Chapter 649 Chapter 647 On the road trip
Chapter 649 Chapter 647
Before the match against Liverpool, in distant China, the most important festival of the year was ushered in, the Spring Festival. However, this traditional festival has little to do with Li Feng now. In Europe, Christmas is the biggest event. As for the Spring Festival, well, they don’t actually know it.
Manchester's Chinatown is very famous, but Li Feng didn't go to join in the fun. If Yoona or others were by his side, Li Feng would not mind going to join in the fun, but now it's too pitiful to go out alone.
After an ordinary Chinese New Year, the Manchester City team came to Liverpool as scheduled. In the next week, Manchester City will play two games in Liverpool, one in the League Cup and against Liverpool, the traditional giants of the Premier League.
The other is the league game, Premier League No.20 three-round league, Manchester City will be a guest at Goodison Park Stadium, away to challenge Everton, another Liverpool team.
The last time they were a guest at Anfield, they had a draw. This time, Van Basten was determined to win. Although Kompany's suspension and Boateng's injury made Manchester City's defense look extremely empty.
But at least Manchester City's midfield is in perfect condition. However, no matter how perfect the midfield is, it can't stand up to a weak line of defense. Li Feng has already experienced this when he was in Bayern Munich.
Iron tree blossoms, No. 209 minutes, Manchester City opened the scoring in the away game. Li Feng held the ball in the middle to attract the defensive pass to Silva.
After receiving a pass from Silva, De Jong drew a stunned world wave with his right foot. The ball went straight to the dead corner of the goal, and Manchester City broke the deadlock on the field.
This is also De Jong's first goal this season, and even his second goal in the last five seasons, and his second goal for Manchester City. It can be said that De Jong's goal is more rare than Lescote's goal in the last game.
As a pure defensive midfielder in Manchester City's lineup, De Jong is definitely the player with the fewest offensive opportunities in Manchester City. It is often difficult to have a chance to hit the goal in a few games.
"Dude~~~ I think you should treat me." Although De Jong's salary can only be ranked in the middle and lower levels in Manchester City, he is an out-and-out rich man.
Taking the lead is always a happy thing, so De Jong did not refuse. After all, it is really rare for him to score goals, let alone such a wonderful world wave.
However, Manchester City's happiness did not last too long. After 10 minutes, Liverpool equalized the score, and it was captain Steven Gerrard who scored for Liverpool, although it was a penalty.
Manchester City was quite helpless for this conceded goal. Savage's performance in the last game was really a mistake, so Savage was not arranged to appear in this game, but Richards returned to the middle.
And this penalty was sent by Richards, but it has nothing to do with Richards. The Liverpool deputy team shot a long shot from the back. The ball finally hit Richards' feet and then bounced to his arm.
This is completely a passive handball, but the referee Dodd doesn't think so. Seeing the referee's penalty, Richards is almost aggrieved and crying.
Van Basten even went directly to the fourth official, "Sir, this is not an active handball, this should not be awarded a penalty kick." Facing the excited Van Basten, the fourth official could only comfort him with kind words.
However, all of these were useless, no matter how wronged Chaz felt, how excited Van Basten was on the sidelines, and how much Manchester City players tried to argue with the referee.
Manchester City once again lost to penalties. Four games, four penalties. All of a sudden, many people couldn't help thinking about a question, whether there will be another red card in this game.
Gerrard was very calm. Facing Joe Hart, Gerrard chose to push the ball to the right of the goal, while Joe Hart's save direction was completely opposite to the ball's flying defense.
This is also the final score of the first half. It is worth mentioning that Liverpool's entire first half was not ugly. I have to say that Gerrard's improvement in Liverpool's midfield is quite obvious.
In the second half, Manchester City took the lead in making substitutions. Balotelli replaced Barry. Manchester City changed to a 442 formation, with Silva and Adam Johnson on both sides, Dzeko and Balotelli in the front line, and Li Feng and De Jong in the center.
The substitution came to fruition quickly, with Balotelli disrupting Liverpool's defense and Dzeko scoring City's second goal of the game.
Kolarov inserted from the back, and under the cover of Silva, Manchester City's left back smoothly entered the bottom line, which is also the usual cooperation of Manchester City's wing.
Kolarov's footwork is quite outstanding. This pass accurately found Dzeko in the penalty area. Since Balotelli's appearance diverted half of the defensive attention, Dzeko's stab shot seemed quite easy.
The score was rewritten again, but the English League Cup does not have an away goal advantage, so Manchester City is just tying the big score. To successfully enter the final, Manchester City still needs to expand its advantage.
However, a football game is not something you can do whatever you want. Although Manchester City launched a stormy attack in the next time, they were still a little short of scoring.
And this point became the most deadly point for Manchester City, because they were lore.
The game came to No. 807 minutes, Liverpool attacked, and Gerrard took the ball. As the only world-class star in Liverpool's current lineup, as long as Gerrard is on the court, he is the most threatening player for Liverpool. No one will doubt or despise this point.
But I just don't know what Dalglish thinks. From these two games, it can be seen that Gerrard played a role, but in the league, Dalglish just insisted on not wanting to use Gerrard.
Gerrard's attack with the ball attracted the attention of Li Feng and De Jong, and then the Red Army Soul made a diagonal pass and sent the ball to the retreating Dirk.
Dirk Didier didn't complete his turn, because Richards was still behind him, he pushed diagonally to split the side, Glenn Johnson made a high-speed drive, and Downing went straight to the bottom, pulling Zabaleta away.
Glenn Johnson cut into the penalty area, and Bellamy came to meet him. The most exciting scene of the game was born. The two hit the wall in consecutive small areas of Manchester City's penalty area and cooperated to tear apart the defense line.
In stoppage time, Manchester City fans once again set their sights on Li Feng. However, Li Feng is not a guy who wears underwear, nor is he the illegitimate son of God. No, he should be the illegitimate son of the Jade Emperor. Although he has obtained a world-class unique system, he has no superpowers.
In the end, the game ended in a 2:2 tie, and Liverpool, with a small victory in the previous game, eliminated Manchester City with a total score of 3:2 and advanced to the League Cup lore.
Liverpool's opponent in the final is Cardiff City from the British Championship, which is almost like sending the championship trophy to Liverpool.
(End of this chapter)