Chapter Eighty-Eight: Two Hours of Charging, Five Minutes of Talking

Liverpool's goalkeeper Migliole watched the ball hit the goalpost and popped off the bottom line, and he was almost so frightened by Li Qingshan's header that his heart stopped.

At the moment when Li Qingshan jumped high, he almost thought that the goal was going to be scored.

Fortunately, the angle of Li Qingshan's top ball was a little high, otherwise, Mignolet would have to catch the ball from his own goal.

Relieved, Mignolet immediately turned around and yelled at the central defender: "Keep an eye on him!!" Don't give him a chance to jump!! ”

The yelled Sacco also spread his hands, a little helpless - he thought he was completely in position, in front of him was his partner Kaulgu, when the two of them stood in this position, with the flight altitude of the ball, there was basically no one who could hold the ball.

That Cheng thought, even if he jumped on the spot, that big man jumped so high, it was hard to imagine that a big man player had such excellent bounce power.

The Liverpool fans at the scene first saw that their own must-have goal was saved, but immediately Manchester United played a counterattack, and after the football smashed on the goal beam, a "oh" sound could be clearly heard in the stands.

Many fans also slapped their chests to relieve their almost desperate emotions just now.

The mood of the fans is full of twists and turns, so watching the sport of football is really unbearable without a big heart.

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The game had just begun, and both sides each produced a very dangerous attack.

That seems to have set the tone of this game as well. When the game resumed, Liverpool immediately attacked.

Liverpool don't have big men in midfield, so their attacks start from the ground.

There were no layers of inverted foot passes, and between three passes and two downs, Liverpool had already passed the ball to the front.

Liverpool's three attacking players switch positions with each other very frequently. Coutinho is not a winger in the traditional sense, and although he occupies the winger position, he is very flexible with Sturridge and even Firmino.

This time, Sturridge, who pulled out of the box, went to the left side to receive the ball, while Coutinho received it near the arc of the box, Firmino smashed into the box, Henderson, Emrejan and others also put in a considerable amount of attack, and the full-backs on both sides also began to press.

Suddenly, Liverpool had seven men around the United penalty area, with Lucas and two centre-backs trailing the end and the rest of the Liverpool players already past half-time.

'Liverpool put in a lot of attacking intensity! It seems that what Klopp said before the game was not a smokescreen, Liverpool, who was playing at home, really launched an all-out attack! ”

"It's just a bit risky to do that, after all, Manchester United's defense is very solid, and the defensive coverage brought by the three midfielders in front of the back line is not easy to break through such a laydown."

"That's Jurgen Klopp's style, that's attacking and attacking, constantly attacking!"

"I don't know what the outcome of this game will be, but this game will definitely not be boring!"

Liverpool pressed all over the board, which is undoubtedly a boon for neutral fans. After all, if the rhythm of the game becomes a versus attack, it must be quite exciting.

It's just that this is a big test of the hearts of Manchester United or Liverpool fans.......

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Sturridge's footwork is good, in the face of Valencia's defense, the England striker's feet are not stopping, but unfortunately Valencia is unmoved, lowering his center of gravity, staring closely at Sturridge's movements, and his body is slightly withdrawn to the side, so that he can grab or turn around at any time.

Sturridge made a bottom-down move, but Valencia was still unmoved, so Sturridge simply faked the act, buckled his right foot, and walked towards the bottom line.

Valencia's pace was also a little unhappy, Sturridge had just deducted a little space, and Valencia immediately made up for it, leaving Sturridge with no space for crosses at all.

Sturridge stopped the ball with a left-footed smash and then reluctantly passed it back to Coutinho.

Coutinho received the ball and went inside and forced his foot to shoot. The soccer ball bounced off Hummels.

Sturridge was already at high speed when Coutinho was shooting, and the ball was just on his running path.

Sturridge scrambled to clear the ball before the United defenders could clear the ball and fired it forward towards goal.

It's just that his hasty shot didn't threaten, the ball was not fast, the angle was also positive, and it was easily won by De Gea.

Despite the missed shot, Jurgen Klopp was smiling and applauding his team's performance.

Completing a shot on goal at least meant that Liverpool's attack was a success in this round. But soon Klopp couldn't laugh anymore.

Because after completing a tackle, Sturridge did not get up, but touched his thigh muscles, his face full of frustration.

Sure enough, when the team doctor often made a gesture to the sidelines. You know, Sturridge has just returned from injury, this can't be another injury, right?!

“F***k！！！！” Jurgen Klopp regretted putting Sturridge, who had just returned from injury, into the starting line-up, and now that the game had just begun, his side was forced to waste a substitution.

Scolding is scolding, but people still have to be changed.

Milner quickly changed into his shirt and warmed up on the sidelines, and when Sturridge limped off from the other side with the help of the team doctor, Milner was substituted.

Sturridge's injury is no longer news, the England striker's glass physique is well known, he has been caught in a cycle of injuries since 2015, first missing five months due to hip surgery, then a knee injury in a few games after his return, and it took more than two months to recover, and then a series of injuries, knee, ankle, thigh muscles, groin, etc., almost every position.

The Daily Mail also made a count of Sturridge's injuries since joining Liverpool and the specific number of games missed, including 2 games in the right thigh hamstring, 8 games in the right knee, 7 games in the right calf muscle, 1 game in the right foot, 14 games in the left hip, 26 games in the left thigh, 1 game in the left foot, and 9 games in the left ankle.

For a professional player, an injury-prone physique is really a player's nightmare.

Sturridge's pain is not known, and fans were not surprised by Sturridge's injury during the Chinese webcast.

"No accident, it's hurt again!"

"Can't Klopp just wait until his injury is completely healed before letting him play?!"

"When will I have to wait until .......?"

"True - two hours of charging, five minutes of talking"

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