From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 923 Nemesis
"Liverpool had a quick counter attack."

"Henderson made a long pass downfield."

"Van Dijk quickly stepped up and headed the ball to clear the ball."

"Kante dropped back and passed the ball to the left."

"Dalot dribbles the ball forward and Manchester United counterattack."

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Dalot dribbled the ball along the left to the frontcourt and quickly passed it to Rashford in front.

Rashford knows his national team teammate Arnold very well and knows that he has no speed advantage, so he chose to cut to the middle after stopping the ball.

Bruno ran laterally from the right side to the front of the top area of ​​the penalty area to ask for the ball.

Rashford's pass was just out of Keita's reach and came in front of Bruno.

Bruno did not choose to stop the ball, but lightly rubbed it, slowing down the speed of the ball, but it still rolled to the right, and he took a step forward.

Keita reacted very quickly. He knew very well how strong Bruno's shooting ability was, so he immediately chose to stick to him and blocked Bruno with his body, not giving him any chance to kick the ball directly towards the goal.

But Bruno also used his body to block Keita, not giving Liverpool's midfielder the chance to reach the ball.

At this time, Salah had quickly returned to defense and was about to double-team Keita.

Bruno saw everything around him before he received the ball. In his peripheral vision, Kante passed the ball to Dalot and then turned and rushed forward, while Henderson followed him and returned to defense.

Bruno is a teammate of Kante and has played against Henderson, so he is very aware of their speed.

Bruno made a prompt decision and blocked Keita with his body without looking back. Before Salah could return to defense, he knocked the ball with his right heel.

The football almost went in a straight line, crossed the top of the empty penalty area, and rolled to the left side of the top of the arc.

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After seeing Bruno pass the ball, Kante understood what he meant. He quickly shook off Henderson, stopped his left foot, swung his right foot, and shot a powerful shot.

Everyone at the scene only heard a bang, and the ball drew an arc like a cannonball, almost brushing the right post and going into Liverpool's goal.

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson flew to save the ball but was unable to touch it.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLL!!!!!!!!"

"In the 57th minute, Manchester United finally broke through Liverpool's goal!"

"1:0!"

"It was a wonderful goal from midfielder Kante, who fired a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. But for this goal, the French midfielder should thank his teammate Bruno!"

After scoring the goal, Kante excitedly rushed towards Bruno, gave him a bear hug with both hands, and lifted Bruno up around the waist.

After landing, the two excitedly rushed to the sidelines and celebrated the goal.

"Bruno's performance is really outstanding!"

"Most of the credit for the goal came from him."

"Especially this imaginative heel pass just now. We even have to wonder if he has eyes on the back of his head. Otherwise, how would he know that Kante is moving forward?"

"Also, we have to admire Bruno's creativity. He obviously knows the characteristics of his teammates very well. Kante got rid of Henderson as soon as he accelerated."

"The Liverpool captain still lacks a little bit of pace."

"It can be said that although Kante scored this goal for Manchester United, Bruno played a major role."

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In the stands, countless fans were shouting the names of Kante and Bruno.

Obviously everyone recognizes Bruno's contribution, including Kante.

"The current situation is very unfavorable to Liverpool. After the second half, Manchester United obviously played more actively. Klopp should perhaps consider adjusting the team's tactical play and appropriately strengthening the offense."

Klopp has not made any adjustments yet, but Mourinho quickly made substitutions.

Bellingham replaced Rashford, Bruno's position was pushed forward, and Manchester United began to concentrate on defensive counterattacks. This adjustment made Liverpool very annoyed.

Liverpool started to counterattack after falling behind by one goal, but their attack never reached Manchester United's penalty area. The most threatening one was in the 59th minute, when Salah made a cross from the right, but Firmino ran past the ball.

This mistake in cooperation also reflected the anxious mentality of the Liverpool players.

Later, Klopp replaced Firmino with Mane, obviously to strengthen the team's offensive. Once the Reds start the offensive, Manchester United is still very dangerous.

In the 73rd minute, Bruno retreated to defend and wanted to jump out from behind to steal the ball, but he accidentally kicked down Salah, giving Liverpool a free kick more than 30 meters away. He was also shown a yellow card by the referee.

The fans at the new Old Trafford cheered for Bruno. It was obvious that they liked to see Bruno's high morale and his never-giving-up fighting spirit on the field.

Bruno also looked innocent. He took the initiative to pull Salah up and apologized to his friend, saying that he did not mean it.

