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The reason why the Devil's Race is called the devil is that it often points to the weakest part of the human heart.

For example, on the second day of Christmas, you have to get out of bed early and go to Melwood** to prepare for the afternoon game against Bolton, and if you're in China, that's what makes you have to go to work on New Year's Day, who would?

In order to weaken this and negative mentality of the players, Yang Cheng specially held an internal gathering in Melwood that morning, organized by the captain of the painting team Hyypia and Gerrard, and led the players to relax in the player area of Melwood, as long as it does not affect the game, they can do it.

It did have some effect, and Liverpool's recent form has really adjusted, so they did a thrilling 2-1 home win at Bolton.

The only bad news is that during the game, captain Hyypia was injured and will be out for at least a month.

This is indeed bad news for Liverpool's backline.

Hyypia's role in this Liverpool team is very obvious, and his absence is bound to bring some unstable factors to Liverpool's defense, but for the attrition in this kind of game, Yang Cheng, Chris, and Schmidt have no solution.

After two days of rushing, Liverpool travelled to Manchester, a few dozen kilometres away, to challenge Manchester City away.

This contest between Yang Cheng and Sun Jihai attracted great attention in China, but in the end, Sun Jihai failed to sit on the bench.

Keegan's side have been in doubt lately, which has made Keegan determined to pick up points at Maine Road, and he is well aware of the significant impact of the fixtures around Christmas, coupled with Hyypia's absence, so he has fielded an attacking line-up that uses the attacking prowess of the two strikers in front of him, Anelka and Fowler, to disrupt Liverpool's defence.

That tactic worked well in the game, with City taking the lead in the first minute, and ironically, it was Liverpool's two veterans who masterminded the goal, McManaman passing and Fowler scoring.

"Perhaps, the Liverpool fans must have a lot of bad feelings in their hearts at this time, especially the feeling of watching their own children score their own goals."

Dudek bears the ultimate responsibility for the goal, but Dan Ag, who replaced Hyypia, should also admit some responsibility, at least he didn't show up at the crucial moments. Help Dudek. ”

"Falling behind by one goal, being passive on the field, Liverpool is in danger in this game!"

Yang Cheng stood in front of the away team's coach's box at Maine Road Stadium, he was also paying attention to his team's performance, and shook his head, "I'm still too tired!" ”

Just finished playing Bolton the day before yesterday, this game Yang Cheng discharged the combination of Leiton-Barnes, Agger, Carragher and Finnan in the backline, the three players in the midfield are Azdiala, Davies and Gerrard, Robben and Murphy as the left and right wings, and Drogba as the forward.

After the opening, Manchester City rushed fiercely on Wright, Phillips's side, Robben continued, physical condition, and failed to show enough shock on the left side, making Manchester City's right side very active, and Davies and Gerrard were not as good as before, all of which were caused by physical fatigue.

"You have to get control back in midfield as soon as possible!" Benitez suggested.

Yang Cheng also understands in his heart that the midfield is suppressed, Robben on the left is in a sluggish state, Murphy on the right has to look at McManaman, Liverpool's entire offensive routine is limited, and the method of sending the ball into the ugly area without humming is more dependent on Drogba's pulling out of the penalty area, but in this way, there is no offensive point enough to form a threat in the front.

Keegan's defensive tactics are not clever, really, not clever at all, but he is in Liverpool's continuous battles and physical inadequacy, Liverpool simply has no way to deal with them.

Does this confirm a truth, there is no best tactic, only the most suitable tactic?

Yang Cheng also made adjustments at halftime, but Liverpool still did not improve in the second half, and even scored a goal, which was tantamount to catching up with Liverpool in trouble.

Arsenal and Manchester United have not let up since entering a crucial December, and they have always led the way, and they have beaten their opponents in succession, and if Liverpool cannot win Manchester City, the gap will be widened again. ,

Turning around and glancing at the bench, Yang Cheng made a decision, "Let Cristiano warm up!" ”

As the most popular team in Manchester, Manchester City's Maine Road stadium has always had a good attendance, and the atmosphere inside the stadium is very strong, with fans in the stands making deafening noise all the time.

