Chapter 395 Advance to the final
Glory scored a goal and equalized the total score between the two teams, which was a blow to Liverpool.
Because they have always had psychological advantages because of this lead.
Now they are on the same starting line as Manchester City.
However, this blow is not a big blow, because there is no such thing as away goals in the League Cup. No matter how many goals Manchester City scored in the away game, as long as they did not lead Liverpool in the score, they would not be able to advance.
So the two sides can just compare the number of goals.
As long as Liverpool can lead Manchester City in the total score, they can still eliminate their opponents.
Their attack is next.
Liverpool firmly believes that since they can beat Manchester United 1-0 away, they will be able to beat Manchester City even more at their home court.
But soon Manchester City realized how whimsical this idea was.
In the 37th minute of the game, Manchester City attacked.
After Rongguang received Kaka's pass at the front of the penalty area, he did not drive the ball and turned around, but instead directly knocked the ball behind him with his heel.
Football crawled between the legs of Liverpool defender Scotter who was close to him.
This time I changed to Ibrahimovic and inserted it, and received the ball behind Liverpool's defense line, then turned around and shot!
Reina was powerless to do anything about Ibrahimovic's powerful volleyball shot at a close distance. Although she made a save, it was more of a form and was not really able to knock the ball down.
The football rushed over Reina's hand and hit the ball net!
"Oh oh oh! Ibrahimovic! Manchester City leads Liverpool 2:0! The total score is 2:1! They overtake it!"
After scoring the goal, Ibrahimovic did not come to look for Glory to celebrate, but also pointed to Glory.
After Rong Guang scored, he pointed to Ibrahimovic, meaning that the ball was passed well.
Ibrahimovic naturally did not want to appear stingy in front of glory, so he also expressed the same meaning with the same action.
Then the two were surrounded by different teammates.
"Rong's heel pass is also very beautiful! Ibrahimovic passed him a very beautiful ball before, helping him complete the volley. And now, Rong reciprocates in the same way. The chemical reaction between the two of them is really interesting..." Alan Hansen said. "In other teams, if there is such a thing, the two people will definitely never interact with each other on the court, but at Manchester City, Rong and Ibrahimovic are amazingly enemies, competitors, and at some point... the golden partner!"
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Ibrahimovic's goal has made the cheers of Liverpool fans above Anfield Stadium much less.
Before, they were full of confidence and felt that they could definitely beat Manchester City at their home court.
Unexpectedly, before the first half was over, I was scored two goals. The previous lead was gone and it became one goal behind.
Was it just an accident that we beat Manchester City away?
Liverpool fans are dissatisfied!
Soon, the singing of Liverpool fans sounded over the court.
That was Liverpool's song "You Never Walk Alone".
The singing is melodious but full of power.
With the encouragement of the fans, Liverpool's performance has recovered, but they just made sure they did not concede the ball before the end of the first half...
In the second half, the two sides fought again, and no one replaced them.
The song of "You Never Walk Alone" still resounded throughout Anfield Stadium. Liverpool players, inspired by fans, launched a fierce attack on Manchester City's goal, hoping to equalize the overall score.
But this also creates conditions for Manchester City to play a defensive counterattack.
Taking advantage of Liverpool's attack, in the 62nd minute, Manchester City made a textbook defensive counterattack.
At that time, Liverpool took the ball near the midfield and pushed forward. The one who took the ball was Liverpool's midfielder Adam.
While driving forward, he pushed forward, but he didn't notice the situation behind him at all. Matuidi, who was quickly chasing, snatched from behind, and broke the football off.
Matuidi's grab was just enough to pass the football to Manchester City fullback Alba.
Alba did not stop the ball, but directly passed the ball to the front facing the football, giving David Silva the retreating response.
After receiving the ball, David Silva turned sideways, then picked up the ball and passed it to the middle.
At this time, Sneider had already run up from the middle circle. He received a pick pass from David Silva, but he did not stop the ball and volley the ball, passing it to Ibrahimovic diagonally in front.
