After a 15-minute rest, the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half. Manchester United replaced Lingard with Rashford at the beginning of the second half to strengthen their offense.
But Mourinho's substitutions had no effect in the second half. Although Rashford had good skills, was young, and had great momentum, he still failed to help Manchester United break through Liverpool's defense.
Although Lukaku has a good physique, he still failed to get any chance due to the confrontation and suppression of Willard, and his other skills were not as good as Willard's.
If there were two players with Lukaku's physique, they might be able to break through Liverpool's defense, but unfortunately Manchester United did not.
Liverpool's defense has always been rock solid, giving Manchester United basically no decent chances.
The Red Army, on the other hand, passed another positional attack in the 63rd minute of the second half, with Willard, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Milner, Firmino, Sturridge, Mane and others passing through. After more than ten consecutive passes back and forth, Willard finally got a chance to shoot from the top right side of the arc in the penalty area.
This shot was a heavy long-range shot by Willard who had accumulated enough strength. The speed exceeded 100 and the angle was tricky. The ball flew into the upper right corner of the Manchester United goal like a cannonball.
Although goalkeeper De Gea tried his best to save, he still couldn't touch the shadow of the ball and could only watch the ball enter the net in despair.
Willard scored twice to help Liverpool lead Manchester United 3-0, basically sealing the victory.
Of course, Mourinho's team will not admit defeat easily, so while Velarde and his teammates were celebrating, Magic Bird immediately replaced defender Antonio Valencia with forward Martial and sent 334 With a four-forward formation, I want to try my best to make a last ditch effort.
As a result, Klopp also immediately replaced forward Firmino with defender Alberto Moreno two minutes later to strengthen the defense.
Manchester United's crazy attack still could not break through Liverpool's defense, but the Red Army's offense did not suffer much loss because of the presence of Willard.
In the 83rd minute, Manchester United made a mistake in attacking in the frontcourt and the ball was intercepted. After receiving a pass from his teammate from his own half, Velarde ran long distance and broke through the interceptions of Pogba, Matic and Smalling. He hit the wall inside to cooperate, then broke into the penalty area to form a semi-single chance. He leaned on defender Damian and fired a powerful shot into the far lower corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper De Gea pounced towards the near end. When he saw the angle of Willard's shot and tried to turn back, it was already too late. He could only sit on the ground helplessly, turned his head and watched the ball go into the net.
Willard scored a hat-trick to help Liverpool expand the score to 4-0, completely killing all suspense in this game.
When the score reached this level, even Mourinho, who had always refused to admit defeat, had no choice but to give up, sit back on the bench, and give up command.
Although the Manchester United players on the field have not given up yet and still want to score a goal, even if it means saving a little face. But as a mortal enemy, how can Liverpool satisfy their wish?
Therefore, Liverpool continued to defend their goal and did not allow Manchester United to score even a goal.
After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. Liverpool defeated their rival Manchester United 4-0 and won the 2017 European Super Cup.
In addition to the previous EFL Cup, Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, and English Community Shield, Liverpool has won the honor of six annual crowns in 2017.
If they can win another championship in the Club World Cup at the end of the year, Liverpool will surpass Barcelona in 2009 and win an unprecedented seven championships in the year.
Of course, this is mainly because La Liga has only one domestic cup competition, the Spanish Cup, unlike the Premier League which has two competitions, the EFL Cup and the FA Cup.
Therefore, the current gold content of Liverpool's annual six crowns is still not as valuable as Barcelona's annual six crowns. Only by winning the Club World Cup can the real annual Grand Slam and dynasty hegemony be achieved.
Of course, the Club World Cup won't be played until the end of the year, and it's still far away. Now everyone just needs to celebrate the Super Cup.
It was very satisfying to step on the corpse of our arch-enemy Manchester United, win the European Super Cup, and win the sixth crown of the year. Willard and his teammates celebrated enthusiastically for more than ten minutes, and then captain Henderson won the European Cup on behalf of Liverpool. Super Bowl trophy.
Of course, as a battle for the king of Europeans, the experience rewards in this game are ten times that of the European war. In addition to the championship rewards, Willard has gained a small amount of experience this time.
It's just a pity that Coutinho transferred too early and missed two championships. It just so happened that the transfers of Van Dijk and Salah had not yet been completed. They were not included in the roster for these two games and just missed these two championships.
Of course, as long as they move to Liverpool, looking at Liverpool's current momentum, the two of them will not lack championships in the later period.
Winning two championships in three days is very satisfying for everyone. Unfortunately, the schedule is too tight, and they are all in neutral venues or away games. In addition, pre-season training goes to Asia and Germany for commercial interests, so everyone is a little tired physically!
The Community Shield will be played at Wembley Stadium on August 6, the European Super Cup will be played in North Macedonia on August 9, and the first round of the Premier League will be played on August 12, and it will be an away game against Watford.
Therefore, when I returned to Liverpool in England, I didn't even have time to hold a simple celebration banquet, and rushed directly to Watford to prepare for the first round of the Premier League.
On August 11, the opening match of the 2017/2018 Premier League season was Arsenal VS Leicester City.
In the end, after a 90-minute battle, Arsenal narrowly defeated the Blue Fox with a score of 4-3 and got a good start to the new season.
On August 12, it was the turn of other teams to start the war. Liverpool challenged Watford away from home.
The pre-season training in Asia and two consecutive championship games with very short intervals allowed Liverpool to perform a certain degree of rotation in the first round of the Premier League.
Salah also completed the transfer and appeared on the bench for this game, and may come off the bench at any time.
Watford ranked 17th in the standings last season, just fourth from the bottom, and narrowly avoided relegation. In this game, they faced the strong six-time champion Liverpool. Even if Watford was playing at home, it was still a wise choice. defended and counterattacked.
Unfortunately, even so, Watford could not withstand Liverpool's indiscriminate bombardment. Even if Liverpool performed a certain degree of rotation, they still scored three goals.
Two of them were scored by Willard, and the other was scored by Salah, who came on as a substitute in the second half.
Salah scored a goal in his first debut after joining the Red Army, which can be considered a very good performance.
However, Watford also relied on a lucky ball in a counterattack, causing defender Matip to score an own goal and regain a point.
In the end, Liverpool defeated Watford 3-1 away from home and got a good start in the first round of the new Premier League season.
