As soon as the second half of the game started, Liverpool's offensive became fierce.
Liverpool's offense from both wings is also the best of Premier League's.
Salah and Mane are both top wingers who can be ranked in the top ten.
It can be said that the two sessions of Salah and World Cup ended in tragedy, but no one would doubt the strength of Salah.
Salah continuously broke through the defense of two players on the right and sent a through ball.
Firmino in the middle grabbed the point and reluctantly touched the football with his forehead, causing the football to change direction and head toward the goal.
Ederson tried his best to save the ball, but failed to touch the football.
However, the crisp sound of "bang" made the Manchester City players feel relieved.
The football hit the goal post and bounced out of the penalty area. Stones, who had escaped from death, kicked the ball into the frontcourt of team Liverpool.
Gabriel Jesus was in the frontcourt, protected by two Liverpool players, and was unable to get the ball.
In today's game, Gabriel Jesus looked very out of shape. He had been invisible in the first half and barely touched the ball, let alone shot, not even a single kick.
As a center, such data is very unqualified.
During the halftime break, Gabriel Jesus was also scolded by Guardiola. If it continues like this in the second half, he will probably be replaced soon.
Gabriel Jesus is also very anxious, but today's football is just confusing, and he will not move closer to himself. Even if the ball is passed to his feet, the opponent's defense is very tight, and there is almost no room for the ball.
However, it cannot be said that Gabriel Jesus was ineffective in the first half. His ability to attract defense is still good. Whether it was Li Mingyu's goal or Sterling's goal, Gabriel Jesus's running position stretched the Liverpool team's defensive lineup, allowing the two to find a chance to shoot.
This time too, there was a big kick in the backcourt. Gabriel Jesus didn't care whether he could grab it or not, he had to rush in with all his strength anyway.
However, under the fierce fighting of Gabriel Jesus, Van Dijk of Liverpool made a mistake when giving the header to his teammate.
Fabinho looks at this ball that is saying whether it is high or low. Use your chest to stop it. If it is too low, stop it with your feet. If it is too high, stop it with your thighs. You have to take a step back, but behind you, Li Mingyu is already coming up!
Fabinho is also a ruthless person. He directly faced the ball and stopped it with his crotch.
Holding back the pain that every man knows, Fabinho unloaded the ball, made a cross pass, and handed the ball to Mane on the wing.
Although Li Mingyu didn't see clearly how Fabinho stopped the ball, Fabinho had a sore face after passing the ball, which made Li Mingyu feel chills.
He is indeed a wolf killer!
You are so cruel to yourself!
Mane received the pass that carried the soul of Fabinho, and quickly began to attack Manchester City's formation.
Li Mingyu quickly returned to defense, but while doing so, he couldn't help but look back at Fabinho, who looked ugly.
Bro, are you really okay?
Mane's breakthrough did not pose a threat. It was blocked by both sides of Manchester City and intercepted the ball.
Just when Manchester City passed the ball to Li Mingyu and planned to counterattack quickly, Li Mingyu found helplessly that Fabinho fell to the ground with a face of pain.
He is indeed a smart man!
Upon seeing this, Li Mingyu kicked the ball out of the sideline without waiting for Liverpool to complain.
Liverpool's team doctor quickly ran onto the court at the referee's signal.
The Liverpool fans in the stands were also very sensible and gave Li Mingyu applause, expressing their admiration for his fair play.
Looking at Fabinho curled up in a ball on the ground, Li Mingyu also felt a numb scalp.
If you want to practice peerless martial arts, you have to endure pain that is unbearable for ordinary people...
The slow motion on the TV screen also let everyone know the whole process of Fabinho's injury.
As long as you are a man, you can't help but say "fuck" to express your sympathy for Fabinho.
However, after all, the ball was scored by Van Dijk's header, and the speed and intensity were not as severe as kicking with his feet. Therefore, after Fabinho used the spray to calm down, he stood up with a grin on his face and jumped twice on the spot.
In fact, the most nervous person at this time should be Fabinho's wife!
