Chapter 313 Own Goal Assist, Super Lob Shot

Sterling did not calm down after receiving the yellow card. Instead, he became even angrier and was ready to argue with the referee Oliver, which frightened the head coach Guardiola and other Manchester City players.

The reason why Liverpool drew away from home in the first round at the Etihad Stadium was largely because they had one less player. If they had one less player this time, it would be very likely that Liverpool would win at home.

The current score difference is four points. If it becomes seven points, the league championship this season will be basically hopeless.

Thinking of this possibility, Manchester City players burst out with their potential. De Bruyne and Kyle Walker immediately grabbed Sterling, who was in a bad mood, and kept him away from the referee to avoid receiving a second yellow card.

Captain Fernandinho played the role of a good guy and kept saying good things to Oliver.

Guardiola did not relax his vigilance because Sterling was pulled away. To be honest, Sterling's performance in this game was really bad, especially when the home fans booed, it was easy to get emotional.

Staying on the court is always a hidden danger.

So, he quickly turned his head to look at the bench and shouted to Bernardo Silva: "Bernardo, go warm up."

The game resumed, Robertson threw the ball from the left sideline in the backcourt, and the Manchester City players who were behind in the score pressed forward very far, obviously wanting to regain control of the ball through high pressure.

The ball flew to Li Qing who was stuck in position, and Fernandinho immediately stuck to it.

Li Qing moved gracefully and took the initiative to meet the ball, as if he had eyes behind his head, and knocked the flying ball to Henderson who was unguarded behind him with his left heel, who quickly transferred the ball to his own right side.

Li Qing's backcourt out-of-bounds ball became clear with Li Qing's elegant pass, and Manchester City's defensive players had to retreat to their own half.

Arnold, who got the ball, was not very capable, but Salah, who was inserted forward to participate in the attack, had a strong one-on-one ability.

"A beautiful heel pass!"

After passing the ball, Li Qing bypassed Fernandinho and ran quickly to the frontcourt to support the team's attack.

Fernandinho knew that he was not as fast as Li Qing, so he pulled his jersey obviously during the turn. His action was very concealed and technical. He pulled and loosened, which prevented Li Qing from running at full speed, thus achieving a good defensive effect.

Salah and Arnold did not find a good opportunity to attack on the right, and the ball was passed to Wijnaldum in the middle.

Liverpool began to pass the ball from the middle to see if they could find a good passing opportunity.

Because Li Qing was closely followed by Fernandinho, Wijnaldum or Henderson rarely passed the ball to Li Qing. If they did, it was a relatively safe close-range pass.

Without Li Qing's direct forward pass, Liverpool's attack lacked actual threat.

Salah, who got the ball, saw that there was not much good opportunity on the right, so he cut inside and chose to shoot directly from a distance.

Ederson chose a good position and waited for Manchester City to switch from defense to offense.

Liverpool players did not press high, and they retreated to their own half in a line, waiting for Manchester City to attack.

In a blink of an eye, five minutes passed, and Bernardo Silva returned to the visiting team's coaching bench, ready to come on as a substitute.

Sane's cross after the breakthrough was too close to the small penalty area, and Liverpool goalkeeper Karius easily held it in his arms.

Li Qing raised his hand to ask for the ball in the middle, which immediately attracted the attention of many Manchester City players, but Karius did not throw the ball to Li Qing, but to Salah on the right.

It was not until then that the Manchester City players realized that they were deceived by Li Qing.

His hand-raising for the ball was just a pretense to attract the defense's attention for Salah, so when he saw the ball flying towards Salah, he turned around and ran forward.

Fernandinho, who had been paying attention to Li Qing's running, once again showed his role. His small movements prevented Li Qing from fully accelerating.

Facing Delph and Otamendi who were ready to fight, Salah did not dare to continue dribbling, and chose to dunk the ball back and then pass it to Wijnaldum who followed up in the middle.

Liverpool's quick counterattack was not right to enter the positional battle, but at this moment, the seemingly honest Li Qing suddenly accelerated, and Fernandinho quickly stretched out his hand to pull, and Li Qing's forward speed paused.

Henderson's pass was not advanced enough. Li Qing, who had crossed the center line, stepped forward with his right foot, blocking Fernandinho behind him. At the same time, he took a quick step forward using the opponent's forward momentum and kicked the ball passed by Henderson to the right side of Manchester City's defense, which was the left side of his attack.

The ball rolled quickly along the ground, toward Mane's forward route. Perhaps influenced by Fernandinho, Li Qing's pass was a little advanced.

Kyle Walker lost his position, and Stones was affected by Firmino and failed to turn around in the first time. Goalkeeper Ederson decisively chose to abandon the goal and attack!

Mane was very fast, but according to the position, Ederson had a better chance to clear the ball.

Despite this, neither Mane nor Firmino gave up and put pressure on Ederson.

It is not known whether Ederson was affected by Mane's kick in the face in the first round. He did not kick the ball up when he fell to the ground to clear the ball. The ball rolled quickly in the direction it came from along the grass.

"aoaooaoooooo——"

Liverpool fans at Anfield unexpectedly burst into a huge cheer.

Of course, it wasn't the home team's fans cheering for Ederson.

The live broadcast director quickly switched the camera, and the fans sitting in front of the TV saw the ball rolling fast towards Li Qing who passed the ball close to the ground.

"Oh-My-God!"

Sky TV commentator Andy Gray's voice suddenly rose eight octaves: "Ederson Santana de Morais made a mistake in clearing the ball, and the ball went towards Li!!"

At the same time, Fernandinho, who was originally defending Li Qing, felt a jolt in his heart. He originally thought that the team had switched from defense to offense, and he was ready to participate in the offense with a heavy task in this game. As a result... Ederson, who has always been steady, made a mistake...

It was obviously too late to turn around and defend Li Qing. He could only watch Li Qing meet the ball, adjust his pace, and rub the inside of his left foot to the bottom of the ball. The ball flew towards the unguarded goal at a faster speed.

Ederson, who had just stood up, was too lazy to run to the front of the goal. He had a hunch that this ball... would definitely go in.

Sure enough!

A second later, the audience roared with deafening shouts from Liverpool fans: "aoaooaooaooooooo——"

"The ball is in! The ball is in! A super lob shot of more than 40 meters! Li Qing scored his third goal of the game to help Liverpool expand the score! 3:1!"

Juli TV commentator Zhan Jun said hysterically: "Ederson was very polite and passed Li Qing's pass back. How could young Li Qing refuse such a great gift?"

The goalkeeper 'Regent' Bravo, who was sitting on the bench of the visiting team, felt comfortable. He conceded three goals in a row against Li Qing when he replaced Ederson in the first round. At that time, he was ridiculed by Ederson and others. Now... it's time for him to mock back!