Chapter 179: Who's Redder (Part II)
Dai Zhiwei and Lovren both rushed to the football at the same time, although Dai Zhiwei was a little farther away, but the victory was to start one step earlier and faster.
Seeing that there was little chance, Lovren threw his whole body out, wanting to use a flying shovel to scare off Dai Zhiwei.
However, Dai Zhiwei was definitely crazier than anyone else in the attack, and when he saw Lovren's flying tackle, he not only did not retreat, but instead accelerated his speed, striding ahead of Lovren to poke the ball away, narrowly avoiding Lovren's flying tackle.
If this goal is scored again, Liverpool will fall behind 1:3, even if Klopp's team has strong offensive firepower, it will be extremely difficult to face Mourinho's team to equalize the score with two goals in a row.
This judgment flashed through Lovren's mind for a moment, and he made up his mind that he could only risk a red card to stop Dai Zhiwei.
Lovren gritted his teeth and rushed to Dai Zhiwei unwillingly, like a goalkeeper's side pounce, from a sliding tackle to a pull, Dai Zhiwei was grabbed by Lovren's big hand and dragged down on the turf.
The Anfield stadium became quiet in an instant, everyone knew what this foul meant, Martial and Matip could not affect the course of the game, and Dai Zhiwei once he controlled the ball meant a single knife, and at this time there was only one red card for bringing down Dai Zhiwei
With almost 30 minutes remaining, Lovren would be an absolute disaster for Liverpool if he were to be sent off.
"I'm single-handed," Dai Zhiwei sat on the ground, spread his hands, and ran towards him.
At the same time, tens of thousands of eyes at Anfield were looking at the referee's hand.
For Lovren's foul, it can be confirmed 100%, otherwise the referee will not blow the whistle at the first time, and now it depends on the question of whether it is a red card or a yellow card.
Seeing Dai Zhiwei being put down in the stadium by Lovren, the Manchester United players immediately rushed to the referee, and the Liverpool players were naturally not to be outdone and surrounded the referee to plead.
Two groups of people surrounded the referee and fiercely denounced each other, and Dai Zhiwei also stood up and watched from a distance.
He didn't think there was much to dispute about the decision, he was already a one-man man, and even if the Premier League referee didn't want Mourinho to see him, he wouldn't brag about it in such an important English derby.
Sure enough, the referee didn't think much of it and showed Lovren a red card
"It's hard for Liverpool to play right now." Lineker, who was in the live broadcast room, commented.
"It's a decision that won't be controversial." Martin Taylor also affirmed, "In this game, Lovren has been very passive in the face of Dai Zhiwei. Now, it's up to Klopp to change the formation. ”
Seeing the penalty, the home Liverpool side of course quit, and the Liverpool assistant coach also complained to the fourth referee on the sidelines, but in the end he was still stupid in front of the expressionless fourth referee.
Jurgen Klopp didn't have time to complain because of Lovren's unexpected departure, which left him with a substitution to fill in the back line.
But who will he meet?
When Klopp made his decision, Mourinho frowned immediately.
Jurgen Klopp replaced Salah with a wing-back, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
After Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain came on, Philippe Coutinho also dropped back into midfield, while Henderson moved to the back line, temporarily playing as a centre-back, but more like a midfielder
With one man missing, Klopp still chose to attack
"Jurgen Klopp is too adventurous," Lineker commented, "but that's the beauty of football, isn't it?"
After Jurgen Klopp showed his ambition to fight against the odds, the Reds players on the pitch also let go, and after withstanding Manchester United's sneak attack, their attack pressed again.
Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner performed the breakthrough to the extreme, especially Chamberlain, who is now full of physical strength, his breakthrough on the right side is straightforward and tough, and if the feint does not work, he directly eats hard with speed, Damian can't parry at all, and watches Chamberlain cross from the bottom.
Firmino in the middle of the pitch did his best to squeeze the half-head taller Smarin behind him with a double arm, and then slammed a beautiful header into the balls' post, leaving the United fans behind the goal to exclaim.
Time was always slow to pass when defending, and Liverpool controlled the tempo and passed the ball slowly, seemingly in no hurry to equalise.
