The little ponytail felt that Tendou was a jerk and hard to serve.
But Tendou felt that the Manchester City fans not booing him was a sign of disrespect.
Because Manchester City was the number one in the league at the time, with the most expensive squad in the world.
Only they were worthy of being his, Tendou Kageyoshi's, opponent.
But what about Manchester United?
I already thrashed you 4:0. For you to still dare to boo me at this time shows you don't know your place.
The match began.
Manchester United Starting Lineup:
Goalkeeper: De Gea.
Defenders: Ashley Young, Smalling, Lindelöf, Luke Shaw.
Midfielders: Herrera, McTominay, Pogba.
Forwards: Lukaku, Mata, Rashford.
Ten Hag deployed a very aggressive 4-3-3 formation at home.
On the Liverpool side, it was also a 4-3-3 formation.
Goalkeeper: Alisson.
Defenders: Robertson, Van Dijk, Matip, Milner.
Midfielders: Henderson, Tendou, Fabinho.
Forwards: Mané, Firmino, Salah.
Both Keïta and Arnold were on the bench for this match.
Playing away from home, Klopp chose to be a bit more conservative.
Before the match had even begun, the fans of both sides had already engaged in all sorts of verbal sparring.
If translated into English, it would be something like:
"I fuck your mother."
"I throw your mother's thunder."
And so on...
The intensity of the Double Red Derby would not change regardless of the teams' rankings.
This was always one of the Premier League's signature derbies.
The Premier League has many derbies.
The London Derby between Arsenal and Tottenham, the Double Red Derby between Liverpool and Manchester United, the Manchester Derby between Manchester City and Manchester United, the Roses Derby, and so on...
Every derby battle is incredibly intense.
Because behind these teams, there are also issues between cities, and even social class conflicts like the one between Arsenal and Tottenham.
The fighting spirit of the Manchester United fans was almost palpable through the screen.
But the Manchester United players were in a slump.
In the first round of the Champions League knockout stage, Manchester United was the only one of the four English teams to lose.
Liverpool, Manchester City, and Tottenham had all won their first legs. Only Manchester United had been shut out at home.
They had been under a lot of pressure recently.
Liverpool, of course, would not miss the opportunity to kick a dog while it was down.
Facing a full-strength Liverpool, ten Hag actually wanted to have an attacking showdown with them. The result was that they couldn't even last 15 minutes before their goal was breached.
Tendou and Fabinho had a dream-like two-on-three in the Manchester United midfield.
Finally, Tendou, who had received the ball, made a space-cutting through pass, sending the ball to Firmino's feet.
In the penalty area, the receiving Firmino, without even a touch to control it, immediately shot the ball into the goal guarded by De Gea!
1:0!
Liverpool, the away team, had taken the lead.
And Tendou had continued his streak of assists in consecutive matches. His current streak had reached a terrifying number of matches.
This is also why players are eager to play for giant clubs.
Playing with a group of superstars, it's hard for your stats to be bad.
But it was not over yet.
In the 36th minute of the match, it was still initiated by Tendou.
He beat two players in the midfield and sent a curling pass. Salah on the right received the ball, took a long touch past Luke Shaw, and cut inside the box.
After drawing the defense, he completed a cross from within the crowded area. Firmino, making a run from the center, met the ball with a tap-in.
2:0!
Firmino had scored a brace.
This goal directly made ten Hag get real.
He began to direct his players to track back, and the 4-3-3 was gradually turning into a 4-5-1.
For the rest of the time, Liverpool was unable to score.
The two sides went into the locker rooms with a score of 2:0.
The Manchester United fans were naturally dissatisfied with this result.
This match was held at Old Trafford. The minimum requirement was a draw.
These Red Devils fans clearly had no B-number.
However, the squad left by Mourinho was still quite capable. If I remember correctly, Manchester United still made it to the Champions League spots next year.
Their real dark days began when ten Hag had cleared out Mourinho's squad and replaced them with his own.
The second half returned.
Leading by two goals away from home, Klopp reduced his attack.
The purpose of doing so was naturally to reduce the consumption of stamina.
His goal was to take three points from Old Trafford.
Now, both the league and the Champions League had entered the final sprint stage. Even though the opponent was the deeply hated Manchester United, they had to be conservative when necessary.
Thus, Manchester United got a chance to breathe and began to counter-attack.
However, up until the 80th minute, Manchester United had not scored a goal.
Instead, in the 85th minute, Liverpool found a counter-attacking opportunity.
Van Dijk won the ball in the backfield, passed to Fabinho, who then immediately sent a through ball to Tendou.
Tendou received the ball in the center, strode through the Manchester United midfield, and after a series of feints to beat three players, he passed to Mané on the left.
Mané received the ball, took it to the corner, and completed a cross. Tendou, holding off two defenders, leaped high and smashed his head into the ball.
With a thud, the ball bounced off the ground and into the Manchester United goal.
3:0!
After a 4:0 thrashing of the Red Devils in the last match, Liverpool, playing away from home, had come to Old Trafford and still scored 3 goals.
After this goal was scored, Klopp immediately made a substitution, directly taking Tendou off.
Liverpool was calling it a day.
Not long after Tendou was subbed off, in the 90th minute, Rashford broke through on the right and was fouled in the box.
The referee pointed to the penalty spot, giving Manchester United a penalty.
The Belgian "god" of a striker personally took it.
On the bench, Tendou finally saw Lukaku's bizarre, stutter-step penalty.
The referee blew the whistle.
Lukaku's hands were held up to his chest like a boxer's, and his two legs, as if they had been electrocuted, continuously stepped on the Red Devils' turf at a super-fast frequency as he approached the ball.
Of course, although Lukaku's penalty-taking motion was comical and heaven-defying, his conversion rate was really high.
So far, his career conversion rate was 100%!
With a bang, Lukaku converted it with ease.
1:3!
Manchester United had scored a consolation goal at home.
The Liverpool players didn't take it to heart.
But Manchester United took advantage of Liverpool's slackness and, in the 92nd minute, once again got the ball into the Liverpool penalty area. Rashford blasted a shot from inside the box. If it weren't for a heroic save from Alisson, the score would have become 2:3!
This ball gave Manchester United a chance to close the gap.
After all, losing 1:3 and losing 2:3 are two different feelings.
At least with a 2:3 loss, the Manchester United fans could comfort themselves by saying, "We only narrowly lost to Liverpool. We fought them to the last moment. We are on the same level, and our future is bright..."
Manchester United got a corner kick opportunity.
Pogba personally took it, sending a precise ball to the center.
Lukaku, with his strong physique, even held off Van Dijk.
A "gazing at the moon" header!
BANG!
The ball flew directly out of the Liverpool penalty area.
Alisson was stunned. The Manchester United players and fans were also stunned.
Wait, where did you head that, bro?!
On the sidelines, ten Hag desperately covered his face.
Because he knew that Lukaku really hadn't done it on purpose. This silly oaf was still desperately holding his head in his hands.
On the Liverpool bench, TJ and Arnold almost died laughing.
Flat top, beer belly, professional winger Lukaku.
Today, Tendou had finally seen one of the Belgian god-striker's signature moves with his own eyes.
The clearance-style header!
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