Chapter 124 Refined missiles, expanding the score

Before the on-site director had time to switch the broadcast camera, Xinying Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai, who was in the live broadcast room of the Old Trafford Stadium, saw it clearly and blurted out: "Li Qing made a long pass to the left, and veteran Milner came in at high speed! This is Liverpool’s only good chance in the first half!”

Phil Jones quickly pulled back from the center to the wing. Valencia gritted his teeth and ran back with all his strength.

But Li Qing's long pass is very accurate, so accurate that it can be calculated in centimeters, which is exactly the same as Milner's running.

As early as at the Melwood training base, Li Qing would often pass such wide-range transfer balls to Milner, Mane, and Firmino, and sometimes even pass straight-line passes to Klein and Alexander-Arnold, and The precursor to passing the ball to each player is different, so the running teammates are different.

Milner accelerated forward after receiving the signal from Li Qing's long pass. Li Qing's long pass was accurate, with just the right amount of advance, which was about the same speed as Milner. He still had enough time to look up and observe the movement of his teammates while running.

Since Mane and Firmino were both in poor positions, Milner chose to head into the penalty area with the ball.

Seeing that Phil Jones and Valencia were about to form a front-to-back attack, the mature Milner suddenly raised his left foot to pass the ball, but instead of passing the ball to Mane and Firmino, who were closely guarded, he... ...inverted triangle pass.

The football rolled against the grass toward the penalty spot. Pogba subconsciously stuck to Henderson, denying him an easy chance to shoot.

Henderson, who was under pressure from Pogba's defense, was not the player to complete the final blow. He faced the football without hitting the goal while attracting the attention of almost all Manchester United defensive players. He spread his legs and the football passed.

Mourinho, who was originally quite satisfied with Pogba's active defense, realized something, his heart thumped, and he thought: "It's over!"

The football rolled against the grass as Coutinho advanced, and the latter raised his right foot while running.

Because Manchester United's defensive attention in the penalty area is focused on Mane, Firmino and Henderson, Coutinho, who should be defended the most, is unmarked.

This is tantamount to a penalty kick for Coutinho, who often performs cloud-piercing arrows.

"aoaoaoaooaoooo——"

When the Liverpool fans in the East Stand saw this, they became excited and shouted loudly to encourage Coutinho.

"wuwuwwuuuu——"

Manchester United fans from the other three stands made huge boos at this time, completely swallowing up the chants made in the East Stand.

Coutinho supported his left foot, raised his right foot, and hit the middle of the football hard with the instep.

The football kicked out with great force is like a snake that scurries forward quickly, emerging from the gap between the people and rolling towards the far corner of the goal.

There were already many people in the Manchester United penalty area, and De Gea's sight was blocked. His iconic Guanyin Sitting Lotus test did not touch the football.

The football quickly passed before De Gea stretched out his foot to block the ball, and rolled into the goal against the inside edge of the right goal post...

"The ball is in! The ball is in!!"

Lux Sports commentator Zhan Jun was in high spirits: "Allowing a long-range shooter to calmly complete the shot in the penalty area is fatal! Manchester United paid a heavy price for their defensive negligence! The score is now 2:0 as Liverpool leads as a guest!"

British Sky TV commentator Andy Gray's iconic long voice seemed to require no ventilation, and one had to admire his strong lung capacity: "The goal conceded at the end of the first half was unforgivable! 0:2 The feeling of going into the locker room behind is not as good as 0:1. Manchester United is in big trouble at home.”

Mourinho, who was standing in the command area of ​​the home team coach, felt that his mentality was going to explode. In every game, he would tell the players to stay focused during the four periods when they are prone to losing the ball. But now, it all fell on deaf ears.

Li Qing scored the first goal at the beginning of the game, and Coutinho scored at the end of the first half, which happened to occupy the two easiest time periods to score goals.

In other words, losing the ball is not a technical issue, but more an attitude issue.

Liverpool players celebrated the goal with joy at Old Trafford. The fans who had previously booed chose to keep their mouths shut. Judging from the content displayed by Manchester United for most of the first half, it was very difficult to equalize the score, even Whether he can score a goal or not is a big question mark.

In this case, why bother yourself anymore?

Sometimes, just endure it and it will pass.

All the Manchester United players shown in the broadcast screen shook their heads and sighed. Ibrahimovic, Pogba, and De Gea are currently among the few players in Manchester United who can be called superstars.

They all worked hard during the game, especially Ibrahimovic and De Gea, who can be said to be the players who contributed the most in the frontcourt and backcourt.

Pogba does bring creativity and threat to Manchester United on the offensive end, but as a central midfielder, he is often not focused enough on defense. Sometimes he is easy to get over the head when dribbling the ball, so that it is easy for Liverpool to find a breakthrough point from him.

When the first half of the game came to injury time, Mourinho walked into the tunnel with a dark face in advance to express his strong dissatisfaction with the performance of the players on the field.

Although Mourinho was not in a good mood, he still waved to the Manchester United fans passing by to say hello.

While the Liverpool players were celebrating the goal, the on-site director switched the broadcast screen. Fans sitting in front of the TV could see Mourinho walking towards the players' tunnel with a livid face.

From the corner of his eye, Pogba also saw Mourinho walking towards the tunnel with a sullen expression on his face. He sneered and said, "With this level of tactics, you still have the nerve to show us a sullen face? Why?"

The injury time of the first half came to an end not long after Manchester United restarted. Players from both sides walked to the court one after another, and fans in the auditorium also stood up and left their seats.

It's not that they left the game early, but that they were physically exhausted after the first half of the game, and they must take advantage of the intermission to eat to replenish the lost energy.

Those fans who stayed in their seats took out their mobile phones and posted on INS, Twitter, Facebook and other social networking platforms to share the double red meeting at Old Trafford with their friends and netizens.

As assistant coach Faria closed the door to the locker room, the noise from Old Trafford suddenly stopped. The Manchester United players lowered their heads and did not dare to get into trouble.

In stark contrast to me is the visiting team's locker room. The 2:0 lead makes the Liverpool players feel extremely relaxed, the atmosphere is light, and the players are joking with each other.

About five minutes later, Klopp clapped his hands, and the relaxed players looked over with a correct attitude.

Klopp is very satisfied with the players' reaction. If the players can always maintain a correct attitude, defeating Manchester United as a guest and advancing to the FA Cup this season is a sure thing.