Manchester City could not figure out Liverpool's style of play in the second half.
Because of Liverpool's tactical changes, Manchester City's basic midfield organization became very chaotic.
There were many people in the midfield!
There were too many people!
Liverpool's two full backs were positioned in the same position. After a wave of attacks, Liverpool's full backs, midfielders, and forwards all squeezed towards the midfield together.
In the past, when faced with such a problem, the teams on the flanks could bypass the area where the dense crowd was located in the midfield and instead open up a gap from the flanks.
But Liverpool now had a large number of players in the midfield to snipe Manchester City's attack.
This made Manchester City a little panicked.
Was it to say that Manchester City had no chance to attack the front line at all?
Not really!
But the success rate was too low.
The midfielders had less time to control the ball, leaving them less time to make choices. It was more demanding on them to see their teammates' positions in a flash and accurately deliver the ball to their teammates' feet.
Suddenly, the midfield became Liverpool's world, and Manchester City did not even have a foothold.
In the 51st minute of the game, Barry kicked a long ball over the top in the backfield under the pressure of Gerard and Suárez.
Milner rushed past Baines and rushed to Baines' defensive area as a full back. But just as he rushed over to stop the ball, Tiote came to the football's landing point first and passed the ball back to Skrtel.
Liverpool's two defensive midfielders, Alonso and Tiote, had more time to observe the opponent's attack, especially when the opponent played the ball from behind. The two were able to react faster.
Liverpool's attack was a little unreasonable.
Strength in numbers!
In the 53rd minute of the game, Flanagan received Gerard's pass from the right wing in the front field. He passed the ball to Suárez, who was closest to him.
Suárez, under the double team of Nigel de Jong and the back, Clichy, knocked the ball back diagonally to Cabaye's feet.
Cabaye kicked the ball out and passed the ball diagonally to Qin Xiong in front of the penalty area on the left wing.
Liverpool's wave of attack was passed in an "M" pattern.
After quickly transferring the ball to Qin Xiong's feet, Qin Xiong pretended to cut horizontally, but pulled the ball back behind him and broke through in the direction of the baseline.
After Richards was deceived, he immediately turned around and went back to the bottom line.
At this time, Manchester City's entire defensive line had all retreated into the penalty area.
At this time, Qin Xiong passed the ball behind him.
Baines was still dribbling the ball along the flank. If one were to overlook Manchester City's half at this time.
They could clearly see that there were more Liverpool players outside the penalty area than Manchester City!
Baines, Cabaye, Gerard, Flanagan, and Alonso, who was standing near the center line.
Baines passed the ball to Cabaye, who tested Joe Hart with a long shot when no one was marking him.
Just as the football was about to fly into the near corner of the goal, Hart rushed forward and blocked the ball with one hand.
As Hart could not use his strength, he could only block the ball passively, which led to the football that he blocked rebounding into the penalty area.
Richards and Kompany immediately went to protect the front of the goal, but someone was one step faster than them and rushed to the front of the football. He deftly flicked the football towards the goal.
Hart fell to the ground and raised his hand to try to block the ball, but he could not reach it!
The football fell into the goal!
Kompany and Richards ran to the front of the goal in vain. The two men looked up and sighed in unison!
"Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong made up for it with another shot! Cabaye's long shot caused Joe Hart to make a save and let go. Qin Xiong deftly flicked the ball into the goal in front of the goal. Liverpool widened their lead at the start of the second half, 3: 1! "
After Qin Xiong broke through the goal, he rushed straight out of the end line and ran to the corner flag area with a smile on his face to celebrate.
The Liverpool fans in the nearby stands cheered thunderously.
Mancini looked dignified on the sidelines.
He was growling in his heart: What the hell is Liverpool doing?!
It looked like Liverpool had put on a frenzied attack, but it did not look like they were burning their boats.
It could only be said that Liverpool had put on a "strange formation"!
The pressure was extremely strong!
Manchester City had not experienced it before and were stunned.
In particular, the defensive strategy deployed before the game could be thrown into the trash can.
The joint defense and targeted defense between the players lost their target and the order was broken. They really did not expect Liverpool to give up the mature 4-3-3 and play the 4-2-22.
Comain did not give up anything. He was just improving Liverpool's technical and tactical system. He could not conclude that Liverpool would stick to playing the 4-2-22. He had to see the effect. One or two games did not mean anything. It was most important to be able to continue to be strong.
Manchester City was a little caught off guard and could not find a way to deal with Liverpool.
The changes on Liverpool's side allowed them to make more use of the width of the field, especially in the passing organization. They were able to quickly pass the ball to the front, back, left, and right, which confused the opponent.
Manchester City tried to speed up the pace of the game to disrupt Liverpool's tactical system, but they were the first to mess up.
In the 66th minute of the game, after Yaya Toure and Gareth Barry passed the ball to each other, he wanted to pass the ball to David Silva on the left wing.
But the two men did not think of the same thing. David Silva was ready to go offside. Yaya Toure did not seem to have confidence in David Silva's speed, which caused the ball he passed to David Silva to lose its target. Flanagan directly intercepted the ball and passed it straight to Gerard, who was running in front to pull the side.
Gerard passed the ball to Qin Xiong, who cut across the middle from the right wing in front of the penalty area.
Under the watchful eyes of De Rong and Gareth Barry, Qin Xiong walked leisurely and gently tapped the ball. Cabaye, who plugged in from behind, sent a straight ball.
Suarez rushed past Lescott. If it wasn't for Cabaye's long shot, Lescott would've rushed forward to block it. He definitely wouldn't have let Suarez slip past him.
Now, it was impossible for him to turn around and stop Suárez in a hurry.
After Suarez successfully reversed the offside, he aimed diagonally at the goal from inside the penalty area and shot the ball past Joe Hart and into the goal.
The distance was too close for Joe Hart to block it in time.
Liverpool led Manchester City by 4: 1.
Mancini was a little disappointed when he saw this. At the same time, he engraved every detail on the field in his mind. He knew that Manchester City already had the capital to rise, but he still had a lot of work to do on how to build the team into a true champion.
Comain also lost interest in the game.
Perhaps because of Liverpool's terrifying and strong performance in the past two seasons, Liverpool's opponents were like birds startled by the twang of a bow.
Obviously, Manchester City was scared out of their wits!
They were not really defeated by Liverpool in a calm state. This also had something to do with Manchester City's mentality changing in the second half after falling behind in the first half.
After Liverpool began to beat the gong to retreat, Manchester City scored a goal through a fast attack from Dzeko.
In the end, Liverpool defeated Manchester City by 4: 2 at the new Wembley Stadium to win the Community Shield.
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