While blocking Manchester United's counterattack, Liverpool will naturally not forget to counterattack when they get the ball in order to expand the score and seal the victory.
Among them, Willard is naturally the core of Liverpool's offense. Although Manchester United strictly defended Velarde and never allowed Velarde to score, when the time came to the 67th minute and Velarde once again took the ball from the backcourt and started a long-distance attack, Manchester United could not stop him. Living.
Although this time Manchester United was pursued and intercepted by Herrera, Pogba, Rojo, Phil Jones, Rooney and others as always, this time Willard perfectly displayed his skills and satisfaction that have been increased to 97. With a great physique, he rushed left and right, and used delicate skills to control the ball and continuously broke through Pogba, Herrera, Rooney, and Phil Jones. He dribbled the ball into the penalty area and leaned on himself. Rojo, a teammate of the Argentina national team, hit the ball into the lower right corner of Manchester United's goal with a powerful shot.
Goalkeeper De Gea couldn't make the dive and could only watch as the ball passed diagonally under his palm and flew into the goal against the turf.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"Villad's one-stop long-distance run to score a goal continuously broke through the interceptions of Pogba, Herrera, Rooney, Phil Jones and others. He ran for more than 70 meters and sent the ball into the Manchester United goal."
"Villad's personal strength is too terrifying. It completely breaks the balance of football."
"Some people say that Willard can be used as one person as two people. I think he can be used as three people by himself."
"Liverpool is like having one or two more people fighting in a game."
"From defense to offense, from the ground to the air, you can see him everywhere."
"Even if Manchester United is at their home ground, they can't stop Willard and they can't stop Liverpool."
"Liverpool this season is really a bit like a God blocking God, a Buddha blocking a Buddha. I'm afraid the first Premier League championship in team history is really about to come true."
After scoring the second goal and leading Manchester United by two goals in the away game, Liverpool can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, and can retreat more confidently and boldly to defend and counterattack.
But Liverpool's defense is not carried out in the backcourt, but starts from forwards Lallana, Origi, Firmino and others.
After falling behind by two goals, Manchester United wanted to make a desperate attack and achieve a comeback. However, facing Liverpool's high press, they could not even attack into the Red Army's penalty area, let alone shoot to threaten Liverpool's goal.
Liverpool, on the other hand, has become accustomed to the rhythm of high-position pressing. Not only Origi and others started pressing from the frontcourt, but Henderson, Wijnaldum and others in the midfield and backfield also jointly stared at the Manchester United players. Once If there are any signs of getting the ball, immediately press forward to steal or interfere, forcing the opponent to speed up the passing and receiving, and also increase the probability of making mistakes.
Under Liverpool's high pressure, Manchester United made a mistake in the 74th minute. Rooney took the ball and faced the onrushing Willard, and immediately turned around to pass the ball to Pogba diagonally behind.
As a result, because Willard was too powerful, Rooney turned around and passed the ball hastily. The ball was deflected. Firmino, who was being defended, intercepted the ball before Pogba and immediately passed it to Rooney. Willard in the gap.
Willard didn't wait for Rooney to get close to counterattack, and immediately passed a long pass to Manchester United's backcourt. Origi turned and sprinted, overtaking center back Phil Jones, and was about to catch Willard's through ball to form an anti-offside single.
When Origi was about to catch up with the ball, facing the attacking goalkeeper De Gea, and preparing to lob the ball directly outside the penalty area, Phil Jones had no choice but to pull Origi down from behind.
"beep……"
Referee Oliver's whistle sounded, Phil Jones was shown a yellow card, and Liverpool was awarded a frontcourt free kick opportunity with a good position and angle.
There was no controversy about this goal. Manchester United could only nervously line up a wall of 6 people under the command of goalkeeper De Gea, which naturally included Ibrahimovic who was 195cm tall.
But even so, this still can't stop Velard, who has a "shooting" of 100, a "skill" of 97, and can take any free kick as a penalty kick.
Amid the boos of more than 70,000 fans at Old Trafford, Willard unaffectedly kicked the ball past Ibrahimovic's head and into the near corner of the goal.
With Willard's direct free kick, Liverpool led Manchester United 3-0 away from home, completely killing all the suspense in this game.
Although Manchester United is still struggling, Liverpool has begun to make substitutions. Coutinho, Sturridge, Joe Gomez and others have been replaced to find their match status.
In the last ten minutes or so, Manchester United was no longer fighting for a comeback, but fighting to lose with dignity and score a face-saving goal.
After all, right back Arnold was too young and inexperienced. In the 88th minute, Martial used a bicycle fake and knocked him to the ground. He could only watch as Martial cut inside and passed back in an inverted triangle. Pogba The back row stepped in, met the ball from outside the penalty area, and shot wildly, creating a high-quality heavy artillery world wave.
Goalkeeper Mignolet did not dare to catch the ball hard with his hands and could only punch the ball diagonally out of the penalty area, but the second shot was taken by Manchester United winger Mkhitaryan.
Facing the pressing Wijnaldum, Mkhitaryan did not stop the ball, directly volleyed a pass, kicked the ball into the penalty area, and fell to Ibrahimovic's side.
At this time, Velarde was guarding Ibrahimovic closely, blocking his position and preventing him from receiving the ball.
Just when Velard thought he was going to successfully defend Ibrahimovic and let his teammates kick the ball out of the penalty area to clear the ball, Yi Yi took advantage of his height and long legs to lift his legs away from Velarde's body. He stood up, and with an unconventional heel-scorpion tail swing, he lifted the ball towards the goal.
Velarde was stunned by Ibrahimovic's move. It's not that he doesn't know it, but he rarely sees other players use it, and Ibrahimovic used it very skillfully, knocking the ball just inside the goal frame.
Goalkeeper Mignolet did not expect that Ibrahimovic would be able to stretch out his legs so long when he was separated from Velarde and perform a heel-scorpion tail-knocking shot. Therefore, he did not react in time and reluctantly pounced, but He failed to touch the ball and could only watch the ball fly into the net.
Ibrahimovic's genius scorpion tail move made Velarde a rare backdrop and helped Manchester United get a goal back, avoiding the embarrassment of having his head shaved off at his home court.
In the end, Liverpool defeated Manchester United 3-1 at Old Trafford with two shots and one pass from Willard, winning the 21st round of the league and continuing to move towards the first Premier League championship in their team history.
