The bus driver named Mourinho

(Baonghean.vn) - During the Liverpool - MU 'derby' match, people saw a bus blocking the Anfield stadium, the driver was coach Mourinho. A match that experts and journalists could only shake their heads at the excessive caution of both Klopp and Mourinho.

It can only be Mourinho

Even die-hard MU fans were surprised to see Mourinho deploy Young and Fellaini in the 4-2-3-1 formation instead of Lingard and Mata. To confront the technical players of the home team Liverpool in the 4-3-3 formation such as Henderson, Coutinho, Mane, Sturridge, Firmino 6.5, the Portuguese coach sent the "footballers" onto the field.

Not only that, for the first time Pogba was pushed up to play as an attacking midfielder, right behind Ibrahimovic, leaving the midfield area for Ander Herrera and Fellaini. This style of play, taking advantage of the physical strength and long-range shots of French midfielder Pogba, did not allow Liverpool players to push up their formation to attack, but also left room for Ander Herrera to play creatively.

In fact, at Anfield, MU only had less than 35% possession and the formation was sometimes divided into 1-8-0-2, but the home players did not dare to advance. They knew too well how dangerous Pogba and Ibrahimovic were, the situation where Valencia crossed for Ibrahimovic to head the ball close to the goal was a typical example. At the end of the match, coach Klopp regretted: "We started well but then, when faced with Man Utd's defensive efforts. We did not have enough courage to do more. We were not patient enough to have dangerous passes."

Loss of beauty

What people expected from the “derby” was a goal, but it did not come, instead there were 4 yellow cards for the away team. The tactical calculations of both veteran coaches made the match too tight and only a few dangerous situations were created.

The match ended in a 0-0 draw. The away team MU ended Liverpool's four-match winning streak. But people began to doubt the value of the world's most expensive player, midfielder Pogba. Just like in the "Manchester derby", Pogba disappeared from the television cameras throughout the match at Anfield. Pogba returned to MU with a transfer fee of 93.2 million pounds but has not shown himself to be a player for big matches and MU fans have begun to get impatient.

Mourinho may be satisfied with 1 point when leaving Liverpool, but Klopp is not. And the audience who witnessed the top match only remembers the image of the double-decker bus placed in front of the goal of goalkeeper David De Gea, who played extremely well in this match.

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