champion light

Chapter 830 Manchester City is not what it used to be

When the football flew to the bottom line, many people watched Rong Guang chase after it, but they all felt that Manchester City's attack had failed.

The way Robinho chose to attack was too simple and rude, and the timing was not particularly good. There was no suddenness, and he just wanted to rush forward with the speed of Rong Guang.

However, there is limited space in the penalty area, and there is basically no room for Rongguang's speed.

No matter what these people thought, they couldn't think of how Rongguang would solve this problem.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart at the back of the field also thought it would be good if the ball was stopped. He should have attracted Liverpool's defensive attention before passing the football and assisting Berbatov or Robinho.

But I didn't expect that Rongguang not only stopped the football, but also took advantage of the opportunity to dunk Mascherano, and then scored the football into the goal... The three actions were done in one go, very coherent, and did not give Liverpool defenders any time to react!
When Rong Guang scored a goal, Mortensen in the commentary booth was extremely excited. He shouted hoarsely: "Rong! Rong!! Rong!!! Beautiful! Rong! Beautiful!! What a goal! Let us think of Dennis Bergkamp's great goal in the 1998 World Cup in France! Stopping, smashing and shooting in one go! The Liverpool players are completely unresponsive! Beautiful!!"

Alan Hansen also exclaimed from the side: "Unbelievable! Unbelievable! This is really... too unexpected! I didn't expect Rong to score the leading goal in such a way! He perfectly copied Bergkamp's ball! No! It is closer to the baseline than Bergkamp's ball, and it is more difficult! The angle is smaller!"

Liverpool's goalkeeper, Reina, still kept the action he waved to save just now, tilted his body, and looked back at the football that was already in the goal...

He could clearly see every movement of Rongguang before he shot. In his eyes, it was even in slow motion, but it was strange to say that no one, including himself and Mascherano, could react to such slow-moving movements. He just watched him unload the football in the air, swung his foot past Mascherano, and then shot.I didn't even have the chance to fly into the sky... The rhythm is too good!
Mascherano rushed out of the baseline in order to stop Rong Guang, and did not stop until he hit the billboard behind the goal.

He looked back at the football in the goal, and turned and ran to celebrate the glory of the goal, he was in a daze.

Joe Hart just stared at Rong Guang's goal in a daze, and then watched Rong Guang run to the corner flag area to celebrate the goal.

The rest of the team-mates ran up to him and celebrated the goal with him.

He thought of what Rong Guang said to him before the game.

"Yeah, I know it's Anfield...that's just a sentence, it's the same thing on the wall as it is on the paper."

This is Anfield.

Since this sentence was engraved on the wall of the corridor by Bill Shankly, it has been reminding every player and team who come to this stadium to play, how different this stadium is, how... daunting this stadium is.

However, the glory lightly silenced the Anfield stadium!

Yes, all silence!

After his goal, the noisy Anfield stadium suddenly fell into silence.

Although it was only a few seconds, it was obvious that everyone felt the silence.

Glory actually made this magical stadium quiet for a moment-he is more magical than Anfield!
Now think about what he said before the game, the expression and tone when he said those words... that is the confidence of a strong man!
Yeah, it's not his first time at Anfield... He played here in the Champions League quarter-final two years ago when he was still at Bayern Munich.At that time, he alone made Liverpool helpless, and everyone was turned on their backs...

Since then, he didn't feel that there was anything special about that sentence, did he?
No wonder...

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"Rong is really Liverpool's nemesis!" After watching Rong Guang's goal again, John Mortensen praised.

"He seems to be the nemesis of many teams." Alan Hansen laughed.

As Glory celebrated the goal, the telecast cut to a close-up of Benítez.

He was cheering for Rong Guang's goal with his assistant, and he was clapping his hands with a smile on his face.He wasn't particularly excited, and he didn't look like he was deliberately venting his emotions in front of his old club.

His celebration is no different from what he did before, and he also celebrated in the same way after Manchester City's previous goal.

The "revenge" hyped up by the media is not obvious in him...

"If Benitez beat Liverpool here ... I mean if, if he did, what would the top management at Liverpool think?" asked Mortensen.

