Chapter 255 Three consecutive dunks at high speed to seal the victory
Manchester United missed the closest opportunity to score and failed to create a great opportunity for a long time. Instead, Liverpool frequently created murderous opportunities.
If Herrera, Damian and Phil Jones hadn't committed timely fouls, Li Qing and Salah could have scored goals that further expanded the score.
Time passed by second by second, and it came to the seventy-fifth minute in a blink of an eye. The scoreboard still showed the score 2:0, with the home team in front and the away team in behind.
Manchester United coached by Mourinho did not give up chasing points. His players ran without hesitation and quickly participated in the offense after completing the defense. Herrera and Matic, who originally had the important task of defending Li Qing, participated in the team's offense.
Except for the two central defenders Phil Jones and Smalling who guarded the center, other players participated in the attack. Even the full-backs who were originally only allowed to participate in the attack on one side were all involved in the attack, making Manchester United's overall offense more three-dimensional.
After adjusting his mentality during this period, Pogba recovered somewhat when he hit him, and his ball-taking and passing gradually became more rational.
Mourinho, who was standing in the visiting team coach's command area, had a serious face, but when he saw Pogba's improving performance, he couldn't help but nodded lightly to express his approval.
It's just that the game time is getting shorter and shorter, and he doesn't know if the team can equalize the score in the remaining game time.
Pogba received Matic's diagonal pass, faced Emre Can's defense and chose to fake a shot and actually dunk. He moved the football to the right with the outside instep of his right foot and took two lunges to gain space for a long shot.
Emre Can was relatively passive in defense. He extended his legs to block the ball half a beat late and failed to block the football kicked by Pogba.
However, goalkeeper Mignolet was focused and hit the ball out with both fists. The football flew towards Henderson, who was defending on the right side of the penalty area.
Valencia and Matic ran over at the same time, thinking of jointly intercepting the ball and continuing to organize the attack.
Henderson was not stupid. He got stuck in his position first, blocked Valencia behind him, and pushed the football back with the instep of his right foot. Arnold, the right back who ran out of the space, met the ball and pushed the ball without stopping, subconsciously. Valencia, who fell to the ground to block the ball, did not touch the football.
The football quickly ran toward the center line against the grass, exactly in the same direction as Li Qing's running.
"foul!"
Manchester United head coach Mourinho blurted out that in fact, there is no need to remind, the players on the field know what to do at critical moments.
It was just that Mourinho's loud reminder was heard by Klopp. If the team was not in a critical period of switching from defense to offense, he might have run over to argue with Mourinho, so he just glared angrily.
In order to pursue three-dimensionality and oppression in Manchester United's offense, left-back Damian was positioned higher up, which meant that Li Qing, who was facing the football on defense, only had Phil Jones and Smalling defending.
Li Qing had a speed advantage. Smalling, who was closer to the football, didn't believe it. Two seconds passed quickly. The two of them were only about two meters away from the football. Smalling knew that if he took two more steps, he would completely lose control of the football. , so he spotted the football rolling forward while running and decisively chose to fall to the ground and shovel.
Soon after, Li Qing, who was running at high speed, stretched out his left foot and pushed the ball forward with his toes. The football almost hit the ground with the outstretched right shoe of Smalling who was sliding forward. Roll away quickly.
Li Qing pushed hard with the front of his left foot, using the huge inertia brought by the high speed to jump up, quickly jumped over Smalling who fell to the ground and made a sliding tackle, and chased the football.
Phil Jones's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. Although there was a problem with Smalling's defense, it was not unavoidable. It was just that Li Qing was faster than expected. Facing Li Qing who was chasing the football, he chose to defend in a straight line and blocked Li Qing. The only way to achieve Qing Nei Qing.
Li Qing stumbled as he landed, but the impact was not significant. After he crossed the center line, he stabilized his body and reached full speed.
The fans in the audience clearly saw Li Qing like a red lightning flashing across the court at high speed.
Pogba, Matic, Herrera and other Manchester United players are all chasing after each other, but they are getting further and further away from Li Qing, which means that they can only pin their hopes on Phil Jones.
Mourinho, who was standing in the visiting team coach's command area, seemed to have anticipated the result. Compared to his anxious assistant Faria, he looked a little calmer. Li Qing of rice.
As a coach with very rich coaching experience, Mourinho knows that being nervous at this time is of no use.
The ball that should be thrown will still be thrown.
The game lasted more than ten minutes. Even if Li Qing didn't score the goal, there would be very little time left for our side to equalize the score.
The biggest failure today was to start Pogba, who participated in two games on the international break and played the entire game.
Phil Jones had a yellow card on his back. He fought and retreated not because he was not afraid of receiving the card, but because he was worried that Li Qing would use his speed and technical advantages to dodge in advance and thus be unable to save the team.
"aoaooaoao——"
The sky above the Anfield stadium rang with the roar of Liverpool fans like a tsunami. Phil Jones, who retreated to the 30-meter defensive zone, realized that he could no longer retreat. He began to slow down his retreat and wait for Li Qing.
Unexpectedly, this was the opportunity that Li Qing was waiting for. He suddenly moved the ball to the left with the outside instep of his left foot. It was a very obvious sign of a breakthrough to the left. Phil Jones quickly moved in.
At the same time, Li Qing suddenly used the inside of the instep of his left foot to smash the ball forward to the right, completing the change of direction during high-speed dribbling.
Phil Jones's shortcoming of slow turning was fully exposed at this moment, but he did not give up defense, twisting his waist and swinging his abdomen to forcefully turn around!
But he didn't expect Li Qing to have a back-up move. He extended his right foot and buckled the football with his left foot in front of the right and back. Phil Jones subconsciously braked on the spot. As a result, Li Qing hit the football with the inside of the instep of his left foot. Smashing the ball forward to the right is equivalent to saying that Li Qing used the inside of his instep to smash the ball back and forth three times in a row while running at high speed.
The continuous changes in direction during the fight and retreat caused Phil Jones to be unable to shift his body center of gravity. His right foot went soft and he slipped to the ground.
"Nice consecutive smashes!"
Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun said loudly: "Phil Jones was knocked to the ground by Li Qing! Only David De Gea was left in front of him!"
The next thing was very simple for Li Qing. He took the ball and pushed the ball towards De Gea, who lacked confidence. The football passed through De Gea's big and small goal against the grass, and the score displayed on the scoreboard followed. becomes 3:0
Klopp, who was standing in the command area of the home team coach, knew that a three-goal lead basically meant that the game was safe!
Top spot!
coming!
Indeed, the 3:0 score remained unchanged throughout the game. Liverpool, at home, relied on Li Qing's two shots and one pass to completely defeat Manchester United at home.
