Chapter 176: The Double Red Society

"Cool!"

Dai Zhiwei just flew back to Manchester from China and ushered in a good news: the 30-man list of the 2017 Golden Globe Awards was released, and he was one of them!

Moreover, according to the news that Mendes finally found out, although he won the award, the final ranking will be very high, at least in the top five, and may even be second only to Messi and Ronaldo.

This is the second consecutive year that Dai Zhiwei has entered the final 30-man list of the Golden Globe Awards, but last year he was only ranked 27th.

In addition to him, only David De Gea has one place in the Manchester United squad this time.

After returning to the club, Dai Zhiwei immediately threw himself into training, because their next opponent was Liverpool.

These two teams are two of the most successful clubs in England, with both boasting illustrious histories and illustrious traditions. Due to the classic red shirts of both teams, Manchester United is known as the "Red Devils" and Liverpool is called the "Reds". Therefore, their confrontation is also called the "Double Red Society".

And the confrontation between these two balls is more of a duel between two cities, two football styles, and two religious traditions. And Lord Frujor's bold statement that he wanted to surpass Liverpool at the beginning of his tenure made every meeting between the two teams even more eye-catching.

Jose Mourinho has never beaten Liverpool in the league since taking charge of Old Trafford, and United drew two games against Liverpool last season, but have beaten them twice in the previous two seasons.

Manchester United have only lost one of their last six league games against Liverpool, but Klopp has won three wins, three draws and one defeat against Mourinho in seven times.

Obviously, judging from the past record, Mourinho does not have any advantage against Klopp, but has a slight advantage, which is also a relatively rare thing.

Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp were both very serious about the English derby, with Liverpool replacing the injured Mane with Emre Can and Manchester United only rotating Herrera, Anthony Martial and Darmian.

Manchester United line-up:

Goalkeeper: David De Gea

Defenders: Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Darmian

Defenders: Nemanja Matic, Herrera

Avant-garde: Ashleyyan, Mkhitaryan, Anthony Martial

Forward: Dai Zhiwei

Liverpool line-up:

Goalkeeper: Mignolet

Defenders: Gomez, Matip, Lovren, Moreno

Midfielders: Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Emrejan

Forwards: Salah, Firmino, Coutinho

Dai Zhiwei is no stranger to Liverpool, in fact, one of the main reasons why Manchester United are so eager to bring him in is his outstanding performance against Red Devils arch-rivals Liverpool and Manchester City.

With the onslaught of the Anfield crowd, the high-profile highlight of the Premier League has finally begun.

Mourinho and Klopp sat in the coach's seat with their chests crossed, looking full of ambition, and the figures of the two in the camera reflected the momentum of the two, but the two really had some confidence in their hearts.

Manchester United, who kicked off the pitch first, chose to defend and counter-attack as expected, and to some extent, accusing Mourinho of "swinging the bus" is not pure slander.

It's just that Mourinho's defensive counterattack is to open up the space of the opponent's defense line in order to better attack, and there is still a certain difference between it and those weak teams' "swing bus".

"Watch his speed!"

Lovren pointed at Ashley Young and shouted to remind his teammates, but his eyes were fixed on Dai Zhiwei, who was slowly running towards him.

This season, Liverpool's backline is basically the same as last season's Great Wall of Steel, and the tacit understanding is quite good, so it is not easy for Dai Zhiwei and Anthony Martial to score goals in this game.

"Want to start grabbing points suddenly?" Lovren has been observing Dai Zhiwei, and now Dai Zhiwei is a super shooter who no one dares to underestimate and ignore for half a second, and even in today's era when Messi is getting older and Luo's role is becoming more and more single, Dai Zhiwei has become the most offensive threat player in today's football.

And compared with the sharp rhythm of Manchester United's counterattack, Dai Zhiwei seemed too leisurely, and this subtle anomaly helped Lovren make the first judgment in his heart.

Was Lovren's judgment accurate?

When United's pass opened a gap on the right flank, Dai Zhiwei suddenly started to get rid of it.

"And so it was!" Lovren reacted immediately, "Before! ”

At this time, the details of the opponent released by Liverpool before the game played a crucial role, and Lovren almost at the same time as Dai Zhiwei started, subconsciously rushed to the front point according to the habit of mastering Dai Zhiwei.

