i don't want to be king

Chapter 860 The showdown after two years

In the 51st minute, Matic shoveled De Bruyne's ball beautifully, and Li Liang cleverly controlled the ball to his feet.

In the first 5 minutes of the second half, Li Liang had touched the ball far more than the entire first half.

The home fans in the stands excitedly sang "there is only one Lee" - after all, the Red Devils fans were deeply impressed by the team's critical moments, especially the lone hero's dazzling performance at Anfield!

Li Liang had observed the situation clearly, and quickly moved to the left with the ball.

Before De Bruyne could get up, Sterling sprinted back quickly.

Even without the repeated emphasis of Guardiola and Torrent during the pre-match preparations, Manchester City players all know what kind of role Manchester United's No. 7 is!
Li Liang held back Sterling, who was clearly superior in speed, and he used his body to separate the ball from Sterling far away.

Sterling kept making small movements behind him, and the referee who followed closely was highly nervous, keeping his whistle in his mouth and focusing on it.

Li Liang's footsteps were a little staggering, and at this time Walker had already stood in his position and was ready to fight.

Ashley Young's follow-up was a bit slow, and Rashford, who had originally turned to the middle, had no choice but to return to Li Liang's side.

Walker was unmoved, and it is imperative to avoid Li Liang's internal breakthrough in such a sophomore and sophomore situation.

Lukaku was still on the far left. Manchester City's two central defenders Kompany and Otamendi firmly occupied the defensive positions in the penalty area. Li Liang had no choice but to protect the ball and slow down.

Magic Bird and Faria shouted at the same time: "Hurry up! Plug in!"

Seeing that this quick counterattack opportunity was missed, the two of them were very anxious on the coach's bench.

Henry spoke very fast: "The perfect defensive position, Manchester City seems to have guessed the opponent's possible attack route, and there is no problem with the movement of the entire defense line!"

Neville was a little disappointed: "If everyone acted immediately when Li got the ball, maybe this counterattack would break through Manchester City's defense!"

Li Liang bypassed Sterling with his back and began to lead, and the quick counterattack had to be converted into a positional attack.

Vieira shook his head: "How can one less person infiltrate, and this is not the way Manchester United is used to playing!"

La Tanzio thought about it: "Patrick, maybe this is Lee's most used style of play?"

While speaking, Li Liang had already given the ball to Matic, then turned around and continued to rush forward.

Manchester United's frontcourt attackers repositioned, Li Liang directly inserted into the penalty area, and Kompany quickly stepped forward according to the arrangement.

Matic, Yang and Valencia on both sides poured the ball patiently in front of the 30-meter area. Kompany said behind Li Liang: "Li, do you remember our game at the Etihad two years ago?!"

"Of course I remember!" Li Liang replied.

Kompany said word by word: "That time it was counted as your victory..."

Lingard suddenly slanted into the penalty area from the right. Li Liang didn't care what Kompany said, and immediately strode back to catch the ball.

With his back to the goal, he has already seen the line of tactical coordination!

As long as Kompany is brought out by himself, Lingard and Lukaku have a chance to spark in the penalty area!
The shouts in the stands have become louder and louder, and Li Liang can feel that the Manchester City captain is chasing after him.

Valencia passed the ball diagonally to Li Liang on the right. Manchester United's No. 7 planned to catch the ball and cooperate with his teammates. After turning around, he passed it forward immediately, and then immediately entered the penalty area to attack with two teammates!
He tried his best to lower his center of gravity to resist Kompany and control the ball, but the expected violent physical confrontation did not happen!
Amidst the loud exclamation of the audience, he felt as if he heard Xiao Yu's scream in a different voice: "Be careful——"

A huge force was simply unstoppable, from bottom to top, even himself and the ball were swept out together!

Li Liang fell back heavily on the turf. When he gritted his teeth and raised his head and opened his eyes, he saw Kompany striding past him, and instantly controlled the ball and pushed it forward at full speed——

Matic raised his hand and shouted, signaling a foul while rushing towards Kompany, Valencia ran back desperately!
Even so, Li Liang could see that there were far more blue figures rushing forward than the Manchester United players playing back!
Kompany crossed the ball to De Bruyne next to him before Matic intercepted it. The latter turned around and flashed the gap, and passed the ball obliquely behind Valencia with his big foot——

Sane stepped on the offside line and used his speed to overtake Smalling, who was filling in. Before the ball was about to roll out of the sideline, he fell to the ground and completed an inverted triangle pass with his left foot!
Amidst the exclamation of the fans in the audience, Xiwa felt that he had raised his hand to get rid of it and made an angry shot to win the ball!
Manchester United's Argentine central defender Rojo jumped up to block the hole, but Xiwa deftly dunked the ball from the air to get rid of it!

Xiwa's national team teammate De Gea has already rushed out with a roar, and Xiwa shot with his right foot before De Gea——

As if watching slow motion, Li Liang, who had already got up, was shocked to see De Gea raised his left arm subconsciously and threw himself at the ball at a distance where it was almost impossible to react!
The ball went wide of the bottom line after changing the line, and Manchester United narrowly escaped death.

Xiwa lay back on the turf in frustration, and De Gea jumped up like an electric shock and roared wildly: "What the hell are you doing?
Shit! "

Both Smalling and Valencia spread their arms helplessly, and the Manchester United players on the field unanimously turned their attention to Li Liang, who lost the ball and caused the opponent to play a fatal counterattack.

The singing praising Li Liang disappeared in an instant, and the Red Devils fans who survived the catastrophe finally booed dissatisfied.

Da Kui said with a shocked face: "Damn it!
So fucking fast!

This group of guys has been falling slowly. Just now, in less than 5 seconds, a 3-foot pass formed a shooting opportunity all the way from the backcourt...

It's so awesome...

But Dongzi, Kompany did not foul just now? ! "

Magic Bird yelled at Li Liang from the sidelines: "Li, speed!

Hurry up! "

Lukaku also complained from the side: "Li, you play too complicated, always leave them enough time to react!
We must play as simple as possible! "

While running back, Li Liang stared at the big screen, and the whole process of Manchester City's counterattack was being played back on the screen.

When Kompany was about to catch the ball, he was already preparing to tackle from the side and rear. Relying on his early judgment and precise grasp of timing, the Manchester City captain won a big victory in this defense.

Li Liang thought hard, and the counterattack routine played by Manchester City after the ball was stolen was exactly what he hoped to plan the most!

On the contrary, the opponent successfully suppressed Manchester United's rapid advance, and then completed the offensive and defensive transition in the first time. If De Gea hadn't succeeded in continuing his life like a god, Xiwa would have scored twice.

In the end how to do?
(End of this chapter)