Chapter 17: Swept Up, Liverpool (3)

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Liverpool made a personnel change, with Steven Gerrard being substituted for youngster Allen, a player from Wales who wore the number 24 shirt for Liverpool.

It was a signal from Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.

Steven Gerrard was substituted and the Welsh youngster Allen was not enough to play in the midfield position, and the attacking power will definitely drop. Rodgers' meaning is obvious, he wants to give up the FA Cup game, save his strength, and make another plan.

Originally, Rodgers planned to come up to Gerrard in this game, and the worst plan was to draw with Arsenal, after all, the home game still has the advantage. Seeing that on the Arsenal squad, there were only young Van Persie and Ye Qinglong from China on the front line, Rodgers did have a contemptuous mentality at that time, feeling that Arsenal's forward line was weak, Henry did not play, and whether the Gunners could score or not was a matter of two words.

However, Ye Qinglong's performance and goal slapped Rogers twice.

Brendan Rodgers is also simple, if you have to fight, Liverpool can fight, two goals behind still have a chance to catch up, but obviously this is a signal to give up. Or is Rodgers' attacking midfielder Allen a miracle move?

On a personal level, Steven Gerrard is an indispensable midfield for Liverpool today. Gerrard was stolen from behind by Ye Qinglong several times in the half, not because he was inattentive, but because his foot injury did not heal, and the midfielder returned to the dressing room.

Losing a central midfielder could put Liverpool in jeopardy.

Gerrard's importance to Liverpool is clear.

In the first five minutes of the second half, Liverpool's entire midfield lost its support point and was not connected enough with the striker, and Arsenal replaced Cesc Fabregas in the second half, and the midfield was more solid.

Wenger's intention is also obvious, when the Gunners are leading, Fabregas comes up to stabilize the midfield, just keep the lead, control the midfield, you can control the pulse of the game, stabilize the rhythm of the game, and not let Liverpool easily penetrate.

Unexpectedly, Rodgers actually replaced Gerrard, the core of the midfield, which seemed to be to strengthen the attack, but replacing Gerrard meant a little deeper.

Liverpool, who lost the core of the midfield, had a chaotic situation at the beginning of the second half, Cesc Fabregas stabilized the Arsenal midfield, and a series of interference and destruction made the Liverpool midfield appear faulty, and there was no way to deliver the ball, so they had to make a long pass, but unfortunately Liverpool's success rate of long pass was extremely low, either out of the sideline, or the landing point was not good, and it was intercepted.

Ye Qinglong made his debut for the first time, showing tireless running and strong physical fitness, many times, Ye Qinglong returned to the midfield and launched a fierce midfield battle with Liverpool, leaving only Van Persie alone in the front court to play an ambush.

Soon, under Ye Qinglong's interference, Fabregas successfully stole the ball and stuffed it directly to Ye Qinglong. Under the pressure of the two, Ye Qinglong suddenly accelerated, then braked sharply, cut the middle and changed direction, threw off the two defenders at once, and stuffed it straight to Van Persie.

Van Persie burst onto the scene, crossed the Liverpool defence, and shot directly with his foot on goal!

The goal was scored, but the linesman raised the flag to signal that the goal was offside.

Van Persie scolded, but he gave a thumbs up and praised Ye Qinglong's beautiful pass.

On the football field, there is never a shortage of opportunities!

Soon, Liverpool, who lost the core of the midfield, was like a soulless person, and Arsenal, who broke the ball again, organized an attack, Fabregas was not in a hurry, fell backwards, controlled the rhythm of the game, and pulled away.

Arsenal, of course, will not give Liverpool a chance easily, delaying time is the norm, and at the same time forcing Liverpool's forward line and midfield to press forward.

Van Persie held the ball against a defender and knocked it to Gilberto. Gilberto stuffed Ye Qinglong on the side, with speed, Ye Qinglong took down this slightly more powerful straight ball, controlled the ball, and faced the defenders, Ye Qinglong slowly pulled into the bottom line.

In vain, a change of direction, did not get rid of, once again crossed half a body, directly crossed the middle, the quality of the pass was very high, the low flat cross, bypassed the defense, the speed was fast, the penetration was very strong, and the front point outflanked Gilberto shoveled!