Seeing that Fabinho was okay, the referee announced that the game would continue.
Just now Fabinho made reasonable use of the rules and used his own fall to the ground in exchange for Manchester City's fast break.
A player from team Liverpool threw the foul ball back to the backcourt of Manchester City.
Applause rang out again, this time for player Liverpool.
Football is not only about winning and losing, but also about warmth and grace.
Manchester City returned to the offensive position.
The game became tense again.
The Liverpool team is indeed the team that has been able to win consecutive Champions League championships in recent years, with excellent offensive and defensive capabilities.
Manchester City is slightly better than Liverpool in the midfield.
The three midfielders Li Mingyu, Gundogan, and Rodri should be the strongest trio in football today.
The front three were barely on par with the opponent, but in the back line, one Van Dijk could hold up two defenders, Manchester City.
In this year's World Cup, Li Mingyu and Van Dijk fought against each other. Although Spain National Team defeated Netherlands National Team, Van Dijk has already shown his strength in defense and blocked Li Mingyu's passes many times.
Spain National Team's victory over Netherlands National Team relied on overall strength. Over the years, Netherlands National Team's strength has declined greatly.
But as long as Van Dijk is here, Netherlands National Team is not a weak team.
The score of 2:2 remained deadlocked until the 70th minute of the second half.
Guardiola made the change first.
Sterling, who wasted many opportunities, was finally taken down by Guardiola who couldn't bear it anymore, and replaced by France Mahrez.
Mahrez is also a left-footed player, and his breakthroughs from the wing are very sharp.
In the midfield, Gundogan was replaced and Bale Nado Silva was replaced.
The two matchup substitutions expressed Guardiola's dissatisfaction with the two players.
Gundogan was already very dissatisfied with his position in the team last season.
De Bruyne is the team's number one playmaker. Gundogan feels that his position on the field is becoming increasingly useless.
This season, the arrival of Li Mingyu once again compressed Gundogan's ball-taking space. Gundogan was pushed to the wing by Li Mingyu, which made Gundogan very dissatisfied.
Before World Cup, Gundogan had revealed to the media that he was not happy at Manchester City. He still had a two-year contract with the team and hoped to return to Dortmund after the contract expired.
These words angered Guardiola. You know, after the old captain Fernandinho retired last season, Guardiola trusted Guardiola to hand over the captain's armband to Gundogan.
Unexpectedly, Gundogan would say such words. This is a great harm to Guardiola.
Gundogan's performance on the court today was very average. He was not active in running and rarely pushed forward. He was just a tool for transitioning the ball.
Such Gundogan and Guardiola feel very annoyed.
Gundogan actually forgot to take off his captain's armband when he came off the field.
Fortunately, Bale Nado Silva who came on the field reminded him, and he suddenly realized. He took off his armband and handed it to Bale Nado Silva. He returned to the bench with an indifferent expression and did not have any communication with Guardiola.
Guardiola, with a dark face, shouted at Bale Nadeau-Silva, "Bale Nadeau, hand the captain's armband to Lee!"
Bale Nado-Silva was stunned for a moment, thinking he was going to hand it over to the deputy captain and defender Stones!
Bale Nadeau-Silva ran up to Li Mingyu and announced Guardiola's decision.
Li Mingyu glanced at Guardiola who was standing on the sidelines. The two looked at each other and smiled. Li Mingyu nodded and asked Bale Nado Silva to help wrap the captain's armband around his arm.
This is not the first time Li Mingyu has worn the captain's armband.
On World Cup, Spain National Team, because captain Busquets was injured, the captain's armband was worn on Li Mingyu's arm.
And after World Cup ended, Busquets announced his withdrawal from the national team, and Enrique directly appointed Li Mingyu as the new national team captain.
The 20-year-old captain Spain National Team should be the youngest captain in the history of Spain National Team.
However, World Cup champion, World Cup Golden Ball, World Cup Golden Boot, the Best FIFA Men's Player, Ballon d'Or, such honors should be more than enough to be the captain of a national team!
