Chapter 303
"Oh, Lee! Plum!! This is Lee! This is Lee!! He saved Manchester United again! It's him again!! I don't know what Lee said to Gerrard to make the Liverpool captain take such a subpar penalty, lip experts, what are you waiting for?! What are you waiting for?!! Work has come to your door! I swear it's going to be the front page of every newspaper tomorrow! My God, how the hell did he do it?! How?!! ”
"I guess that's the main reason why Lee appeals to me so much! That's how much fun his game is! So exciting!! Finally, I would also like to congratulate Lee on continuing his career record of not conceding a penalty! I don't know when or by whom this record will end, and if it is possible, I hope he will never end it! Never!! Because, this will be an absolute legend!! Marvel!!! ......”
No one knew that a vision that Lineker shouted out at this moment of excitement would actually become a reality in the future. Until Li Lei's retirement in his career, his unbeatable image at 12 yards was never successfully challenged, so much so that it will be recognized by world football as one of the unsurpassed miracles in football history in the future.
Of course, no one is taking this statement seriously yet.
If Gerrard hadn't missed the penalty and dealt Alan Hansen too much of a blow, the Liverpool legend would have definitely hit back at Lineker, who was getting excited. Instead of sitting on the sidelines and watching Lineker go berserk, silently trying to pretend to be a dog, hoping that Lineker would forget about himself and the-for-tat conversation between the two before Gerrard took the penalty.
However, this is clearly just a delusion on the part of Alan Hansen. Even if Lineker forgets this stubble, the TV director who is counting on his and Lineker's bickering to boost the ratings will remind Lineker, not to mention that Lineker will not forget it at all.
After shouting excitedly, Lineker immediately turned to look at Alan Hansen with a meaningful smile, and said: "So, before Gerrard took the penalty, what did Alan say to you?" ”
"......" Alan Hansen shut up and didn't even look at him, Wang!
Compared to Lineker's excitement, the excitement of the Manchester United fans at the scene was no less than that. After Li Lei made a flying leap and easily saved Gerrard's penalty off the line, most of them jumped up from their seats in excitement.
We all know what it would mean for Manchester United if Gerrard scored this penalty just now, which is why there is hysteria and madness in the aftermath of this catastrophe.
Compared to them, Eriksen in the stands will not be very excited, after all, he is not a supporter of either side of Manchester United and Liverpool, so naturally there will not be much emotional investment in the penalty.
However, even so, he couldn't help but show a smile on his face at this time. Because, he just suddenly thought of a very obvious role after calling Li Lei into the England national team. Although he doesn't plan to immediately use Li Lei as England's No. 1 or No. 2 goalkeeper, it is okay to take a penalty shootout.
"You say, this little guy hasn't missed a penalty so far?" With his eyes fixed on Li Lei on the field, Eriksen couldn't hide his excitement and asked the assistant coach on the side.
"Yes, that's it. He was very talented in saving penalties, especially in the Community Shield penalty shoot-out between Manchester United and Arsenal, which was very rare for an Arsenal player to score. ”
After receiving an affirmative answer, Erikson nodded involuntarily, his eyes blazing, obviously having made up his mind.
Meanwhile, Lee Lei was on the pitch as he received an excited celebration from the Manchester United players. Everyone knows that if Liverpool were to score first at this time, it would be a very difficult game for Manchester United.
Although losing this game will not have a big impact on Manchester United, the loss to bitter rivals Liverpool is still very unhappy for Manchester United players.
Among them, Gary Neville, who led to the penalty here, was naturally the most excited. For Li Lei, who didn't let himself become the sinner of the team's lost goal, he directly hugged Li Lei's head and didn't let go.
As always, while still dealing with the congratulations and closeness of his teammates in a somewhat rusty way, Li Lei's mind at this time was still the lonely look that had not eased up when Gerrard was protectively pulled away by Murphy.
As soon as he thought of this, the smug smile on the corner of his mouth at this time could not dissipate.
In that case, it's time to stop for a while.
Although Gerrard's form today is obviously much worse than when the two teams met for the first time, and the problems caused to him are much smaller, he will not be afraid of Gerrard at any time.
To be able to calm such an opponent for a while and reduce the threat to the door behind him is naturally a happy thing for Li Lei, as a goalkeeper.
Li Lei's judgment was not wrong, after he went directly to Liverpool's subsequent penalty, Gerrard's performance in the next game was obviously much weaker than before, and it was obvious that the impact of missing the penalty on him could not be dissipated for a while.
As the heart of Liverpool's midfield and spiritual leader, Gerrard's inability is far more influential than Owen's inaction in front of Li Lei.
Among them, in the following game, until the 80th minute of the second half, Liverpool only had a weak and unthreatening barb shot from Colwill in the 68th minute of the second half for Li Lei to make another save, which is the best proof of this.
The only thing to be thankful for Liverpool is that their own backline is still solid, and they have not allowed Manchester United to take advantage of the attack that has not allowed Manchester United to take advantage of all aspects, and maintain a 0-0 draw.
It's just that such a draw, Manchester United can accept, for the current Liverpool, it is a little insufficient. The result of picking up just one league point in this game will only put them under more pressure from the teams behind them in the rest of the game.
Under such circumstances, Gerrard, as the captain of Liverpool, finally regained his awakening after the game entered the 80th minute of the second half, and finally got out of the negative effects of self-blame and remorse for missing a penalty, and began to lead the Liverpool players to attack the door guarded by Li Lei.
However, it was a little too late, and it was difficult to make any more obvious difference.
In the 84th minute of the second half, after Liverpool's difficult corner kick attack opportunity was directly jumped high by Li Lei to take off the ball from the head of Gerrard, who was panting and tired, the corners of Li Lei's mouth couldn't help but show his trademark sneer again, saying: "It's all your fault, Stephen, it's all your fault." Why can't you just score that damn penalty?! It's all your fault! Your bad!! ”
Seeing Gerald's immediately discolored and annoyed face, Li Lei's eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly.
It's like a fox!
Cunning!
Proud!!
Cold!!!