Chapter 1389
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"Manchester City posed a threat through a strong attack on the left side of the front field. Yaya Toure broke into the penalty area after receiving Dzeko's pass and knocked on Liverpool's goal with a heavy shot.
Thiago Silva diverted too much of his energy to cover Flanagan's defense. Although Liverpool's rear defensive line was strengthened, it was not watertight. "
Comain could not say how helpless he was when he saw the goal concede, but it was a little embarrassing for the ruler of European football to be scored by the opponent like this.
Comain made a prompt decision and called Kuyt in front of him before kickoff. He told the other side to withdraw from his position and change from a winger to a side midfielder to strengthen the defense in the middle and backfield.
Manchester City wanted to repeat the same trick after the equalizer, but Liverpool strengthened the middle and backfield, especially after the defense on the right side.
Silva was not having an easy time on this side. He was often caught in the double team of Kuyt and Flanagan. Liverpool's defensive line restricted Yaya Toure's play and had more troops.
Manchester City's strong attack could not be broken through.
Instead, Liverpool's pressing in the midfield could create more opportunities for quick attacks.
In the 39th minute of the game, Gerard intercepted the ball in the midfield. Barry's diagonal pass to Silva was intercepted by Gerard. He immediately launched a quick attack after he intercepted the ball.
The football was directly passed to Manchester City's penalty area by him.
Suarez stopped the ball and turned to face Lescott to pass the ball horizontally. Then he burst forward into the penalty area. His heavy shot to the goal was blocked by Hart.
Kompany's big kick to clear the ball was blocked by Tiote on the left side of the middle and backfield.
Tiote waited for Baines to press on the side before he passed the ball diagonally over.
Baines scampered on the left side and charged to the front before he passed a 45-degree pass!
Suarez jumped high at the back of the goal and ferried the ball to the other side of the goal.
Qin Xiong charged into the penalty area and rushed to the back of the goal. He faced the half-empty goal and easily scored with a header!
Manchester City's rear defensive line was shattered under Liverpool's continuous attack!
They were not used to this kind of fighting style where they were continuously suppressed by the opponent.
After Qin Xiong broke through the goal, he pointed at Suarez. The two hugged and raised their fists at the Red Army fans in the stands.
Although Manchester City was strong on paper, their overall strength was not yet at the top level. In particular, they could not continuously put pressure on their opponents in the attack, so the rear defensive line would be more exposed to the opponent's guns.
Mancini's expression was grave.
He knew that Manchester City would be courting death if they went head-to-head with Liverpool in such a top-level battle.
But Manchester City was still on the road and the tactics were still immature.
He needed a top player like Liverpool to guide him.
Solve the problem after discovering it.
Let Manchester City become better from failure!
There was no point in blindly defending. There was no point in pursuing results.
At the very least, the Community Shield was meaningless.
Manchester City was dominated by Liverpool until the end of the first half.
Liverpool's midfield was operating more smoothly. Kuyt's return to the midfield gave Liverpool control of the midfield.
In the 42nd minute of the game, Gerard plugged in from the back to receive Qin Xiong's pass for a long shot. De Rong stepped forward and blocked the Red Army captain's shot with his body.
Comain was deep in thought. If Liverpool only played a two-striker tactic.
Although Qin Xiong and Suarez were frightening threats, there weren't many opportunities for them to take advantage of the tight defense.
The threat of players plugging in from the back was necessary.
But Gerard was not necessarily a hidden attacking point.
In order to have more hidden attacking points plugged in from the back, the midfielders had to plug in more.
Alonso was a good candidate.
But at the most important stage of his career, Alonso's plugging in from the back was almost invisible when he was under Benítez!
Fleet Street also complained that Alonso was a good offensive organizer, but he was almost invisible in the front field.
It was a problem of playing habits.
Comain also did not want to order Alonso to attack from the front of the opponent's penalty area and plug in from the back again and again.
Moreover, Alonso would be 30 years old at the end of the year. It was unrealistic to ask him to shuttle and run in a wide area. Alonso was not a B2B type of midfielder.
Comain thought about it. He could either cultivate Cabaye as a new attacking point, or build the full back into the top changer in football!
It was just that whether Baines was made for it was a huge question.
The first half of the game ended when Qin Xiong's long shot was blocked by Hart.
Liverpool led Manchester City by 2: 1.
After the halftime interval, both teams made substitutions.
Manchester City's substitute was, as expected, Adam Johnson.
Milner came on.
Liverpool's substitute was Kuyt, and Comain sent the new player, Cabaye, into the field.
Manchester City's formation did not change, but Liverpool's formation was turned upside down!
4222.
This formation was not Comain's whim. When the whole world was studying Liverpool, Comain and the coaching staff were studying and discussing Liverpool's technical and tactical changes in the boot room. They were also keeping pace with the times, especially according to the team's lineup structure and the players' characteristics!
The two were inseparable. It was impossible to arrange the players to execute based on the coach's imagination alone. That would only make a fool of themselves.
Liverpool's 4222 formation was actually a variation of the traditional English 442.
It borrowed from the side position in Italian football to plug in and compress the midfield space, and changed to a midfielder instead of a winger.
The 4222 formation required two full backs to plug forward in the attack, forming a 244 formation to expand the attacking space. If conditions permitted, it could even form a 154 formation, allowing a center back to act as a free man to participate in the attack and intercept the transition between attack and defense.
Of course, Liverpool would not take the risk to play a 154 formation. It was simply playing with their lives, as crazy as the Netherlands' full attack and defense, unless Liverpool had two more world-class star players.
The most important point of this system was to encircle and snatch in the front field, forming a two-striker harassment, and a six-man midfield interception line with high-intensity coverage. This was the key point of the key point, to immediately play a quick attack or counterattack after the ball was taken.
One center back was to prevent the midfield line from failing to intercept, and the remaining center back was to create an offside position.
This required the players' ability to adapt to the situation was very high.
In case they were hit offside, they had to rely on the side defenders to chase back and the goalkeeper to attack in advance.
In the positional defense, it was a traditional 442 with an eight-man backfield double-layer defensive system.
Liverpool's current midfield arrangement was: Alonso and Tiote, the double defensive midfielders.
Gerard and Cabaye were the double defensive midfielders.
As Qin Xiong could pull to the left flank in the front field, Gerard had the habit of attacking forward.
With the two full backs' assistance and Cabaye plugging forward in the middle, Liverpool's offense could still be fully spread out. In the defense, the requirements for Tiote and Alonso were higher. The players in the front field's first counterattack was the most important.
This set of play required a particularly high track and field foundation of all the players. Except for the two center backs, everyone must have an overwhelming track and field and fitness advantage.
Liverpool dared not say that they had the stamina and speed to crush their opponents, but in the overall player configuration, speed and stamina were the strengths of the English team.
Now Comain wanted to see how effective Liverpool's implementation of this set of skills and tactics would be.
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