Green Journey

"It's hard for me to imagine that this will be a contest between two top Premier League teams!" Ferdinand said in the BBC studio after seeing the ball rolling back and forth on the goal line and being suppressed by Ederson. Holding his head in his hands, his eyes were round and full of disbelief.

For a player with this level of wonderful ball, he may not have encountered it once in his entire career.

"But that's football, isn't it?" Lineker shrugged.

In a game of 10 minutes, there may only be two or three goals, and each goal occurs within a dozen or 20 seconds, and sometimes there is even no goal.

Why do so many people still love this sport?
It is because it is a highly contingency competitive event.

Especially when the strength of the two teams is similar, this chance will continue to be magnified.

This is why some teams are obviously very strong, but they may not be able to make it to the end.

Because football not only needs strength, he also needs a little luck.

No matter what kind of competition system it is, the team that wins the championship in the end must have both strength and luck.

It's like Leicester City, which created the blue fox miracle last season.

You can say that their strength is set off by the collective sluggishness of Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and other Premier League teams last season. There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys dominate.

But you have to admit it was also luck.

The right time and place plus the harmony of people, Leicester City has all three, it is difficult not to win the championship.

"Manchester City and Liverpool were terrible at taking their chances today, indescribably terrible!" Ferdinand said with a smile.

Not long after Ferdinand's words fell, Liverpool and Manchester City came again on the field.

In the 66th minute of the game, Walker suddenly sprinted with the ball along his right sideline.

But that's really not his job.

In a blink of an eye, Wijnaldum was completely locked on the sideline. After being bumped, Walker, who was a little rough under his feet, slammed the ball.

But Walker is really fast.

With a sudden acceleration, he rushed the ball that was about to go out of bounds to the left front rib before Wijnaldum.

Klavan did it directly to Milner.

Milner's ball hadn't stopped, and Aguero, who came around from behind Klavan, was a hungry tiger.

Milner was so scared that he didn't even dare to adjust, and hurriedly passed back to Mignolet in the penalty area.

As a result, Mignolet was not in place in time and gave Manchester City a corner kick.

"In a hurry, Walker didn't make a good pass!" Zhan Jun laughed.

"Hey hey hey!" Zhang Lu laughed, "But Liverpool was in a hurry and passed the ball directly over the baseline. Aguero performed really well today, very positive."

"It's okay if you don't be active. Jesus is watching covetously. If you are not active, you may lose your position!"

"hey-hey!"

Not long after, De Bruyne took Manchester City's sixth corner kick and drove directly forward.

Seeing the ball fly into the penalty area, the red and blue crowd crowded around the penalty spot quickly moved forward.

Chu Zheng was surrounded by Matip, Klavan, Toure and others.

But he still jumped up from the crowd, flicked his head to the left and got the ball first.

Bang! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Another crisp sound!
Chu Zheng's header crossed Mignolet's ten fingers at the near post, but was rejected by the crossbar in the upper right corner of the goal.

For a while, the Etihad Stadium exclaimed constantly!It is a collective pity for the team to miss the goal again!
Chu Zheng also shook his hands violently in annoyance, shaking his head again and again.

The Liverpool fans at the scene saw that Manchester City missed opportunities one after another. Although they were not lucky today, it did not prevent them from watching Manchester City's jokes.

But soon they stopped laughing.

At the 69th point of the game, the two sides fought fiercely in the midfield, and the possession of the ball changed back and forth.

Chu Zheng, who was on the front line with Aguero, saw that the ball could not be passed by De Bruyne and Yaya Toure, so he quickly withdrew it.

This time for Chu Zheng, Manchester City had a numerical advantage in the midfield, and they snatched the ball back in a blink of an eye.

Chu Zheng received the ball on the left side of the center circle. He saw De Bruyne in front of him not running, Sane on the left had just started, and there were three Liverpool players in front of him, and someone was chasing him behind him.

So after starting he suddenly turned to the right and headed for the middle belt.

In the process of dribbling the ball laterally, Chu Zheng knew that the ball could not be passed when he saw that Emrejan, who was following up on the left, was stuck in the passing line between him and Aguero on the left front.

So he had to split the ball horizontally to the right rib.

After Sterling got the ball, he quickly dribbled the ball and cut in from the right rib at the top of the arc.

Against four Liverpool players inside and outside the box, he was indomitable.

As a result, he was blocked by Klavan in the ribs of the penalty area, Wijnaldum and Milner pinched left and right, and the ball fell down.

Seeing Sterling fall in embarrassment, the Liverpool fans booed loudly, and everyone had a gloating smile on their faces.

Today, like the first round, Liverpool fans did not forget to boo Sterling.

The only pity for them is that this is not Anfield. There are not enough people, resulting in insufficient firepower, and they did not boo Sterling dizzily.

