Chapter 670 Key Figures
Manchester United then launched an attack, Kante passed the ball in the middle, and Fred passed the ball to Bruno. The Manchester United captain pulled the ball and turned around. This beautiful move was done in one go, and he passed Fabinho in a chic manner.
Bruno then pretended to go to the bottom, but suddenly passed the ball in the middle. Harry Kane stretched his foot to receive the ball, and he planned to cooperate with Rashford on the near side. But as soon as he pulled the ball and turned around, he was pushed down by Keita.
The referee blew the whistle and he called a foul on Liverpool. However, Liverpool made a profit from such a tactical foul, because the distance from the goal was relatively far, and even if Manchester United got a free kick, the threat of direct attack was not great, and it was in a relatively safe area. Keita, who committed the foul, would not get a card at all, and there was not even a verbal warning. He did not have to pay any price at all to prevent Manchester United from a counterattack opportunity.
Luke Shaw took a free kick, and the ball flew into the penalty area, and was headed out by Koulibaly.
Manchester United got the second point, but at this time Liverpool's penalty area was full of people, and Manchester United had no chance to counterattack. They could only pass the ball back and forth outside the penalty area, hoping to find a chance to score.
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Luke Shaw knocked the ball to Kante.
Kante controlled the ball, but he was thinking about something.
Bruno just conveyed Mourinho's instructions to strengthen long-range shots. Bruno and Rashford were the main force of long-range shots. Mbappe, Fred, Harry Kane, and even Luke Shaw were given the right to shoot long-range shots, but Kante's name was not mentioned.
Although this was expected, Kante's shooting level was poor, which was well known. Although he had scored several long-range shots in the past few seasons, these few goals still could not cover up the fact that his scoring ability was extremely poor.
But poor scoring ability is one thing, being ignored, especially by the team's head coach, Kante still felt very unhappy at this time.
Seeing that no one was guarding Kante with the ball, goalkeeper Alisson shouted, "One person should go up, be careful of his long shot!"
"Don't worry, don't worry about this old man, his shot is rubbish!" Robertson said.
Kante was a little emotional to begin with, and when he heard this, he pushed the ball forward without saying a word, made a slight adjustment, and swung his right foot!
"Hey, it's really coming!" Robertson was not worried about the strongest defensive midfielder in Europe at present, he knew...
What? !
Seeing the ball fly off the ground, almost a flash of white light, and the ball flew towards the goal behind him, Robertson was stunned.
He turned his head subconsciously to see that at the end of the white light, the ball fiercely hit the bottom edge of the crossbar, and then bounced into the net.
During the whole scoring process, Alisson didn't even have time to react!
2:1!
Kante's iron tree blossomed, and Manchester United once again surpassed the score.
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"Beautiful, so beautiful."
"Manchester United equalized the score, and the goal was scored by an unexpected guy, Kante!"
"2:1! At the critical moment, Kante, who rarely scores, surprised all of us. This goal is so beautiful! The speed is fast and the angle is quite good."
"This is Kante's first goal for Manchester United in all competitions this season. This is a guy who doesn't score easily, but his goals are very beautiful and crucial."
"Kante! Wow, a super long-range goal about 35 meters away from the goal. This goal made Liverpool's defense a little confused. Looking at their expressions, it seems that they didn't expect Kante to score such a wonderful goal."
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The commentary booth was full of jubilation.
Such a world wave goal, the player who scored the goal was unexpected, this is what the commentators like to see the most. Some talked about it, and some played it.
This ball was so beautiful, like a cannonball, hitting Alisson without any reaction.
"This ball is so beautiful." Zhang Lu said loudly, "This is the most outstanding defensive midfielder in the world football today. He almost never scores goals. His goals are both beautiful and crucial."
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Mourinho was even stunned on the sidelines for a moment, and then he cheered. He was also shocked by Kante's world wave.
Mourinho arranged for the team to shoot more long shots, but he didn't expect that this tactic would work so quickly, and it would be Kante who scored.
"Damn it." Klopp clapped his hands and complained to the assistant coach beside him, "Can this ball go in?"
Although this ball was due to Robertson's failure to block it in time, who the hell could have thought that Kante would shoot, and actually shoot such a high-quality long shot?
Klopp believed that even if Kante was given a hundred such opportunities, he would never be able to shoot such a shot again.
His team's luck was too bad.
1:2!
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Kante's goal allowed Manchester United to surpass the score again, which put great pressure on the home team Liverpool. Klopp kept waving his hands on the sidelines, making gestures to push forward, encouraging the team to strengthen the attack.
In the 43rd minute of the game, Salah got the ball at the front point, and he tried to pass Kante, but the Manchester United star ignored his feint at all, saw an opportunity, and went up with a flying tackle to shovel the ball away.
Salah screamed and rolled, and Anfield Stadium erupted in huge boos.
The referee on duty whistled for a foul on Kante and gave him a verbal warning.
This penalty caused dissatisfaction on both sides. Liverpool believed that Kante's foul was serious and should at least be a yellow card. Manchester United believed that it was not a foul and Kante's tackle was very clean.
Mourinho seemed particularly angry. He protested loudly on the sidelines. Finally, after being stopped by the fourth official, he just folded his arms and looked at the field with a gloomy face.
Free kicks in this position are still very dangerous.
Salah personally took the free kick he created, but the quality was very average. He did not pass the wall at all and the ball was blocked by the wall.
Fabinho grabbed the second landing point and hoisted the ball into the penalty area.
Maguire headed the ball out, and Kante passed the ball to Luke Shaw before the ball landed.
Luke Shaw passed the ball to Fred in front, and Fred passed the ball to Bruno who retreated to receive it.
Bruno did not let the ball stay under his feet and passed the ball with one foot!
Harry Kane took the ball, he dribbled forward and observed the running position of his teammates at the same time.
On the right, Mbappe is advancing at high speed. Also on the right, Rashford is cutting in at high speed.
Yes, both of them are on the left, and you can imagine how much pressure Liverpool left-back Robertson is under.
Mbappe's high-speed insertion attracted the attention of Robertson and Koulibaly. As the new winner of the European Golden Boy Award, Mbappe has long been a top star that no one dares to underestimate.