Chapter 842: Manchester City is not what it used to be

When the football flew to the bottom line, many people watched the glory chase after it, but they all felt in their hearts that Manchester City's attack had failed.

Robinho's choice of attacking method is too simple and rude, and the timing is not particularly good, there is no suddenness, and he simply wants to rely on the speed of glory.

But the space in the penalty area is limited, and the speed of Glory basically has no room to play.

No matter what these people think, they can't think of how Glory is going to solve this problem.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, who was at the back of the pitch, also thought it would be nice to have the glory stopped, and he should have attracted the attention of Liverpool's defence before passing the ball out and providing an assist to Berbatov or Robinho.

But unexpectedly, Rongguang not only stopped the football, but also took advantage of the situation to smash Mascherano and then hit the football into the goal...... The three movements were done in one go, very coherently, and there was no time for the Liverpool defenders to react!

When Glory scored, Mortensen in the commentary box was extremely excited, and he shouted hoarsely: "Glory! Glory!! Glory!!! Pretty! Glory! Pretty!! Amazing goal! Let's think of Denis Bergkamp's great goal at the 1998 World Cup in France! Stop, smash and shoot in one go! Liverpool's players couldn't react at all! Pretty!! ”

Alain Hansen exclaimed, "Unbelievable! Incredible! That's really ...... What a surprise! I didn't expect Rong to score the leading goal in such a way! He perfectly replicated that Bergkamp goal! No! He's closer to the bottom line than that ball from Bergkamp, it's harder! Smaller angles! ”

Liverpool's goalkeeper Reina still kept the gesture he waved just now, tilted his body, and looked back at the football that was already in the goal......

He saw every movement before Glory shot clearly, even in slow motion in his eyes, but it was strange to say, it was such a slow-looking movement, including himself and Mascherano, but no one could react, just watch him unload the football in the air, and then smash Mascherano and shoot. I didn't even have a chance to take off...... The rhythm is so good!

In order to stop the glory, Mascherano rushed out of the line and did not stop until he hit the billboard behind the goal.

He looked back at the football in the goal and turned to celebrate the glory of the goal, and he was in a daze.

Joe Hart just watched Glory score in a daze, and then watched Glory run to the corner flag to celebrate the goal.

The rest of his teammates ran up to him and celebrated his goal.

He thought of what Glory had said to him before the game.

"yes, I know it's Anfield...... That's just a sentence, no different from writing on a wall and on paper. ”

This is Anfield.

Ever since Bill Shankly asked for it to be engraved on the wall of the corridor, this phrase has been a reminder to every player and team who comes to this stadium how different and how ...... this stadium is Intimidating.

But, to put it mildly, the glory has silenced Anfield!

Yes, silently!

After he scored, the pitch at Anfield, which had been noisy, suddenly fell silent.

Although it was only for a few seconds, it was clear that everyone felt the silence.

The glory made the magical stadium quiet for a moment - he was even more magical than Anfield!

Now think about what he said before the game, the look and tone of his voice when he said it...... That's the self-confidence of the strong!

yes, it's not his first time at Anfield...... Two years ago, in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, he played here when he was still at Bayern Munich. At that time, he left Liverpool helpless by himself, and people turned on their backs......

Since then, he hasn't felt anything special about that sentence, right?

No wonder......

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"Rong is really Liverpool's nemesis!" After another look at the glorious goal, John Mortensen exclaimed.

"He seems to be the nemesis of a lot of teams." Alan Hansen laughed.

As Glory celebrates his goal, the TV broadcaster cuts to give Benitez a close-up.

He was cheering on the glorious goal with his assistant, with a smile on his face and a slap. He wasn't particularly excited, and he didn't have the kind of appearance that he deliberately wanted to vent his feelings in front of his old club.

He celebrated like he had done before, and he had celebrated after City's goal.

The "revenge" hyped by the media is not obvious in him......

"If Benitez leads his team to beat Liverpool here...... I mean, if he did, what would the Liverpool hierarchy think? Morteson asked.

