling Spaniard a little color.

Dozens of seconds later, the tragic thing happened, Gerrard and Herrera met again, this time to compete for the ball of a ball, Herrera was faster, poked the ball out first, and Gerrard, who was extremely unpleasant to Herrera, did not mean to close his foot at all, and stepped directly on Herrera's instep.

As soon as Herrera fell to the ground, she covered her instep and screamed, this was not pretending, and it was no joke for the spikes to step on the instep.

Gerrard really regretted it after he really vented, Atkinson will not give a chance to repent, in the face of the Manchester United players who surrounded him, Atkinson walked in front of Gerrard, and showed Gerrard a red card very surely, and maliciously fouled and went straight to the red card!

Gerrard's expression was extremely ugly, he knew that he deserved it, and his mind was full of remorse, but he didn't say anything, the Manchester United players originally wanted to compare with Atkinson and said, who knew that Atkinson gave Gerrard a red card so neatly, which made them stop talking and silently care about their teammates.

Zhang Yuan stood 20 meters away, he could see Gerald's movements very clearly, he didn't understand this, he couldn't understand why Gerald was so impulsive, didn't he know that we were missing one person now?!

However, if he didn't understand it, Zhang Yuan still rushed to the scene as soon as possible and questioned Atkinson's red card.

"It's a foul, but Steve definitely didn't mean it, it wasn't malicious, he just didn't mean it because he couldn't hold his feet! The red card sentence is too heavy!" Zhang Yuan put his hands together to argue for Gerrard.

"He did it on purpose, that's clear! He wasn't happy with my decision just now!Well, Herrera's previous tackle was a foul, but he clearly had a foot-stopping behavior, and this time it's different, Gerrard was a revenge tackle!" Atkinson decided for Gerrard.

Atkinson's explanation left Zhang Yuan speechless, the referee on the field is the existence of the supervisor, he will rule a penalty according to his own opinion, it is difficult for these players to shake the referee's opinion, the current situation is that it does not matter what Zhang Yuan wants to see, the important thing is that Atkinson thinks that Gerrard is a deliberate revenge foul this time.

38 seconds, this is the time when Gerrard plays, Klopp would never have thought that Gerrard would play under his expectations, but he automatically applied for a red card so quickly, when Gerrard passed by Klopp, Klopp did not look at Gerrard, he was full of anger at Gerrard's behavior at the moment, he didn't think it was forgivable, there are many ways to get a red card, but Gerrard's way of applying for a red card made Klopp disagree.

Gerrard knew that he had disappointed his team-mates, the manager, and the fans, and he walked down the tunnel with his head down, everything around him was not in his eyes, and he walked down the tunnel with a depressed expression.

Louis van Gaal was delighted that Herrera was injured but was back on the pitch soon after treatment, and United now have one more man and that's a big advantage and all he needs now is to make the most of it.

Van Gaal made his first substitution in the 55th minute, bringing on Di Maria for Ashley Young, a counter-substitution.

What level of Di Maria, Zhang Yuan couldn't be clearer, this was also Mourinho's descendant in Real Madrid like him, but he is different from Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan took the initiative to ask to leave and pursue his personal apex, while Di Maria is not, he was sold by Real Madrid, and it should probably be a matter of economic interests.

Di Maria performed well at the beginning of his arrival at Manchester United, in line with the value of Manchester United's most expensive signing, but when he was in good form, he was injured, and as a result, Van Gaal's trust in him plummeted, and he did not get a minute of playing time against Tottenham Hotspur in the last game, and he continued to stay on the bench in this game, Van Gaal finally thought of him in Ashley Young's single situation, and wanted to use him to strengthen the attack.