Chapter XXIV: The Winner of the Red Derby

"Coutinho!!!!!!!!! Beautiful shot!! Nice arc!! Beautiful goal!! Andy Gray excitedly stood up from his seat.

"Wow!! It's so beautiful!! Such an angle, such a distance, such a ball speed!! Impeccable, really impeccable!! Henry also sighed on the side.

"Coutinho has such strength, Manchester United is underestimated, Manchester United players thought that Coutinho would be like the previous shot attempts this time, but I didn't expect the world wave to come without warning." Gary Neville shook his head.

After the goal, Coutinho raced to the corner flag area and celebrated to the curses of the United fans. Other Liverpool players rushed up and surrounded Coutinho.

Rogers swallowed back the scolding he was about to blurt out, and he almost fell to the sidelines. It was a groundbreaking goal that sent Rodgers' jaw dropping.

De Gea frustrated as he scooped the ball out of his goal. Who would have thought that Coutinho could shoot from that position and hit a super world wave.

Kramer was also frustrated, having been worried about Coutinho's breakthrough, so he kept his distance from Coutinho, and by the time Coutinho got up to shoot, it was too late for him to react.

Carlo Ancelotti shook his head from the sidelines. His team did good enough defensively, but no one can be blamed for conceding a goal in the face of a shot like this. I can only say that I am too unlucky, even if Coutinho is allowed to shoot in that position now, even if there is no defense at all, he may not be able to play such a fast ball speed and at such a tricky angle.

Coutinho made a super cross with the inside of his foot, and the ball rotated strongly in the air, like a cruise missile, bypassing all the defences and hitting the weakest areas of United's defense.

Fortunately, there is still time to go, and Manchester United are starting to dominate overall.

That's the way football is, when you miss too many chances, you always have to be punished. Manchester United, despite being the dominant side, had an impossible equaliser through the brilliance of a star player.

If you want to talk about stars, Manchester United also have stars on their side. The televised camera was duly locked on Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney sitting on the bench.

Rooney sat on the bench and frowned, the Red Devils captain who has lost his place in the squad since Carlo Ancelotti took charge of Manchester United and has not been given a start in five consecutive league games. Now that Manchester United want to strengthen their attack, will Carlo Ancelotti replace him?

The camera shows Carlo Ancelotti, who was gesturing on the sidelines for United to press the attack, and he didn't seem to have any intention of getting Rooney up to warm up. The Italian coach doesn't look like he's going to make a change for the time being.

"It seems that Rooney is going to be disappointed again, it seems that Ancelotti's squad has completely lost his place." Andy Gray is also sighing for the Manchester United and England captain.

"In fact, it can be seen from last season, Rooney's athleticism and impact are not as good as before, and in the case of losing explosiveness, his weakness of rough ball handling skills began to magnify, and his goal count was so low last season, which was also the beginning of his career decline." Gary Neville also said with some emotion.

"Actually, I think Carlo Ancelotti should give Rooney some chances, for example, at a time like this, in a derby like this, Rooney's experience can help Manchester United." Carragher had good things to say about Rooney.

Either way, none of them are Ancelotti. Whether Manchester United wants to make substitutions or not, and who to replace, the power lies with Ancelotti. Carlo Ancelotti believes there is no need to panic at the moment and there is no need to pile up strikers up front.

The goal was a surprise in Ancelotti's eyes. This inimitable attacking style, even with a goal, could not shake United's overall advantage. If Manchester United are too panicked at this time, they will give the opponent a chance.

After Manchester United gradually stabilized the situation in central midfield and brought the situation under control, the overall formation began to press.

Li Qingshan, as an arrow, was at the forefront of Liverpool's defense, and what made Liverpool's backline even more uncomfortable was that the rest of Manchester United's players could easily establish contact with Li Qingshan - as long as they passed the ball to Li Qingshan's head, then the ball would be controlled by Li Qingshan nine times out of ten.

There is a fulcrum in the front field that can hold the ball, and Manchester United's overall formation dares to press boldly and confidently.

In the 78th minute, central defender Hummels picked up the ball near the center circle, and he was already the player behind Manchester United, which shows how high Manchester United's attacking formation is.

He glanced up at Li Qingshan's position, and passed the ball in the direction of Li Qingshan's head.

Li Qingshan suppressed the defender, padded his chest, and stopped the ball at his feet. Open your arms, lower your center of gravity, and keep the ball firmly under your control.

Neither Kolo Toure nor Lovren dared to take it lightly. Because Li Qingshan's threat of turning around and shooting at the goal made them even more jealous.

Li Qingshan observed his teammate's running position before receiving the ball, and he protected the ball at his feet for a while, just waiting for Sandro to insert it.

Ashley Young leaned inside and opened up some space, Li Qingshan smoothed the ball to the side, and just as Sandro came up to the side and caught the football.

