Chapter 284: The Beating Is in Progress
Li Qing received the pass from Van Dijk, and Kante and Bakayoko had just finished braking on the spot. At this moment, Li Qing flicked the ball to the left with the outside of his left foot, and the ball rolled to the left front along the ground. Henderson, who was running forward naturally, received the ball and moved forward.
Bakayoko temporarily gave up marking Li Qing and assisted Drinkwater in defending Henderson. However, Henderson had no intention of taking the ball forward. He pushed the arch of his left foot and the ball rolled to the right rear.
Li Qing, who was moving forward diagonally, suddenly accelerated and moved forward to meet the ball.
Kante suddenly realized that Li Qing was going to accelerate diagonally to the left with the ball, and quickly cooperated with Bakayoko to complete the closed defense of Li Qing.
At this moment, Li Qing, who was moving from the middle to the left front at a high speed, suddenly braked on the spot, and knocked the ball with his left heel. The ball quickly rolled over the heel of his right foot along the ground and headed to the right front.
Kante reacted very quickly, stopped on the spot, and used his right foot to push the ground with a small inertia. The huge reaction force made his body stretch out along his left foot.
As an offensive player, Li Qing was more proactive in changing his movements. Facing Kante's foot foul, he had a judgment in advance, avoided Kante's intentional foul, and chased the football with his left heel to the right front.
At this time, Kante regretted it very much. He regretted his short legs when he needed them!
Bakayoko and Drinkwater were attracted by Henderson's forward penetration. Li Qing suddenly changed the direction of the ball and passed Kante, and was temporarily unguarded.
"aoaoaoaoooooooo——"
The huge cheers at Anfield became deafening and violent like a tsunami.
Bakayo hurriedly went to fill Kante's position diagonally, and Marcos Alonso, who was standing on the left rib to defend, greeted Li Qing with a guilty conscience.
The three central defenders Azpilicueta, Christensen and Gary Cahill naturally retreated to the middle, which meant that the two flanks were exposed to huge gaps.
Li Qing, who had a wide field of vision, saw this clearly. He pushed hard with the arch of his left foot, and the football rolled quickly from the middle to the right side of the attack, about 35 meters away from the goal.
Marcos Alonso subconsciously fell to the ground and stretched his legs to intercept, but his legs were half a beat slower than the speed of the football.
The live director quickly switched the camera, and the fans in front of the TV clearly saw Arnold rushing along the right side at high speed.
Considering that Arnold's speed was not particularly fast, Li Qing's pass was not much in advance, just in line with Arnold's running speed.
Gary Cahill, who had just retreated to the middle and waited for Li Qing to attack with the ball, had to turn around and run towards Arnold. Conte, who was standing in the visiting team coach's command area, was extremely angry. In his opinion, Marcos Alonso only needed to knock Li Qing down head-on, and Gary Cahill would naturally help defend the gap behind him, so there was no need to risk a tackle.
Now, the ball was not intercepted and the position was lost.
After passing the ball, Li Qing rushed to the penalty area at full speed. Bakayoko, who ran diagonally to the top of the penalty area, could not catch up with Li Qing no matter how fast he ran, not to mention that the straight line between the three points was the shortest.
Azpilicueta and Christensen were under great pressure. In addition to Firmino following in the middle of the penalty area, Mane followed in the far end, which meant that there was no one defending the top of the penalty area.
Klopp, standing in front of the home team coaching bench, naturally clenched his fists. As long as Arnold could pass the ball to the no-man's land at the top of the penalty area, Li Qing, who received the ball, would definitely score the ball 100%!
Firmino and Mane's forward penetration into the penalty area forced Christensen and Azpilicueta to take care of the top of the penalty area, so all the hopes of Chelsea players were placed on Gary Cahill.
Arnold must not be allowed to pass the ball!
Gary Cahill obviously realized this, but Li Qing's pass was very cunning, which was more conducive to Arnold's receiving the ball, so he could only hope that Arnold could stop the ball and observe the running position of his teammates in the penalty area.
A few seconds passed in a flash, and Arnold did not stop the ball and observe according to Gary Cahill's idea. Instead, he was very straightforward and used the arch of his right foot to quickly sweep the football to the unmanned area at the top of the penalty area.
In a flash, a Liverpool player wearing a red jersey appeared at the top of the seemingly unmanned penalty area, and the big Arabic number '55' on his back was raised high.
"——Li Qing!"
Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun's voice rose eight degrees: "He received Arnold's pass from the right!"
Li Qing, who was running, stopped the ball one meter to the left front with the inside of his left foot, and quickly followed with his right foot. He stood in the top circle of the penalty area, raised his left foot, and hit the lower middle of the football like a whip.
"Boom~"
The left foot hit the football with the instep, making a crisp sound.
The football rolled forward like an arrow, and rushed to the lower left corner of the goal at lightning speed. Goalkeeper Courtois reacted this time, but it was a little slower than the forward speed of the football.
In other words... he was powerless!
"Gooooooooooooooal——"
Andy Gray, the commentator of Sky TV, stretched out his voice hysterically.
Li Qing, who scored a goal, did not make an overly excited celebration. He still had that calm expression, shrugged his shoulders, and looked very helpless.
Li Qing likes to pretend, but his teammates can't. The goal in the game for more than 30 minutes was enough to make them burst out with the energy they had been holding in their hearts.
Head coach Klopp was particularly excited, and his signature combination punches hit the void three times.
I don’t know if it was because Klopp had some unique internal skills. Conte, who was more than ten meters away, seemed to have been hit by three heavy punches from Klopp. He took several steps back before stopping his retreat...
The Liverpool fans at Anfield were dancing excitedly, making the chants louder and louder, making the atmosphere in the entire stadium particularly fanatical.
"Chelsea's defense was useless at this moment. Li Qing scored his 28th goal of the season without being marked!"
Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun said loudly: "Li Qing is still 3 goals away from the 31 goals he set in 15 rounds last season! This... is the 13th round of the league in the 2017-2018 season! Incredible!"
"Lee's goal can be entirely attributed to his personal contribution. From the planning to the end of the attack, except for Alexander-Arnold's pass, it was all completed by him! It must be said that Chelsea's defense is still not in place..."
Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor said regretfully.
Li Qing is in excellent form. Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone, who is paying attention to Liverpool's game, frowns. Although it is said that a draw in the 6th round of the Champions League group stage on the 6th next month will qualify, the problem is that according to Liverpool's Judging from this state, it is very difficult to tie.
Chelsea's defense has done well enough, with Italian-style chain defense linking link after link, but Li Qing still uses his excellent foot skills to win scoring opportunities for his side.
Today's Atletico Madrid is no longer the Atletico Madrid that has advanced to the Champions League finals for three consecutive years. It is really difficult to draw with the impressive Liverpool in the away game.