Chapter 509: Tenacious Liverpool
The ball slipped through the gap between the two men and rolled in front of Eden Hazard, who didn't waste time and passed the ball straight into the box.
When Costa passed the ball to Hazard, he was already accelerating and running, and he jumped up with his feet hard!
Lovren followed him all the time, and Costa jumped almost against Lovren's body, and although Costa's jump was a step slower, in the end, Costa won the grab.
Costa's amazing bounce power pressed Lovren to force a header on goal, and the quality of this header was quite high!
Chelsea's attack was fluid, with all eyes on the box, and just as the Chelsea fans were ready to cheer for the goal, Karius made a brilliant save!
Karius slapped the football out with one palm!
"Pretty!!"
The commentator, who just felt that Liverpool had no chance, began to yell excitedly: "Karius! Brilliant save! He prevented Jones' goal! We still have a chance! ”
Then he said with some worry: "Corner! Chelsea won a corner and the team has been like this at the moment, it's dangerous, we have to fight back and we don't have much time......
Klopp was also taken aback by Jones' header, and when Jones headed the goal, he thought he was going to concede the ball, but fortunately Karius reacted and made a good save, otherwise they really wouldn't have had a chance.
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Karius got up from the ground and was the busiest player on the pitch from the start of the second half.
"Hey, hey, I said, guys, take care of your guys!"
Liverpool's defensive players were not looking good, and it was humiliating for them to be outscored against Chelsea's attacking players today.
Lovren couldn't say what he was suffering, he wanted to jump just now, but was suppressed by Costa, Costa is really powerful!
Not only is his physical fitness very strong, but the thing that makes Lovren's heart palpitate the most is Costa's ability to predict and grab points, if he is stuck by Costa, it will be quite difficult to limit the opponent again.
The attack fueled the Chelsea crowd even more, with the players getting agitated and pressing Liverpool's goal.
At the height of their attack, they had only one centre-back and one midfielder in the half.
Klopp was no longer calm in such a situation, shouting from the sidelines and directing the team's defence.
"The defensive pressure on the team was too much." Assistant coach Bwach said.
"This is also our chance." Klopp spoke.
Jurgen Klopp didn't wait for Bouácz to reply, continuing: 'The Chelsea defence is full of holes right now, if we can take one chance......
Costa received a pass from Cesc Fabregas in the box and volleyed the ball sideways, the ball was saved by Liucarius, and Jones chose to pick the ball to the left side of the goal with his back to goal.
Hazard jumped up to head the ball and the pressure was blocked with his chest on the goal line!
"Fight back! Liverpool's counter-attacking chance! The Liverpool commentator stood up and yelled.
Hazard's header was blocked, and he was randomly pressured out of the penalty area, which was supposed to be a clearance ball, but it flew across most of the pitch to Chelsea's half, and it actually formed a rare counterattack opportunity!
Henderson is chasing football.
"Go!" Kodic was on the sidelines to direct the team's defense.
N'Golo Kante rushed up to intercept and Henderson ran desperately, he finally caught up with the ball in front of Kante, and in the face of Kante, who was about to collide head-on, he did not continue to carry the ball forward, but distributed the ball to the feet of Sadio Mane, who was scurrying down the wing.
"Liverpool's counter-attack, this is Liverpool's chance!"
Sadio Mane received the football, he was quick, and it was Cesar Azpilicueta who defended him, and he followed Mane closely, looking for a moment to get his foot down.
At this point, Chelsea's penalty area is in front of us, and Mane only needs to get past Cesar Azpilicueta to get into the box.
Cesar Azpilicueta was also aware of the importance of the counter-attack, as Sadio Mane knocked the ball with his right foot while looking up in front of goal.
It was at this time that Azpilicueta took a look at the football, and when he knocked out, he decisively tackled, but what he didn't expect was that Mane was faster than him, and stabbed the football before he could get down.
In the 32nd minute of the second half, Liverpool rushed to play a quick counter-attack with Chelsea's attacking opportunity, moving the ball to the middle and attacking the space left by Chelsea.
Gary Cahill had to step up to make up for it, which left the central defence weak.
Mane's diagonal pass sent the ball to the feet of striker Roberto Firmino, who was standing in the arc of the box, but Firmino, who had his back to the goal, did not force a turn and knocked the ball back to Salah, who was following up.
Salah met the ball and fired a furious shot, the ball flew towards the bottom left corner of the goal on the turf, Courtois desperately saved, and the ball flew past his fingertips and into the net!
The goal was scored, Liverpool equalised, the away fans erupted in earth-shattering cheers and the Chelsea fans fell silent.
Kodic angrily slammed the mineral water in his hand on the turf, and immediately made the decision to make a substitution.
After two minutes of substitutions and the equaliser was levelled, Chelsea went on a frenzied attack amid the huge shouts of the fans, and there was no way back.
Time is disappearing little by little, and Liverpool's composure dismantles Chelsea's crazy attacks again and again.
In the 44th minute of the second half, Moses, who was dribbling the ball, suddenly fell on the turf and covered his right leg in pain.
He suffered a right thigh strain and Kodic had to passively replace Moses with Willian, who used his second substitution.
At this time, Jones came to Costa's side and said, "After I get the ball, you are ready to grab the front!" ”
"You can move to the middle first, then to the left, and the movement is a little bit erratic!"
Heavily defended by the opposition, Jones changed tactics and opted to play the ball for Costa.
Costa nodded, patted Jones on the shoulder and said, "Good! ”
As the game resumed, Liverpool began to attack Chelsea, and as the team struggled defensively, Jones began to retreat and pull down the front of his own box.
In the 45th minute of the second half, Toni Rudiger finally had the chance to step up and assist, when he crossed and Lovren headed the ball out of the box.
Cesc Fabregas knocked the ball across to Jones on the left, and Jones drove the ball high!
Chamberlain pounced directly, Jones changed direction and flew past him on the right side, Milner and Henderson stepped forward to block, Jones kicked directly, and the football passed through the gap between the two, and then he bypassed Milner from the side, broke free from Milner's pull, and controlled the football at his feet.
"Beautiful!"
Jones got past the opponent's three big players and the Chelsea fans yelled with excitement!
"Stop him!"
Jurgen Klopp yelled at the two centre-backs behind him.
Jones rushed into Liverpool's half with the football, Robertson and Jones kept their distance, constantly retreating, and did not give Jones a chance to break through.
Jones dribbled along the touchline, Costa in the middle quickly stepped forward, and about 30 yards from the baseline, Jones made a sharp stop to shake off Robertson.
At this moment, Chamberlain, who was in hot pursuit, pounced, he never gave up chasing Jones, he wanted to fight Jones with Robertson.