1409 Overcoming rigidity with softness
Manchester United were quick to adapt under Liverpool's strong attack.
Wayne Rooney dropped back sharply from the front.
Koeman was a little worried when he saw Rooney's movements on the sidelines.
Liverpool's biggest fear now is the rapid attacking push from the back.
Because then there will be a lot of space in the Liverpool defense area.
It's harder to keep track of opponents who are rushing forward.
In the 19th minute of the game, Manchester United played a quick counterattack from the left, Evans fell to the ground and slid Qin Xiong's close to the ground to Kuyt, and he pushed it to the left wing.
Patrice Evra stopped the ball and sent it to the feet of Ryan Giggs.
Giggs looked at the situation in the middle of the road, Park Ji-sung ran forward quickly, and Giggs passed the ball to the line where Park Ji-sung was running.
Before Gerrard could get back into place, Park Ji-sung kicked the ball out and he slid it to Ashley Young on the right.
At this point, Rooney was diagonally in front of Ashley Young, who didn't hesitate to pass the ball to Rooney.
Lu Xiaopang stopped the ball and turned around to dodge Alonso's pressing, and then he was in front of Liverpool's entire tight defence.
Thiago Silva's defence kept Rooney from dribbling forward, and he decisively took a long-range shot!
The ball flew like a cannonball between Skrtel and Thiago Silva, and the two immediately turned their heads to look at each other, still worried.
But after seeing Reina holding the ball firmly in his arms, the two were relieved and ready to receive Reina's hand.
Although the Red Devils fans regretted that Rooney's shot did not threaten, Koeman was gloomy on the sidelines.
That's what he's very worried about.
Reina's dip in form is no accident, as Liverpool are getting stronger and more pressing, making it difficult for opponents to create attacking chances.
If you count the game data of Liverpool in the past two seasons, you will find that the number of shots on goal by opponents is on a downward trend overall.
In particular, the shooting percentage is also plummeting.
Perhaps in the previous season, Liverpool allowed opponents to produce an average of around 10 shots in 90 minutes.
But last season, that number has been reduced to about six.
And what about the shooting percentage?
Although the fluctuations are significant, the overall average is less than 35%.
In other words, only one of the three shots on goal will hit the goal.
Then the pressure and challenges that Reina is under in the game are also relatively decreasing year by year.
Reina, who is not a world-class goalkeeper in his own right, is not incomprehensible that his form has begun to decline in the absence of a head-to-head threat in the game.
Just like Casillas, the first goalkeeper in Spain, although he plays for the giant Real Madrid, Real Madrid's defense has been very bad in the past many years, Real Madrid's goal has been shot by opponents has been high, Casillas can get the Golden Glove Award is a real high response to resist the brave play.
It has to be said that Casillas's ability to maintain excellent form for more than a decade has to do with the team's poor defense, he has to stay focused and rise to the challenge in every game.
Competitive sports are like this, if there is no pressure, there is no motivation, and without motivation it is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.
What's more, Reina has won all the honours for the club, can he still be as enterprising as he used to be?
That's where Coman worries.
The goalkeeper position is too special.
Maybe 90 minutes of high concentration can't be exchanged for a second of play.
And if you are distracted and unresponsive, you may cause a catastrophe.
Now, Liverpool has continued to exert strong offensive firepower on the opponent on the basis of improving the formation technique and tactics.
The opponent will get fewer chances, but once the opponent suddenly attacks, the probability of the goalkeeper playing out of order will skyrocket!
Because of the unexpected or long relaxation.
The goalkeeper position needs fresh blood, and it needs newcomers who have both strength, ability to concentrate on the game, and hunger for honor.
Either way, Koeman can only now pin his hopes on Reina, and hope that Reyna will not make irreparable mistakes at least this season.
Sporadic counter-attacks by the Red Devils were unable to shake Liverpool's defence.
Reina was criticized by the media for his declining form some time ago, which has sounded the alarm bell for him, and he is naturally fully committed to the game, and the slightest disturbance will be like a big enemy, and he will try his best to deal with the game.
This allowed United to frequently shoot from distance from the perimeter to no avail.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Liverpool controlled the ball in midfield.
Qin Xiong received a pass from Baines on the left side of the pitch, and he passed the ball diagonally back in front of Alonso in front of Smalling, and then ran sideways himself, not very fast, but it made the scalp of the United defensive players tingle.
They didn't know what Qin Xiong's next trajectory would be, whether he would cut directly into the penalty area or shoot laterally.
Manchester United's defensive players are nervous.
Alonso sent the ball to the left of the box before Rooney pressed.
Qin Xiong answered in front of Phil Jones, he touched the ball first, and passed the ball diagonally back again.
This time, however, it was Gerrard who made the pass.
He continued to run sideways and rushed past Phil Jones, who immediately went after Qin Xiong.
When Gerrard passed the ball to Qin Xiong again, Qin Xiong was already caught between Phil Jones and Fletcher.
However, Qin Xiong still did not control the ball.
He slammed the ball behind him with the outside instep.
After passing, Gerrard ran diagonally, which happened to be a misplaced and crossed running line with Qin Xiong.
That was originally Phil Jones' defense zone, but Phil Jones was attracted away by Qin Xiong.
Gerrard runs diagonally and takes the ball before pressing in front of the box.
Ferdinand had to move to the front of Gerrard, and just after he had just taken a step, Gerrard passed the ball to Suarez, who was next to Ferdinand.
Ferdinand was not unprepared, anticipating that Gerrard would pass the ball to Suarez, and immediately turned diagonally to block Suarez's shot.
However, he did not expect Suarez to take a step back from the ball, shake off the space and then gently cross the ball.
Ferdinand was dumbfounded to see Gerrard in front of the penalty area, and he subconsciously took a long leg to intercept, but the leg was still not long enough!
Gerrard, who actually completed a collision with Suarez, went into the penalty area to form a one-on-one goal!
Gerrard, who went solo for the meeting, took a step forward and fired hard.
The soccer ball flies straight to the bottom left corner of the goal!
De Gea is about to collapse!
He made four saves today, but after Liverpool's second great attack, he was completely powerless!
Closer than 12 yards from the penalty, how could he block his opponent's tricky and powerful shots?
The football flew into the bottom left corner of the goal under the shocked gaze of the audience! (To be continued.) )