This player is not professional

Chapter 306
"This ball is offside... Aguero should have been offside when he headed the ball!"

The TV broadcast also immediately gave a slow-motion replay. It can be clearly seen from the camera that when Fernandinho kicked the football, most of Aguero's body was stretched out. This is indeed No doubt offside!

"It's really offside... Although it's only half a body, it's still offside!"

The commentators and TV viewers can clearly see what happened just now through the slow-motion replay of the TV broadcast. It is indeed offside.

But the players on the field did not have such conditions, so the Manchester City players who were celebrating the goal just now were surprised to find that the goal was offside. Their surprise turned into anger. They divided into two groups and surrounded them all the way. The referee went to question the linesman who raised the flag along the way.

It makes sense for the Manchester City players to do this. In such an important game, they were one goal behind Liverpool, and when they finally equalized the score, it was counted as an offside kick and the goal was invalid, which meant that they were back to before liberation.

Manchester City's minimum requirement for this game is a draw, but now this draw has been stifled by the referee.

Of course they have to ask the referee for an explanation.

But the referee was unmoved. He even ran to the linesman and waved to signal the Manchester City players to leave the linesman. If anyone dared to threaten the linesman, the yellow card in his hand was not for decoration. !
When the Manchester City players asked the referee for an explanation, Pellegrini also seemed very angry. He found the fourth official and expressed his dissatisfaction to him.

He actually didn't know whether the ball was offside.Even if it is offside, he has to do this. Now is the time to look at the result rather than the process. If under his pressure, the referee changes the penalty and decides that the ball is valid, wouldn't Manchester City make a profit?

But such an idea is obviously not supported and understood by the referee.

He waved away the City players who besieged him and the linesman, and the fourth official warned Pellegrini that if he kept nagging about the issue, he would ask Pellegrini to stand in the stands.

If we lose this game and the head coach is sent to the stands, the loss will be too great.

Pellegrini weighed it up and finally chose to shut up.

He turned around and walked back, shaking his head, very dissatisfied with the referee's decision.

But in fact, if he had seen the slow-motion replay of the ball after the game, he might not be so dissatisfied.

The ball was indeed offside, there's nothing to say about it.

"Man City's goal was invalid, and Liverpool escaped. Aguero was a little too anxious about this goal and started it early... The score is still 2:1, and Liverpool leads Manchester City away from home. And there is not much time left for Manchester City. , now is the 709th minute of the game, and the dispute just now wasted almost 2 minutes. Of course, these times should be counted into injury time... but Manchester City really needs to seize the time!"

Faced with Manchester City's onslaught, Liverpool had already made tactical adjustments.Today's Liverpool is playing a defensive counterattack and does not rush out to attack Manchester City.

But this time, Manchester City's goal was offside and the ball was handed to Liverpool. Liverpool did not simply squander this opportunity and then returned to a state of shrinking defense.

The backcourt goalkeeper Mignolet took a free kick, did not kick it to the frontcourt, and then resigned to fate.Instead, he chose to pass the football short to Skrtel, and then Skrtel passed the football forward, this method of advancing layer by layer.

The advantage of doing this is that you can control the football at your feet for a longer period of time, which can consume a little more time.

But it is not without risks. The risk is that the opponent may intercept the ball and directly counterattack, and at that time, Liverpool's defense may not have time to organize.

At this time, the ball control ability of the player holding the ball is tested.

Skrtel passed the football to Kanter.

Faced with Liverpool's strategy, Manchester City launched a pressing siege, desperately trying to cut off the football.

As soon as Kanter got the ball, the opponent's Sterling rushed up.

Kanter just made an adjustment and lost the opportunity to pass the ball forward. He could only turn around to protect the football.

But under Sterling's pressure, he didn't know how long he could protect the ball.

At this moment, Lin Yi retreated to Kanter and asked Kanter to pass the football to him.

Kanter immediately passed the football.