However, he didn't have a chance to move forward, thinking that Liverpool was back in full force, and even striker Firmino had already made up for the full-back position.

Sandro didn't try to get past Firmino, which was too risky, and Firmino got stuck in front of him, leaving him with no angle to cross.

At this moment, Sandro saw that Li Qingshan had already beckoned on the penalty line. Sandro passed the ball through. Although they have not played together for a long time, Manchester United's players undoubtedly have a lot of trust in Li Qingshan's ability, and passing the ball to Li Qingshan's feet will at least not be easily lost.

After Li Qingshan got the ball, he faced Kolo Toure's defense, Kolo Toure pressed the center of gravity, in fact, he was mainly defending Li Qingshan's pass. As we all know, Li Qingshan does not have the ability to break through with the ball, and in the face of defense, Li Qingshan's forced shot can only hit the defender.

Rodgers told Liverpool's players before the game, don't look at Li Qingshan's goal statistics are quite brilliant, it seems that Li Qingshan is a complete goal machine, but Rodgers also noticed Li Qingshan's equally good assist statistics - judging from assists alone, last season's La Liga, Li Qingshan's assists ranked third in the La Liga assist list.

Therefore, when Li Qingshan pulled down the ball outside the penalty area, the main thing was to prevent him from shooting from a distance, and then he had to keep an eye on the Manchester United players around him to prevent Li Qingshan from having a passing line.

Li Qingshan observed the surroundings. Liverpool seem to have given up on attacking altogether, stockpiling more than a dozen defenders around the penalty area, with every United player having defenders on hand at all times.

Li Qingshan looked at Mata's position out of the corner of his eye, and then made a gesture with his right foot to pass the ball to Mata.

Colo Toure saw Li Qingshan's gaze observing Mata's position, but he thought that the opportunity had come, and he quickly stretched his legs, trying to cut off Li Qingshan's pass.

However, as soon as his foot stretched out, Li Qingshan's right foot crossed the ball.

Feints!!

After successfully deceiving Kolo Toure, Li Qingshan's movements were also very coherent, his right foot first crossed the top of the football, and then the outside of his right foot quickly flicked the ball inward, and before the defender came up to fill the position, Li Qingshan directly crossed his calf and quickly completed the shot!

The ball flew towards Liverpool's goal on the turf, and there was nothing Mignolet could do this time around.

"Pretty !!!"

"A very practical feint, after successfully fooling Kolo Toure, he immediately seized the short space to complete the shot. We see that before Li Qingshan's shot, he didn't seem to have any chances, all his outward passing lines were blocked by Liverpool's players, but he only used a feint to deceive Kolo Toure, creating an extremely small space to shoot, and he seized this opportunity to complete the goal score! Andy Gray exclaimed, "Li Qingshan is now more and more like a modern center forward, he is no longer the young man who only relied on headers in the past, he has really grown a lot over the years." It's hard to imagine that such a talented player was still playing in the amateur league a few years ago. ”

"He's got a chance to be the number one player in the world, do you know who he reminds me of just now?" Gary Neville asked, but without waiting for anyone else to answer him, he continued: "Ibrahimovic! In addition to their height, Li Qingshan and Ibrahimovic are completely two extreme players, one is very dependent on body and headers, and the other is a big man with excellent skills at his feet. But the way Li Qingshan handled the ball just now was very similar to Ibrahimovic. ”

Just a few years ago, I remember when he played in an amateur team and played against Liverpool, his ability to catch and pass the ball at his feet was really no different from that of an amateur player, but a few years later, Li Qingshan's ability to step up has improved to such an extent." Carragher once played with Li Qingshan, and the game in which Liverpool was defeated by amateur players undoubtedly impressed him, and the best player in that game was Manchester United No. 9 on the field at the moment, Li Qingshan!

After scoring the goal, Li Qingshan opened his arms and held his head high, accepting the cheers given to him by the fans at the scene.

Manchester United's players also rushed over and surrounded Li Qingshan.

This goal allowed United to exceed the score again, 2-1!

Eighty minutes into the game meant United were just over 10 minutes away from winning the red derby.

Rodgers started to make substitutions, and he made two substitutions in a row.

He replaced Firmino, who had been inactive in the game, with youngster Ibby, and then replaced midfielder Lucas with striker Divock Origi.

Stacking strikers up front, Brendan Rodgers is going to be desperate.

Carlo Ancelotti also started to make changes, with Carrick coming on for Ashley Young.

It's about improving the midfield's control.

Rodgers's adjustment failed to work, Liverpool was completely unable to organize the attack, but in the 85th minute, Carrick found Li Qingshan with an accurate long pass, and then Li Qingshan ran for Mata, Uncle Mata seized the opportunity to seal the victory for Manchester United!

Three to one!

This was also the score at the end of the game, with such a scoreline that Manchester United won the first double red game of the season!