In the 15th minute, the Liverpool team attacked. In the Manchester City half, Salah's pass was intercepted by a flying tackle from Rodri.
Transition of possession.
After Gundogan received the pass, he made a 30-meter long pass at an angle and handed it to Li Mingyu who quickly intervened.
Li Mingyu jumped up high from the right sideline, gently released the arch of his right foot, and stopped the high ball firmly at his feet.
When he came down, he saw the full-back Robertson running over.
Li Mingyu's heart moved. Facing the rushing Robertson, the moment Li Mingyu landed, he gently lifted the football over Robertson's head with his toes, and then took a step back.
An exclamation came from Anfield Stadium.
Because in everyone's sight, Li Mingyu seemed to be a prophet, knowing that Robertson would use his body to fight against Li Mingyu.
And Li Mingyu flicked the ball, then took a step back and let Robertson rush past him.
Robertson is like a mad bull, and Li Mingyu is like that elegant matador, playing with it until it almost falls out of the field.
When Robertson turned around and prepared to chase back, he saw that Li Mingyu had pushed the football forward with his head and accelerated toward the Liverpool team's penalty area.
Liverpool fans on Kop Stand booed loudly, as if they wanted to use this method to intimidate Li Mingyu and make him stop his "sinful" steps.
But Li Mingyu didn't pause at all, running at high speed, and he quickly approached Liverpool's goal.
Ben White, who just transferred from Brighton this season, quickly came over to defend. Facing Li Mingyu who was about to enter the penalty area, Ben White directly made a flying tackle from the side.
The ball just left Li Mingyu's feet. It can be said that the angle and timing of this tackle were very good.
However, Li Mingyu seemed to have the ability to predict the future. He gently raised the ball with the toes of his right foot, then jumped forward and jumped over Ben White.
This action was not even thought of by Ben White.
Looking at Li Mingyu jumping over him, Ben White was shocked to find that Li Mingyu actually had time to look down at himself, as if the corners of Li Mingyu's mouth were slightly raised.
After Li Mingyu landed, he had already entered the penalty area of team Liverpool.
Li Mingyu directly raised his right foot and made a shooting motion.
Van Dijk turned his body sideways from the side, bravely blocking in front of Li Mingyu.
However, Li Mingyu already knew his move, so he turned his shot into a dunk with his right foot and dunked the football to his left foot.
He pushed the ball with his left foot and scored the ball into the goal of team Liverpool.
Alisson's line of sight was blocked by Van Dijk's body. He was unable to see the direction of the football at the first time. He stood blankly in the goal and watched the football go in.
0:1, Manchester City played away from home and took the lead.
Seeing this goal, the entire Anfield Stadium was silent for about a second.
Suddenly, the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" sounded again on Kop Stand.
These are the fans of Liverpool. No matter whether the team is winning or losing, at its peak or at its trough, they will use their singing to express their support for the team.
Captain Van Dijk also glanced at Li Mingyu who was celebrating on the sidelines with a puzzled look. How could this guy be so powerful? He seemed to know that I was going to fly to block it.
Ben White was also a little puzzled. The look Li Mingyu looked at himself just now seemed to be telling himself that I had seen through your tackle action a long time ago.
It's a very cool feeling to score a goal at Anfield Stadium.
Li Mingyu rushed to the away team's fans' camp, jumped up high, turned his back to them, and pointed to the name behind him with his thumbs.
"Li——Ming——Yu!"
Fans of Manchester City are now shouting the name Li Mingyu very neatly.
Guardiola on the sidelines also touched his bald head and showed a happy smile.
Although I am not that eager for EFL Cup, but who would refuse one more championship?
Klopp on the other side was squatting on the ground, frowning. He was the closest just now, and Li Mingyu jumped high in front of him and stopped the high-altitude ball that almost went out of bounds.
When Klopp saw Robertson rushing over, he felt relieved. As long as Robertson could control it well, even if it was a foul, he would not get a card.
Who would have known that Li Mingyu didn't even glance at Robertson from the corner of his eyes, as if he knew what Robertson would do next. He picked up the ball gently, then took a half-step back, turned around, waited for Robertson to rush past, then took a step forward, pushed the football forward a little with his head, and accelerated to run forward.
