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Five minutes into the game, De Gea and Karius faced a major test respectively.

Both of them gave satisfactory answers to the fans.

And then, their test has just begun.

After the fierce attack at the beginning, the offensive of both sides continued unabated.

Especially Liverpool, their 4-3-3 formation is already very offensive.

In the next period of time, Liverpool obviously had the upper hand.

Compared with Manchester United's tactical play, Liverpool is more open.

Especially the tactical play of pressing all over the court, it is a life-and-death struggle.

This is a head-on collision at the cost of physical strength.

Manchester United is not incapable, but it cannot consume physical energy like this.

Several important players in the team are absent due to injuries, and the main players must reasonably allocate physical energy.

If they fight like this, this game will be fine, but the next game and the next game will be hard to say.

So for Mourinho, he must reasonably consider the team's physical energy distribution problem.

From another perspective, Manchester United cannot start pressing defense from the front court.

Among the players in the frontcourt, Rooney is a veteran with limited physical strength and speed; Martial is a striker who is not so active in running, and Mourinho criticized him more than once for this; Rashford often sprints and attacks, and frequent defense will consume his offensive efficiency; Lukaku can also press the frontcourt a little, but defense is not his specialty.

So, Manchester United's frontcourt pressure is far inferior to Liverpool.

Looking at Liverpool again, their frontcourt pressing tactics are very efficient.

The front trident of Mane, Firmino and Salah are all very capable of running, excellent physical fitness, and young and strong.

Although Liverpool has not won any particularly strong championships now, this trident combination is absolutely powerful.

Mourinho once said in the locker room: "Maybe Liverpool's offensive line will be the best in Europe in the future!"

This is absolutely true.

The offensive tacit understanding is full, the three shots are very accurate, and they also have a certain defensive ability to press the frontcourt.

Such a trident, even if it is not the top in Europe now, it is absolutely no problem to say that it is the first-class in Europe!

Several consecutive counter-attacks on the spot made Manchester United's defense a little overwhelmed.

They increased the number of long-foot kicks to prevent the ball from staying at their feet for too long.

And this tactical change also brought opportunities to Liverpool.

In the 27th minute of the game, De Gea passed the ball to Phil Jones.

Mane's quick steal put Phil Jones under great pressure!

Just kick the ball with a long foot!

But this pass was a bit low and was directly intercepted by Firmino in the middle!

The Brazilian center jumped high and headed the ball back to the front court!

Liverpool counterattacked on the spot!

The ball fell at the feet of Mane who had just pressed!

Mane received the ball and changed direction twice in a row, causing chaos in Manchester United's defense!

At this time, he did not choose to work alone. When Firmino and Salah were both moving forward quickly, he passed the ball decisively!

The ball looked for Salah at the far end!

The Egyptian striker stopped the ball skillfully!

At the far post, he decisively dribbled the ball inward!

Ashley Young was passed!

Firmino in the middle responded quickly!

Salah can pass or shoot!

Goalkeeper De Gea can only move to the middle!

But Salah did not pass the ball!

He volleyed the ball into the near corner of the goal!

De Gea was powerless to save the situation!

The ball hit the lower right corner of the goal!

1-0!

Liverpool scored the first goal!

The fans in the stands applauded!

Liverpool fans were excited!

"A wonderful goal!"

"A perfect counter-attack!"

"Top cooperation!"

"Liverpool's forward trident performed a world-class performance and successfully broke the net!

"1-0!

"Liverpool took advantage of the home court and scored the first goal!

"The balance of this game has begun to tilt!

"Manchester United is helpless at Anfield!

"The victory of this game is destined to belong to the Red Army!"

In front of the home team coaching bench, Salah hugged Klopp excitedly.

As Klopp's recommended signing in the new season, the German coach is looking forward to Salah.

Klopp was very happy to see him score.

And Salah was also very excited.

In 8 games this season, he has scored 5 goals and 3 assists.

This efficiency is very high.

At the press conference for introducing Salah, Klopp once said to the media.

"Salah will be a striker who can win the Premier League Golden Boot in the future!"

This sentence is becoming a reality little by little!

Running back to his own half, Salah passed by the visiting team's coaching bench.

He looked at him meaningfully.

His eyes met Mourinho's.

Both of them paused.

Salah smiled triumphantly and then ran quickly onto the court.

Mourinho had a blank expression on his face.

He understood the content of this look.

There was a little bit of demonstration in it.

Yes, when he was at Chelsea, Salah was bought by him, but he was not entrusted with important tasks.

He eventually transferred away.

But Salah was indeed too young at the time to compete in the Premier League.

And Chelsea is full of masters, and the bench is full of world-class stars.

His situation is the same as De Bruyne.

Mourinho once expected that he could become the real man of Chelsea.

Just like Sir Alex Ferguson to Manchester United.

Especially after his second spell, he felt that Abramovich should be more patient and trust him more.

But in the end, he was disappointed.

The future he bought for Chelsea ultimately failed to become Chelsea's future.

Even he himself had nothing to do with Chelsea's future.

Salah, who was once optimistic about him, not only broke his team's goal, but also had no good feelings towards him.

This made Mourinho a little sad.

But this is football.

This is football.

The game resumed, and Liverpool was still in control of the situation.

In addition to Salah's outstanding performance in this game, there was another player who also performed well.

And he was also a demonstrator.

But this time the target was not him, but Liverpool's top management, but Klopp.

Or in other words, Barcelona.

This summer, he was very close to Barcelona, ​​but because Liverpool's asking price was too high, Barcelona finally turned around and signed Dembele.

This made Coutinho very unhappy.

He felt betrayed.

Now, he must prove his worth!

This game is the best proof!

Since the start of the game, he has scored 4 goals, assisted 5 times, and organized the team's offense countless times.

He is still Liverpool's top star, and even still one of the top three stars in the Premier League.

Now, he needs to prove his worth with his performance!

In the 39th minute of the game, Liverpool created another good opportunity.

This time it was Salah's breakthrough, but he was too anxious and was intercepted by Matic.

Coutinho quickly moved forward and grabbed the second point!

He touched the ball directly at the moment of stopping, and shook off Matic who stood up to defend!

Cut inside and accelerate!

Right back Valencia was thrown away!

In the "Coutinho area", he kicked and shot!

The arrow pierced the clouds and went straight into the far corner of the goal!

Even De Gea couldn't reach it!

Coutinho blasted a world wave!

The ball went in!

2-0!

Liverpool scored another goal!