Both sides held their breath to knock each other down.

Especially Manchester United is at home, and they don't want to lose, so they put on a posture at the beginning and want to swallow Liverpool in one bite.

Kaisa didn't play in two games, one league and one Champions League, and he was already suffocated, and he began to impact Liverpool's defense as soon as he came up.

Benitez, on the other hand, looked particularly sophisticated, he had already arranged to lift the entire defence by 5-10 meters, and Kaisa's sprint space became smaller, and it was farther away from the opponent's goal, which was difficult to do.

The same is true for Cristiano Ronaldo, as long as he has the ball, there is a Liverpool player following him, and there is a defensive assistant not far away.

He and Kaisa passed a few kicks to each other, but Kaisa didn't have enough space and was very depressed, so he had to pass back to the midfield organization.

The first wave of attacks was in vain, and the blitzkrieg was ineffective. Ferguson has been frowning and feels like he's in a tough spot today.

Rafa Benitez is a recognized master of tactics, and if nothing else, it is annoying to lift up the defensive line and specialize in dealing with Kaisa and Ronaldo. For the first time, Kaisa felt restrained, kicked quite uncomfortably, and couldn't get the most out of it.

In fact, Benitez has a good coaching ability, and when he was in Valencia, he won two La Liga titles in three years and successfully won food from Real Madrid and Barcelona. He also won the UEFA Cup and won the 2005 Champions League when he was at Liverpool, which can be blown up for a lifetime.

If it weren't for the psychological tactics of losing to Alex Ferguson in the Premier League in 2008, he would have won one more Premier League title.

Benitez can play Mourinho to the ground, what do you think is his level? Jose Mourinho's Chelsea are all out of favour with Liverpool. According to the original historical development, Liverpool will play against Chelsea in the Champions League semi-finals this year, and Liverpool successfully reached the final, of course, Mourinho was sacked at that time.

Now Ferguson feels depressed, in this game, Benitez's tactical arrangement is obviously higher, suppressing Manchester United's midfield, not to mention, but also making Kaisa and Ronaldo unable to play, no matter from which aspect, Benitez is proud enough.

Manchester United also kept adjusting on the pitch, with Alex Alex Ferguson having a pre-game set-up, and now Gary Neville directing the defence, gradually retreating, and the midfield strengthened protection.

Kaisa and Ronaldo are waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, the opponent's defense line is raised, they counterattack and fight, the space is larger, Reina even if he has eight arms, he can't stop Kaisa and Ronaldo's counterattack.

Ryan Giggs watched from the bench, his face was not good-looking, in all fairness, if he was on the pitch, there was no way to solve the problem, Liverpool did very well today. Of course, if you add Rooney, the impact of the front trident, Liverpool will lose sight of one or the other.

Alonso and Hargreaves were on the run to cover the entire midfield, and today they had a very heavy task to do, one was to limit the play of Kaisa and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the other was to get the ball to Gerrard's feet.

In Benitez's arrangement, Hargreaves and Alonso in the midfield are behind, Hargreaves covers horizontally, and anyone who wants to break through has to face him, while Alonso controls the tempo, sends the ball forward and dispatches the attack.

In the first 15 minutes, the tactic was quite successful, and United's unstoppable attack was hampered.

In Kaisa's previous life, United fans had a good impression of Hargreaves because he played well for a few years, when the Reds won the Champions League. In the 2008 Champions League final, Hargreaves played quite well.

This player has obvious characteristics, great physical strength, can't run to death, has a lot of defensive coverage, is quite good at interception, and has a good mental quality, can score penalties, unlike other England players.

But he has average passing, even worse organizational skills, and can only be a midfield butcher, a defensive giant, and it is impossible for him to sort out the midfield.

In the summer, Ferguson also wanted to buy him, but the team already had Mascherano and Mikel, as well as his own training Fletcher, and the defensive midfielder was enough. Coupled with the fact that Kaisa consumed 40 million pounds in transfer fees in one go, there was no money.

