Chapter 121 Change your life against the sky! Fire in the backyard!(2/3)
In fact, Liverpool's defense did a good job and there were no problems. But who would have thought that Luo Wu forced his kick. Van Dijk came up in time, but he just blocked goalkeeper Alisson's sight. When Alisson found that the ball had already
As he roared towards the goal, he still couldn't match the speed of the ball, and the ball finally flew into the goal.
At this time, Van Dyke stood there and blamed himself.
"We should be faster,"
"It still leaves too much space."
"I am responsible for this conceded goal."
"Guys, you must double-team in time in the middle." Van Dyke narrowed his eyes and took in the celebrating Luo Wu, wishing he could lock him like a headlock all the time.
Facts have once again proved that looking down on Luo Wu will definitely be punished. Luo Wu is one of the best players in the world.
Van Dijk has a very good mentality. He is able to admit the strength of his opponent and understand his own shortcomings. He is neither arrogant nor impetuous. He is worthy of being a world-class defender.
The Liverpool coach was beating his thigh on the sidelines, shaking his head repeatedly, with frustration written all over his face. However, he quickly adjusted his mood, stood up straight again, whistled, and then chatted with the players.
Lots of tactics.
The original plan has been disrupted, and now we can only change the plan.
I thought I could suppress Arsenal and score a goal in the opening game, but now it's the other way around. Arsenal succeeded in stealing the chicken, and Liverpool fell behind, so there was no need to defend and counterattack behind. Liverpool need to put in more efforts and win as soon as possible.
equalize the score.
Liverpool is the team in the Premier League that is least afraid of falling behind. They have the ability to equalize the score and overtake to win the final victory, no matter who the opponent is!
The game resumed, and Liverpool was still in the mode of pressing the situation with a large army. The defense was very high, and the attack launched from the right quickly advanced to the Arsenal backcourt. Arnold, who was holding the ball, once again passed the ball to Salvador in front.
Rahe and Salah faced the double-teaming of Smith Rowe and Torreira, and still calmly controlled the ball under their feet. When Torreira was eager to destroy his ball, Salah lightly touched the ball with his left foot.
With a pick, the ball was picked out instead. The ball rolled along the sideline for more than two meters. Then when Holding came over, Salah thrust forward with his left foot and the ball went from Holding's left side.
Rolled over, and Salah overtook from the sideline!
The ball was passed!
Simply and neatly!
By the time Holding reacted, his defense had been penetrated!
Arsenal fans were panicking. It was as if this papery defense line was non-existent today. Xhaka strode back into the penalty area, blocking Salah's path to cut inside. Xhaka was just about to feel proud.
Salah immediately dribbled the ball towards the center! His small steps and change of direction were like the second Messi. He instantly got out of the way of the goal and then volleyed into the far corner!
The arc was not pulled out, and the ball slipped from the far post and went out of the bottom line!
Still a little short of a goal.
"This luck is bad enough. According to previous high-pressure situations, Liverpool took the lead early. Salah did not bring shooting boots today."
Salah couldn't believe it himself, put his hands on his hips, stared at the sky, and then shook his head reluctantly.
The experienced Cech picked up the ball slowly and delayed it for several seconds before passing the ball to Lichtsteiner on the right, but Mane pounced on him again like a mad dog and refused to give it to Lichtsteiner.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to observe his teammates, Lichtsteiner had no choice but to kick the ball up.
Aubameyang was alone in front. He looked like a rookie under the greetings of Van Dijk and Gomez, and was unable to fight against them. The ball fell to Robertson on the left, and Robertson immediately showed off his skills.
The long pass was transferred laterally to the feet of Arnold on the other side.
It seems that Liverpool is very good at using the width of the field. Arsenal's defensive focus has to shift to Arnold's side, but this is a trick of playing hard to get. When Arsenal's defense tilts to this side, Arnold also shows off.
A long diagonal pass and returned the ball to the left!
A long pass from nearly 70 meters away once again accurately found Mane on the left front. The miserable Lichtsteiner found that he failed to carry Mane to the outside this time and was caught by Mane.
He came in front of him, but he could only reach out and pull him down.
Fortunately, Papastathopoulos was behind. If he was the last man standing, he would probably have to get a card. Of course, if it is stricter, it is okay for the referee to give him a yellow card for this foul action.
