Chapter 265: Dribble Assists, Expands the Score
Tottenham star Harry Kane was driving the Liverpool players who were celebrating his goal wildly. He felt very uncomfortable. It turned out that Sun Xingmin, who was defending Li Qing and fell to the ground, put his hands on his hips and looked helpless.
Vertonghen was swayed by Li Qing and slid directly out of the sideline. He stood up and returned to the court and kept shaking his head.
The reactions of other Tottenham players were almost the same. The feeling from 2:0 to 2:3 was like seeing a girl you were about to catch lying in the arms of another man and acting coquettishly. That feeling... was both angry and... helpless.
Li Qing, who scored the goal, looked very excited and cheered, but his celebration looked very funny. When Sun Xingmin fell to the ground, a large piece of red cloth was removed from his upper body jersey, and now his back was exposed. Strong muscles.
The commentator of China Channel 5 looked at Li Qing's back shown in the broadcast and said loudly: "No wonder the young player Li Qing's confrontation ability is so good. At such a young age, his upper body muscles are several levels higher than those of domestic players! I have to say , He is really a young player that makes people feel sad and proud.”
Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino put his hands on both sides of his pockets and watched the Liverpool fans jumping to the goal celebrating the goal. He was two goals ahead and one goal behind. This feeling made him very powerless.
His eyes, which were gradually becoming cloudy, were very complicated. Looking at Li Qing, who performed particularly well, he couldn't help but think: "Why don't we, Tottenham Hotspur, have talented players like Li?"
Most of the Tottenham fans at the new Wembley Stadium held their heads in pain, with disbelief in their eyes.
Goalkeeper and captain Lloris lay at the penalty spot, covering his face with his hands, looking at the sky in London, the capital of Great Britain. Although the time was just after 5 pm local time in Great Britain, the sky he saw had already turned dark. .
"Mauricio, what should we do?"
Tottenham assistant coach Perez walked up to Pochettino and asked.
"Substitution! We need to attack!"
Pochettino's somewhat cloudy eyes suddenly became bright and energetic. He turned to his assistant Perez and said: "Jesus, we need to defend tough and strengthen our offense!"
"How to adjust?"
Perez asked with a heavy face, and Pochettino pondered for a moment: "Moussa Sissoko and Fernando Llorente replaced Harry Winks and Aurier."
Before the game restarted, Tottenham, who were lagging behind, took the lead in making adjustments. Harry Winks and Aurier were replaced, and Sissoko and Llorente came on.
Due to personnel adjustments, Tottenham's formation position has changed accordingly.
Davis Sanchez and Alderweireld's positions remain unchanged and continue to serve as central defenders. Vertonghen and Trippier move to the left and right backs respectively. Sissoko serves as the single defensive midfielder. Son Heung-min, Eriksen and Alli Lined up, Harry Kane and Llorente serve as double centers.
Tottenham made two substitution adjustments in a row. Liverpool coach Klopp raised his brows and felt some pressure. He was wondering, should he make adjustments?
Sun Xingmin turned to look at the sidelines and let out a sigh of relief when he saw that the substitution number was not '7'.
At an angle that no one noticed, he pursed his lips and clenched his right fist tightly, as if he couldn't even feel his nails digging into his flesh.
The game did not restart, and the on-site director was still giving a slow-motion replay of Li Qing's goal, from accelerating to overtake Sun Xingmin, to teasing Vertonghen, to initiating a thrilling escape from Harry Winks' flagrant foul behind him, to Finally, he overtook Davidson Sanchez on the outside. Every ball he handled was adrenaline-stimulating.
The Liverpool fans in the audience shouted hysterically just to cheer for Li Qing.
After Li Qing celebrated the goal with his teammates, he did not run directly back to his own half. Instead, he ran to the home team's coaching bench first. He took off the tattered jersey and replaced it with a brand new No. 55 red jersey.
Head coach Klopp's excitement was unparalleled, and he had a manly shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Li Qing, which caused the Liverpool fans in the audience to burst into even more fanatical shouts.
"Beep~"
With the whistle of the referee Atkinson on duty, the last game of the 9th round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season restarted.
Tottenham, who had a kick-off advantage, quickly launched an offensive under Eriksen's organization. To be precise, Tottenham's offense was very direct, using British long passes, that is, directly taking the ball from the backcourt and lobbing forward, looking for Orthodox centers Llorente and Harry Kane.
Llorente is 1.95 meters tall and weighs 90 kilograms. He is two centimeters taller than Van Dijk. The weight is almost the same. However, as a striker, Llorente is better than Van Dijk in fighting for the ball. Even more surprising, he first hit Van Dijk with his huge body, and then used the time difference to take off and pass the ball to Sun Xingmin who came in behind.
Sun Xingmin, who was running, chose to volley the ball without stopping. The ball was blocked by Wijnaldum. Sissoko, who came on the bench, fired without stopping. Due to lack of preparation for the shot, I didn't master my footwork well and fired the anti-aircraft cannon directly.
Klopp realized that Pochettino's tactics had become very direct and he wondered whether he should remove an attacking player and replace him with a defensive player.
Llorente and Harry Kane have both height and body. He is more worried that the central defender partner of Van Dijk and Joe Gomez will not be able to withstand the continuous impact of Llorente and Harry Kane.
In the blink of an eye, five minutes into the game, the central defender partnership between Van Dijk and Joe Gomez was shaky, and Wijnaldum, who temporarily returned to the penalty area as the third central defender, also seemed to be struggling.
"Llorente and Harry Kane are putting increasing pressure on Van Dijk and Joe Gomez. Klopp should consider replacing Lovren to increase the number of defenders in the penalty area."
He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, said in a deep voice.
"aooaoaooaoooooo——"
The Tottenham fans at the new Wembley Stadium seemed to see the hope of their team to equalize the score, and the deafening cheers quickly swept the entire stadium.
Klopp was about to replace Lovren, and the morale of the Tottenham players on the field was greatly boosted. They almost pressed Liverpool to beat them in their own backcourt, and Liverpool scored first.
Mignolet kicked a long goal kick, and Firmino overpowered Davidson Sanchez to head the ball to Henderson, who directly used the arch of his foot to cushion the ball to Li Qing without stopping the ball.
Eriksson and Sissoko rushed over at the same time, and saw Li Qing kicking the ball with his left foot.
Of course, he did not volley, but kicked the ball out in the fastest way.
The football flew into the air, and flew diagonally from the right side of the center line to Liverpool's left rib.
As soon as the on-site director switched the broadcast screen, the fans on the scene had already looked up and saw the football flying to Salah who was running at high speed in the far end.
Alderweireld, who was dragged at the back of Tottenham, raised his right arm in the process of chasing, indicating that Salah was offside.
But the assistant referee did not raise the flag, but followed Salah along the bottom line, which means...
"Not offside!"
He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, raised his voice eight degrees higher.
Li Qing's non-stop long pass was exactly the same as Salah's running, and the lead time was just right, which could not only ensure Salah's full-speed running, but also put great pressure on Lloris so that he dared not attack.
Salah, who ran diagonally from the left rib of the attack to the middle at high speed, stopped and dribbled, and stopped the ball at the top of the penalty area, directly facing goalkeeper Lloris.
Salah completed a very calm push shot from the penalty area line. The ball quickly rolled from the middle of the penalty area line to the lower right corner of the goal. Lloris fell to the ground half a beat late, so he failed to save the team...
The ball crossed the goal line, and the referee Atkinson signaled that the goal was valid. The score on the scoreboard instantly changed from 2:3 to 2:4. Liverpool expanded the lead in the 69th minute!