Britton did not close his feet and even deliberately flashed his spikes, raised his leg for a flying tackle, and Willard's elbow, which immediately triggered a conflict between the players on both sides.
Players from both sides rushed to the scene of the incident, pushing and blaming each other. Fortunately, the referee Michael Oliver dealt decisively and immediately rushed to the center of the conflict between the players on both sides, separated the players on both sides, and called the linesman, the fourth official, and even security to enter the field.
The pushing and shoving accusations between players from both sides were nipped in the bud by the referee before they developed into a physical conflict.
Of course, both Britton, who shoveled the opponent with his spikes, and Willard, who hit the opponent with his elbow, received a yellow card. Although Willard argued that he did not do it on purpose and that he accidentally hit the cloth with his elbow when he was felled by the opponent's shovel. Liton's cheek, but Michael Oliver ignored it and gave Willard a yellow card.
However, the free kick was given to Liverpool, and Britton was directly removed from the field due to a serious injury to his face. Swansea replaced No. 3 wing-back Neil Taylor and continued to defend.
The position of this free kick was not good. It was more than 38 meters away from the goal on the left side of the front court. The distance is too far. Generally speaking, Velarde will not take this kind of free kick. Instead, his teammates will take the penalty and throw it into the penalty area. He will participate in the top challenge in the penalty area.
But this time, Willard decided to take the penalty himself and try to hit the goal directly.
Although the foot that had just been tackled by Britton was fine due to its nearly full injury resistance, it was still a little uncomfortable. Before taking the free kick, Willard rubbed his foot and twisted it a few times. After feeling that there was no big problem, after the referee blew the whistle for the free kick, he went through a long run-up and then kicked The outside instep volley knocked the ball out hard.
The ball circled around the outside of the wall and looked like it was going to fly to the near corner. Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski, who was standing in the center of the goal line, quickly moved a step toward the near corner.
As a result, as soon as he moved, he realized that the arc of the ball was too big. After passing around the outside of the wall, instead of going to the near corner, he made a big turn and flew to the far corner.
Fabianski was shocked and turned back quickly, trying to retreat to the far corner. However, the speed of the ball exceeded his movement speed. The ball finally passed over his head and fell into the goal against the far post.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball goes in again!!!"
"Willard scored from a direct free kick!"
"The arc of the ball was too big. The Swansea goalkeeper thought that the ball circled into the goal frame from the outside and then flew to the near corner, so he moved to the near corner."
"It turned out that the arc of the ball was wider than he thought, and it actually went to the far corner."
"Willard's free kick reminds me of Malaysian player Faiz Soubry's weird arc in the Malaysian League on February 16."
"Both balls were in similar positions. Velarde's position was even further and a little further to the side. He also successfully deceived the goalkeeper and scored."
"But Faiz Soubry's goal is probably due to luck, but Velarde is different. He has already taken many free kicks and scored directly, and he also has enough shooting ability and arcing skills to make such a kick. Arc.”
"Both goals are likely to compete for this year's Puskas Goal of the Year award, but Willard's challenge is obviously more difficult."
"Perhaps Willard will win the award then."
"After scoring this direct free kick, Velarde has scored 6 times in this game, performing a miracle of 6 goals in a single game."
"The score on the field has reached 1-7, and it has completely turned into a massacre."
"I guess the Swansea players and fans never dreamed that the score would be like this when Karius scored a lightning goal in the third minute."
"Willard has gone completely crazy today."
Velarde's performance today was truly shocking. Not to mention his opponents, even Liverpool's own players and fans looked at Velarde like they were looking at God.
Faced with Willard's sixth goal, and it was a direct free kick with such a wide arc from the outside of the instep, it was possible to compete for the Puskas Award. Klopp, who was already a little numb, hesitated. He couldn't help but jump up excitedly and pump his fist several times.
Even many Swansea home fans shook their heads and sighed while applauding Willard in admiration.
Such a performance, even if it is the enemy, even if Willard just knocked out their midfielder Britton's teeth with an elbow, he deserves applause from some fans who appreciate this goal and his six-goal performance in a single game.
After the score was rewritten to 7-1, Klopp also began to make substitutions one after another. Firmino and Coutinho were replaced to rest, and Sturridge and Lallana were replaced.
Because Sturridge and Lallana are not in the main lineup, they have much less cooperation with Verard in both training and games. Sometimes they are unable to predict and understand Verard's passing and running intentions in advance, which leads to later Willard got a lot less opportunities.
Coupled with Swansea's tenacious defense, Willard failed to score for the next 20 minutes, and other Liverpool players failed to score.
But even so, when the time came to the 88th minute and the game was about to end, Villard, who was surrounded by five people, passed the ball out. Mane made a pass on the right side of the front edge of the penalty area. He blasted his foot and hit a high-quality long shot, forcing Swansea goalkeeper Fabianski to save the ball from the bottom line and get a corner kick.
It was during this corner kick attack that even though there were three people surrounding Willard to defend him, and some people even used pulling movements, they did not restrain themselves even after being verbally warned by the referee.
But Willard relied on his strong physique and jumping ability to break free from the crowd, leap high, and hit the goal with a powerful head shake, heading the ball into the Swansea goal.
The ball was only six or seven meters away from the goal. It was too close. Although the angle was not very tricky, Fabianski was still unable to save it and could only watch the ball go into the net.
In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 1-8. After Liverpool conceded a goal first, with the help of Willard's 7 goals in a single game and Firmino's goal, they reversed Swansea by a big score and won. Victory in the 7th round of the Premier League.
Willard, who scored 7 goals in a single game, was carried on a parade around the field by his teammates. Even though this was Swansea's home court, some Swansea players, coaches, and fans also gave him gifts. applauded. Of course, more people couldn't stand it and saw it as a shame and left the game long ago. Many people even left the game before the game was over.
As for the small number of die-hard Liverpool fans, they were even more excited. They kept shouting Willard's name, sang songs they wrote for Willard, and worshiped him.
Scoring 7 goals in a single game in the Premier League is definitely a miracle, and it has to be shocked and admired.