When Lin Yi received the ball, he also faced the problem of being surrounded. However, he did not stop the ball, but directly passed the ball out to Royce who retreated to meet him.

Not only did Sterling, who came up to press him, miss, but he also took Sterling out of his original forehead position, creating a vacuum there.

After passing the ball, Lin Yi ran forward, and Royce passed the football sideways.

Sterling was chasing after Lin Yi.

When Lin Yi got the ball for the second time, he came up from behind and tried to steal the ball.

Lin Yi made an emergency stop and pulled the football back. Sterling missed again, but he also returned to the front of Lin Yi's attack direction. In this way, Lin Yi still had to face him if he wanted to attack.

"Sterling was very tenacious in defending Lin Yi! In this game, on the offensive end, Sterling's performance was impeccable. Now when he is defending, he is also working so hard. So far, Sterling has been the performance of Manchester City. The best player!"

When Lin Yi received the ball for the second time, he had already crossed the center line and entered Manchester City's half.

Lin Yi faces greater defensive pressure, not just Sterling.

After Sterling blocked his path, Fernandinho also rushed up to steal the ball.

Lin Yi seemed to have no choice but to pass the football around again.And it can't be passed forward, it has to be passed back.

Lin Yi indeed turned back, facing away from Sterling and Fernandinho.

Then he swung his foot, looking like he was trying to pass the football back.

But he didn't do this. He crossed the football with his right foot without kicking it. Then he swung it back and flicked the football behind him!
The football came out of the gap between Sterling and Fernandinho.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Yi turned around quickly and followed the football and got between the two people!

"Lin Yi! Beautiful turn!"

By the time the two men reacted, Lin Yi had already broken out of their interception.

Sterling reacted the fastest, and he immediately turned around and chased after him.

Seeing that Lin Yi was about to drive straight in, Sterling decisively grabbed his shoulders and pushed Lin Yi to the ground with force.Lin Yi, who fell to the ground, did not forget to hold the football on the ground in his arms.

The referee's whistle also sounded, but this was not a handball foul by Lin Yi, but a foul by Sterling.

"Lin Yi fell to the ground and Sterling fouled!"

The referee ran over and not only called Sterling a foul, but also gave Sterling a yellow card.

There were boos in the stands at the Etihad Stadium. Since Aguero's goal was disallowed, Manchester City fans are very, very dissatisfied with the referee.

Now he dares to give Sterling a yellow card, which is an act that provokes the angry Manchester City fans.

Amidst the deafening boos, Lin Yi, who was knocked to the ground by Sterling, did not lie on the ground unable to get up, trying to delay for a little longer.On the contrary, he rolled over and got up from the ground.Before he could fully get up, he pressed the football in his arms to the ground, and then kicked the football out without even looking at his surroundings!

Take the free kick!
The referee had just taken back the yellow card, and Sterling and Fernandinho were still complaining around him.

When he saw the referee suddenly turned around and threw them away, he ran forward!

He followed the football and ran out instead of blowing the whistle to blow the football back. This means that Liverpool's quick free kick was fine!

The boos from the stands grew louder.

It's just unclear whether the boos are blaming the referee for not stopping the game, booing Lin Yi for being despicable, or reminding the Manchester City players to pay attention. Maybe it's all three...

Lin Yi took a quick free kick and passed the ball to Royce who was retreating to receive the ball. Royce turned around and passed the ball to Salah on the wing.

When Salah got the ball from the wing, he passed the ball directly into the penalty area without making any adjustments.

Because it was a quick free kick, Manchester City's defense had not yet had time to organize itself. If you hurry up, you can catch them off guard.

Salah's cross found Firmino accurately, and the Gabonese forward jumped up to meet the ball!
"Firmino! Header -"

Before Marcel Leif finished speaking, Caballero once again made an almost impossible save. He flew over and barely blocked the football flying towards the near post. It was not even blocked. The bottom line is just blocked.

