Chapter 309: Curved Shot Scores a Goal

“aoaoaoaooooo——”

A huge cheer rang out over the Anfield stadium. Aguero, Sane and Sterling raised their eyebrows, very unhappy. They quickly turned a corner and rushed to Li Qing who was receiving the ball outside the center circle.

Li Qing was not in a hurry. He did not pass the ball, but took the initiative to run towards Aguero who was closest to him.

“What does he want to do?”

Aguero didn’t know what Li Qing wanted to do, and his raised eyebrows frowned even deeper.

There was no extra time to think. Aguero stretched out his left foot to try to steal the ball. Li Qing suddenly pushed the football to the right with the inside of his left foot. The football almost rolled over the tip of Aguero’s left shoe. Sane, who was running from the right, had his eyes lit up. He saw the football running forward and poked forward with his right foot.

Li Qing moved faster. He pushed the football that was pushed by his left foot to the left front with the inside of his right foot. That was the direction behind Aguero.

"Fried meatballs!"

Accompanied by the shout of Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun, Li Qing accelerated forward and raised his right foot to try to trip Sane, but he only kicked a ball of air.

Manchester City's forward midfielder De Bruyne was not impulsive. He was ready to cooperate with Fernandinho to jointly defend Li Qing.

Li Qing, who had a broad vision, smiled slightly and did not break through again. He used the outside of his left foot to flick the ball, and the ball rolled quickly along the ground to Mane who was waiting on the left.

Although Li Qing's initial breakthrough did not bring any actual threat, the fanatical atmosphere in the audience had increased significantly, which indirectly brought confidence to his teammates.

Manchester City, visiting Anfield, played more conservatively than in the first round. Gundogan and Fernandinho guarding the middle was enough to see the clues.

In addition, Otamendi was in a relatively forward position, obviously to make up for the gaps behind Fernandinho and Gundogan.

Li Qing had a broad vision and quickly noticed the obvious gaps exposed by Manchester City's defensive system.

In the sixth minute, Li Qing received a pass from Henderson, and suddenly leaned forward to deceive Gundogan and Fernandinho into retreating, while Otamendi also consciously moved forward, close to Gundogan and Fernandinho.

Then, Li Qing pulled the ball with his left foot and stopped abruptly, and saw Firmino's forward direction and rubbed the ball behind Otamendi who was in position.

Firmino was very smart. He did not rush to grab the landing point at the first time, but blocked the position in advance, not giving Stones a chance to clear the ball in advance.

Otamendi realized that the situation was not good, but failed to hit the ball when he jumped back. He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao Channel 5, exclaimed: "Otamendi missed the ball!"

Guardiola in front of the visiting team's coaching seat felt a sudden thump in his heart and felt a strong sense of uneasiness.

In sharp contrast, Liverpool coach Klopp took two steps forward excitedly, and did not even notice that his upper body had crossed the sideline.

Firmino used his chest to stop the ball to the right front while running, and then used his body to get between Stones and the ball. His national team teammate Ederson left the goal to attack.

Firmino came to the right side of the penalty area and shot. Ederson, who was attacking, subconsciously raised his left arm as he looked at the rapidly flying ball.

It was with this arm raised that the ball hit Ederson's left forearm. The straight-flying ball changed its trajectory and rubbed the crossbar of the goal with an obvious arc.

"Wowowowooooooo——"

The regretful sound of Liverpool fans subconsciously burst out over Anfield.

Firmino, who missed the goal, held his head with both hands, pulled his hair, and screamed to the sky. He was still talking, obviously dissatisfied with his shooting performance.

After the regret, Firmino naturally did not forget who sent him the wonderful pass. He gave Li Qing a thumbs up.

Li Qing also gave a thumbs up in return, entered the penalty area, and patted Firmino on the shoulder to show encouragement.

Klopp, standing in the home team coach's command area, was quite depressed. He raised his arms and yelled, blurting out a word: "FUCK!"

At the same time, the visiting team coach Guardiola came to the sidelines in excitement and made a tactical change gesture to Otamendi who was heading.

In fact, Guardiola did not blame Otamendi, because Otamendi's position was based on his key deployment before the game. Now it seems that Li Qing has keenly observed that if he continues to take the initiative to move forward, the space behind Otamendi will definitely be used again.

Ederson was able to save Manchester City for the first time, but it does not mean that he can save it for the second time.

He Wei, the commentator of Tianchao 5, shouted: "The young player Li Qing's pass was very accurate, Firmino's running and stopping were impeccable, but the last shot was a little bit off. If this ball was completed by Li Qing, Liverpool would most likely open the scoring."

In the subsequent game time, Manchester City played very carefully as a guest, both on offense and defense.

That's why the scoreboard showed 0:0 and it didn't change.

The lack of a goal doesn't mean the game wasn't exciting. Both sides accelerated the game through high-intensity running. Failure to score can only be said to be a little bit of bad luck.

Time passed very quickly. In the 19th minute, Liverpool's attack ended and Manchester City switched from defense to offense, preparing to launch a quick counterattack.

Mane, Salah, Firmino and Li Qing accelerated to grab the ball at the same time. Fernandinho, Stones and Otamendi passed the ball continuously without stopping. When the ball reached Delph's feet, they found that there was no passing angle.

Without a good teammate to pass the ball to, Delph was affected by the fanatical atmosphere of Anfield Stadium, his brain short-circuited for a moment, and he chose to dribble the ball himself.

Firmino, who turned a corner to defend, was quick-witted and stretched his foot to intercept the ball. Liverpool switched from defense to offense through high pressure.

Li Qing turned and accelerated, running at full speed, stretched his foot to kick the ball that Firmino had just taken to his feet. Delph, who made a mistake, made a tackle and didn't kick the man or the ball.

"Waste!"

Guardiola said anxiously in his heart.

Li Qing had extremely strong explosive power. It took less than two seconds from starting to full speed, and the Manchester City players just reacted and switched from offense to defense.

Fernandinho ran from the side and also made a tackle, but because Li Qing accelerated too quickly, he kicked a ball of air.

Stones and Otamendi, who were fighting and retreating, did not dare to make any more moves easily, and Mane and Salah's two-wing forward insertions brought huge pressure to Manchester City's defense.

Li Qing, who was about 30 meters away from the goal, saw that the two central defenders were far away. He used the outside of his left foot to push the ball to the left while running at high speed, took a big step forward with his right foot, stood in front of the ball, raised his left foot, and quickly kicked the ball rolling forward.

"Boom~"

Otamendi, who was falling to the ground to block the shot, was half a beat slower. The ball flew quickly to the lower left corner of the goal like a cannon.

The ball kicked by Li Qing was very fast. There was a clear drop when it flew to the penalty spot. The ball fell to the ground and bounced forward with a clear acceleration, just like the curved shot in the cartoon "Captain Tsubasa".

Goalkeeper Ederson made a serious mistake in his estimation. He was a little caught off guard by the obvious acceleration of the ball hitting the wet grass. It was too late to change his open hand shape...

The ball passed under Ederson's right palm before he fell completely to the ground and hit the snow-white net.

Originally, Li Qing chose to shoot from a distance because he saw that his teammates did not have a good space to receive the ball. He did not expect that the effect would be so good...