Chapter 20 This is the Premier League

The pace of the Premier League and the intensity of the confrontation are already high, Manchester United meets Liverpool, which is simply Mars hitting the earth. From the time the referee blew the whistle of the game, the two sides did not have the slightest temptation, and the game directly entered a high-tempo and high-confrontation situation.

In the opening two minutes, Li Qingshan made a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, played a little positively, and was firmly held by goalkeeper Mignolet.

The Manchester United fans didn't care about the quality of the shot, they immediately cheered and applauded Li Qingshan's shot. And Liverpool fans desperately booed Li Qingshan.

Liverpool fans are very impressed by Li Qingshan - Li Qingshan has met Liverpool three times in his career and scored three times, especially last season, Li Qingshan's Atletico Madrid played Liverpool quite embarrassed in the Champions League group stage, and in the end Liverpool could not even qualify from the group.

Such a painful experience will naturally not be forgotten by Liverpool fans. Even though it was away from home, they were still booing desperately.

It's just that the voices of Liverpool fans are destined to be drowned out by the cheers of more than 70,000 fans in the stadium.

"Li Qingshan came to the opening with a knock on the mountain and shook the tiger! It looks like his form hasn't been affected by the international break. Andy Gray said, "Liverpool have to be careful, when this goal machine is on fire, all the teams in the world will be terrified when they encounter him!" ”

Andy Gray is right, Li Qingshan did show very active at the beginning.

Just two minutes after that shot, Ashley Young, who had been given a start due to Di Maria's injury, crossed from the left and Li Qingshan headed Liverpool's tall centre-back Skrtel.

Skrtel's figure is already quite strong, but when he confronts Li Qingshan, he still looks so "thin".

It's just that Li Qingshan's header was slightly off, and the football grazed the post and went out of the bottom line.

The TV broadcast first replayed the whole process of Li Qingshan just receiving Ashley Young's header, and then locked the camera on Liverpool's striker Benteke.

The language of the camera is unmistakable, Li Qingshan, as Manchester United's center forward, has already tried to shoot twice, while Benteke has not even touched the ball a few times.

Benteke moved to Liverpool for £32 million this season, and as Liverpool's starting centre-forward, he scored only one goal in the first four games, compared to Li Qingshan, who scored six goals in four Premier League games, Benteke's statistics are quite embarrassing.

But Benteke himself was quite unconvinced. Li Qingshan came to the Premier League with a sky-high price of 100 million euros, and from the beginning of his arrival, he was the focus of all the media, and almost all the front page headlines of the media were Li Qingshan. As for him, Benteke, his transfer to Liverpool caused a lot of uproar, but he is far inferior to Li Qingshan.

In Benteke's opinion, there is no difference in strength between him and Li Qingshan, they are both centers that rely on physical fitness, and Lao Tzu can be worse than you. Benteke looked at his muscles, and a sense of confidence came to him.

You, Li Qingshan, are just lucky to meet a coach who is willing to build the team with Simeone at your core. If it were me, the effect wouldn't be much worse.

Benteke glanced at Rodgers standing on the sidelines, and the small resentment in his heart deepened.

It stands to reason that bringing in a center forward like Benteke with height and strength should create more contact with Benteke by playing the ball on the wing. But Rogers didn't do that. Liverpool have been passing and passing in the midfield since they got the ball, and the whole team mainly revolves around the forward Coutinho, and Rodgers has assigned Benteke the task of helping Coutinho pull the defense, escort Coutinho, and act as a thug and bodyguard.

And Li Qingshan on the other side is the real offensive core of Manchester United. As soon as he thought of this, the feeling of nostalgia in Benteke's heart became even stronger.

The effect of Liverpool's midfield's short pass is not good, and the three midfielders of Kramer, Herrera, and Fellaini are like an iron gate, and they join forces to break Liverpool's possession.

Liverpool's attacking output was quite large, with two full-backs, Klein and Gomez, pressing quite up front, while only two centre-backs, Skrtel and Lovren, remained at the back.

After Herrera broke the ball, he didn't waste a little time, he directly kicked the pass through the midfield and passed it to Li Qingshan's feet.

Li Qingshan faced Skrtel one-on-one.

Li Qingshan's one-on-one escape technique also has a strong personal style, and he neither has complicated feints nor relies on quick changes of direction. He made the most of his height and fitness.

He used his upper body to press Skrtel, then pulled the ball with his right foot to complete the turn and get rid of it.

This trick has been tried and tested repeatedly in La Liga.

In the Premier League, he is very used to using it. But just as he was about to dribble forward to observe his teammates' running positions, he suddenly noticed the wind behind him, and a sense of crisis came to his heart.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Skrtel, who was already shoveling towards the turf. Skrtel chased after being freed with two big steps, and then his right foot went straight out of the sole of his shoe and flew over.

Li Qingshan's pupils shrank, this guy came at the ankle of his supporting leg!

Li Qingshan hurriedly jumped up, he reacted fast enough, but he still didn't completely dodge the other party's premeditated slashing foul moves.

He was swept straight to the ground.

"Beep !!"

There is no doubt that this is a foul.

But the referee on duty, Dean, did not make the slightest move to pull out the cards.

Li Qingshan breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately he reacted in time. He touched his ankle, which was already a little swollen, and moved his joint. Fortunately, it was only a traumatic injury, and it did not hurt the joints and ligaments.

Skrtel didn't care after being whistled for a foul, he even deliberately said viciously to Li Qingshan when he passed by Li Qingshan.

"If you're scared, go home and find your mother, kid, this is the Premier League!"

Li Qingshan slammed over from the ground, ready to go to Skrtel's trouble. But the other party has already gone away.

Li Qingshan's experience in the lower leagues of England in previous years is beginning to gradually return.

In La Liga, it has been a long time since he has been fouled with such a malicious foul. In a league like La Liga, which focuses on football skills, he gradually put away the reckless atmosphere he experienced in the lower leagues, and began to pursue a more technical and mainstream way to play.

Skrtel's words reminded him.

That's right, this is the Premier League, this is England – people here love physical confrontations, and the players, fans and even referees here ignore a lot of physical contact!

Li Qingshan rubbed his cunning, and the experience of a few years ago came back to him.

Hey, that's interesting!