"Great start!" Mansour stood up and smiled happily. "I read the newspaper yesterday. It seems that everyone thinks that we may lose our dominance in the league after losing Cross and Aguero. I almost believed it!"

"The media always likes to do things around us! They can sell more newspapers if they are inferior to us!" Mubarak laughed, "With Daniel here, the difficulties are only temporary, and this will not be a problem for us!"

After Van Dijk scored, Wen Sheng raised his arms high and hugged Joey from the bench.

It is impossible to say that he is not nervous or panic. Liverpool was in very good shape after the start of the game, especially Sterling, which is difficult for him to defend and requires multiple double-teams. Hills obviously was not in a good state and was so ugly that he was fooled by his national teammates.

Wensheng had to let the team recycle, compress the defense line, and increase the thickness of the defense to curb Sterling and Sturridge's speed.

Manchester City is really below the scene.

The players in the starting lineup are like parts and parts that have problems, and this precise instrument may encounter risks!

After accidentally losing a goal, Rodgers' Liverpool had to regain his momentum and continue to attack Manchester City's position. After scored a goal, Wen Sheng felt much more at ease and continued to implement the defensive counterattack strategy, and even adjusted the formation backwards.

There are many new players in Liverpool, and they also have great problems of running-in. It seems that they are not good at fighting positions. They always shoot from a long distance, and they just go back and forth.

This is not effective. Sterling is not Messi after all, and Manchester City's defense is definitely not a waste. The defense and Navas are skillful in cooperation. Even if Liverpool passes the ball directly in the midfield and passes the Manchester City defender's clear goal, Navas's level is not easy.

Liverpool frequently had problems on the defensive end. Their full-backs were too bold. In the middle, the interception ability of Casemiro and Fernandinho was indeed quite good, and they looked like they could not run to death.

The thin and weak Fernandinho looks even more courageous and has fought for the ball from Liverpool players several times.

Manchester City's counterattack was also a bit sensuous. After adapting to Liverpool's offensive mode, Manchester City gradually pushed out and began to try to dominate the ball control.

Wensheng's intention was to control the backcourt and wait for an opportunity to counterattack, but neither Casemiro nor Fernandinho were the kind of people who could play passes and control in the backcourt. Their organizational ability was really worrying. Fortunately, Liverpool was much more cautious, and the two sides were in a deadlock on the court, and the midfield battle became more and more fierce.

On the court, Lampard already knew that he was just a substitute option. Wen Sheng ethos said that you are old and the team needs to consider young people. He fully understood it, but it does not mean that Lampard is willing to do so. He still hopes that he can show something different. When it comes to organizing this job, he also knows himself and understands that he may not be able to do anything better than De Bruyne or Silva, but he feels that he still has certain abilities.

After actively communicating with De Bruyne, De Bruyne also took intriguingly. Lampard retreated and slowly Manchester City controlled the ball.

Lampard's role surprised Wen Sheng a little. According to his positioning, Lampard's real strength lies in the attack in the frontcourt. In fact, Lampard's midfield organization is not a good job at Chelsea, but now Lampard is willing to return to his half without any effort to play the role of the organizer.

Unfortunately, Fernandinho is not Dembele, and Wen Sheng regrets it. Maybe Dembele will play, and this game may have a good on-the-spot effect.

The first half ended soon. In short, the two teams have their own strengths. They were all in a fight in the first half of the hour, and Manchester City only took the next fifteen minutes to truly control the situation.

"Excellent first half!" Sones gave both sides a high evaluation of the first half, mainly because the game was quite exciting. After the battle, Manchester City and Liverpool had good opportunities, but it seems that Manchester City, who played at home, was more likely to score the second goal in the final stage.

"Liverpool still needs improvement on the defensive end! Frank is really impressive!" Carragher said.

"Yes! Frank looks really different from when he was at Chelsea!" Little Lei also said this. Lampard's role was not so obvious in the first half of the hour, but Lampard's role was obvious in the next fifteen minutes.

"This has a lot to do with the people around you!" Sones thought so, "Casemiro, de Bruyne and others have a good team sense!"

Lampard's ability to turn is definitely not good, but Casemiro and De Bruyne are good players who dominate the midfield with players such as Kroos, Silva. As long as Lampard takes the initiative, Casemiro will naturally know how to deal with the ball. This is the role of the core of the midfield, and he can make the people around him feel at ease to send the ball to him.

Speaking of which, Dembele or Fernandinho will definitely not be able to do this role.

Wensheng also praised Lampard when he ended, "You really surprised me!"

Originally, the most important purpose of Wen Sheng arranged Lampard in the frontcourt was to let Lampard score a goal and act as the scorer behind Dzeko. For example, De Bruyne organized more than scoring in this position before, and because he was almost the only one in the frontcourt, he was the kind of absolute superstar, which allowed the opponent to surround De Bruyne and limit De Bruyne's performance. Manchester City's offensive route was too simple, and they always crossed to find Dzeko. Dzeko was in a bad state and the attack was cold!

It's different with Lampard. De Bruyne swam to the wing, not only sharing the pressure of the two, but also the passing path on the wing is not so monotonous. They must be careful of Lampard. You must know that even Lampard scored more than ten goals for Chelsea last season, which is the deterrent.

"I think I may not be too old!" Lampard said self-deprecatingly.

Brother, do you want to push me like this? Wensheng touched his nose awkwardly.

Lampard realized that his words caused a misunderstanding to Wensheng, "Boss, I mean..."

"I understand what you mean! I also believe in your strength. I still need to rely on you in the second half! Please keep working hard!" Wensheng hugged Lampard and gave a hug to the magic lamp.

De Bruyne also played very comfortably, Lampard had a tacit understanding with him, and De Bruyne did a very good job of transferring long passes for about a few times. He always had a bit of a sense of playing in the previous field.

Wensheng didn't take too much care about what kind of adjustments Liverpool would make in the second half. After halftime break, he made a decisive substitution just a few minutes after playing, and Hills was replaced by Kolarov.

In the midfield, Wensheng told Hills that you didn't perform well today, and then I will make adjustments in the second half. Hills is certainly not very happy, but he has to be happy if the boss is Wensheng, so Kolarov went on the stage in the 52nd minute, which is purely giving Hills a little face to the poor condition.
Chapter completed!