"Cristiano, warm up!" In a frenzy, Baubyer ran from the front to the bench, shouted, and then went to coach Sitty Hank to ask for Tanat's stats for the game.

When he looked back again, he found that Xiao Xiaoluo was still sitting on the bench, and he immediately became anxious.

"Hey, Cristiano!" Paul, Bair almost roared, he thought the Portuguese were slacking off.

Xiao Xiao Luo immediately stood up from his seat, "What's the matter, sir?" ”

"I told you to warm up, didn't you hear?" Pau Barber shouted loudly.

"Yes, I'm sorry, sir, I didn't hear that!" Xiao Xiao Luo was a little trembling.

Paul, Bayer saw him like this, and he also understood, this kind of thing often happens in a football game, and immediately approached, "The boss is in a very bad mood now, immediately go to warm up, and get ready to play!" ”

Xiao Xiao Luo immediately nodded and went.

Three minutes later, he was called back by Paul and Beyer.

Yang Chengzhuo stood on the sidelines, his expression looked serious, and when he saw Xiao Xiaoluo coming back, he immediately called the Portuguese to his side, "How are you preparing?" ”

"Ready, Chief! ," Xiao Xiao Luo said, looking up and holding his chest high.

Yang Cheng smiled when he saw him like this, pointed to the court, and asked, "Do you think, if it were you, how would you fight now?" ”

Xiao Xiaoluo looked at Yang Cheng, thought for a while, and finally nodded: "Boss, you can fight as much as you say!" ”

Yang Cheng smiled, but felt that this kid had the intention to endure, "Go up and play on the right side, use your speed and technique, and tear apart Manchester City's defense directly for me on the side, but you have to remember one thing not to let the ball stick under your feet for too long, this is the professional league "boy!" ”

"I know! Xiao Xiaoluo's eyes were full of determination.

"You told me that you have to prove yourself, I will give you a chance, but you have to make me satisfied, I don't just want a player who can excel and juggle, I want a player who is a team player, if you can't do this, no matter how good you are, I won't give you a chance."

Xiao Xiaoluo nodded, he had an open and honest conversation with Yang Cheng on Christmas Day, he promised that he would work hard to meet his requirements, and he had been trying to prove this in the past two or three days of training.

"Go ahead!" Yang Cheng patted him on the shoulder.

"Liverpool made a pick-up adjustment, Yang Cheng used Portuguese teenager Cristiano Ronaldo to take over the average performance of Robben, this is a very unexpected substitution, but Robben's performance in this game is really not good enough!"

Taking advantage of the substitution of Xiao Xiao Luo and Robben, Gerrard has already received the latest instructions from Yang Cheng.

With the restart, everyone found out that Liverpool were changing tactics.

'Murphy returned to the middle of the pitch and Davies went to the left, looking to freeze Lai Phillips, who was City's most dangerous player of the game, and Yang Cheng was clearly jealous of the wide attacker.

The substitution quickly paid off.

Wright, Phillips really didn't meet an opponent on the right side of the game, and the previous Robben didn't interfere much with him, and Keegan gave him the power to attack as much as he wanted, and he didn't need to participate in the defense, so he played very handy, and Leiton-Barnes was played by him.

But this time, he faced Davis, a Dutch boar.

He had heard the names of the Premier League Twin Beasts but had never seen them.

The newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and he wanted to give it a try.

But as soon as he got the ball and was about to swoop up, Davis rushed up from the side, made a tackle, and knocked him to the ground with the ball, but quickly got up from the ground and cleared the ball with a big foot.

"Foul!" Manchester City fans in the stands shouting.

