Football’s First Defender

This was Fellaini's first goal at Manchester United, and the result happened in such a crucial "Double Red Club".

Rogers has always emphasized the defense against Fellaini in the set kick. However, Fellaini was still in the game, with the screen of other Manchester United players, and Fellaini himself started the position outside. There is no reason to enter the threat zone in the first place.

Liverpool's defensive players, in this corner kick, did not make a defensive arrangement against Fellaini.

It was this time that Fellaini was able to accurately catch the gap that appeared on the defense.

Giggs’s pass, an arc from outside to inside, is very good for the forward Fellaini, and it falls directly in front of Fellaini’s head. Fellaini only needs to maintain the forward speed. After finishing the jump, just let the back head to the area of ​​the goal. This shot does not need to be too pursued for the control of the angle of the header, and it is not necessary to exert too much effort to complete this attack easily.

Fellaini, who scored the goal, was very excited. After all, as Moyes' direct line player, Fellaini was almost always the starting field. In the case of Manchester United's poor record, it is easy to become an excuse for fans to attack.

But now, a goal in the "Double Red Club" is enough to give Fellaini a firm foothold at Manchester United.

Returning to the game, for Liverpool, who played away, was not so anxious.

After all, the game has just begun, and there is still plenty of time for Liverpool to deploy its offensive formations, and even if the game loses, for Liverpool, it is just the loss of the British that they planned to give up. It's just the League Cup.

In fact, if it weren't for the third lap of the knockout, it would be Manchester United, a rival team.

In the plan at the beginning of the season, Liverpool did not intend to use the main lineup before the semi-finals of the English League Cup.

Rogers was originally planning to match some youth team players with substitutes, and it was enough to finish the League Cup this year.

Even after the FA Cup, at the beginning of the season, when the team's momentum was good, Rogers had already made plans and planned to give up.

Liverpool’s primary goal this season is the first Premier League trophy in team history. If there is a high probability of hitting the league championship after the New Year, Liverpool can actually abandon the Champions League.

It's just that the draw of the League Cup by the FA is too bloody, so many low-level teams, it happens that the two Premier League teams have the most gimmicks. Manchester United and Liverpool collide together.

This also makes Rogers have to use all the main force to deal with such a game.

In the Double Reds match, the attitude of the Liverpool players is absolutely correct, but the Liverpool players are not as hungry for victory as the Manchester United players for the result of the game.

This also makes it possible for Liverpool to stabilize their minds first and organize their offense slowly and patiently even if the team has fallen behind.

Instead of taking the risk of opening a full-scale attack, Manchester United have an easy opportunity to counterattack.

For Liverpool, the team's offensive tactics in this game, because of Suarez's comeback, they can cooperate in a small range in the frontcourt and play more.

Let Sturridge return to his most comfortable position on the left. Sturridge only needs to make his own shot and make a breakthrough.

With Suarez as the support point of the team's frontcourt, Gerrard and Henderson's pass, first look for Suarez, Suarez chooses his personal attack, or split the ball to the two wingers.

Then enrich it with the assists of the full-backs, or the midfielders Henderson and Gerrard from long shots to form a systematic attack mode.

In the face of Liverpool's steady advancement, for Manchester United's defense, it is still easy to deal with.

The team's double defensive midfielders Carrick and Fellaini, one conscious and one with a body, can well protect the midfielder.

And Nani on the wing, Giggs and the forward players, although not very good defensive ability, but it is not difficult to defend his one-acre three-pointer and form an effective interference in his own half.

However, for fans who are familiar with the Manchester United team situation this season, Manchester United's defense in the second half is the most worrying.

In the last league match, Manchester United drew 1-1 with Manchester City at halftime, but the defense collapsed as a whole in the second half, losing 4-1 against their rivals in the same city.

This is because in the early stages of the game, Manchester United can also rely on the player's running to build an excellent defensive overall, but as the game enters the second half, as the player's physical fitness declines, the hardness of the midfield defense decreases. Ferdinand and Vidic are an old midfielder combination. As the game progresses, the physical fitness is also not good enough. Manchester United's defense will become very fragile at that time.

Liverpool is not in a hurry, the team's offense does not appear to be so rushed, the central route Suarez try to attack, pass the ball on the right for Sterling to break through, or simply let Gerrard hit the goal with a long shot.

Liverpool players constantly mobilize Manchester United's defense line~www.NovelMTL.com~Although there has been no threatening attack, they can mobilize the entire Manchester United defense line and make Manchester United players continue to consume physical energy on the defensive end.

And what price does Liverpool have to pay for this after appropriately strengthening the offense?

It was just Manchester United's few counterattacks without much threat.

Moyes really wanted to win this "Double Reds" matchup, so after the team took the lead with Fellaini's header, Moyes directly released the ball and chose to let all Manchester United retreat, which is preparation. Played a defensive counterattack.

Perhaps what Moyes thought was that Liverpool would launch an offensive counterattack, using the open space left by Liverpool's attack as a fuss, but Liverpool's unhurried offensive method hangs Manchester United's defense there.

Manchester United's defense is worry-free, but when they get a chance to counterattack, because Liverpool's defense and two of the three midfielders are shrinking behind, Manchester United's counterattack cannot form too much threat.

Not to mention, there are two defensive gods, Yang Feng and Mignolet. Manchester United has counterattacked a lot, but it really can't threaten Liverpool's core area.

Due to Manchester United’s active “concession”, Liverpool’s possession rate in the first half began to gradually improve, and there was a certain attempt to hit the goal. Although Tongan could not threaten Manchester United’s core area, Liverpool’s mentality was not anxious. But it made the Manchester United players a little anxious.

You know, on the football field, 1 to 0 is the most unstable lead.

What Manchester United players want is to rely on counterattacks to further expand their lead. However, Liverpool’s unhurried offense has always made the score 1-0. This means that Liverpool will always have the opportunity to rewrite the score before the end of the game. ...