Chapter 554: A Tooth for a Tooth
I can't help it, I'd better grit my teeth.
If you don't have a clue, find out for yourself!
Looking at the 41-minute game time displayed on the big screen, Li Liang decided to give it a try.
There was a thought that had bothered him since he had never arrived in Manchester – why did Pep Guardiola have to play Fernandinho at left wing-back in central attack?
And in such an important game?
Although it is true that City's two regular left wing-backs, Klich and Kolarov, are not in the squad due to injury, there are definitely a lot of people in the Manchester City squad who can play left wing-backs.
Li Liang didn't think too much anymore, and he immediately decided to start acting by feeling.
Finally got the ball, Li Liang immediately retreated with the ball and approached the right side. Fabinho leaned in after a little hesitation, but the Brazilian was still distracted by Sane, who was ready to go up front at any time.
Once the goal was clear, things were much simpler, and Li Liang decided not to compete with his opponent in the middle, but to try to find opportunities on the wing.
After a brief pass with his team-mate, Li Liang turned around and saw David Silva and De Bruyne rushing towards him at the same time.
Li Liang suddenly became excited, and the two masters were guarding themselves at the same time. He held the ball firmly and waited for his teammates to move into position.
Fabinho and Bernardo Silva had pulled away, and Falcao had retreated a short distance down the middle, but all three forward angles were blocked.
Li Liang made a gesture of trying to get rid of it, and when Toure also came to support, he suddenly turned and passed the ball directly back to Subaxiac.
This was the safest option, but it was immediately booed by the audience.
Sergio Aguero beckoned his team-mates to press and took the lead.
Subacric nervously stopped the ball and pulled it sideways on the bottom of his feet, and he had already observed at least three Manchester City players boldly pressing over, and he was ready to kick the ball straight away.
Li Liang had already rushed back, he raised his hand high and shouted for the ball, and Subacric had already seen him. Li Liang chose a good position to ask for the ball, and Croatia hesitated for a moment but drove the ball into the sky.
Seeing Stones' beautiful chest stop and pass the ball to Otamendi behind Falcao, the crowd's boos immediately turned into cheers, and City began to organise attacks.
Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and Jardim, Adams, Thierry Henry and David Beckham, and Gaudino in front of the TV were all stunned at the same time.
The first half was already coming to an end, and Monaco had the ball again. Li Liang asked Bakayoko for the ball again, and immediately did the same and pushed to the right again.
When several big players in Manchester City's midfield pressed up, Li Liang immediately turned around and brought it back, and then passed it back to Glick.
This time, Sergio Aguero and Sane were prepared and pressed even deeper, and Glick had no choice but to pass back to the goalkeeper.
Seeing Li Liang running back at high speed again from the return pass, the magic bird was shocked.
Henry blurted out, "No! ”
Yaldim had already stood up and watched nervously as Li Liang ran to an extremely safe receiving position.
Subabasic finally calmly pushed the ball from between Aguero and Sane to Li Liang this time! Li Liang immediately turned around after receiving the ball, and directly raised his left foot and made a long pass with his left foot without raising his head!
Hearing the loud exclamations and screams from the stands, Fernandinho realized the great danger, but it was too late.
Bernardo Silva overtook the Brazilian at high speed from the cameo left wing-back and made his way to the spot.
Monaco played a beautiful ball behind them, and Bernardo Silva could see that as long as he intercepted the ball, he would form a one-on-one momentum on the right side of the penalty area!
Manchester City's Argentinian goalkeeper Willy Caballero has already made the attack, and he has taken to heart the advice of his goalkeeper coach that "No.10 Bernardo Silva is very fond of curling a left-footed shot into the far corner after cutting inside the ribs of the box......
Caballero slowed down and spread his arms to firmly stand on the line of Monaco's No. 10 incarnation, gritting his teeth and controlling his center of gravity under the extremely realistic shaking of his opponent, so as not to lose his defensive position.
The opportunity is fleeting! Instead of shaking off the goalkeeper, Bernardo Silva also saw that the opposition centre-back John Stones had rushed towards him and was getting closer and closer. He knew he couldn't get away with it anymore, so he had to pull the ball back with his right foot and grab it on Stones, and try to finish the shot from almost no angle!
