In the player tunnel, Wang Xiaodong saw Gerrard, the soul of the Red Army.
This was the first time he saw Gerald in life.
The media has always regarded Wang Xiaodong as "Little Gerrard", which is also related to the similar playing styles of the two.
However, Wang Xiaodong does not think of himself as a "little XXX", and because of this, Wang Xiaodong did not even listen to Liverpool's offer before the season.
"Hello, Mr. Steven." Seeing Gerald turn around, Wang Xiaodong reached out his hand.
"Hello, Dong, I'm so happy~~~!" The unprepared captain of the Red Army softened his arms and almost peed.
Fake, this guy sneaked up on me!
Seeing Wang Xiaodong's "naive" smile, Gerald wanted to step forward and tear him apart.
"Mr. Steven, what's wrong with you? Is your stomach uncomfortable? Do you want to go back to the locker room and take a rest?"
"Dong, I won't bother you with this matter." Gerrard looked at this junior fiercely, hid his sore hands behind his back and shook them, "We'll see you on the court."
"See you on the court!" Wang Xiaodong smiled and nodded.
After returning to the team, looking at Gerrard who kept rubbing his palms, Alonso asked curiously: "Steven, what's wrong with you?"
"Fake, today's juniors really have no manners at all!"
"Isn't that simple? Just teach them a lesson." Alonso said easily.
"Of course I will do it." Gerald raised his eyebrows, "I want to teach that boy who doesn't know the heights of the world a lesson he will never forget!"
...
Fourteen minutes later, cheers from the KOP came from the Anfield stands.
Any team that has been here as a guest knows that there are only two sounds in Anfield: singing and cheering.
The cheers mean that the home team has scored a goal. At other times, these KOPs with greased throats will sing a song that is famous around the world over and over again.
Judging from the replay on the big screen, this goal was attributed to Gerrard's personal show.
The captain of the Red Army received the ball on the right and lightly touched the instep with his outside foot. The ball passed past Murphy. After continuously dribbling the ball to attract two defenders, Gerrard suddenly stopped with a swing of his leg. After using a fake move to clear the space, he followed up with a pick with his left foot and sent the ball into the penalty area with an extremely fast rhythm.
Bellamy caught the ball and pushed the ball next to the penalty spot in the middle. The ball hit the near post and bounced back. Mark Gonzalez quickly rushed out of the crowd and succeeded in making a supplementary shot from a small angle. This was the Chilean's success. First goal in the league.
Seeing such a gap in the defense, Martin Joel on the sidelines couldn't sit still.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Look at people, don't you understand?"
"Why do you always like to run around after the ball?!"
With the tacit cooperation between Gerrard and Alonso, the Red Army firmly controlled the midfield after the opening, making Tottenham very passive.
Davis was on the bench, and there was only one Wang Xiaodong running around in the midfield. The coverage was simply not enough to panic the Reds.
What's more, this is Anfield, Liverpool's home ground.
In the last game, Alonso shocked the audience with a lob shot from over 60 meters.
Playing in such a terrifying home game, the pressure on Tottenham players is too great.
Under the pressure of the KOP, Tottenham fans also seemed lifeless, because in these ten minutes, the players basically did not touch the ball, and the ball was always in the hands of the opponent.
They didn't even have a chance to cheer!
Although he did not score the goal himself, Gerrard was still in high spirits after seeing the score rewritten.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Gerrard didn't even have an assist for this goal, but he got at least half of the credit.
After the celebration, the captain of the Red Army happily walked up to Wang Xiaodong, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Young man, don't worry, this is just the beginning!"
...
After the restart, Tottenham were so suppressed that they couldn't even get out of the midfield.
Every time they see the midfielder pass the ball with his back and then pass it back very deep, Tottenham fans are very angry.
There is always a use for dropping kicks in the midfield and backcourt, attack, attack!
If short passes can't penetrate, then long passes!
Isn't Dong Changzhuan accurate?
Why didn't you see him take off?
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Xiaodong flew up from the top of the arc behind the center circle and kicked the ball towards Robbie Keane in front of the top of the arc in the opponent's penalty area.
The Tottenham captain was about to jump in response to the ball when he felt his shoulders sink, and an elbow pressed hard into his shoulder socket, making him grimace in pain.
But this is nothing in the Premier League. The ball was rubbed by Sissoko's head and rolled to the feet of Hyypia on the side.
The Liverpool defender firmly stepped on the ball, then kicked it directly and passed the ball to the right wing where there was no Tottenham player.
The home team's attack struck again.
Jermaine Defoe, who was born in Charlton's youth training, leaned on his knees and took a few breaths. He was a little confused.
As a striker who replaced Berbatov, he felt extremely lonely during these twenty minutes.
Robbie Keane was nearby, but the two were completely strangers.
It's not that Keane didn't pass the ball to him, but that even Keane himself didn't get a few comfortable balls.
He is like a migrant worker in a big city. Looking around, he sees "no friends" and they are all opponent players.
Although Lennon also started this game, he mostly stayed behind to participate in defense and rarely had the opportunity to sprint along the sideline.
