For a time, Li Lei became the enemy of Anfield Stadium. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing such a rare and fresh scene, a Manchester narrator quipped: "Oh! Look at Lee, he managed to stir up the wrath of the entire Anfield stadium before the game even officially started, and it was a 'brilliant' performance. Haha, just because of this, I want to take off my hat and salute him! Well done, lad! ”

The handful of United fans who came to Anfield to support the Reds shared the same sentiment as the Manchester commentator, and while their cheers for Lee were overshadowed by the shrill boos that were evident on everyone's faces as the cameras swept over the stands where they were.

There were Manchester United fans who were closer to the Liverpool fans, and they applauded Li Lei, so as to anger the Liverpool fans who were separated by the security personnel next to them.

Their behavior made the security personnel feel 120,000 points of spirit, for fear that the Liverpool fans, who were already glaring angrily at this time, would lose their minds and rush over, causing violent clashes.

Blame that damn Asian kid! At this moment, the thoughts in their hearts are the same as Webber, the referee on duty on the field, although the big bald sheriff has maintained a calm face at this time, he has already begun to scold his mother in his heart.

As the referee who has just been promoted to the Premier League this season, the first time he enforced the world-renowned game of Liverpool and Manchester United's red derby, he couldn't avoid the tension, and he also met Li Lei, a "bad boy" with his own troublemaking attributes, which directly doubled the probability of violent conflicts on the field, which is simply hellish in law enforcement.

Although Li Lei has long been on the common blacklist of Premier League referees, Weber himself has already predicted this before the game. But prediction is prediction, which is still different from what I saw on the spot at this time.

Seeing that the game had not even started, Li Lei had already drawn the hatred of the entire Anfield stadium, Webber was almost crying without tears and began to pray for the next 90 minutes of the game.

Holy, if there is a violent clash in this game under the eyes of the whole world... Thinking of this terrible result, which could almost ruin his future as a referee, Webber's big bald head began to hurt.

Just when Webber was a little nervous in his heart, in the following handshake session after the national anthem, Li Lei and the Liverpool players did not repeat the scene of not shaking hands with each other in Highbury this season, although both players had murderous cold faces, but this was enough to make the nervous Webber breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hello, Mr. Referee."

A sudden greeting brought Weber back to his senses, and he fixed his eyes on the dazzling green hair, which was not who Li Lei was.

"Hello, Lee, I hope you can be honest in this game and don't make it difficult for everyone. Otherwise—" Webb gripped Li Lei's receiver and warned as he responded.

These words made Li Lei immediately stunned, he really deserved to be a sheriff.

When he knew before the game that Webb's off-the-field profession was a sheriff, Li Lei became very interested in this bald referee, he didn't expect that after he played professional football, he would deal with a sheriff. When he was in the slums, he was an acquaintance at the local police station.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to greet a referee at this time, and Webber's tone reminded him of the time when he had faced the police, a commanding warning tone that he was all too familiar with.

Unconsciously, he also took out the tone and tone he used to deal with the police: "Of course, Mr. Sheriff!" ”

This seemingly respectful, but in fact, ridiculous and joking "Mr. Sheriff" made Weber stunned again, making him feel that he was not facing a professional football player, but a gangster.

Before he could come to his senses, Li Lei let go of his hand and walked away.

After the handshake ceremony was over, Weber had time to take a deep look at Li Lei, who was already in place in front of the door. In his experience, when the thugs speak to him in that tone, it's time to cause trouble.

And Li Lei, who was bouncing in front of the door, didn't know that he had been targeted by Weber, and was doing his best to move his body to keep his body hot.

The cold weather in England in December is already starting to affect football pitches, especially the goalkeeper, who is the least active position.

According to the experience that Richard told Li Lei in previous training, in this kind of cold weather game, how a goalkeeper can keep his body hot, not let his body stiffen, and maintain flexible and agile saving skills at any time will be a very key factor affecting the goalkeeper's performance in the game.

Seeing that Webber had already started to check with the fourth official on the sidelines in the field, just waiting for the whistle to blow, Li Lei jumped a few more times, he didn't want to stupidly let the Liverpool players break through the door he was guarding in the game because his body was too stiff.

Although the sky was getting darker and darker, and a heavy black began to glow in the bleak clouds, the cold weather seemed to be separated by the Anfield stadium.

After Webber's whistle, the deafening cheers of Liverpool fans kept Anfield warm.

But even so, the Liverpool side that took the lead did not immediately launch a fierce attack on Manchester United, but quickly ceded possession to Manchester United, and the overall formation retracted to its own half to fight back.

This is not surprising for the whole Liverpool team, and even the Liverpool fans in the stands did not show any dissatisfaction with the team's "unplanted" performance, they have long been used to it.

Since Owen was promoted as Liverpool's leading star, the basic Liverpool tactics that revolve around him have been defined as defensive counter-attacks, after all, Owen's thin body is useless in positional battles without space.

The Manchester United players are clearly prepared for this. In the dressing room before the game, although they were stirred up by Ferguson's speech, they still calmly implemented Ferguson's tactical arrangement after the start of the game, and after possession of the ball, they were not in a hurry to attack, but slowly looked for opportunities.

After several tweaks to the attacking line up front failed to change the team's lack of attacking power, at least until the winter window opened, Ferguson had no plans to solve the problem.

