Chapter 236: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, Hat Trick
Stones was deceived by Li Qing's dribbling and took the initiative to move closer to Otamendi to complete the closed defense, but at the critical moment, Li Qing used the inside of his right foot to dunk the ball to the left front, that is, to the right rear of Stones' body.
An open area!
Stones, who is over 1.9 meters tall, has a slow turning speed. Otamendi is not a speed-type central defender, and is farther away from Li Qing, which means that Stones can only be relied on for frontal defense.
Kyle Walker, the fastest player in Manchester City's defense, gritted his teeth and chased back. He was finally only five meters away from Li Qing, but Li Qing kicked the ball out more than 20 meters at full speed.
Kyle Walker, who is a teammate of Li Qing in the national team, knows how terrifying Li Qing's speed is, so the distance between the two has not shortened, but has continued to widen.
When Stones completed his turn, Li Qing had already run to the same level of the two. Limited by the distance, Stones could not kick anyone even if he wanted to foul.
Stones did not give up easily. The football that Li Qing dribbled out was from the middle to the right side of his defense, which meant that Li Qing would eventually have to take the ball to the middle. The shortest distance between the three points was a straight line, so he could run to the place where Li Qing had to pass at a fast speed and wait for him!
Clearing his mind, Stones ran at full speed, letting Li Qing run away.
However, at this moment, Stones saw Bravo, who was standing in front, abandon the goal and attack!
It showed that he wanted to clear the ball before Li Qing chased him!
This was originally a good attack plan. After all, the football that Li Qing dribbled out was more than 20 meters. In a flash, the football jumped forward a few meters, and it seemed to be closer to Bravo, so there was a great possibility of clearing the ball.
The problem is that in addition to Li Qing's strong explosive power, his mid-to-late-range speed burst and sustained ability are also super strong. Simply put, the faster he runs, the closer he seems to be to Bravo, but in fact, the faster Li Qing runs, the more likely he is to touch the football.
"wowowoooo——"
All the Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium stood up and burst into a huge exclamation.
In their sight, especially the fans in the middle of the main stand and the opposite stand, they could see clearly that Li Qing was like a red lightning flashing across the court at high speed, and like a supercar with the accelerator pressed to the bottom.
Bravo is over 31 years old, and his explosive power and speed are not as good as they were in the past, and speed is not his advantage.
Guardiola, who was standing in the command area of the home team coach, was quite satisfied with Bravo's abandonment of the goal at first, but as Li Qing ran faster and faster, his opinion changed, and his evaluation of Bravo became two words.
Stupid!
Stones was shocked and shouted hysterically: "Claudio! Go back!!"
Bravo, who was only five meters away from the football, seemed to realize something, but it was definitely too late to retreat now. With rich experience in the game, he knew that he should be decisive now!
The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road!
At worst, it's a foul!
Li Qing, who was still seven or eight meters away from the football, took a few steps and was only two meters away from the football. Bravo, who was running, saw the momentum of the football rolling forward and made a defensive move of falling to the ground and shoveling.
He had made enough mental preparations, and he had to stop at least one of the football and the person!
"wowoowowooooo——"
The exclamation in the Etihad Stadium instantly ignited the whole stadium, and everyone's focus was on the football, Li Qing and Bravo.
In a flash, Li Qing stretched out his left foot forward, and the toes lifted the football that was rolling forward at a slow speed. The front of his left foot that landed on the ground used the strong inertia brought by the full speed to jump over the fallen Bravo.
Bravo had never expected that Li Qing would take the lead in picking up the football, and he jumped up to avoid the foul. He was half a beat slow to react, and it was too late to raise his right foot to shovel. He only kicked a ball of air.
Li Qing stumbled a little when he landed, but it was not a big problem. After a short adjustment, he quickly returned to his normal state, stepped forward with his right foot, raised his left foot, and kicked the football towards the goal at the first time.
Stones, who was running towards the goal at high speed, looked at the height of the football and decisively gave up defending.
Even Yao Ming might not be able to reach such a height.
All he could do was to pray to God like the Manchester City fans in the audience, hoping that God would make the wishes of his believers come true.
Maybe God was taking a nap, or maybe God was also attracted by Li Qing's talent. He failed to block Li Qing's must-goal like he did to Aguero. The football rubbed the inner edge of the left goal post and entered the net, hitting the snow-white net...
"Goooooooooooooal——"
The iconic elongated voice of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray sounded in the live broadcast room.
Because Li Qing scored two goals in a row when Liverpool was two goals behind, all the commentators in the live broadcast room fell into a brief frenzy, and no one noticed Andy Gray's surging emotions.
Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun was ecstatic: "What an incredible game! Li Qing's goal helped Liverpool open the scoring! De Bruyne assisted Aguero to equalize the score, Mane was sent off with a red card, Jesus and De Bruyne scored successively, and Manchester City overtook the score 3:1! The exciting moment is here! Li Qing took advantage of Bravo's slackness and scored a lob shot from the center circle!"
At this point, Zhan Jun's voice suddenly rose eight octaves, and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Liverpool is facing a tide of attacks again, and the score may be expanded at any time! At this moment, Li Qing stood up again, and his hat trick helped Liverpool tie the score at 3:3! Such a plot is really something that novels dare not write!"
"The ball is in! The ball is in! Li Qing's third goal of this game!"
Kung Fu 5 commentator He Wei shouted: "Li Qing's iconic thousand-mile journey alone! He stopped and changed direction to shake off Fernandinho, and faced the defense of Stones and Otamendi with unreasonable speed! Bravo's attack can be said to continue to give gifts! If he can stick to the front of the goal, maybe Stones and Otamendi can still give first aid..."
The on-site director gave a slow-motion replay of the goal, starting from Li Qing receiving Van Dijk's clearance ball, to scoring a long-distance shot.
Especially facing the reverse direction of the clearance ball, the difficulty of the action is amazing.
Manchester City coach Guardiola was very angry. If there was still a goalkeeper sitting on the sidelines, he would definitely replace Bravo!
In sharp contrast, Liverpool coach Klopp raised his arms and shouted, and his signature combination punch was displayed for the first time at the Etihad Stadium.
Li Qing, who scored a goal, could not suppress the excitement in his heart. He opened his arms and ran all the way to the gathering area of Liverpool fans, shouting to the sky.
"Leeeeeeeeeeeeeee——"
Liverpool fans in the audience cooperated hysterically.