Chapter 628: Two Goals Ahead
"Goooooooooooal——"
Andy Gray's drawn-out voice sounded in the live broadcast room, and Martin Taylor passionately shouted: "Lee, it's still Lee. In the 15th minute of the game, the genius Lee used a groundbreaking long shot to penetrate Newcastle's goal!"
BBC commentator Lineker laughed with a red face: "A wonderful shot, this is the best response to the opponent. Liverpool is stable in today's game. Liverpool with Lee on the field is invincible!"
After scoring, Li Qing did not seem to be very excited, but just waved his fist vigorously at the KOP stand, but even so, it caused a huge cheer at the scene.
The KOP stand is always the place where Liverpool's die-hard fans gather the most. After scoring, Li Qing usually greets these fans who keep cheering for him, just like a king waving to his people.
Anfield Stadium, which can accommodate more than 50,000 people, was almost full today, and most of them were Liverpool fans. Li Qing's wave made these fans crazy, and the whole stadium was almost overturned by their cheers.
Just now, fans at the scene received news that Manchester City led Leicester City 1:0 away from home. Aguero assisted teammate Bernardo to open the scoring, so Liverpool fans were a little anxious.
But before they could finish their anxiety, Li Qing used a wonderful long shot to make all the fans who supported him ecstatic. It can be said that this goal came too timely.
Klopp was so happy on the sidelines that he couldn't close his mouth. Today's Newcastle was still very active at the beginning. It once threatened Liverpool's goal, but Li Qing's goal gave him a reassurance.
Two minutes later, Robertson made a cross from the left side of the front court. Although the Newcastle defender got the first point, he headed the ball to Li Qing's feet. Anfield was boiling again, and Newcastle fans couldn't help but cover their faces.
Benítez seemed extremely nervous at the moment. Before the goalkeeper commanded the defenders to defend, he had already shouted on the sidelines, "Defend, press forward, don't let him shoot!"
In fact, without Benítez shouting, the Newcastle United players on the field would rush forward. Li Qing's threat on the field was clear to every Newcastle player.
But because of Benítez's shouting, the Newcastle defenders on the field became more nervous, and the movements they made unconsciously became a little big. At this time, Li Qing had already entered the penalty area and attracted three opposing defensive players in front of him.
Mane, Firmino and Shaqiri had already outflanked from the left and the middle. Li Qing, who had no shooting angle, naturally prepared to pass the ball to his teammates without hesitation, but at this moment, the Newcastle defender rushed to Li Qing.
Dumet pulled Li Qing to the ground very ‘straightforwardly’. The referee who saw it clearly blew the whistle immediately, pointed to the penalty spot, and gave Dumet a yellow card warning.
Penalty! Liverpool fans in the stands were boiling again in an instant.
Benítez covered his face on the sidelines, and had the urge to beat his chest. Three people couldn’t defend one person, and he gave the opponent a penalty. Once the ball was scored, Newcastle was completely passive.
On the court, there is a big difference in the feeling and pressure of falling behind by one goal and falling behind by two goals.
When falling behind by one goal, the lagging team can catch up with the team in plenty of time. As long as they play their own offensive tactics through teamwork, it is still very likely to equalize, and then they can think about how to overtake after equalizing.
But it’s different when they are two goals behind. There is still one goal to be scored after tying one goal. Football is not basketball. You can score if you say you can score, unless the opponent’s players are confused and stupid and let you kick casually, but that kind of situation is impossible for Liverpool.
So when Li Qing personally took the penalty kick and kicked the ball into the goal, Benítez knew that his team was in a very tight spot in this game.
After scoring twice, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief. Tong Shenbing said before his game today that if he didn't perform well in the game, he would have to drink double the amount of soup medicine to "replenish" his body when he returned!
This scared Li Qing. Drinking one portion was almost killing him, and drinking two portions would drive him crazy!
Li Qing could understand that after Tong's cooperation with Liverpool, as the project leader, she wanted to perform more outstandingly, and the ability she needed to show required the cooperation of Liverpool players on the field.
As Tong Shenbing's future husband and Liverpool's ace shooter, it was his duty to lead the way, so Li Qing worked very hard during the game against Newcastle today and scored two goals.
However, what Li Qing remembered more at this time was what Tong Shenbing told him, that the entire Liverpool team must perform well in order to highlight her ability.
So after scoring two goals, Li Qing is now more concerned about how to lead his teammates and let them play well and score goals, so Li Qing performed even better.
Li Qing performed well, and Newcastle's defenders were unlucky. Li Qing alone had nailed the entire back line firmly in his own half, not to mention that Liverpool was not only good at Li Qing!
Of course, the other Liverpool players were not as abnormally good as Li Qing, but they were also top-notch!
Shaqiri worked extra hard in the game today. He thought that he almost messed up the Club World Cup final and the coach would put him in the cold palace, but he didn't expect that he would be allowed to start in the first game after returning to England.
Although he was allowed to play in the midfield with Milner and Wijnaldum, Shaqiri was also very satisfied. He became more honest during the game and didn't dare to be as aggressive as before.
However, Li Qing kept gesturing at him in the frontcourt, asking him to move forward a little, which confused Shaqiri and made him very hesitant.
As a newcomer who just joined the team this summer, Shaqiri urgently needs to prove himself and gain a foothold in the team. The unpleasant experiences in the Bundesliga, Serie A and Stoke City in the Premier League made Shaqiri's personality a little impatient.
However, there are too many outstanding players in Liverpool's frontcourt. Shaqiri, who is not even 1.7 meters tall, does not have much competitive advantage in either the midfield or the forward position.
So Shaqiri decided to play it safe, but just when he decided to play it safe, Li Qing unexpectedly threw him an olive branch on the field, signaling him to rush into the penalty area.
So Shaqiri's heart, which had just been suppressed, suddenly became agitated. A player who doesn't want to score is not a good player, and Shaqiri is no exception. So when he saw Li Qing cut inside and shot directly, he rushed into the penalty area and planned to make up for it.