Football: Don’t talk about feelings, I’m just an AI

[Fuck! Who is this big black guy? Is he Drogba? ]

[This kind of Lukaku makes me feel so unfamiliar! 】

[Fuck! This back-to-the-basket shot is so beautiful! Lukaku, if you keep shooting like this, we won’t like you anymore! ]

[You are so good! Does Sterling know? ]

[Sterling: Let's have a farewell dinner! Manchester City fans: Actually, we like the combination of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix rather than the individual players.]

[Brothers, I have called the police. The one who scored the goal just now was a Kryptonian! ]

【...】

After Lukaku scored the goal, the internet was filled with laughter, simply because such a clean and beautiful goal really didn’t seem like something Lukaku could score… It gave people a feeling of “I didn’t expect that a guy like you with thick eyebrows and big eyes would betray me”...!

Manchester City scored two goals in just eight minutes after the start of the game, which made Liverpool coach Klopp extremely painful.

He felt like the biggest fool in the world!

Balotelli brought military intelligence, but he never expected that Guardiola would let Xia Qi play as a defensive midfielder.

"I'm so stupid. At Arsenal, Wenger had Xia Qi and De Bruyne take charge of the midfield... Wenger has already given me the answer to Guardiola's test paper... I just need to copy the homework..."

Klopp smiled bitterly and shook his head, blaming himself.

Assistant coach Didier Nyo also had a bitter look on his face: "Xia Qi is a prolific scorer who averages four goals per game. It's a waste of talent to let him play as a defensive midfielder..."

"Manchester City is strong in attack but weak in defence. Let the kids keep putting pressure on them and keep attacking, so that we can curb Xia Qi's performance."

"Boss, Xia Qi is a hexagonal warrior. His defensive ability is not weak."

"I know, it's better to let Xia Qi be busy on defense than on offense..."

"Yeah, I got it!"

Liverpool, who were lagging behind, attempted to organize a counterattack, but this plan was ruthlessly terminated by Xia Qi.

When defending, Xia Qi can always get back to the center back in time to build an indestructible barrier for the back line.

Xia Qi has the speed of a winger and the stamina of a perpetual motion machine. His defense almost covers the entire midfield area. He is like an old hen protecting her chicks, keeping the two central defenders closely behind him.

Under Xia Qi's powerful sweep, Liverpool's ground attack could not overcome this difficulty.

"Xia Qi's defense is quite similar to Kante's, with a wide range, and his interceptions are fast, accurate, and fierce..."

Klopp smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is simply an enhanced version of Kante! Kante doesn't have any header skills..."

As expected, Coutinho saw that his ground advancement was blocked and switched to aerial attack.

But Xia Qi's excellent jumping and heading abilities also gave him the upper hand in this aerial battle.

Seeing Xia Qi repeatedly head Liverpool's passes into the penalty area out of the penalty area, resolving the goal crisis...

The exclamations of Liverpool fans were getting louder and louder.

Liverpool's attack was not smooth, so Xia Qi led Manchester City to launch a "reciprocity" counterattack.

In the 17th minute, Xia Qi made a long pass in the center circle and went straight to Lukaku in the penalty area.

Lukaku turned his back to the goal near the penalty spot, stopped the ball with his chest, and then turned around while carrying the defender as before, but this time there was no follow-up.

After turning around, Lukaku couldn't find the football.

Lukaku had a black question mark on his face on the spot?
His eyes like copper bells, his mouth slightly opened in surprise, and the globally used hand-spreading gesture... everything looks so naive, reminding people of China's giant panda.

Slow-motion replay: After Lukaku stopped the ball with his chest, he lightly flicked the ball to the outside with his left foot, and then quickly dribbled it diagonally behind him.

In this way, when the body turns outward, the right foot remains stationary as the supporting foot, and the diagonally directed football will brush against the right foot and return to the left foot that has turned around...

The last time Lukaku scored a goal with his back to goal that was comparable to the top ten goals, he used this kind of operation.

But this time, the football that came diagonally hit the supporting foot and bounced back to its original position.

The funny thing is that Lukaku didn't even notice it.

Did I lose the sense of touch in my right foot?

Cough!

The national treasure will not make mistakes. The only ones who made mistakes were Xia Qi who passed the ball and Kolo Toure who defended.

So, everyone applauded and laughed...even the Manchester City fans were laughing at this moment.

