Chapter 101: Whistle Goal, Another 9320 Miracle!
There is still a big difference between Pep Guardiola's style and Klopp's, although both are currently playing pressing attacks.
But there is a clear difference, Pep Guardiola's team uses passes to mobilize the opponent's defence and find mistakes.
Klopp's tactic is to use active running to form a numerical advantage in local areas, artificially create the opponent's mistakes, and then seize the opponent's mistakes to counterattack.
When these two tactics collide together, it can really be said that Mars collides with the earth, and the fight is called a sky collapse.
The pace of the game was very fast, and possession kept switching back and forth at the feet of both teams.
Liverpool immediately stepped up their pressing of the players on the ball at the back of Manchester City's backline after making three substitutions.
Under the frantic pressing of the opponent, Manchester City's ball became very difficult, and the opponent almost completed the steal on several occasions.
Not only that, but even if the ball is successfully handed to Kroos's feet, it does not mean that it is completely safe.
Liverpool's midfielders and forwards will be the first to surround Kroos and not give him a chance to organise calmly.
Under this frantic pressing of the opponent, the players in the Manchester City midfield are forced to kick the ball out of the ball without any sticky behavior, otherwise, it is very likely that the opponent will seize the opportunity to form a very threatening counterattack.
However, this strong pressing force of Liverpool is based on the physical running of the players and the heavy investment of personnel.
Once their physical strength drops, the power of this tactic is greatly reduced.
Moreover, if the formation is pressed too forward, it is easy for the opponent to counterattack, so they need a very strong individual central defender to act as a scavenger.
Originally, Klopp bought Van Dijk and Alisson after selling Coutinho for a high price.
These two are invincible central defenders and goalkeepers who are best at one-on-one, and they are the best options that Klopp bought with huge sums of money in order to solve his tactical top-heavy problems.
But now, one is at Manchester City and the other is in Brazil, and neither of them is under Jurgen Klopp.
Therefore, at this time, Klopp's team is actually far from meeting his requirements, and there are still many shortcomings.
After 75 minutes of play, the fitness of the Reds' players began to show noticeable problems.
Except for the players who came on as substitutes, the rest of the people were a little unable to run.
However, the good news is that the physical exertion of the opposing Manchester City players is not small.
The pace of the game was too fast, the physical confrontation was extraordinarily intense, and the players of both teams ran long distances and had a lot of physical exertion.
As a result, after 70 minutes of the game, the defensive quality of both teams began to decline.
This gave both strikers a chance to score!
In the 76th minute, Liverpool substitute striker Benteke flicked his head at a teammate's cross in the penalty area, and the ball went over the crossbar.
In the 78th minute, Manchester City's quick counter-attack hit Liverpool's half, and Lin Quan passed the ball to De Bruyne after attracting the bag of three players from the opposing side.
Kevin De Bruyne's long-range shot slid past the goal and he also missed the chance to change the score.
The first to break the deadlock was Liverpool.
In the 82nd minute, after winning consecutive set-pieces, Liverpool took advantage of a corner kick opportunity, and Skrtel's header helped Liverpool to go to the next city, and the score became 2:4!
Liverpool's goal in this time period almost killed the suspense of the game.
So after Skrtel's goal, including himself, his teammates, the coaches on the sidelines and the Liverpool fans on the pitch, they all jumped up with excitement.
Klopp excitedly hit a set of farmer three punches on the sidelines, he didn't dare to say what the result was before the goal was scored, but after the goal was scored, he felt that the game was stable.
Now that the score has reached its 80th minute, there is not much time left for Manchester City.
A two-goal lead is a huge lead for Liverpool, and as long as they don't make unforgivable mistakes themselves, it will be difficult for the opponent to equalize, let alone overtake.
Although Liverpool's record this season is not good, they are currently only 10th in the Premier League table.
But he believes that as long as they can win on the road, then Liverpool will be on the rise.
The victory over Manchester City, which is indispensable, is not just as simple as getting three points, but also a huge boost to the morale of the entire Liverpool team.
The win was enough to build their players' confidence and get them back to feeling like a big club.
So please, players, make sure to take the last few minutes back to Liverpool!
