Chapter 513 Sudden Outbreak, Li Ma Connected

"Beep~"

Accompanied by Michael Oliver's long whistle, the first game of the fifth round of the 2018-2019 Premier League officially kicked off. Tottenham, who had the advantage of kicking off, played very cautiously and passed the ball to the front court through continuous passes from the midfield and backcourt.

The disadvantage of Sun Xingmin not starting the game is quite obvious. His breakthrough and long-range shot can bring potential threats to Alisson's goal. Lucas Jr. is not slower than Sun Xingmin, and his breakthrough ability is even stronger, but his final shot is somewhat lacking. However, according to the starting lineup given by Pochettino, he is more inclined to defend and counterattack, and use Sun Xingmin as a surprise weapon.

The three-back combination of Winks, Dale and Dembele, except Dale is a pure defensive type, Winks and Dembele have certain offensive organization ability, which can relieve Eriksen's organizational pressure.

However, Liverpool started the game with high pressure. Li Qing, Mane, Firmino and Salah rushed into the defensive belly of Tottenham like four sharp arrows. Neither Winks nor Dembele dared to carry the ball too much. Alderweireld, who was confident in his personal footwork but lacked courage, received the return pass from Winks and made a long pass to Harry Kane in front.

Van Dijk leaned against Harry Kane and prevented him from jumping. The ball flew over their heads and was easily caught by Joe Gomez. Liverpool then switched from defense to offense.

Arnold did not stick to the ball and directly passed the ball to Li Qing who had pulled out of the receiving space. Eriksen and Dembele rushed over at the first time. Li Qing took the ball and broke through Eriksen but was stopped by Dembele with a foul.

The referee Michael Oliver blew the whistle, indicating that Dembele had committed a foul. Perhaps considering that this was Tottenham's home court, he neither gave a card nor a verbal warning, just treating it as a very ordinary foul.

Li Qing, who was sitting on the ground, stood up following Wijnaldum's outstretched right hand and spread his hands helplessly. Before the game, he guessed that Tottenham's defensive strategy was mainly based on fouls, but he didn't expect that Tottenham players would be so decisive in switching from offense to defense. It seems that... the performance of this game will be greatly affected.

Liverpool coach Klopp immediately ran to the fourth official and complained that such a player's foul was obviously tactical and should have received a yellow card or verbal warning. The fourth official was helpless. The penalty was Michael Oliver's business. As the fourth official, he could only play a supervisory role and could not change the penalty on the field.

Pochettino, standing in the command area of ​​the home team coach, held his breath. The team's crisis relief does not mean that it will be solved once and for all. There will be continuous problems in the future.

Li Qing is a magical player. He will only become more and more courageous in the future, just like the big victory over his motherland Argentina in the first round of the World Cup group stage. The next game is even more unstoppable. The strong players are guaranteed to score at least three goals.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but pray to God, hoping that the three defensive midfielders could avoid yellow cards in the first half as much as possible, so as to prepare for the Jedi counterattack in the second half.

Son Heung-min stayed on the bench to catch Liverpool off guard!

In the subsequent game time, Li Qing encountered many fouls from Tottenham players. The referee Oliver only whistled to indicate fouls for those defensive actions that were not particularly dangerous, and did not even give a verbal warning, so that the Liverpool fans and head coach Klopp in the audience expressed strong dissatisfaction.

But this is Tottenham's home court, so they can only swallow their anger.

Tottenham fans said before the game that they would not boo the hero Li Qing, but it does not mean that Li Qing will fight back when he is fouled by his own players. After all... Tottenham is their home team, and Li Qing has not suffered any actual harm.

Obviously, Tottenham's targeted deployment before the game was very well done, and did not leave Li Qing too much offensive space. The offensive combination of Mane, Firmino and Salah has long been affected by Li Qing's reliance on Li Qing and has not played well, so that Liverpool's offense relies more on crosses from the two flanks.

However, the national team duo of Alderweireld and Vertonghen is more dominant in the fight for high points. Firmino is 1.81 meters tall, while Mane and Salah are both 1.75 meters tall. They obviously cannot pose a real threat to Alderweireld and Vertonghen even if they are well prepared.

Li Qing did not play well, but the game was played very quickly. Tottenham mainly played defensive counterattacks. When they had the ball, they directly gave it to Eriksen and Lucas Jr., using the efficient counterattack brought by fast passing to threaten Alisson's goal. The number of participants was very limited, so even if the ball was intercepted, there would be no situation of defending more with fewer people.

Time often passes quickly in high-level matches. Twenty minutes had already passed. The scoreboard still showed 0:0. Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, the on-site director gave Li Qing a close-up shot of his face. He Wei, the commentator of China Channel 5, changed the subject: "Li Qing was defended too tightly during this period. He didn't have many chances to take the ball, let alone play well."

"But fans in front of the TV don't need to feel upset. Li Qing's characteristics are like that. He will always bring you unexpected surprises when you are not paying attention..."

As soon as the voice fell, Arnold threw the ball from the right sideline. Li Qing raised his hand to ask for the ball. Eric immediately approached him. Dembele and Dale also approached him at the same time, not giving Li Qing the opportunity to easily take the ball.

Arnold did not hesitate at all. He followed the tactical gesture given by Li Qing and threw a sideline ball at chest height. Eriksson exerted force from behind, but he never expected Li Qing to lean forward and lean back. Eriksson, who was about to exert force, felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and his body instantly felt a huge oncoming momentum, and the whole person could not help but retreat.

Dembele and Dale were in front and behind, ready to fight, Winks was also ready to make up for the defense, plus left back Rose, it seemed that Li Qing had already attracted the attention of four defenders, and Eriksson had not recovered from being hit by Li Qing, which meant that Tottenham had only five players defending other Liverpool offensive players.

Facing the reinforcement of two people, Li Qing pushed the ball outward with the outside of his left foot, opened the angle, and made a long pass without any adjustment. The ball rose up from the ground and broke through the sky, flying from the right side of the attack to the left rib of the penalty area. The on-site director switched the camera, and saw Mane like a wild horse running away, using his chest to lead the ball towards the goal.

Lloris and Alderweireld raised their hands at the same time to indicate that Mané was offside, but the assistant referee remained unmoved and followed Mané's forward movement along the sideline to the bottom line according to his own judgment.

In other words... not offside!

"Damn it!"

Lloris cursed in his heart and abandoned the goal.

Mané handled the ball very calmly. Facing the attacking Lloris, he chose to shoot low. The football quickly rolled under the armpit of the fallen Lloris and hit the snow-white net in the lower right corner of the goal...

"The ball went in! The ball went in! The Li-Ma connection showed its power again!"

The voice of He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, rose eight degrees.