Chapter 539: More Goals to Be Scored
"aoaooaoaooaooaoaooaooooo——"
The football hit the snow-white stadium, and a huge cheer like a tsunami erupted over Anfield.
Head coach Klopp raised his arms and shouted in the fanatical atmosphere, venting the huge pressure brought by the goal. The team has been unbeaten in 61 league rounds from the beginning of 2017 to October 2018. He can't let this record end easily. Leading means that the team still has a lot of room for maneuver, which is equivalent to unloading the huge stone that has been accumulated in his heart.
Li Qing, who scored a goal, stood in the Manchester City penalty area. His iconic shrug celebration gave people a very disdainful feeling, as if... scoring a goal is just a routine operation like drinking water and eating.
Manchester City fans are helpless, and they have such a terrible opponent.
Li Qing didn't feel anything special about the goal. His teammates were in a different mood. They were all ecstatic. The rapid swing of his arms accelerated the replacement of his feet, crossed the center line, and shared the ecstasy brought by the goal with Li Qing.
Guardiola closed his eyes in pain and did not open them for a long time. His players were even more distraught, as if they had lost the game in advance.
Especially De Bruyne, who made a rare pass error. It was because of the rare error that he blamed himself. It would have been fine if he did not score a goal to help the team open the record, but he made a pass error in a key mistake and directly handed the ball to Li Qing.
Ederson forgot how many goals he lost against Li Qing after transferring to Manchester City. Without deliberately calculating, he could guess that it was 10+. Last season, they played against each other twice in the league, the League Cup final and, this season, the Community Shield and the first round of the league...
As a world-class goalkeeper, he could not bear to lose the ball to Li Qing again and again. If I remember correctly, it was an average of three goals per game...
Such a number of goals lost is simply a shame, but Ederson has no good way. Who made Li Qing so abnormal?
What makes Ederson feel a little better is that many goalkeepers in the Premier League are relative to the shame he encountered. If you think about it carefully, it is not even that uncomfortable.
Look at Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris. As the captain of the French team, he was scored four goals by Li Qing in the World Cup final, and then scored four direct free kicks by Li Qing in the last round of the league at the new Wembley Stadium, which is the best background for two consecutive records.
In comparison, Lloris is obviously worse.
Stones, Kyle Walker and Sterling, three England internationals, kept shaking their heads, obviously feeling depressed about Li Qing's excellent performance.
They are both professional players, why is the gap so big?
Is it really as Sarri said that Li Qing is a player from another galaxy?
The broadcast screen showed Li Qing walking towards his own half, and the commentator He Wei of Tianchao 5 shouted with a surge of emotion: "Li Qing missed the direct free kick, but he made De Bruyne and David Silva make a mistake in cooperation through his sudden rush, intercepted the ball and counterattacked, and made a signature fast advance to help Liverpool equalize the score near the end of the first half!"
"What is a world-class superstar? Li Qing's goal interprets what a world-class superstar is!"
Commentary guest Xu Yang said loudly.
In the restarted game, Manchester City players were eager to equalize the score in the first wave of attack, especially Sterling, who felt that he should do something, otherwise it would be difficult to face the Manchester City fans who traveled with the team.
Manchester City coach Guardiola paced back and forth in the visiting coach command area, looking up at the game on the court from time to time. However, due to the lack of time left in the first half, there was very little time left for Manchester City to equalize the score. In addition, Liverpool's targeted defense, the offensive trident composed of Sterling, Aguero and Mahrez failed to break Liverpool's defensive system.
"Beep~"
Accompanied by the whistle of the referee Michael Oliver, the first half of the focus battle of the 8th round of the 2018-2019 Premier League season came to an end.
Affected by Li Qing's goal, the facial expressions of Liverpool and Manchester City players were completely different. Liverpool players smiled and talked and laughed with each other, while Manchester City players frowned and were worried. The past many games gave them too many psychological shadows, and they obviously lacked confidence in the future second half.
Players from both sides entered the player tunnel one after another. Liverpool fans at Anfield did not lower their volume. Led by diehard fans, Liverpool team songs "You Will Never Walk Alone" and "Song of Li Qing" resounded throughout the stadium.
Many Liverpool substitutes who came to the stadium to warm up were full of enthusiasm and constantly encouraged themselves, hoping that they could come on as substitutes in the second half to help the team expand the score!
Almost every Premier League customer TV station is equipped with a special commentator to review the first half that ended. Although Li Qing did not perform particularly well in the first half, he won in terms of efficiency, with one goal and one post, and even a few passes that caused direct threats. If Mane and Salah had not squandered one after another, the scoreboard would not show that the home team Liverpool led Manchester City 1:0.
The fifteen-minute halftime break passed quickly, and players from both sides returned to the stadium one after another. Manchester City, which was behind in the score, made adjustments first. Mahrez, who had no chance to perform in the first half, was replaced by Bernardo Silva.
"Mahrez, the Algerian international who transferred to Manchester City this summer, obviously has not reached a certain understanding with Manchester City players. His dribbling and passing seem to be beneficial to Manchester City's overall tactics. Guardiola has no time for him to run in with the whole team. There are still 45 minutes left in the second half, and Guardiola wants to get out of it!"
When the referee Michael Oliver blew the whistle to start the second half of the game, the commentator He Wei of Tianchao 5 gave a commentary with a surging emotion.
After 15 minutes of psychological adjustment, the Manchester City fans at Anfield Stadium were full of confidence in the game at the beginning of the second half. The cheers they created matched the huge cheers that continued to erupt from Liverpool fans. The fanatical atmosphere of the game swept the entire Anfield, and even the residential buildings five kilometers away could hear the huge cheers from this stadium.
I don't know whether it was the Manchester City fans in the audience who brought extra ability, or Bernardo Silva, who came on as a substitute, activated the overall attack. Manchester City equalized the score in the second minute of the second half.
De Bruyne, who was absolutely responsible for the loss of the ball, used Kyle Walker's back-up as a cover at a 45-degree angle on the right, and made a quick and low cross to bypass Van Dijk at the front point. Aguero moved forward alertly and flashed in front of Joe Gomez to complete a signature shot.
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson and the defender raised their right arms and looked at the assistant referee.
But the assistant referee did not raise the flag, which meant that this ball... was fine.
At the same time, Guardiola raised his arms and shouted, as if he was proud.
Aguero, who had suffered many losses, did not show off to Li Qing. He was very low-key when he scored the goal, and kept encouraging himself: "Goal! I want to score more goals!"