Chapter 113: Racing with the Football

It was expected that Li Qing would score in his first attack in the few games where he came on as a substitute, but it was unexpected that Li Qing was not Liverpool's offensive terminator.

However, for Liverpool fans, it doesn't matter who scores, as long as the team they support can score.

Liverpool players celebrated the goal, Arsenal players shook their heads in frustration, and Sanchez, who was in good shape, sighed and thought, "I can't lead..."

Liverpool led Arsenal by two goals again. Klopp was not proud and complacent. After a simple celebration of the goal, he quickly brought right-back Klein over to explain some adjustments after the game restarted.

Wenger had no choice. The team was two goals behind and had to strengthen the offense, otherwise it would be difficult to score again as time went on.

Before the game restarted, Arsenal made a substitution adjustment, Walcott replaced the defensive midfielder Coquelin.

The broadcast screen just showed the electronic substitution card on the sidelines, and Leshi Sports commentator Zhan Jun said in a deep voice: "Wenger is going to fight for the rest of the game!"

Klopp saw Wenger's substitution and looked over with interest.

Walcott's characteristic is his speed. With a two-goal lead, the team will definitely shrink its defense, and the space left behind will inevitably decrease, which means that Walcott will have no space to sprint.

In this case, what's the point of substituting him?

Do they want to use him as the second point in front of the goal to complete the shot?

According to Walcott's skills, he can barely be used as a second striker.

Giroud is the beacon in front, and Walcott is ready to go behind him.

The tactics are good, but I don't know how to use them.

Klopp, who has cleared his mind, looks at the court, or more accurately, at Li Qing. Every time the team replaces Li Qing, there will be an absolute scoring opportunity. He believes that there will be more in the next game.

Will Li Qing, who averages more than two goals per game, not score in this game?

There is this possibility, but it is definitely not high!

The game resumed, and Arsenal, who strengthened their offense, was full of momentum. In the blink of an eye, they hit the Liverpool penalty area. Giroud's highest point was unable to jump because of Klavanka at the front point, and the ball was headed out by Matip.

Xhaka, who was lying in ambush in front of the penalty area, chose to shoot directly without stopping the ball, but unfortunately he missed the target and fired a cannon.

Two minutes later, Arsenal's attack came back. Walcott received Giroud's header and chose to stop and pass, accelerating to dribble past Emre Can.

While running, he looked up at the position of goalkeeper Mignolet.

"Theo Walcott——"

Accompanied by the loud shouting of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray, Walcott kicked the ball about 28 meters away from the goal.

The long shot was powerful and Mignolet reacted quickly and hit the ball back with one fist. Coutinho hooked the ball outside the penalty area. Since the ball landed outside Li Qing's running range, the ball was controlled by Koscielny and Arsenal continued to attack.

Klopp, who was standing on the sidelines, was vaguely worried. Arsenal attacked continuously and their players didn't touch the ball many times. This was very dangerous.

However, Klopp's worries were soon dispelled by Li Qing's excellent performance. Li Qing's continuous dribbling breakthroughs in limited opportunities caused Arsenal players Xhaka and Bellerin to receive two yellow cards within three minutes.

With two key players receiving yellow cards, Arsenal's defense from offense to defense became extremely tight, which led to Monreal and Bellerin not daring to press too far forward in the team's offense, fearing that the space behind them would be used by Li Qing and Mane.

In a blink of an eye, the game came to the 75th minute. At this critical point of physical fitness, the starting players of both sides showed a significant decline in physical fitness. In order to restore physical fitness, Arsenal players consciously slowed down the pace of attack.

Bellerin, who participated in the attack, completed a 45-degree direct cross with his right foot on the left. Because the landing point was closer to the goalkeeper, the football was picked up by Mignolet.

Mignolet received a direct run-up, and his right hand holding the football swung it violently with the help of his body's inertia, and the football quickly flew to his side about 20 meters away from the center line.

There, there was Li Qing!

"aoaoaooaoooo——"

The Liverpool fans at Anfield became excited instantly.

Xhaka, the back midfielder, rushed towards Li Qing at the first opportunity, even if it meant committing a foul.

Li Qing had a wide field of vision, and he saw Xhaka running from the right rear with murderous intent. The football thrown by Mignolet was running diagonally outwards, and there was a bounce in front of him to accelerate, and he immediately had an idea.

Li Qing took the initiative to run back one step, and his raised left foot seemed to be about to catch the ball, but suddenly gave way.

Leshi Sports commentator Zhan Jun, who was staring at the broadcast screen, raised his voice eight degrees: "Li Qing did not catch the ball, he let the ball pass!"

At the same time, Li Qing used his super explosive power to move one step to the right horizontally, and took advantage of the situation to use his right foot as the axis to complete a 90-degree turn to the right rear, facing the direction of attack again, and then chasing the football that was rolling quickly to the right along the grass.

Xhaka, who was ready to commit a foul, never expected that Li Qing would let the ball pass and turn around. He subconsciously raised his right foot and tried to trip Li Qing.

But Li Qing moved one step to the middle in advance, and it was this step that made him deviate from Xhaka's defensive coverage.

Bellerin was adjusted to the left after the team lost the third goal. When he saw the ball flying towards Li Qing, he returned to defense at full speed.

Xhaka's defense helped Bellerin gain time to return to defense at high speed. Li Qing was extremely explosive. It only took less than two seconds from first gear to fifth gear. He quickly chased the football that seemed to be about to miss the right sideline. .

Can't go out of bounds!

Several previous counterattacks were blocked by Arsenal with fouls. Now that he finally got a chance, Li Qing naturally didn't want to give up.

Bellerin, who was returning to defense at full speed, gradually slowed down because according to his judgment, the football was very likely to roll out of the right sideline before Li Qing could catch up.

Logically speaking, since they are all professional players, this judgment should be the same. Bellerin is curious, why does Li Qing continue to pursue him?

Out of defensive instinct, Bellerin ran back in a straight line.

Li Qing's naturally vertical arms swing rapidly, driving his powerful legs to accelerate and alternately tiptoe to the ground, just like a red supercar running at top speed, with countless grass clippings rolled up on the soles of his shoes.

The on-site director gave a long shot, and the fans in front of the TV could clearly see the football quickly approaching the right sideline.

In the lower left corner of the screen, there is Li Qing, wearing the red jersey No. 55, approaching the football that is about to roll off the sideline at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Leshi sports commentator Zhan Jun frowned and said: "Can Li Qing catch up with the football before it appears?"

"Oh-My-God! It's a race against a football!"

exclaimed Sky commentator Andy Gray.