Chapter 638: Two Goals Ahead

Liverpool's current captain Henderson once commented on Sturridge, "I know people have a high opinion of Sturridge's last shot, but he is not just good at scoring."

Sturridge's ability to break through in Liverpool can be said to be absolutely not inferior to any main player, but the frequent injuries have destroyed his career, but this short-term confrontation game seems too easy for Sturridge.

Facing Arnold's defense, Sturridge can be said to be familiar with using feints and speed to eat his teammates alive, and then he took a few steps forward and passed the ball to the middle.

At this time, Van Dijk in the middle had been attracted by Sturridge. When the ball was passed to the middle, there was only Lovren in front of Li Qing who received the ball.

The Croatian defender was a little nervous in front of Li Qing, and was stunned by Li Qing's feints during the high-speed advancement. Seeing this, Robertson had to run with Li Qing's pace.

Seeing this situation, Klopp frowned on the sidelines. When he saw a figure from the substitute team advancing from the right, his heart suddenly jumped.

When Origi accelerated, Li Qing had already passed the ball. When Robertson realized the space behind him, Origi had already got the ball and started to break into the penalty area.

In front of the main team's goal, the substitute team's forwards had all rushed into the penalty area, and the main team's defenders were instantly in a panic.

The running of Li Qing and Sturridge made the main team's defense line very passive. Origi suddenly shot a cold arrow at this time, and Alisson was blocked from sight, and the ball went into the net.

The ball went in? The main players on the field were stunned, and the substitute players were stunned for a moment, and then cheered and hugged each other.

Klopp frowned even more on the sidelines. Liverpool's defensive formation and position were fine when they lost the ball just now, but the substitutes actually scored a goal, and the goal was not scored by Li Qing, the only main player among the substitutes.

Henderson looked ahead in disbelief, and Milner was also a little unbelievable. The substitutes' attack looked very ordinary. Sturridge broke through and passed the ball, Li Qing received the ball and passed it straight, and Origi received the ball and broke into the penalty area and shot.

These are the most common fast break methods in Liverpool's daily training, but the problem is not here. Looking at the embarrassed assistant coach on the sidelines, Milner patted Henderson on the shoulder.

"Let's kick off and catch up with the score. It seems that we are careless. The strength of these substitutes is not weaker than us!"

Henderson nodded, and the competition started again. Milner received the ball from Mane, and Curtis immediately appeared in front of him.

'This little guy can really run today! ' Milner passed the ball back helplessly. He had noticed that Curtis was running all the time in the game.

But he was not running without purpose, but echoing with Fabinho. The two covered a very large area in the midfield. If the main lineup wants to advance quickly, the midfield must pass them first.

Whether it is Wijnaldum, Henderson or Milner, they are not good at handling key passes, and it is also because the forwards in the front court have no high points, which makes them have few choices in the process of passing.

Mane in the front court is less than 1.8 meters tall, Shaqiri is even less than 1.7 meters tall, and only Firmino is of average height. However, there is a lack of high points on the field, and the opponent is densely defended, so Liverpool's fast break is difficult to play, even long passes are difficult to do.

So Mane, Firmino and Shaqiri all retreated frequently to get the ball, and in this way, Liverpool's attack line posed a much smaller threat to the substitute team, but instead followed the midfielders and fell into a melee with the opponent's midfield.

Klopp has seen the crux of the main team on the sidelines. The weak passing ability of the midfield and the excessive retreat of the forwards have caused the main team to be completely unable to attack on the field.

And even if the forwards retreated to get the ball, the main team frequently made some mistakes that made people unable to hide their eyes. Klopp knew that if the main players on the field did not think of a solution, the second goal would be lost sooner or later.

Sure enough, just as Klopp had this idea in his mind, Curtis stole the ball from Milner's feet and passed it diagonally to Li Qing who was already running on the wing.

Li Qing started running immediately, and when Henderson tried to intercept him, he passed the ball to Sturridge's feet.

Sturridge did not stop for a moment after receiving the ball, and passed it horizontally. Li Qing received the ball at the top of the penalty area, and passed it back to Sturridge with a straight pass. At this time, Sturridge had already used his speed to shake off Arnold and received the ball at the same time.

Lovren rushed up in a panic. Facing his team's main central defender, Sturridge took a step and completely shook off Lovren who was about to block him.

When the Croatian came to his senses and wanted to block, Sturridge had already completed the shot. The ball flew into the goal from the opposite direction of Alisson's pounce. Sturridge deceived the goalkeeper and volleyed to score.

Klopp covered his face and shook his head. He saw the goal clearly. Lovren was distracted again, and the substitute team took advantage of the opportunity.

Lovren was in the penalty area and couldn't keep up with Sturridge's rhythm. His momentary slackness further increased the team's deficit.

After Li Qing and Sturridge celebrated, they glanced at Lovren, who looked frustrated, and sighed slightly in their hearts. This guy probably didn't expect Sturridge to break in so quickly. He was distracted for a moment and was eaten alive by his teammates.

Lovren was obviously a little panicked. There were problems with both defense and interception. Even if he didn't have any problems, Li Qing had just seen Robertson coming to assist.

But there was a large gap on the left side where Robertson was guarding. Lallana and Origi had already flanked in place. Even if Sturridge couldn't shoot, he had enough time to pass the ball to his teammates who were already empty for a second attack.

So the main team's players' replacement, tacit understanding and defensive system all exposed problems at that moment.

When masters fight, any flaw will become the key to determining victory or defeat. However, when the main team lost the second goal, they obviously didn't realize their own problems. They still thought that it was because Li Qing organized the attack on the field that the substitute team had the opportunity to score.

But then Lallana, Origi and Sturridge completed an attack that left no one on the main team speechless.