Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chen Chen, who helped the team take the lead after returning from injury, was not very excited.

But Grealish on the side was very happy!

After all, this was Shake's first goal as a center forward, which was quite rare for Grealish, who often played as a left winger.

Klopp frowned on the sidelines.

Chen Chen's excellent performance was beyond his expectations. He thought that Chen Chen, who had returned from injury, would need at least 45 minutes to adapt to the rhythm of the game!

Unexpectedly, his state was still hot!

Klopp called Henderson, who was closer to him, and asked him to pay more attention to the right side of his team.

Today, the Englishman Henderson needs to cooperate more with Milner to control the right side and defend Chen Chen!

Some are happy and some are worried.

Guardiola on the other side was sitting on the bench with his legs crossed.

When the camera was given to Guardiola, the Spaniard was talking and laughing with his assistant.

This goal made Guardiola feel relieved.

Now they can play more safely at Anfield.

Soon the game resumed.

Although the team had a bad start, Liverpool fans still believed in the team and Uncle Zha.

Deafening cheering songs rang out at Anfield again!

They want to cheer for the team with songs!

On the court, the Red Army Liverpool strengthened the pressure of the frontcourt attack.

In the 9th minute.

Salah successfully broke through with the ball. In order to prevent Pharaoh from running into the penalty area so easily, Rodri, who was lagging behind, stretched out his hand to pull him.

Although Rodri quickly retracted his hand after pulling, Salah's goal had been achieved.

The Egyptian striker fell to the ground with a cry of "Ouch"!

Everyone knew that this was mostly acting, but stretching out and pulling was a fact, and it was indeed an obvious defensive foul.

So the referee showed Rodri a yellow card warning.

"Wuhu!"

Anfield applauded, and Liverpool fans were very satisfied with the referee's decision!

That's how it should be!

The Blue Moon players on the field surrounded the referee and asked for an explanation.

The referee did not explain, but drew a half circle on the ground, and Liverpool got a front-court set-piece.

There is nothing much to say about this kind of penalty.

The penalty of the game is not based on the actual injury suffered by the player.

For example, if no player is injured after the high leg lift, there is no need to give a red card? Impossible.

Rodri's behavior of pulling Salah is a blocking foul, and there is no problem with getting a card.

But if the law enforcement is more relaxed, a verbal warning will be enough.

Seeing that the explanation is fruitless, Manchester City players began to walk back and form a human wall.

Salah will take the penalty.

"Salah penalty."

"Give it to the penalty area!"

"Oh! Look back at the moon!"

"Beautiful defense!"

"Laporte cleared the ball in the small penalty area!"

Zhan Jun shouted loudly!

Ruben Dias and Laporte are in great form today!

Liverpool fans at the scene sighed.

What a pity!

In addition to sighing, Anfield once again rang with warm applause, and the Red Army kops continued to cheer and bless the team.

16th minute of the game.

Manchester City's backcourt boundary ball.

Cancelo threw the ball to Laporte who was approaching.

Laporte kicked the ball directly and found Chen Chen who was waiting for the response with his back to the left.

After Chen Chen got the ball, Henderson followed up and intercepted it immediately.

Chen Chen naturally noticed Henderson's running position, but he was not in a hurry.

Not long after, Chen Chen took the ball to the left, then kicked it to Rodri, and Rodri immediately kicked it back to Chen Chen.

The two had a simple wall-to-wall cooperation, and this "wall" was Henderson who followed up.

Without waiting for Fabinho to block, Chen Chen decisively spread his arms, used his left foot as a supporting leg, and kicked out with his right foot!

Straight pass!

And it was a straight pass close to the ground!

The football rushed forward quickly along the grass!

It slid directly between Fabinho and Curtis Jones!

In the end, it came perfectly to the feet of Jesus who was cutting in diagonally.

Fabinho and the other two hurriedly turned around to chase, but how could they turn around and run back faster than this ball?

Chen Chen's straight pass was very fast!

Liverpool could only pin their hopes on central defender Van Dijk and Robertson who was ready to fill in at any time.

Seeing that Jesus was about to raise his leg to shoot, Van Dijk took two steps at a time and intercepted the ball before Jesus!

Then the Dutchman quickly kicked the ball out.

Van Dijk saved Liverpool!

You should know that Jesus started accelerating the moment Chen Chen passed the ball. This position and speedThe speed was so fast that no one could react.

But one person did react!

That was Van Dijk who was blocking Jesus' position!

Before the two started, Jesus and Van Dijk were in a parallel position, and Jesus did not mean to be offside.

Then Chen Chen passed the ball and Jesus poked out from the back line.

Miraculously, because Matip was closer to the goalkeeper before the near post, Jesus was not in an offside position this time and did not receive the ball and commit a foul!

It's a pity that when the Brazilian thought he was going to score a half-solo goal, Van Dijk stood up.

A precise interception solved Liverpool's crisis!

Liverpool fans in Anfield breathed a sigh of relief.

A sentence came to everyone's mind---

Fortunately, there is Van Dijk!

Van Dijk suffered a serious injury last season and played only 5 games throughout the season.

Just when everyone thought Van Dijk was going to be injured, Van Dijk has been one of the two best players in Liverpool since the beginning of the new season!

The other one is Pharaoh Salah.

On the court, although Van Dijk cleared the ball, the defensive pressure was not completely resolved.

Because the ball was still on Manchester City's side.

And because of the sudden attack by Manchester City just now, Liverpool chose to shrink their defense sharply, and their defensive range was further compressed by the opponent.

Now even Ruben Dias and Laporte are almost over half the field.

Soon the ball came to Chen Chen's feet.

Chen Chen still admires Van Dijk very much.

To use a biblical sentence to describe it, that is---

You are right, but this is Van Dijk!

Can defend one-on-one! Strong ability to pass the ball from the backcourt! Strong ability to advance with the ball! Strong ability to steal at high positions!

High success rate in aerial confrontation! Excellent sense of position!

Then he was able to maintain a high level of concentration throughout the game, like a tinker, going wherever the team was in danger!

It is also worth mentioning that Van Dijk is another Ballon d'Or-level defender after Cannavaro in 2006.

In the 2019 Ballon d'Or selection, Van Dijk was only 7 points behind Messi!

Seriously, how many of Messi's votes were impression points and fan points?

More importantly, Mane, who was third, and Salah, who was fourth, took a lot of votes from Van Dijk!

Otherwise, it would be hard to say who would win or lose.

On the court, Van Dijk's wonderful performance inspired the Liverpool players on the court, but in addition to the excitement, there was more fear.

After all, Van Dijk is also a human being. If he didn't limit it, the game would be 0-2 in less than 20 minutes, and Liverpool would not have to play!

In this kind of strong confrontation, few sides can equalize or win the score when they are behind 0-2!

Hey! No, Liverpool has this experience and understanding...

Time passed by bit by bit.

Blue Moon went back and forth outside Liverpool's defense but couldn't get in.

Chen Chen also tried to pass through and lob, but they were all pushed back by the opponent.

The two sides fell into a 10-minute tug-of-war.

Klopp's brows were always furrowed, and he couldn't accept this situation.

One is that the team is still behind, and the second is that the team has no ball, and it is not okay to be passive all the time.

So Klopp made a gesture to the players on the field, and the uncle adjusted the formation and position.

Guardiola on the other side also noticed it.

Guardiola hurried to the sidelines and shouted loudly to the court.

He asked Foden and Cancelo who were closer to pay attention.

Then Guardiola asked Cancelo to pass the message to other players, don't focus on attacking forward, pay attention to the ribs and behind, the opponent is likely to suddenly burst out to find a wave of attack opportunities!