Chapter 641 Targeting

Liverpool's record in the past half season can be described as jaw-dropping.

Liverpool is now undefeated in the league, and with one less game, it leads Manchester City by 11 points, which has one more game.

So the Manchester City players at the Etihad Stadium are all working hard to defeat the leader.

Li Qing was moving his body on the court while winking at Arnold, who turned pale and glared back at him.

Before the game, Li Qing was still teasing him, asking him not to be stupid, and Arnold almost went berserk. As Arnold, who also grew up from Kirkby as a main force, the thing he hates most is being looked down upon, even by his teammates.

Wait for me, no one can break in here today, and see what you can do when the game is over! Arnold thought viciously in his heart.

After looking at Arnold, Li Qing looked at Sturridge again, who glared at him and snorted heavily.

Sturridge's career started with Manchester City, so when he revisited the old place, Manchester City fans would naturally not be polite to Sturridge. From the moment he stepped onto the court, Manchester City fans kept booing Sturridge.

"Sturridge, the coach told me that it depends on you to win today. I will pass the ball to you!" Li Qing laughed strangely, and as soon as he said this, both Manchester City and Liverpool players looked at Li Qing and Sturridge at the same time.

"You, you..." Sturridge's black face instantly turned purple, and he, who was not good at speaking, became a little stuttering.

Henderson and Milner were not on the court, and Li Qing was the captain of the team on the field. What he said was definitely not aimless, but his words were easy to arouse people's imagination.

Manchester City defenders such as Danino and Laporte all looked unhappy. They dared to be so arrogant in their own home court. They simply didn't take themselves seriously, so they hated Li Qing and Sturridge from the bottom of their hearts.

Li Qing is not afraid of being hated. As for Sturridge, he just said this deliberately to the Manchester City players.

Rather than letting the opponent find problems and target them in the game, it is better to let the opponent target them from the beginning. The battle of Tianwang Mountain should be like Mars hitting the Earth. Being timid before the battle has never been Li Qing's characteristic, and he does not want it to be the characteristic of his teammates.

At the beginning of the game, Liverpool kicked off first, and the ball was transferred to Li Qing's feet. Facing the ball rolling towards him, Li Qing didn't think about it and directly passed it directly. The ball found Sturridge accurately.

After Sturridge got the ball, he hesitated slightly, then turned and dribbled the ball, trying to break through on the wing, but his dribbling speed was not fast, and he was blocked by Danino soon.

Whether it was in the club or in the national team, Sturridge's dribbling past the opponent was a common scene on the court, but today facing Danino, he seemed to play a little sloppy.

Danino slid and tackled, and Sturridge was caught off guard, falling out of the baseline with the ball. The fans in the stands suddenly cheered.

"Well done, you broke Judas's leg and made him unable to get up!"

"What else can you do besides faking?"

The referee rushed over at this time, but did not play a card. He just gestured to Danino and warned him a few times, and then signaled Liverpool to take a free kick.

Damn, such an obvious foul did not even play a card? Sturridge was very annoyed with the referee's penalty. Just as he was about to argue, Li Qing came up to him without knowing when, "Daniel, what is that guy gesturing at you?"

Sturridge subconsciously looked at the field, only to see Danino staring at him with a half-smile on his face. When he found that Sturridge was looking at him, he deliberately shook his head.

That bastard, he was actually laughing at himself, and Sturridge was instantly enraged.

After that, whenever Sturridge got the ball, he would choose to break through from Danino without hesitation, and the two of them were entangled on the side.

But no matter Danino or Sturridge, neither of them took advantage of the opponent. Sturridge only succeeded twice in three breakthroughs. The opponent's turning speed was not weak. The breakthrough just now was directly intercepted by the opponent and kicked to Sane in the frontcourt.

After Sane received the ball, he ran all the way along the sideline with the ball. Seeing this, Arnold immediately rushed up to stop the opponent.

In this game, Li Qing said before the game that Arnold would be the focus of Manchester City's breakthrough. Arnold was already very angry about this.

When Sane was in Schalke 04, he was famous for his fast speed, dribbling and breakthrough, so Sane, who was carrying the ball, planned to eat Liverpool's right back with speed.

Before the game, the head coach reminded him that Liverpool's right back was fast, but in fact it was not the case. Let Sane feel free to break through from Arnold. Sane now faithfully implemented Guardiola's decision.

But after hesitating for a few steps, Sane realized that something was wrong. In front of Arnold, it was impossible for Sane to break through directly with speed. The opponent could always keep up with his footsteps. Even if Sane made four consecutive emergency stops, he could not get rid of his opponent.

Noticing the opponent's midfielder coming to assist, Sane had no choice but to pass the ball horizontally and planned to reorganize the attack, but as soon as Sane passed the ball, the ball disappeared.

The ball was intercepted!

Fabinho took a step ahead of Sane, intercepted the ball, and then passed it horizontally to Li Qing. Bernardo Silva wanted to interfere with Li Qing's ball, but Li Qing had no intention of taking the ball himself, and kicked the rolling ball directly to the right side of the front court.

Manchester City's defenders had no time to react, because everyone thought Li Qing would organize an attack and pass the ball to his midfield teammates or Firmino in front, but they didn't notice that someone suddenly advanced on the Liverpool wing.

Mane succeeded in counter-offside the moment Li Qing passed the ball. He quickly inserted the ball, then broke into the penalty area and shot directly. Ederson had no time to react and made a save before the ball flew into the goal.

The Etihad Stadium was instantly silent, while the Liverpool fans in the stands on the other side cheered loudly.

1:0! Liverpool leads the opponent away from home. Mane receives an assist from Li Qing and quickly counterattacks!

The Manchester City players on the field were dead silent. Guardiola on the sidelines was in disbelief. Klopp punched hard and turned around to hug his assistant coach.

Li Qing guessed it all. The opponent's tactical intentions were completely exposed to the eyes of Liverpool players. Their every move on the field was exactly the same as the script that Liverpool players had already received.