Chapter 31: Hat-trick (2)
From the very beginning, the game was already in Liverpool's control, constantly falling at the back, and then suddenly began to attack, with Colwill and Murphy breaking through from the flanks, frequently threatening the Middlesbrough goal.
"What are you all doing, cheer me up and prevent them from dying!" Southgate yelled at his teammates, Liverpool had just launched a very threatening attack, if it weren't for Southgate's familiarity with Owen's shooting habits, he blocked Owen's shot in time, otherwise, Owen's shot just now would have scored.
As the captain of the team, Southgate naturally has to do what a captain should do, and seeing his teammates absent-minded, Southgate is very angry.
Originally, Southgate did not plan to win against Liverpool at Anfield, after all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too big, and if you want to win Liverpool at Liverpool's home game, let alone Middlesbrough, even Manchester United and Arsenal, they dare not casually say that they can win Liverpool before the game is over.
Southgate's original intention was to do his best to draw with Liverpool, and the club only asked for that, and it would be best if they could win, even if they couldn't, they would do their best to ensure that they were unbeaten.
However, Southgate now knows very well that it is basically impossible for Middlesbrough to get a point back and go home this time. I don't know if it was George's girlfriend who came to watch the game, or if the Liverpool players were stimulated by something, the whole Liverpool team was very active, and even showed the momentum of playing Everton and Manchester United, and it is basically impossible to maintain a draw in this situation. Southgate's only hope now is for George and Owen to give themselves a little bit of face and not let themselves lose too badly.
It's a pity that all of this is just Southgate's thoughts, and if he doesn't say it, how will Owen and George know. No, George saw Murphy starting to go down with the ball, and hurriedly rushed into the penalty area and raised his right hand high, ready to ask for the ball. Frightened, Southgate hurried to follow George, guarding carefully.
Although George is not very old at present, Southgate is very aware of the power of this handsome little guy in front of him, when everyone was in the national team together, George, as a striker, played bullfighting with Southgate as a defender, and every time George won more and lost less.
Murphy, who was about to pass the ball, saw Southgate following George's side closely, knowing how powerful Southgate was, Murphy only gave up the pass, looked at the situation on the field, and suddenly knocked the ball horizontally to the feet of Gerrard, who was inserting at high speed.
In the face of Murphy's pass, Gerrard did not make the slightest adjustment, and directly raised his foot from outside the box to shoot, and the ball flew towards the goal at a blistering speed.
Although Schwarzer is almost 2 meters tall, he is not slow to react and has a lot of experience. The moment Gerrard shot, Schwarzer was already moving, comfortable and resisted Gerrard's long-range shot.
"O~ It's a pity, Steven's shot is very powerful and sudden, but Schwarzer's experience is too rich and he intercepted a beautiful goal. O~George, George scored, George scored from the stoppage. Cooooooooooal!!! ”
Originally, Gerrard's long-range shot was stopped by Schwarzer, and the somewhat depressed commentator was depressed. Suddenly, at this moment, George shook off Southgate, who had been clinging to him, and stabbed the ball before the opposition defender cleared the ball.
Schwarzer is rich in experience and no matter how strong he is, but in the case of falling to the ground, he can't do anything in the face of George's stab, and can only helplessly watch the ball jump over his body and drill into the goal.
In fact, as early as the moment Gerrard shot, George had already begun to run left and right, because George knew very well the power of Gerrard's long-range shot, under normal circumstances, the goalkeeper in addition to blocking the ball, or dragging the ball out of the bottom line, it is difficult to have a third option, and it is basically impossible to catch Gerrard's strong long-range shot.
Sure enough, Gerrard's long-range shot was blocked by Schwarzer, and by this time George had already shaken off Southgate, and suddenly exploded to accelerate, grabbed the ball and stabbed it directly into the score.
George is very confident in his speed, and George believes that there are very few people in this world who can compete with him in speed. If he were to compete with his short-range explosiveness, George would be confident that no one would be his opponent unless it was Samu Eto'o.
At the moment of the goal, George raised his right hand high, pointed to Ellijie's position, ran all the way along the sidelines to the stands where Alyselle was, and finally came directly to Ellijie's stands, with both hands in the shape of hearts.
This time, Liverpool's buddies gave George a lot of face, knowing that George's girlfriend was in the stands this time, and did not press George to the bottom as usual, but instead stood around George and applauded very tacitly.
The staff of Liverpool are also very face-saving, and the figure of Ellijie suddenly appeared on the big screen, only to see Ellijie at this moment, the original quiet image of Sven He has disappeared without a trace, and there is just the enthusiasm of normal fans. In the face of the gift given to him by George, he kept making a flying kiss posture, and this scene suddenly made many **** people on the scene drool with envy.
"Haha, our little prince is asking for credit from our little princess." The commentator's words immediately caused laughter from all the Liverpool fans on the scene, which made Ellijie feel a little embarrassed, gave up the flying kiss pose, and just looked at George with a smile.
The game started again, Middlesbrough had not yet passed a few shots, and the ball was cut off by Hamann with a fierce tackle, passed to Gerrard on the side, and Gerrard passed to Carragher in the back, and Liverpool once again began to control the ball and began to pour their feet against each other, ready to look for opportunities.
This time, Middlesbrough did not dare to be careless, under the leadership of Southgate, carefully defended, and organized the Middlesbrough backline very strongly, just waiting for Liverpool to attack.
Unfortunately, there is no fortress in the world that cannot be attacked, and Middlesbrough's tight backline was suddenly disintegrated with Gerrard's precise long pass.
In the 34th minute of the game, Liverpool, who was constantly in the midfield to the feet, suddenly launched an attack, Gerrard, who was holding the ball, directly passed the ball to Owen, who had been prepared for a long time.
At the same time as Owen started, George also started to start, with a speed no less than Owen, George quickly approached Owen, and kept a distance of five or six meters from Owen, ready to respond.
Due to the success of the anti-offside, Schwarzer had no choice, knowing that he was dead, he could only choose to attack. There is no way, Owen and George alone pick up Schwarzer, let alone Schwarzer now, even Yashin, in the face of this situation, I am afraid there is no way.
Sure enough, Schwarzer's attack seemed very weak, and Owen himself was sure enough to shoot the goal, but considering George's situation today, he passed the ball to George very righteously. In the face of Owen's kindness, George was unceremonious, gently pushed, and sent the ball into the goal, 2:0.