Chapter 624: The Gap

In the first 20 minutes of the game, Manchester City were in the ascendancy, although Liverpool did not give City much chance at first by relying on aggressive scrambling.

However, Manchester City relied on this quick counterattack to break Liverpool's goal after the rhythm was changed, and then Manchester City took advantage of the situation to launch a strong attack, but unfortunately did not seize the opportunity to extend the advantage.

Seeing the lack of a strong attack that didn't extend their advantage, City began to consciously slow down their tempo, and Dalglish walked out of the dugout, knowing that the next period of time would belong to Liverpool.

Carroll ushered in the first attack of the game, a header, Downing, Henderson's assault ability is not strong, and even as far as the players on the Liverpool field, the most outstanding assault power belongs to Downing, but even Downing is just a tall man.

At this time, Kuyt's role was on display, and relying on his aggressive retreat and running, Liverpool once again tore apart Manchester City's defence.

On the side of Cuitla, Downing made a direct pass, the former cut inside to attract the defense and crossed, Carroll jumped high near the penalty spot and blasted a header, but the ball did not fly towards the goal, directly over the crossbar and flew off the bottom line.

Manchester City attacked, Li Feng made a long pass in the backfield, Dzeko also gave Reina a surprise attack, and after receiving the pass, he actually thought of shooting with his feet, but unfortunately the result was not good.

Liverpool won a free-kick and Downing looked to prove himself when a fine feint caused Richards to foul and Liverpool were awarded a set-piece.

Charlie Adam sent the ball into the box, Skrtel leapfrogged out and flicked a header that Joe Hart flew up but didn't touch the ball.

With a sound of "bang~~~", the ball did not fly into the goal as all Liverpool fans expected, and the crossbar stood up to ensure that the Manchester City goal was not lost.

It was still Kuyt, Manchester City was forced by Kuyt at the back, Henderson took the opportunity to kill and cut off the ball, but Henderson was a little greedy.

The young Liverpool midfielder seemed to want to prove his mettle, opting to attack with the ball himself rather than passing it immediately, so he ignored Carroll who raised his hand and Downing who moved across the middle.

De Jong, Henderson, who is not strong in assault ability, soon encountered Manchester City's interception, Manchester City's back stopped in front of him, as the so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, although De Jong is famous, but Henderson who wants to prove himself is not afraid of him.

However, a few seconds later, the newborn calf sat on the ground, and the referee's whistle sounded, and the first yellow card of the game was pulled, as for the object, it was naturally the Premier League's first bad man De Jong.

De Jong is notorious, but he is not the kind of person who really has no work ethic and wants to ruin the opponent's career, after all, he is also a professional footballer and knows the consequences of ruining other people's careers, and besides, if he is really that kind of person, he will not be able to stay on the pitch at all.

A seemingly vicious foul, but at this moment Henderson actually did not suffer any damage, not to be outdone, after glaring at De Jong, Charlie Adam walked up again, this time it was a direct free kick, and the position was quite good, about thirty meters from the goal.

Manchester City set up the human wall, the referee blew the whistle, Charlie Adam followed the whistle, and the ball followed over the human wall and flew towards the Manchester City goal, and for a while the Etihad Stadium held its breath.

Just as the ball was about to fly into Manchester City, a big hand appeared as scheduled to lift the ball over the crossbar, Manchester City fans breathed a sigh of relief, and the ensuing corner was directly cleared by Manchester City.

Manchester City also colored, Li Feng again held the ball into the Liverpool half, Silva retreated, the two hit the wall in succession to tear apart the Liverpool defense, Li Feng burst into the penalty area.

"Oh oh~~~ selfless wind, it's a pity~~~ It's a pity, teammates let down the wind and didn't grasp the selfless pass of the wind, or, the wind should learn to be selfish."

After bursting into the penalty area, the Liverpool defence suddenly leaned to Li Feng's side, at this time, Li Feng had the option to shoot himself, but he passed the ball to Dzeko, who was in a better position.

Dzeko was a clever runner and immediately moved to the right after Li Feng burst into the box, widening the distance between Li Feng and the defenders, but with almost no one to defend, he pushed wide.

Seeing the ball roll out of the bottom line, Dzeko covered his face with his hands, and he was even more frustrated in his heart, he knew very well that the situation he was facing now, Li Feng was obviously helping him, but he didn't grasp it.

However, Dzeko also knew very well that he didn't have time to be depressed now, put away the chagrin and frustration in his heart, and then extended a thumbs up to Li Feng to show his gratitude.

In the 29th minute, Henderson completed the first shot of the game, still facing De Jong, but this time Henderson used good technique to shake off De Jong, and then completed a long-range shot from outside the penalty area.

Two minutes later, Liverpool made a comeback, this time Charlie Adam was brought down by Boateng with the ball, and Liverpool won the second direct free kick of the game.

Henderson came to Charia City, hoping that he could give up this free throw opportunity to himself, but Charlie Adam did not refuse, after all, he was a teammate, and he generally did not refuse when he spoke, and the relationship between the two was not good, or he had a domineering personality.

However, Henderson's unsolicited offer did not help Liverpool equalise, as his powerful volley hit the wall of Manchester City before being cleared.

Then there was the most controversial decision of the game, Aguero passed back the ball low on the wing, Li Feng burst into the penalty area and shot skillfully, the ball was changed by Skrtel with his hand and flew out of the bottom line, but the referee did not award a penalty.

Even so, City extended their advantage to two goals, and although the referee did not award a penalty, it was a fact that the ball hit Skrtel's touchline, so City were awarded a corner.

Tactical corner, Silva passed the ball to Li Feng, Li Feng held the ball and cut into the penalty area and was caught by three Liverpool defenders, with a toe pick, the ball flew over the defender's head and flew to Yaya Toure.

"GOAL~~~2:0~~~2:0, in the thirty-second minute of the game, Manchester City expanded the score, although the referee did not award a penalty, but Manchester City still relied on a corner kick to rewrite the score."

"Tactical corner, Silva passed to Li Feng, Li Feng rushed into the penalty area and picked up Yaya Toure under the sandwich of three defenders, the latter beat Henderson and threw a header, Reina tried his best, but did not touch the ball, the ball finally hit the crossbar and bounced into the goal, Manchester City led by two goals." (To be continued.) )