Li Tiancheng stopped and planned to enter the penalty area to see if he could get a chance to make a supplementary shot. It seemed that there was no need for a penalty kick.
Seeing the Crystal Palace players fuming around Baros and making a fuss with the referee, Li Tiancheng was speechless. The ball is so clear, what's the point of making a fuss?
Then, the referee warned Baros not to dive!
Um?
Is there still such an operation?
The boos at Anfield almost pierced the sky, and Carragher also found the referee to communicate. Of course, the penalty could not be changed.
It's just that Liverpool are not used to besieging referees, otherwise the goal would not have been finished.
After the game resumed, Crystal Palace still stared at Josemi and chased him fiercely.
The problem was that they really succeeded. As the first half was about to enter stoppage time, Crystal Palace suddenly moved the ball to Liverpool's left.
Liverpool's formation shifted to the right to assist Josemi, but they were finally caught off guard. Crystal Palace right back Popovich made a cross before Riise arrived.
Kalpin volleyed from the upper left corner of the penalty area.
1:1.
The opponent actually equalized the score in the first half, and now the second half of the game was not easy to play.
After the restart, Li Tiancheng restrained his impulse and gave up dribbling the ball straight into the penalty area. Now the entire Crystal Palace team is in the second half, and the success rate of the charge is too low.
Seeing that Baros was retreating to respond, Li Tiancheng handed the ball to him and accelerated forward, preparing to receive Baros's return pass.
Baros caught the ball, pretended to turn around, and fell to the ground instantly!
The referee showed Kalpin a yellow card. Before the Crystal Palace goal scorer could recover from his excitement, he was hit in the head!
Poor Kalpin pulled the referee and showed him a replay of Baros's actions just now, to show that it was definitely a diving move by the Czech.
Of course it was no use and Liverpool got a free kick, albeit a bit too far.
Seeing Alonso start his run-up, Li Tiancheng ran out of a C shape, bypassed the crowd and ran to the back point, looked back at the moon, and nodded the ball in front of the goal.
Baros outflanked and pushed, 2:1!
The Anfield stadium was in a state of excitement.
Liverpool finally entered the second half with the lead.
In the locker room, everyone received two pieces of news.
Chelsea 4:1 Fulham
It's a bit scary. Chelsea has been adhering to the 1:0 doctrine. I didn't expect them to go into the meeting so fiercely with all their firepower. This is not easy to handle. It's safe to beat the strong team and cut off the weak team. The points gap is difficult to catch up with.
Tottenham 4:5 Arsenal, this is even more magical, I don’t know how this North London derby ended like this!
In any case, if Liverpool does not want the score to continue to widen, they must win this game.
In the second half of the game, Crystal Palace actually continued to attack Josemi.
This has actually become the lifeblood of Liverpool!
The Liverpool players were wary of Crystal Palace repeating their old tricks, and were always distracted to see if they would raid the left wing, and did not dare to fully support the right wing. As a result, Josemi was really penetrated.
Karl, who had been beaten by Jose Mi all his life, successfully broke through and made a pass from the bottom.
Andrew headed the ball from the penalty area, 2:2!
This is unacceptable.
Benitez didn't care about his fellow countrymen at all and immediately replaced Josemi with Finnan.
Liverpool stepped up their attacking pace.
The left wing became the direction for assists. Li Tiancheng, with the cooperation of Riise and Kewell, continued to attack the Crystal Palace.
However, Crystal Palace is really ambitious.
Li Tiancheng's movement blocked Popovich's forward route, which made him feel a little emotional.
Crystal Palace did not retreat at all, but persisted in fighting Liverpool.
As time passed, Liverpool's offense actually slowed down, and several players were physically unable to sustain the fast-paced confrontation.
Benitez replaced Kewell with Traore.
Traore moved to the right back, Riise was positioned better, and Li Tiancheng moved to the center.
Both sides continued to create threats, but they failed to score any more goals.
After Li Tiancheng received a back pass from Baros and shot a long shot into the post, Crystal Palace finally became frightened and began to retract its formation in an attempt to maintain the tie.
Although Liverpool's goal is safer now, the difficulty of attacking has suddenly increased.
Li Tiancheng tried to go it alone, but immediately found that Crystal Palace also started to double-team him.
After trying to force a breakthrough, Li Tiancheng gave up the idea due to his slightly achy calves.
So he began to take more risks and made direct passes, but with no results. He was either intercepted or Baros was a step too late.
Time slowly came to an end. Crystal Palace attacked with the ball. Li Tiancheng felt a little frustrated. It seemed that he could not continue to occupy the top spot before Gerrard returned.
At this time, Carragher suddenly stepped forward and made a risky tackle. Hamann immediately controlled the ball and handed it to Alonso.
Alonso passed a long pass to Garcia on the right, and Garcia dribbled the ball inside.
Li Tiancheng was refreshed, and he drove from behind Garcia to the front right, and as expected, Garcia passed the ball.
Without passing the ball, he went straight into the penalty area. After passing the ball, Li Tiancheng continued to sprint towards the penalty area.
Baros stopped the ball behind Popovich, stepped forward to block Popovich behind him, and tried to pass the ball in succession.
Popovich had no choice but to reach out and pull Baros down.
Penalty kick, clear and unmistakable.
In the 90th minute, Baros made another free throw.
3:2
Baros not only completed a hat-trick personally, but also brought victory to Liverpool.
Liverpool struggled to score three points, and finally did not let Chelsea widen the score gap.
"I don't want to discuss whether Baros falls too easily. We scored two beautiful goals but conceded three disgusting ones."
At the post-match press conference, Crystal Palace coach Dowie was indignant. Of course, this did not prevent Liverpool from scoring three points.
No matter what, victory is victory.
Throughout the whole game, Liverpool still had the upper hand. Both penalty kicks were relatively obvious, but Baros fell down at the first touch, so there were full of flaws.
In fact, what is even more incredible is Josemi. Why did he suddenly turn into paper and break when someone pokes him?
However, since victory has been achieved, it is better to put aside these troubles first.
Li Tiancheng kept worrying about other things. After saying goodbye to his teammates, he went straight to the martial arts gym for physical therapy.
The phone rang on the way. Li Tiancheng picked it up and looked at it. He was a little surprised. He hadn't contacted her for a long time: "Hello, Feili."
"Li, I'm going to Hollywood to pursue my career. How about we have a meal together before I leave?"
"Go to the United States?" Li Tiancheng was a little surprised. The scene of the two of them getting along harmoniously on the yacht emerged in his mind. He felt a little hot in his heart. Just as he was about to agree, another shadow floated in front of him: "I'm sorry, Feili, I need to return to China to compete.
, I’m afraid I don’t have time to delay, let’s get together later when we have time.”
"Okay." Felicity Jones didn't say anything more and quickly hung up the phone.
Li Tiancheng put down his mobile phone, and any regrets were quickly wiped out. The situation is different now. It is better not to continue playing with the ambiguity. Besides, he did not lie. He really wanted to return to China to compete.
Next is the international competition week, and Li Tiancheng needs to return his attention to the national team.
Originally, this would be a rare holiday. After all, the Chinese team had advanced to the quarterfinals in advance. The last game was just a formality, not to mention that the opponent was only Hong Kong.