Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 987 Was Double Killed

Of course there is a reason for this. Van Gaal's lineup is very targeted to Liverpool. Liverpool is good at running. The support in the frontcourt is very limited, and they are basically active in their own half.

In this way, Manchester United's midfielders began to move forward unconsciously. They had to put pressure on Liverpool's midfielder, and the space in the backcourt became larger. The counter-attack ball got a little confused, which naturally made Liverpool look more dominant.

However, this situation did not last long. Van Gaal continued to adjust and asked the players to start to recover.
Once the midfield is tight, Liverpool's chances become less. The midfielder dare not press up. Klopp will not care about this. When he sees the midfielder like this, he will tell everyone right away. Why do you care about defense at this time? , Give me all, the more they retreat, the more pressure we have to put on them.

In other words, Liverpool really don't have many choices now. The time is only about 10 minutes. How can they tie the score without attacking? !
The scene looked very strange, Manchester United with 11 players seemed to be at the bottom, while Liverpool with only [-] players took the initiative, pressing up frequently, trying to score another goal!

The battle between the two sides began to become more and more intense. In the 85th minute, Zhang Yuan failed to siege in the frontcourt and was freed by Carrick. He stretched out his hand and pulled Carrick down. This foul caused him to pay a yellow card He had already been warned by Atkinson for such a thing.

Zhang Yuan didn't want to give up and didn't want to give up, but looking at the teammates around him, he knew that everyone had tried their best, and their physical fitness had reached a limit, and they were simply unable to make high-position pressing tactics.

In the 90th minute, Liverpool was hit again. Liverpool was seized by Manchester United to counterattack. Degan was forced to pull Di Maria down in the penalty area, and Manchester United got a penalty.

Rooney stood on the penalty spot. To be honest, this penalty is a test for him. Anfield is definitely not his blessed land.

He currently only needs to score 21 more goals to break Bobby Charlton's record and become the club's all-time leading scorer.However, he was habitually weak at Anfield, representing Everton and Manchester United in 10 visits to Liverpool and only scored 1 goal, but the only goal was 10 years ago.Wayne Rooney has represented Everton and Manchester United as a guest at Anfield 10 times in his career, played 745 minutes, only 9 shots, 3 goals, and 1 goal. He is good at threading needles and only scored 1 assist.The only goal occurred in January 2005, when he helped Manchester United win 1-1, and then he did not score in 0 games at Anfield, only 7 shots, which was extremely disappointing.

You said he is soft-footed, but you really can’t say that. Against Manchester City and Arsenal, he was the most scoring striker for Manchester United. He scored 11 goals against Manchester City on behalf of Manchester United. He scored more goals against Arsenal. Got 14.

But at Anfield, he is a genuine soft-footed shrimp. When the penalty kick came, Rooney was a little excited. He hates Liverpool, he hates Liverpool extremely. If he can score this penalty today, he will not only win Manchester United fans Applause and cheers, as well as scolding and booing from Liverpool fans, in his opinion, there is nothing better than making Liverpool fans angry, so he wants to score this goal.

But he was very unlucky. He ran up, kicked the ball, and went to the left of the goal. Mignolet made a side attack, perfectly rescued the penalty, caught it under himself, and let the enthusiastic Rooney return without success.

Rooney hugged his head stupidly. His performance today was terrible, but now he even missed a penalty kick. Even if Manchester United wins this game, Rooney can foresee that he will definitely suffer from the outside media. Verbal criticism.

Mignolet didn't even celebrate. Time was running out. He quickly took the goal kick and tried to launch a fast break. Unfortunately, this guy didn't master his footwork well. He didn't find Sturridge with one kick, but found him. Smalling.

Under the pressure of Liverpool players, Manchester United held on for 2 minutes. Atkinson blew the whistle for the end of the game. Liverpool lost to Manchester United at home and won their first defeat in nearly 6 league games. , In terms of points, they were also overtaken by Manchester United and Arsenal and slipped to the fifth position.

The spring sun shines on the Anfield stadium, it looks so warm, but the Liverpool players and fans feel like winter, Klopp shook hands with Van Gaal in a formulaic way, and ran to the stadium to comfort the lost Liverpool Players, everyone got his hug, Zhang Yuan was no exception.

Everyone has their own opinions on where the game was lost. Zhang Yuan thinks that the team's preparations seem to be insufficient. Of course, the biggest reason is the end of Gerrard. Liverpool, who had one less man to fight, only played for a short period of time. Taking the initiative, most of the time was suppressed by Manchester United.

Manchester United's victory was also a weird one, because both teams had so few shots on goal, Liverpool only had 7 shots, and Manchester United was even worse, taking the absolute initiative, they only had 6 shots, yet they achieved Victory, even almost fixed the score at 3:1.

Gerrard watched the game in the locker room. He saw the difficulties of Liverpool and the hard work of his teammates on the field. When Sturridge scored, Gerrard was also praying for a miracle. The team was able to equalize the score, but when the dust settled, his mood was hopeless and empty, and he regretted his actions.

When Klopp and the Liverpool players returned to the locker room, Gerrard could feel everyone's loss. This season Liverpool was double-killed by Manchester United!
"I want to say sorry for my behavior! I'm sorry, I lost my mind! The loss of this game is my responsibility! I'm sorry!" Gerrard said to Klopp.

"Steve, I don't want to blame you! I accept your apology! I can understand you! The game is over, I hope you can forget this game!" The tall Klopp patted Gerrard on the shoulder in relief Said, what can he say if he is not relieved, now it can only be like this.

Then Gerrard apologized to his teammates. Everyone knows the seriousness of the result of this game. At present, Manchester United and Arsenal have won and surpassed Liverpool. If Liverpool want to be in the top four, then they have to need a game To win a game, by the way, we have to look at the eyes of Arsenal and Manchester United. Now they have a huge psychological advantage, just like Liverpool before the game.

Gerrard took the initiative to accept the reporter's interview after the game, and he once again apologized to the fans and hard-working teammates.

Zhang Yuan shouted happily before the game, but his performance in this game was not good, he only sent out one assist, but the reporters did not reveal his background in the interview.

"Our state is not ideal, we didn't play well, and we lacked the determination to win! This game is a lesson, a very profound lesson, and we should learn from it!"

"Zhang, do you think Gerrard's red card is the turning point of this game?!" A reporter asked.

"I think the referee's sentencing was too heavy. Steve didn't do it on purpose. He shouldn't get a red card! The biggest problem in this game is that we didn't play well, and it wasn't because of Steve's end that we lost!" Zhang Yuan began to defend Gerrard again.

"Zhang, you lost this game, and now the ranking has slipped to fifth place, ahead of Arsenal and Manchester United. How much do you think you will qualify for the Champions League this season?!"

"The current situation looks a bit difficult, but we shouldn't think too much about the rankings. I think we should work hard to play well in the next 8 rounds, and there are still [-] rounds. Anything can happen! I still I firmly believe that we can qualify for the Champions League!" Zhang Yuan said calmly.

"If Liverpool can't qualify for the Champions League, does that mean you might leave?!" A reporter asked.

(End of this chapter)