This player is not professional

Chapter 305
Salah used his speed to get in from behind, crossed the Manchester City back line, received the football behind them, and drove the ball towards the penalty area!

This triggered boos from the stands at the Etihad Stadium.

"Liverpool's counterattack is here again!"

Salah dribbled the ball straight into the Manchester City penalty area, and although there were Manchester City players chasing after him, the speed gap between the two sides was quite large. It was already difficult for them to catch up with Salah before he entered the penalty area.

They could only watch as Salah dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and then faced the attacking goalkeeper Caballero and pushed the ball!
The hearts of all Manchester City fans and players are in their throats at this moment, and some have even seen what happened after losing the ball...

But just when everyone was desperate, Caballero, who came on as a substitute, fell to the ground and blocked the football with his feet!
At the same time, his second reaction was also very fast. Just after blocking the football, he immediately got up from the ground and continued to pounce on the football!

Because Salah hasn’t given up yet!
Salah shot the goal and found that the football did not go in. He accelerated towards the football and wanted to make a supplementary shot.

He did touch the football before Caballero, but perhaps because of Caballero's interference, his follow-up shot missed the goal...

"Salah! Ouch! He wasted a great opportunity to seal the victory!"

The Manchester City players who chased back hugged Caballero.

"Caballero, he just made a very crucial save. He tried to keep the goal! If this ball is lost, Manchester City can be said to be helpless. But now, they still have a chance, as long as they lose the goal. The team was able to recover quickly from Joe Hart's injury..." Marcel Leif said.

Pellegrini also yelled off the court, very dissatisfied with the team's performance for the past five or six minutes.

If it weren't for my luck, the score would be 1:4 now!
Didn't this team collapse too quickly?

The Manchester City fans in the stands were also worried and dissatisfied. They could only express their attitude by booing.

And Manchester City's players also realized that this would not work. There was still time in the second half, and now was not the time to give up.

They were originally worried that Caballero would not be able to withstand the opponent's offense after he came on the field. As a result, Caballero just made a beautiful save, which greatly boosted the team's morale and confidence.

So everyone would run back to give him a hug and thank him for the save just now.

In fact, there is only one ball left, and it is not the end of the world yet!

So when the game started again, the Manchester City players were no longer as confused as before.

After the game restarted, Manchester City began to show off their power.

They pressed forward and got consecutive shots.

First, Navas broke through in the middle and passed the football to Aguero in the ribs.

Aguero was half a step slower, and Mignolet, who was attacked, kicked the football out of the sideline with his foot.

Immediately afterwards, Navas was replaced by Fernandinho by Pellegrini, injecting fresh blood into the team.

Soon Manchester City attacked again.

Sterling received the ball in the left corner of the penalty area and dribbled horizontally. Facing the attack of two Liverpool players, he passed the football to Sterling in the penalty area and then ran through the two Liverpool players without the ball. defense.

At the same time, Sterling passed the football to him again with his heel. He received the ball near the penalty spot and sent it forward to Aguero who was waiting next to him!
Aguero shot before Mignolet this time, but unfortunately due to Mignolet's interference, his shot missed...

"Aguero! He missed a good opportunity! Sterling's performance was really active! In such a narrow place in the penalty area just now, he could still play this kind of hitting the wall with Sterling, which shows that he is very attached to himself. I am confident. Sterling performed so well in this game, which will surely make Liverpool fans even more sad..."

But in fact, Liverpool fans are not at all what he imagined.

sad?

how can that be possible!
Now Liverpool fans are simply going to curse Sterling!

traitor!

A dozen old bosses are so excited!

Soon, Manchester City launched an attack in the frontcourt again.De Bruyne picked up the ball at the front of Liverpool's penalty area, but facing Liverpool's well-maintained defense, De Bruyne didn't have much to do. He couldn't find the target for the pass and had no chance to shoot.

So he could only pass it back.

Passed to Francisco, who then distributed the football to Sterling outside the left rib of the penalty area.

