Chapter 380: Crazy Goal Battle
At the start of the second half, Liverpool responded immediately, and in the 49th minute, Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson fired a long-range shot from outside the box, which hit Norwich City centre-back Russell. Martin changed direction on his ass and then got into the net, Liverpool equalised, Norwich 2-2 Liverpool!
However, just a minute later, Liverpool full-back Alberto. Moreno brought down Hurahan in the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty, Hulahan personally took the penalty, Norwich exceeded the score again, Norwich 3-2 Liverpool!
This goal made Klopp very unhappy, Alberto. Moreno's shortcomings in attack and defense were exposed in this conceded goal, and this tackle in the box was very reckless.
Jurgen Klopp immediately replaced Alberto with Sadio Mane. Moreno, Milner dropped back to play at left wing-back.
The effect of this substitution was quickly reflected, the 'desperate Saburo' general Milner began to 'call the wind and rain' on the left side, and was able to press out when attacking, and was able to return to the defense when he returned to defend, Milner's desperate efforts caused problems for Norwich's right side, and it worked wonders.
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In the sixty-third minute of the game, Salah cut inside after breaking through, pretending to shoot and then suddenly crossed, Jiang Chenxi leaned back to the direction of the goal, he stretched out his foot to stop the ball, pretended to pull the ball and turned around to shoot, but he knocked the football to Mane with his heel, and after the latter's shot was blocked, Milner rushed up, didn't think about it, and came directly!
The soccer ball hangs like a cannonball in the upper right corner of the goal!
James Milner scored to help Liverpool equalize again in the 63rd minute of the game, Norwich 3-3 Liverpool!
Three minutes later, in the 66th minute of the game, Jiang Chenxi received Salah's pass in the penalty area, and scored with a header, helping Liverpool exceed the score, Norwich 3-4 Liverpool!
Subsequently, in the seventy-first minute of the game, Jiang Chenxi sent an assist again, he shared the ball on the side, Salah scored the ball and cut inside to score a low shot, Liverpool opened the score gap to two goals, Norwich 3-5 Liverpool!
And just when Liverpool was relieved, the tenacious Norwich took advantage of a corner kick opportunity in the 76th minute of the game, and their central defender Bassoon scored with a header to rewrite the score to 4-5!
The conceded goal left Jurgen Klopp furious again, believing that his side had clearly lost his mind and slipped out of the set-piece defence.
In this game, Van Dijk accumulated yellow cards and was suspended, and Liverpool's starting centre-back combination was Lovren and Joe. Gomez, Lovren's state is obviously still problematic, even Gomez, who has performed well recently, is also very sluggish, and even let Norwich, who is fifth from the bottom of the league, score four goals, you know, in the previous 22 rounds of the league, Norwich only scored 24 goals, an average of one goal per game, and now four goals in a game, which is simply against the sky.
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Fortunately, in the 83rd minute of the game, Jiang Chenxi sent an assist again, this time he faced the attacking goalkeeper Ruud, did not shoot himself, but chose to cross in front of the goal, and Firmino easily pushed the empty goal.
Firmino looked very excited after the goal, which led to his brace today, the first time he has scored since joining Liverpool.
The most important thing is that Firmino didn't expect Jiang Chenxi to pass the ball to him selflessly, he didn't think that Jiang Chenxi was not sure to shoot in the face of the attacking goalkeeper, but the team's biggest star did not shoot himself, but chose to pass the ball to him selflessly, which made Firmino very moved.
"Thank you, Jiang!" Firmino hugged Jiang Chenxi and shouted happily.
"You ran out of position, of course I passed the ball to you!" Jiang Chenxi smiled and patted Firmino's shoulder, "Come on!" ”
Jiang Chenxi's actions made Firmino very excited, and the team deputy admired him very much!
Jiang Chenxi does appreciate Firmino very much, Firmino is too diligent, he does not hesitate to run and run at the offensive end, run, and is very selfless, willing to help Jiang Chenxi act as a bridgehead to attract defensive attention, in addition, on the defensive end, Firmino is also very desperate, Firmino has a nickname, called "Striker", so far this season, Firmino's average steals per game ranks seventh in the team, as a striker, this data is quite good.
For such a player, Jiang Chenxi naturally appreciates it.
In fact, in the past half of the season since joining Liverpool, Firmino is winning the love of Liverpool fans step by step through his own efforts.
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Last summer, when Liverpool announced the signing of Roberto Firmino for a Bundesliga record £29 million, half of the population questioned why he was worth such a high price, and the other half were asking, who is this Brazilian?
Now, after most of the season, when the Premier League's strikers are talking about their outstanding performances, the low-key Brazilian is not always on the list of many fans.
However, the fans who really know the game, as well as the Liverpool team-mates, know how good this Brazilian is.
On the sidelines, Klopp finally showed a rare smile, he was applauding, that is, applauding Jiang Chenxi, Jiang Chenxi scored a goal and three assists in the game today, and Mr. Golden Ball, who scored like a goal, was obsessed with assists in this game and scored a hat trick of assists, in addition, Jiang Chenxi's selfless cross to Firmino this time also made Klopp very satisfied, this is the real leader's behavior!
And Firmino scored a goal and scored twice, which also made Klopp happy, which can enhance the Brazilian's confidence in scoring, and at the same time, this way of scoring must also make Firmino very excited, he won the approval of the bigwig.
Klopp is getting more and more fond of this Brazilian.
During the Hoffenheim period, Firmino's beautiful stats were not recognised because of the difference in level in the Bundesliga - 16 goals and 11 assists in 33 games in 2013/2014, averaging 2.1 key passes and 4.5 dribbles per game, and 7 goals and 10 assists in 33 games in 2014/2015, averaging 2.1 key passes and 4.2 dribbles per game. Excellent shooting efficiency, excellent playmaking, and super passing ability.
You must know that in those two seasons, there were only two people who had more passes than him in Europe - Messi and Hazard.
However, everyone is more skeptical about his beautiful two-pair data: in the Bundesliga, it's just a matter of brushing data!
However, Klopp has taken an eye on Firmino and he has taken an interest in the 'unconventional' Brazilian.
Of course, there is no denying that at Hoffenheim he has a very high degree of tactical freedom, and the logic behind this freedom is his all-round individual ability: he can play as a striker to deliver the fatal blow, but also dribble, pass and push to help his teammates score.
And what Klopp appreciated the most was that he discovered a good point in Firmino that many people did not find at the time, his positive anti-stealing awareness and defensive ability, in his four full seasons at Hoffenheim, he averaged 3, 2.9, 2.5, 2.7 tackles per game, and a striker played almost defensive midfielder steal statistics.
Seeing such a defensive performance, Klopp made a decision to sign the striker......
Judging by the performance of most of the season, the Brazilian has repaid his trust with an excellent performance.
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Jiang Chenxi shot three passes, Liverpool defeated Norwich City 6-4 away, and the two teams combined to score ten goals in one game, which was simply a goal drama.
After the game, Klopp was in the dressing room, but he was fierce, and Klopp couldn't let go of the four goals scored by the team in the 16th place in the league.
Then, in the post-match press conference, Klopp praised the excellent performance of the opponent Norwich, and then praised his own players, in the face of such a surprising Norwich, Liverpool withstood the pressure, good, we are a team that can stand the test, we are great.