[That’s the taste! This is the Lukaku I’m familiar with! ]

[Please allow me to laugh for a while, I will be angry with him later. Lu! It is shameful to waste the opportunity! ]

[This back-to-the-basket play is exactly the same as mine. I don’t know if Guardiola is willing to buy me. I only want half of Lukaku’s salary.]

【…】

The time came to the 22nd minute. After Xia Qi and De Bruyne completed a wall pass, he rushed up with the ball.

This time, when Xia Qi faced Kante, the Frenchman did not give him the chance to fake and get past him. Instead, he made a side tackle and knocked Xia Qi to the ground.

This is both a defense and a show of force!

This is the defense declaring to the offense: Don't show off your skills in front of me, or you'd better watch your legs.

This kind of tackle is undoubtedly a foul.

The referee's whistle sounded instantly, and there was thunderous applause in Anfield Stadium!

When Liverpool fans saw Xia Qi being tackled to the ground, they were as excited as if their team had scored a goal.

They cheered loudly for Kante, cheered him on, and did not forget to mock Xia Qi.

"Go back to Manchester City, this is Anfield, not the place for you to run wild."

"You will never be welcome here..."

The referee gave Kante a verbal warning but did not issue a card.

Then he awarded Manchester City a free kick more than 20 meters away from the goal and slightly to the right.

The free kick and penalty taker for Manchester City is naturally the World Cup Golden Boot winner Xia Qi.

As he was holding the ball and preparing to take the penalty, De Bruyne ran over.

"I'll take the penalty, and you go form the wall."

Xia Qi, De Bruyne, Haaland Jr....they often do extra training after training.

On the training ground, they once practiced a free kick tactic.

Xia Qi and Haaland, who have outstanding jumping ability, were stuck in the wall and pretended to jump high to compete for the header.

When the two men jumped high, the football passed under their feet and went straight through the human wall.

This is not a new free kick tactic. The defense only needs to put a "Sleeping Beauty" lying on his side behind the wall to make this free kick tactic ineffective. But it has many advantages!
Firstly, there is no need for the football to fly over the wall of players, and Xia Qi and Haaland Jr. do not need to compete for the landing point.

Secondly, it is unexpected. Due to the line of sight, as long as the football can pass through the wall of people, the goalkeeper will usually not be able to react in time.

Liverpool put all its defensive focus on Xia Qi, and now is the perfect time to implement this tactic.

Haaland is from Manchester City's U16 youth team and did not participate in this game. It is difficult for Xia Qi alone to win a wider "channel" for De Bruyne.
After the two discussed, they called in Demichelis, who also had excellent jumping ability.

Explain the tactics and point out several key elements:

One is to pretend to go for a header in the wall.

The second is to induce the defensive players next to you to jump together.

The third is to stay side by side with Xia Qi and jump high to open the "sewer" channel for De Bruyne.

everything's ready,
Xia Qi and Demichelis formed a wall, while Lukaku and Sterling prepared to make up the shot on both sides of the wall.

Xia Qi and Demichelis squeezed in the wall of people like two worms, as if fighting for a perfect position.

Liverpool players naturally refused to let him do as he wished. The two sides fought for a long time but were unable to form a human wall. Finally, they were able to line up in a row with the intervention of the referee.

Xia Qi's efforts were not in vain.

Now all Liverpool players are thinking about is preventing Xia Qi from heading the ball, or even preventing him from jumping.

No one thought of arranging for a player to lie down behind the human wall.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounds!

De Bruyne kicked the ball out.

The moment his right foot touched the football, Xia Qi and Demichelis jumped up immediately.
Xia Qi, who can be called an actor, even performed a "rhinoceros looking at the moon" header in the air.

As a goal-scoring machine, Xia Qi's jumping in the air is undoubtedly a powerful weapon.

There was no way the Liverpool players would allow him to move, so they all jumped up to defend and fell into his trap.

The football whizzed along the grass, and flew forward like a desperately escaping little mouse.
He squeezed out from under Xia Qi's feet and rushed towards the goal behind Xia Qi.

When Xia Qi was forming a human wall, Mignolet focused all his attention on Xia Qi. It can be said that Xia Qi's every move affected his mind.

When Xia Qi jumped up, Mignolet opened his eyes wide, gathered strength with his feet, and was ready to save the ball at any time.
But football came so suddenly!
Mignolet had no time to react. His head was buzzing and he felt dizzy, as if he had a heatstroke in the dog days of summer.

