961 I will definitely not be fooled again this time!
Anfield King Kenny Dalglish, this is a legendary name, and he continues to create legends.
He is destined to be a name that will never be forgotten in the history of Liverpool and even English football.
He witnessed the most glorious golden era in the history of English professional football. In the 1980s, he led Liverpool to sweep across European football and created a series of amazing achievements, bringing Liverpool to the peak of history.
A sudden tragedy at Heysel did not crush Liverpool. After head coach Joe Fagan left the team, Dalglish shouldered the heavy responsibility of both player and head coach to lead Liverpool to continue to be strong.
As misfortunes never come singly, the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 completely devastated Liverpool.
The heavy pressure dragged down Dalglish's health, and he resigned as Liverpool head coach in 1991, which shocked the entire British football world and even European football at the time.
He is the greatest legend in Liverpool football history!
After that, although Dalglish coached at Blackburn and Newcastle, his results were not ideal. His pragmatic and conservative tactics were regarded as synonymous with being outdated. His long-term separation from the front line of coaching also made Dalglish gradually become a lucky star.
It was not until 2009, when Benitez kindly invited him to serve as Liverpool's youth training consultant, that he reappeared in the eyes of Liverpool fans.
In January last year, Hodgson, the head coach of Liverpool who replaced Benitez, was fired due to poor performance. As the club's youth training consultant, Dalglish, who is very familiar with the team's business and a legendary figure in the club's history, was appointed at the critical moment and took over.
team.
At that time, Liverpool was experiencing internal and external troubles.
Ranking in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League standings, only three points away from the relegation zone, the team's number one superstar Torres insisted on moving to Chelsea, and Dalglish himself had been away from first-line coaching for more than ten years, which made it difficult for him at that time.
It can be said that Liverpool is in a precarious situation and is in danger.
But Dalglish soon showed his skill. He let Torres transfer and in exchange for 50 million pounds, he introduced Suarez and England's local center Andy Carroll, who was in hot form at the time.
Both transfers also showed results in the second half, helping Liverpool stabilize their results and quickly climb to sixth place in the league. So after the game, Dalglish received a three-year coaching contract.
This time, he officially entered the palace for the second time.
Dalglish received strong support from the management and frequently made moves in the transfer market, introducing a group of powerful stars including Henderson, Downing, Charlie Adam and Bellamy, which improved Liverpool's overall strength.
climbed.
More importantly, Liverpool operates on a single line and only needs to worry about the league, which undoubtedly provides convenience for Dalglish's coaching.
But no one expected that when the outside world had high hopes for Dalglish, Liverpool's start to the season was not ideal.
One of the strongest defenses in the Premier League, but it also has the worst offensive strength among the top teams in the Premier League.
After 22 rounds, Liverpool's defense only conceded 21 goals, losing only to Manchester City in the Premier League. This shows how strong Liverpool's defensive capabilities are, but the team's offense only scored 25 goals.
Only six teams in the Premier League have scored more goals.
It can be said that Liverpool's defense is very strong, but the offense is a mess.
This seems to once again confirm the outside world's evaluation and concern about Dalglish, that is, his tactics are out of date, he no longer knows how to train the team's offense, and cannot adapt to the current football tactics.
Dalglish could not refute the doubts from the outside world because his team's performance was indeed not ideal.
Seventh in the Premier League, which is obviously far from the top two in the league that outsiders expected before the season.
However, his team relied on tenacious defense to overcome all obstacles and finally reached the League Cup semi-finals, only one step away from the League Cup final. This gave Dalglish a sense of hope.
Regardless of whether he is dismissed after this season, at least he hopes to leave something to the team, such as a championship trophy, when he takes charge of Liverpool for the second time.
It was with this wish that Dalglish showed a certain amount of enthusiasm in the first round at Anfield and even drew with Manchester City 2-2. Dalglish's team even received a lot of criticism for this.
Praise less.
Looking at the Premier League and European football this season, how many teams can draw with Manchester City?
But from this game, Dalglish also clearly saw the gap between Liverpool and Manchester City. The Red Army had deployed all its main players, but still could not beat the rotating Manchester City, and even conceded two away goals.
If it were at the Etihad Stadium, what would Liverpool do to compete with Manchester City?
Dalglish was clearly aware of this, so in the second round, when they visited the Etihad Stadium, Liverpool chose a defensive tactic of three midfielders. All three lines adopted shrinking defense and did not dare to go beyond half.
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Liverpool's defense itself was very good, but Dalglish's tactics of defending and retreating immediately made Liverpool's defense even more impregnable.
Manchester City's passing and ball control are indeed excellent, but facing this kind of almost iron-barrel defense, they really can't do much. They can only patiently stabilize the ball control and rhythm, patiently organize penetration, and slowly wear down the opponent.
