Chapter 494: Fierce Battle
In the 3rd minute of the second half, Liverpool striker Salah took the ball in front of the penalty area and shot hard, and the football was deflected out of the goal again!
Three minutes later, Chelsea began to fight back, Hazard and Costa made a beautiful cross in the Liverpool penalty area, Hazard fired a low shot into the box, and Karius saved the ball from the bottom line!
In the ensuing time, the two sides accelerated the speed of offensive and defensive conversion, and a wonderful offensive battle appeared in front of the fans' eyes!
One is Liverpool, who are leading at home, and the other is Chelsea, who have not tasted defeat this season, and the two teams are now evenly matched.
However, the impact on Chelsea was gradually evident after Jones's game was restricted, and in the 10th minute of the first half, Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson tore a hole in Chelsea's left flank and Henderson crossed wide.
Ambushed in the penalty area, Fermino challenged Cahill's defence with super explosiveness, and directly pushed the ball, and the ball flew towards the near corner of the Chelsea goal!
Courtois had reacted the fastest, but Firmino's shot was too tricky, and the football went into the net!
"The ball is in! The score became 3-1, and Liverpool, who were playing at home, scored another goal in the second half to lead Chelsea by 2 goals! Firmino scored twice to give Liverpool a two-goal lead! ”
After Liverpool took a two-goal lead, they began to slow down the pace of attack, Chelsea took the opportunity to strengthen the attack, in the 14th minute of the first half, Hazard broke through successfully on the right side, a cross to the middle, Costa turned his back to the opponent's goal, directly knocked back, Fabregas followed up is a heavy shot!
Football goes straight to the corner of the Liverpool goal! Karius leaped and flicked his right hand under the ball, and the ball grazed the crossbar and flew off the baseline!
Once again, Chelsea missed a great chance to open the scoring and three minutes later, Cesc Fabregas fired a diagonal cross into the heart of the opposition, Hazard pulled the ball around, broke away from the defenders, and fired a long-range shot that flew towards the right of the goal.
Karius was in great form tonight, magically keeping the ball out of the line with his left foot!
The Liverpool cable commentator exclaimed: "Karius is in great form, he has blocked a couple of must-score goals from Chelsea!" ”
In the 20th minute of the second half, Rudiger, who replaced Andreas Christensen, made a mistake because he was in a hurry to recover the disadvantage, and Kante's return pass, he stopped the ball and made a mistake, and the football was two meters away from him!
Salah would not have missed such an opportunity, took two steps forward to control the football at his feet, and then smashed into the box with a powerful shot, and the football flew past Courtois's fingertips again!
"The ball is in! 4 to 1! Mohamed Salah scored Liverpool's fourth goal and Liverpool led by 3 goals! Mohamed Salah also scored his eighth goal in the Champions League! ”
Liverpool's cable station commentator said excitedly: "In the second half, although Chelsea had a lot of opportunities, but missed opportunities again and again, the god of luck stood on Liverpool's side this time, Liverpool scored two goals in the second half, and the total score was 3 goals ahead of Chelsea, Chelsea had no chance!" ”
Local reporters from the pitch shouted: "I think Chelsea's unbeaten golden body is about to be broken!" ”
The London reporter looked serious when he heard this, and it is true that Chelsea are now three goals behind and the situation on the pitch is very serious.
Karius proved himself in the following moments, being a formidable wall in front of Liverpool's goal, keeping Chelsea's shots out of the net time and time again.
Chelsea continued to attack, Hazard and Cesc Fabregas played a brilliant cross from the right and went straight to a one-two, Hazard led the ball into the opposition penalty area, and before Van Dijk could make up for it, Costa pushed it over!
Karius continued to show great courage and leaped to save the football from the bottom line!
The Chelsea players had a look of frustration on their faces, and Karius was amazing tonight, keeping out at least three of Chelsea's must-score goals.
Three minutes later, Liverpool returned the color, Salah fired a long-range shot from outside the box, and the ball spun strongly in the air towards the top right corner of the goal!
There was panic in the eyes of the Chelsea fans who came from afar, if this goal was scored again, Chelsea would be four goals behind, and there was no hope for the second leg!
In the moment of crisis, Courtois stepped forward, he took a leap, stretched to the extreme with his left hand under the football, and the football grazed the crossbar and flew to the bottom line!
In the 26th minute of the second half, there was an image that made the blood of Chelsea fans boil, as Jones suddenly launched a long counter-attack at the back after 26 minutes of silence.
Liverpool once again pushed the attacking line into the Chelsea half, and Jones' drop back kept him hidden.
Salah and Henderson wanted to play a one-two combination, but Jones made a pre-judgment first, quickly appeared on Salah's passing route, and the football was smoothly cut off by Jones.
Salah reflexively wanted to break the ball, Jones pulled and buckled lightly, dodged the opponent's counter-robbery, Chamberlain was also running quickly, Jones just raised his eyes and looked ahead, and then directly kicked up a long pass.
The football flew over everyone's heads, and it also flew over Liverpool's defence, and the ball landed smoothly in the hole in Liverpool's backfield.
"Jones has a long pass with a big foot at the back! Precise long passes! Jones' pass penetrated the entire Liverpool backline and the ball appeared in the air! ”
"Costa! Costa! He caught up with football! ”
In the midst of the commentators' exclamations, Costa appeared at the drop point of the ball and easily stopped the ball.
Because Liverpool pressed the attack just now, the current defensive strength is very weak, and Jones's long ball counterattack came so quickly and so resolutely, after Costa stopped the football, there was only one central defender Lovren in front of him.
In one-on-one, the offensive ball is far more dominant than the defender, and the success rate is higher because the offensive player has the initiative!
Costa took the ball straight into the penalty area, Lovren fought and retreated, Costa burst into the penalty area line with the ball, Lovren had no way to retreat, and could only pounce.
Costa flicked the ball lightly, dodged the angle, and hit the goal with his feet.
The shot was powerful, the ball went around Lovren's outstretched left foot and around Karius's 10 fingers, and the ball drilled into the Liverpool goal for the second time.
'Chelsea scored their second goal of the game in the 27th minute of the second half and finally pulled one back again, but they still need to work because they are still two goals behind Liverpool!'
"Costa! Costa! Diego. Costa! The ball is in! Costa pulls a goal back for Chelsea away from home! ”
'Although Chelsea are now two goals down, Chelsea have two away goals, which leaves us in suspense on the road to the final!
'It was a pass from Jones, who cut off Mohamed Salah at the back and then set up a long ball!
After half an hour of silence, Jones finally broke out! Although he didn't score in this game, both of Chelsea's goals were assists! Jones pulled Chelsea out of the abyss twice! ”