Chapter 102: The King of Manchester City!
At the moment when Lin Quan broke the goal, the Etihad Stadium was boiling instantly, and countless fans couldn't help but stand up, waving their arms excitedly, and some people directly bowed to Lin Quan:
“Manchester-king!”
“Manchester-king!”
“Manchester-king!”
The sound grew louder and louder, and finally resounded throughout the audience.
In the commentary seat, Martin Taylor and his partner were still in disbelief for the incredible goal just now, when they suddenly heard the shouts of the audience.
"Hehe, in the hearts of Manchester City people, Lin is undoubtedly the King of Manchester City - the king of Manchester City!"
Andy Gray on the side nodded and agreed: "Yes, this title is well deserved for him, when the team is in a desperate situation, he scored 3 goals and sent an assist, which can be said to have single-handedly led the team out of the abyss."
If there is no Lin Quan in the Manchester City team in this game, I have no doubt that what awaits them will be a heavy defeat! ”
If you've just turned on the TV, you'll think they're touting a player when they hear the two commentators singing and harmonizing.
But if it is a fan who has watched this game throughout the whole process, he definitely can't agree more with these two senior commentators!
The people of Manchester City are extremely happy, fortunately they have a forest!
On the pitch, the Manchester City players all rushed to Lin Quan like crazy, lifted him high and threw him into the sky.
When Liverpool scored their fourth goal, they thought it was over.
As a result, I didn't expect such a shocking reversal to be staged in the end, and Rao is those who experienced the miracle of 9320 at the beginning, and they also felt unbelievable.
Compared to the excited Manchester City players, the Liverpool players looked a little confused.
They didn't seem to have fully accepted the result, and some of them stood still looking at the scoreboard, which had been 2:4 a few minutes ago, but now it's 4:4.
Where did their two-goal advantage go?
On the sidelines, Klopp was stunned for a moment, then took the initiative to stand up and walked towards Guardiola.
The game is over, and the result will not change in any way, no matter how much regret you feel in your heart, no matter how much you don't want to admit it, you have to accept it.
"You've got a great group of players, especially Lin!"
When Klopp shook hands with Guardiola, he said sincerely.
He couldn't help but think to himself, how nice it would be if I had a player like this under my staff?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but regret it a little.
In the early years, when Lin Quangang went on loan to the Bundesliga, he also played against Dortmund in the Telecom Cup.
At that time, if I had bought him myself, maybe I wouldn't have so much to do now.
"I thank him for the compliment, your team is excellent, especially you did a very good job, it should have been a victory for you!"
Pep Guardiola's attitude is also very sincere, the age difference between the two is not much, the level of coaching is very high, and it is normal to appreciate each other.
"Hehe, indeed!"
Klopp smiled, if Manchester City didn't have Lin Quan, then Liverpool would indeed win.
But who called Manchester City Youlin?
"Looking forward to our next meeting at Anfield!"
"Do your best!"
After a few words with Pep Guardiola, Klopp walked to the dressing room.
He could see that many players in the team were very disappointed, and yes, the boiled duck flew away, and anyone would be disappointed, especially the name of this duck is Manchester City, which is even more concerning!
However, Klopp is different from the players in mind, it is just an ordinary league game, and it will not make any difference just because the opponent is Manchester City.
With Liverpool's current points, don't think about this season's championship, be realistic, think about next season's Champions League qualification first!
There was a big spectacle at the post-match press conference, where the head coaches of both teams were praising one player with a trick, and that was Lin Quan.
Coutinho, who was brought to the press conference by Jurgen Klopp, was completely left unattended, despite his impressive performance with a goal and an assist.
But in front of Lin Quan, his light was completely obscured, which made Coutinho very unconvinced, as a former Inter genius, although there was a period of trough.
However, after moving to Liverpool in recent seasons, his performance has been getting better and better, and he has also been greatly used under Klopp, which has made Coutinho regain his confidence, and he firmly believes that he will not lose to anyone and will become a top superstar in the future!
Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people to be poor!
However, the embarrassing thing is that Coutinho is 4 years older than Lin Quan, and compared to him, Lin Quan is a teenager......
In the 10 games of this round of the Premier League, many wonderful goals were born, but Lin Quan's last goal, which was undoubtedly overwhelming, was elected as the best goal in this round of the Premier League.
When the Premier League official wrote the comment, it wrote: A goal as precious as gold is a flash of spirituality of a peerless genius on the field!
UEFA officially reposted this comment from the Premier League, and specially added:
We should be glad to live in an era when so many talented players are active, and to see their performances up close!
This sentence has attracted the approval and recognition of many people, and many fans have chosen to repost this comment and attach their own words.
"I declare, Emperor Lin is a god, who is in favor and who is against?"
"Such a big disadvantage can be pulled back, I don't even know what to say!"
"Pep Guardiola's tactics feel a bit like something, amplifying the attacking power of Manchester City on the wings!"
"Yes, but Jurgen Klopp's set on the other side also looks like a tiger, but then again, they can force Manchester City like this on the road, why is the record still so hot this season?"
Before this round of matches, Liverpool had 12 games, 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, and accumulated 17 points and temporarily ranked tenth in the Premier League.
In this round, they drew again, and after picking up a point, they dropped one place to 11th in the standings.
Although they are in a much better situation than 15th-placed Chelsea, fans are puzzled by Liverpool's quality:
With Liverpool's strength to beat Manchester City, isn't it quack when it meets other teams in the Premier League?
How could it have come to this point?
"The Reds fans came out to explain that because Jurgen Klopp had just arrived in the team, the team's initial tactical run-in was not good, and from the fourth round onwards, they suffered three rounds of winless games, and even lost two games, and since then they have fallen behind, winning one and losing one, and drawing two games in between."
