Chapter 125 Silence at Old Trafford

The fifteen-minute intermission passed quickly. Manchester United, which was trailing by two goals at home, took the lead in making substitutions before the start of the second half. Mata replaced Damian, who had little effect in the first half.

"Mourinho's substitution adjustments are very targeted. Manchester United's offense relied too much on Pogba in the first half. Mata's appearance will greatly relieve Pogba's organizational pressure, but..."

When Xinying Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai said this, he changed the topic: "The defensive pressure caused by removing Damian will rise in a straight line. Neither Mata nor Rashford is as effective as Damian on the defensive end." install."

Klopp stood in the visiting team coach's command area, with his hands behind his back, looking leisurely at Manchester United's first adjustment in the second half, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, showing a confident smile.

During the halftime break, I thought that Manchester United would strengthen their offense in the second half, and the targeted deployment has been explained. Although Mata has a good offensive organization, the defense is...

"Beep~"

As the referee Oliver blew the whistle, Ibrahimovic kicked the football from the kick-off point to Rashford, who kicked the ball to Pogba outside the arc of his own center circle. .

Manchester United's attack was gradual. The Liverpool players did not retreat and directly pressed high, denying Manchester United's midfield and backfield defenders a chance to calmly control the ball.

In addition to Pogba and Mata's excellent foot skills, Herrera seemed a bit lacking. After receiving the ball, he quickly passed the ball back to Pogba.

Li Qing and Firmino pounced on each other. Mourinho used a hair dryer to blow Pogba for several minutes during the intermission. An extremely dangerous place to choose to dribble past.

Seeing this, other Manchester United players opened up space to receive the ball and waited for Pogba to pass the ball.

"Use [Copper Wall and Iron Wall Card]!"

Li Qing, who was attacking, thought to himself that the moment he used the card, he brought rich defensive experience. He deliberately slowed down the intensity of the attack, giving Pogba the illusion that he could take the ball and break forward.

as expected!

Pogba took advantage of the change in rhythm to easily pass Firmino. He could have taken the opportunity to distribute the ball to Mata or Herrera to speed up the attack.

But he suddenly thought of Li Qing's dancing butterfly at the beginning of the first half, and he was also preparing for a smart dribbling in the midfield and backcourt.

Facing Li Qing's defense, Pogba repeated his old tricks. In his opinion, the offensive players' defense was amateurish and posed no threat. Seeing Li Qing's early stumble, he used the inside of his right instep to spike the ball to the left. ahead.

At the same time, he also found Rashford and Ibrahimovic running out of space. As long as he passed Li Qing, he could complete a fatal pass and help the team narrow the score.

The corners of Pogba's mouth raised slightly, showing a smile. He even thought about celebrating the goal.

But he seemed to feel an obstacle when he smashed the ball on the inside of the instep of his right foot. He felt a thump in his heart and quickly lowered his head, only to see a foot blocking the ball in front of him on the left side.

this……

NO!

Pogba is tall and has long legs, and the center of gravity of his upper body has sunk along with his left shoulder. His hindered right foot still maintains its original range of motion, but his upper body is affected by inertia and continues to fall forward to the left.

"aoaoaooaoooo——"

The sky above Old Trafford instantly recalled the exclamations made by Manchester United fans.

As experienced fans, they know the danger of Pogba losing the ball in this position.

Mata and Smalling, who are experienced in the game, subconsciously raised their hands and faced the referee Oliver, indicating that Li Qing had committed a foul.

The 32-year-old Oliver is young but has a rich coaching resume. He started officiating in the Premier League at the age of 25 and became an international referee five years ago. As Clattenburg, the leader of the Premier League's four blinders, announced that he would not renew his contract after the end of this season, The FA Referees Committee has listed him as the number one referee to be trained, which is enough to show that the FA attaches great importance to him.

Can such a rising star in the refereeing world make mistakes easily?

Besides, his position selection was very good. Li Qing had no problem with his movements. He shook his head while running to indicate that there was no foul.

Manchester United's defense changed in the second half. At this time, the defense became shaky. Pogba took the ball, and the two central defenders Smalling and Phil Jones received the ball at an angle. They formed a triangle position with Pogba. The distance between the two was close to ten meters, which meant that there was a blank space in front of Li Qing who had completed the interception.

When Firmino and Mane saw Li Qing steal the ball from Pogba, they ran forward left and right, trying to drive away the Manchester United defenders as much as possible, allowing Li Qing to get a one-on-one opportunity.

Mourinho, who was sitting in the home team's coaching bench, heard the exclamations from the stands. He ended his communication with his assistant Faria and looked up at the court.

You don’t know this by looking at it, but you’ll be shocked when you see it.

It turned out that Pogba, who was dribbling the ball, fell to the ground, and Li Qing was dribbling the ball towards the almost deserted area.

"damn it!"

"Paul Pogba is careless!"

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray shouted: "Liverpool counterattacked on the spot, and Lee led the football towards Manchester United's defensive half."

"What a great opportunity to expand the score!"

Lex sports commentator Zhan Jun raised his voice.

In less than two seconds, Li Qing increased his speed to the extreme and drove the ball towards the huge gap exposed between Phil Jones and Smalling.

Phil Jones and Smalling are not the kind of central defenders who are quick to chase back. Their diagonal sprints are completely inferior to Li Qing's straight-line sprint with the ball. In the end, they can only stare at Li Qing's back while returning to defense at high speed. The Arabic numeral '55' is raised on the back.

"Single sword!"

Xinying Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai sounded excited.

Li Qing brought the ball to the top of the penalty area at high speed without slowing down. He used his lightning-like speed to forcefully break through De Gea's defense.

What happened next was very simple for Li Qing. With a slight push from the arch of his left foot, the football quickly passed the goal line against the grass and hit the snow-white net.

The score displayed on the scoreboard changed instantly, from 0:2 to 0:3.

The Old Trafford stadium became silent in this electric light. Li Qing, who scored the goal, opened his arms and ran all the way to the right corner of the attacking area. Facing the Liverpool fans in the east stand, he closed his eyes and stood intoxicated. There.

Klopp's signature combination punches in the visiting team's coaching bench, the assistant coach and the bench players high-fived each other, and the Liverpool players on the court rushed towards the goal hero Li Qing.

"Leeeeeee——"

The Liverpool fans in the East Stand responded excitedly to Li Qing, dancing and making huge cheers like a mountain and a tsunami.

The live director's close-up picture continued to show Li Qing's slightly green face. Xinying Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai was ecstatic: "Liverpool leads Manchester United 3:0 as a guest at Old Trafford, although there are still 40 minutes left in the game. Five minutes, but what I want to say is that the rest of the game will be garbage time!”