On the field, Matip got the ball at the front of the small penalty area, took it out of the penalty area directly along the bottom line to the left, and then quickly kicked a long pass.

On the left side of the center circle, Coutinho took the ball.

At this time, Manchester City's right in front of him is completely empty because Walker was deeply involved in the offense just now.

But without Walker, there is Toure.

Toure quickly leaned over from the ribs and locked Coutinho on the side.

He didn't do anything, just followed inside, obviously trying to delay Liverpool's counterattack and buy time for his teammates behind him to retreat.

Coutinho is clearly aware of this as well.

So after he crossed the center line, he suddenly dribbled the ball inside.

When Coutinho entered the half, Firmino just ran past him, and the two ran directly to a cross.

But Toure, who followed the defense horizontally, was very alert, and he quickly blocked the key passing line between the two.

But at this moment, there was a problem on Stones' side.

At this critical time point, Stones chose to break the silence of the defense line, and suddenly stepped forward, exposing the space behind him to Firmino, who advanced from the ribs.

Yaya Toure realized the danger and quickly started to fill in for Stones.

But before Toure fully activated, Coutinho, who brought the ball to the middle, suddenly made a dunk pass.

His sudden pass not only made Stones miss the air, but also successfully passed the ball between Stones and Toure, and went straight to the left rib area at the top of the arc.

In the next second, Toure had a tragedy.

It was already the 70th minute of the game, and Toure, whose physical condition had declined seriously, couldn't keep up with the young and strong Firmino.

"Single knife!!!!"

"Single-handed!!!!!!!" In the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu exclaimed in unison.

In the BBC studio, the spirits of Ferdinand and Lineker were instantly shocked.

"Roberto!!!!!!!!!"

"Roberto!!!!!!!!!"

In the commentary seat, two Liverpool commentators elongated their voices and stared wide-eyed at the much-anticipated figure on the pitch below.

Martin and Smith beside them also tensed up instantly, looking flustered.

At this moment, for the Manchester City people, time seemed to slow down and freeze. Even Guardiola froze in the coaching area, half squatting.

At this moment, Guardiola could hear the accelerating heart in his chest, and the noisy noise in his ears seemed to quiet down instantly.

In the restricted area, Edson attacked outrageously.

But a fall into a pit can gain a wisdom.

This time Edson was a thief. He suddenly came to a sudden stop before and after the small penalty area line, stopped in front of the small penalty area line, and stopped moving forward.

And Edson didn't put his center of gravity to the lowest, obviously just to prevent being lobbed.

Firmino knew at a glance that it was useless to repeat Mane's goal, so he quickly switched to his right foot and shot directly into the far corner.

As a result, the moment he kicked up, Edson quickly took two steps forward, fell to the left, and spread his legs to the sides.

In the next second, the ball hit Edson's right calf guard and popped out of the baseline.

"fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, papa, and so on!" There was a sudden wave of exclamation, followed by dense applause like torrential rain!
"Ouch!" Zhang Lu was so frightened by this thrilling scene that she subconsciously leaned back and exclaimed!
"Edson! A perfect save!" Zhan Jun's voice was sonorous and powerful, "Make another contribution!!!"

On the sidelines, Klopp once again witnessed the invulnerability, and was so angry that he threw a punch on the spot.

On Guardiola's side, he slowly exhaled the turbid air that was pent up in his lungs just now, and a smile appeared on his face.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why he continues to postpone the use of new tactics.

That is that Stones is not mature enough, and he always acts irrationally.

And an irrational midfielder is absolutely unacceptable in his new tactics.

Therefore, we can only wait until Stones is cooked by Chu Zheng and De Bruyne.

Not long after, Klopp took the lead in making substitution adjustments.

He replaced Coutinho with No. 27 Belgian young striker Origi.

This substitution made many people wonder about it.

Coutinho actually performed very well today, with a strong sense of presence. He caused a lot of trouble for Manchester City's defense in the right half on the left.

Therefore, replacing Coutinho, Liverpool fans think this is not a good choice.

"Klopp probably felt that Feng Shui was not very good today, so he chose a Feng Shui striker!" Seeing Klopp's substitution, Zhan Jun suddenly became happy

"Hahaha!" Zhang Lu was amused in an instant, "Origi is really lucky on the field. In the penalty area, sometimes it's not him looking for the ball, but the ball running over for no reason. Look for him, and keep running towards his feet."

"Maybe I practiced Ren Woxing's star-attracting technique!" Zhan Jun said mischievously.

"Hahaha!!!!" Zhang Lu was immediately amused.

Soon after Origi came on the field, the scene of metaphysics really appeared.

