Qin Xiong's cross from the left side in front of the penalty area was an in-cur ball with the inside instep.

The ball flew into the City penalty area and over the heads of Vincent Kompany and Lescott.

Suarez could only look up between the two and watch the football fly overhead.

After the ball passed Lescott, it had begun to fall sharply and spun in the direction of the baseline.

Lescott turned his head to look at the back of the net, and he saw Raul hurtling towards the back of the net.

When the ball landed two meters parallel to the height of the goalkeeper, Raul used his forehead to push the ball into the near corner of the goal!

Hart had already started running towards the back of goal after the cross, but it was still a step too late!

Raul smashes the ball into the near corner with his head!

After scoring the goal, Raul showed an excited smile and stretched out his thumbs to Qin Xiong!

"The 34-year-old Raul scored in the Premier League's pinnacle matchup! Liverpool should consider giving him at least another year of contract extension!

Qin Xiong's crosses are fantastic, he runs out of position, receives passes from teammates, crosses with his feet, and is a real pleasure to watch him play, even if he is cunning at times.

Raul cleverly grabbed a header at the back post to help Liverpool turn the scoreline around!

Now the defending champions are 2-1 up at home to Manchester City! ”

Roberto Mancini stomped on the sidelines and didn't know how to deal with the situation.

Koeman smiled, not surprised.

Of course he understands his team, Manchester City want to make waves at Anfield, it's too early!

Yaya Toure found Milner when Liverpool went to celebrate and told Milner to drop back deeper to strengthen the defence!

Otherwise, Qin Xiong would not be able to guard at all.

Let Qin Xiong enter the penalty area and touch the ball, BOOM!

Let Qin Xiong pass the ball without pressure on the periphery, BOOM!

In short, it is necessary to absolutely contain Qin Xiong.

Manchester City restarted the game, and they were reversed to focus more on defence, as Qin Xiong's attacking frenzy on the left side of the pitch made it impossible for them to rest easy.

The experience of fighting with Liverpool many times tells them that if they let Qin Xiong go, or if they pretend to cover their ears and steal the bell if they can't prevent it, the end will generally be miserable!

Manchester City can hardly rely on attacking from the left to threaten Liverpool's goal.

However, they were still not good enough, and in the 40th minute, Nasri found himself in a dense Liverpool midfield defence and was stabbed out from behind by Kuyt after dribbling past Steven Gerrard.

Liverpool, on the other hand, held their ground and slowed down the tempo first.

It will be interesting to see if Manchester City will lower their guard by slowing down the pace of the game.

In the 44th minute of the game, Liverpool's front court instigated an offensive again, and this time Qin Xiong fell into a heavy siege again on the left side.

However, Liverpool quickly moved the ball and Qin Xiong passed it back to Baynes, who passed the ball to Steven Gerrard.

Steven Gerrard dribbled forward from the middle and slotted the ball straight to Suarez before Yaya Toure could re-establish himself with Barry.

Suarez dribbled the ball sideways with his back to Kompany and passed to Kuyt, who was cut in behind.

Raul was kept at bay by Klich and Lescott, and City thought Suarez would be looking to link up with Raul's short passes, and they were wrong.

Kuyt assisted, received Suarez's pass, and then made a weak diagonal cross.

Suarez was a little embarrassed in the penalty area, the ball could not be stopped with ****, and there was no way to shoot with his feet at the first time, so he could only use his head to attack the goal.

He flicked his head and headed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal.

Hart couldn't touch the soccer ball when he made a save, and he turned his head in horror to see the ball grazing the outside of the post and flying out of the bottom line, and he was relieved.

Suarez clasped his hands together and shook them in front of his chest, looking up at the sky with a look of helplessness.

It was just a little short of being able to inflict another blow on Manchester City before the end of the first half!

Unfortunately, on the football field, it is often as close as the end of the world.

At the end of the first half, Liverpool walked into the dressing room with a 2-1 lead and, most importantly, they achieved a comeback against Manchester City, which was very important for morale.

Back in the dressing room, Koeman praised the team's performance in the first half before stressing a little more caution in the second half.

He wanted to see what kind of posture City would put on when they were down behind.

If the whole army were to press on the attack, Coman would have wanted to exchange the least amount of consumption for the most brilliant victory.

With Liverpool still having a Carabao Cup game to play in three days' time, Koeman has to take that into account this season, with the quarter-final opponent being Chelsea.

The game came to the second half, and the two sides changed sides and fought again.

City didn't push hard, they patiently created the attack, while Liverpool put them under heavy defensive pressure in central midfield.

Because Milner did not dare to get too involved in the attack, he was afraid that he would not be able to defend Qin Xiong when he was attacked by Liverpool, so it was difficult for him to play a powerful attack on the right side.

Nasri, on the other side, is caught in the encirclement of Liverpool's frenzied midfield and backfield, and it is difficult to play a role.

Mancini frowned from the sidelines.

He's ready to make a substitution.

In the 54th minute of the game, Liverpool quickly played a wave of fast attacks.

Qin Xiong retreated to answer Kuyt's pass and kicked the ball!

He sent a mid-length pass of the ball directly to Raul's feet.

Raul received the ball on the right side in front of the penalty area and immediately played a one-two with Suarez, and after rushing past Barry's defense and coming to the penalty area, Raul's cold shot made Hart's scalp tingle, and between the lightning and flint, the ball that flew to the bottom left corner of the goal was blocked by Hart, but it was not held firm, Kompany rushed to Suarez before the ball to clear the ball this time.

Liverpool took a corner kick, Qin Xiong nodded the ball in front of the penalty area but pushed the ball off the line.

At this time, Manchester City made a substitution.

Roberto Mancini was replaced by Balotelli.

The person who was substituted was Nasri, who was a little upset, but did not make an irrational move.

With Balotelli on the pitch, City's attack became rougher and simpler.

They never dared to put too much effort into attack, fearing that Liverpool's unique fast-break blitz would crush all hopes of an equaliser.

Liverpool's side is comfortable with it, the more simple and rough the attack, the less able it is to shake their goal, at least in the strong dialogue, but when confronting the middle and lower teams, due to the investment of too many troops in the battle, the middle and back are empty, and the opponent's more simple and violent offensive counterattack, but there are often mistakes in dealing with it.

In the 65th minute of the game, Manchester City's hopes of equalizing were completely shattered!

Ba Shen was sent off with a red card! (To be continued.) )