Since the team's attacking power in the front court is not guaranteed, it is natural that they cannot attack with all their might. Otherwise, there will be no attack, and there will be an unfavorable situation of being repeatedly counterattacked by Liverpool.

Liverpool's counter-attacking tactics with Owen as the arrow are simple, but they are absolutely effective, and the speed of Owen, who is known as a teenager chasing the wind, is really a great weapon, and Ferguson does not want to fall into the hands of Liverpool.

However, caution is cautious, but the timid non-attacking behavior is not in line with Ferguson's strong coaching style. He wants to hone Cristiano Ronaldo's young attackers at Manchester United, but he doesn't need such a tough game.

After the Manchester United players on the field probably adapted to the fighting strength of the Liverpool midfielders led by Gerrard, Ferguson on the sidelines immediately waved his hand, signaling the players to start pressing the attack, but not to disappoint Liverpool's willingness to give up the ball.

When Li Lei, who stayed in the backfield, saw that Ronaldo and others began to significantly increase the number of times they attacked forward with the ball, he immediately cheered up his spirits.

At the same time that Manchester United began to attack, it was also the beginning of Liverpool's rapid counter-attack. The counter-attacking power of this set of Liverpool lineup led by Owen was seen by Li Lei through their game video before the game.

What he said to Owen and others before the game can only be regarded as strategic contempt, but now it is his tactical attention.

Sure enough, as he expected, Liverpool's first threatening counter-attack of the game came in the ninth minute of the first half, shortly after United began to press the attack.

It can be seen that Ryan Giggs, who has just returned from injury in this game, is not in good shape, and his previous attempts to break through with the ball have not been successful, and this time is no exception. He tried to break through with the ball but was forced to the touchline by Liverpool midfielder Hamann and right wing-back Finnan and eventually lost the ball.

Then, Liverpool's counterattack was completely launched from Finnan who took the ball. When Gerrard, Finnan and Danny Murphy began to play skillful foot cooperation on the right side amid the deafening cheers of Liverpool fans, and avoided the joint counterattack of Keane and others under three passes and two downs, Li Lei, who stayed in the backfield, immediately lit up and cheered up all his spirits.

By the time Gerrard sent the ball behind O'Shea with a pinpoint long ball for Finnan to start the 100-meter race, Li Lei, who had been standing outside the penalty area, had honestly returned to goal.

Although Li Lei had the intention to try the goalkeeper's style of play in this game, he did not lose his cool. When the opposing player has already dribbled to his own half, a goalkeeper is still standing outside the penalty area, which is simply looking for death.

On the line of the small penalty area, while he was firmly staring at Finnan, who had successfully received Gerrard's pass with half a speed beyond O'Shea, he did not dare to relax his attention to Owen, who had come to the front of the big penalty area.

Here it comes! Seeing that Finnan passed the ball before O'Shea blocked it, his eyes immediately flashed, and he decisively rushed out at full speed with a full kick of his right leg.

At the same time, Owen, who was still at the front of the big penalty area just now, immediately picked up his speed, instantly shook off Brown who was attached to him, and inserted diagonally into Manchester United's penalty area, which is a typical direct pass diagonal combination.

Irving's instantaneous explosiveness was so outstanding that Brown, who was shocked behind him, wanted to grab his jersey, but he twisted and threw it away, only to catch a ball of air.

"Oh!!"

At this moment, the Liverpool fans, who had already smelled the goal in the stands, couldn't help but stand up and stare with anticipation at Owen who was sprinting towards the football route.

Pregnant! Seeing that the football had come to his feet, Owen, who knew that there was no longer Manchester United's defensive strength around him, was immediately happy. He immediately slowed down with his left leg and swung his right leg to shoot at the same time.

Owen is not Ronaldo's kind of striker who likes to pass the goalkeeper and has excellent skills at his feet, and his decisiveness to shoot immediately when he has the opportunity is his style.

At this time, although he had not yet shot, he felt good physically, and he had a premonition that he would definitely score if he shot. He knows that he is in good shape today.

It's time to score! As soon as he thought of Li Lei's wild words to him before the game, he couldn't help but become more and more excited.

He didn't look up at the goal, and he didn't think that Li Lei could be fast enough to block his shot, so he directly swung his right leg with all his strength and kicked it towards the football.

But at this moment, a pair of big hands wearing goalkeeper gloves and a colorful head suddenly appeared in his field of vision, making the smile that was about to appear at the corner of his mouth disappear in an instant.

Under his horrified gaze, the big hands held the ball firmly before he could finish shooting.

Along with this, there was also a huge impact that hit his supporting leg directly. Coupled with the huge inertia of rushing forward before, this made the thin man fly high forward. Then, unsuspectingly, he slammed into the turf and rolled forward several times.

Although the turf was soft, the smash still made Owen's five faces a little uncomfortable, and the whole person unconsciously curled up. He frowned, closed his eyes, and turned ugly pale.

Then, the shrill boos of dissatisfaction from Liverpool fans reached his ears.

On top of that, he could feel someone approaching him in a bit of a dazed pain, and a threatening voice in his ear.

"I promise you, this is just the beginning!"

"I promise!!"

The voice was cold and low, like the whispers of the devil!

It's chilling!!