In the 76th minute of the game, near the center line on the right side of Liverpool, Klein sent a throw-in and threw it directly to Lallana in front of Chu Zheng.

Chu Zheng quickly grabbed it from behind.

But as soon as he ran behind, Lallana directly swung his right foot sideways and pumped the ball to the front side.

And this long pass was quite accurate, and it landed in front of Origi in front of the 30-meter area of ​​​​Manchester City's wing.

Otamendi followed up the defense very quickly, but Origi, who had just played, was even more fierce.

The two engaged in an intense physical confrontation near the touchline.

But Otamendi robbed a little too hard this time, causing him to lose his position and grabbing in front of Origi.

Immediately afterwards, Origi made a spike to the left and stuck him on the back right, and then quickly began to cut inward with the ball.

After entering the ribs, he saw that Firmino on the left rib at the top of the arc was already in place, and there was no one around him, so he raised his foot and passed.

But the moment he passed the ball, Walker, who was behind the penalty area line at the top of the arc, suddenly started to press out of the penalty area, intercepted the ball in time, and kicked the ball back to the midfield with a big kick.

On the arc of the middle circle on the left, Milner quickly came to the landing point and unloaded the ball.

After holding the ball, he saw that the Manchester City formation quickly pressed up. He looked up and observed the right half, then quickly lowered his head and split the ball to the left.

After Firmino, who retreated along the wing, took the ball, Manchester City's defensive center of gravity also quickly tilted to the rib area on this side.

Seeing Milner raise his hand to pass the ball back, although Firmino didn't know what he was doing, he did it.

Soon, the ball returned to Milner's feet, and then passed to the center through Milner.

Before the arc in the middle circle, after Emrejan took the ball, he immediately made a long diagonal pass.

At the moment of passing the ball, Origi in front of Otamendi suddenly started to advance quickly in the right rib area of ​​the top of Manchester City's arc, and the two formed an excellent passing and running tacit understanding.

Realizing the danger, Otamendi subconsciously turned back sharply, and then he was tragic.

Due to the rapid turn and the rain made the turf slippery, he slipped and fell directly on the ground. He could only watch as Origi in front of him entered the penalty area, unloaded the ball, and then volleyed directly. Far corner of goal.

"The ball has been scored!!!!!!!" The moment the goal was scored, Zhan Jun jumped up with excitement on his face.

Zhang Lu was stunned, never expecting that Manchester City would concede the ball like this, this is a hell!
After cheering and celebrating, Zhan Jun sat down, his tone full of amazement, and said: "Origi, you are indeed a Premier League koi!!!"

"That's why Reds fans love this player so much, because he represents good luck and goals!!!"

"what!!"

"what!!!!"

"what!!!!!!"

On the sidelines, Klopp once again offered the farmer three punches, and the dubbing of the Liverpool fans in the stands also cooperated very tacitly, and everyone had ecstasy on their faces.

Next to him, Guardiola gave a hellish expression.

On the court, Chu Zheng also had an absurd look on his face, which was so metaphysical.

He now knows why Origi was called a koi in the Premier League.

From the perspective of luck, you have to admit that Origi is lucky.When did Otamendi not fall, but at this time, is this not luck?
But from a scientific point of view, Otamendi turned around too quickly, and the rain kept falling and the ground was slippery, so this fall was almost inevitable.

At this moment, Manchester City fans collectively began to panic, angry and scared!
If this game is lost to Liverpool, it is almost tantamount to handing over the Premier League title to Chelsea.

Three points are easy to chase, but six points are difficult to chase.

Chelsea is not a mess, and Conte, who has rich coaching experience, will not allow his team to make continuous mistakes.

In terms of team morale, this bonus is also extremely terrifying.

Once the Chelsea players see the hope of winning the championship, the players will explode into an unprecedented state under the stimulation of the championship honor that is close at hand.

Just like Leicester City last season.

Chelsea and Leicester City are different, they are even more terrifying.

After Conte came to Chelsea this season, he didn't play offensive football or defensive football. He played balanced football, which can be advanced, offensive or defensive.

More than a minute later, at the urging of the referee Oliver, Liverpool ended their crazy celebration.

Manchester City is also making substitution adjustments at this time.

Clichy replaces Otamendi.

This substitution can actually be seen as Guardiola's dissatisfaction with Otamendi's performance.

The same is true.

Guardiola asked Otamendi to play as a full-back today, just to see his performance in actual combat.

But unfortunately, Otamendi let Guardiola down.

He did not meet Guardiola's tactical requirements.

Although he did a good job of defending on the wing a few times, he couldn't hide his embarrassment when he was rushed by Mane.

The ability to choose a location is not good enough.

At this moment, Guardiola is very fortunate that he did not use new tactics today, otherwise he would definitely be stared at Otamendi by Liverpool and exploded.