Li Mingyu shook his head in annoyance. He understood one thing. Owen's innate skill was not something that would always work.
And after enjoying the benefits of this skill, I became dependent on it. Every time I passed someone, I would rather believe in the judgment of the skill, and lost my own judgment of the situation and the situation on the field.
Li Mingyu was immediately frightened. If he really got used to this skill, what terrible things would happen!
Every time you make a pass, you must rely on your intuition rather than your own judgment.
I often walk by the river without getting my shoes wet.
Fortunately, this scene just happened in this game. If it really happened in the finals of Champions League, the finals of World Cup, and the finals of UEFA European Championship, one mistake would be enough to ruin a year or even four years of hope.
This mistake made Li Mingyu become alert.
This skill of Owen can only be used as an assistant. The real judgment should be made by oneself.
Li Mingyu's face showed a trace of seriousness that had never been seen before.
Although Li Mingyu already knew what his problem was, Thiago's shot after stealing the ball just now made Li Mingyu feel ashamed.
No matter what, I am also the World Cup champion, World Cup Golden Ball winner...
You Thiago are just my substitute in the national team, but you dare to disturb Tai Sui.
Thirty-one-year-old Thiago didn't expect that he could steal Li Mingyu just now, but the shot was indeed his own idea.
While Thiago was celebrating, he took a peek at Li Mingyu and saw that Li Mingyu's face was ashen, which made his heart skip a beat.
Damn it, you won't make him angry!
You won't be forced out of a complete Li Mingyu by me!
Of course Thiago knows the strength of Li Mingyu. In Spain National Team, during normal training, Li Mingyu can beat himself up even if he shows 70% or 80% of his ability.
Thiago shrank his neck and thought, I won't defend him anymore, whoever wants to defend will do it!
After the restart, Li Mingyu did not rush to attack from the beginning. In the midfield, he slowly passed the ball and penetrated towards Liverpool's half.
Fabinho has been standing around Li Mingyu, waiting for an opportunity.
However, Li Mingyu is also very alert. Every time he touches the ball, he kicks the ball out, giving Fabinho no chance to come forward and steal it.
Although Liverpool was beaten by Manchester City, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Liverpool's defense was very solid, with almost no flaws.
Even though Manchester City was enjoying the siege, the football simply couldn't reach the front of the Liverpool team's penalty area.
Liverpool team's defense in the middle is very solid. Li Mingyu tried several times but couldn't get the ball directly in the middle, so he could only split the ball to the side. I hope Sterling can help the team open up some situations.
Sterling, as the first left winger of England, is certainly not as powerful as him, but his brain circuit is extraordinary, and he is jokingly called the spokesperson of "Happy Football" by Manchester City fans.
What is happy football? What is happy football? If you don't know what happy football is, let Sterling take you to study!
There are only three people in this world who can make Guardiola hold his head and exclaim, Messi who scored several goals in a row, Lewandowski who scored five goals in nine minutes, and Sterling who missed an empty goal in the six-yard area.
Just in the first half of the season, Li Mingyu also witnessed the legend of Sterling, one of the two best players in the British Empire.
At least six of his assists have been rejected by Sterling.
Those opportunities are the kind that all you need to do is stretch your legs, no need for you to exert force, and your grandma can score them even if she comes on the field.
But Sterling said that scoring goals like this is not fun and I don't want it!
However, there is one thing to say, as long as Sterling is not allowed to shoot, he is definitely a very powerful left winger.
At this time, Sterling's sharp attack from the wing was revealed.
With continuous pulling, although Liverpool's defense line appeared to be very thick, the defense on both wings became weak.
This 4-3-3 lineup is most suitable for a sharp winger like Sterling.
Facing one-on-one with full-backs, England and Sterling have never been afraid of anyone.
I saw Sterling carrying the ball and rushing towards Arnold quickly, as if the football was stuck to his feet.
Arnold didn't dare to neglect, and carefully backed away while staring at the football at Sterling's feet.
