Chapter 749: Challenge From Salah

On October 20, at 4:30 in the afternoon, Salah stood in the center circle of the Millennium Stadium, waiting for the kick-off.

This is the ninth round of the Premier League, a focus game that attracts worldwide attention. The Red Devils Manchester United face the Red Army Liverpool at home.

Double Red Club, this has always been the most attractive classic event in the Premier League.

Both teams have currently won eight consecutive games to start the season and are ranked in the top two in the standings. Manchester United beat Liverpool with their goal difference advantage.

This also shows that both teams are currently in very good shape.

Especially Liverpool, the Red Army has won seventeen consecutive games across seasons, which is the second longest winning streak in Premier League history, second only to Manchester United's twenty-five consecutive wins from May 2017 to January 2018.

Under such a premise, public opinion unanimously believes that this double red match will be a major test for whether Manchester United can win a record four consecutive Premier League titles.

Liverpool also attaches great importance to this game, not only because of the hatred that has lasted for a century, but also because if they can hit Manchester United hard in this game, it will be equivalent to their first Premier League title in team history. Destroy an opponent on the way to the championship.

Therefore, both Liverpool and Manchester United attach great importance to this game.

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Salah himself also attaches equal importance to it, because Bruno!

In order not to miss this double red meeting, Salah made a comeback. The Egyptian winger suffered an ankle injury during Liverpool's home match against Leicester City in the eighth round of the Premier League on October 5, and therefore missed the Egyptian national team's match on this international match day.

At the end of the international match day and when the league resumed, although Salah had recovered, according to the advice of Liverpool's team doctor, Salah was not suitable to return to the game immediately.

But for this double red meeting, Salah convinced Klopp to start in this game.

In this game, the Egyptian played as a right winger, while Bruno played as an attacking midfielder. Therefore, when Liverpool kicked off, Bruno's position was very close to Salah.

Before the game, the two shook hands politely with each other in the tunnel and chatted for a few words. But now, when Salah looked at Bruno again, his eyes were full of provocation and competition.

Bruno was equally rude to him. Although the two had a good relationship in private, the stadium was a battlefield and both sides were enemies.

The two people looked at each other with sparks in their eyes, and the entire Millennium Stadium was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

This is a war that lasts for hundreds of years!

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"The game is about to start!"

"The referee for this match is England's chief international referee, Martin Atkinson."

"When guessing sides before the game, Manchester United's captain Bruno won. They chose the side that was more advantageous in the first half, so Liverpool got the right to serve."

"The lineups of both teams in this game are relatively neat. Liverpool's main goalkeeper Alisson and offensive core Salah both returned from injuries before the game. Manchester United's Rashford and Luke Shaw also recovered from injuries. Recovery. Both sides basically sent their main players to play, and both sides attach great importance to this game. "

"Okay, referee Atkinson blew the whistle to start the game."

"Liverpool took the lead to kick off, and Manchester United took the initiative to press and press."

"With continuous passing, the Reds' opening tactics looked very proactive."

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"Liverpool's pass was intercepted and Manchester United counterattacked on the spot and passed it to the left."

"Rashford got the ball, followed up, and shot a long shot..."

"Oh, I'm too impatient!"

"Rashford's shot was still a little far from the goal, and it was a little too hasty."

"The most important thing Manchester United should do at this time is to stay calm. After all, they are playing at home."

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"It's still an attack from Manchester United."

"Cancelo crosses from the right."

"The ball came to the left, Rashford... made a beautiful stop... and then passed it into the penalty area..."

"Harry Kane failed to stop the ball and Matip and Koulibaly double-teamed him at the same time."

"Liverpool still had a solid start."

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"The ball was still in Manchester United's feet and they orchestrated an attack again."

"Henderson intercepted the ball successfully, and Liverpool launched a counterattack on the spot and passed it to Firmino."

"Firmino got the ball in the penalty area and volleyed directly into the goal, hitting Maguire and out of the baseline."

"Maguire's blocking was quite good this time."

"Liverpool got a corner kick."

…………Robertson stood in the corner area on the right, gently placed the football, and then slowly backed away.

Manchester United coach Mourinho seemed very concerned on the sidelines and kept calling on the players on the court to pay attention.

Bruno stood at the top of the penalty area, ready to launch a counterattack at any time.

