The cheers of the Theater of Dreams slowly turned into sighs, and the home team's bench beat their chests again and again.

Li Liang finally understood what it meant for the magic bird to tear up those newspapers in front of him and scold "these are shit".

Against a Leicester City side that is missing several big players, it's hard not to surprise the Reds.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester United took advantage of the home advantage to press the attack, but Leicester City, nicknamed "The Fox", gradually eased up with a solid defense and began to pose a frequent threat to the home team.

At the Etihad, he witnessed the Foxes beating Manchester City to the collapse of the hosts, and now Li Liang can't help but worry about the Red Devils.

Despite the loss of super defensive midfielder N'Golo Kante, it can be seen that the basic offensive structure of the Foxes' championship season is still working well.

In particular, the group attack coordination of Vardy, Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki and Mahrez made Nemanja Nemanja, Pogba and Jones embarrassed for a while!

Riyad Mahrez's attack on the right completely overpowered Anthony Martial and Blind on the left wing-back, and Shinji Okazaki's relentless pull up front made the Reds' attack on the left gradually fall into a noticeable passivity.

Less than 15 minutes into the game, Mourinho rushed to the command area and became irritable, and Li Liang noticed that the magic birds shouted the most were Mkhitaryan and Mata.

In the high-intensity running and physical confrontation of the Foxes' players, the two engines of Manchester United's frontcourt, Mkhitaryan and Mata, showed signs of "stalling" at the same time.

Li Liang was also anxious, he found that it was difficult for Mkhitaryan and Juan Mata to keep the ball at their feet for a long time to organise the attack, but it became more and more difficult for them to get forward under the opponent's cut, which made Manchester United's attack more and more monotonous.

Watching the home side barely maintain their attack by relying on crosses from the right by captain Valencia, and watching Romelu Lukaku lose duels in the box again and again, boos gradually erupted from the stands.

Smalling, who was next to Li Liang on the bench, said helplessly: "Leicester City is completely different from Swansea and West Ham United......

But they (the fans) spent money on tickets so they didn't care so much......"

Herrera retorted: "Come on, it's true that we didn't play well, and it doesn't matter who the opponent is!" ”

Mourinho kept roaring, his body language becoming more and more exaggerated until half-time.

This time, Faria called everyone, even the substitutes, back to the dressing room.

Li Liang was surprised to see Mourinho kick over the tactical board and roared loudly: "... Are you going to the prom?

Everybody's lost their place, what the hell are you doing?

With such a performance, we can't even qualify for the Europa League this season! ”

Pogba suddenly stood up: "Head, I need to be closer to the goal!"

Pass me more and I can solve them! ”

The magic bird opened his eyes angrily and pointed at Pogba: "Shut up, you sit down for me!" ”

Li Liang was extremely surprised, and the magic bird had a lot of dissatisfaction in the first two games, but he didn't see him as fierce as today.

The magic bird calmed down and began to rearrange his tactics, and Li Liang finally understood the reason for his anger.

Facing the Foxes' aggressive defense, Mkhitaryan was squeezed to the right. As a result, he and Juan Mata were too close to each other to help the team pass the ball up front as quickly as they did in previous games, making it difficult to open up the attack.

At the same time, Romelu Lukaku lost the fulcrum behind him, and his power was greatly reduced, and United's attacking system was completely controlled by the opposition after the 30-metre area was unable to form a threat.

At the start of the second half, after less than five minutes of observation, the Magic Bird turned around in disappointment and gestured to Faria.

Faria immediately motioned to several of the substitutes to start preparing: "Hurry up, boys!"

Whoever can go up and open up the situation, he will be the starter in the next game! ”

Li Liang moved with his team-mates on the sidelines, and the scolding in the stands grew louder, especially in the 55th minute, when Vardy almost broke the door for David De Gea.

In the 60th minute, the Red Devils were the first to make a change, with Marcus Rashford coming off the bench to replace Anthony Martial, who was almost invisible on the pitch.

Li Liang noticed that the French striker walked past Mourinho with a gloomy face when he was replaced, and the two did not even make eye contact.

Youngster Marcus Rashford was unable to open up the game after coming on, and it was difficult for Lukaku to get his team-mates' low-quality crosses in front of the tall Foxes captain Morgan and rookie giant centre-back Harry Maguire.

After a few games and daily training, Li Liang has already found that Lukaku, who is 1.90 meters tall, is not a strong point, and the little monster prefers the passes of his teammates from the ground.

The magic bird suddenly turned around and roared, "Lee! ”

Li Liang began to nervously prepare to play, Mourinho simply walked up to him and helped Li Liang's shoulder and said directly: "Li, put pressure on them on the right side and help Henrik (Mkhitaryan) get space to move......"

Tang Meng, who was almost drowsy, suddenly came to his senses: "It's Li Liang, when he couldn't open the situation, Mourinho thought of Li Liang for the first time!" ”

Lu Yue's opinion is slightly different: "At this time, replacing Li Liang may be to increase the possession point in the front court and enrich the offensive routine."

Li Liang has only been in Manchester United for three weeks, and he may not have fully mastered all the tactics of the coach......"

In the 69th minute, Li Liang came on to replace Mata.

As soon as he came to the field, he quickly told everyone about the arrangement of the magic bird, and when he looked closely, he found that under the bombardment of the magic bird for a long time with a "hair dryer", Mkhitaryan's eyes became a little dazed.

The Foxes also made a change, replacing Shinji Okazaki, who had a lot of movement, and Albrighton, who was opposite Li Liang.

Gray, who was newly replaced to play against Li Liang, was extremely fast, and he followed Li Liang closely according to the arrangement of Fox City coach Shakespeare.

At the same time, the visiting team's Nigerian defender Ndidi and Austrian left wing-back Fox are always paying attention to Li Liang's defense.

Lu Yue sighed: "Shakespeare, the coach of the visiting team, has obviously done a lot of work today!"

He was prepared for all of Mourinho's possible changes, using Gray to stick to Li Liang, Fox to protect him in the back, and Ndidi to cut off the connection between his teammates and Li Liang at any time.

This is almost the standard for all teams when they meet Monaco in the second half of last season! ”

Tang Meng was a little worried: "Li Liang's only appearance in the league was almost in 'garbage time' before, and he didn't receive any tests.

We know that the rhythm of the Premier League's game and the intensity of physical confrontation can be said to be completely different from that of Ligue 1, especially Li Liang is now facing Leicester City! ”

Less than 5 minutes after coming on the pitch, Li Liang had already been brought down twice on the right side.