Back in training, Klopp has been "talking" a lot with the players in the front court recently, and he still takes the trouble to instill his offensive tactical concepts in everyone, how to run and what to do, and what to think about in different situations.

Of course, the players themselves have been groping in training, and the cooperation between Zhang Yuan and Firmino, Coutinho and others now feels more and more tacit.

At half past three o'clock in the afternoon of September 12th, the Old Trafford stadium was already full, and Manchester United fans have always been very positive about playing Liverpool.

Zhang Yuan stood in front of the players' tunnel, didn't say anything, quietly breathed his heart and breathing, and kept thinking about how he would deal with this game.

Carrick, who came out later, stood next to him silently, he was the captain of Manchester United today, and Wayne Rooney was out due to injury, so Carrick became the captain.

Zhang Yuan felt the movement around him, looked sideways, it turned out to be Carrick, the eyes of the two touched together, they both smiled slightly, there were no extra words, and they didn't hold their hands!

"Fans and friends, today we are broadcasting for you a focus of the fifth round of the new Premier League season, the Red Devils Manchester United sat at Old Trafford to face the Red Army Liverpool, before this game Manchester United had won 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the previous four rounds, and currently accumulated 7 points, while the Red Army Liverpool got a record of 3 wins and 1 draw, currently accumulating 10 points, it should be seen from the pre-game that Liverpool started very well during this time, Manchester United has not won in the first two rounds of games, this game should be said that Manchester United will also face a huge test at their home stadiumCoach Zhang, what do you think of this game?" Zhou Qiang sat in the live broadcast room and started the commentary of the game, introduced his commentary partner, and asked Coach Zhang questions.

"The situation of Manchester United today is not very good! Wayne Rooney is injured, who will Van Gaal choose in the forward line?! Is it the rookie Martial who has just transferred to Manchester United or something else?! It's hard to say! But Manchester United's attacking power is already quite problematic! This season, they only scored 3 goals in the first four games, while Liverpool has scored 12 goals, the contrast is relatively strong, Manchester United should be especially careful of Liverpool's offensive firepower, they are now the most attacking team in the Premier League!" Director Zhang smiled and took the lead in talking about the offense of the two teams.

In the two speaking moments, the players of both sides have completed the pre-match ceremony, and with the whistle of referee Oliver, the game officially began.

On Manchester United's side, Louis van Gaal sent a 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper: David De Gea

Defender: Damian Smorelin, Blind, Luke Shaw

Defender: Schweinsteiger Carrick

Midfielder: Mataerrera Depay

Forward: Marouane Fellaini

On Liverpool's side, Klopp also sent a 4231 formation.

Goalkeeper: Mignolet

Defender: Klein Digans Cottel Gomez

Defender: Kante Emrejan

Midfielder: Zhang Yuan Ali Mirner

Forward: Roberto Firmino

Liverpool's side is basically the main force, Moreno was rotated by teenager Gomez, and Coutinho was a little injured after the national team break, and was also rotated by Klopp on the bench for this game.

Van Gaal's routine is not a secret, Klopp knows it very well, plus this game is after the national team break, Klopp's central idea to the team is the strategy of defensive counterattack, Manchester United doesn't like to keep the ball, Klopp simply chose to give up the ball, as long as Manchester United does not attack his core area.

Louis van Gaal is indeed stubborn, and in such an important game, he has not changed his central strategic thinking to keep Manchester United firmly in control.

From the start, Manchester United took the initiative, and Liverpool's pressure on United in front of the field was deliberately relaxed, at most as a delaying strategy.

Manchester United's attack began to look very difficult in Liverpool's half, their personnel pressed very actively, but the effect was not very great, often trying to solve the problem through wide crosses, Depay on the left side is a tendon, dribbling the ball to death, every time trying to force Klein past, the result is often passive.

"Depay is not too smart to play like this!" Zhou Qiang commented, "Now Klopp's tactics are obviously deliberately recycled, Manchester United should strengthen the off-ball running, insert into the penalty area, and always hope to break through on the side and cause trouble for the opponent is a bit too stubborn!"

"Yes, they didn't have no crosses, Fellaini has a high point, but as a striker, hehe, he is still unqualified, Van Gaal's lineup today is a bit unexpected to me, I didn't expect him to let Fellaini play as a center forward at the beginning, in fact, more than 10 minutes have passed, Fellaini basically has no good performance!"

Van Gaal is really incomprehensible, Manchester United's offensive position is too dead, Fellaini is basically embedded in the Liverpool penalty area, and the surrounding personnel do not seem to be too inserted, side crosses, Manchester United has too few points in the penalty area, Fellaini is not a positive center after all, the explosiveness is not strong, the running position is not flexible enough, to put it bluntly, he needs Manchester United players to pass the ball to the top of his head, pass to the top of his head, he also has to face the bag of Digan and Skrtel, it is strange to be able to play well, the game played for fifteen minutes, Manchester United made a total of 3 crosses, and Fellaini did not succeed in scoring once。

"Manchester United has to pay attention to their defense, the players are pressing a little high now, and it will be fatal if Liverpool gets a counterattack!" Director Zhang reminded Manchester United in the live broadcast room, but unfortunately Manchester United can't hear it.

If Manchester United really doesn't pay attention to Liverpool's attack, it certainly isn't, but with the formation of suppression, the players will definitely not think so much about some details, such as the marking of Zhang Yuan, originally Luke Shaw was afraid of Zhang Yuan's strength and did not dare to press too much, but as Zhang Yuan continued to change his position and keep moving to the middle of Carrick, Luke Shaw still couldn't bear it, and began to plug in frequently, trying to support the attack in front.

Maybe he thinks in his heart that he's not in my zone anymore, I don't need to follow so closely, I'm just a defensive role now.

In the 17th minute, Manchester United's front attack Depay's ball was cut off again, and Klein passed the ball straight to Zhang Yuan in front.

Zhang Yuan stopped the ball on the side, saved the ball, and let the ball not go out of the sideline, Luke Shaw just rushed back, his return was very active, trying to tackle Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan saw through it, and a light pick of the ball dodged Luke Shaw's tackle.

Then quickly dribble the ball and run, Manchester United's return speed is still good, Zhang Yuan saved the ball to avoid Luke Shaw wasted some time, at this time Manchester United's back has returned to defense, Zhang Yuan began to show his momentum at this time.

He took the ball, another dodge, scattered Carrick, and left Carrick behind, Carrick has to tackle the ball from behind at this time with risk, and it is very likely to be shown the risk of being shown a red card, the referee of the Premier League has a large scale, but sometimes the punishment is simply merciless, the veteran Carrick can only follow behind Zhang Yuan, who knows that Zhang Yuan's speed with the ball is too fast.

Carrick can't always be so desperate to chase behind him, he wants to find the right time to kick, but he hesitates, and is more and more open by Zhang Yuan, when he sees Schweinsteiger filling in the position to wrap up, he still has a little joy in his heart, hoping that his teammates can help.

How do you know that Zhang Yuan didn't say a word, he didn't care about their bags at all, just when they were about to succeed in the front and back bags, he forcibly took a big step and accelerated to eat Schweinsteiger raw, and Schweinsteiger could only be stupid, he didn't expect Zhang Yuan to be like this at all.

Of course, this stride is a bit risky, and this time is not far from Manchester United's central defender Blind!

Blind saw that his foot was about to touch the ball, but Zhang Yuan was still more explosive, and changed the direction of the ball with his toes, Blind kicked it empty, but Zhang Yuan also lost his balance!