Although Sterling plays happy football, as long as he doesn't shoot, he is England's strongest left winger.
Sterling's ability to combine man and ball is very strong. After two consecutive bicycles, Arnold's center of gravity moved slightly, Sterling used his right foot to push hard towards the baseline, making Arnold believe it was true and pounce in the direction of the baseline.
But Sterling's left foot touched lightly on the path of the football, and with a beautiful Croqueta, the football passed between Arnold's legs.
Arnold hurriedly tried to close his legs, but his body couldn't react at all. Just at the edge of the penalty area, Arnold fell to the ground.
Sterling rushed into the penalty area like lightning.
This time Sterling's wonderful performance caused chaos in Liverpool's penalty area.
Li Mingyu stood outside the arc of the penalty area and opened his hand to ask for the ball. There was no one guarding his position. As long as the ball was passed to him, he was 90% sure to score.
But the happy Sterling didn't see the waving Li Mingyu at all. He only had Liverpool's goal in his eyes.
In fact, after Sterling broke through Arnold, it was a very good opportunity to hit the goal immediately.
But Sterling is a super left winger outside the penalty area, but after entering the penalty area, he becomes the salt-carrier of Happy Football.
Facing the Liverpool goalkeeper, he did not shoot at the first moment, but made an inexplicable fake move. Then, Van Dijk on the side finally came over to defend, took a step, and used his toes to poke the football under Sterling's feet out of the baseline.
Seeing that the football under his feet was stabbed away, Sterling woke up from a dream and quickly made a gesture of spreading his hands, not knowing what he wanted to express.
Li Mingyu, who was standing outside the penalty area, couldn't help but close his eyes tightly, raised his head and sighed.
Guardiola on the sidelines hugged his bald head in shock, his eyes almost popping out of his head.
No matter what, Sterling must leave this summer. I told you, even Jesus can't keep him!
Originally, in the summer of 2022, Manchester City planned to send away Sterling, because Sterling had not renewed his contract with the team due to contract issues, and his contract was about to expire in the summer of 2023.
If the contract is not renewed, then this summer, Manchester City will have no choice but to let Sterling leave for free.
Originally, Sterling was dissatisfied because he had never been able to win the Champions League championship in Manchester City, and wanted to join a team that could win the Champions League championship.
Moreover, De Bruyne's departure is certain. Next season, without De Bruyne, Manchester City's strength will definitely decline. Sterling does not want to fall together with Manchester City.
However, when Li Mingyu's contract was finalized, Sterling's attitude changed drastically and he urged his agent to renew the contract with Manchester City.
Since Manchester City spent all the transfer fee on Li Mingyu, and thought that after selling Sterling, there was no good substitute, so under the temptation of Sterling's salary cut, he signed a three-year contract with him again.
However, this season, Sterling's performance is obviously not worthy of the championship team in his heart.
If, this summer, Li Mingyu can help the team win the Champions League championship, then the value of many players will skyrocket, and by then, they can do a good business of buying and selling.
Guardiola was thinking about this summer when he heard a commotion on the field.
Guardiola quickly looked up and saw a man wearing a blue jersey rushing towards the bench.
Behind him, a group of Manchester City players smiled very happily and followed closely behind him.
Scored a goal?
Before the smile on Guardiola's face showed, he was hugged by Sterling who rushed towards him.
Guardiola quickly reached out to push her away with a look of disgust on her face, but this kid held her so tight.
Guardiola has no idea how this goal was scored.
Fortunately, the slow-motion replay allows everyone to clearly see the entire process of scoring a goal.
Sterling's happy football "won" a corner kick opportunity for Manchester City.
Li Mingyu ran over slowly, looking back at the situation in the penalty area.
Team Liverpool had just sneak-attacked Manchester City with a corner kick, so they were very alert and did not give Li Mingyu a chance to do his own thing.
Li Mingyu could only come to the corner kick area honestly. Looking at the densely packed heads in the penalty area, he felt a little numb.
