football killer

Chapter 371 Anelka
No matter how upset or unwilling the Manchester City fans are, it is an unchangeable fact that Liverpool took the lead away from home after only half an hour into the first half.Although Manchester City is very unhappy, but at this time they can only start the rematch with a backward situation.

"Damn it, there's really no sense of pride in bullying Manchester City's midfielder." Gerrard said to Alonso who cut off the ball again in the midfield and passed it to Kewell on the left.

Due to the long-term cooperation between the two, the relationship between Gerrard and Alonso is no longer as indifferent as it was at the beginning. Now the two have time to joke with each other.

For Gerrard's words, Alonso shrugged helplessly, expressing helplessness.Indeed, in addition to the forward line, Manchester City can also compete with Liverpool, and the goalkeeper James is good. In other positions against Liverpool, it is really far inferior to Liverpool.

"It seems that I can handle the defense alone, and you are redundant. In this case, you might as well go up and attack." Alonso thought for a while and said to Gerrard.

Good idea, Gerrard's eyes lit up when he heard Alonso's proposal, and he was obviously very interested in Alonso's proposal.Indeed, even if only Alonso is left as a midfielder in Liverpool's midfield, they can still complete the task very well.Just like what Alonso said, it seems that he has really become a redundant defensive midfielder. Since this is the case, why don't he attack.

"Are you sure you can guarantee the safety of the backcourt?" Although he was very interested in Alonso's proposal, Gerrard was also a player who put the overall situation first, and asked Alonso doubtfully.

"Of course, I have the confidence and strength. As long as Manchester City's offense dares to go in the middle, I will let them know how good I am." Listening to Gerrard's inquiry, Alonso nodded firmly.

"OK~ I'll leave the midfield defense to you." Gerrard quickly dropped these words, and before Alonso could say anything, he rushed towards Manchester City's penalty area.Because at this time Kewell has already dribbled the ball to the bottom and is ready to cross at any time. It seems that Gerrard really participated in this offense.

It's a pity that Gerrard's speed is still a bit slower, time waits for no one, and Kewell didn't wait for Gerrard to enter the penalty area before passing the ball, but directly passed the ball to Manchester City's penalty area.

However, Liverpool's attack did not pose any threat to Manchester City's goal. James relied on his excellent judgment, outstanding jumping ability, and the goalkeeper's unique two-handed advantage to grab the ball before Heskey.

Hughes was in a very anxious mood at this time. Recently, Manchester City's results in the league and cup competitions were very poor. In the cup competition, they were eliminated by a Championship team. In the league, Manchester City also suffered a bad result of three losses and one draw.

It can be said that Hughes, the head coach of Manchester City, is in a very bad situation at this time, because Hughes has begun to hear the voice of someone calling him to dismiss get out of class.Hughes was really anxious about this.

Hughes couldn't imagine that if Manchester City lost to Liverpool after this game, then after five games, with four losses and one tie, Hughes would have no face to face the fans and the club's top management.

Hughes really wanted to cry, and he didn't want to lose. It's a pity that no one can feel his pain.Look at these four games, damn Charlton, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, except that Charlton's strength is comparable to Manchester City, the other three teams, which team's strength is worse than Manchester City.Except for the game against Charlton, in the other three games, the loss was too damn smooth, and there was no disturbance at all.

In the only draw game, Manchester City was also overwhelmed by the sudden outbreak of Charlton. If it weren't for Manchester City's better luck, I am afraid that instead of three losses and one draw, they would lose all four games.

Facing the powerful Liverpool now, it seems that according to the current situation, if there are no accidents in this game against Liverpool, Manchester City may still end in failure.

Five games, four losses and one tie, Hughes can hardly imagine, but the very angry Manchester City fans, how to treat themselves and how they will insult themselves.Now Hughes can only keep praying, praying that this game can end in a draw, at least a draw with the powerful Liverpool. Such a result should be more or less achievable.