The shadowless lights in Anfield were dazzling, and the scene in the stands was spinning. He rushed out relying on muscle memory, and then fell to the ground. The referee's whistle came to his ears, and he caught a glimpse of the black and white elf jumping in the net.

Mignolet knew the ball went in!
really,

The voice of the live DJ came to my ears:
"The ball is in!"

"It was a beautiful free kick from De Bruyne. I guarantee that after tonight there will be one person lying down behind the Premier League wall..."

"Manchester City scored again. Before the end of the first half, Manchester City was already three goals ahead."

The moment De Bruyne's exquisite free kick went into the net, the entire Anfield stadium seemed to be muted, with only the deafening cheers of Manchester City players.

Xia Qi ran towards De Bruyne excitedly,

De Bruyne also opened his arms and ran towards Xia Qi. The two of them were like two meteors attracted to each other, rapidly approaching each other on the grass of the stadium.

At the moment when they were about to embrace, Xia Qi jumped high and pounced on De Bruyne like an eagle spreading its wings. De Bruyne caught Xia Qi steadily and hugged him tightly in his arms.
Xia Qi patted De Bruyne on the back excitedly and shouted, "Well done, brother! That was an amazing shot!" De Bruyne laughed and responded, "It all depends on our good cooperation!"

Then, other teammates rushed over and surrounded them tightly.

Xia Qi and De Bruyne were submerged in the crowd. Everyone hugged, high-fived and cheered each other, as if they wanted to vent all the joy in their hearts.

This goal was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Liverpool.

No matter how Klopp tried to boost morale on the sidelines, it seemed to have little effect.

Manchester City, who were leading by three goals, showed no intention of stopping after the game restarted...

Guardiola is not Mourinho who advocates 1:0. Since he can win and win beautifully, why not do it?

Therefore, Manchester City, who was "unyielding", did not stop even when they were leading by three goals, but continued to launch round after round of fierce bombardment at Liverpool's goal.

Faced with Manchester City's aggressive and fierce offensive, the veteran Premier League powerhouse Liverpool could only shrink its defense and hold on hard.

At Anfield, not only were we behind by a large margin, but we also played so uncomfortably...

Liverpool fans stood up from their seats and sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" again.

Just three minutes after De Bruyne's goal, Manchester City made a comeback.

It was still the familiar routine. Xia Qi made a long pass from the backcourt and once again accurately found Lukaku in the penalty area.

Lukaku received the ball with his back to the goal for the third time, but at this critical moment, Kolo Toure, who was defending Lukaku, slipped.

The singing at the scene paused briefly, and then an even louder wave of sound broke out.

Lukaku seemed to be greatly encouraged and turned around quickly.

The key is that the football is right under his feet.

The song "You'll Never Walk Alone" became more and more passionate.
Lukaku, full of strength, took a low shot at lightning speed, but it only touched the skin of the ball.

The football rolled crookedly and fell directly into Mignolet's arms.

In an instant!
The cheers at Anfield were like an earthquake.

Many Liverpool fans were in tears and murmured to themselves: "Lukaku is a good comrade!"

The body is in Cao's camp but the heart is with Han!
This is a deliberate release, the acting is so realistic!
If I hadn't known that Lukaku has the body of a center forward but the footwork of a winger,
I almost thought his footwork was really rough!
This acting skill is 99 points, I gave him one point less because I was afraid that he would be discovered by Manchester City players.

Lukaku, who was playing happy football again, stuck out his tongue and signaled to Xia Qi that the grass had been sprinkled with water and was too slippery.

The game continued. In the 33rd minute, Xia Qi dribbled the ball to meters in front of Liverpool's penalty area.
Pass the ball over Lukaku's head again.

This time, Lukaku "couldn't go on" and had to "go on strike" and pass the ball to Sterling.

Liverpool's defenders raised their hands to signal that Sterling was offside, but the linesman did not raise the flag.

Sterling dribbled the ball and, while the Liverpool defenders were protesting, cut inside to the left side of the penalty area and shot into the far corner.

Mignolet made a desperate dive at the near corner, the ball passed through his fingertips and went to the far corner...

Just as Mignolet was in despair, a blue figure rushed to the far post.

The football was just barely kicked out of the baseline.

It's Lukaku!
This Lukaku is really capable!

The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough wind knows the sincere minister!
Liverpool players at Anfield cheered for Manchester City's Lukaku again... (End of this chapter)