362. I am too embarrassed
Under Mourinho's leadership, Chelsea and Inter Milan have performed classic defensive counterattack tactics with Barcelona, and their defense has almost reached the extreme. Then the Italian national team has also done a very good job in defense.
Chelsea or Inter Milan under Mourinho may not need too many opportunities to win.
But they have a prerequisite, that is, the defense is reliable.
Liverpool is not the case. Their defense is not good, and the number of goals conceded this season says everything.
Especially in recent times, Sturridge broke out at the beginning of the season. At that time, Liverpool often scored three-pointers in small win mode and conceded not many goals. Now, due to injuries, fatigue and other factors, Liverpool's defense is obviously not as reliable as at the beginning of the season.
In their situation, if they blindly shrink and let the defense line face Manchester City's offense threats too much, there will definitely be chaos. Liverpool will also defend the game at the beginning of the second half, and it will not be able to defend it. This is the problem.
So Rodgers needs the team to do more in terms of controlling the ball and offense.
Overall, he was successful today, doing very successfully, although he paid the price of Sarco's red card.
After completing the post-match interview, Rogers went to Wensheng's office to drink as promised.
"Are you satisfied with today's game?" Rogers asked Wensheng.
"What do you think?!" Wensheng smiled and handed Rogers a glass of red wine.
"I guess you'll say Sarco's red card!"
"Brandon, I'm definitely not satisfied with not being able to score a three-pointer, but this draw is still very reasonable. You did a really good job!" Wen Sheng gave a thumbs up.
"This makes me flattered!" Rogers laughed.
"But your defense didn't make too many mistakes, which made me hard to imagine! Sometimes we play in a difficult position and are not patient enough! We need to improve such problems!" Wensheng was really a little convinced by Liverpool's defense. Manchester City completed almost 20 shots in the whole game. Although there were many shots, most of them were long shots, so there was no use for birds.
Wensheng said that the players' lack of patience and determination comes from this. They can't make a breakthrough in the penalty area, so they just swung a long shot from anyone who came up, and treated the dead horse as a live horse. The team played too well, and the team's scoring was also well-behaved, which helped Miniole get a high score of 8 points because his save success rate was high.
After talking about the game, Rodgers shifted the topic to Coutinho. In the summer, Rodgers was interested in Coutinho, but it was not necessarily true that he was interested. The direct descendant Joe Allen, whom he attracted, was unable to take on the role Rodgers wanted. Liverpool's scouting department recommended Coutinho, and Rodgers planned to give it a try, but unexpectedly, Wen Sheng used Coutinho to exchange Chamberlain.
Even if Rogers wants it, he has to pay the price of Sterling. Who doesn’t lack household registration books these days?!
Coutinho performed well under Wenger. Rogers felt that he should be more determined in the summer. At the same time, he also joked that Wensheng was not very interesting.
The essence of talking about Coutinho is Rodgers later raised the possibility that Liverpool would have loaned Aspass.
When Rogers mentioned this name, Wen Sheng suddenly asked: "You have contacted him?"
"No!" Rogers quickly shook his head, looking very sincere, "I dare to swear that there is no such thing!"
"Brendon, I don't understand. I said Aspas won't leave the team!"
"I know you said it, but he has no chance under your command! And I really need a suitable substitute!" Rogers spoke very directly.
Liverpool’s scouting department is a very strange department. Sometimes you feel that they rely too much on data, such as Adam’s trade, but sometimes it feels inexplicable. What are the particularly impressive data that Aspas can have as a substitute?!
Wen Sheng misunderstood. Aspas was actually Rodgers' idea. Even though Aspas was not outstanding at Manchester City, he had experience. After being in the Premier League for so long, Liverpool happened to be lacking such a good person. Rodgers also asked with a try-and-see attitude.
Wensheng refused decisively. Aspass was indeed a substitute, but when he was given to Liverpool, Wensheng felt that if his head was in a state of water, he would agree to Rogers' request.
Rogers joked that Wensheng was not righteous, and Wensheng said that you had a problem with yourself. Even though you knew it was impossible, you still made such a request.
"However, you are willing to convince your club to sell Suarez to me, it's not impossible for Aspas to consider!"
"Daniel, what do you want me to say? Do you think the club will agree to your request?!" Rogers was shocked by Wen Sheng.
"Okay, man, let's stop lying on yourself! You and I know that this season is Suarez's last season unless your team can win the championship!"
"Maybe we can win the championship or not!" Rogers finished drinking the glass of wine, "Okay, Daniel, Merry Christmas! It's time for me to leave!"
"Hey, Brandon, think carefully!" Wensheng pulled Rogers' sleeve.
"Let's talk about it after the season is over! He is the most critical player on the team. Do you think what I mean is important?! Another point, I don't understand, man, your forward is already overcrowded, and you are introducing Suarez?!"
"I said I have a lot of money, do you believe it or not?"
"I not only believe it, I am also envious and jealous!" Rogers patted his butt and left, and he couldn't talk about this.
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Two days later, Manchester City welcomed London team Crystal Palace at home.
Needless to say, Crystal Palace is Wensheng’s old boss.
The old club was in a miserable life. Crystal Palace started the bad start this season. Then Paris fired Lao Lei. Wensheng recommended his old friend Lawrence to Paris. There were a lot of reasons. However, in fact, no matter how many reasons there are, the head coach may be really talented. Lawrence's on-stage appearance still failed to restore Crystal Palace's decline. Now that the 18 rounds of games have passed, Crystal Palace has only scored 21 points, and then in the Europa League, he was eliminated in the group stage not long ago.
With such a record, it is unreasonable for Lawrence to not be dismissed. Fortunately, he is the acting head coach. Perhaps because he has no face to face his boss, Lawrence left the team after being removed from his interim head coach position. As for whether he will return in the future, it is hard to say.
This time when Crystal Palace changed coach, Parish no longer asked Wensheng's opinion, but also asked Mao. Lawrence, who had made a lot of reasons, was unable to support the team at all, and he was in a trap.
Besides, even if Parrish asks Wensheng, Wensheng is embarrassed to give advice, "I'm so embarrassed!"
The coach Parrish now chose is Wensheng's old acquaintance Pris, which is really an interesting appointment.
When Cheryl learned that the head coach of Crystal Palace was Pris, he teased Wensheng and said, "I finally know why Parrish doesn't ask you for your opinion!"
Chapter completed!