Chapter 304 World Wave Special User
Arsenal players tried to plead for Xhaka, but referee Anthony Taylor made a firm decision, saying that Xhaka's foul hindered Liverpool's attack that could have scored a goal.
The slow-motion replay also confirmed this. Li Qing, who had completed the turn, was just heading for the ball. Wilshere was still two meters away, and center back Koscielny was also three meters away. This meant that as long as Li Qing got the ball, he would face Arsenal's incomplete defense line.
For a foul with obvious tactical intentions, the yellow card is undisputed.
Sky TV commentator Andy Gray said regretfully: "In fact, Anthony Taylor could have made some adjustments. This was a wonderful and powerful match. Sending off a home team player too early would be a huge blow to the content of the next game."
Commentary guest Martin Taylor nodded slightly: "Old man, I admit that what you said is very good, but don't forget that Granit Xhaka is a player with relatively large movements, and he often intends to hurt people. In the past few defenses, Anthony Taylor also gave him a verbal warning. The intentional foul just now, the yellow card is fine."
Andy Gray knew that there was nothing wrong with his old partner's words, but he always felt that Arsenal, who played one less, might continue to lose the ball, lose a lot of balls...
Anthony Taylor's red card has been settled, and there is no possibility of change. Xhaka left with his hands spread out helplessly.
On the sidelines, head coach Wenger still encouraged his disciples, hoping that the red card of this game would not leave a shadow on Xhaka.
In fact, football games are like this. When it is time to foul, you still have to foul...
Xhaka's foul was far from the goal, about 37 meters, but Li Qing, who felt that his foot was smooth, wanted to give it a try.
Of course, in order to be foolproof, he decided to use [Superstar Moment].
Facing Arsenal, who was one man down, they had to score a goal first to get the game into the leading rhythm, forcing Arsenal, who was behind, to strengthen their offense, so as to seize the opportunity to expand the score and kill the game.
Before the referee Anthony Taylor blew the whistle, Arsenal took the lead in making substitutions, replacing Iwobi with El Nani, who was good at attacking and defending.
Iwobi, who was unfortunately replaced, shook his head. Sanchez and Ozil are both old players with strong abilities, and Lacazette is in good goal-scoring form. Therefore, it is a very normal adjustment to be replaced to fill the gap left by Xhaka. The problem is that it is somewhat uncomfortable when he is actually replaced.
El Nani came on as a substitute to keep the central defense safe within a certain limit.
At the same time, Li Qing picked up the football at the foul site, bent down and put it down, and retreated to a sufficient distance.
Goalkeeper Cech looked very nervous, adjusting his position with small steps while directing the human wall to stand.
In theory, a direct free kick over a distance of more than 35 meters can be done by placing two human walls. The problem is that Li Qing is not an ordinary player, he is a superstar player with the ability to change the game!
"Beep~"
Accompanied by a long whistle from the referee Anthony Taylor, Li Qing, who started to run, moved his mind slightly: "Superstar moment, use it!"
The spiritual left foot hit the lower middle part of the football, making a crisp sound.
"Boom~"
Lacazette, Elnani and Wilshere, who acted as the human wall, heard a blast and even forgot to jump.
The football rose from the ground, like a cannon, quickly flew over the head of Latzeite on the far left, and bombarded the predetermined target.
Cech, standing in the middle of the goal, looked at the aggressive football and subconsciously moved to the right. When he quickly took the second step, he was surprised to find that the speed of the ball was faster than he had imagined. Therefore, he immediately used the reaction force brought by the short movement to fly into the air. With a body of nearly two meters and an arm span, he flicked the football.
Cech, who is already 35 years old this year, has obviously declined in physical function, especially in instantaneous explosive power. Looking at the football about five centimeters away from his fingertips, his heart was filled with despair.
If it was ten years ago, no, five years ago, he could have saved the ball.
Time is unforgiving!
The football hit the snow-white net along the left goal post. Because the football kicked by Li Qing was powerful enough, the football that hit the net did not fall down immediately, but waited until the potential energy ended before falling down.
"Goooooooooooooal——"
The iconic elongated voice of Sky TV commentator Andy Gray resounded throughout the live broadcast room.
Li Qing, who scored a goal, stood in place, and his iconic shrug celebration was shown again.
"wuwuwuwuuuuuu——"
The Arsenal fans in front of the audience subconsciously burst into a huge boo, to Li Qing who helped Liverpool open the record.
Tianchao 5 commentator He Wei said loudly: "I'll tell you! Li Qing's direct free kick is really beautiful! The force is heavy! The speed and angle are excellent. It is reasonable that the former top three goalkeeper in the world, Cech, is powerless..."
"Another wonderful world wave!"
Commentary guest Xu Yang was ecstatic: "The world wave expert is really worthy of his reputation."
Liverpool coach Klopp in front of the visiting team coaching seat raised his arms and shouted, venting the pressure brought by Li Qing's direct free kick.
This game is the first game of the 19th round. In the same round, Manchester City's opponent is Bournemouth. The possibility of winning at home is more than 90%. If they can't win at the Emirates Stadium, then the points between the two sides will become equal...
Fortunately, Li Qing's world wave helped the team surpass the score!
Arsenal played one less at home, and the next game will definitely be very easy to play!
As expected!
Arsenal, who were one man short and behind at home, consciously stepped up their offense when they had no choice, but Liverpool's defense was so solid that they didn't leave much space for Sanchez, Ozil and Lacazette.
On the contrary, Salah expanded the score in a counterattack opportunity before the end of the first half. The fifteen-minute halftime break passed quickly, and Arsenal, who were two goals behind, could only strengthen their offense while ensuring defense.
However, such a choice is often not very beneficial to the offense. On the contrary, it also causes the players in the front and back fields to have inconsistent thoughts, resulting in a disconnection in the midfield.
The biggest feature of Arsenal under Wenger's coaching is to use ground passes to tear open the opponent's defense line. Now it has become a long pass with an English style of play, which is more or less equivalent to reducing the pressure on Liverpool's defense.
Van Dijk is 1.93 meters tall and 92 kilograms tall. Matip is also 1.93 meters tall and weighs 89 kilograms. Whether it is Lacazette, Sanchez or Ozil, there is definitely no way to be stronger than Van Dijk and Matip in terms of competing for the top, so there is no way to create scoring opportunities.
If there is no way to score for a long time, the defense will inevitably have problems, especially Liverpool has Li Qing, the English dribbling king.
In the 59th minute, Li Qing took advantage of the counterattack opportunity to pass three people and score, helping Liverpool to lead Arsenal 3:0 away.
This goal also means the end of the suspense of this game.
After all, Arsenal is one man short.
Liverpool, who are leading by three goals, did not continue to attack, they just consumed the game time reasonably.
After playing Arsenal, it was a terrifying devil's schedule, playing three games in seven days, in order to allow the team to have a good preparation, and to reduce physical expenditure as much as possible when victory is almost certain.
In the end, Liverpool won the game with a score of 3:0 at the stadium, winning 15 consecutive league victories.