If it weren't for the fact that there were no substitutions in his hands, Klopp would definitely have put on a few defensive players to strengthen the defense now.
Although he is reckless, he is not stupid.
The players couldn't run anymore and they were asked to keep running all the way they did in the first half, which was simply impossible.
So after Skrtel's goal, Klopp immediately made a tactical change, allowing Liverpool's formation to retract into his own half.
Of course, he is not the kind of person who likes to be beaten passively.
The substitute strikers did not retreat from their positions, still pressing the opponent's ball-handling players in the front court, putting pressure on the opponent as much as possible, and not giving them the opportunity to organize the attack calmly.
To play under Jurgen Klopp, you have to have a lot of physical fitness, otherwise, under his tactics, you can't play the whole game.
Of course, even if you have abundant physical fitness, you must not have the attribute of a glass man, otherwise you can't stand it at all, and when you encounter the Premier League driving fast, it will be the result of a camp full of wounded soldiers.
However, this is something that needs to be considered and worried about later, and what Klopp needs to do now is to use this set of tactics to let the players and fans and the club's management see the real results.
And the away win over Manchester City is the best answer!
Liverpool's fourth goal was a big blow to Manchester City's morale, and the goal at this point in time made their comeback completely impossible.
It will be too difficult to score more than two goals in the last ten minutes.
Is it really going to be lost at home?
Just when the players were full of thoughts and were in a low mood.
One of them stood up, he calmly walked to the goal, fished out the football, and walked all the way back to the center circle with the football.
When he met his teammates on the way, he patted each other's shoulders one by one, signaling that the game was not over yet, and did not say much.
However, after the teammates saw Lin Quan's determined eyes, they seemed to have a fire in their hearts, and the flame of hope that they thought was about to be extinguished burned again!
"It seems that Manchester City has not given up yet, Lin Quan is comforting his teammates!"
On the commentary seat, the two commentators also saw this scene, and they both sighed a little in their hearts:
'The team really needs him to step up at this point, even though he's done well enough in this game!'
"Yes, led the team to a Jedi turnaround in adversity, and also scored two goals, which once made Liverpool's goal noisy, but unfortunately Liverpool's state in this game is too good, and Klopp's tactics are also very restrained Manchester City, Lin Quan and his team are likely to reap the first defeat of the season!"
As a veteran commentator in the Premier League, Martin Taylor has watched too many games and has a keen sense of how the game is going.
Judging by Liverpool's form in this game, they don't look like the kind of team that will collapse in the closing stages of the game.
On the contrary, this Liverpool team is united and can give everything to win.
You can see from their fiery eyes how eager they are for this victory, so Manchester City's counterattack in the final stage is likely to be unable to reverse the defeat.
And so it was, after the celebration ended in Liverpool and the game restarted.
Although Manchester City, under the leadership of Lin Quan, launched wave after wave of ferocious attacks, they were unable to knock on Liverpool's door.
The 90 minutes of regular time passed quickly and the referee only gave three minutes of stoppage time.
In the second minute of stoppage time, when Lin Quan relied on his super personal strength to stir up the opponent's backline, David Silva, who was killed from the diagonal, suddenly shot a cold arrow and hit a long-range shot, rewriting the score to 3:4!
With 1 minute left on the game time, Manchester City are still one goal behind!
Without wasting any time to celebrate, Lin Quan and David Silva ran to the goal at the same time, scooped up the ball and beckoned to their teammates to get ready to kick off again.
Liverpool's players were stunned one by one, the goal of Manchester City just now made them dizzy, and they didn't know how the other side scored?
Wasn't the ball at Lin Quan's feet?
Why did he suddenly appear in front of David Silva?
And the guy who was defending David Silva, why didn't he watch him and let him receive the ball so easily in the open space at the edge of the box?
Conceding a goal at this point in time made Liverpool's players feel very worried.
Although there is only one minute left in the game, Manchester City are the ones who have staged the 9320 miracle.
Although Aguero has now been replaced, the one left on the field is even more terrifying than the original Aguero.
Three years ago, Manchester City was able to score two goals in stoppage time and finally beat Manchester United to win the title!
Three years later, will the same script be played out by the more powerful Manchester City?
