No one would doubt that Liverpool might take a utilitarian stance to face Manchester City in the second half of the game!

As long as they are not scored by Manchester City, even if Liverpool tied with Manchester City, they will beat Manchester City to win the Premier League six consecutive championships!

It will also create the highest points in history in England’s top league championship!

Therefore, when Henderson came on as a substitute, many people believed that Situ Yunbing would put Manchester City in a difficult situation of fighting a beast!

Guardiola had a premonition that Situ Yunbing would not, but if he foolishly ordered the team to strengthen the offense and fell into Liverpool's counterattack trap, it would be a joke.

The contradiction is that Manchester City still has an enemy, not just Liverpool, but also time!

If too much time is wasted due to observation and testing, then Manchester City may be under increasing pressure, and it will easily lead to self-disturbance!

Guardiola made a gesture to the team before the start of the second half, so that the team would be cautious first, and he would only observe for 5 minutes.

After Liverpool completed the substitution, the second half officially started!

Many viewers believe that Liverpool will adopt a triangular system position with three midfielders, one midfielder and two central defenders, so that the midfield defense will be almost foolproof!

Situ Yunbing chose to substitution when dealing with how to curb Manchester City's midfield offensive creativity. Henderson's appearance is indeed an option to strengthen defense.

But this does not mean that Liverpool will become conservative in its overall posture.

Henderson is better than Erikson in both running and defensive abilities, which does not mean that he is useless in offense.

Manchester City's first offense in the second half was not ideal, because Liverpool's midfield was like a iron-locked Hengjiang, which made De Bruyne and Gundogan have no room to play in the organization, and could only hand over the ball to Sterling to try to create opportunities on the wing. It was basically no difficulty for Sterling to go outside, but the cross from the wing also made Liverpool's defense not difficult.

When Coulibari headed the ball behind the penalty area to clear the ball, Casemiro controlled the ball in the backcourt.

Guardiola cheered up and ordered Manchester City to return to defense at full speed while carefully observing Liverpool's posture.

If it is a counterattack, then there are two points in the attack. The first is fast, and the first element of counterattack! The second is simple! If the fight is complicated, it will conflict with the first point!

In fact, by observing the reactions of Liverpool forward players, you can get a glimpse of the clues!

When he found that Griezmann and Mbappe did not move forward quickly to put pressure on Manchester City's defense, Guardiola knew that Liverpool did not intend to pin their fate on counterattack!

The counterattack is very efficient, but if it cannot be done, the ball will be returned to Manchester City in a short time, which must be Situ Yunbing's concern.

Liverpool pushed forward steadily and did not act too rush. What surprised Guardiola was that Henderson appeared in the midfielder position, and it seemed that Liverpool's offensive center of attention had not completely turned to the wing!

But it is absolutely impossible to say that Henderson can play the role of Erikson.

So although Henderson stood in the front midfielder, he almost did not pass forward, either back or cross-bang, it had a certain effect in the end and could restrain Manchester City's defense.

In the 50th minute of the game, Liverpool's frontcourt offense moved from the middle to the left. Robertson ran and assisted up and dribbled the ball directly at the bottom. When Walker returned to the penalty area, Robertson encountered Gundogan's press and immediately knocked the ball back diagonally.

Griezmann stopped the ball at the outer edge of the top corner in front of the penalty area and adjusted it, and shot a rubbing shot on the spot, and the football flew straight to the far corner of the goal!

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson moved quickly and jumped with one hand to lift the ball above the crossbar.

The scene was very thrilling, but Griezmann's shot was still a bit slower.

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Manchester City fans were tingling with scalp throughout the game. No matter how Liverpool adjusts, it is an indisputable fact that their offensive threat is stronger than Manchester City.

"Wow! Griezmann's long-range shot that went straight to the dead corner of the goal was escaped by Ederson!

Ederson's save was wonderful, and Griezmann shot beautifully!

Manchester City is now blocked by Liverpool's midfield. How should their offensive threats be made?"

Liverpool took a tactical corner kick. When Henderson tried a shot outside the penalty area, his shot unfortunately hit his teammate Lewandowski and then bounced out of the bottom line.

At present, his role after playing is more reflected in defense, and there is no way to see what changes he can bring in offense.

When Manchester City patiently organized the offensive from the backcourt, they could not create more space for De Bruyne and Gundogan in the midfield!

Henderson, Casemiro and Kante each perform their own duties. Kante is the last line of defense intercepting. Casemiro can limit his opponents in close proximity, and Henderson runs and sweeps with no effort!

Such cooperation can be said to have made Manchester City feel like they were in a cage in the midfield offense!

