Chapter 287: Juggling, Hat Trick

Chapter 287: Juggling, Hat Trick · Part 1

"Hmm?"

Klopp raised his eyebrows, somewhat puzzled.

Bovac quickly explained: "Mohamed Salah replaced James Milner, Lee returned to the midfield to organize the attack, and the offensive trident composed of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah can definitely bring huge threats to Chelsea's defense."

"But the defense will get worse and worse."

Kravitz frowned.

"The poor defense comes from the fact that the offense can't bring threats to Chelsea. If Lee returns to the midfield to organize the offense, his ball possession, passing and long shots can bring the most direct threats to Chelsea's defense. At that time, Chelsea will definitely not dare to devote all its players to the offense."

Bovac's words were well-reasoned, forcing Klopp and Kravitz to ponder and consider this choice.

In a blink of an eye, the game was over for another five minutes. During this time, goalkeeper Mignolet appeared more and more frequently, which meant that the goal was in danger.

Klopp made a prompt decision and made changes according to the "brain" Buvac's words.

Even if they replaced the defensive players, they would still be bombarded by Chelsea. Only the threat from the offense would be alleviated.

In the 71st minute, Liverpool made the first adjustment of the game. Salah replaced Milner, an old comrade whose physical fitness had obviously declined.

Conte, who was standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, raised his eyebrows immediately. He obviously didn't expect Klopp to replace Milner, a defensive all-rounder, with a forward. This meant that Liverpool replaced the defensive players with offensive players when they were two goals ahead to strengthen the offense!

Is Klopp crazy?

This was Conte's first reaction.

Soon, he realized that Klopp wanted to completely kill the game at home!

Damn it!

The score must be reduced before Liverpool scored the third goal!

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun exclaimed: "Klopp's substitution adjustment is really unexpected! Liverpool is leading by two goals. According to the conventional substitution, it should be to use defensive players to withdraw offensive players, shrink the defense, and maintain the score until the end of the game. Salah replaced Milner, which is undoubtedly the opposite..."

Salah's appearance brought Klopp's latest tactical adjustment. Li Qing ran to the tenth position with a smile on his face, without a trace of tension that the players on the field should have. Sky TV commentator Andy Gray saw it and said in a deep voice: "This...maybe this is where Li's performance is better than ordinary people!"

Liverpool replaced defensive players with offensive players, and the intention to strengthen the offense was quite obvious. Chelsea's defensive players gradually felt the tremendous pressure. Mane and Salah both have very fast speeds, especially Mane, whose speed is second only to Li Qing. Salah has stronger ability to combine with the ball and score.

The attack organized by Hazard ended with Morata's weak shot in the penalty area. Mignolet easily hugged the ball. The Chelsea defenders who switched from offense to defense instantly focused their attention on Li Qing. Bakayoko and Kante rushed towards Li Qing at the same time.

Mignolet threw the ball to Salah on the right. Because Li Qing was closely guarded, there was no defensive player before Salah received the ball.

Salah turned around in one go and chose to overtake from the outside in the face of Marcos Alonso's defense.

Marcos Alonso was on a yellow card and did not dare to foul behind him. Bakayoko, who was assisting Li Qing, had to turn around and speed up to make up for the defense, leaving Li Qing to Kante.

Bakayoko was not particularly fast, but according to the shortest straight line between three points, he was stuck in the place where Salah had to pass in advance. With a clean record, he could completely organize Salah by fouling.

At this moment, Salah stretched out his right foot and pulled the ball towards the heel of his left foot. Marcos Alonso was too late to brake on the spot, and could only watch Salah accelerate from a straight line to a diagonal line.

Li Qing followed the acceleration and accelerated from the middle to the right rib of the attack.

Kante stretched out his hand to Li Qing's shoulder but only caught a ball of air. Bakayoko turned around and chased Li Qing, which was obviously too late. He had to hand over the responsibility of defending Li Qing to central defender Gary Cahill.

Salah, who was dribbling the ball diagonally, suddenly passed the ball with his left foot when he was about seven or eight meters away from the center line. The football broke through the sky and flew straight to Chelsea's defensive half, which was the direction where Li Qing accelerated.

"aoaooaoaooaoooooooo——"

The huge cheers of Liverpool fans burst out over Anfield. The home fans cheered for Li Qing in this way.

Li Qing, who was running without the ball, was running at full speed, like a red Ferrari passing the right side of the court at high speed, chasing the straight pass sent by Salah.

Gary Cahill realized that the connection between Salah and Li Qing might bring a huge threat to the defense. With his experience, he was ready to make sacrifices. He did not turn around to clear the ball, because he could not beat Li Qing in speed. The safest way was to use his strong body to make a reasonable physical collision!

As long as the contact point is well locked, there will be no foul!

Li Qing probably guessed what Gary Cahill was going to do, and he circled half a meter in advance. It was this circle that instantly made Gary Cahill's judgment in advance become useless.

So, the scene seen by the fans in the audience was that Li Qing narrowed the distance with Gary Cahill at a speed visible to the naked eye, from being equal to him to surpassing him.

Gary Cahill wanted to hit Li Qing with his body, but Li Qing was too fast and cunning, so he had to change his defensive strategy, that is, give up competing for the landing point and block the inside line.

Salah's pass bounced in front of Li Qing and slowed down, and the height of the bounce was also relatively high. Gary Cahill blocked the inside line in advance. Li Qing ran one more step to the inside line, which was equivalent to using his body to block Gary Cahill's hope of stealing the ball.

The ball bounced a little high, and Gary Cahill was a little far away. Li Qing's eyes lit up, and he accelerated towards the ribs. Gary Cahill thought he was going to force acceleration, so he chose to move in advance to prevent Li Qing from overtaking.

What surprised Gary Cahill was that Li Qing came over, but the ball seemed to be behind him.

What's going on?

At the same time, a cry of exclamation rang out from the main stand of Anfield Stadium: "wowowowoooooo——"

Li Qing braked suddenly on the spot, and his body turned 90 degrees to the left with the front of his left foot as the axis, which was equivalent to turning from an oblique insertion to a straight left. The heel of his right foot dragged behind him and knocked the falling football in the direction of advance.

Gary Cahill suddenly realized something when he saw the football flying into the air.

"Beautiful!"

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun said loudly: "Li Qing passed Gary Cahill with a juggling move!"

Klopp, who was standing in front of the home team's coaching seat, covered his face with his hands, his face full of intoxication. He really didn't expect that Li Qing would use such a spectacular move to pass Gary Cahill.