The midfield position is Klopp's standard at this stage, Emre Can is paired with Henderson, in contrast, Henderson is more comprehensive, and there are still more forwards, while Zhan is more focused on defense, and the staffing in front of him is basically fixed during this time, Joe Allen is a rotation player, and Klopp usually uses Lallana to play this position.

On Manchester United's side, Van Gaal put on the same formation, 4231, he actually used a lot of formations in the Manchester United team this season, but unfortunately he failed to find the ideal state, and now this formation is also a compromise to put it bluntly.

Goalkeeper: David De Gea

Defender: Valencia Phil Jones Smallen

Defender: Carrick Fellaini

Attacking midfielder: Mataherrera Ashleyyan

Striker: Wayne Rooney

Valencia has now been completely used as a full-back, and Rooney's position has been relegated to the forward position, which has a lot to do with the current injury of Manchester United's forward group, and Van Gaal does not have many people to use.

The players of the two teams stood in the players' tunnel very seriously, without greetings or greetings, and the atmosphere of the game had become very solemn at this moment.

Under the leadership of referee Atkinson, the players of Liverpool and Manchester United came to the field, Zhang Yuan could clearly hear the abuse of Manchester United by fans on both sides outside the passage, which is not surprising, in the first half of the season they went to Old Trafford Stadium and also suffered abuse, just get used to it, if it is to go to the home stadium of other teams, it may not be like this, but for these two sworn enemies, fans will definitely not make the opposing players feel better so easily.

Van Gaal sat firmly in the coaching area with his assistants, and he probably didn't expect to have such a hard time accepting Manchester United, which is true, he never expected himself to be so difficult.

Van Gaal has coached a lot of teams, including Barcelona, Bayern Munich and other top giants, he has never felt so tired now, he is really tired, he has not coached a Premier League team before, the intensity of the Premier League has exceeded his imagination, he spent a lot of money in the summer, of course Liverpool spent more than him, how did the two teams be?

Van Gaal has a lot of pressure on him, and sometimes he has to be sympathetic, after all, he is also an old man in his sixties.

Klopp is different, tall and powerful, with a full beard, wearing a pair of glasses but not as Sven as he looks, and the camera can catch sometimes the scum uncle getting angry, that face is quite hideous, he has been standing on the sidelines since he came out of the field and waiting for the game to start.

Soon the pre-match ceremony was completed, and the two sides began to work hard, and the formation used by the two teams was exactly the same, both 4231, but Liverpool was not familiar with Manchester United's configuration, because Van Gaal had used several tactics this season, and Klopp could not see the details of Manchester United without playing for a few minutes.

But Liverpool is different, Klopp is basically this routine after taking office, Van Gaal is very clear, he has adopted the same tactics as Klopp today, pressing high, taking the opportunity to control the ball, Manchester United is actually one of the Premier League teams with better technical strength in the midfield, Carrick can be civil, Fellaini is single, and defense is the main force.

The passer, Manchester United, has a lot of experience and is of a pretty good standard.

Of course, his ideas are fundamentally different from Klopp's, Klopp's team often keeps moving forward with the ball, just to make full use of the defects in the opponent's offensive and defensive transitions, while Van Gaal hopes to force Liverpool to play high balls through high pressing, which is Liverpool's weakness, and then fight for the ball and control the ball slowly.

Whose tactics are more effective will have to be seen in the game.

As soon as Liverpool came on the field, Zhang Yuan and they leaned forward, trying to force the opponent's defense, obviously Van Gaal did a lot of homework in this game, De Gea was also fully utilized, and Liverpool's front-court pressing effect was not of much use for the time being.

However, in the third minute, Liverpool gave Manchester United a dismissal.

In the third minute, Liverpool intercepted successfully in the midfield, Joe Allen drove straight into the middle with the ball, and when he brought it to the middle, he gave the ball to Zhang Yuan, after Zhang Yuan controlled the ball, he took a step sideways to the side, and got straight to the side, Sterling used his super fast speed to overtake Blind, cut inside into the penalty area, and another dexterous crotch, easily passed Phil Jones, but he took a bit big a step, De Gea hit in time, and got the ball before Sterling.

The Liverpool fans at the scene let out a regretful exclamation, everyone was thinking about how good it would be if Sterling was a small step, and how good it would be if De Gea didn't attack!

It is rare for a player of De Gea's level to make mistakes, it is fair to say that Phil Jones dug this hole for De Gea is a bit big, De Gea showed his decisiveness, his prediction was very accurate, the correct calculation of Sterling's movement, a sideways fall almost blocked the route of Sterling's shooting and passing, no matter how fast Sterling is, it is not easy to find opportunities to shoot and pass.

Zhang Yuan was a little regretful, it would be great if this goal could be scored!

Manchester United did not panic after the shock, and the players on Liverpool's side felt less right the more they played, Manchester United's high pressing played a powerful role, Klopp's targeted arrangement was too poor, Manchester United was very well prepared, several lines pressed up together, and put on a posture of not wanting to die who is afraid of whom, Liverpool's defenders were a little uncomfortable in the face of such a high pressing, and wanted to pass the ball, always feeling that it was blocked here and there was also blocked, and as a last resort, they could only open their feet in front.

This is the effect Van Gaal wants, Zhang Yuan and them are very at a loss, to be precise, several players in Liverpool's frontcourt have suffered, the tallest Zhang Yuan is only about 1.85 meters, and Sterling Coutinho Joe Allen is only about 1.7 meters, in such a competition, Zhang Yuan is the main force, often facing Smalling and Phil Jones, Fellaini's three-person package, Zhang Yuan can play his own advantages is strange!

After ten minutes of play, Zhang Yuan felt that this game would not be easy, Manchester United was more targeted, he and the opponent had many aerial confrontations, and rarely won the chance, Fellaini's header was really a bit strong, anyway, Zhang Yuan thought so, it was too difficult for him to fight Fellaini from the air.

Zhang Yuan kept gesticulating, you can't give me such a pass, you can't give me such a pass!

Digan didn't see it at all, he couldn't help it, Liverpool's midfielder was like a demon today, feeling that he didn't move enough, or that he was not flexible, and Digan didn't dare to pass the dangerous ball to the midfield, for fear that Manchester United would take advantage of the momentum to counterattack.

Klopp was finally a little anxious on the sidelines, this is not the Liverpool he saw, he can feel that Liverpool is constrained everywhere, Zhang Yuan is in a state of frequent physical contact with the opponent in the frontcourt, out of his understanding of Zhang Yuan, he knows that this is not what Zhang Yuan is good at at all, Zhang Yuan is best at advancing or grabbing points with the ball at his feet, but you let Zhang Yuan be the fulcrum of the header, which is simply difficult for a strong man.

Because of the tactical relationship, Liverpool's frontcourt can live, but the center forward position is often a less active area in Klopp's tactical links, and if Coutinho and Sterling are allowed to go to the middle, I am afraid that they will suffer even more, so Klopp's mind is not that he hopes that Zhang Yuan will change to the midfield position, but that his midfield runs and moves more and changes.

Klopp shouted loudly from the sidelines that Liverpool's midfielders should strengthen their running, Gerrard stared a little wide of attention on the bench, Liverpool said that it has not suffered such a situation for a long time, when playing Manchester City, it was beating Manchester City, and facing Manchester United today is actually a different situation, which really made Gerrard a little unexpected.

Gerrard does not complain that Klopp threw himself on the bench, he also understands that his running ability is declining as he gets older, if it is his playing age, Gerrard can say that he is a perfect midfielder for Liverpool, but now he does not dare to say that about himself because he is not.