Chapter 212: Turning the Tide (Part 1)
Ten minutes into the second half.
'Raheem Sterling was in great shape today. Lineker praised that after the start of the second half, Liverpool launched a burst of attacks on the Manchester City goal, with Raheem Sterling being the most impressive.
Obviously, Sterling, who has fallen out with Liverpool fans, is also well aware of his current situation, even if he has decided to leave Liverpool, but he also needs to win more attention from his new club with his outstanding performance, he cherishes this rare starting opportunity, not to mention changing the fans' perception of him, at least to make manager Klopp look at him differently, give him more playing time, or even return to the starting lineup.
'It's the right way to open up after a bad relationship between a player and a club.' John. "You did a great job, you contributed to the team, you scored, you helped the team win, that's the right thing to say, and people will slowly forget about the unpleasantness in the face of victory," Mortensen said. ”
In the 56th minute, Glenn. Johnson crossed the penalty area diagonally on the right, the tall Sterling showed his ability to predict the landing point of the football, he grabbed the front point, a header, the football changed direction, flew up, and then fell, Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart misjudged the landing point of the football, he attacked and did not pick up the football, fortunately, Manchester City captain Kompany stuck to the last line of defense and pushed the football out on the goal line.
Klopp jumped on the sidelines regretfully, he thought that the goal would be scored, but unfortunately, it was a fuss, if this goal was scored, it would be a good thing for Sterling and Liverpool.
In fact, in the face of a situation where Sterling has completely fallen out, as a mature club, naturally you can't choose a lose-lose situation, the best result is that Sterling can continue to perform well, and then Liverpool will sell Sterling for a high price, aren't you going to Manchester City? Okay, the transfer fee is enough, let's go!
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Faced with a passive situation, Manchester City made an immediate substitution, with Nasri coming off and Frank Lampard coming on as a substitute.
The camera is locked on the former Chelsea vice-president, and I believe that the Chelsea fans who saw this scene must have a hundred people in their hearts.
In the summer of 2014, Manchester City officially announced that Frank Lampard's transfer for half a season was not as shocking as Suarez's transfer to Barcelona or Jiang Chenxi's transfer to Liverpool, but this transfer obviously brought a huge touch to the hearts of fans, especially Chelsea fans.
Manchester City initially said that he would sign Frank Lampard from New York City on loan for six months, and then on New Year's Day 2015, the first day of the winter transfer window, Manchester City officials couldn't wait to announce that Frank Lampard would stay in the blue moon until the end of the season, and Chelsea fans had mixed feelings.
Frank Lampard has helped Manchester City directly seal seven league points in the Premier League this season with three goals, while Frank Lampard, who has scored five Premier League goals so far, has maintained a whopping 45.45 per cent conversion rate, the highest in Europe.
"The magic lamp is always bright, and the twilight is also a hero." Zhan Jun said, "Fans who are used to seeing Frank Lampard's Chelsea blue may be in a trance when they see the blue moon blue now. ”
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This substitution for Manchester City had a pretty good effect.
Frank Lampard's experience and composure helped City settle down in midfield quickly and begin to be able to counter-attack and press Liverpool's goal.
In the 65th minute of the game, Frank Lampard's free-kick was driven into the penalty area, Dzeko's header was crossed, and Aguero volleyed the goal, just as the Argentines were celebrating, the referee's whistle sounded, and the shot of Aguero was offside, and the goal was invalidated.
Although the goal was blown away for offside, it seemed to blow the horn of Manchester City's attack.
"Yaya Toure's long-range shot! WOW – Rub the column and go out! ”
Mignolet kicked the ball forward and Sturridge headed it back and Raheem Sterling couldn't control the ball. Football is once again at the feet of Manchester City.
"It's a Manchester City counter-attack! David. Silva breaks through Henderson on the wing! Pretty technical ...... The cross, a little bit off...... Wait, Aguero ran up, he caught up with the football, he didn't go out of the line! He crosses! ”
It was a pass from near the baseline close to the wing, and Aguero opted to make a semi-elliptical arc and the ball went around Lovren at the front post before flying towards the back of the middle.
Dzeko jumped high in the middle, he jumped a head higher than Skrtel, and then went straight to the goal with a very powerful header!
"Dzeko! Header! Lineker applauded the brilliant attack, shouting excitedly, "God! Great save! Lineker roared
Dzeko's header is very exciting, the top is very powerful, the only regret is that the top is slightly correct, Mignolet reacted unusually quickly this time, he 'bounced up' with one palm, dragged the football with one palm, and when the football was lifted off the crossbar, the whole person also leaned back and fell to the ground.
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"Liverpool escaped!" Zhan Jun also said happily.
"Mignolet, who has always been criticized, made a brilliant save today, which was crucial for Liverpool, and once the score is down, it will be a huge blow to the morale of Liverpool who are 'determined to take revenge'."
When Dzeko scored with a brilliant header, the Man City dugout and those on the bench rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.
Unfortunately, Mignolet made a beautiful save to prevent the goal from happening, and the group retracted to their seats with their heads in their hands.
"It's just a little bit off!" Manuel Pellegrini was disappointed that Dzeko's header was slightly right, if it had been a little more angled, the goal would have been there, and then he applauded the pitch and praised and encouraged the team's attacking efforts during this period.
A City corner was then driven into the box and Vincent Kompany headed home over Lovren, but the ball only went just over the crossbar to startle the Liverpool fans again.
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The scene suddenly fell into passivity, and Klopp couldn't sit still.
Subsequently, people saw that Jiang Chenxi and Lallana had already gotten up to warm up.
A burst of cheers from Liverpool fans rang out in the stands, and they were extremely looking forward to Jiang Chenxi turning the tide.
"Jiang Chenxi is warming up, Klopp originally planned to let Jiang Chenxi rest, but now it seems that Jiang Chenxi has to be dispatched."
'Balotelli was suspended for his Carabao Cup semi-final clash with Costa and now has his suspension over, but his current form is questionable.
Three minutes later, there was a dead ball on the pitch and Liverpool made a substitution.
Jiang Chenxi came off the bench and he replaced Sturridge.
Lallana came off the bench and he came on for Joe Allen.
Almost at the same time as Liverpool made the substitution, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini called his Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho to the sidelines.
The camera captured that when Pellegrini was talking to Fernandinho, his eyes were looking at the field, which happened to be the direction in which Jiang Chenxi ran into the field.
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This is Liverpool's frontline ball, Lallana threw the football to Coutinho, who passed the ball to Jiang Chenxi, who came to pick up, Jiang Chenxi took the ball, he just turned around and was about to wade the football out, but was knocked to the ground by Fernandinho from the side.
The referee's whistle sounded, and Fernandinho was decisively awarded a foul. But that's all, there is no yellow card, no verbal warning, such a collision, maybe in Serie A or La Liga will cause the referee to be punished, but in the Premier League this is a regular operation.
However, then Liverpool's free kick, Coutinho's free kick was pushed out by Manchester City, Liverpool instigated a second attack, Jiang Chenxi raised his hand in the front court to ask for the ball, Lallana passed the football over, he was about to accelerate while receiving the ball, Fernandinho came over, and the two collided together.
The referee gave Fernandinho a verbal warning this time, but no card was awarded, which caused a huge boo over the Anfield stadium.
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