Thinking of this, the more than 40,000 fans at the scene stood up collectively at this time, all of them stood on their feet, stretched their necks to look at the court, and did not dare to blink their eyes, for fear of missing this last wonderful moment.
With the last minute coming, can Manchester City equalise?
On the sidelines, Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp also felt a little nervous, and the palms of his hands in his trouser pockets even began to sweat.
The temperature in Manchester is only about seven or eight degrees, but he feels hot and wants to take off his coat.
On the other hand, Pep Guardiola feels similar to Jurgen Klopp.
He was originally wearing a suit and leather shoes, but at the moment he only felt that the tie was strangling his neck, making him a little breathless, and he wanted to take off the tie and gasp for breath.
It's just an ordinary league game, but it makes the two world-class coaches feel like they're suffocating, as if they're playing in the Champions League final!
Liverpool's players grinded and dragged on as much as they could.
Finally, under the warning of the referee, he reluctantly went to the middle circle to kick off.
After they kicked off, the opposing Manchester City players rushed in droves.
Time is running out and there is likely to be only one chance left for City to attack.
So they must not allow Liverpool to control the tempo of the game and waste time at the back with the opportunity to take advantage of the back.
The Liverpool players knew what they were thinking, so they kicked off and passed all the way back to the goalkeeper.
The goalkeeper wasted time by kicking the ball forward again.
City's players had all rushed past half-time by this point, with their goalkeeper remaining at the back.
After seeing the opponent's goalkeeper kick wide, Navas immediately judged the landing point of the football and rushed over.
The referee was already looking at his watch, and the time on the big screen was about to enter the third minute of stoppage time.
The Manchester City fans at the scene began to pray in their hearts: don't blow the whistle, don't end the game, Navas, hurry, faster!
Navas quickly stopped the ball and handed it to Kroos, who retreated to receive the ball, and Kroos moved to the front of the field in a wide range and accurately found Lin Quan, who appeared on the side.
Seeing that the football came to Lin Quan's feet, all the eyes of the audience focused on Lin Quan.
Can he rewrite the score?
Seeing that time was running out, Lin Quan began to do it.
After receiving the ball, he no longer sought to cooperate with his teammates, but rushed directly to the opponent's penalty area, seemingly trying to break through the opponent's defense on his own.
At other times, it may not seem like a wise choice, but in the final seconds of the race, it really was the only option!
"Stop him!"
Liverpool's players were all attracted to Lin Quan, and at this time, his threat was even greater than that of other Manchester City players combined!
"Oh my God, is he going to single-handedly take on the whole team?"
"How is this possible?"
"Lin, he got past Lorenve, he dodged Lucas's tackle......"
On the commentary bench, Martin Taylor commented the game in an excited tone and at a very fast pace.
But the fans sitting in front of the TV were completely immersed in the game, completely ignoring his commentary.
Under the gaze of countless fans, they saw Lin Quan single-handedly smashing into the enemy encirclement, dodging and moving in the bag and small space of many players on the other side, avoiding interceptions and robberies again and again!
"Lin, he got into the box, he had five defenders around him, Liverpool's whole defence was dealing with him, he was in an unprecedented desperate situation, almost all the space on goal was blocked!"
"There's no room to shoot!"
Andy Gray on the side was also worried, and his hands couldn't help but clench.
Lin Quan was in the middle of a multi-person package, but his mind was surprisingly calm, he looked up at the goalkeeper's position, cut the ball with his left foot in the process of moving, and took advantage of the moment when the football slowed down and bounced, and used the inside of his left foot to complete the push.
The ball flew into the air and flew through the gap between Liverpool's two retreating defenders, through the crowd and towards the Liverpool goal.
Liverpool's goalkeeper Mignolet's attention has actually been on Lin Quan's body, but Lin Quan's position is the upper left corner of the goal, this position is too tricky, he has lowered the center of gravity and can't jump in time, he can only watch the football cross a beautiful arc and drill into the net with a bang!
At this point, the game time on the scoreboard is exactly 93:19!
Another 9320 miracle was born!
(PS: This goal can be seen in the second leg of Barcelona's vs AC Milan in the 12-13 season, Messi's goal!) )
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