This player is not professional

Chapter 285
They came to Dream Theater with strong confidence, hoping to take away three points.Unexpectedly, the first half was very painful, and the game was not at all in their familiar rhythm.

Now it is even more led by Manchester United.

Just look at Manchester United's defensive performance in the first half. After taking the lead, Manchester United will definitely be more difficult to beat...

Not long after Depay scored, the first half of the game ended.

Manchester United enters the dressing room with a one-goal lead. This is still a home game, and they will have a greater psychological advantage.Manchester United's performance in the first half was indeed outstanding. When the whistle sounded, all the fans in the Dream Theater stood up and applauded the team's performance.

If Liverpool tries its best and uses all its main players but cannot win at Manchester United, it will definitely bring a heavy blow to Liverpool and shake their confidence. The impact will not only be limited to this game, but also affect the next game. Champions League matches.By then, Liverpool may be facing a double defeat in the league and Champions League within three days...

You must know that the first Champions League opponent was last season's Champions League final opponent, Juventus!
Klopp himself knew the seriousness of the situation, so he made a very bold adjustment during the halftime break.

He replaced midfielder Kante with James Milner.

Kante is Liverpool's only defensive midfielder in this game - and now he has replaced Kante with James Milner. James Milner is definitely not a midfielder who is better at defending than Kante. What he is good at is attack.

Could it be that he wanted Lin Yi to defend?

Of course not.

Klopp put forward crazy offensive requirements for his team, increased the speed, and forced the game into the rhythm that Liverpool is good at.

Only in this way can Manchester United be defeated away from home.

Such an adjustment means that Liverpool will have no so-called midfield defense, and Manchester United's morale is now high and it is easy to penetrate Liverpool's midfield and directly face Liverpool's back line.

This is very, very risky.A little carelessness will make Liverpool lose even worse.

In addition to this method, there may be some milder methods.But with Klopp's character, he is more willing to choose this extremely risky plan. Although the risk is high, it is possible to reap greater rewards.

In addition to letting Milner play in Kante's place, he also wants to encourage Lin Yi, Royce and Salah to make more personal breakthroughs, not to be afraid of mistakes, but to take that step.

At the same time, in order to prevent his personal breakthrough from being counterattacked by the opponent after stealing the ball, he also asked the two full-backs to move forward. On the one hand, they support the team's attack on the wing, and on the other hand, they are the first to respond after their teammates lose the ball. Go up and grab, delay time, and create opportunities for the rest of the team to return to defense.

Just at the beginning of the second half, Liverpool made substitutions. Kante came off and Milner came on.

This substitution surprised everyone.

"Oh... Klopp made another amazing substitution. He doesn't want to defend in the midfield at all..."

The adjustments made by Klopp make Manchester United very happy. In their view, by doing this and giving up the midfield defense, Manchester United will easily occupy the advantage on the field and then turn the advantage into victory.

Klopp's adjustment was too reckless.

But doesn’t Manchester United just want to see such an opponent?
Just as Manchester United was dreaming, the second half of the game had just begun, and it was Liverpool who had the upper hand.

Just one minute into the second half, Salah dribbled the ball from the left rib and was about to break into the penalty area, but was tackled to the ground from behind by Manchester United midfielder Carrick!
"Ah! Carrick's foul is so bad!"

Fortunately, although Carrick tackled from behind, which looked scary, he actually only tripped Salah and did not cause much damage to Salah.

Liverpool's players surrounded the referee and wanted to ask the referee to play a card against Carrick.

The Manchester United players also surrounded the referee and told him that Carrick tackled the football first and Salah dived.

Just when the two sides were arguing, Lin Yi stepped forward and found Salah who had just gotten up from the ground.

"Get ready to respond, we'll take a quick free kick!"

Lin Yi said this to him and turned around to place the football.

