73: Restricted Rocky!

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In the fifth minute of the game, Origi received a pass from Coutinho and the header was blocked by Morgan with his body.

In the eighth minute of the game, it was Coutinho's long-range shot that hit Huth on the chest, causing Huth to be almost carried off.

In the tenth minute, Liverpool got a corner kick, and Lovren's header was subconsciously blocked by Rocky who was standing on the goal line.

Rocky's subconscious reaction helped Schmeichel Jr. temporarily keep a clean sheet.

Schmeichel patted Rocky's head excitedly, thanking him for his defense.

However, Liverpool's offensive was not over yet.

In the fifteenth minute, Firmino's long-range shot was pounced by Schmeichel Jr. with his fingertips, then bounced on the crossbar and just came to Origi's feet.

Facing the empty goal, Origi pushed lightly without hesitation and scored the first goal of the game.

This goal, it can be said that Origi did almost nothing, the ball suddenly appeared at his feet.

And it happened that Schmeichel had just completed a save, and there was no way to defend Origi's shot.

After the goal, Origi was very excited, and he performed several backflips in a row on the Anfield pitch to express his inner joy.

And Firmino was also very happy, although his shot did not score, but it was also very good to help Origi score.

The players of Leicester City stood in their own penalty area and expressed their helplessness.

In these fifteen minutes, for the first time facing such a high-intensity high-level pressing, the players of Leicester City were completely panicked.

Even if Rocky wanted to calm down his teammates, he couldn't.

He continued to play tiki-taka football with himself, but his teammates were too flustered and conceded too many balls under their feet.

In the last game, against Everton, Rocky was able to lead his teammates to play pass football.

On the one hand, the mentality of the players was very relaxed, and they did not put Everton in their eyes.

On the other hand, the Everton players were just using physical fouls instead of coming up to grab the ball.

Facing Liverpool like a robber, even Rocky felt helpless.

With Liverpool's as many as three or even four teams, Rocky was basically the player who conceded the most goals in the entire Leicester City.

The current Leicester City players have a knee-jerk habit.

That is, after getting the ball, they always sent the ball to Rocky and let him assign the players.

Let Rocky decide where the ball should go.

They just need to move forward, run into the right position, and Rocky can pass the ball.

Over time, they all developed this habit.

But.

It was this habit that made Rocky a breakthrough for Liverpool players.

Klopp stood on the sidelines and looked at Rocky with interest.

He was curious how Rocky would deal with this situation next.

Although next, Liverpool's players will not continue to press high.

But as long as Rocky had the ball, he will be double-teamed.

Cut off his passing line, prevent Rocky from choosing to overpass, and don't even have a chance to let him pass the high ball.

This was Klopp's strategy for Rocky.

Unlike West Ham's crude tactics.

Klopp's tactics were smarter and more targeted.

As long as Rocky can't pass the ball and his teammates have no way to respond, then his power on the court will be greatly reduced.

Rocky was a well-deserved core at Leicester City, and Klopp knows that.

He will never let such an excellent midfielder leave him alone, let him unscrupulously mobilize the ball on the field and deliver cannonballs to his teammates.

As a top coach, Klopp naturally knows how much a top midfielder, a top passer, can contribute to a game.

In the 30th minute of the game, Liverpool's players no longer continued to press from a high position.

On the one hand they were tired, on the other hand they scored at home.

Now they were not in a hurry, on the contrary, it should be the players of Leicester City who were anxious.

Under Klopp's signal, Liverpool's players gave up high pressing and chose to hand the ball over to Leicester's players.

They were going to let Leicester attack and then play the counter-attack.

From high pressing to defensive counterattack, if such a tactical change occurs in other teams, the tactics will definitely be chaotic.

But on Liverpool's side, they switched naturally.

Whether it is a frontcourt player or a defensive player, they can always come back quickly, leaving no room for Leicester City players.

The reason why Klopp chose to defend and counterattack was to let Leicester City attack recklessly.

The reason was very simple, that is, the current Rocky was under the marking of Liverpool's front four, basically can't get the ball.

Now Leicester City's attacking organization was basically completed by Mahrez and Albrighton.

Rocky now acts as a relay and overrun.

If Rocky wants to dribble forward, or prepare for a long pass.

Then Origi or Lallana will directly choose to go forward and block.

If they can't stop it, then they will directly choose to foul.

These four people were basically the old foil of the Premier League.

They know that what kind of foul can limit Rocky, prevent him from getting hurt, and won't take the card.

This game was the most uncomfortable game Rocky had played since he joined the Premier League.

At the same time, Rocky also understood the column.

Why did Ranieri rated Klopp so highly?

Ranieri even said that if Guardiola hadn't came to the Premier League, then the Premier League will be Liverpool's world.

Judging from this game, Rocky had seen it.

Liverpool's tactical execution and tactical concept are completely different from Chelsea's concept.

Klopp's charisma must be excellent to be able to make the players execute tactics so desperately.

Rocky couldn't help but think.