LRAB Chapter 258
Chapter 258
Manchester City and Liverpool are about to stage their second red-blue battle this season!
"Home team, wearing the red home jersey, the Red Army Liverpool!"
"Starting goalkeeper: Pepe Reina!"
"Defenders: John Riise on the left, Sami Hyypia and Jamie Carragher in the middle, Steve Finnan on the right!"
"Double defensive midfielders: Xabi Alonso, Mohamed Sissoko!"
"Single attacking midfielder: Steven Gerrard!"
"Three forwards: Djibril Cisse, Peter Crouch, Luis Garcia!"
"Compared to the last match, Liverpool made adjustments to the formation this time, from 4-4-2 to 4-2-1-3!"
"Compared to the 4-4-2 formation!"
"The 4-2-1-3 formation is more balanced on both offense and defense. The four defenders and double defensive midfielders are stable, and the single attacking midfielder and three forwards on the offensive end can form a multi-level attack line!"
"However, this formation The tactical requirements for the single front midfielder connecting the midfield and front court are very high, which is a test for Liverpool captain Gerrard! "
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"The visiting team, wearing the retro pink away jersey, the Blue Moon Manchester City!"
"Starting goalkeeper: James!"
"Defender line:....................."
"Single defensive midfielder: Martinez!"
"Left and right midfielders: Modric, Knight!"
"Three forwards: Cassano, Su Fei, Vassell!"
"Manchester City, which welcomes the return of Su Fei and Modric, still uses an offensive 4-1-2-3 formation!"
"Beep!"
"With the referee's whistle, the game officially begins!"
Su Fei led Croatia to a double-digit 10:0 massacre of the Japanese team in the first game after his return, plus the attention that Manchester City and Liverpool have brought this season.
This game is full of heat!
Countless new fans poured into the ESPN live broadcast room, all wanting to see the style of "the Japanese-killing devil" Su Fei.
-[Wow, is this the Croatian center forward who beat Japan 10:0? His muscles are so strong! ]
-[8 shots and 2 assists in 90 minutes. I can't even play PES with this data. This guy is too outrageous! ]
-[If Su Fei is in the Chinese team in the Asian Cup next year, won't it be easy to win the cup? ]
-[Asian Cup? Su Fei is now playing in Croatia in the World Cup. There is nothing we can do. The Football Association doesn't want him. ]
-[Alas! Stop talking. It's all tears! Watch the game! ]
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Although Benítez sighs and hides from his players every day...the players in the Red Army Liverpool are full of fighting spirit and morale today!
Less than a minute after the game started!
Liverpool left-back John Riise, who made a forward run, sent a high-quality high-hanging kick in the penalty area not far from the center line.
The football flew to Manchester City's penalty area.
"Little Giant" Peter Crouch, with his height advantage of 2.01 meters, successfully fought for this high ball.
Touched the ball and shook his head.
Although the ball was not powerful, it was at a tricky angle and went straight to the upper left corner of Manchester City's goal.
This ball!
It was just a hair's breadth away and hit the crossbar.
But Manchester City still failed to clear the ball, and the ball that bounced out was shot by Steven Gerrard who rushed into the penalty area!
The ball was about to cross the goal line.
Sun Jihai stood up!
Subconsciously stretched out his foot to block it, and the ball hit Sun Jihai's knee and bounced out of the baseline.
Beep!
"That was close!!!"
"Liverpool almost scored in the first offensive round!"
"Fortunately, Manchester City has Ji Hai!"
"Ji Hai's block is worth a thousand gold. Without him, Manchester City would have been 0:1 behind!"
"But."
"Liverpool also got a corner kick opportunity on the left."
In the stands of Anfield Stadium, 50,000 Red Army fans were infected by the offensive enthusiasm of the home team at the beginning.
Cheered in unison to cheer for Liverpool's corner kick!
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Stuart frowned and directed the players to defend the corner kick. This start was not good.
Left corner kick area.
Liverpool sent John Riise to take charge of this corner kick. Not far in front of him, in the Manchester City penalty area.
Red and blue interlaced.
The players of the two teams pushed each other and stuck together to block positions.
Su Fei.
He also returned to the penalty area to participate in the corner kick defense, but he did not stand in front of the goal, but in front of the left goal post.
Using his body size, he compressed the angle of John Reese's pass...
"John Reese!"
"Send the ball directlyTowards the Manchester City penalty area!"
"There was chaos in the penalty area!"
"This ball..."
On the field! When John Reese sent the ball, Su Fei instantly calculated the trajectory and landing point of the ball.
But that position.
On the right side of the goal, Su Fei had no chance to compete.
But.
That was exactly at that position!
As Su Fei's eyes followed the ball, he saw Steven Gerrard pushing away Distin's defense and jumping!
It's bad!
While Su Fei was secretly thinking that it was not good, Steven Gerrard really fought for this high ball.
"Bang!"
The Liverpool captain accurately sent the ball to the far corner.
"The ball went in! !"
"The ball went in! !"
"Steven Gerrard! !"
"Liverpool captain! !"
"Gerrard scored with a header from Reese's corner kick!"
"Game! ”
“Just 2 minutes into the match!”
“Liverpool, with their corner kick tactics, became the first team to score in this red-blue battle!”
“Unexpected!!”
“1:0!”
“The stadium was boiling. I could clearly hear the enthusiastic cheers from the Red Army fans across the commentary booth!!”
Anfield was indeed boiling, with burning red flames and a huge Liverpool flag flying high.
Before the game started.
Countless Red Army fans who were extremely disappointed with Liverpool’s recent performance, at this moment, the disappointment in their hearts was replaced by hope and excitement.
After all, the team is facing today.
It is Manchester City, which has risen strongly this season and ranks first in the Premier League!
It is Manchester City, which has won 20 consecutive victories!
It is Manchester City, which, together with Chelsea, broke Arsenal’s longest 14-game winning streak in the Premier League in the 2001-02 season!
“Captain Gerrard!!!”
“Gerrard finally woke up. He has been sluggish for several games! ”
“You can always trust the captain of Liverpool!”
“Come on, Liverpool. As long as we can beat Manchester City today, I will confess to her!”
“Don’t, brother, I’m a little scared when you say that!”
“You’ll Never Walk Alone!”
In the stands, the fans cheered and waved their arms excitedly.
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On the field, Steven Gerrard rushed to the corner area and the camera on the sidelines after scoring a goal.
Facing the camera, he gave his affectionate kiss!
Benitez, who was standing on the bench, was still frowning at the beginning of the game, but now his expression has been replaced by surprise.
He was so excited that he was shaking all over.
The players’ condition today was too good, which was completely beyond his expectations.
The opening score was 1:0!
He looked at Stuart, who was frowning not far away.
Could it be possible?
We can really defeat Manchester City today, Become the second team to beat Manchester City this season!
If that is true.
Wouldn't it be equivalent to becoming the benefactor of that annoying arrogant Portuguese?
After all, as long as Manchester City loses today, Chelsea will be able to completely take the initiative in the fight for the league championship.
Haha.
When Chelsea wins the championship, it will also be 1/2 of the credit to us Liverpool!
Benítez has a rich associative ability and can no longer control his smile.
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