Salah was stunned for a moment at first, but he soon realized what he was doing. He quickly pulled away to the side. Why didn't he run towards the middle?Because the center is now full of people, even if he goes there, the free kick will be meaningless.

During the dispute between the two players, the referee showed Carrick a yellow card.

Both Manchester United players and Liverpool players were dissatisfied with this result. Manchester United players believed that the foul should not have been called at all, and the yellow card was even more ridiculous.The Liverpool players believed that the yellow card was too light and should be given a red card directly.

Of course, the demands of both parties are biased, unreasonable, and far from right.But this is football, everyone only considers their own interests. At this time, it doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong.

This can be regarded as a certain degree of "win at any cost", right?

The referee waved them away.

Players from both sides reluctantly dispersed.

The Manchester United players are preparing to form a wall to kill time...

As a result, at this moment, after Lin Yi placed the football, he suddenly kicked it out!
"Free kick quickly!"

Seeing this situation, the referee hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not blow the whistle to signal Liverpool to restart. He did not award a direct free kick, which meant that the free kick could be taken without waiting for his whistle.

The Manchester United players didn't react at first, until they saw Salah receiving the ball again from the wing, and then they suddenly woke up - the referee made no comment!
Then what are you doing?

So Manchester United's players almost rushed towards Salah in a swarm.

Salah faced the rushing Manchester United players on the wing. He saw that Manchester United's penalty area was relatively empty, especially... on the line of the penalty area.

So he first made a fake move to break through, then dunked the football back with his left foot, swayed away from the angle, and made a cross!
He used his right foot to pass the football near the penalty area line!

At this time, Manchester United's players were either attracted by Salah, or they hurriedly returned to the goal, not expecting to deploy a defense near the penalty area line.

After the free kick was taken quickly, Lin Yi quickly pulled horizontally to the center in front of the penalty area. After seeing Salah passing the football, he quickly stepped forward to meet it.

Then he used his chest to cushion the football from Lin Yi, followed by another volley!
"Lin Yi——!!"

Amid the extended roars of the on-site commentator, Lin Yi's football flew towards the goal.

At this time, Manchester United midfielder Carrick, who had just made a tackle foul and caused a free kick, flew over and stretched his feet to block the football.

He touched the football, but he didn't block it.After the football turned a weird arc in the air, it went straight to the dead center of the goal!
Manchester United's goalkeeper Dehra was caught off guard by Lin Yi's volley, but he still managed to pounce.As long as Lin Yi's kick didn't hit a blind spot, he would still have a chance to save.

As a result, Carrick's block helped Lin Yi turn the volley into a blind spot!
Dehra could only look at the "ball" and sigh, unable to do anything.

The football got into the blind corner and flew into the goal!

"Lin Yi! Oh oh oh oh! The world is in shock! Lin Yi! His recent state is so good! It's so hard to cum!" the CCTV commentator shouted excitedly. "He helped Liverpool equalize the score! Just one minute into the second half! Manchester United was completely caught off guard! Look at the confused expressions of their players!"

The Manchester United players who appeared on the TV broadcast looked really confused.

The players who were the first to react went to the referee again to protest. They believed that Liverpool's free kick was illegal and they did not wait for them to line up the wall or wait for the referee's whistle.

But the referee told them that this was an indirect free kick and they could kick the ball without waiting for his whistle. Liverpool just made reasonable use of the rules.

The only thing to blame is that the Manchester United players put all their energy into arguing with the referee about Pickrick's foul instead of staying focused on the game.

In high-level competition, even a second of distraction can lead to a big mistake.

How could the Manchester United players forget such a simple question?

Lin Yi, who scored the goal, hugged his teammates.

His goal is worth thousands of dollars.When Liverpool encountered difficulties, he really stood up and helped the team tide over the difficulties.

With such a core, do you still have to worry about what you can't do?
They excitedly slapped Lin Yi's shoulders and back, and ruffled his hair.

