Chapter 019: Seeing Hart Stunned (Part 2)
The situation was similar to what it was before Liverpool's equaliser in the first half, with Manchester City starting to control the tempo of the game.
David. Silva pulled to the side to receive the ball this time, and in the face of Skrtel's defense, the Spanish international dangled a shot to go down, but suddenly smashed the ball and cut inside, throwing Skrtel away.
Kolo Toure and Henderson rushed over to intercept.
Faced with the two of them, Silva did not back down, he planned to fight his way out of the encirclement.
Left foot dial, right foot buckle!
Colo Toure and Henderson wanted to get their feet down, but they couldn't, the other team's feet were too flexible.
A dodge, a flick, dodge Henderson, Silva leaned forward, a cat waist, looking like he was about to break through the bag, Colo. Toure scrambled to get stuck in Silva's path and the angle of Silva's shot.
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It was then that Silva made a pass.
Then it was seen that, for some time, Dzeko had bent his bow and arrows, there was no one to defend him, and another Liverpool defender, Levren, was attracted to Jovetic.
Facing the rolling football, Dzeko directly volleyed!
The ball rolled against the turf towards the goal, and Mignolet lost his vision, his center of gravity fell more slowly, and he watched the ball roll from his side into the goal behind him.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!”
"Beautiful! Dzeko scores! Manchester City equalised! Two to two! "John. Mortenson said.
"The biggest credit for this goal is Silva, the Spaniard has attracted the attention of Manchester City's defence, Toure and Henderson have been played by him." Lineker said.
"Oops! Dzeko! The ball is in! Stick to the ground! Zhan Jun said, "Silva is so good, football seems to grow on his feet, Manchester City equalised, the strength of the defending champions is really strong, Manchester City has too many talented stars like Silva, this is where they are." ”
In front of the computer, Jiang Chenxi's fans sighed, they are not necessarily Liverpool fans, but it is Jiang Chenxi's congestion, so they are still psychologically on Liverpool's side.
Only the fans of Manchester City are cheering, they are the most entangled, in their hearts, Manchester City wins, Jiang Chenxi scores, this is the most perfect script.
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The Etihad Stadium erupted in loud cheers.
Manuel Pellegrini and his partners high-fived and celebrated, smiling as they were all in control.
Klopp spread his hands regretfully, what can he say about this lost goal?
Silva is too strong individually and Toure and Henderson have done their best.
If you have to say that you are dissatisfied, Dzeko has leaked someone, which is indeed a bit undeserved, but it is something that cannot be helped, and when a player attracts more attention from the defensive line with his individual ability, there will always be weak links.
Klopp immediately made a gesture: a gesture to temporarily retract the defense!
Manchester City have just equalised, and the morale is bound to be boosted, and Liverpool's defence will be tested more, so it is wisest to be conservative and survive this period first.
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In fact, as Klopp expected, Manchester City's morale was boosted after the goal, and they went around the Liverpool goal for a while.
However, Liverpool fully returned to the defense and waited for it, and did not give the Manchester City team any chance.
However, it has been besieged like this, and it is not a way to do it in the long run.
"It's dangerous for Liverpool to come back and let Manchester City fall in front of our penalty area...... Liverpool's local commentators are unhappy and worried about the situation.
"It's not the way to go." Assistant coach Kravitz said to Klopp.
Klopp touched his chin, he was thinking.
Finally Klopp made the decision, "Let the Egyptians go and warm up." ”
In this passive situation, Liverpool must make the City man feel that their goal is dangerous in order to ease the pressure on their own goal.
Replace Salah, who is fast and technical, and put pressure on Manchester City's goal!
After receiving instructions from assistant coach Kravitz, Salah immediately got up, changed into a yellow vest, and couldn't wait to warm up, he had been waiting anxiously.
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Two minutes later, Liverpool made a substitution, with Lucas coming off and Mohamed Salah coming on as a substitute.
Amid the boos of Manchester City fans, Salah ran into the field and went straight to Jiang Chenxi to convey the manager's tactical instructions.
"The coach said you don't have to defend anymore."
'Let me and Raheem Sterling break down from both sides and look for opportunities to pass the ball to you.
Klopp's tactics are very straightforward, very simple, and this is also a helpless move now, he can't open up in the middle, and can only continue to make a fuss on the wing, although the previous situation has shown that the high ball from the wing cross is not very effective.