'I think it should be embarrassing, but it passed quickly, after all, Liverpool and Manchester City are so far behind...... Dalglish has also done a great job at Liverpool and winning or losing a game doesn't say anything......," said Alan Hansen, who emotionally prefers Liverpool after all, after all, he was a Liverpool player.

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Manchester City's players celebrated their goal at Anfield until the referee intervened and they returned to their positions and the game resumed.

After conceding the goal, Liverpool tried to equalise as they launched a fierce attack on Manchester City's goal.

The reason why they attack so fiercely is because this is Liverpool's home stadium after all, and any team will have a different mentality when playing at their home stadium, they are more confident and more likely to be enthusiastic than away games.

After trailing the scoreline, Liverpool fans sang their team song "You'll Never Walk Alone" from the stands.

Inspire Liverpool's players with their singing.

The whole Liverpool team worked harder in the singing of the fans.

Joe Hart was under pressure again as he picked up high and low to keep the ball in the back of the net.

But unlike at the beginning of the game, Joe Hart at this time, he was confident, and he no longer worried about whether he would always face Liverpool's flood of attacks, and then concede the ball at some point.

Now he has confidence in the team and in himself.

He until, as long as there is glory ahead, even if Liverpool's offensive is fierce now, it is impossible to continue to be so fierce. They will always withdraw because they are afraid of the speed of glory and their personal ability. So you just need to withstand the attack during this time.

This person, once he has confidence and firm belief, his performance in the game will be completely different.

In the face of Liverpool's frenzied attack, Joe Hart made saves again and again, and the imperfect back line that led Liverpool withstood Liverpool's multi-footed shots!

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And the glory did not disappoint Joe Hart, who used his speed on the counter-attack to break through Liverpool's defence before the end of the first half, and passed the ball to Berbatov, whose shot was saved by Reina, but Robinho, who followed up, sent the ball into the back of the net with a clean follow-up shot.

2:0!

"Manchester City are 2-0 up at Liverpool! Completely different from the first half of the season, this time Manchester City look like they have a clear advantage! In the last game, Manchester City did not lead Liverpool for the first time in the game until Rong scored the third goal. And this time...... Before the end of the first half, they were already two goals ahead of Liverpool! ”

"Before you know it, Manchester City is changing, and maybe it's time for the big teams to change their minds – and now this City team is not the team that is struggling to fight relegation! After Benitez took office, they were pinched into a very fighting team! ”

"Although Benitez has never admitted that he came to Anfield for revenge, everyone can compare and intuitively find that Benitez's life at Manchester City is indeed much better than that at Liverpool......"

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With a two-goal lead in the first half, City took such a huge lead on the road that many felt like they had largely won the game.

Their judgment seems to make sense, as if Liverpool are to win this game, they will have to score three goals in the second half and keep City out of the net. It's not too difficult to score three goals on your home turf, but it's hard to keep City without scoring a goal......

They could have scored three goals in a row if they were pressed across the board, but their backline would also be empty. The speed of glory is not a joke. Liverpool's big pressure means that Manchester City will get more opportunities to counterattack, and when the time comes, a quick counterattack by Glory will be deadly enough.

How is this game still played?

The rest of the game did go exactly as expected, with the two sides changing places in the second half, with Liverpool stepping up their attack and putting more troops into the attack.

It is true that they have the upper hand in terms of possession and shots on goal.

But in the end, it was Liverpool who scored first.

This time, it was still Glory who ran wildly with the ball on the counter-attack, and then passed the football out of the encirclement, and then followed up Robinho to score.

With a three-goal lead, Manchester City have basically sealed the win.

The rest of the game also lost its meaning.

Benitez also started to make substitutions, bringing on some of the main players to give them a rest.

And the fans at Anfield Stadium chant the song "You Will Never Walk Alone" over and over again, but sometimes, football matches are not simply mentally capable of beating opponents, this song is enough to inspire the morale and fighting spirit of Liverpool players, but to win, it is not enough to rely on the fans' singing to motivate......

Liverpool only scored a face-saving goal in stoppage time through Steven Gerrard.

In the end, the second place in the league was lost 1:3 to Manchester City at their home stadium!