Chapter 611: Equalization
At the start of the second half, the fans and the commentator in the live broadcast room immediately discovered that Liverpool's head coach Klopp and Manchester United's head coach Mourinho had made adjustments to the players on the field.
On the Manchester United side, Dalot left the field and Fellaini came on, adding a fulcrum to Manchester United's field, while on the Liverpool side, Shaqiri was replaced by Wijnaldum.
Martin Taylor commented on the substitution in the live broadcast room: "The head coaches of both teams have obviously seen it and are ready to make a fuss in the midfield. I wonder if this substitution can change the current situation of the two teams?"
As soon as Martin Taylor's voice fell, Andy Gray on the other side shouted: "Wijnaldum suddenly intercepted in the frontcourt, catching Fellaini, who had just come on the field, off guard!"
The audience became nervous in an instant. On the Liverpool bench, Shaqiri looked at the field with an unconvinced expression.
Why did you replace me! Can the team defeat the opponent by replacing me? It's a joke!
However, Wijnaldum's performance after stealing the ball still attracted Shaqiri's attention. After Wijnaldum intercepted the ball, he did not look up to find anyone. He accelerated directly, shook off the opponent who wanted to steal the ball, and began to break forward along the sideline.
Manchester United's defender came up to make up for the defense, Wijnaldum made a direct pass, Li Qing passed the ball immediately after receiving the ball, Wijnaldum accelerated forward, and the two made a beautiful two-on-one and entered the Manchester United penalty area.
"Beautiful cooperation, Wijnaldum, who just came on the court, broke through. He and the captain Li Qing on the field cooperated so well. This is the first connection between Liverpool's forward and midfielder in this game!"
The shouting of the on-site commentator made Shaqiri's face darken, and Fabinho and Keita on the field also looked a little unhappy, but Liverpool's attack was not over yet.
Manchester United's central defender Lindelof had already made up for the position. Wijnaldum found that there was no chance to rush forward again. He noticed behind him and knocked the ball back with his heel.
Li Qing, who was running sideways, just received the ball. At the same time, he noticed the running position of his teammates and passed the ball without any adjustment.
Li Qing's pass was very sudden. Manchester United's defense in front of the penalty area was already a bit messy, and the defender just blocked the goalkeeper's sight.
At the same time as Li Qing passed the ball, Mane inserted from the back row at high speed, stopped the ball in the air with his chest, and then shot directly into the air, and the ball went into the goal.
"Goooooooooooal——"
The commentator shouted again, "Mane, Li, Li and Ma's connection reappeared on the field, the wonderful cooperation between the two super strikers, Liverpool equalized the score!"
After scoring the goal, Mane was about to run towards the stands on the sidelines, but suddenly he thought of something, and immediately turned back to pounce on Li Qing who was still outside the penalty area, and jumped on Li Qing.
"It's a beautiful pass, captain!"
Liverpool fans in the stands sang the team song. Li Qing assisted, Mane scored, and the team equalized the score. What could be more worthy of joy than this!
Although the score was not leading, the scene that just happened on the field made all Liverpool fans believe that it was only a matter of time before they took the lead.
Shaqiri, who was sitting on the bench, was as stunned as the Manchester United players when he saw Mane score. He had never expected that Liverpool would score such a wonderful goal in the frontcourt as soon as he came off the field, and he felt bad.
But no one paid attention to his mood at the moment. Liverpool's bench and coaching bench were already jubilant.
The game continued, and Liverpool began to control the game. Wijnaldum still habitually sent the ball to Li Qing, but this time, Li Qing just received the pass and had no time to turn around. A long leg stretched out and almost broke the ball.
Fellaini! Manchester United's big man who just came on the field, obviously his role on the field is to prevent Liverpool from playing comfortably in the frontcourt.
But this level of defense is not enough for me!
Li Qing held the ball, and Fellaini pressed forward. Both sides were brewing how to deal with the ball next.
It was still raining on the field, and the rain was getting heavier. Fellaini's shaggy hair soon accumulated a lot of rain, and the rain dripped down his hair. A stream of water just fell into Fellaini's eye sockets, and he subconsciously closed his eyes...
Now!
The moment Fellaini subconsciously blinked, Li Qing moved. He gently lifted the ball with the back of his foot, and at the same time, his body center of gravity lowered to the right. Fellaini also opened his eyes almost at the same time, and he was not willing to be outdone. He exerted force with his feet and rushed towards Li Qing.
It's really entangled! Li Qing took a step ahead and blocked Fellaini. At the same time, he knocked the ball forward with his feet and prepared to accelerate.
Fellaini was blocked by Li Qing and lost the opportunity to steal the ball. He could only try his best to entangle Li Qing, trying to stop him from running and breaking into his own penalty area.
He has some tricks, so it seems that he has to show some real skills!
Li Qing noticed that Fellaini blocked his breakthrough direction while struggling with him, but at the same time he noticed that Manchester United did not send other players to help Fellaini defend him.
It seems that they all trust Fellaini's strength and think that he can defend me alone? Li Qing smiled in his heart. Since he is so confident, let me completely shatter this confidence!
Fellaini suddenly found that Li Qing's dribbling had a new change. At this time, he noticed that Li Qing actually pulled to the side.
Is he going to break through and pass the ball, or is he going to shoot?
Fellaini knew very well that the yellow-skinned guy in front of him was a dangerous player that the coach had instructed to defend. Mourinho valued Li Qing very much and said that he could shoot from any position on the court.
But he had already blocked almost all of his shooting angles and forced him to go to the side. How could he shoot in this situation?
But Li Qing's next move made Fellaini suspicious again, because Li Qing did make a kicking motion in front of him, and he swung his left foot.
Really going to shoot? This angle? What a joke! Although Fellaini didn't want to believe it in his heart, he still made a defensive move, stretched his body as much as possible, and then stretched out his long legs to block Li Qing's shot.
But Li Qing's left leg swung down, but his foot didn't kick the ball, but at the same time, he dunked the ball with his right foot and moved his body to the right to break through.
Damn it! Fellaini was startled, and relying on his good physical fitness, he turned his body abruptly, but he didn't expect that Li Qing's ball didn't go far to the right, but hit his left foot while dribbling, and then the whole person broke through to the left.
What the hell! Fellaini was shaken to the ground. Everything just now was completed in a flash, and no matter how strong his physical fitness was, he couldn't withstand the continuous change of body center of gravity in such a short time, and finally he was thrown off by Li Qing.