Salah also knew that if he hadn't kicked suddenly, Bruno would have stolen the ball. This was mainly due to his rich experience and knowing how to protect the ball, so he didn't blame Bruno for the foul this time.

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Afterwards, Liverpool continued to intensify its offensive, but Manchester United deliberately slowed down the pace and waited steadily for the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

When the game time reached the 78th minute, Liverpool once again broke into Manchester United's penalty area and got a corner kick opportunity.

Liverpool took a corner kick, creating chaos in the penalty area, but in the end the ball failed to enter the goal. Instead, it was caught by Van Dijk in front of the baseline and he made a long pass to near the center line.

Harry Kane retreated to defend, but Bruno still stayed in the frontcourt.

When Van Dijk made a long pass, he kept predicting where the ball would land, and he took the most advantageous position before Robertson, blocking the Liverpool left-back behind him.

Robertson is 5cm shorter than Bruno, only m. Although he has excellent physical fitness, he already has a yellow card. At this time, he has to consider that if he directly confronts Bruno, it will be dangerous if he gets another card. So Robertson's strategy is to block Bruno behind him and not give him a chance to turn around.

Bruno obviously anticipated the opponent's idea. When the football flew over, he took a step forward and touched the ball with his head. The ball immediately changed direction, and Bruno quickly turned around and started.

Robertson's reaction speed was fast, but he was just responding passively. When Bruno turned around and started, he realized that he had to turn around.

At this time, he thought about reaching out and pulling Bruno down directly, but he considered that he had a yellow card and his teammate Arnold was behind him, so he finally chose not to foul, but quickly catch up with Bruno.

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Bruno dribbled the ball very quickly, each step was very big, and he rushed towards Liverpool's goal at an extremely fast speed.

Arnold also chased back, trying to intercept Bruno at the front of the penalty area.

Unexpectedly, Bruno suddenly slowed down, making Arnold mistakenly believe that he was going to shoot directly, so he immediately slowed down as well, but Arnold soon realized that he had been fooled.

As soon as Liverpool's right-back slowed down, Bruno suddenly accelerated again, shook off Arnold and rushed into the penalty area.

Facing Alisson who was guarding the goal line and dared not attack, Bruno calmly shot the ball and once again penetrated Liverpool's goal.

2: 0!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLL!!!!!!!!"

"In the 78th minute, Manchester United scored another goal! It came from a long-distance run by their captain Bruno!"

"A very, very exciting goal! Bruno broke through two Liverpool defenders by himself and finally scored calmly in front of the goalkeeper!"

"Manchester United took advantage of a corner kick from Liverpool and quickly counterattacked."

"Last season, Manchester United had one draw and one loss against Liverpool in the league without a win. Although they still won the Premier League for the fifth consecutive time, for Bruno and Manchester United players, this is definitely something they don't want to mention. And tonight in the first leg of this season's Red Devils, he made an assist and a goal, helping Manchester United temporarily lead Liverpool 2:0."

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The entire new Old Trafford stadium was cheering Bruno's name.

After scoring the goal, Bruno rushed all the way to the bottom of the presidential stand, slid down on his knees in front of the fans, and opened his arms unscrupulously.

This is what he wants!
Nothing would make him happier than leading the team to defeat their arch-rivals Liverpool!
"We made several serious mistakes!"

At the post-match press conference, when Liverpool head coach Klopp was interviewed by the media, he looked very lonely when summarizing the game that had just ended, because his team had just lost.

2:1, according to international practice, the home team goes first and the visiting team goes last.

Liverpool only equalized in the last few minutes when Salah broke into the middle of the penalty area and calmly shot the ball into the goal, but this could not change the final trend of the game.

Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2:1 at home thanks to Bruno's assist and goal.

Klopp believes that the team's biggest problem is that there are too many mistakes. This is Liverpool's most serious problem so far this season and it is very unacceptable.

"In this high-level game, you can't make mistakes, but unfortunately, we made more than one serious defensive error, which caused us to suffer a painful blow and ultimately lost the game."

Klopp believes that Manchester United's defense in this game is very good. Liverpool found it difficult to find a breakthrough. They had a lot of shots, but in fact most of them came from long shots. There were not many opportunities to shoot in the penalty area that were really threatening.

"From the perspective of the entire game, our time of possession was much higher than that of our opponents. We were obviously better and took the initiative in the game, but our conversion rate of possession was not effective enough. We gave our opponents offense The pressure is not strong enough.”

"To put it simply, we need to make ourselves more aggressive and more concise and efficient."

(End of this chapter)