Sterling is in very good condition today, holding the ball very steadily and very threatening.

Facing Sterling, Liverpool's defense was facing a formidable enemy.

Sterling first made a move to break through, then suddenly pulled it back, turned around and dribbled horizontally. As soon as he took a step, Liverpool's defensive focus shifted to his side, but he was not greedy for the ball. He just pushed the football sideways and gave it to De Bruyne.

When De Bruyne got the ball in the middle, the situation was different from the last time he got the ball here. Because of Sterling's feint, Liverpool's defense was pulled, and a gap appeared, facing his defense head-on. His strength is not that strong anymore, at least...he has room to kick and shoot!
So De Bruyne quickly and decisively shot!

The football flew close to the turf and towards the lower right corner of the Liverpool goal. The angle was very tricky!
Mignolet pushed hard, but still couldn't touch the football.

However, the football did not enter the goal, but missed the goal post and escaped from the bottom line.

This caused the Manchester City fans in the stands to scream in surprise.

Not long after, Manchester City got another corner kick.

Fernandinho took the corner kick directly near the small penalty area. Kolo Toure jumped high and wanted to fight for the top, but he was not strong enough. The football was rubbed by his shaggy hair. After a buffer, it fell down, just on the back of Royce who returned to defend in front of the goal. There was chaos in front of the goal!
When Lovren lost his balance, he fell to the ground and tried to kick the football out, but he failed to kick it.

However, Sterling rushed up and kicked the football first.

But he didn't kick it right, so he just rubbed it.

This collision allowed the football to avoid Mignolet who came out to block the ball. The football slipped past Mignolet's feet and headed towards the goal.

Just when many Liverpool fans were feeling cold, Lin Yi, who was guarding the goal line, kicked the ball directly out of the penalty area!
"Lin Yi! Lin Yi! It was so dangerous! He almost kicked the football out on the goal line!"

"Lin Yi made a goal-line save! He saved Liverpool!"

Under normal circumstances, Lin Yi will not easily enter the penalty area whether it is an offensive corner kick or a defensive corner kick. Because of his physique, it is meaningless and will not be effective if he enters.So he controls the second position outside. When attacking, he can control the second position to launch a second attack. When defending, he controls the second position to counterattack, just like the goal he scored at the beginning of the second half.But this time, Lin Yi felt that corner kick defense was risky, so he still wanted help from the penalty area.

Although he can't help with headers and clearances in front of the goal, he can go to the goal line to help defend.

Because before that, Toure and Moreno had gone to the crowd to help defend, and there were no people standing at the two goalposts.

Lin Yi thought that was a hidden danger, and he wanted to make up for it with this signing.

So he ran and stood by the back doorpost.

Who would have thought that he would have guessed it.

The football flew over and Kolo Toure pushed it down. The area in front of Lin Yi in front of the goal was in chaos...

Then Lin Yi saw the football rolling towards him, so he stepped up, rounded his legs and kicked the football out!
Just like that, he completed a clearance almost on the goal line...

The football kicked out by Lin Yi did not go out of bounds, so the game continued.

At this time, no one could think about what happened just now in front of the door, and even the TV broadcast did not have time to play back the video immediately.

Fortunately, soon enough, the football went out of bounds.

The TV broadcast finally allowed everyone to take a good look at what happened in front of Liverpool's goal.

"Lin Yi's clearance is so crucial... Maybe, I mean maybe, maybe this clearance will be a very, very crucial one! Manchester City almost equalized the score, but now Liverpool still maintains 2:1 The lead!”

Manchester City continued to attack during this period and got several good scoring opportunities.

In response to this situation, Liverpool also adjusted its tactics and launched a defensive counterattack.

In the 704th minute, Manchester City launched another attack.But after Sterling got the ball in the middle, he tried to break through with the ball, but was stopped by Kanter.