Benitez also likes Hargreaves and can play his part very well. It should be said that Master Bei likes players with characteristics, and now Liverpool's midfield trio, Alonso, Hargreaves and Gerrard, all three have their own characteristics, but Master Bei can make them play well and are perfectly compatible.

Putting an Alonso next to the midfielder, combing the attack, and putting Gerrard up front to threaten the opposition defence, it was the perfect pairing.

This midfield gives Kaisa a stronger feel than Gerrard, Alonso and Mascherano's midfield three. Hargreaves is the king of sappers and the perfect puzzle for the giants, and now he is in Liverpool and feels quite healthy.

United were a bit passive, with Gary Neville finding the problem even more serious when he took command of the defence at the back.

Steven Gerrard's advantage in the short sprint was on full play, and Kuyt, the sapper goalscorer, could also harass United's defence. Even the ordinary Pennant and Cendon are alive and well.

Obviously, Benitez also arranged this tactic and Alonso played his best role.

Manchester United's Paul Scholes fouled the tackle, and the referee did not give a yellow card, and escaped. In less than a minute, Carrick was broken through by Gerrard and fell to the ground.

Gerrard couldn't get past Ferdinand and quickly passed the ball to Kuyt, who was on the side, and Kuyt leaned on Gary, cut inside, and then passed back.

It was a time difference, a time difference for Ferdinand to come to his senses, a little gap between the two centre-backs, and he was caught.

Gerrard plugged in and hit the door hard!

Gerrard's favourite way to shoot. Van der Sar made a perfect save, went down to the ground and played the ball very brilliantly.

The ball popped up, Pennant and Kaisa went up together to grab the second point, Kaisa first stuck in position, squeezed Pennant, and then pumped forward vigorously.

Ronaldo has started, fast, wind-like man. Patrice Evra also cut in, ready to receive Cristiano Ronaldo's pass.

Ronaldo successfully received Kaisa's pass, the strength was just right, he didn't need to adjust, and continued to sprint. But Hargreaves quickly shifted laterally to keep Cristiano Ronaldo's in the way.

Ronaldo lowered his head and made a series of dazzling movements under his feet, but Hargreaves didn't eat it, watched him dance, and suddenly got down and poked the ball out.

Patrice Evra kept stomping his feet on the baseline, and if he had passed it just now, he would have passed back to the middle, and Ronaldo and Kaisa would have a chance.

Kaisa was also very depressed, and finally rushed up, and the ball was gone. Thankfully, Scholes grabbed the ball and moved to the right for Kaysa.

Kaisa stopped his footsteps and switched to cutting inside, and Hargreaves immediately fouled, giving the free kick and not giving Kaisa a chance to cut inside.

Ferguson scolded directly, "This bald shell is quite powerful." ”

Benitez is very satisfied with the performance of the players, "Kaisa can't play all the threatening moves for him, that's it. ”

Benitez is also a little troubled, if Hargreaves has enough passing and quick ball passing ability, Liverpool can still have a bigger advantage, and maybe even score early.

Scholes took a set-piece, Kaisa grabbed the front post and shot straight at goal, but it was not strong enough and was saved by Reina.

"You can't go on like this, the more the defense retreats, the more passive it becomes, it's better to go to the front and hold Liverpool down. Maybe better. Kay Sa suggested to Gary Neville as he prepared for a corner.

"Their defense line is advanced, we retreat, it is more difficult to play, we also advance, fight in the midfield, I also retreat to support, Ronaldo is in front, the same formation as Liverpool." Kaisa licked the corners of his mouth, and he decided to gamble as much as Benitez.

Benitez likes gambling tactics very much, the tactics of a single game are simply invincible, and it is easy to produce results in cup competitions, but the league often drops the chain, and Liverpool's tradition of robbing the rich and giving to the poor took shape at this time.