The easiest way to break this deadlock is to improve the aggressiveness of the full-back’s assist!

In that case, Liverpool's midfielder would have to divide his troops to assist in the defense of the wing.

In the 57th minute of the game, the ball came to De Bruyne's feet, but he was hit by Henderson and Casemiro. He could not find the route to pass the ball to Gundogan, and did not give him much time to hesitate.

De Bruyne used his outer instep to pass the ball forward!

The football almost flew past Casemiro's cheeks and flew past his ears!

Casemiro turned around and saw the football flew through the air between Van Dijk and Arnold, and crossed a right-handed track in the air!

It was a pass with a genius imagination!

This is definitely an unexpectedly wonderful pass!

Not only did Liverpool's defense be stunned, it was unexpected!

Even De Bruyne's teammates did not react.

Aguero later realized that he ran forward and responded. As a result, when the football bounced on the ground, he was about two meters away from the football, and then the football was attacked and hugged by Ter Stegen!

"De Bruyne's pass actually made the ball bounce in the Liverpool penalty area!

If Aguero could start earlier, even if it was just one second, he would have the chance to receive the pass and then form a single shot!

This is really a fairy ball!"

Situ Yunbing grinned on the sidelines, shaking his head while smiling.

He was brought from Belgium to Germany and achieved the most creative attacking midfielder that amazed the entire European football world. Situ Yunbing thought that De Bruyne's failure at Chelsea would affect his career progress. After all, he has achieved very high achievements, and even if he doesn't work hard, it is not surprising.

But unexpectedly, after returning to the Bundesliga, De Bruyne turned around and returned to the Premier League in just one season!

Now he is the strongest offensive midfielder in the Premier League. If he maintains his current level for another two or three years, he will be the only midfielder in European football!

It's no exaggeration.

Situ Yunbing almost wanted to shout at De Bruyne: "Good! You are so awesome!"

Ter Stegen did not quickly throw the ball and instigated a counterattack. Liverpool did not intend to play counterattack tactics in the second half. Unless the opponent's two full-backs pressed up, there could be a channel on one side that would allow Liverpool's side to be flat, so there would be no problem with counterattack, because first, it ensures that the offense can hit the opponent's offensive dangerous areas, the success rate will be much higher, and the self-defense pressure will be much lower.

However, two Manchester City full-backs began to retreat after completing the support work, which gave Liverpool the idea of ​​counterattacking.

Even if it is Ter Stegen, he must observe the overall situation development!

Manchester City quickly returned to defense, and Liverpool steadily pushed the offensive forward from the backcourt.

After pretending to play on the left, he immediately transferred the offense. When Casemiro transferred the ball to the right, although Henderson stayed in the front midfielder position, he did not actively run and respond, looking like a wooden man.

At this time, I'm afraid no one cares what Situ Yunbing said in his ear before Henderson appeared.

To outsiders, it should be Situ Yunbing assigning tasks to Henderson.

But Situ Yunbing's words at that time would be remembered for life!

"Everyone looked down on you three points. The only thing I missed in my coaching career is you. I once thought that you would give up leaving Liverpool four years ago, but you persisted and became strong and definitely deserved this jersey.

Jordan, you are world-class, Situ Yunbing said!”

There has never been a clear standard for world-class.

It may be more related to the role played by the player and the role played by the player can occupy among the same type of players.

Just like rank the forwards, if the top ten are all world-class, then Messi, Ronaldo, Lewandowski, Mbappe and other players will occupy half of the market.

If you narrow the goalkeeper's position to 5 positions, then only the top five goalkeepers are world-class.

This is related to the times and to the current strongest players active in football.

The reason why Henderson is embarrassed is that he cannot serve as a simple defensive midfielder or become a key offensive organizer in a team, but he has his own characteristics and role. With such a role, it is probably difficult for Situ Yunbing to find a replacement for Henderson now. If such a player does not flow into the market, he will hardly find someone who can do better than Henderson.

If Henderson wants to complete his mission, he will appear in the attacking midfielder. After he attracted Fernandinho's defensive attention, Liverpool's offense on the right will be launched at the same time.

Arnold, Mbappe, and Lewandowski all came here, and Manchester City naturally began to shrink their defense. They believed that Liverpool was still playing the offensive tactics that were exactly the same as those in the first half of the goal.

In this level of competition, Situ Yunbing is now unwilling to make drastic changes to his tactics easily, and this offensive tactic is at least not a problem before ending this link.

But as more and more defensive players in Manchester City pressed on this side, forcing Liverpool's ball control cooperation space to become smaller and smaller, no one noticed Casemiro's average speed forward, while Henderson began to retreat when Casemiro was halfway through.
Chapter completed!