In the 20th and 26th minutes, Manchester City's side played a wave of attacking climax, Liverpool completely lost ground in midfield, and Manchester City's side created great chances in succession.

In the 20th minute, after De Bruyne and Kroos cooperated in the middle, they went straight to the right, Kyle Walker made a miraculous kill to the hinterland of Liverpool's side, and the low ball crossed in front of the goal, but unfortunately no one grabbed the point in front of the goal, and Johnson cleared the threat at the back point.

Just a minute later, it was De Bruyne who shook off Henderson in the middle and tested Mignolet's reflexes with a powerful shot from the spot.

In the 26th minute, Costa was a wive, and he broke through under Liverpool's tight defence to secure a set-piece for Manchester City, and Silva's cross from a set-piece nodded at the post in front of Kompany.

Rodgers looked anxious, directing the team's defense, eager to go up and fill the hole.

'Brendan Rodgers was anxious, Liverpool had made a bit of a mistake in the previous few minutes of defending, and the ball was completely out of control, allowing Liverpool to create some very dangerous chances! If Liverpool can't make a difference, then they will be very dangerous for the rest of the time! "Martin. Taylor was unabashedly in the commentary booth about his perception of the game.

Liverpool's players were really bad at this stage, but they quickly stabilized their position again, to be precise, with fouls, Suarez himself played, Lucas and Henderson were not ambiguous, and successfully disrupted Manchester City's rhythm with fouls.

Originally, Manchester City had increased their time on the basis of controlling the ball, but with several fouls by their opponents, their attacking rhythm inevitably slowed down.

Wen Sheng was angry and anxious on the sidelines, there was no way, these guys didn't foul much, they fouled and looked harmless, and then stood in front of the ball for the first time to stop Manchester City's fast hair.

The fans of Blue Moon let out a huge boo, but unfortunately it didn't really do much for those old fritters.

Brendan Rodgers was a little relieved on the sidelines.

The game continued and the first half ended quickly, with City in a dominant situation with thirteen shots on goal, but only four on target, never equalised.

"You can't play like that in the second half, you have to speed up the tempo, even at the cost of frequent ball exchanges!" This is Wensheng's half-time cognition, Brendan Rodgers' Liverpool defensive ability is not outstanding, but when they can play defensive counter-attack, the quality of defense is still quite good, Manchester City should not continue to compress their formation!

And don't just look at the attack on Manchester City's side, in essence, Liverpool's counterattack energy is still very large, the power of the 3S combination should not be underestimated, in such a passive situation, the 3S combination has also contributed three more wonderful counterattack offensives, if it is not for Kompany's good performance, I am afraid that at least one more goal has been conceded.

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"Liverpool played very well in the first half, against an opponent like Manchester City, they didn't show many flaws, Manchester City pressed the opponent too hard, in Dzeko's high point is not very high, it seems that they don't like to pass the ball very much, prefer to use ground cooperation to organise attacks!"

"Of course, Liverpool also have areas for improvement, they have a lot of fouls, which will bring hidden dangers to the defense in the second half, and the defensive pressure on the wing Sissoko is relatively high, he made a lot of mistakes in defense in the first half, and he needs to improve in the second half!"

Martin. Taylor's analysis is more pertinent.

After the fifteen-minute break at half-time, the two teams returned to the pitch, and Manchester City changed their style of play and began to play the ball frequently at the back, mainly looking for Dzeko for this point, or for De Bruyne to let him split the ball on the wing.

In the first half, De Bruyne was more flexible, but in the second half he was relatively fixed. new world

Rodgers' tactical concept is still attacking, Manchester City's more use of long passes inevitably brings more ball errors, the exchange of the ball is frequent, and the offensive battle between the two sides is officially formed.

'We can clearly see that the pace of the game has increased and that's exactly what the fans are looking forward to. Martin Taylor said.

Brendan Rodgers is also eager to see that happen, he is not a 1-0 man and has a lot of confidence in his attacking combinations.

Of course, he never underestimated City's attacking dynamism.

In the 53rd minute, Martin Taylor's foreseen story happened, due to the occurrence of the attack, Liverpool's formation inevitably appeared loose, and Costa was given more room to play.

After Costa received the ball from De Bruyne, he forced Sissoko to succeed, and then cut inside to cross, Kroos received a pass at the far end of the penalty area, volleyed, and the ball hung into the dead corner like a cannonball, this time Mignolet really had no choice.

The crowd cheered, Kroos didn't score much, and in the second half he obviously stepped up the frequency of his insertion, which was Wensheng's request, and Manchester City invested a lot in the attacking end.

Manchester City's attack accelerated too quickly, and Liverpool's loose position prevented them from forming an effective defensive system in time.

Wen Sheng shook his fist fiercely, and he knew that Rogers was not him, and he would definitely not defend it, and sure enough.

Manchester City have equalised, but the effect that Rodgers wanted has not been played, Manchester City have maintained a better formation than them, more aggressive defensively, pressed higher at the back, and Liverpool's ability to play the ball at the back has been greatly limited.

Liverpool can easily form an embarrassing situation, when the ball is in hand, players will rush forward immediately, but after Manchester City harassed in the front, Liverpool's forward ball is often easy to be cut off by the opponent.

Manchester City's defensive level and defensive staff are obviously stronger than Liverpool's, and Liverpool is not without effort on De Bruyne, Lucas is almost inseparable from De Bruyne, but it is useless, he can't stop De Bruyne at all.

He didn't get a Topaz card in the first half, but he was actually booked for a foul on Kevin De Bruyne early in the second half.

The equaliser made Manchester City's morale even higher, and they continued to pose a threat to Liverpool, and the pressure on the players on Liverpool's side increased.

But at this critical moment, Kroos was injured.

During an off-ball run, Kroos felt a tingling in his thigh muscles, signaling that he couldn't hold on.

Wensheng had to replace him with Dembele, Kroos played a great role, he mainly played a transitional role, De Bruyne and his cooperation is very tacit, in the case of the game, Kroos can play a good auxiliary role, and he has a strong vision, and he can also play the ball to the danger area.

In contrast, Dembele is a little worse, his tackling ability is gradually improving, but the overall picture and vision are a little worse, of course, there are strengths, he is more physical than Kroos, and he has a stronger ability to break through.

With Kevin De Bruyne backing him, he could also bring another style to the attacking attack.

It doesn't make sense to simply comment on who is the better combination, and Dembele may be able to surprise the team even more.