The ball flies high, changes course and flies into the net!

Gilberto scored!!

Ye Qinglong's assist!

Arsenal have scored again!

Wenger's heart finally stabilized at this moment, with three goals in his hand, and the suspense of this game was greatly reduced. Moreover, Gerrard has been substituted, and even on the bench, Gerrard is nowhere to be seen.

The cheers of the fans continued to stimulate Gilberto, who had not scored in five games, and finally broke the goal drought at this moment, and the excitement in his heart was simply indescribable.

"Thank you, Ye!" Gilberto sincerely thanked Ye Qinglong.

"That's what I'm supposed to do, isn't it?" Showing two rows of white teeth, Ye Qinglong smiled indifferently, without the slightest concern.

"There will be more!" Putting aside their previous suspicions, the two encouraged each other in a manly way, Ye Qinglong slapped Gilberto's chest and said confidently.

For a long time, Gilberto has only been a little bit of a bull, and after breaking the goal drought, it seems that the whole world is much fresher and fresher, and some small opinions about Ye Qinglong have become some of his self-blame. However, fortunately, Ye Qinglong didn't mind.

After conceding the ball again, Liverpool became much more anxious, and the players on the field no longer seemed calm, especially the teenager Allen, who fouled the midfielder and ate a yellow card warning from referee Rennie.

More than 70 minutes into the game, Arsenal was preparing for the second substitution adjustment, standing on the sidelines was Adebayo, Wenger planned to prepare to replace Ye Qinglong, let Adebayo maintain his state and rush to the bench. However, things change quickly on the pitch.

At this time, Van Persie sent a diagonal ball, Ye Qinglong successfully countered offside, forming a semi-single chance, and Jones next to him was chasing after him, half a position behind Ye Qinglong.

Jones had a pulling action, but Ye Qinglong was not pulled down.

In the penalty area, Ye Qinglong suddenly stopped and held the ball down. Jones tugged at Ye Qinglong's clothes, and without having time to stop, his raised arm was thrown out and hit Ye Qinglong's face hard.

Ye Qinglong screamed in pain, covered his face and fell to the ground, the pain of hitting his nose, tears burst out of his eyes.

Referee Rennie saw it clearly, blew the whistle decisively, pointed to the penalty, and at the same time took out a yellow card, and gave Jones a yellow card without hesitation.

Arsenal get a penalty!

Ye Qinglong fell in pain in the forbidden area, covering his nose, and it could be seen that the blood oozing out between his fingers was particularly dazzling.

The team doctor immediately rushed to first aid, fortunately, Ye Qinglong's nose was not too problematic, but under the violent impact, blood flowed. Liverpool's penalty area was in chaos, Van Persie grinned and scolded Jones, Fabregas Ye joined the team, and even Gilberto was a thorn, and the two sides almost got into a fight.

Fortunately, Wenger was about to replace Ye Qinglong, and the fourth referee took the opportunity to raise the replacement sign, and No. 26 Ye Qinglong was replaced, and Adebayo came on as a substitute.

Referee Rennie's ability to control the game is still good, and at the same time warn the players on both sides to act again, and directly red card!

Suddenly, Van Persie and the others died down.

On the sidelines, Ye Qinglong was treated by the team doctor and stopped the nosebleed, Wenger also came up to check the situation worriedly, the team doctor said that the problem should not be big, and Wenger's hanging heart was also put down. Van Persie, who was on the field, took the penalty kick and hit it without surprise, and the score was rewritten again, and Arsenal led by four goals.

Ye Qinglong, who stood up, did not return to the bench, but returned to the locker room directly from the entrance of the passage, obeying the arrangement of the team doctor, and needed to go to the hospital to take a photo, so as to accurately know whether there was an injury to his nose, so as not to leave future troubles.

Ye Qinglong, who left, stood at the entrance of the passage to accept the applause of Arsenal fans, and at the same time, he did not forget to bow deeply to the stands of Arsenal fans to express his gratitude.

Arsenal's debut was in an unexpected collision, Ye Qinglong was replaced, however, this is just a new beginning for him, a Gunners without Henry the Great, but there is an era of mythical leaves, officially opened!