Willard's ultra-long-range lob and half-time hat-trick not only excited and excited all the Red Army fans in Anfield, but also stunned the players and fans of their opponent Watford.
Even some Watford fans who were traveling with the team on the away game shook their heads and sighed while applauding Willard's wonderful goal.
Of course, Gomez, the goalkeeper who served as the backdrop for this world-wide wave, was quite uncomfortable. He lay on the ground for a long time after failing to save the ball.
I feel really sad.
In fact, this kind of ball has little power after flying in the air for a long time. It is not too difficult to save. As long as it can touch the ball, it will definitely change the flight path of the ball.
The only flaw was the goalkeeper's position. Gomez failed to return to the goal line in time. Velarde sensed the opportunity and shot directly, causing Gomez to fail in his counterattack.
It is the most uncomfortable thing for a goalkeeper to be hit by an opponent with a long-range lob due to a mistake in his position.
It is punishment for their own loss of position.
Fortunately, when Willard scored, it was already the stoppage time of the first half. Although the referee added three minutes of stoppage time to the first half because of the goal celebration, after all, Wo Telford didn't concede any more goals.
After the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the two sides entered the halftime break with a 4-0 score. Liverpool, playing at home, temporarily led by four goals.
At halftime, Liverpool made decisive substitutions, taking out Firmino and Coutinho to rest, and replaced them with center Sturridge and winger Lallana.
But this does not affect the indiscriminate bombardment of the Liverpool team and the continued outburst of Willard.
After 15 minutes of intermission, the game continued in the second half. Watford did not try to score a goal to save some face because it was behind by a big score, because the last goal of the first half was lost like this.
They are becoming more and more afraid of Liverpool's counterattacks and Willard's shots, so they are becoming more and more pragmatic. They just want to defend their penalty area and goal, reduce the number of goals conceded, and hope that the massacre will not turn into a tragedy.
However, facing Liverpool in today's state, all Watford's efforts are a waste of hope.
Although they tried their best to defend, sometimes there was a flash of genius that they couldn't prevent no matter how hard they tried.
In the 60th minute of the second half, Willard rushed into the penalty area to receive a pass from full-back Milner, but he ran a little too far during the advance, and the ball passed by Milner fell behind Willard.
And when he saw the ball falling behind Willard, Watford center back Kaboul, who was closely guarding Willard, deliberately reached out and grabbed Willard to prevent him from retreating to head the ball, or turn around and take off for an overhead shot. .
In the flash of lightning, Willard leaned forward towards the goal in the direction of Cabur's tug, pushed his feet to the ground, lifted his feet back with a forward roll, and accurately knocked down with the heel of his right foot. The ball came and was knocked towards the goal.
Scorpion tail wagging!
Velarde completed a difficult shot with the scorpion tail swinging and knocking the ball. Because the ball was too high and the movement was too big, Velarde had to jump completely backwards with his lower body to hit the ball. After finishing the knocking, he also moved his hands first. He pushed himself to the ground and then completed an embarrassing forward roll.
But the ball had already flown into the goal.
Although it is difficult for Villard to control the angle with this kind of action, if he can hit the ball and knock the ball within the goal frame, it is considered good. However, Velarde was more lucky. Although the ball was not very powerful, it was hit at a certain angle. Goalkeeper Gomez failed to pounce on the ball, so he could only fly and pounce in vain, but he was beyond reach and helplessly watched the ball hit the net. .
The commentators and fans went crazy again:
"Wow!!!"
"Scorpion tail wagging!"
"The ball went in again!"
"Villad completed his fourth goal with an unexpected scorpion tail move, helping Liverpool expand the score to 5-0, and his own annual total goal record has also been refreshed to 99 goals, already short of the 100-goal mark for the year. There’s only one ball left.”
"Can we really see Velarde break the 100-goal mark today?"
"look forward to!"
The Scorpion's tail goal + the 99th goal of the year approaching the three-digit mark made the entire Anfield stand excited. Many fans could no longer sit down and kept standing, looking forward to Willard's fifth goal. , that is, the birth of the goal that officially reached the 100-goal mark for the year.
Watford certainly don't want to become a backdrop themselves, even though they have become a backdrop, but don't want to be a bigger, more obvious backdrop.
In the next game, Watford basically stopped defending other Red Army players and focused on defending Willard. Not to mention holding the ball, when not holding the ball, there are three or four people around Willard.
Once they got the ball, almost everyone swarmed forward and rushed towards Velarde. At the most exaggerated moment, the camera showed Verard holding the ball and dribbling alone in the middle, surrounded by seven Watford players, which was jaw-dropping.
However, such extreme defense also successfully restricted Velarde. Even if the shot can be completed, it seriously deviates from the goal due to the interference of the opponent's players, or the angle is too right and is confiscated by the goalkeeper. Full shooting skills cannot score another goal.
But this approach naturally gives other Liverpool players more opportunities.
In the 73rd minute, Lallana made a pass from the left, helping Sturridge score with a header, extending the score to 6-0. In fact, it turned into a massacre.
But Watford had resigned themselves to their fate and did not strengthen their defense against other Reds players.
Their only goal is to prevent Velarde from scoring the fifth goal and to complete the feat of reaching the 100-goal mark for the year by stepping on their corpses.
Under such circumstances, in the 79th minute, Mane also dribbled the ball and easily broke through full-back Holevas, rushed into the penalty area and scored a goal, scoring twice and helping Liverpool expand the score to 7-0.
The game had completely turned into a bloodbath, but Watford still did not change its strategy of defending against Willard.
Anyway, the game was already lost and the tragedy was finalized. They just asked Willard not to score again.
However, this wish was shattered in the 86th minute.
When they continued to defend against Willard, in the 86th minute, Lallana once again broke through from the left and cut inside into the penalty area. He kicked the ball into the middle and tried to pass the ball to Sturridge and Mane. top.
As a result, although center back Brittos, who was competing with Sturridge for the top, grabbed the first point, he accidentally pushed the ball into the arm of his teammate, midfielder Watson, who was returning to defense.
"beep……"
The referee's whistle sounded and Watson was convicted of a handball foul in the penalty area, awarding Liverpool a penalty kick.
Although Watson and his teammates tried their best to argue that it was unintentional handball, the referee ignored it and insisted on the penalty kick.
All Liverpool fans in the stands and in front of the TV, and even all the media and neutral fans, have become excited.
Clearly, this is Willard's chance. As long as he takes the penalty kick and makes it, he will stage a five-goal show, pushing his total goals in 2016 to an unprecedented three-digit mark.