Even if he was not as fast as Dai Zhiwei in terms of speed, but this goalmouth rush was still destroyed by Lovren, and the Englishman's strong body just hit Dai Zhiwei with his elbow behind his back, and he easily defused Manchester United's first attack.

The offense was terminated, Dai Zhiwei did not bother with Lovren's small movements behind his back, he had already seen the physical confrontation of the Premier League in these rounds, which was much larger than La Liga, and he was a little surprised by Lovren's defense.

This attack started suddenly and had the advantage of speed, Lovren was able to follow him to destroy the ball at the first time, although there was a suspicion of fouling, but this reaction is enough to show that Lovren is in very good shape today, and the fighting spirit is also very strong.

There was no dialogue, but the eye collision between the two never stopped, and even the camera came to join in the fun, and the camera cut to the picture of the two looking at each other during the broadcast.

It's just a second-of-its-kind picture, but it gives people a real feeling: the confrontation between these two people will definitely be very fierce!

"Dai Zhiwei is in very good shape today, from the timing and route of his grabbing points just now, it can be seen that his feeling in front of the goal is as keen as ever." Today, Sky Sports TV still sent their Premier League aces commentators Lineker and Martin Taylor to explain the Premier League focus game, and Martin Taylor was quickly commentating at this time.

"It's really good, Manchester United's attack in recent games is really fantastic, especially Dai Zhiwei, the pressure on the Liverpool backline led by Lovren today is not small!" Lineker agreed.

With Manchester United's winning record so far this season and the top scorer in the Premier League and Champions League, Dai Zhiwei has completely conquered the most demanding critics in the Premier League, and finally there are so-called celebrities who question that he has not yet met a strong team, and today's game will be his best chance to prove himself.

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool are definitely strong!

In the ensuing corner, Lovren did not succeed in defending Dai Zhiwei again, although he was taller, but Dai Zhiwei was faster, and the ricochet and header were also top-notch, this time Dai Zhiwei shook off Lovren's backward header and grazed the crossbar and jumped over the bottom line.

"I'll go! What bad luck! ”

Dai Zhiwei let out a sigh of relief, just now this header just now only needs to be a few centimeters lower to allow him to break the deadlock, but unfortunately the result is not satisfactory.

"Aha, Dai Zhiwei's state today is indeed very good, but it's a pity that he beat Lovren's head-shaking attack by a fraction of a second!" Lineker has brought the conversation back to Tai, but Sky Sports fans have become accustomed to his endless praise of Tai.

United's attack continued to blow under the boos of the Anfield Stadium, and then Ashley Young continued to attack on the right, and Liverpool's left-back Moreno was able to cope with it, but it was still more difficult.

Professor Yang, who is in the contract year, really lives up to his reputation!

Ashley Young's good form also created several good chances for Dai Zhiwei, but the old and spicy Lovren did a very good job of defending several times after understanding his habits.

Even though Dai Zhiwei grasped several chances well, he and Anthony Martial's shots were mostly blocked by opponents under the multiple defenses of Lovren, Henderson and Mignolet.

Although they have not yet scored, they have seen their players particularly powerful, and several consecutive defensive counter-attacks have directly threatened the opponent's goal, which has made Liverpool fans very worried, and the Anfield stadium began to sound boos against Manchester United's attack.

Whenever United fans picked up the ball, especially when Dai Zhiwei dribbled and shot, the Liverpool fans in the stands would wave humiliating gestures at him, even certain racial gestures, and constantly boo.

In fact, although the British have always flaunted their gentlemanly demeanor, in fact, the more they lack, the more emphasis is placed on something, at least in Dai Zhiwei's view, the quality of the fans here is much lower than that of domestic and Spanish fans.

"Ashley, you can try other points, blindly holding the front point, they have seen through it, and it is not easy to get rid of them." When returning to the defense, Dai Zhiwei briefly exchanged a few words with Ashley Young, which is very necessary, the manager's tactics are just the framework, and the fine-tuning of the players on the field can make the whole team run better.

In fact, Ashley Young is also aware of this problem, but after all, there is not enough tacit understanding between the two people, so they must communicate to form a consensus.

