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Chapter 40: Two goals in a row

After conceding two goals in a row, Sevilla finally became a little impatient during the game.

After Mo Yang discovered that Seville players were making more mistakes, he speeded up Liverpool's offensive and defensive transition without saying a word, using speed to counter Sevilla.

Bellizzo on the sidelines felt helpless when he saw the team's pace of play being taken away by Mo Yang.

So the rest of the game became a one-sided performance by Liverpool.

Mo Yang was in charge of the midfield and backcourt, arranging the team and using the two wings to continuously attack Sevilla's defense. The offensive was getting higher and higher.

The only pity is that Liverpool's ability to seize opportunities in front of the goal was slightly poor today, and they were unable to continue to expand the score and kill the game.

After the halftime break, Sevilla took the lead in making adjustments, replacing Pizarro with Sarabia. Bellizzo also made adjustments to the player positions.

Banega, who had previously been in the attacking midfielder position, dropped directly back and played as a double defensive midfielder with Nzonqi, while Sarabia played as an attacking midfielder.

This adjustment is effective.

In the first half, Banega didn't have many chances to get the ball from the attacking midfielder position.

But as soon as he was moved to the defensive midfielder position, his characteristics immediately came into play.

Banega used his overall view and skills to arrange and sort out the midfield and backcourt, making Sevilla's midfield more stable, and the backcourt defense and ball play have been strengthened, which has obviously improved to a higher level.

Moreover, the time of possession of the ball has also increased linearly, and the offense has become more organized.

This change was noticed by Mo Yang five minutes into the second half, and he immediately became secretly vigilant.

But accidents often come unexpectedly.

In the 65th minute of the game, Liverpool hit from the right outside the Sevilla penalty area.

Salah cuts back laterally and inserts Emre Can in the ribs.

Facing Nzonzi's advance, Emre Can continued to return the ball to Henderson at the top of the key.

Henderson followed Mo Yang's example, meeting the ball at the top of the arc and taking a kick.

But the ball was blocked by Pareja with his chest and fell to Banega's feet.

Sevilla got the ball and quickly launched a counterattack.

Banega pushed his foot and moved the ball cleanly away from Liverpool's circle at the top of the arc.

Navas received a pass from Banega and quickly passed it to Sarabia on the left front.

Sarabia was caught by Henderson before the ball was firm.

Without taking a few steps, he carried Henderson and handed the ball to Correa, who was pulling forward to the left to receive the ball.

After Correa took the ball, he saw that only Ben Yedder was in position in the middle, so he spiked the ball and changed direction, directly dribbling the ball horizontally towards the top of the arc.

Arnold followed the defense all the way and wanted to work with the returning Emre Can to close the door and steal the ball.

But Correa was very delicate with his feet and very strong. He squeezed the ball between the two of them and then passed the ball to his right rib.

After Navas got the ball, he suddenly made a pass on the sideline of the penalty area, looking for Sarabia who had just entered the penalty area.

Lovren chose his position very cleverly and cleared the ball before Sarabia.

But the ball flew out from the top of the arc and landed at Banega's feet.

Gaining the ball again, Sevilla played a beautiful triangle pass on Liverpool's right rib, and then handed the ball to Escudero who came in behind.

Arnold saw Escudero dribbling the ball downfield. He realized the danger and rushed over to block it, but it was already too late.

Escudero got down and swept the ball in front of the goal.

In the eyes of the fans at the scene, Escudero's pass was completely devoid of any threat.

At the back point, Van Dijk and Moreno sandwiched Sevilla's French forward Ben Yedder in the middle, one on the left and the other on the right.

And Lovren in front of Van Dijk happened to be on the path of this pass.

In Van Dijk's eyes, Lovren only needed to stretch his legs to successfully intercept the ball.

But what is incredible is that Lovren missed the ball. He was obviously a beat slower and waited for the ball to roll past his feet before he raised his right foot and kicked the air.

Lovren's fake move shook Van Dijk behind him.

By the time Van Dijk tried to clear the ball, he was already too late, because Ben Yedder relied on his low center of gravity and stretched out his feet quickly, rushing in front of Van Dijk to push and shoot into the empty goal.

The 50,000 fans at the scene were all speechless when they saw Lovren's air defense kick. They all held their heads and couldn't believe what they saw.

Mo Yang stretched out his hands and rubbed them vigorously, looking dumbfounded.

On the sidelines, Klopp stared and kept opening and closing his hands, as if doing radio gymnastics. He didn't understand why Lovren missed the kick at all.

Lovren didn't know why he missed the kick. He still looked confused and sat on the ground crying.

Van Dijk looked at the celebrating Sevilla players, looked up at the weather and smiled.

"What did Lovren think? Escudero's pass was not fast, how could he miss it?" Zhan Jun looked very angry.

Zhang Lu shook her head and smiled and said: "The entire defense of Liverpool was in the small penalty area for this ball. It was too close to the goal. There was obvious hesitation before Lovren stretched out his foot. He was afraid of an own goal."

"As a result, his hesitation shocked Van Dijk and Moreno, otherwise Van Dijk would have been able to guard Ben Yedder! What a pity!"

On the field, after Sevilla pulled back a goal, the momentum immediately picked up, intending to equalize the score in one go, constantly using the two wings to attack Liverpool's defense in turns.

After Mo Yang found out, he slowed down the pace of the game again and focused on controlling the ball.

Moyang planned to make Seville lose his temper after one vigorous effort, then weakened again, and then exhausted again and again.

Klopp saw Mo Yang's reaction on the sidelines and went back to the bench with a happy look on his face.

But within five minutes of sitting down, Klopp jumped up.

In the 75th minute of the game, Sevilla received a ball from the left side of the front court.

Escudero walked to the serving position, bent down to pick up the ball and made a quick serve, catching Liverpool off guard.

The ball was thrown to Ben Yedder.

Before Ben Yedder could catch the ball, he saw Emre Can rushing over, so he deftly half-turned and suddenly gave the ball behind him, directly avoiding Emre Can's attack and dribbling the ball towards the top of the arc.

The location is killer.

At the same time, Correa, who was roaming in the middle, started quickly and penetrated into the Liverpool penalty area from the top of the arc, directly restraining Van Dijk.

Mo Yang was on the right rib, and he blocked Navas.

Ben Yedder saw that the ball could not be given to Navas, so he stuffed the ball directly into the penalty area.

But due to interference from Henderson, he failed to pass the ball well.

Correa found that the ball was coming a little slow and might reach behind his heel, so he took the opportunity to hook forward with his right foot that was lagging behind, and directly dribbled past Lovren with the ball.

Entering Liverpool's penalty area and facing Karius.

"oh!!!!!!!!!!!"

Seeing Correa easily succeed with his left foot, the Red Army fans at the scene collectively wailed.

They had no idea that the two-goal advantage established in the first half would disappear without a trace.

If this were the knockout rounds of the Champions League, Sevilla's two away goals could have directly pronounced Liverpool's fate.

"Correia's breakthrough is so inspiring!" Zhang Lu laughed while watching the slow-motion replay.

"Ben Yedder originally passed the ball, but he just relied on his personal ability to turn the mistake into a key goal!"

"Correa stopped and immediately shook Lovren away from him!"

"Now it depends on how Klopp adjusts. There is still plenty of time."


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