Davis did not start today. Danny Murphy, as an attacking midfielder, could not hold the ball. In addition to making long passes, Wang Xiaodong also had to focus most of his attention on defense...
As a result, he and Keane completely lost contact with their teammates in the midfield and backfield.
Playing so passively, Keane has begun to tactically retreat to the center circle, leaving Defoe alone and helpless.
Defoe is not tall, only 1.7 meters and weighs only 65KG. He is a speed player.
Such a "dwarf" was thrown into the wolf-like Red Army's defense. Even if Wang Xiaodong saw him, he would not dare to pass the ball.
Now, Tottenham center back Ledley King is roaring crazily, hoping to use his roar to wake up his confused teammates and resist the Red Army's attack.
But no matter how he roared, the players still looked confused, tiredly following the ball and running around aimlessly.
Taking this opportunity, Liverpool expanded the score in the 29th minute.
Winger Luis Garcia broke through and sent a cross. At this moment, the two Tottenham defenders subconsciously slowed down and raised their hands to indicate that Gerrard, who was receiving the ball in the middle, was in an offside position.
However, the referee ignored it because it was not Gerrard who received the ball, but Kuyt who flew out from behind. After the latter successfully stopped the ball in the middle, he faced the Tottenham goalkeeper from 13 yards on the right side of the penalty area and calmly volleyed with his right foot and succeeded.
The striker who was criticized during the battle with Chelsea had sex in two consecutive games.
Seeing the goal, Benitez on the sidelines jumped high with excitement and hugged the assistant coach next to him.
"Haha, I'll just say it, I'll just say it!"
"Kuyt is definitely the best player!"
"I even believe he can play '20+20' in the Premier League."
No wonder Benitez is so excited.
Since this season, Liverpool has implemented a rotation system. Anyone can come on, anyone can be substituted.
This kind of "in-team motivation" reminds fans of Ranieri, who coached Chelsea three years ago. At that time, he used such a "rotation system" to "rotate" himself to Valencia.
Today, Benitez once again took the risk of using such tactics, and coupled with the Red Army's unsatisfactory start to the game, he was immediately labeled as a "new tinker" by the media.
Liverpool spent 10 million to buy Kuyt just to let him score goals!
Now that the Dutch have finally found their form, how can Benitez not be extremely excited?
However, the KOP was satisfied, but the thousands of Bai Baihe fans in the visiting team's stands looked a little wilted.
Didn’t we beat Manchester United?
Why is there still such a big gap with Liverpool?
Two goals scored in 30 minutes?
How can you hit four in this state?
Sadness began to spread within the team, and the low self-esteem slowly spread. Negative emotions are like a pervasive virus, eroding every fighting nerve of Bai Baihe's team members.
This time, Jerad didn’t say anything when he passed by Wang Xiaodong.
He just shook his head, sighed, and returned to his own half.
Facing Spurs, who were in low fighting spirit, Sissoko and Gerrard quickly teamed up to cut off the ball from Janas' feet.
At this moment, Bellamy started at full speed, breaking through the defense line and rushing towards the Tottenham penalty area.
At the same time, the entire Liverpool team also moved, pressing forward like a giant, leaving Tottenham breathless.
Shet!
Ridley King cursed and hurriedly chased after him.
However, the Tottenham veteran had just recovered from injury and started slowly, unable to catch up with Bellamy's speed.
At this moment, Alonso flew up and lifted the ball into the penalty area.
Bellamy rushed into the penalty area, jumped high, half-turned and stopped the ball with his chest.
As soon as the ball hit the ground, Tottenham's defense was in chaos!
Michael Dawson stepped forward to steal the ball, but the opponent had already entered the penalty area and did not dare to move too much.
At the moment when he hesitated, Bellamy didn't stop at all. He pushed the toes of his right foot diagonally forward, and suddenly accelerated and rushed over.
Dawson hurriedly followed up and stretched out his legs to block the shooting angle. But the next moment, Bellamy was seen raising his leg and attacking the goal.
Is it too late?
It’s not too late!
The Tottenham defender yelled and threw his body directly, hoping to make up for his mistake.
But the next second, he saw Bellamy's leg slowly stop on the ball.
This is a feint!
After deceiving Dawson, Bellamy picked up his right foot and lobbed towards the round corner of the goal.
Robinson, who had just taken two steps, jumped hard, but the ball flew over his head like a soaring bird.
Everyone subconsciously stood there, watching the ball draw a beautiful arc in the air.
The KOP behind the goal also stood up, preparing for the third goal in the first half.
But at this moment, a white figure flew under the ball like a cannonball.
boom!
BANG!
Boom!
There were three muffled sounds in a row, and the slowly falling ball was hit hard by Wang Xiaodong's forehead against the crossbar. Wang Xiaodong's left shoulder also hit the upright.
Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.
Gerrard wanted to step forward to take a shot, but ran two steps and then stood still, because the ball had fallen from the air into the top net of Tottenham's goal.
Wang Xiaodong stood up slowly, holding on to the trembling doorframe, and happened to look into the eyes of the Red Army captain who rushed out of the crowd.
"It's not over, isn't it?"
"Give me face?"
"Do you still want to score a goal?"