This made the passive defensive Manchester United a little tormented, as if a blunt knife cut meat.
"Keep pressing and playing, aggrieved" Dai Zhiwei couldn't receive the pass from his teammates in the front court, and could only slip back and forth, which was really depressing, after all, they were playing one more person now.
Dai Zhiwei vented his dissatisfaction on the field, and Martin Taylor in the broadcast room was also very unimpressed with Manchester United's retreat: "Mourinho really had some abnormalities in this game, it was too conservative, although it was away and the score was ahead, but in the face of Liverpool, there was no style of giants." ”
"yes." Lineker also chimed in, "However, under the current circumstances, Mourinho won this game, and doubts after the game are indispensable." ”
In fact, Mourinho also has a hard time, he currently chooses to defend is to prepare as much as possible to consume the physical energy of Liverpool's players on the field, after all, the opponent is now playing one less, and there will definitely be problems with physical fitness at the end of the game, and then it will be the time for Manchester United to sing the leading role.
However, now Mourinho also sees the predicament of the team being pressed and beaten, and knows that with Manchester United's current defensive line, unless De Gea plays against the sky, it will be a matter of time before the goal is breached.
But just when Mourinho was about to change his tactics and go all out, the situation on the pitch changed dramatically.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's breakthrough on the right eventually became a sharp knife into the heart of Manchester United, and he did not cross after breaking down the right flank, but burst into the box with the ball diagonally and swooped into the box to shoot a cold arrow.
Phil Jones desperately used his body to block Oxlade-Chamberlain's shot, and the ball bounced back to the edge of the box.
The soccer ball bounced off the turf, and all eyes in the field were on the 22-diameter thing.
And in the eyes of everyone, a guy wearing the red jersey of Liverpool's home stadium rushed to the football that bounced to the ground again, and the jersey number on the back was No. 9
Firmino
Roberto Firmino volleyed so hard that the ball even deformed the moment he hit it, before heading straight for the United goal like a cannonball.
De Gea had already made a judgment when Oxlade-Chamberlain shot earlier, although the football was blocked by Phil Jones with his body, but he had also moved his body weight and his position in front of goal, and now he was completely helpless in the face of Roberto Firmino's heavy bombardment.
Under De Gea's desperate gaze, a cannonball-like ball slammed into the top corner of the goal
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa”
2:2
Liverpool equalised again, and Roberto Firmino, who scored the goal, was unbridled with his team-mates at Anfield, celebrating in front of tens of thousands of fanatical Liverpool fans
Fall behind, equalize, fall behind, equalize
The Liverpool men have shown their resilience to the world
At Liverpool at Anfield, it is unbeatable
Mourinho, who was explaining his tactics to the players who were waiting for the players who would be arranged, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the score equalized, and then the corners of his mouth suddenly became gloomy.
Seeing the loss of the good situation, Dai Zhiwei also shook his hands vigorously to vent his dissatisfaction, and his lips kept turning up and down to say something.
Everyone who watched the game knew that what Dai Zhiwei said was definitely not a good thing, and yes, he relied on his own strength to help the team lead in the score and number, but in the end it was wasted in vain, and it was difficult to accept it by himself.
Jurgen Klopp clenched his fists in celebration of the goal, but he made a substitution immediately, with Sturridge coming on and the inactive Coutinho coming off for the game.
Obviously, Klopp is not satisfied with a draw anymore and wants to take advantage of the situation to turn the game around.
Mourinho couldn't help but sneer angrily when he saw Klopp's actions, "I really thought I was a bully"
was ready to strengthen the team's attack, but seeing Klopp's substitution, Mourinho was not to be outdone and made substitution adjustments, and Mata replaced Ashley Young on the field.
After replacing Mata, Mourinho also adjusted the positions of the players on the field, moved Pogba's position forward, and changed the team's on-field formation to 433, and the crazy attacking situation was undoubtedly revealed
The two managers took turns to shoot, and Klopp also snorted coldly after seeing Mourinho's adjustments.
Now that I think about attacking, why did I go before?
There is not much time left, but the morale is that he has the advantage, and now he still wants to win the game, it is too late
Liverpool relied on the morale of the equalizer to press hard, not caring about the disadvantage of playing one less player on the field, and wanted to force the door of Manchester United with strong strength.