"Lin Yi initiates, Lin Yi finishes, there is a perfect closed loop. And what about Carrick? He caused Liverpool's free kick and helped Lin Yi drive the football into the dead corner. It is also a perfect closed loop. …”

Lin Yi's goal was replayed in the TV broadcast just now. From the camera position facing the goal, you can clearly see how the football changed direction after encountering Carrick's feet...

It was like God's will - without Carrick's kick, Lin Yi's ball might have been saved by Dehra. After all, Lin Yi's play was not very tricky.

But Carrick's kick directly turned an ordinary-level volley into a world-level volley!
No matter how powerful Dehra is, she can't do anything like this...

Liverpool's adjustments began to bear fruit, and they equalized the score at the beginning of the second half.

But it was just an equalizer, and Manchester United still had a chance to take the lead again.

In order to avoid this situation from happening, Klopp will make adjustments and require the team to use quick passes and quick receptions at the beginning of the second half to bring the game into their familiar rhythm.

That doesn't change because of the goal.

After the goal, Liverpool's players were morale-boosted and confident, and they could perform even better in the future.

So when the game restarted, Manchester United quickly discovered that the situation was different from what they imagined...

As long as the football is at the feet of Liverpool players, the rhythm will become very fast. The football is passed back and forth between multiple Liverpool players, making the Manchester United players dizzy. If they want to steal the ball, they have to run with this rhythm. In this way, they themselves The rhythm of the game was disrupted.

Once your own rhythm is messed up, it is not that simple to get back to the original rhythm...

Just 3 minutes after Liverpool scored, Lin Yi once again took a long shot from outside the penalty area. He carried two Manchester United defenders and forced a long shot.

After the football was touched by Manchester United center back Carrick, it bounced to the back point.A long shot suddenly turned into a diagonal cross.

As a result, Firmino, who was outflanking, was half a step too slow and failed to touch the football!

"Firmino...oh! What a pity! If Firmino could have touched this ball, he would definitely have scored! What a pity, it was just a little bit short!"

"Lin Yi continued his excellent form today and was very active! This shot also posed a threat!"

Lin Yi's goal greatly boosted the team's morale. Next, Liverpool performed more actively and hard.

Everyone is running tirelessly.

It was as if he didn't care about the Champions League game three days later.

They managed to get the game into their rhythm.

Manchester United can only struggle to cope with it.

In 1 minute, Liverpool launched a quick counterattack. Royce curled the ball with his right foot on the left side of the penalty area, but it missed.

In 5 minutes, Lin Yi was thrown to the ground by the opponent while dribbling the ball. The referee awarded Liverpool a free kick.

This is a super long-range free kick 40 meters away from the goal.Liverpool played the football into Manchester United's penalty area, and there was a melee between the two sides.

In the end, Firmino stabbed the ball in the crowd, and the football rolled out of the bottom line after grazing the far post, scaring all Manchester United fans into a cold sweat.

"Firmino! Almost scored! What a pity!"

Faced with Liverpool's aggressive offensive, Manchester United's head coach Louis van Gaal could not sit still.

He stood up from his seat, walked to the sidelines, and looked at the court solemnly.

He also didn't expect that after that lunatic Klopp made crazy substitutions, Liverpool didn't collapse because of it... but played better and better, and now completely suppressed Manchester United and brought the game into their rhythm - this That's what Van Gaal is most worried about. If the rhythm is messed up, everything will be messed up.

He thought hard about countermeasures.

Liverpool will not give Van Gaal a chance to make countermeasures.

In 8 minutes, Manchester United launched an offensive to bring the situation back.

Liverpool's defense in the middle was completely gone, so they interrupted to open a breakthrough from here. This time they attacked not from the side but from the middle.

But when Schweinsteiger was about to pass the ball in the middle, his passing intention was guessed by Lin Yi. After he just passed the football, Lin Yi quickly stepped forward and intercepted Schweinsteiger midway. Tiger's pass!
(End of this chapter)