Chapter 628 Penalty
Chapter 628 Penalty
Liverpool finally thrived for a while. After Li Feng hit the goal, the Liverpool King rushed out of the coach's bench and stood on the sidelines in the heavy rain. Dalglish was expressing his dissatisfaction in this way.
This effect is still quite obvious. Liverpool's next attack is quite crazy, ushering in the craziest ten minutes since the opening.
No. In the 601st minute, Gerrard crossed halftime and was intercepted by Li Feng. Tang Ning moved laterally to respond.
The Liverpool center was unable to turn around under Kompany's defense and passed back to Bellamy outside the penalty area, who directly kicked a long-range shot and missed it.
In 2 minutes, Liverpool made a comeback, this time it was Carroll himself, but Carroll still did nothing in Kompany's defense, and lost to Kompany again in the top battle, Carroll became furious.
The two strong men almost staged a real-life PK. Carroll who fell on the ground swung his arm and landed on Kompany. Naturally, the captain of Manchester City would not swallow his anger and dragged Carroll over.
Fortunately, the referee found out in time and quickly rushed over to separate the two. Otherwise, a collective brawl in the Premier League this season may have occurred at the Etihad Stadium, with each person receiving a yellow card as a warning.
The game restarted, the ball was still at Liverpool's feet, Henderson made a breakthrough along the side, was intercepted by Clichy, Bellamy's pull side responded, Gerrard inserted in the middle, Bellamy quickly knocked across, the Red Army soul blasted a very beautiful long-range shot.
It's just that Joe Hart didn't want to be Gerrard's background board. Although the two had a good relationship in the national team, the Manchester City goalkeeper flew up and lifted the ball out of the goal frame with both hands. Boateng made a clearance and gave Liverpool a corner kick.
The two teams clashed for the second time, but this time it was not as serious as Carroll and Kompany, another pair of enemies in this game, the conflict between Dzeko and Skrtel.
Liverpool took a corner kick, Dzeko returned to the penalty area, and the two faced each other again, but at the moment they switched offense and defense. Dzeko entangled Skrtel tightly, and Skrtel tried to get rid of Dzeko.
But Dzeko was like a dog skin plaster. Judging from Dzeko's posture, he must have been uncomfortable being defended by Skrtel before, so this time he mainly defended Skrtel.
"If you want to go back to rest early, I can help you." The referee Jones looked at the two with a blank expression. It was no wonder that Jones' tone was severe.
However, it was Carroll who really played the leading role in this corner kick. Downing took the corner kick. Carroll and Kompany fought for the top. But after the two jumped up together, Carol yelled and fell down. Although the ball was cleared by Kompany, the referee also blew his whistle.
"Hush~~~" Seeing the action of the referee, the Etihad Stadium immediately booed, because the referee at this moment pointed directly at the penalty spot.
"This~~~this~~~the penalty is subject to discussion." The commentator was obviously a little uncertain about the penalty. Although Kompany stretched out his hand and pushed Carroll when he took off just now, Carroll shouldn't be exaggerated.
"Sir, I didn't push him, this is definitely not a penalty," Kompany immediately explained to the referee, but obviously, the referee's penalty will not be changed in any way.
Gerrard was about to go to the penalty spot, but there was a figure that moved faster than Gerrard, the red number nine, it was Carol himself who created the penalty.
Seeing this situation, Gerrard turned his head to look at Dalglish, who was still standing on the sidelines at the moment. Although he had no expectations, at this moment, Gerrard still pinned his hopes on the former Liverpool king.
In the penalty area, Carroll had already placed the ball on the penalty spot. At the Manchester City goal, Joe Hart kept twisting his body. The players on both sides were ready, and only the referee whistled.
"Beep~~~" As soon as the whistle sounded, there was no run-up, Carroll stepped forward with his right foot, and the instep of his left foot directly abstracted the ball, and the ball went straight to the Manchester City goal.
"Joe Hart~~~Joe Hart~~~Joe Hart, you have done a good job. Carroll's penalty kick did not score. Joe Hart's judgment was very correct. He fell to the ground and directly pressed the ball under his body."
"Oh~~~" The Etihad Stadium fell into cheers, the striker pleased the fans with the goal, and the goalkeeper pleased the fans with the save. There is no doubt that at this moment, Joe Hart is the only focus on the field.
Unlike Joe Hart who became a hero, Carroll has completely become a bear for Liverpool. Although he created this penalty kick, the person who originally took the penalty kick should be Gerrard, not Carroll.
At this moment, the Liverpool fans who came to the Etihad Stadium were angry. They expressed their dissatisfaction with boos, and Dalglish on the sidelines also regretted it.
Time will not come back, and there is no regret medicine in the world. At this moment, the boos of Liverpool fans sounded to Dalglish, even though he was called the king of Liverpool.
Dalglish is also very clear that when he, the king, cannot bring victory to the team, he will be abandoned by his own subjects. This is football, which is warm and touching, but also cruel reality.
If this penalty is scored, the situation on the court must be completely different. Unfortunately, there is no if in this world, or Dalglish personally killed this if, at the moment of choosing Carroll instead of Gerrard.
Even Liverpool's loss was far more than that. In the next game, the fragile Carroll completely lost confidence and behaved like sleepwalking.
After losing the frontcourt fulcrum of Carroll, Liverpool's offensive threat was greatly reduced. Manchester City took advantage of the momentum and launched a wave of counterattacks, but Manchester City was not lucky. Instead of scoring a goal, this wave of offense forced Van Basten to make adjustments.
Due to the slippery ground, Aguero lay down on the lawn after changing direction and passing the ball. Dzeko's shot from the middle did not pose any threat at all.
The Manchester City team doctor rushed into the field immediately after getting the referee's permission. The sprain was not serious, but for safety reasons, the team doctor suggested that Van Basten should replace Aguero.
Van Basten himself was ruined by injuries, so in this regard, Van Basten paid more attention to it than anyone else. After getting the advice of the team doctor, Van Basten immediately replaced Aguero with Miner,
Seeing Aguero being helped off the field by the team doctor, the fans in the stands were worried. After all, the situation of Manchester City's striker was not optimistic, but the fans did not forget to applaud the injured Aguero. After all, Aguero wanted to perform well in this game.
(End of this chapter)