Suddenly, Li Mingyu saw a person outside the penalty area opening his arms to signal him.
Although he was far away, Li Mingyu, with his sharp eyes, could tell who this person was at a glance!
Damn it, where's your face?
Just now I stretched out my arms to ask you for the ball outside the penalty area, but you ignored me. How come you are so natural when you ask me for the ball now?
However, Li Mingyu still chose to believe this idiot because he was outside the penalty area.
Sterling outside the restricted area is still a normal person.
Li Mingyu used the inside instep of his right foot to pass an outward-swinging curve ball.
The Manchester City players all pressed towards the penalty area, causing the Liverpool team's defense to become a little flat. The protection in front of the penalty area seemed very thin.
Sterling faced the curve ball coming from outside the penalty area, took a bow and shot an arrow, and fired a volley. The football passed through everyone in the penalty area and directly hit the upper right corner of the goal.
Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson watched the football go into the net with a blank look on his face.
This goal can definitely be selected as one of the top ten goals.
Hearty, crisp, and without any sloppiness.
Sterling can often score difficult goals like this, but for those simple goals that are close at hand, Sterling will get confused.
This kind of person is just mean. He won't get in easily, but it's hard to get in if he insists!
With Sterling's world-beating kick, Manchester City equalized the score, 2:2.
The two sides once again came to the same starting line.
Although "You'll Never Walk Alone" was still singing in the stands, Li Mingyu could already hear a hint of panic in their singing.
After Li Mingyu came to Premier League for half a season, he slowly adapted to the rhythm and scale here.
The rhythm of Premier League is much faster than that of La Liga, and the switch between offensive and defensive rhythm only takes a few seconds.
The scale is naturally the referee's penalty scale. There are many fouls that may or may not be assessed, but the referee generally will not impose penalties.
When many Li Mingyu think it is an obvious foul, the referee will turn a blind eye, and the players also think there is no problem.
What puzzles Li Mingyu the most is that Premier League's head referees will basically not go to the sidelines to review VAR video replays. They will only communicate with the video referees in their headsets. After letting the video referees make a decision, they will basically agree with the video referee's decision.
Li Mingyu complained more than once, brother, it is your job to review VAR video playback and it is also the embodiment of your authority. How can you leave this job to others!
This is Premier League. Many times, you will feel that the referee of Premier League is of no use!
In fact, this is also the reason why Premier League has become the first league of Europe now.
The referee affects the game as little as possible to ensure the smoothness and enjoyment of the game.
However, this format also has a bad side, that is, the Premier League team often suffers from a poor grasp of the referee's penalty scale in Champions League or UEFA Europa League.
In the rest of the first half, players from both sides traded offense and defense, and there were no very good shooting opportunities.
The score of 2:2 remained until the halftime break.
With the referee's whistle, the first half of the game ended. Anfield Stadium fans gave warm applause to the wonderful performance of the two teams.
Sterling, who scored the goal, seemed particularly active. When he came off the field, he came to Li Mingyu's side, put his arms around Li Mingyu's neck, and said with a smile, "Li, that pass in the first half was so cool. Of course, my shot was also cool. You must pass the ball to me more in the second half. I will kill them on the left!"
Li Mingyu chuckled and didn't say much.
If you kill them suddenly, you are preparing to kill us suddenly!
Sterling is the kind of player who feels very good about himself. He can only see his own strengths and cannot face his shortcomings.
For such a player, his height is limited.
When there is no Li Mingyu, Manchester City needs Sterling to conquer the city, so his mistakes and happy football can be tolerated.
But now, Manchester City is heading towards the road of building a dynasty, and any mistakes will make the foundation of the dynasty unstable.
If Sterling continues to have his own way, it is estimated that Guardiola's patience will soon run out.
Don't underestimate Guardiola's ruthlessness, he can give up a lot of things in order to win.
Li Mingyu looked at the happy Sterling, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes.
In fact, this person is quite nice!