After intercepting the ball, Kanter passed the football to Lin Yi next to him. Lin Yi directly took a long pass and passed the football to the frontcourt.

Firmino used his speed to overtake and caught up with Lin Yi's pass. At this time, he had left Manchester City's defenders behind, forming a one-man attack.

Facing the attacking substitute goalkeeper Caballero, Firmino stepped into the penalty area and shot!

He shot towards the near corner, but Caballero also reacted quickly and rushed towards the near corner, lifting the football over the baseline with one palm!

"Caballero! Caballero! Nice save!"

"Caballero made a key save! This is the second time he has saved a single goal from Liverpool since he came on the field!"

"It seems that Caballero performed very well after being called on to play at a critical moment. He has perfectly filled the gap left by Joe Hart... I believe that his outstanding performance will in turn inspire the Manchester City players. The suspense of this game is Still there!”

The narrators said one after another.

Caballero's confidence surged after he saved Liverpool's single-handed ball twice in a row.

After he got up from the ground, he waved his fist vigorously and roared to the sky.

This naturally caused the Manchester City fans in the stands to cheer for him.

"Caballero is in very good shape right now. I feel like he was completely knocked out of shape by these two single-handed moves from Liverpool..."

"When Joe Hart was injured and went off, everyone was worried about Manchester City and felt that the situation must be too bad to get any worse. Liverpool will gain a huge advantage and even score another goal in a short period of time to seal the deal. Victory. As a result, Liverpool have not scored yet, but their own goal was almost breached..."

"When Caballero came on the field, everyone probably thought that this would be the turning point of the game. Now it seems that this is indeed the turning point, but the direction of the turning point is somewhat different from what everyone thought before... The initiative in the game Back to Manchester City's side again, the balance of advantage is tilting towards Manchester City's side!"

The next corner kick from Liverpool did not pose any threat to Manchester City. After the football was sent to the goal, Caballero confidently chose to abandon the goal and attack. He jumped high, got ahead of everyone, and put the ball in the air. The football was picked off steadily.

"Good shot! Caballero picked the ball very steadily!"

"Now it seems that at least Pellegrini doesn't have to worry about what will happen next when Joe Hart gets injured! Caballero's performance is completely reassuring!"

Stimulated by Caballero's wonderful performance, Manchester City's offense became more intense.

In the 707th minute, Kolarov dribbled the ball from the wing and broke through. When Royce stepped forward to defend, he directly grabbed his jersey, causing Kolarov to lose control of the football.

The referee immediately blew the whistle, punished Royce for a foul, and awarded Manchester City a free kick on the edge of the penalty area.

At the same time, the referee also gave Royce a yellow card.

Manchester City were awarded a well-placed free kick.

Manchester City fans in the stands began to cheer for the team.

Fernandinho came to take the free kick. Amid the cheers of Manchester City fans, he kicked the ball in an arc. The ball bypassed the two Liverpool players on the wing and flew directly into the penalty area. inside!

And Aguero appeared in the middle of the penalty area, and there was not a single Liverpool player beside him!He exerted his strength on the spot and flicked the ball!
With no one to interfere at all, with Aguero's strength, such a shot is almost without suspense!

The football flew into the goal guarded by Mignolet!

There were deafening cheers from the stands at the Etihad Stadium.

After scoring the goal, Aguero also seemed very excited. He opened his arms and ran to the corner flag area to celebrate.

"The goal is scored! Aguero equalized the score for Manchester City!!"

But at this moment, the Manchester City players who were celebrating the goal on the TV suddenly stopped and turned to look at the sideline in surprise.

The TV broadcast footage also immediately cut away. In the footage, the linesman stood still and held the flag levelly.It stands to reason that if the goal is valid, he should follow and run back to the center line.But when he stood in this position and made this semaphore, the meaning was actually very clear - offside!
Not only him, the referee also stood there, raising his arms high, expressing the same meaning as the linesman's flag.

Aguero was offside and the goal was invalid!

(End of this chapter)