This series of actions, in the eyes of others, is a show-off by Li Mingyu.
But in the eyes of Klopp who was closest, this was a top-notch prediction by Li Mingyu.
Perhaps Li Mingyu had already seen Robertson rushing over while he was in mid-air. At that moment, the next series of actions had already been rehearsed in Li Mingyu's mind.
The next movements were all natural and smooth, making Klopp's eyes flash with deep envy.
Klopp looked at Guardiola who was smiling broadly on the other side. This bald man has no moral ethics. It was obviously a battle between the two of us, but you actually invited a nuclear weapon from Spain.
When the kickoff resumed, it was obvious that the Liverpool team's offense seemed much more cautious.
Mane's breakthrough on the wing is still very sharp, while Manchester City's pressure on the wing is huge.
In the 25th minute, Mane made a breakthrough and passed a cross ball, but Laporte got stuck first and kicked the ball out of the baseline.
Liverpool team's corner kick chance.
Mane was standing in the corner kick area and saw Salah making a gesture towards him, indicating that he would take the penalty himself, so Mane was about to leave the corner flag area.
In Manchester City's penalty area, Manchester City's defensive players are very loosely positioned, because at this time, there is only one Liverpool player in Manchester City's penalty area, which is their center Firmino. The midfielder and defender are running towards this side.
Therefore, Manchester City has a huge vulnerability.
Firmino There is no one within two meters around.
Mane suddenly saw the situation in the penalty area. He had already left the corner flag area, but seeing this scene, Mane immediately returned to the corner flag area and directly kicked the ball low and sent it to the feet of Firmino in front of the small penalty area.
The moment the ball was passed, only the goalkeeper Manchester City noticed the crisis and quickly took up his defensive position, but the ball was too close to the goal.
Firmino just pushed with the arch of his foot and sent the ball into the gate of Manchester City.
After scoring the goal, Firmino rushed towards Mane excitedly.
Salah was also shocked by Mane's performance and his eyes widened.
This black guy actually has such a brain!
The moment Manchester City's players scored a goal, their heads were stunned and they involuntarily raised their hands to signal that the opponent had violated the rules.
However, what is illegal about this!
The corner kick was not offside, and there was no need to listen to the referee's whistle for the corner kick, so there was no problem with the goal.
Manchester City's players just protested out of habit, because the goal just made them look very stupid.
Li Mingyu, who was standing outside the penalty area, felt his scalp was numb and couldn't help but look at Guardiola on the sidelines.
Sure enough, Guardiola was yelling angrily on the sidelines.
It doesn't matter if you lose the ball, but how you lose the ball is the key.
This kind of inexplicable loss of the ball is something Guardiola has said countless times during training, but on the court, there will always be times when everyone is distracted.
The goal just now was actually because Salah wanted to change the person who took the corner kick, which made everyone think that the opponent would not take it directly. Who knew that Mane did not follow martial ethics and did not play according to the rules, which led to the goal.
This goal made the whole Anfield Stadium completely boiling.
A sense of intellectual superiority arises spontaneously.
Look, our players are still very good at playing with their brains!
In the 25th minute of the first half, the score was 1:1.
After the restart, Li Mingyu tried to use "assault" again to make a sneak attack on Liverpool's defense.
But Li Mingyu has now become the subject of research by all Premier League teams.
Many teams will have clear instructions for some of Li Mingyu's breakthrough moves.
Even if it is a foul, Li Mingyu cannot be allowed to speed up.
If Li Mingyu breaks through the starting speed, it is a foul.
Therefore, Li Mingyu's "attack" had just taken two steps, and before it reached its peak speed, it was directly knocked to the ground from the side by the opponent.
At this time, Li Mingyu was a little surprised to find that he did not predict the opponent's foul action.
Could this be a system BUG?
[After active skills are activated, some talent skills will be temporarily disabled.]
Listening to the system's explanation, I always feel that the other party is trying to trick me.
What do you mean, it means you can't use "combination skills"!