Ibrahimovic cut in from the ribs, and after receiving the ball, he sent the ball forward with a diagonal line, and the football passed between the two Liverpool centre-backs.
At the same time, Rongguang plugged in at high speed and chased the football!
"Rong! Beautiful counterattack!"
Seeing this, Liverpool defenders rushed towards Glory and wanted to stop him.
And Rongguang dribbled into the penalty area.
Goalkeeper Reina also abandoned the goal and attacked.
To surround the glory near the penalty spot.
Rongguang did not continue to dribble or shoot, and he suddenly rolled the ball to the right!
The football crawled past defender Ag and landed on the other side.
The camera lens turned around and everyone saw Kaka appearing in front of the football and swinging his right leg!
“Kaka—!!”
Facing the empty goal, Kaka slowed down slightly while running, and then pushed the ball into the hole with a golf shot.
The football rolled into the goal without any suspense!
"3:1!!! Manchester City leads two goals in the total score! This is a classic quick counterattack! Team goals!"
"Trident scored one goal and played again! Liverpool seems to be in danger this time..."
The biggest fear of any team in the game between Manchester City is that the Trident is showing off at the same time, because it often means that there is a chemical reaction between these three people. They seem to be each showing off, but in fact they are one.
It is very difficult to defend against such a trident.
This is the situation Liverpool is facing now.
In fact, after the Trident scored, many people thought that Liverpool could not win this game again.
The subsequent matches proved this.
After falling behind by two goals, Liverpool counterattacked even more crazily and wanted to equalize the score.
But this will only give Manchester City more chances to fight back.
So before the game was over, Manchester City scored another goal with a counterattack.
The person who scored this time was glorious.
Kaka had been replaced by that time.
Kaka ran wildly by himself. Even in Manchester City, no one on the court can keep up with his speed.
So Rongguang didn't pass the ball to anyone, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area and then scored the football into the goal.
4:1!
Manchester City completely secured the victory!
"The game is over, the game is over!" Although the referee did not blew the whistle to the end of the game, John Motson couldn't wait to start announcing.
The score of 4:1 is indeed no different from the end.
Can Liverpool still drag the game into overtime by chasing three goals in less than five minutes?
Obviously it is impossible.
The singing of Anfield Stadium is still singing, but the meaning is no longer to cheer for Liverpool and encourage them to win the game. It has become a comfort, a means to express their unyielding attitude.
In fact, the game has ended, and Liverpool players are not so active on the court.
When Manchester City passed the ball back and forth in the backcourt, no one came up to counterattack wildly.
It seems that they are waiting for the referee to blow the whistle.
The three minutes of injury time just ended when the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game.
The cheers at Anfield Stadium were gone. The TIFO, who had turned out to mock Glory at the beginning of the game, was taken away at the time. If it was hanging out at this time, it was actually slapped in their own face...
All of this is gone, and instead Manchester City players hug and celebrate on the court.
"The game is really over! Manchester City defeated Liverpool with a total score of 4:1. They achieved an amazing reversal in the second leg when they lost the game in the first leg! Rong scored twice! Ibrahimovic and Kaka each scored one goal, and Manchester City successfully advanced to the final! Rong is now only ninety minutes away from his first League Cup championship in his career!"
John Mortson, there is a reason for saying this.
Another semi-final match ended yesterday, with Manchester City's opponent in the League Cup final being Cardiff City.
With the strength of both teams, it is not a problem for Manchester City to beat Cardiff City in the final.
If someone wants to say something weak teams often burst out with amazing energy in such games, we cannot underestimate Cardiff City's determination to win the championship.
Then John Motson will remind those who say this, and please do not underestimate Glory's determination to want this League Cup.
For this reason, John Motterson believes that Stoke City cannot steal the championship from Manchester City, or to be precise, it is impossible to steal the championship from Glory.
Chapter completed!