But the referee shook his hand at Wright Phillips, who fell to the ground, and signaled that he should get up and get back into play as soon as possible. ,

"Boy, when I was playing, you were still wearing open crotch pants!" Davis sneered and left.

Wright, Phillips glared at the guy and he started to get angry.

With City attacking on the right, the ball soon came to the feet of Wright and Phillips.

This time he learned smartly, avoiding Davis to get the ball, turned around smoothly, and began to play what he does best, advancing along the high-speed dribble on the right side, and he didn't believe that an old guy of the jade age could still rush.

But in fact, he didn't believe it and couldn't help it.

Davis pressed his body against him, squeezed, forced him to sprint with all his might at all, and then broke the ball with his feet.

This time it was really beautiful, the ball was almost pinned to the spot by his foot, Wright, Phillips couldn't retract the momentum, and the whole person fell out, but the ball was directly broken, and Liverpool played a counterattack.

The referee signaled again that there was no foul, and Wright Phillips fell twice in a row, so angry that he scolded the referee behind his back.

The third time, when Wright and Phillips got the ball, as soon as they saw Davis pressing, they immediately chose to pass the ball out.

Hung on Davis's hand twice in a row, and he was a little shadowy.

"If you have the ability, you can fly, you will fly again, and you will be killed!"

The Liverpool fans in the stands immediately cheered, and even taunted Phillips with their singing.

The right side couldn't get through, and the ball began to pass back and forth to the left, which is Liverpool's right side.

Finnan's attack on the right was not very sharp, but the defense was very solid, and Manchester City adjusted the direction of the attack, which also indirectly gave Liverpool the opportunity to counterattack.

In the 72nd minute, Finnan, under the escort of Gerrard, stepped forward to intercept the pass to McManaman and then passed the ball forward along the right side.

Ronaldo was always on the right side, and Tanat was watching him, but he didn't press too hard, because everyone knew that the Portuguese's small skills were too tight, and it was easy for him to get rid of them.

Take the ball and turn around and dash quickly along the right flank.

Tanat followed him closely, and the midfielder Reina behind him was also on guard, ready to step up and fill in at any moment.

This gave the German left-back a sense of confidence, so when Ronaldo dribbled into the right side of the box, Tanat finally made up his mind and fell straight to the ground to tackle.

Tanat, who has rich experience, generally does not get off his feet, and he will definitely succeed with one foot.

This time was no exception, he did tackle the ball at the feet of Xiao Xiaoluo, but not too far.

The Portuguese avoided his foot, did not trip, and accelerated directly to the baseline to regain control of the ball at his feet, and dribbled the ball along the baseline towards the goal.

Tanat got up from the ground and immediately chased back, and he and Reyna formed a flank attack.

Xiao Xiaoluo's skills are very fine, his stopping ball has improved a little under the tutelage of Moniz and Mulenstin, plus he has a wealth of experience in friendship and other aspects since he was a child, not to mention one-on-one, a pair. It's all a common thing.

When he saw that Reyna and Tanat were about to form a circle, he almost instinctively reacted and rushed to Reina's face with the ball.

This sudden change in rhythm caught Reyna a little off guard.

I saw that when Xiao Xiaoluo passed in front of Reina, he stretched out his foot and poked the ball through his crotch, but the man avoided him and caught up with the ball.

From the time he passed Reyna to the time he regained the ball, the whole process happened in an instant, right under the noses of those Manchester City fans in the stands at the bottom of the Maine Road stadium, some of them were still booing the Portuguese, but when they saw his action, they all suddenly grew up and couldn't shout.

Tanat is not young, "As soon as Xiao Luo rushed, the Germans couldn't keep up, and passing a Reina was equivalent to getting out of the encirclement and going straight into the penalty area."

Distin bent down on the right side of the small penalty area and looked at Xiao Xiao Luo as if he were facing a big enemy.

The Portuguese rushed towards him with the ball.

At this moment, everyone was worried, did he see Gerald behind him?

