1302 The Red Devils' fragile defence
The hustle and bustle of Anfield shook the sky.
Reds fans created a deafening cheer in the stands!
Even if Liverpool have a very big lead over Manchester United, when they meet Manchester United, the Reds fans will be extremely excited, more excited than ever, because they have not faced Manchester United in such a domineering posture for a long, long time.
Full of pride, self-confidence, and even the possibility of being seen as a kind of arrogance!
Perhaps this is indeed the case, and Reds fans now want to put on an arrogant posture in front of Manchester United!
The people on the throne of England are Liverpool, the Reds, not the Red Devils Manchester United!
Today, Coman and Ferguson both stood on the sidelines to supervise the game, Liverpool lost the last league game, and the next game is the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 final against AC Milan, Koeman naturally can't accept the result of losing this game.
Losing to a bitter rival is very demoralizing, plus there has already been a defeat before, and once the gap is reduced to nine points by Manchester United, the overwhelming news may be overwhelming against Liverpool.
Because the media needs suspense, and the Premier League title is a battle for the title, not a monopoly.
If things develop like that, it will naturally be detrimental to Liverpool's future, and the league foundation that has been laid will distract the team, and there will naturally be psychological pressure.
So this game Liverpool can't afford to lose in any way.
A draw is acceptable.
Considering that Manchester United is fighting for a chance to turn the tables around, Liverpool's battle plan today is to drag Manchester United and compete with the opponent for patience.
After the start of the game, Liverpool did not press hard, but slowed down the tempo.
The Red Devils are afraid of Liverpool's attacking group, and they do not dare to invest too many troops in the front of the attack.
Liverpool skillfully possess the ball in central midfield. The players poured their feet back and forth, patiently passing to find the flaws in United's defence, and then suddenly picked up the pace of the game, picking it up!
In the 7th minute of the game, Meireles made a diagonal through ball eye-catching, and Kuyt ran into the bottom line and received Meireles' through ball. After adjusting the stop, he passed the ball to the feet of Suarez in the middle.
Immediately inside the box, Suarez deftly flicked the ball at his feet and shook the space in front of Brown to shoot, but his shot was not powerful and the ball was easily confiscated by Van der Sar.
Manchester United wanted to speed up the game when they were in possession and organising their attacks.
Unfortunately, Scholes has entered the end of his career, and his fitness and speed have decreased significantly, and he is unable to complete the pass in the front court, nor can he better receive the pass of his teammates in a wide range of active runs.
Ryan Giggs is almost the same, and his dribbling breakthroughs have dropped dramatically from his youthful efficiency.
United have almost relied on Nani's side to break through on the flanks.
Baynes defended successfully today. When Nani tried to break through him on the wing for the second time, Baines managed to hold the inside line, leaving Nani in a dilemma of being besieged in the corner of the wing.
Barely a cross of low quality, Liverpool regained control of the ball after Agger's header cleared.
Then he got into the slow-paced offensive work of finding the opponent's vacancy.
In the 15th minute of the game, Qin Xiong broke through O'Shea in front and crossed the bottom, Kuyt nodded the ball wide behind the goal, and the Liverpool forward line began to gradually find a feeling, because Manchester United's defensive line today was obviously weak.
United were a little struggling after 20 minutes. Starting to pick up the tempo on the initiative, the Red Devils need to score goals to get the win.
A draw doesn't mean anything for United's title contention pattern.
It can't even slow down Liverpool's time to win the title.
26th minute of the game. Patrice Evra provided the assist up front, and with Paul Scholes struggling to find an open spot in front of the box, Berbatov's impact in the box was not as strong as Rooney's, especially in terms of physical confrontations.
Patrice Evra had no choice but to cross from the flank, and Wayne Rooney was caught up in a physical confrontation with Skrtel in front of goal, and the two battled together for the ball. Almost at the same time, the two hit the football, causing the football to refract and fly out of the bottom line.
The referee blew the whistle and awarded Manchester United a corner, much to Liverpool's displeasure.
Skrtel thinks he touches the ball first and the ball flies out before Rooney hits it and bounces off the line.
However, the referee ignored Liverpool's protests.
Ryan Giggs ran for the corner and Liverpool slotted the box from inside and out. In the overcrowded box, when Giggs's corner flew by, Gerrard, who was defending at the front post, scrambled the ball out before Berbatov.
I saw that Qin Xiong, Suarez, and Kuyt, who were waiting in Liverpool's midfield, seemed to have been pressed the activation button.
Kuyt took the lead and slotted the ball past Mereles next to Scholes, then quickly turned and pulled down the right flank, where Merreles slotted the ball past Kuyt's run.
Kuyt regained control of the ball and sprinted forward and, when intercepted by full-back Patrice Evra, played the ball straight to Suarez who ran forward in the middle.
The Uruguayan striker's pace slowed down after the ball stopped, but his ball dexterity was unstoppable at the back.
As soon as Carrick reached out to steal, Suarez nimbly dunked the ball at his feet, and then lowered his weight to wipe past Carrick and scurry over like a loach.
At this point, the only United defenders were left with Brown and O'Shea.
Smalling had just gone up to take part in the corner kick attack, and he hadn't been back in place yet.
Suarez slid the ball forward diagonally and he opened up the distance between Brown and O'Shea.
By the time he reached a distance of forty yards from goal, Brown could no longer retreat, and if he did, he would most likely be broken by Suarez!
So he immediately rushed diagonally to the front of Suarez, and at this time he wanted to have a one-on-one with Suarez, but Suarez didn't have time to deal with him, and immediately ran forward after passing the ball at his feet, rushing past Brown.
Qin Xiong stabbed the ball with his toe in the direction of Manchester United's penalty area before O'Shea pressed for it.
The old goalkeeper Van der Sar abandoned the goal directly when he saw that the situation was not good, and Suarez seemed to have a chance to get a single goal.
Just after he stopped the ball in the box, Van der Sar had rushed to less than two metres in front of him, and the Dutch goalkeeper didn't bother to wait for Suarez to shoot before making a save.
But he didn't expect Suarez to shoot at all!
Instead, pass the ball sideways!
Van der Sar turned his head to look in despair.
O'Shea tugged at Qin Xiong's shirt behind him, but Qin Xiong fell to the ground and stabbed the ball directly into the empty goal of Manchester United with a tackle! (To be continued.) )