Chapter 529: Ittihad

The halftime was 1-0, and the home team was leading.
　　 Manchester City, except for the opening stage, took the initiative for most of the first half.
　　 As the two teams whose general framework has not changed in the summer, they have shown the opposite performance in the new season, which many neutral fans did not expect.
　　 You must know that the most important battle for Liverpool to win the championship last season was probably the two rounds facing Manchester City with 1 win and 1 tie, earning a three-point difference, and Liverpool only led by two points in the final victory.
　　 However, at the beginning of the season, both sides have directly converted offense and defense. In the previous Community Shield and at least half of the game today, Liverpool has been in a state of being suppressed most of the time.
　　 Lost a Suarez. When he played against a regular team before, the impact on Liverpool's offense was not that great.
　　 But in the strong dialogue, it is obvious that Liverpool's offense lacks sufficient repressiveness.
We must know that in the last season, Liverpool’s offense can be recklessly attacked, pressed out, and relying on the offense to not be afraid of any team. Liverpool can create a sufficiently large offensive threat and leave the defense completely to Yang Feng. Line of defense.
　　 However, in the two games against Manchester City, it was obvious that there was a huge problem with Liverpool's lineup.
　　 Last season, even though Suarez missed a few games, everyone was not so worried, because at that time, there was no such thing as a strong team like Manchester City twice in a month.
　　 A team like Manchester City is definitely the top team in the Premier League today.
　　 Liverpool’s offense, but now lacks enough offensive tactics, can force Manchester City to invest more strength on the defensive end.
　　The offense is a bit monotonous, and the help provided by the midfielder has become limited.
　　 This is also the reason Gerrard had to.
Today, Gerrard is one year older. Although he intended to do more for the team, what he had to do was that in these two games, Gerrard was more only in the backcourt. ball.
　　 Even once proud to take a long shot, in order to retain his strength on the defensive end, Gerrard began to reduce the range of the forward in the game.
　　 Although it was only a few months before the two teams directly faced off at the end of last season, the difference between the two teams has caused Manchester City to have stronger strength than Liverpool and can suppress Liverpool to fight.
　　 Rogers wanted to regain the initiative in the second half, and wanted to use the frontcourt to grab the initiative.
　　Even though Gerrard's physical strength may not be able to support too much time, he still regained the hope of the game in consideration of the veteran, Rogers chose the latter.
　　 Rogers has made plans to replace Gerrard who is physically weak at the right time of the game.
　　 At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool's attack had a miraculous effect.
　　 Glen Johnson got enough space for the ball after Sterling's strong return pass, a precise pass, and a straight pass.
　　 Sturridge, who was at the forefront, got rid of Kompany’s defense and hit the goal in front of the goal.
　　 It’s just that Sturridge’s mechanical dance celebration has not yet started, and the linesman has raised his flag to signal offside.
　　 Slow-motion playback, Sturridge is indeed constantly trying to position himself repeatedly with Kompany. At the moment of passing, the Manchester City defense line behind Kompany is more than half of his position.
　　 The line referee's sentence was quite accurate this time.
　　 Maybe this is the drawback of Sturridge playing center.
　　 Compared to the position of the left winger who played the most last season, Sturridge always has some wingers' habit of attacking in the orthodox center position.
　　 For example, this time grabbing points. If Suarez is there, Sturridge only needs to focus on grabbing points. Is it offside?
　　 Suarez, who is more threatening, will definitely be ahead of Sturridge, directly attracting the opponent's defense line, and moving back. For Sturridge, there will be no offside problem at all.
　　 These players are all familiar players, but the inexplicable sense of offensive fragmentation limits Liverpool's offensive performance in this away game.
　　 Instead, it was Manchester City, who started to create opportunities in the counterattack.
　　 Yang Feng is a player who is very good at defensive counterattacks, but when Liverpool's midfield can't form enough interception barriers, sometimes Yang Feng is really helpless.
　　 Nasri's speed was beyond the reach of everyone in the counterattack.
　　 Silva sent a long through ball in the middle, allowing Nasri to give full play to his speed advantage.
　　 Yang Feng followed Nasri at full speed. Although he restricted Nasri from directly cutting inside, there was no way to prevent Nasri from passing the ball from the side.
　　 Relying on speed to pull a certain passing space, Nasri did not choose to pass the ball directly to the goal, looking for Dzeko who can follow up with the fastest speed.
　　 is a farther inverted triangle pass, passing the ball to a further position.
　　 It was Jovich who followed up!
　　 This Montenegro shooter, in this focus battle, did not have stage fright, a relaxed and tricky push, for Manchester City in the 57th minute of the game, the score extended to 2-0!
　　 Liverpool, two goals behind.
After that, Sterling’s personal right broke forcibly, creating chaos in Manchester City. Sterling hit a straight kick and Sturridge, who succeeded in offside, got a good opportunity in the penalty area. However, due to the angle, Sturridge’s low The shot hit the goal without breaking Joe Hart's ten fingers.
　　 Many of Liverpool’s offenses could not be converted into scoring. Instead, Aguero, who came off the bench from Manchester City, seized the opportunity in the 68th minute.
When Aguero was fully overwhelmed by Liverpool, Manchester City’s defensive counterattack received a direct pass from Silva’s backcourt. In the "100-meter sprint", he defeated Scotter and sprinted perfectly at full speed. Unloading the ball did not delay any time and directly created a single-handed opportunity in the penalty area.
　　 a push shot extended the score lead to 3 to 0!
　　Liverpool was on the road, once again Manchester City lost the team's heart in the final stage ~EbookFREE.me~.
　　 Markovic, Emre Can, Lambert, all came off the bench afterwards.
　　 3 goals behind is set for Rogers to lose, but he still needs to maximize the significance of this defeat.
　　 At least I have to try, how can we make Liverpool's offense better.
　　 However, in the limited playing time, Markovic is obviously still a bit dissatisfied with the Premier League. As far as the performance on the court is concerned, it is really a bit unsatisfactory. He fell down on a touch, but he could not foul for Liverpool.
　　 On the contrary, Emre Can actively ran in the midfield, allowing Rogers to see more hope for the future.
　　Veteran Lambert can be regarded as a surprise.
　　 The reason why this veteran striker was introduced was because Rogers wanted Liverpool to have a traditional center in the final stage of the game that could charge and smash the header.
　　 At the last moment of the game, Sturridge pushed to grab the players from the front court and directly kicked and crossed to the goal.
It was Lambert who grabbed the spot. Although Joe Hart bravely saved the header from the goal, the ball that was blocked was in front of the goal but was hit by Sabaletta, who was anxious to defend. Opened its own door.
　　 Although an own goal won't help, a 3-1 score and a face-to-face goal still keep the Liverpool players from being so dull...
　　 But what about the game after Liverpool? Become the biggest problem in Rogers' mind!