"It's true that it takes time for a new coach to integrate into the team, and it takes time for the players to adapt to his new tactics, but judging from the performance of the whole Liverpool team in this game, it's time to make a result, and it's up to us to see if we can seize the opportunity to grab points!"
"I think the suspense, Liverpool's bench depth is obviously not enough, and Klopp's style of play has been proven in Dort's time, the consumption of players is very high, the Premier League Christmas fast is not only not a good time for Liverpool to grab points, but may even lead to their collapse, after all, they are more squeezed by the physical energy of players than other teams, and are more susceptible to the impact of intensive games!"
The fan's analysis is very calm and objective, which has attracted the echo of many people.
Liverpool has a lot of fan base, and although the record has been poor in recent years, there are still a large number of followers.
Now seeing the arrival of Jurgen Klopp, the new manager, bring such a big change to the team, these fans are very excited in their hearts, and look forward to seeing Liverpool rise as soon as possible and return to the top!
Compared to Liverpool, another team that has fallen but has returned to the top is very worried about the game against Manchester City in four days' time.
"Manchester City are in surprisingly good form, and we won't be able to play in the next game, even if it's at our home stadium!"
Juventus boss Allegri is worried, with only five points on their side, and although they are currently second in the table, they could fall to third if they lose to Manchester City.
When the time comes to play Sevilla away from home, the situation will be very bad for them.
Therefore, in this game, Juventus must get at least one point, so even if Sevilla wins, both teams will have the same number of points.
A draw in the final round would give them a goal difference advantage.
With this in mind, Allegri decided to take a closer look at City's recent game footage to see if he could spot some of his opponent's weaknesses.
In the same vein as Allegri, many teams in football are looking at Manchester City and trying to find their weaknesses.
And the just-concluded match between Liverpool and Manchester City has naturally become the focus of research for major teams.
Liverpool were held to a goalless draw by Manchester City, but they were the dominant side for most of the game, with a three-goal lead at the most.
If it were for other teams, most of them would have won, but unfortunately it was Manchester City that they met.
But to be able to take such a big lead against Manchester City is enough to see that Klopp's tactics have worked against Manchester City.
And Klopp's tactics are actually very simple, one word - run!
Jurgen Klopp is clearly still playing attacking football, but his attacking tactics are based on the aggressive movement of his players.
High pressing, pressing defense, on-the-spot counterattack, etc., are all based on players actively running, running out of the local numerical advantage, and then seizing the advantage to launch an attack, once successful, you can take the lead.
This style of play is not very difficult, and some giants can try to give it a try.
On November 28, the fifth round of the Champions League group stage began.
As Manchester City have already qualified two rounds ahead of schedule and secured top spot in the group, Pep Guardiola has a large number of substitutes for this game.
Seeing Manchester City's starting line-up, Allegri and the Juventus players breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the opponent released the water, if Manchester City sent the strongest team to play, then they really may not be able to win.
But if the opponent is just a group of substitutes, then they can't take three points, right?
However, after the start of the game, Manchester City's group of substitutes were very active on the pitch, with the momentum of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.
Pep Guardiola did not completely abandon the main team because he did not send the main team, and after the game started, he has been standing on the sidelines, loudly reminding the players.
Under Pep Guardiola's personal supervision, City's substitutes produced a wave of attacking surge in the first fifteen minutes of the game.
Not only did he have 65 per cent possession, but he also had three shots on goal, the closest he came to scoring was the one Son Heung-min picked up from inside the box after receiving a pass from Fernandinho.
It's a pity that Buffon is getting older and more demonic, and he has already seen through his intentions before Son Xingmin shoots, and he has stood in the best defensive position in advance and picked off the ball he shot.
The turning point of the game occurred in the 18th minute of the first half, Juventus took advantage of the multi-player pressing in the front, and after successfully breaking the ball, Mandzukic and Morata completed the cooperation, and finally Mandzukic entered the penalty area and rewrote the score to 1:0.
Mandzukic's goal changed Juventus' situation dramatically, and even if Sevilla beat Borussia Mönchen in the other game, Juventus still have a two-point advantage and can advance as long as they don't lose the next game.
After the goal, Mandzukic looked very excited, took off his clothes and ran to the sidelines to celebrate, and yelled at Pep Guardiola as he passed by, as if to vent his frustration.
In fact, when he was at home to Manchester City in the last game, he wanted to do this, but unfortunately Juventus lost in the end, and he didn't score, so he could only hold back his anger in his heart and hold it back until now.
This one finally gave him a chance!
Pep Guardiola touched his nose, he probably knew why Mandzukic did it.
If he didn't have him, the opponent might not have left Bayern, and he really didn't need a center forward like him.
Ibrahimovic was strong enough in the early years, but Guardiola just didn't use it well, so he could only risk offending the other party and purge Ibrahimovic, and the relationship with Ibrahimovic was very stiff.
And Mandzukic, whether in terms of strength or fame, is far inferior to Ibrahimovic, and it is normal for him to be purged.
Although only a substitute was fielded, it does not mean that Guardiola is willing to accept a defeat.
So, he took advantage of the other party's celebration to beckon Sun Xingmin and explained to him.
After the restart, City's style of play changed significantly.
They were very aggressive up front, constantly pressing and even mobbing Juventus players with the ball.
On the sidelines, Juventus coach Allegri was stunned for a moment after seeing Manchester City's style of play:
Isn't that what Jurgen Klopp used to do against Manchester City?
was actually stolen by Guardiola?
Thinking of this, he chuckled in his heart, and suddenly had a bad feeling.
Jurgen Klopp's side relied on this tactic to almost push Manchester City to the brink when their players were not as good as their opponents in terms of individual strength and talent.
So now, will this group of Manchester City's substitutes pose a threat to Juventus if they use this tactic?
(End of chapter)