Chapter 218 Deadlock
Manchester United equalized and Liverpool's tension returned.

This is the case in football games. There is a natural difference between leading and lagging mentality.

In the second half, the leading Liverpool team was not as active as in the first half. People are lazy. They fought too hard in the first half, but Liverpool slackened in the second half.

After Manchester United's goal, coupled with coach Benitez's anger, Liverpool played very energetic again.

Liverpool launched an attack from the backcourt. After the ball was passed to the midfield, the midfielder transitioned back and forth to the two wings. However, they still failed to find a way to break Manchester United's defense.

At this time, Gerrard, the midfield conductor of the Liverpool team, understood that a football game is to give full play to its own greatest advantages. Liverpool's strength is the striker, not the wing.

The Liverpool team divided the sides to attract the defense, or for the opportunity to have a gap in the middle, in fact, it was a slap in the face.

After Gerrard in the middle got another pass from the winger, Torres on the front line started to move, and Gerrard hurriedly sent a through ball.

It's a pity that the ball did not reach Torres' feet and was intercepted by Giggs halfway.

It can be seen from this ball that Benitez's tactics were a failure, and Ferguson had already seen through Benitez.

This season's Liverpool team has introduced two powerful strikers, Torres and Robbie Keane, and Benitez will definitely make a fuss about the striker.

Therefore, before the start of the game, Ferguson emphasized that Manchester United's defensive focus in this game must guard against Liverpool's two sharp forwards. Central defender Ferdinand and David Shepchenko are each responsible for marking a Liverpool forward. players.

As for the two full-backs Evra and Hargreaves, when necessary, they can let go of the wing and make up for the center.

Ferguson was able to lead Manchester United to achieve unprecedented results in the Premier League. All the teams in the Premier League are almost transparent in his eyes. He can basically guess which team will use which tactics.

In today's battle of focus, Ferguson also guessed Benitez's tactics of infiltration in the middle.

The so-called know yourself, know your enemy, and win a hundred battles. Sometimes, it is not how strong the Manchester United team is. A coach's understanding of game tactics, how to deploy troops, etc. affect the team's performance.

This is why Ferguson is irreplaceable at Manchester United.

After Giggs intercepted successfully, he passed the ball to Park Ilseng on the wing. Park dribbled the ball from the wing to the midfield and chose to cut inside facing the defense of Dirk.

Driven is a difficult guy. After Park Yisheng cut inside, he did not try to steal or prevent Park Yisheng from dribbling the ball. Instead, he chose to use his body to counter Park Yisheng, making Park Yisheng unable to break through calmly.

After Park Yisheng changed to the right and faced Dirk, he realized how difficult it is for Ronaldo to be on the right. The reputation of "undead" Didier is not in vain. Park Yisheng wanted to get rid of Kuyt. However, he had no choice but to stick to Pu Yisheng's body tightly like a piece of dog skin plaster.

Breaking through is impossible, Park Yisheng can only choose to kick the ball back, turn around and hand the ball to Nani behind him, and then choose to pull away to the right.

After Nani received the ball, he continued to pass it to Giggs in the middle. Giggs tried to pass the ball to Rooney on the front line.

Unfortunately, the ball was not passed and was intercepted by Liverpool defender Agger, and Manchester United switched from offense to defense.

Veteran Ryan Giggs is still not very suitable to play in the backcourt position, but Ferguson has no choice. Giggs, who is not far from retirement, is not as fast as he was back then, and he is not very lethal when he is active on the wing.

Besides, the Manchester United team has young Ronaldo and Park Yisheng, both of whom are full-backs with almost perfect skills and speed, so Giggs naturally lost his position on the wing.

Ferguson shifted Giggs's position from the wing to the inside, and actually became a midfielder. Although Giggs lost his position as a full-back, Ferguson still believed in his organizational ability, so he put He was arranged above the position of the midfielder.

In fact, Ferguson can put Giggs on the bench. As a substitute player for the two full-backs of Ronaldo and Park Yisheng, when Ronaldo and Park Yisheng are not in good condition, let the veteran Giggs play. Why not?

However, Ferguson has no choice. As Scholes grows older, Manchester United's midfield is facing no one available, or no core available.

As the core midfielder of Manchester United, it must be someone recognized by Ferguson, and the core midfielder Ferguson thinks has only one word:

stable!
Steady as an old dog, the midfielder is the engine of a team, and if there is a problem with the engine, the whole team will have problems.

Therefore, the core midfielder of Manchester United must be the kind of person who will not mess up no matter what the situation is on the field.

Apart from Scholes for Manchester United, Ferguson believes that no one can take on the important task of Manchester United's midfield core, so veteran Giggs was put in the rotation with Scholes.

After Liverpool got the ball, they still implemented coach Benitez's tactics:
Fake attack from the side, penetration in the middle.

However, Liverpool's tactics have long been seen through. Manchester United's two central defenders Ferdinand and David Shevchenko stared at Liverpool's Torres and Robbie Keane.

Liverpool's tactics failed to play out. After organizing the attack for a few minutes, Gerrard didn't find a chance to penetrate the center, so he chose to take a long shot 30 yards away from the goal like Ronaldo.

Gerrard's long-range shooting ability is very strong, and his long-range shooting ability is ranked among the best in world football, even one of the best.

However, this time the shot was a bit outrageous, too far away from the goal, probably because he didn't know where to hit the ball accurately, and people couldn't believe that the shot came from Gerrard.

After Gerrard's shot missed, the second half of the game became a stalemate again. Manchester United could not penetrate Liverpool's defense, and Liverpool could not penetrate Manchester United's defense.

Is this game going to end in a 1:1 draw?

Ferguson does not want such an ending. 11 consecutive victories are very tempting. Moreover, as long as they beat Liverpool, Manchester United will have no strong opponents in the next seven league games. Ferguson has a great chance of winning 18 consecutive games.

Since Ferguson coached Manchester United, the longest winning streak has been 18 games, and there have been many times. However, for some reason, Ferguson's winning streak has always ended at 18 games.

If he can cross the mountain of Anfield Stadium, Ferguson can at least equal his previous record this season.

As for breaking the record, Ferguson dare not think about it, because 18 consecutive victories are like a curse, and, thinking about Manchester United's No. .

However, this is all something later. Right now, how to win at Anfield is what he should consider at the moment.

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