What a disappointment!
In fact, it doesn't matter. I don't have many active skills. Most of them are innate skills, which are passive skills.
In the 30th minute, Li Mingyu received a pass from Rodri in his own half. With his back to Liverpool's half, he anticipated the defensive actions of the players behind him and wanted to make a handsome pass without touching the ball.
Li Mingyu rushed towards the ball, then stopped suddenly, suddenly turned around, and was ready to let the ball pass.
But what Li Mingyu didn't expect was that the defensive player Thiago behind him was not shaken away by his fake move, but accurately blocked the football.
The fans at the scene let out a burst of surprise cheers.
It is very rare to be able to break Li Mingyu's ball.
And the position to steal the ball is terrible.
It is only about 40 meters away from the goal.
Thiago raised his head and took a look at the situation in the frontcourt. He actually raised his foot and lobbed the ball from 40 meters away, kicking the football directly towards the door of Manchester City.
Li Mingyu looked in the direction of the goal in horror, and saw his own goalkeeper Ederson staggering backwards, jumping back, and crashing into the goal along with the football.
Damn it!
He actually scored a goal!
2:1, Liverpool team actually overtook the score.
Anfield Stadium Once again, the crowd was loud, and even the cheers from the fans outside the stadium could be heard.
A bar outside Anfield Stadium, Sutton Pub.
This bar is a holy place in the hearts of Liverpool fans.
It is said that on September 23, 1892, Liverpool defeated the local team Walton 8-0 at home. It was the first game since the establishment of Liverpool, and it was also the first game held by Liverpool in Anfield Stadium. The game attracted 200 fans to watch the game.
Since then, Anfield Stadium has become the home ground of team Liverpool.
At the beginning, there was no locker room in Anfield Stadium. The players of Liverpool used Sutton Pub as their locker room. Every time they played football, they would change their jerseys at Sutton Pub, walk across the street to Anfield Stadium.
After the game, they came out of the stadium, walked across the street, and returned to Sutton Pub.
Now, this Sutton Pub has become a totem-like existence of Liverpool.
Every Liverpool fan feels honored to have a drink here.
Seeing Thiago's lob shot help the team overtake the score, Sutton Pub burst into deafening cheers.
The youngest fans here are all in their forties or fifties, and there are also some elderly people with gray hair and trembling hands, but their feelings for Liverpool are sincere, pure, and loyal.
The boss of Sutton Pub, 35-year-old Alan Sutton, is already the sixth generation of this bar.
Seeing such a wonderful goal, Alan Sutton shouted loudly, "Liverpool didn't score a goal, I will give everyone a glass of whiskey!"
The old fans at the scene cheered and raised their cups to express their praise for the generous host.
Alan Sutton laughed and said, "If Liverpool can defeat Manchester City, today will be free!"
After hearing this, all the fans excitedly waved the cups in their hands and shouted loudly, "Liverpool--Liverpool--must win!"
Driven by some fans, the familiar song "You'll Never Walk Alone" rang out throughout Sutton Pub.
This song spread to the streets, to the square outside Anfield Stadium, echoing the songs of the fans here, and then spread to the stadium again, and merged again with the songs of the loyal fans here.
At this moment, it seems that all Liverpool people are united together.
Listening to the deafening singing, as if it was beating on his own soul, Li Mingyu couldn't help but sigh, he is indeed Premier League the Reds Liverpool. Having such fans is what every player dreams of.
No wonder this team has been able to persevere even though Premier League has not won the championship for so many years.
You know, before the Premier League league was established, Liverpool was the team with the most championships in the entire England top league.
However, after the Premier League league was established, the Manchester United team came from behind and actually overtook Liverpool.
Liverpool, who has 18 top league championships, finally got his wish and won his 19th top league championship in the 2019-2020 season.
Before Manchester United Premier League League, there were only seven top league champions.
Manchester United now has 20 top league championships and has become the most successful Premier League team from the 1990s to the first decade of the 21st century.
The fans of Liverpool have never given up. No matter how bad Liverpool's performance is, they always use this song to express "Liverpool, you will never walk alone, because there is still us!"