Among the materials provided by the Manchester United coaching staff before the game, set-piece defense was highlighted, because in the past two seasons, set-pieces have always been the key to victory, and Liverpool's most threatening player is undoubtedly Matip and Koulibaly, these two central defenders are very threatening header attackers.

When Robertson quickly took a corner kick, there was chaos in the penalty area.

Liverpool's players are trying to get rid of the Manchester United players' marking, while Manchester United's players are entangled in the targets they are marking, especially the most threatening headers like Matip and Koulibaly.

But in this chaos, a white figure suddenly shot out from the crowd, leaping high in the middle.

Arnold's corner kick came right in front of him, and he headed the ball from close range. The football changed its trajectory in an instant and fell to the left side of the goal.

The distance was so close and so sudden that Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea had no time to react and could only watch the football fly into the door behind him.

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!"

"The ball is in!"

"In the fifth minute, the visiting team Liverpool took the lead in breaking through Manchester United's goal with a header from Salah!"

"It's so exciting! The short Egyptian got the best spot in the penalty area with many tall men and hit the goal with his header!"

"This was Liverpool's first threatening offensive of the game, and it ended up breaking Manchester United's goal."

"Let's relive this goal again. Arnold's corner kick confused many players. The attention of Manchester United's defensive players fell on tall players like Matip and Koulibaly, but ignored Sal Lach.”

"This is definitely a very undeserved mistake. Perhaps it has a lot to do with Salah's weak heading ability."

"The Egyptian is a winger with distinctive characteristics, known for his fast speed, strong breakthrough ability and rich shooting skills. He can use his speed advantage to break through in the game, or score goals with his excellent shooting skills, or Assist teammates to score.”

"However, due to his height, Salah's header ability is not strong, and he rarely scores through headers."

"But in any case, Manchester United obviously missed someone in this defense."

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After scoring, Salah turned around and rushed out of the stadium, running all the way along the Millennium Stadium, and finally put on his iconic goal celebration in the corner kick area to accept the thousands of Liverpool fans who came to the away game. Congratulations to teammates.

Bruno wiped his face depressedly.

It was only five minutes into the game, and he didn't even break a sweat, but the goal was broken, by Salah, and he scored with a header.

He was once known for not being good at heading the ball, but he was not short after all, so he quickly made up for his lack of heading ability through training and became a famous aerial player.

But Salah's header ability is really weak. As his good friend, Bruno knows this all too well.

But now Salah scored a very beautiful header in front of him, which made Bruno feel very uncomfortable.

This conceded goal had nothing to do with him, because in today's game, his task was to wait for opportunities to counterattack in the frontcourt. No one would blame him for conceding the goal, but he still felt unhappy.

Mourinho was also very excited on the sidelines and was very dissatisfied with the goal conceded.

The Madmen made immediate adjustments, especially to the team's defense.

Because he understands Klopp, what Liverpool is best at is chasing after the victory. As long as you give them a chance, they will catch you until you are unable to fight back.

Therefore, Liverpool's games often result in big scores.

Just like last season, Liverpool scored 3 or more goals in a single game, reaching 17 games, tied for second with Manchester City, second only to Manchester United with 24 games.

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After a wave of celebrations, Salah returned to the field amid cheers and cheers from Liverpool fans and boos from the Millennium Stadium.

After the game restarted, Liverpool chose to pursue the victory and continued to attack Manchester United.

Salah was especially excited.

After scoring a goal, the Egyptian quickly took the ball in the left rib and faced three Manchester United defenders. He still chose to go it alone and just relied on his personal ability to dribble the ball and get a chance to shoot. A low shot from 26 meters away from the goal.

Not long after, Firmino pulled to the right, hit the space behind Luke Shaw, and passed into the penalty area. Salah once again headed the ball in front of the goal, but this time it was confiscated by De Gea and failed. Create a threat.

Just two minutes later, another dribble from the center forced a breakthrough from the Egyptian, and his shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked from the baseline.

Robertson took a corner kick from the right, but Manchester United was on guard this time, and Maguire headed the ball to clear the ball.

The ball was still at Liverpool's feet. After reorganization, Arnold made a pass from the right, and Salah volleyed 12 meters in front of the goal in the penalty area, sliding past again.