The football is still hanging around in front of the goal!
Kolo Toure, who was retreating, ran right in front of the landing point of the football. He turned around and kicked the football out of the penalty area!

"What a risk! Liverpool almost took advantage of a quick free kick to score again... but the game continues!"

The football kicked out by Kolo Toure fell to Fernandinho's feet. Fernandinho wanted to pass the football forward to Sterling.

But he regretted just after kicking the football out, because he saw Lin Yi suddenly appeared in front of Sterling, blocking the flight path of the football - Lin Yi guessed his passing intention!

Sterling also retreated while preparing to catch the ball, so that after receiving the ball, he could directly turn around and counterattack without wasting time.

Who would have thought that as soon as he retreated like this, he would be further away from football.

He could only watch as Lin Yi appeared in front of him and headed the mid-high ball passed by Fernandinho with his head!
He pushed the football towards Salah on the right.

"Lin Yi intercepted the ball! The ball has returned to Liverpool's side!"

During this period, the offensive and defensive rhythms of both sides changed very quickly, and it felt a bit "dizzy" to say the least.

Salah had just completed a beautiful pass. Seeing that Manchester City wanted to counterattack, he quickly returned to defense. As a result, he saw Lin Yi passing the football again and he stopped to catch the ball.

After receiving the ball, Salah faced the Manchester City full-back Segna who came up to defend him. He swooped the football forward almost ten meters away. At the same time, he started to accelerate on the spot, almost in an instant. In the blink of an eye, he had already rushed to Segna's side, and Segna had just reacted and was about to turn around...

Segna is also known for his fast speed, but the difference between a prepared person and an unprepared person, a straight sprinting person versus a turning person, is still very obvious...

When Segna turned around, Salah was almost catching up with the ball.He hurriedly chased Salah.

At the same time, seeing that Segna was broken through by Salah after just one encounter, Kolo Toure in the penalty area also quickly went to cover up the defense.

"It's so fast! What's even more commendable is that at this time, he still has such a fast startup speed..."

As soon as Salah caught up with the ball, Kolo Toure was already blocking his path to cut inside.

So he paused, raised his right leg, and made a gesture to make a pass.

He just passed a beautiful high ball and helped Firmino complete a threatening header.

Manchester City's defenders naturally did not dare to take Salah's cross lightly...

So Kolo Toure immediately put his hands behind his back and stretched his legs to block it.

Why are you holding your hands behind your back?

Because he is now in the penalty area and if he opens his hands, even though it is a natural movement of the body to maintain balance, if he is hit by the ball, there is a risk of being awarded a handball and giving Liverpool a penalty kick.

As a central defender, of course you must take this risk into consideration, put your hands behind your back as much as possible, and use other parts of your body to block the ball.

But Salah didn't really want to cross.After swinging his right foot, he did not kick the football. Instead, he stopped behind the football and made a feint. At the same time, the football continued to roll forward. The outer instep of his left foot pushed the football diagonally forward, and he Accelerate and cut inside, trying to overtake from the outside lane, passing Kolo Toure.

Kolo Toure quickly took another step forward to stop Salah.

At the same time, the hands behind his back became raised above his head. Facing the subsequent body contact, he signaled to the referee that his hands were not moving. If Salah fell in the penalty area, it was [-]% a flop!
Unexpectedly, Salah did not break through, but after catching up with the football, he passed directly with his right foot!

This time it was not a fake move, but a real cross!

It's just that due to the personal interference of Kolo Toure, he could only pass the football to a closer point, but there was not a single Liverpool player there. Was this a hasty cross out of desperation?
Do not!
Just as the football flew over, Lin Yi also appeared in the empty space in front of him. Then he swung his right foot towards the football, and with his straight instep, he whipped the football towards the upper corner of the goal!

Caballero, who had just made a series of wonderful saves, is now full of confidence. He feels that there is no ball in the world that he cannot save.

At this moment, Salah made a cross, and the football flew straight to the near corner, where he blocked the angle, which was perfect.

(End of this chapter)