Putting on Manchester City's captain's armband, Li Mingyu was very excited. He knew what kind of responsibilities he would have after putting on this armband.
The substitutions of both sides were completed and the game resumed.
After replacing Bale Nado Silva, Manchester City's offense immediately saw an immediate change.
Gundogan's inaction put huge pressure on the right wing of team Liverpool, which had not felt pressure for 70 minutes.
The cooperation of Li Mingyu and Bale Nado Silva opened a gap in Liverpool's defense on the right.
Li Mingyu made a through ball. Bale Nado-Silva passed the ball past Liverpool Arnold on the right, and passed the ball to Mahrez who ran out of space.
Mahrez touched the ball with his first touch after coming on the field. He stopped the ball very smoothly. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he shot low and sent the football into the goal of team Liverpool.
At 2:3, Manchester City, playing away from home, overtook the score again.
This goal stopped the Liverpool fans from singing for a long time.
Guardiola excitedly raised his arms and shouted in excitement. This goal was due to his substitution adjustment. The two players who had just been replaced, Bale Nado Silva and Mahrez, completed the goal.
Even the commentator was shocked and said that Guardiola's substitution was really a stroke of genius, and he is indeed a top coach.
This goal made Klopp's face look completely ugly.
There are still about twenty minutes left. If you don't want to lose at your home court, you must make adjustments to the team again.
The goal just now has fully exposed the problems in the defense on the right.
Klopp replaced Arnold with Gomez, who was already unable to run, and replaced Curtis Jones with Japan player Minamino Takumi, who had just returned from Innerampton, to once again strengthen the offensive ability of the midfield.
Minamino Takumi played very well in this World Cup. In the group stage, he scored two goals and helped Japan National Team enter the knockout round.
In the match against Spain National Team, Minamino Takumi performed very well in the midfield. In the early stage, he was evenly matched with Spain's midfielder.
However, in the end, Spain National Team was better and defeated Spain National Team, but Minamino Takumi's performance did leave some impression on Li Mingyu.
Unexpectedly, Minamino Takumi would play for the Liverpool team.
Minamino Takumi was very excited to play. Last season he was loaned to Southampton by Liverpool and his performance was very eye-catching.
Therefore, this season, Liverpool brings him back to Anfield Stadium, hoping that he can be a good supplement in the midfield and frontcourt.
Li Mingyu gets the ball, Minamino Takumi comes up very quickly and defends Li Mingyu head-on.
The spirit is commendable.
However, facing Minamino Takumi who was actively defending, Li Mingyu used all his strength to express his admiration for him.
Li Mingyu moved the ball to his right with the outer instep of his right foot, intending to break through to the right.
Minamino Takumi's center of gravity began to move to his left side, but when he just moved his center of gravity, he was shocked to find that Li Mingyu's right foot appeared on the right side of the football as if by magic. The instep of his right foot buckled back, and the football bounced back to Li Mingyu's left side as if being pulled by a rubber band.
Although Minamino Takumi's center of gravity shifted, he used his strong physical fitness to force his center of gravity to move over, and reluctantly stretched out his right foot, hoping to hit the football.
And just when Minamino Takumi was about to hit the football, Li Mingyu's left foot came on the trajectory of the football. With a slight touch, the football seemed to hit between two chopsticks.
The football passed between Minamino Takumi's open legs.
Minamino Takumi quickly tightened his legs. However, the brain could do it, but the body could not continuously change the center of gravity.
Minamino Takumi could only watch Li Mingyu pass by him, and he was lightly bumped by the opponent's shoulder, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back and fell to the ground.
Li Mingyu was like a gust of wind, rushing past Minamino Takumi.
Due to Minamino Takumi's loss of position, after Li Mingyu broke through, there was a brief chaos in Liverpool's midfield defense.
"Egg Pain Warrior" Fabinho came to help defend from the side of Li Mingyu, and from the front of Li Mingyu, Van Dijk was ready to rush forward at any time.
However, Gabriel Jesus's movement affected Van Dijk's energy, preventing him from attacking immediately, which gave Li Mingyu an excellent opportunity.