However, before only Sterling's side, now there is another Salah, the effect should be better, not to mention, his goal now is not to score as soon as possible, but to make Manchester City feel the threat and pressure, to reduce the pressure on their own defence.
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Jurgen Klopp replaced Salah and insisted on playing on the wing, which was also a temporary helpless move, and in fact, he did not expect this adjustment to have an immediate effect.
But just five minutes later, the game was seventy-two minutes long.
Liverpool counter-attack on the wings.
Salah picked up the ball on the right flank, and in the face of Klich's defence, he opted to dunk the ball back and then made a gesture to break through, but smashed it with his heel to Coutinho.
The latter directly took the high ball and passed the ball out.
Coutinho's pass was not well timed, at this time, Liverpool was at the front of Jiang Chenxi, and he was flanked by Kompany and Kolarov, and it was very difficult for Jiang Chenxi, who was caught between the two, to complete the header.
Jiang Chenxi tried his best to jump to the top, and under the wrap-up of the two guards, he could rely on his own preemptive judgment of the landing point, and he jumped in advance.
Rao is like this, Jiang Chenxi's jump height is not as good as Kompany, who jumped later, the latter's height is too high.
The two of them were in the air at the same time to the football, under the interference of Kompany, although Jiang Chenxi successfully reached the football, it was difficult to directly form an attack, so he chose to push the football back!
The target is outside the penalty area.
Jiang Chenxi caught a glimpse of red, he didn't know who was there, anyway, it was his own player.
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While Salah was attacking on the right, Raheem Sterling was also roaming the left.
He had just run to the edge of the box when the ball flew in.
It's from the top of the river!
Sterling was grateful in his heart, he didn't expect Jiang to have such a tacit understanding with himself!
This is Jiang trying his best to come up!
You must not waste this opportunity.
To be honest, this position is definitely not a good position to shoot, in fact, the average player will directly attack the goal in this position.
But Sterling isn't any ordinary person.
He faced the falling football, and what he thought about was what Jiang Chenxi taught him: think too much! How happy to come!
Then, with everyone watching, the nineteen-year-old picked up his right foot against the falling football.
It's just a volley!
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'Raheem Sterling passes...... Is this a shot?"
The narrator couldn't believe it. With Sterling in a position too far away and a crowd in the box, it's really not a good place to shoot and a good chance.
No one would have thought Sterling would be there and shoot straight at goal.
The Liverpool player didn't expect Gerrard to raise his hand in the middle, and he also motioned for Raheem Sterling to pass the ball.
The Manchester City players didn't expect it, and they also thought Sterling would pass the ball.
In everyone's stunned eyes, the ball left Sterling's right foot and flew in a strange arc towards the goal.
I saw the ball draw a tricky arc and go straight to the corner of the goal, and the entire back line of the Manchester City team represented by Joe Hart was stunned.
Joe Hart didn't even react, he turned his head to look, and saw that the football was hanging in the dead corner:
Ball, actually scored?
Entered!
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The entire Etihad Stadium was stunned.
The commentator was the first to react, and Zhan Jun whimpered, "Sterling passes!" It's a shot! Whew, this goal, scored? The ball is in! Entered! This ball, it's incredible! Joe Hart didn't react, he didn't react, Joe Hart was completely stunned in today's game, Raheem Sterling scored an incredible goal, what did he think? Scoring a goal like this without scoring an empty goal, poor Joe Hart, Raheem Sterling was looking for a goal today and his goal came in such a stunning way, it's a ......! ”
Seeing the football enter the net, Sterling was stunned.
And then he realized something.
He trembled with excitement: Jiang is right, it is worthy of Jiang, it is worthy of the Champions League Golden Boot, it is too powerful!
Then, the nineteen-year-old Liverpool youngster, turned around and started running, taking off his shirt as he ran, he rushed to the camera on the sidelines, revealing his T-shirt inside:
Dedicated to Flanagant! My best brother!
'Raheem Sterling dedicated the goal to the injured Flanagan and he was looking for a goal today, it turned out to be for his friend who was recovering from his injury! Raheem Sterling's tireless pursuit of goals! His hard work paid off. Zhan Jun was excited and roared out, "If there is love in the sky, the sky will be old, see Hartmont's kick!" Raheem Sterling triple shot Joe Hart! The sky pays off! ”