Whenever Liverpool and Manchester City are at the pinnacle of the showdown, Klopp and Guardiola always have a round of greeting before the game, either Guardiola shouting that Klopp's Liverpool are too strong, or Klopp righteously saying that Guardiola's Manchester City is invincible.
However, when the two dramatists gradually put away their smiles, good guys, all that was revealed was the killing move.
Take last night's game as an example, the duel between the two did not have any twists and turns at all, and the bottom card was lit up as soon as it came up.
Liverpool, who played away, took the lead in attacking, and the scum uncle Klopp waved a big hand, and Liverpool instantly changed from 433 to 505, pressing high to grab Manchester City's backfield.
Jota was the core, supplemented by Salah and Mane, and Henderson and Thiago as the two contact points, which kept Manchester City in the rear half.
From the perspective of efficacy, it is not bad, that is, the five-man scene in front of Liverpool was all robbed by Manchester City goalkeeper Edson alone.
Needless to say, Guardiola waited for Liverpool to attack and start his own counterattack plan immediately after the end of the half.
To say that Guardiola and Klopp played from the Bundesliga to the Premier League, it is almost 10 years of "old husband and wife", that is, they know the strength of the Liverpool midfield meat grinder, so all the counterattacks are almost directly skipping the midfield martial arts link, directly from the backcourt, all looking behind the Liverpool backline:
For example, Kyle. Walker received the ball and ran wildly, sparking with lightning all the way, straight to Robertson.
Another example is The Canselo quickly inserts forward after receiving the ball, repeatedly jumping between being over the pharaoh and being ready to go through the pharaoh.
In addition to the quick insertion on the wing, Guardiola also prepared a package B for Klopp:
1. De Bruyne had the ball in midfield, and once Liverpool's backline was headed forward, the Belgian cruise missile went straight to the left side of Arnold's town.
2. Once City get a set-piece opportunity in front of the field, they all use the fast set-piece method to focus on the back of the Liverpool backline.
Guardiola's idea is simple, the more offside you are, the more you say, first hit the ball into the opponent's goal.
From the perspective of practical effects, practicality is practical, that is, a quick-acting pill for VAR and Liverpool fans.
In fact, Klopp also wants to play with Guardiola in pass-control football (this can be referred to Jota's equalizing goal), but Pep reveals all the killing moves.
So, after 15 minutes of deliberation, Klopp also revealed his big killer: playing the combination of Manchester City's backline.
Judging from the first 10 minutes of the second half, if it were not for the red army's front line starting to show physical weakness, Liverpool could really have pulled two goals in a row. (Don't talk about Liverpool, the kind of back and forth running Manchester City in the first half will not be able to stand, and Walker and Cancelo obviously have a lot of strength in the second half)
At this time, the advantages of Manchester City's midfield are reflected:
Don't look at Liverpool's Thiago and Henderson, who are usually able to pass a little fairy ball, but in the Belgium card cruise missile and Bernardo. In front of Silva, the small technology of the two is not worth mentioning at all.
So we saw all kinds of fairy shows belonging to De Bruyne and the logging scenes in Liverpool's midfield:
Fortunately, Manchester City's overall forward line has a poor ability to grasp opportunities, otherwise this season's Premier League suspense will come to an early end.
And in the end, this Premier League century showdown is also expensive with "and", and it ends gorgeously!
As for Manchester United and the other 17 teams in the Premier League, it is estimated that the documents have begun to submit to the FA at this time, the content of the document is very simple: it is too scary, we don't play, the Premier League title will let these two teams have a BO15 (fifteen rounds) it.