"I think it should be embarrassing, but it passed quickly. After all, the difference between Liverpool and Manchester City is too great...Moreover, Dalglish's work in Liverpool is also very good. The victory or defeat of a game can't explain anything..." Alan Hansen said that he still prefers Liverpool emotionally, after all, he used to be a Liverpool player.

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City's players celebrated at Anfield until the referee intervened and they returned to their positions and play resumed.

After conceding the goal, Liverpool wanted to equalize the score as soon as possible, and they launched a fierce offensive towards Manchester City's goal.

The reason why the attack was so fierce was that this was Liverpool's home game after all. When any team played at home, the mentality of the players would be different. Compared with away games, they were more confident and excited.

Liverpool fans sang their anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone' in the stands after falling behind.

Sing to motivate Liverpool players.

The whole Liverpool team worked harder amidst the singing of the fans.

The pressure was on again for Joe Hart, who played high and low to keep a clean sheet.

But it was different from the beginning of the game. At this time, Joe Hart had confidence in his heart. He no longer worried about whether he would face Liverpool's tide-like offensive all the time, and then lost the ball at some point.

Now he has confidence in the team and in himself.

He realized that as long as there is glory ahead, even if Liverpool's offensive is relatively fierce now, it is impossible to continue to be so fierce.They will always withdraw because they are afraid of Rong Guang's speed and personal ability.So I just need to withstand the attack during this period of time.

This person, once he has confidence and firm belief, his performance in the game will be completely different.

In the face of Liverpool's frenzied offensive, Joe Hart made saves again and again, but the imperfect defense leading Liverpool withstood Liverpool's multiple shots!

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As expected, Glory did not disappoint Joe Hart. Before the end of the first half, he used his speed to break through Liverpool's defense in the counterattack, and then passed the football to Berbatov.

2: 0!

"Manchester City leads Liverpool 2-0 in the away game! It is completely different from the game in the first half of the season. This time Manchester City seems to have a clear advantage! In the last game, Manchester City did not lead Liverpool for the first time in the game until Rong scored the third goal. This time... the first half of the game is not over yet, they have already led Liverpool by two goals!"

"Unknowingly, Manchester City is also undergoing changes. Perhaps those strong teams should change their consistent views-now this Manchester City is no longer the team that is struggling to avoid relegation! After Benitez took office, they were kneaded into a very combative team!"

"Although Benitez never admitted that he came to Anfield for revenge, everyone can intuitively find that Benitez's life in Manchester City is indeed much better than in Liverpool..."

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Leading by two goals in the first half, City had such a huge lead away from home that many felt they had largely won the game.

Their judgment seems to be very reasonable, because if Liverpool want to win this game, they need to score three goals in the second half and keep Manchester City from scoring.It is not too difficult to score three goals at home, but it is difficult to prevent Manchester City from scoring one goal...

They attack from all fronts, and they may score three goals in a row, but their defense will also become very empty.Rongguang's speed is no joke.Liverpool's massive pressure means that Manchester City will get more opportunities to fight back. At that time, Rongguang's quick counterattack will be fatal enough.

How to play this game?
The progress of the next game was indeed as everyone expected. In the second half, the two sides fought in different places. Liverpool stepped up their offense and invested more troops in the offense.

It is true that they have the upper hand in terms of possession rate and number of shots.

But in the end it was Liverpool who scored first.

This time it was still Rongguang running with the ball in the counterattack, then passed the football out in the encirclement, and Robinho followed up and scored.

Leading by three goals, Manchester City has basically secured the victory.

The next game also lost its meaning.

Benitez also started to make substitutions, replacing some of the main players to give them a rest.

And the fans at Anfield sang the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" over and over again, but sometimes, a football game is not easy to defeat opponents just by relying on spirit. This song is enough to inspire the morale and fighting spirit of Liverpool players, but if you want to win, just relying on the singing of the fans is not enough...

Liverpool only scored a face-saving goal by Gerrard in stoppage time.

In the end, Tangtang ranked second in the league and lost to Manchester City 1:3 at home!

(End of this chapter)