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Chapter 363 Benitez's Surprise

Chapter 363 Benitez's Surprise

After two weeks of national team matches, the Premier League is back on fire.

Manchester City's opponent in this round is Liverpool.

Liverpool is now ranked seventh in the league table, and the ranking is not good. They have won just six of 12 games.

Of course, this is not the reason for Manchester City to underestimate them.

With Gerrard and Torres, Liverpool have the possibility to beat any opponent.

Although the gap between the two sides is only 11 points, Liverpool has lost too much blood this season. In many games, it seems powerless, and it has basically no hope of competing for the league championship.

So compared to the previous seasons, when the two teams met each other, sparks flew everywhere. In this game, there was not so much tit-for-tat.

Of course, Liverpool fans don't like the team from Manchester. In the past two years, Benitez's Liverpool has been defeated by Duncan.

Liverpool fans must have resentment towards Duncan.

During the warm-up before the game, many fans booed and abused Duncan from the stands.

But fortunately, almost every round of treatment before the game, so Duncan has long been used to it.

"Are you still used to it?" The players were warming up on the field, and Benitez came to talk to Duncan.

What he said was naturally the boos from the stands.

"Fortunately," Duncan smiled: "Perhaps the reaction of the opponent's fans just shows their inner weakness."

Benitez was stunned. Duncan's point of view is unique, but it is still expected.

"Actually, what I'm more curious about is that the lineup has been weakened so much, how do you deal with Manchester City's challenge?" Duncan asked with interest.

Benitez smiled peacefully, and his expression was indifferent: "When the lineup was strong before, they were not Manchester City's opponents, and now they are definitely not. Of course, this is not the reason for me to give up. In the glorious Anfield, No team is going to take three points from here easily."

Duncan couldn't help but glanced sideways at Benitez. This guy changed every time he met him.This change is basically a spiral.It seems that he is not a pedantic person, but he is still very good at learning.

Perhaps the frequent opening of mouths last year was also the result of learning?

Duncan couldn't help but have a premonition that this game might not be easy, right?

In fact, this is also the case. After the game started, Manchester City encountered a very difficult Liverpool team.

In fact, what Benitez said just now is more on the scene.Now that Manchester City is dominant, with 10 wins and 1 draw, how can Liverpool compete?

Even if it is at home, the goal Benitez set for himself is only 1 point of the draw.

In this game, in the face of Manchester City, which once defeated him, Benitez rarely lowered his posture.

In the previous two seasons, Liverpool's attitude was basically to treat opponents of the same level.

Especially in the last season with a diamond midfielder, Liverpool was invincible, even against Manchester City, it was full of oppression.

But now in this game, Benitez changed his mentality and put himself in a weak position.

He found his role all at once!

In the early days of Benitez's coaching, until he coached Valencia, he was actually coaching small teams.Although his tactical philosophy has changed in the later period, his most accustomed posture is still to fight against a strong team with a weak team.

This situation, on the contrary, is a gesture of him being more adaptable and at ease.

In this game, Liverpool's tactics were solid.

When defending, all players defend, and when attacking, they rely on the speed of Babel, Ngego and others, and of course the almighty Torres.

Torres has grown into the best striker on the planet. His speed, body, strength, shooting skills, and psychological quality have almost reached the peak. He can play multiple roles in the offense and make opponents hard to defend.

What's even more valuable is that he has a strong tactical execution ability. When defense is needed, Torres retreats to his own defense line and acts as a left back to assist the team in defense.

Correspondingly, it is Shevchenko at the other end.

Shevchenko played very hard, had plenty of energy, and ran all over the court, but his condition seemed to be poor.

He tried six shots, but none of them came within range.

Especially before the end of the first half, Shevchenko's shot from close at hand also hit the anti-aircraft gun.

The Ukrainian nuclear warhead seemed a little anxious. After flying the football, he hammered the goal post hard.

This is still rare in him.

Perhaps it has not yet come out of the shadow of defeat in the European war?

"Do you need a replacement?" Jim Cassell turned sideways, covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered.

Anyone can see that Shevchenko's shooting sense in this game is very bad. The team created three or four good opportunities in the first half, but he squandered them.

Moreover, as the captain, Shevchenko has always been the spiritual leader of other players, and also the most stable anchor for the team when their mentality fluctuates.

But today, this Dinghaishen needle is a little out of order.

"Wait a little longer." Duncan said with his eyes on the field.

The team is running very well now. Although they didn't score, Liverpool didn't score either, and Manchester City has been pressing Liverpool, rarely giving them a chance to counterattack.

People are probably like this, when you lack something, you will want to get something more.

Shevchenko has been unable to score, so he has been seeking to score.

After Ukraine was eliminated, in addition to inner depression, some Ukrainian domestic media are also promoting the signal that "Sheva is old".It is said that Shevchenko is old and no longer fit to be the captain of Ukraine.

Although this argument is absurd, not everyone is sensible, so people often come to slander Shevchenko on the Internet.

It is said that Ukraine did not enter the World Cup because of the cancer of Shevchenko.

This made Shevchenko very angry. He wanted to prove that he was not old and could still score goals.

But obviously, in this game, Shevchenko is really out of form.

In the 63rd minute, Manchester City launched a wave of offense and suppressed all 11 Liverpool players into the opponent's penalty area. Their own formation also passed halftime.

Shevchenko dribbled on the right, intending to pass Torres, but he did not expect that Torres was flexible and broke Shevchenko's football at once.

After taking the ball, Torres used his flexible technique to pass Hargreaves again.

Then, Torres discovered that Manchester City's backcourt fell cleanly in front of him.

In front of him, there is only one Thiago Silva left.

The next job is easy.

Breaking through Thiago Silva easily, dribbling the ball for more than 60 meters, Torres went from Liverpool's penalty area to Manchester City's penalty area.

Facing the attacking Joe Hart, Torres suddenly changed direction, got rid of Joe Hart's defense, and then kicked the ball into the empty goal.

Manchester City besieged most of the time, but was actually led by Liverpool?

Duncan's eyes widened. He didn't expect the position of left back to be poisonous!

And of course, there's Joe Hart's spell.

This guy Joe Hart, this game is so undead, and the dark attribute of the "World Wave Background Board" has been activated again.

Benitez covered his head, also in disbelief: I really just begged for a point!

(End of this chapter)