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Liverpool (England)
Putting out their best lineup so far at home, with Darwin Núñez, Gakpo, Salah up front, Henderson, Fabinho, Elliott in midfield, and Van Dijk, Konate, Arnold, Robertson in the backline, Man Utd.
Instead, it's 4231, with Rashford playing up front, Antony, B. Fernandes on the wings, Weghorst in the center, Casemiro, Fred in the backs, and L. Martinez, Varane, Dalot, LukeShaw in the defensive line
(Both teams start)
The two teams went toe-to-toe from the start, with Liverpool
They were obviously very excited at the start, but they were feeling very focused, the passing was obviously very smooth, both front, center and back, and there was a constant pressure to attack, they were going to crush United from the beginning.
And Manchester United
Not to be outdone, Liverpool
kept trying to speed up the attack from the left and right as much as possible, and United
Antony was looking to play down the right flank and Antony produced a shot here at the start to force Alisson into a save, Weghorst also pulled in to support here and later Rashford, but you could see Liverpool
The focus was good, whether Rashford went left or right, one of VanDijk or Konate was always close to him, just to keep United at bay!
Best scoring point.
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As the game progressed, Liverpool could be seen
Robertson on the left was in great form, while Henderson was consistently able to get the ball against Fred and pass it out, Elliott was even more agile and kept moving to release the ball, and best of all was Gakpo, who kept moving back as a striker and had a good grasp of his teammates' positions, as he kept appearing off to the sides of the center and coming in to the front of the pitch with a Release.
Liverpool (England)
In order to attack the backfield a bit open, United
also capitalized on that with an attack, but with Rashford already on the mark, United
Then we had to utilize Antony on the right flank, who did get a lot of crosses, but his form was still rather flat and he couldn't do anything against Liverpool.
Generate big threats.
The two teams continued to play openly until just before the end of the first half, when Robertson picked up the ball on the left and faked his way to the center of the field to trick Dalot into coming over and then dunking it back in.
The right side of the pitch was completely empty, Robertson's pass was straight to the deep left, and Gakpo had already moved in to get the ball and burst into the box, he also held off Varane and kicked it straight to the far post to break the dead center of the net, this was quite a beautiful goal, and it was very difficult to save, Gakpo's constant movement finally paid off, and this shot also shows his form is breaking out.
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First half at Liverpool
The lead ended with Liverpool early in the second half
Continuing to pounce on the ball, it paid off immediately, and at 47:00 Fabinho pressed forward to the top of the box as United
Not enough return men, Liverpool.
After gaining a numerical advantage in the area, Fabinho went to the top of the box and laid the ball directly to the right, LukeShaw then retreated as he had to defend, resulting in United's
The left side was completely wide open where both Salah and Elliott were able to pick up the ball, Salah's first cross was cleared by LukeShaw, Elliott then added a quick cross that was delivered with precision to Darwin Núñez, who reacted superbly to head the ball home.
Having scored a crucial second point early in the second half, Liverpool
Morale was high as they continued to fight, while United
That's when the nerves started to build and Salah pushed straight ahead to the right to target LukeShaw, who was immediately forced to crumble by the nimble Salah, followed by Liverpool at the 49 mark
Playing on the counterattack, Salah singled out L. Martinez on the right side of the field, Martinez wasn't actually shrugged off by Salah, but Salah came out fast and played the ball to the edge of the box, where Gakpo, who was following up, flicked a shot directly in front of DeGea.
This brought the score to 3-0, and by this time it was Liverpool
Victory, Liverpool
Started to fully press up front not giving United a chance
Counter-attacking chance for United
Desperate to counter-attack, the formation was getting disorganized and the midfield couldn't keep a good distance, Elliott looked quite free in the midfield and kept sending the ball forward, United
On 57 minutes Fred and Weghorst, who were ineffective in defense, were replaced by McTominay and Garnacho, but only in the attack Garnacho went forward, and without Weghorst in the middle of the field, United was able to get the ball rolling.
's midfield by Liverpool
The midfield was completely overpowered, then at 65 Liverpool
Darwin Núñez's first pass was deflected by McTominay, but the ball bounced back to him and he immediately passed forward again, Salah was standing right in the center of the field at 14 yards out, but Dalot and Luke Shaw on either side of him spread out and didn't guard him, and Salah easily took the ball and blasted it straight through the goal.
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Manchester United Football Club
By this time it had completely collapsed, they had tried to play offense since the beginning, but did not use their previous common practice of contracting the defense to press the opponent to drop the ball in front of the ball, and not contracting the defensive zone to allow United to
The backfield was relatively empty and Liverpool
The form of the team was again good, and both flanks were able to keep attacking up, United
The wings against Liverpool
It's like no man's land.
