Li Tiancheng personally took the free kick, took a run-up, and took it with his left foot.
The ball went straight behind, but Dunn broke the ball out of the penalty area first.
Manchester City tried to launch a quick counterattack. Reina tried to pass the ball forward, but Hyypia blocked the ball.
Hyypia made a long pass from midfield, and Baros stopped the ball with his chest and entered the penalty area before volleying.
James subconsciously raised his hand and blocked the ball.
Gerrard, who intervened in time, easily pushed the shot into the empty goal!
3:1!
Liverpool sealed the win.
"In the 78th minute of the game, Gerrard easily added a shot to expand Liverpool's score. Dan, what do you think of Liverpool's performance today?"
"Ian, the opponent is only Manchester City. Don't you think you are making a fuss out of a molehill?"
"No, no, no, I'm not just for the fact that Liverpool are about to win, I'm for the outstanding performance of the Liverpool players. Gerrard, Lee, what do you think of their performance?"
"Haha, their performance was pretty good, but why didn't you mention Baros and Cisse? They wasted an opportunity and were invisible in the whole game, so what do you mean?" Dan O'Hagan did not condone the arrogant old man.
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"Both teams started substitutions. Benitez replaced Josemi with Warnock. Warnock came from Liverpool's youth training. Ha, Manchester City also started substitutions. Keegan replaced Josemi with Sun Chenghai.
Thatcher, the Chinese derby that Chinese reporters have longed for is about to take place!" Ian Rush felt that his partner was toxic, so it was better to change the subject.
Of course Li Tiancheng saw Sun Chenghai come on and appear at left back, just opposite him.
But now is not the time to cross the ball. Warnock, the little guy, is too excited and assists too forward. He has to pay attention to his back this time, so as not to get caught.
However, this kid was actually able to get a header into the penalty area. Although it was a bit off, his ambition was not in vain.
Well, Manchester City made another substitution, Sinclair replaced Bosvelt, and Barton replaced Sibilski.
These are all the people around me, plus Brother Hai who just came on stage.
This situation...
Thinking that Norwalk was behind him, Li Tiancheng roughly understood Keegan's plan.
Sure enough, Patton rushed over with the ball, and Li Tiancheng rushed to meet him.
Button passed the ball to Sun Chenghai, who came up with an assist, and continued to advance.
Li Tiancheng let Barton pass without hesitation and welcomed Sun Chenghai's arrival.
This encounter was ordinary, but the countless Chinese fans watching in front of the TV were full of joy.
"Li Tiancheng blocked Sun Chenghai. I didn't expect that the first confrontation between two Chinese players would be like this. The defensive player was attacking and the offensive player was defending." Liu Jianhong was smiling.
"Hehe, although Sun Chenghai is almost helpless when he comes on the field, after all, Manchester City collapsed a bit quickly in the past, conceding two goals in five minutes, but if the two can have a fierce battle, it will be regarded as fulfilling the expectations of the fans.
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"Sun Chenghai moved the ball to the outside, and Li Tiancheng leaned directly on it. Sun Chenghai made an emergency stop, but still couldn't get rid of it, so he could only pass the ball out..."
Li Tiancheng noticed that Sun Chenghai was passing the ball forward, and immediately followed the ball and ran forward. While surrounding Barton with Warnock, he was also paying attention to covering the route of Barton's return pass to Sun Chenghai.
It was discovered that Barton smashed the ball with his left foot and dodged Warnock's tackle, then accelerated directly and hit him.
Sure enough, Barton's next move was to push with his right foot, intending to get between Li Tiancheng and Warnock.
Unfortunately, Li Tiancheng's body tilted due to the collision, and he lost control of the ball at his feet.
Li Tiancheng took advantage of the situation and passed the ball to Hamann, who came to respond. He found that Sun Chenghai was already rushing to intercept Hamann. He immediately took a step forward, blocked Patton's forward encirclement route, and successfully received Hamann's return pass.
Li Tiancheng carried the furious Button on his back and passed the ball directly instead of stopping the ball.
Gerrard received the ball and passed the ball forward to the left.
Kewell received the ball and passed a high ball into the penalty area.
Cisse drove into the penalty area at high speed and was directly pulled down by Dunn.
The assistant referee waved the flag and determined that Dunn had committed a foul. Boll showed Dunn a second yellow card and sent him off.
Although Dunn was sent off, Cisse still spread his hands and shook his head. He was invisible for the whole game and was about to score a goal, but fell at the last step...
"In the 86th minute of the game, Manchester City captain Dunn accumulated two yellow cards and left the field. Manchester City's formation completely shrunk. Obviously they had acquiesced in defeat and gave up their fearless struggle." Ian Rush was inevitably a little proud.
"But it cannot be denied that there are some problems with Liverpool's staffing. I noticed that before Josemi left the field, he indicated that he could no longer continue the game. This means that Liverpool was passively substituting, and Josemi's backup was actually a rookie or a midfielder.
"A rookie," Dan O'Hagan really doesn't want to argue with Rush at this moment:
"The original main right back Finnan has been replaced at this time. I think there are still some problems with Benitez's personnel arrangement. If Dunne hadn't unexpectedly left the field and Manchester City had made a desperate last ditch effort, it would be really difficult to know the outcome.
As expected, everyone saw the defensive weakness of the right wing composed of Lee and Warnock."
"It makes sense to say that, but it was just an accident, and there are still a few new players who failed to play. None of what you said will happen in the future... Oh, Kewell suddenly took a long shot, and James' energy is still there
Very concentrated, he pushed the ball directly out of the baseline!" Ian Rush was a little surprised: "At the end of the game, Liverpool got a corner kick."
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Li Tiancheng walked to the penalty spot and prepared to take the corner kick, and a deafening cheering sound sounded from the KOP stands.
Li Tiancheng waved his hand towards the KOP stands, and the sound in the stands suddenly became louder, and then gradually became quiet...
After carefully placing the football, Li Tiancheng put his hands on his hips and carefully observed the situation in front of Manchester City's goal: Hyypia and Carragher were coming up, Gerrard was wrestling with his opponents, Cisse and Baros' movements...
..., well, why is James standing like this? Is this looking down on me?
Li Tiancheng took a breath, exhaled it again, and calmed down his emotions.
It doesn’t matter to the overall situation anyway, give it a try!
Approaching the run, I put the ball in my right foot: it feels good.
The arc drawn by the football was exactly as I expected...
James was attracted by Carragher and Hyypia who gathered at the front point - the ability of these two guys to grab points cannot be underestimated!
Seeing the football being kicked out, James stared at the ball's trajectory carefully: It's the front point! No, it's the middle...
Xiao Xiaobu moved his position: Hyypia is squeezing towards the middle, it’s time to attack! No! Why did the ball turn around again!
Astonished, James hurriedly raised his arms and jumped back...
The football spun past James' palm and Distin's head, who was guarding the back post and took off, hit the inside of the post and bounced into the goal!!!
The Anfield stadium was boiling with excitement, the fans were jumping and shouting wildly...
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal, a stroke of genius, Lee, Lee, from today onwards your name will resound throughout England, throughout Europe, and throughout the world! What a great goal, Lee's corner kick went directly into the goal..."
"The best goal in the Premier League this season has been scored!"