Dai Zhiwei began to change his position, and Ashley Young also tried to pass the ball to the middle and back post, which caught Lovren and others a little off guard, and when Dai Zhiwei flanked forward again, Lovren and Matip also inertly followed forward.

But Dai Zhiwei suddenly changed direction and rushed straight to the back post of the goal, and at this time, Ashley Young also crossed to the back post with a sharp heart, and Lovren and Matip, who lost the opportunity, were left behind.

Dai Zhiwei made a beautiful left-footed volley at the back post and hit the ball.

"Dang!"

It's a pity that the football hit the post heavily and made a huge sound, and even Mignolet, who was already in place, subconsciously made a protective move, if this tiger shot hit the body, it was really enough for Mignolet to bear.

"Oh!"

The Manchester United fans behind the goal had already stood up in surprise, but soon they put their heads in their hands and exclaimed, and at that moment, they all thought that the goal was going to be scored.

"Martin Taylor was about to shout for a goal when the bottom half of the sentence was forced back into his stomach by the goalpost.

The goalpost, denied Dai Zhiwei's goal.

A shot was slightly higher than the crossbar, and a shot hit the post, Dai Zhiwei didn't know if he had offended the gods all the way today, so he could only roar at the sky.

"It was a brilliant shot, but unfortunately it was a bit of bad luck, Mignolet had already given up on surrendering, but it was blocked by the post." Lineker smacked his lips regretfully, and the shot was really good for him.

The power, angle, and timing are all very good, and the moment when the ball is touched is wonderful, and even makes Dai Zhiwei feel the pores of his whole body open and refreshing.

But as Lineker said, with a little less luck, if it had been a little bit more in, the ball would have bounced off the post.

Dai Zhiwei wanted to shake his hand fiercely to vent his emotions, but his right hand in mid-air did not fall, but clenched it tightly into a fist to accumulate anger for himself, and when he accumulated a certain amount, he would burst out with huge energy.

"Attention, their style of play has changed, be careful next time." Lovren was really shocked into a cold sweat this time, Dai Zhiwei's ability to grasp the opportunity was so amazing that he didn't dare to relax at all.

There were also pro-Liverpool media who thought that Salah was not much worse than Dai Zhiwei, but at this moment, Lovren had to admit that Salah and Dai Zhiwei were not at the same level at all.

After Manchester United has Dai Zhiwei, the power of defensive counterattacks is really amazing, even if Dai Zhiwei pulls Henderson left and right behind the butt in the front court, it still affects Lovren's mind from time to time.

It wasn't until 20 minutes after the first half that Liverpool withstood United's onslaught and found their rhythm.

After seeing a long-range hanging goal saved by Salah De Gea, Mourinho sighed in his heart, and finally let Liverpool ease up, and the rest of the game will be difficult.

In some ways, Jurgen Klopp's style of football is somewhat restrained by Mourinho and he is one of the few opponents to be feared by madmen.

The failure to take advantage of the opportunity to take the lead disappointed Mourinho, while Jurgen Klopp unknowingly stood on the sidelines.

In fact, seeing Manchester United's onslaught before, Klopp on the sidelines was also a little unable to sit still, he was really envious of Mourinho having a striker like Dai Zhiwei, Liverpool also quoted Villarreal this summer, but he didn't expect Manchester United to directly trigger Dai Zhiwei's liquidated damages treaty and get ahead of Liverpool.

Since then, Klopp has crossed out the plan to introduce Dai Zhiwei from Manchester United, the two teams still have not transferred players to each other for decades, Liverpool and Manchester United are not like Real Madrid and Barcelona, Milan and Inter Milan, so players can transfer back and forth, only Liverpool and Manchester United are not only a pair of mortal enemies on the field, but also enemies in the transfer market.

"Beat up your speed! I'm going to see the offense! "Jurgen Klopp suddenly became angry at the players on the field, one moment he was standing on the sidelines as quiet as a sculpture, and the next moment he was like an angry lion suddenly angry at his own players.

Is Liverpool who lost their attack or Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool?

"Damn it!" Henderson also yelled in frustration: "Use the offense to press them back!" ”