Carragher couldn't help but complained, "This should be a yellow card and the referee should turn a blind eye."
"But they can't hold on for much longer, and sooner or later they will still lose the ball."
Liverpool won an opportunity to set the ball in the frontcourt. Although the position was impossible to hit the goal directly, if the ball was sent into Arsenal's penalty area, the threat was still quite high.
Wijnaldum came to handle the ball. Liverpool's tall men all rushed into Arsenal's penalty area to grab points. In terms of height, Arsenal was really at a disadvantage. Wijnaldum sent the ball forward.
Point, Robertson shook his head like a lion, and the ball went towards the far post.
Phew~
The ball flew out against the lintel.
Liverpool once again missed a great opportunity to score.
Klopp was so angry that he stamped his feet off the pitch.
So many opportunities, none of them were seized!
In the past, it was said that Arsenal squandered opportunities? Liverpool was even worse than them. Liverpool's number of shots in every game is the highest in the Premier League.
Cech once again chose to stall for time, but when he released the ball, he chose to use his big foot. He had no choice. He could only go to Aubameyang. The ball was very fast and directly passed all the Liverpool defenders, but also because of his strength.
It was too big and the ball was caught by the opposite goalkeeper Alisson.
Alisson doesn't have as many choices as Petr Cech. He easily handed it over to Gomez. Gomez passed it straight to Fabinho, who then passed it to Wijnaldum and Wiener.
Erdum crosses the ball to Salah!
The passing idea is fast and clear, and Arsenal players always feel like they are half a beat slower than them.
Salah took the ball and accelerated towards Holding. Holding was a little flustered, but Salah twisted his body and spiked the ball twice in a row!
Da~
A ground ball.
Firmino intervened in time and swiped his right foot! He shot directly.
But Cech's reaction to falling to the ground was also very fast. When he lay down on his side, he just used his legs to block the ball. Then Papastathopoulos kicked the ball out of the baseline with his big foot on the small penalty area line.
He took the initiative to give Liverpool a corner kick.
Papastathopoulos didn't have time to think. He couldn't look at the positions of his teammates. If he thought about it again, he might be shot.
Salah ran to take a corner kick on the right. He did not choose to kick the ball into the penalty area, but knocked it to Arnold, and then quickly ran back. Arnold took a step forward and immediately swept the ball back to Salah.
Salah was able to dribble the ball laterally towards the center.
Ta-ta!
He was just a flea. He suddenly reached the right side of the penalty area and hit the goal again with his left foot before Smith Rowe could come up!
Still choosing to hit it farther, the half-high ball quickly sank into the penalty area, but hit Xhaka and was refracted out of the baseline.
Mane, who was next to Xhaka, immediately raised his left hand and then slapped his left arm with his right hand.
"Handball!"
"He had a handball!"
Mane simply has a sharp eye, and he can see everything clearly.
The referee didn't even see it clearly.
But he was quickly reminded by the microphone, and the whistle also sounded.
He temporarily stopped the game and covered his ear with his left hand, seemingly listening to the VR referee's report.
A few seconds later, he walked off the court and walked to the VR video area.
"It's a handball."
"Although Xhaka retracted his arm very close, his arm did change the flight path of the ball. If his arm had not touched the ball, the ball would have flown into the goal. This is undoubtedly a penalty kick."
Carragher commented via slow motion replay.
"But it was an unintentional handball. Xhaka's hands were always close to his body. You can't blame him for the ball, right? He hit the ball, not the ball with his hands!" Owen defended Xhaka.
"Haha, Michael, look at this year's World Cup, how many such penalties were there?" Carragher sneered.
"Haha, then take a look at this year's World Cup. How many were not considered penalties? The debate about handball in this year's World Cup has never stopped. There is no unified opinion at all." Irving scoffed. Handball penalties are the most controversial.
Yes, the father-in-law is right, the mother-in-law is right. You said a penalty kick is a penalty kick, but I said no!
but,
After the referee returned to the court, he still pointed to the penalty spot!
Carragher won.
"Ha, let me tell you."
"This is a penalty!"
As soon as the Arsenal fans saw the referee's gesture, they immediately started making loud noises in the stands.
"Shit!"
"You're really blind. Is this a penalty kick?"
To be continued...