, slowly look for opportunities.
In the first half, the score was zero to zero, with no one taking advantage.
After changing sides in the second half and fighting again, Liverpool still defended tightly. It seemed that they wanted to defend until the end of the game. This made people wonder, didn't Liverpool want the right to advance?
But everyone at Manchester City knows that Liverpool is waiting for Manchester City to make a mistake.
Dalglish's strategy is very conservative, first ensuring that he does not make mistakes, and then waiting for his opponent to make mistakes.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! What is interesting is that the same is true for Guardiola's strategy.
As a result, this evolved into a conservative and frustrating stalemate.
Manchester City, who are exhausted after a long battle, really have no way to open up the battle against Liverpool, because no one can guarantee whether the players will make mistakes due to fatigue and be taken advantage of by their opponents.
No one dares to be careless about the right to be promoted in related tournaments.
The two sides continued to fight from Liverpool's 30-meter area to near the midfield. As long as Manchester City seized the opportunity, they would immediately launch a wave of pressure from the midfield and the frontcourt, trying to steal the ball from the frontcourt, while also forcing Liverpool's midfielder and backcourt.
Players make mistakes.
Liverpool got a chance in the 55th minute. Henderson broke through from the left and dribbled the ball into Manchester City's half. He made a pass, but the ball was headed by Kompany at the edge of the penalty area.
Made a clearance and pushed back into the midfield.
Manchester City quickly organized a quick attack and sent the ball to the frontcourt with two or three passes, directly threatening Liverpool's penalty area. However, this time the attack failed to pass the ball to Su Dong's feet and was blocked at the front of the penalty area.
Daniel Agger intercepted the ball and passed it to Gerrard in midfield.
Blue Moon immediately organized a frontcourt press and formed a strangling tactic against the Liverpool midfield players, forcing Gerrard to pass back.
Su Dong and his teammates pursued the victory and continued to press against the defense. Especially Manchester City's front three, they pressed forward step by step and cut off the forward passing line of Liverpool's defense, leaving the Red Army with no choice.
In the 57th minute, when left back Martin Kelly received a pass from his teammate on the left, Di Maria immediately got close to Martin Kelly and formed a close press on him, mainly to intercept his cross pass and
The forward passing line.
Di Maria's position made Martin Kelly very uncomfortable. The other side was the sideline and he couldn't pass the ball.
The 21-year-old Liverpool youngster had no idea and chose to pass the ball back to goalkeeper Reina.
This was not a problem originally. The real problem was that under Di Maria's close interference, Martin Kelly's pass was slightly lighter. Although the ball also rolled into the penalty area, the ball speed was too slow.
Before Martin Kelly passed the ball, Su Dong had already guessed his passing intention.
There was no way. The young player lacked some experience and was forced to the sideline by Di Maria. There was no way for him to pass forward or crosswise. Passing back was his natural choice.
Therefore, Martin Kelly's pass is more like an assist to Su Dong.
Reina's reaction was also extremely quick. As soon as he saw Su Dong pushing forward and obviously in an offside position, he screamed in his heart.
Why?
With Su Dong's ability, he would never be so obviously offside.
Then there is only one explanation, he was waiting for Martin Kelly to pass back.
It can even be said that Manchester City's pressing, especially Di Maria's pressing, was deliberately to let Martin Kelly pass back so that Su Dong could reap the benefits.
Reina decisively abandoned the goal and faced Martin Kelly's pass.
But Su Dong was obviously faster and had very long legs. He took the first step before Reina could reach the position, and stopped the ball to the left with the inside of his right foot, just avoiding Reina's save.
Reina's reaction was indeed quick enough. He seemed to have guessed that Su Dong would intercept the ball first. He immediately opened his arms and expanded the defensive area, obviously guarding against Su Dong's direct kick.
After Su Dong stopped the ball with his right foot, he rushed in front of Reina. He suddenly stopped suddenly, his left shoulder sank, and it looked like he was about to pull a gap to the left. There was also a gap with his left foot.
Secretly, he tried to hit the door with his kick, which immediately tricked Reina into reacting.
But Su Dong suddenly moved the ball behind him with his left foot, and the ball rolled from behind to the right. He also adjusted his center of gravity and leaned to the right. This suddenly shocked Reina.
The previous one was indeed a fake move, this kid just wanted to cut inside.
After seeing Su Dong's right foot movement this time, Reina jumped out without hesitation.
I won’t be fooled again this time!
Unexpectedly, Su Dong's right foot did not shoot the ball out, but instead dunked it back again.
The whole process sounds long, but it actually happened in the blink of an eye. Su Dong made continuous emergency stops and changes of direction, pulled the ball left and right, and finally created a gap on the left, with an empty goal behind him.
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He no longer hesitated and fired with his left foot, and the ball flew straight to the goal!