The limp shot was scrambled out of the touchline by desperate centre-back Otamendi.
The home fans in the stands finally let go of their suspense and immediately began to shout Otamendi's name and applaud vigorously.
Bernardo Silva, who had already pounced on the ground, was full of remorse, got up and hugged his head in disappointment, and the rest of his teammates were extremely disappointed.
De Bruyne could hardly believe his eyes, he looked at the forbidden area that had been stirred upside down, and then turned his gaze to Li Liang.
Yaldim sighed with his head in his hands, and the assistants and substitutes behind him were already beating their chests.
Pep Guardiola had also stood up and sat down after seeing the fourth official hold up the sign for one minute of stoppage time.
The assistants around him were silent.
Arteta was shocked, the number 17 actually found the weakest link in his own defense and began to continue the onslaught, and under the tight strangulation of Toure, he actually began to use Manchester City's tactics to break Manchester City's defense!?
What the hell is this guy?
The magic bird laughed, "What a cunning fellow!
He was able to retreat and organize like De Bruyne! How's that, Jorge, I'm not wrong with my eyes, right?
Lee is such a great guy! ”
Henry exclaimed: "Li ...... The whole Monaco team revolves around him......
This is completely beyond my imagination! ”
Adams swept away the previous gloom on his face and replied in high spirits: "It seems that we are all wrong! ”
Dark's explanation was clearly full of surprise, and he didn't even see how quickly the attack had been launched.
Frank Lampard continued: 'Monaco's No.17 'Lee' played very smartly, using a simple combination with the goalkeeper after successive attempts to break City's high press – just like Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne has done before.
Lee's long ball was fantastic and reminded me of my former England team-mate David Beckham, and the ball caught Bernardo Silva's right foot, which would have been scored if the Portuguese had been a right-footed player. ”
He Wei nervously looked at Monaco throwing a throw-in in the picture: "Monaco still has a chance, this should be the last round of the first half between the two sides, and the referee is already looking at the watch......"
"Li Liang!" He and Xue Yang shouted at the same time-
Li Liang continued to run back to receive the ball between the middle line on the right side of the front court and the penalty area, and directly turned around with a beautiful pull ball to shake off Sane, and immediately got up to speed and cut the ball horizontally.
Toure and De Bruyne were already in place at the same time, one forward and one left instantly jammed all the angles of Li Liangne's cut! Behind him, David Silva also rushed over, and it was about to form a three-man encirclement.
Bernardo Silva's beautiful forward cut didn't take away the defenders around Li Liang, the birds clung to the Portuguese, Otamendi and John Stones kept a firm eye on Falcao, and Mbappe was also held up behind by Saña and couldn't move.
There was no possibility of breaking forward or splitting the ball forward, and Li Liang struggled to protect the ball until he fell to the ground - but the ball suddenly flew out of the gap and flew to the empty space on the left side of the penalty area.
"Beautiful!" Adams, Thierry Henry and David Beckham shouted at the same time, and they, like all the spectators in the stands, saw Fabinho striding towards the ball with a shooting star close to the touchline!
While the Brazilian stepped forward to kick the ball, Li Liang had already gotten up and rushed towards the front point.
Stones instinctively made a lateral fill, trying to control Li Liang's dangerous forward insertion, Falcao ran towards the front point at the same time, Otamendi just turned around and found that the Colombian quickly stopped and turned and rushed to the back post, using the reverse run to successfully shake off the defense!
Fabinho, who was transformed from a right wing-back to a midfielder by Jaldim, still felt sharp on the side, and he had already seen the movement of his teammates in the penalty area.
The spinning ball went past Asuka and Bernardo Silva, past Leung and John Stones, and over a panicked Otamendi –
In the scream of Talon's flowery soprano beside him, Xiao Yu saw Falcao jump up while running, and the dragon stretched out of the air like a dragon, accompanied by an obvious aerial power action and hit the ball fiercely!
With a "bang", the ball quickly flew past the hands of Caballero, who flew to the ball, and flew into the net accurately!
"What a brilliant goal!!
It was unbelievable that the goal was scored by Radamel Falcao, with an assist from Brazilian defender Fabinho – the Monaco captain equalised! ”
This time, BT TV star commentator Ian Darke finally saw the whole goal.