Chapter 31: Liverpool Derby (5)
Carragher cut off Everton's attack, and after getting the ball, he didn't look at it and went straight to the feet, and the ball flew past Bent, who rushed over to press, and flew directly to Gerrard's feet.
Gerrard, who got the ball, looked at the situation on the field and began to run wildly with the ball. With Gerrard's wild run, the whole Liverpool attack started again.
Maxlitt and Murphy rushed quickly towards Everton's penalty area on both wings of the pitch, but the speed was not very fast, and at the same time kept an eye on Gerrard who was dribbling the ball, ready to respond at any time, and Gerrard rushed with the ball like this, Hamann was very conscientious to go around behind Gerrard, while protecting and responding.
At the same time, George and Litmanen, at this moment, also began to run in a targeted position, two cross-runs, making the Everton defenders scramble, if it weren't for Everton goalkeeper Martin's experience, under the command of Martin, Everton's defenders would know what to do, otherwise, I'm afraid that Everton's backline at this time may have been full of holes.
As the captain of Everton and the core of the midfield, Graveson also began to rush towards Gerrard at this time, because Graveson knew very well that there was still a big gap between his team and Liverpool, and it was naturally best to be able to stop Liverpool's attack as far away from the goal as possible. However, the most reassuring thing for Graveson is that the back line has an experienced Martin in command, and I believe that there will be no loopholes, which makes Graveson dare to rush up boldly to grab the ball.
Seeing Graveson pounce on him, Gerrard didn't plan to fight hard with Graveson, because the two had already played each other several times, and Gerrard knew that Graveson was a strong player, with excellent running ability and solid skills at his feet.
At the moment it is Liverpool attacking, there is no need to play individual heroism. With that in mind, Gerrard slammed the ball back with his right heel and walked around Graveson himself.
Receiving Gerrard's pass, Hamann slowed down, and when he saw that Gerrard had bypassed Gavison and was a certain distance away from Gruvisen's defenders, he got up and passed the ball to Gerrard again.
The ball jumped past Graveson and landed next to Gerrard again, and after getting the ball, Gerrard did not continue to dribble the ball, but directly crossed the ball with one kick, and the ball flew to Murphy on the left.
At this time, the entire Everton backline had been shattered by Liverpool, and when Murphy got a pass from Gerrard, there was not a single Everton player defending Murphy.
Of course, Murphy will not let go of this opportunity, running all the way to the bottom line with the football, looking up at the situation near the penalty area, and kicking in a cross. The ball flew quickly into the Everton penalty area, and when the ball was about to fall, several people in the box jumped up at the same time and began to scramble for the ball.
Murphy's pass landed at George and Will, both jumping up at the same time to grab the ball in the face of the falling ball in the air.
It's a pity that George is compared with Will who is 1.88 meters, although George's body is very strong, but in front of Will's absolute height advantage, George has no advantage in heading, Murphy's pass was directly pushed out of the penalty area by Will, and Gerrard and Graveson, who are closest to the football, hurriedly rushed towards the football.
Compared to Graveson, Gerrard was still very fast, fighting ahead of Graveson to grab the football. However, when Gerrard was about to shoot from a distance, he saw that Gavison had already started to tackle the ball to the end, and Gerrard thought about it for a moment, and came to the answer that if he was shooting, at least eight layers of results would have hit Gaviesen's leg.
Thinking of this, Gerrard gave up the long-range shot, directly with his left foot, avoiding Graveson's tackle, and with a light pick of his right foot, the ball was like an elf, over Will's head, towards Litmanen in the far corner.
Litmanen pressed against Stubbs behind him, although Litmanen had tried his best to resist Stubbs behind him, but in the face of 1.88 meters, an excellent player from Everton's youth training camp, Litmanen still felt the huge pressure brought by Stubbs behind him.
Stubbs's great power made it difficult for Litmanen to grab the position on the spot, but Litmanen still used all his strength to resist Litmanen.
