Chapter 1412
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When Liverpool's first attack struck fear into the hearts of the Red Devils, the Red Devils fans in the stands saw a shocking scene!
Qin Xiong charged into the penalty area and raised his leg to shoot!
The Red Army fans were ecstatic. At the same time, they were excited and ready to cheer!
Qin Xiong did not let his teammates and fans down.
BOOM！
A stunning volley shot from inside the penalty area. The football was like a cannonball that blasted into the middle of the left side of the Manchester United goal.
De Gea's slow save was pale and powerless!
He got up from the ground to express his puzzlement at the rear defensive line.
If Liverpool broke through the defensive line like this, this game would be completely over!
Qin Xiong came to the front of the Kop stands after breaking through the goal. He raised his arms continuously, indicating that the stadium's cheers should be more enthusiastic!
Gerard rushed up from behind and jumped onto Qin Xiong's back. He raised his fist and roared.
Against their arch-rivals, Liverpool got off to a fantastic start. They broke through the goal in their first attack!
“WTH！ Liverpool scored!
Qin Xiong received Suárez's cross pass and charged into the penalty area to shoot!
What is Manchester United's defensive line doing?
Ferdinand and Smalling stared at Suárez. There was no problem. Evans and Evra stared at Gerard and Kuyt. Should Evans move to block Qin Xiong at this time, or should there be other problems?
In any case, Manchester United was not used to Liverpool's current formation.
They looked like they had to put out at least five defenders to be able to stop the opponent's players from plugging in from behind.
Comain had removed Qin Xiong's position this season and let him play the role of a free man in the front field. Qin Xiong's scoring efficiency did not decrease. It even showed signs of increasing.
Manchester United's problem should still be in the midfield.
Fletcher had no problem keeping up with Gerard who plugged in from behind.
But Phil Jones could not keep up with or interfere with Qin Xiong. This is the most fatal!
Ferguson probably did not expect his team to concede a goal in the first minute of the game when they came to Anfield! "
Ferguson's face was ashen on the sidelines.
Comain looked at Qin Xiong's back as he went to celebrate. He clapped and was filled with emotion.
When he was at Ajax, Qin Xiong played as an attacking midfielder, winger, central midfielder and other positions. Comain's understanding of Qin Xiong was not built in a day, so he could be one of the managers who could use Qin Xiong more flexibly......
When he was at Ajax, he regarded Qin Xiong as his lucky star. Qin Xiong's emergence helped Ajax reach the top of Europe. At Liverpool, Comain had defined Qin Xiong as the soul and core of Liverpool. He was a key player in Liverpool's success or failure.
Comain turned to look at Ferguson. To be honest, at this moment, he did not despise Ferguson, nor did he have the slightest arrogance.
He knew that Ferguson's ability to mix the team was not up to his own.
But he also admired Ferguson's stubbornness even more.
Manchester United had given up playing with two strikers in this game today.
But their overall posture was still unwilling to show the fact that they were weaker than Liverpool.
Manchester United used a combination of engineers to curb Liverpool's offense. That was not wrong. But Manchester United did not do a good job of compressing space to the limit.
Just like when Real Madrid's lineup was at its peak, they would put on a tight defense and play an extreme counterattack when facing Barcelona.
But Manchester United would not do that when facing Liverpool. Comain believed that if Mourinho led Real Madrid to visit Anfield today, then Mourinho would definitely put on a tight defense.
But Ferguson did not. He just weakened the offense and strengthened the midfield defense.
The midfield?
Phil Jones, Park Ji-sung, Fletcher.
What kind of European teams would take a fancy to these three players if they took off the Red Devils jersey?
Did they have the strength to establish themselves in top teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Liverpool?
Not at all!
If it were not for the fact that two of them were English, if it were not for the fact that they wore the Red Devils jersey and were trained by Ferguson to stimulate the team effect, they would not have been noticed by the top European teams.
In other words, one had to admire Ferguson's ability to blend the team. He could always make those players, who were actually very ordinary, not even first-class players, play beyond expectations in the Red Devils formation.
But there was a limit after all.
Liverpool's super offensive strength was difficult for Manchester United's midfield defense to withstand!
Ferguson also came to his senses in an instant after the ball was lost. He gestured to the players on the field from the sidelines, indicating that Phil Jones and Fletcher must form a barrier in front of the penalty area and not be far from the rear defensive line.
Liverpool's offense was swift and fierce. They played the routine they were good at after the restart.
They cut the Red Devils' offensive formation in the defense, so that the opponent could not break through the defense even if they had a chance to counterattack.
In the sixth minute of the game, Ashley Young rushed the ball from the right flank. When he came to the front of the penalty area, Park Ji-sung, who followed up in the middle, was under the defense of Alonso and Mascherano.
Ashley Young did not pass. Instead, he passed the ball diagonally to Rooney, who ran from the middle in front of the penalty area.
After Rooney stopped the ball, he turned and broke through into the penalty area. Tiago Silva accurately blocked the position and cut in front of Rooney, allowing Rooney to separate the ball. Then, he dribbled the ball in the direction of the end line and diagonally knocked the ball to the full back, Baines.
Rooney immediately counterattacked, but he gave up after Baines dribbled the ball forward.
Manchester United's defense showed a tight defensive posture, and Liverpool began to frequently shoot long shots from the periphery.
De Gea made his debut in the Premier League. One of his weaknesses criticized by the media was that he was not stable enough to deal with long shots.
In the ninth minute of the game, Qin Xiong received Johnson's cross pass in the middle of the front field in the middle and did not stop the ball.
A curveball bypassed the head of the Manchester United's full back and the football fell straight to the top right corner of the goal. De Gea flew to save and could not touch the football, but the football eventually hit the crossbar of the goal and bounced out.
Anfield sighed one after another.
Six minutes later, Ryan Giggs was caught in a double team on the left flank and passed the ball to Park Ji-sung in the middle. The Korean heavenly king had just spiked the ball past Gerard when Alonso came forward and intercepted it.
Liverpool launched a quick attack.
Qin Xiong suddenly moved to the right flank, which made Evra unusually nervous. After Alonso passed the ball over, Qin Xiong deftly kicked the ball to the right flank of the penalty area with the outer instep of his right foot.
Evans was first occupied by Kuyt in an advantageous position. Kuyt charged into the right flank of the penalty area and did not stop the ball, sweeping the ball to the middle of the goal.
Suárez grabbed the spot to push the shot before Ferdinand, and De Gea was alert to attack. He opened his arms and lowered his center of gravity to expand the defensive area.
Suárez's shot hit De Gea's thigh and bounced out of the end line.
Suárez looked up to the sky and sighed before turning back to give Kuyt a thumbs up.
Liverpool's fierce attack also made Manchester United unable to breathe.
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