After Reina was passed by him, Gerrard had already come to the penalty area, and Drogba was pestering another central defender, Sommeil, if at this time Xiao Luo passed diagonally to the front of the small penalty area, Gerrard just went forward, it was a stunner! ,

"See?" Yang Cheng shouted in his head.

Everyone in the coach's bench of the home team couldn't help but stand up, and they must have asked in their hearts, did this kid who usually plays with his head down and see Gerrard?

The distance between Xiao Xiao Luo and Distin is getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer.

Seeing that it was about to retract and collide, the Portuguese still did not move.

Distin saw this guy and looked him straight in the eye, hoping to see a clue, but what he saw was gritting his teeth.

It's a sticky ball fool!

Almost instantly, Distin made a judgment, so when he saw Xiao Xiaoluo's right shoulder sinking in the direction of the bottom line, he immediately instinctively felt that he wanted to pass from the bottom line.

But just as he moved forward to block Xiao Xiaoluo's pass from the bottom line, the Portuguese suddenly reversed his posture again, the ball was in place, and then swept with his right foot, and the ball gently grazed the right corner of the small penalty area and came to the front.

Sommeil was immediately taken aback and tried to go up to clear the ball, but Drogba got in front of him and slowed him down.

He-Man decided to attack, but he soon saw a fiery red figure, from far to near, and by the time he realized it, Gerrard had already volleyed the ball into the goal from the right side of He-Man.

“Ｇ０ａＬＬ！” Andy, Gray could barely wait for the cheers.

"It's so beautiful, Cristiano Ronaldo's successive passes on the right flank, he almost got past the three players in the Manchester City backline in one go, and he played a comfortable assist for Gerrard, who stepped in the back row and pulled the score back for Liverpool!"

The slow motion of the live TV broadcast was aimed at Xiao Xiaoluo's series of actions just now, and it was played back in slow motion from the moment he received the ball, slowly allowing the audience in front of the TV to enjoy every one of his passes. The moment, especially the scene where he accelerated past Reina near the baseline and got rid of the two of them, was even more amazing.

'It's unbelievable, Cristiano, Ronaldo, he's almost amazing in his skills, it's almost all in one go, and these defenders of Manchester City are like stakes in his eyes, and they get rid of it easily.

While Anchingray was amazed, Gerrard laughed and pounced on the Portuguese who had assisted him.

The two hugged tightly around the bottom line, and the excited Gerrard directly picked up Xiao Xiao Luo, while Drogba and others, who followed and caught up, arched them in the middle, congratulating Gerrard for his attack and Xiao Xiao Luo's assist.

Yang Cheng and others also chose to high-five to celebrate after Gerrard's goal.

"This kid finally didn't disappoint!" Paul, Bair shouted excitedly.

Yang Cheng was also laughing, he was happier than anyone else, but he shook his head, "He should have passed it earlier just now, if Distin hadn't been deceived by him, the distance was so close, this kick was likely to be cut off by him." ”

Benitez and Baubar looked at each other and laughed.

The two hugged Yang Cheng one after the other, thinking that this guy was too pretending to be forced, "Xiao Xiao Luo assisted Gerrard to score, Yang Cheng was happier than anyone else, because this proves Xiao Xiao Luo's progress."

"At least he knows how to pass, doesn't he?" Benitez also felt that Yang Cheng's requirements were almost demanding.

It takes a while for a player to get rid of his playing habits, even if he realizes that he needs to change them, but habits are called habits because he can't control himself a lot of the time, especially in fast-paced games.

Therefore, for Xiao Xiaoluo, he was able to deceive Distin with a feint, and did not choose to go it alone, did not choose to shoot by himself, but chose to knock the ball back to Gerrard, which is already a very difficult thing in itself.

If you want him to get rid of sticky balls and fancy problems, it will take some time!

After Yang Cheng heard this, he laughed, "That's right, this kid is not bad!" ”。 ）