At this time, Gerrard's pass was just enough to reach Litmanen's body, and he stopped Gerrard's pass with his chest, and at the moment when the ball fell to the ground, Litmanen began to move.
When the ball fell, Litmanen stretched out his left foot and deliberately smashed the ball on the left side of his left foot, and when the ball touched Litmanen's foot, it naturally rolled to the left.
Litmanen hurriedly turned around and moved to the left, Stubbs saw Litmanen rushing to the left, and hurriedly chased after it, ready to block Litmanen's shot, after all, it is now in the penalty area, such a close distance, Stubbs knows that as long as Litmanen shoots with his feet, for a veteran like Litmanen, who has a lot of experience, it is definitely very likely to score, and Litmanen also has that kind of strength.
Thinking of this, of course, Stubbs didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly caught up with Litmanen. When Stubbs was about to catch up with Litmanen, he found that Litmanen suddenly turned around and pulled out a volley.
When he saw Litmanen turn around, Stubbs also wanted to stop, but because he had just caught up with Litmanen, the inertia made Stubbs unable to stop his body even if he reacted in time, so he could only slide past Litmanen's side and watch Litmanen shoot.
Litmanen, nicknamed Finnish Ice Skate, is the greatest goalscorer of Finnish history and is one of the two men who, along with team-mate Hyypia, have been named the most outstanding players in the history of Finnish football and have made a huge contribution to Finnish football. (The other, of course, is Hyypia)
You must know that the first sport in Finland is not football and basketball, but ice hockey, but it is thanks to the birth of Litmanen and Hyypia that they have won a huge victory in the field of football, which has influenced a whole generation of Finns, so that the current sport in Finland can be compared with the first sport in Finland, ice hockey.
There is a saying that is widely circulated in Finland: Litmanen is God, Hyypia is Jesus, and the two are the only Finns to win the Champions League. (Liverpool vs. AC Milan, the reversal of the century) shows the influence of the two in Finland, which also directly reflects how terrifying Litmanen's strength is.
Nonsense, if it's not scary, will you get that kind of honor and title!
Not to mention that this shot was still a purposeful shot by Litmanen, not because of Everton's tight defense, there was no way to shoot on goal.
A strong shot is fast and tricky, although Martin has a wealth of experience, but in the face of Litmanen's shot this time, especially such a close shot, he didn't react at all, but saw a shadow flash in front of his eyes, it seemed that the ball had scored.
“Gooooooooooooooal!!! Liverpool's striker, Finn Litmanen, used his outstanding skills to play Everton's defender Stubbs and scored with a strong shot, and Liverpool led 1:0! ”
Although Litmanen scored a goal, he looked calm, indeed, Litmanen, who is now 30 years old, is no longer as crazy as when he was young, even if he scores, his face looks very calm.
But how to say that this is also a derby battle, to be able to score, even if Litmanen is calm, but there is still a smile on his face.
Although Litmanen looked calm, the Liverpool players didn't care so much, after all, it was their own team that was leading the goal and the opponent was Everton, and the Liverpool players really couldn't think of any reason to be unhappy.
I saw George, who was closest to Litmanen, quickly rushed to Litmanen, jumped up three meters away, and pounced on Litmanen's body, at the same time, Litmanen couldn't help but smile, and stretched out to catch George who was transferred, and at the same time, Gerald, Maxlett, Murphy and Harman all rushed over, put Litmanen on the ground, and frantically pressed Litmanen to celebrate.
Not only the Liverpool players on the field were celebrating, with Litmanen's goal, in the stands of Goodson Park, thousands of Liverpool fans also began to celebrate wildly, singing, cheers also began to sound, and at the same time, the unique fireworks on the football field were also thrown into the football stadium with the hands of the fans, and slowly fell into a beautiful flame in the air.
(Another signing failed, the madman was depressed, and it seems that he has to make persistent efforts and continue to work hard!) )