Extraordinary coach

Under Klopp's call, Liverpool quickly pushed the attack to Southampton's half.

Southampton's defense was still relatively large. This can be seen from the fact that they did not press the formation forward in the first attack.

After Liverpool launched the attack, Southampton quickly withdrew everyone except Rebic to the backcourt.

Southampton's defense is very good. When they pay more attention to defense, it is still difficult for Liverpool to break through their defense.

However, Liverpool is not the kind of team that is eager to attack. They like to control the ball and attack in the opponent's half. Facing Southampton's better defense, they played very patiently.

Liverpool constantly used short passes to find loopholes in Southampton's defense, but Southampton's defensive position was really good, and there was no loophole to exploit.

After several passes and transfers, Salah stood up. After he got the pass from his teammate again, he dribbled and broke through.

Salah is more of an A+ level, and breakthroughs are his specialty. Bertrand, who is only A-level, quickly fell behind in a one-on-one match. He was unable to limit Salah's strong breakthrough.

After Salah cut inside to shake off Bertrand, he did not shoot from a distance. Pavard made up for the position quickly and did not give him space to kick.

So Salah simply bounced his feet and stuffed the ball into the penalty area, ready to pass it to Firmino.

Salah's pass was still good, and Firmino used his running position to get the ball smoothly.

But just as Firmino was about to kick, Van Dijk fell to the ground decisively and shoveled the ball out.

Liverpool missed the chance to shoot. However, there was still a chance for a corner kick.

"Salah's performance today was very active. This kid, he was not merciful at all!" After watching Liverpool's attack this time, Dio couldn't help saying.

"It doesn't matter." Sun Yi said calmly. He didn't expect Salah to really do his best as he said, but it really didn't matter to him. After all, in a game, you can't put your hope on the opponent's players letting you go.

"This kid is really good. Compared with him, Pulisic on our side is still a little bit behind. No wonder you didn't want to let him go at that time." Dio sighed.

"It's all in the past. Moreover, if he didn't leave, I really didn't have the determination to leave Nice. There would be no chance to come to a better team. Don't you think so?" Sun Yi said with a smile.

"That's right. If I stay there, it will definitely not be as comfortable as here." Dio nodded. It was because he couldn't stand it that he came to be Sun Yi's assistant when he had the opportunity to be promoted to head coach.

After talking about Salah, Dio continued to talk about the situation on the field. "Our players are still under a lot of pressure and have not been able to play the tactical characteristics of bypassing the defense zone. It seems that the effect is far less than the previous few games."

"The opponent is different. In fact, I am very satisfied with playing like this. If they continue to play like this, when they can let go, they will be able to create more opportunities." Sun Yi is still quite confident in his tactics and players.

He believed that as long as he continued to play like this, he would have a good performance after adapting to today's rhythm.

As for the corner kick that Liverpool was taking, Sun Yi had no worries at all.

Liverpool is one of the last few teams in the Premier League in terms of average height, and the ability to compete for high-altitude balls is their weakness. Therefore, Liverpool rarely creates a big threat in set-piece opportunities such as corner kicks.

Sure enough, after the corner kick came, Van Dijk, who had a great advantage in height, immediately pushed it out of the penalty area.

However, the football that was pushed out fell to Coutinho's feet. Coutinho immediately turned back into the penalty area, but was confiscated by goalkeeper Foster's alert attack.

Liverpool's second wave of offensive ended here.

Next, it was Southampton's turn to organize the second wave of offensive.

Just like the first offensive, Southampton played very patiently and cautiously.

With patient organization, Southampton successfully completed the tactic of bypassing the defense zone.

It's just that the players were a little nervous and didn't change the direction of attack quickly enough, giving Liverpool time to adjust their defensive position.

In the end, Golovin shook off the defender's forced shot and missed the goal.

"Well, not bad. It's getting better." Finally completing Southampton's first shot of the game, Sun Yi stood up in a good mood to applaud the players.

Sun Yi was quite satisfied with this attack, but the Liverpool team didn't care.

"Nothing special!"

"It is said that Southampton is very powerful after changing the new tactics. Now it seems that it is just like that."

The shot that did not hit the goal frame was not a big threat to Liverpool.

"Attack, you can try to break through more!"

Klopp still has a strong grasp of the situation on the field. In just two attacks, he saw the strengths and weaknesses of Liverpool and Southampton in offense and defense.

The previous style of play that mainly relied on special ball penetration had little effect on Southampton's defense. After Klopp made this change, Liverpool's offensive threat immediately increased a lot.

In other words, Liverpool has quite a few players with strong dribbling and breakthrough abilities.

In addition to the more active Salah in the front, there is also Mane on the left.

This black player from Senegal is not tall, but his attacking ability is really strong. His strength is also at the A+ level, and his attacking power is not much weaker than Salah.

In addition, Coutinho behind Mane also has a strong breakthrough ability. And he also has the strength of A+ level.

The three players with A+ level strength began to take the initiative to attack. Suddenly, the Southampton defenders were a little overwhelmed. Under the desperate defense, Coutinho still made a shot with a long shot from inside.

Coutinho's long shot is still of high quality and hit the goal frame.

Fortunately, Southampton's goalkeeper Foster is quite strong and in good shape today. He blocked Coutinho's long shot with a standard dive. It just sent another corner kick to Liverpool.

Liverpool's attack this time is still quite threatening. It is much more powerful than the previous two times. After all, it hit the goal frame this time.

Continuous attacks were threatening, and with two consecutive corner kicks, Sun Yi was worried that the players were under too much pressure. So he came to the sidelines and shouted, "Keep it steady. Just keep playing according to our pre-match plan."

"Ha!" Hearing Sun Yi's words, Klopp, who was not far away, smiled indifferently.

"Nothing special!"