However, Jurgen Klopp placed too much emphasis on the morale of his players, forgetting that Manchester United also had a lethal and excellent form in this game, and was desperately looking for opportunities to strike a lethal blow.
Hat-trick
Dai Zhiwei doesn't have such boring thoughts now, but he is full of desire to win, even if he doesn't score himself, as long as he can win the final game.
Sturridge's presence played a role, as he and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain took turns on the flanks in several of Liverpool's attacks, using the tactics of flying on both wings to loosen United's backline, and it looked like Liverpool's comeback was imminent.
However, Sturridge's appearance did not only give Liverpool an advantage, but also a certain flaw.
Sturridge's defensive quality is clearly not as strong as Coutinho's, and his defensive attitude and awareness are also very problematic, and whenever United play a counter-attack, his path is chosen by United as the direction of the breakthrough.
Nemanja Matic silently rushed to Sturridge's side, squeezing Sturridge away with his not tall but strong body, and snatching the football from the opponent's feet.
Nemanja Matic then quickly counter-attacked, and the ball flew through the center circle in a graceful arc to the feet of Dai Zhiwei, who started at high speed, almost exactly like the second goal.
The killer who killed without seeing blood struck again
Dai Zhiwei got the ball after a quick start, and then he was ready to drive straight in.
After Dai Zhiwei successfully unloaded the ball, the closest to Dai Zhiwei in the Liverpool team is undoubtedly the back Henderson, although Henderson lost more and won less when the two played before, but this is not the time to worry about those, he must pounce.
Dai Zhiwei didn't care so much about Henderson's tackle, just accelerated again in the top speed, drove the ball away, and then bypassed Henderson to catch up.
By the time Henderson reacted and started again, Dai Zhiwei had already gotten rid of his defensive zone.
But at this time, Matip also caught up, and in the face of the situation of Henderson, who was chasing after him, and Matip who was robbing in front, Dai Zhiwei did not have the mind to go head-on, and passed the ball to Martial without hesitation.
In the fast break, the only one in the Manchester United team who can keep up with Dai Zhiwei's speed is Anthony Martial.
Anthony Martial took the ball with his back and turned suddenly, while Dai Zhiwei had quickly pulled away from the wing.
"Anthony, here" Dai Zhiwei raised his right arm to ask for the ball.
Matip watched Martial nervously, and his body kept approaching Dai Zhiwei.
At this time, the offensive situation on the field was extremely tense, and Martial finally chose to break through on his own, he took advantage of Matip's movement to break through from it, but he didn't want Gomez, who had been guarded for a long time, to get stuck on the side of his body, so he used his tall body to block Martial behind.
However, Martial used the dexterity of his ankle to find an extremely narrow passing path between Matip and Gomez in the moments before he was hit by Gomes, and sent the ball out of the only route.
However, Liverpool's backline is also experienced, and the old and spicy Matip, Matip and Gomez have successfully kept Dai Zhiwei behind.
Matip's three-man defensive style is the right choice for the vast majority of forwards, but how can Dai Zhiwei be the vast majority of forwards
His strength and explosiveness were beyond the expectations of the Liverpool defensive trio, and he immediately squeezed through the gap between Matip and Matip with his hands in a pull.
And Dai Zhiwei, who was parallel to Lovren, stretched out his left leg before the attacking Mignolet, and it was a stabbing shot.
The ball slowly rolled under Mignolet's fallen armpit until it rolled across the goal line.
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa”
"Oh ah, Dai Zhiwei GOA3:2, Manchester United once again led the super Dai Zhiwei, the hat trick in the face of Liverpool hat trick is fantastic" Seeing Dai Zhiwei's goal, England's "Dai Blow" Lineker was naturally excited and difficult to suppress.
"Dai Zhiwei's goal qualified in the 82nd minute of the game, and it is likely to be the last goal to determine the outcome of the game, that is, the stunner" Martin Taylor was also full of praise: "This game is really ups and downs, twists and turns, worthy of the English national derby, worthy of the best battle between the two best teams in the Premier League"