Chapter 834: White-knuckle Battle
Both Magic Bird and Faria frowned.
It seems that Li Liang's range of activities is getting bigger and bigger, and it doesn't stop there, Ali also retreats frequently, and there are more and more scenes of direct confrontation between the two front midfielders.
After Anthony Martial came on, United's attacking tempo increased significantly, and Li Liang's distribution became more and more threatening.
In the 73rd minute, Li Liang received a pass from his teammates and advanced in the middle, facing the sandwich defense of Dale and Winks, and passed directly to Martial on the left.
Ali noticed that Li Liang did not follow the usual way of passing and running after the ball, but went around like Martial behind, and he did not hesitate to chase after Li Liang.
Anthony Martial broke through and passed the ball to Nemanja Matic, who handed the ball to Li Liang again, and the ball reached the man and Ali pounced directly!
Li Liang took the ball sideways and then slammed his ankle, and the ball passed directly between Ali's two long legs who strode forward-
As soon as cheers rang out in the stands, the annoyed Tottenham Hotspur front waist directly turned his back to block Li Liang, who was about to split the ball in one go, and the two crashed together and fell to the ground at the same time again!
Anthony Martial, Nemanja Matic, and captain Valencia all rushed over, and Nemanja Matic directly hit Ali who got up first with his chest, and the Tottenham players also rushed over, and there was chaos on the field.
With the help of the linesman, the referee separated the entangled, then showed a yellow card to Nemanja Matic, who had replaced Li Liang, and then gave Ali a verbal warning.
Magic Bird and Pochettino once again face each other, both waving their hands in displeasure.
To the earth-shattering boos of the audience, Henry said: "This is an obvious 'bad' move, and the referee has absolutely no problem showing Dele a yellow card!" ”
Carragher replied, "Hmm...... Frankly, if I were the last defender, I would have taken down my opponent anyway if I was broken through like this-
But Lee was still a long way from the penalty area, and with the Tottenham players in good defensive positions, Dele's foul was by no means a smart choice. ”
Henry continued: "From the very beginning, Dele seems to have been targeting Lee, but I don't like the way he fights.
I think he should be more like Lee and fight back in a way that the rules allow. ”
Nemanja Matic tapped the ball directly to Li Liang and United organized the attack again.
Li Liang felt it from the first half, and Ali on the opposite side was obviously getting more and more angry with himself, and even pursued and defended himself on a large scale several times regardless of the overall formation.
Pochettino was aware of the problem and he kept yelling at Ali, as did captain Lloris.
Anthony Martial came on to keep Aurier's assist at bay, and Winks had to keep an eye on his own right flank, and the pressure on Li Liang was reduced.
Alli's pretension has temporarily overshadowed the tremendous pressure on Tottenham's midfield defence, and in Li Liang's eyes, the opponents have been moving more and more slowly.
More importantly, Li Liang has realized what the tactical options that can suppress Tottenham should be.
The two sides continued to change players, Tottenham made full substitutions, successively replaced Belgian midfielder Dembele, replaced the inactive Son Heung-min with Spanish veteran high school striker Llorente, and then left wing-back Rose replaced the slightly injured Eriksen to re-play the back five.
United brought on Jesse Lingard to replace the physically demanding Marcus Rashford and adjusted their forward positioning, with Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard separated on the flanks and reverted back to a three-man attacking line.
In the 77th minute, Li Liang once again got rid of Ali's entanglement in the midfield, and made a slight adjustment and passed the ball straight forward from Winks and Aurier-
Anthony Martial sprinted forward from back to front at lightning speed, breaking through the entire Tottenham defence in an instant!
The Red Devils fans in the stands immediately cheered as they saw Anthony Martial coming from behind!
The French striker caught up with the ball and fired a left-footed shot directly at the attacking Lloris, and the ball flew past Lloris's raised arms towards the goal!
Fortunately, Aldreveld made a prediction in advance, and decisively retreated to make up for the goal while Martial formed a single knife, and he rose up in the last moment before the ball fell into the goal.
There was a loud sigh from the stands, and the home fans, who had already stood up, put their heads in their hands in regret.
Pochettino shouted, "Dele, what the hell are you doing? ”
Lloris also jumped up and yelled at Ali: "Can you kid defend?!" ”
Ali's face was flushed, the blue tendons on his forehead were bursting out, and his teammates around him were accusing him of not rushing up to cause Li Liang to easily form a breakthrough, thus causing this fatal danger.
Li Liang's situation was exactly the opposite, Martial looked up to the sky and howled, annoyed that he missed the perfect opportunity to score, and immediately came back to his senses and gave Li Liang a thumbs up.
United's team-mates were cheering on Li Liang, and the 50,000 Red Devils fans in the stadium gave their No.7 the most enthusiastic applause.
Faria was surprised and asked, "Jose, how did Lee observe Anthony (Martial's) position while passing by?!" ”
The magic bird replied, "I don't know.
But I know he's capable of that! ”
Manchester United throw-in, the game continues.
The Reds' successive attacks temporarily pushed Tottenham back into the half, and Li Liang patiently organized on the edge of the box.
Winks and Dier couldn't break the ball from the feet of Manchester United's No.7, and the stands began to cheer to the rhythm of Li Liang's ball control, and every time Li Liang finished protecting the ball or got rid of it, the cheers became higher and louder at the same time.
Ali was furious, and this time Li Liang was getting closer and closer to his defensive zone due to the overall recovery.
He accelerated violently towards Li Liang, and his more experienced teammate Dembele saw that the situation was not right, and immediately stepped forward to try to cut off Li Liang's feet before Ali.
In the picture, Li Liang staggered under the attack of Dembele and Ali, two big men, and continued to pull the ball and turn, and the ball was still tightly controlled at his feet!
Tang Meng exclaimed: "It's a foul!"
It's definitely a foul!
Ali's movements are getting bigger and bigger, Li Liang must be careful! ”
Lu Yue frowned: "This is beyond the scope of the game, the referee should intervene!" ”
Before the whistle sounded, the referee found that Arira had committed a foul.
Pochettino couldn't help but scold: "FXXX!!
Idiot! Stupid! ”
There are no substitutions left, and the Argentines have nothing to do.
The Red Devils fans in the stands were restless again, and they saw that the foul was on the left side of the penalty area, about 27 or 8 meters away from the goal, just within Li Liang's ideal range!
Carragher analysed: "Now that Harry (Kane), Son and Christian [Eriksen] are not on the pitch, Dele is one of their most important attacking players! ”
It looks like Dele is in full swing in the Lee confrontation and Tottenham will have a hard time picking up points on the road! ”
Henry looked at Li Liang: "They have to pass the current level first!" ”