At this time, Hughes pinned all his hopes on the team's double forwards. There was no way, the Manchester City team had nothing to offer except the goalkeeper and the forwards.

Hughes hopes that the experienced Fowler and the French genius can score in this game, so as to relieve their current pressure.

Hughes' idea is correct. Although Manchester City's midfield strength is not very strong, but in terms of the strength of the forward line alone, the double forward formed by Fowler and Anelka has no less offensive power than any other team. Hughes can only pin all his expectations on the two.

Although Fowler and Anelka seldom get the support of backcourt players, as long as they get the ball, relying on their outstanding personal ability, every time they launch an attack, they will bring great trouble to Liverpool's defense.

Fowler carefully protected the ball under his feet, alerting Alonso in front of him to steal the ball suddenly. At the same time, his eyes floated around the Liverpool penalty area from time to time, ready to see his teammates' running positions.

Fowler is very clear that Manchester City's overall strength cannot be compared with Liverpool at all.Therefore, Fowler cherishes every offensive opportunity very much, and Fowler will deal with every attack after detailed thinking.Because Fowler is very clear that he has to think carefully before he can handle the ball at his feet, because Manchester City's offensive opportunities are limited.

Oh~ I forgot to mention, due to Anelka's relatively independent style of playing football, coupled with Anelka's weird temper, the relationship between the personnel in the team is not very good, so even if it is a game, the Manchester City players try to give the ball to Fowler.

Seeing that Fowler and Alonso were in a stalemate with each other, and Fowler had no plans to break through, Anelka was not stupid although his character was very eccentric. Anelka knew very well that Fowler was waiting for his running position at this time.

Thinking of this, Anelka immediately started to move, ignoring Hyypia behind him, and began to run and run left in Liverpool's penalty area, or withdraw from the penalty area from time to time, and started running continuously.

Not to mention, Anelka's run also made Liverpool's defense start to move passively.Although Anelka has not yet scored a goal, the few shots from the start of the game to the present have made Liverpool players very aware of one truth, that is, don't give Anelka, a Frenchman, any chance to shoot.

"Good opportunity!" Just as there is no defense line in this world that cannot be broken, so is Liverpool's defense line. With Anelka running without hesitation, Liverpool's defense line suddenly revealed a loophole. This scene was caught by Fowler who had been observing Anelka's movement.He couldn't help but secretly praised Anelka in his heart, and at the same time, his reaction was not slow, and he immediately pushed the ball under his feet straight into Liverpool's penalty area.

Although Fowler also doesn't like the eccentric Anelka, this does not mean that Fowler will ignore the existence of Anelka.Although Anelka's character is very eccentric, he is still very capable. Fowler believes that Anelka can grasp his pass and send the ball into the goal of his old club. (The old club Leeds, as for the old club, it is naturally Liverpool.)
No matter who ignores or despises Anelka, no one can deny Anelka's talent in football.The moment Fowler passed the ball, Anelka turned around and rushed towards the penalty area.And Hypia, who was closely behind Anelka, did not expect Anelka to turn around suddenly. After reacting, Anelka had already broken through Hyypia's defense and entered the penalty area.

"Stop him!" Hypia was taken aback, and immediately reminded his defense teammates loudly. Hypia was very aware of the strength of this Frenchman.If Anelka is really allowed to enter the penalty area and take the ball to shoot, then Liverpool's goal will be threatened.

In fact, there is no need for Hypia to remind, as early as Anelka broke through Hyypia's defense and rushed towards the penalty area, Carragher had already rushed towards Anelka.But it is a pity that Anelka's speed is very fast. When Carragher's sliding tackle suddenly destroyed the ball, Anelka had already caught up with the ball and forced a shot.

There is no need to deny Anelka's desire to score goals. No, Anelka almost forced his kick to shoot at the risk of being injured by Carragher.

Carragher's sliding tackle didn't knock down the ball, it just knocked Anelka to the ground, and the loud cheers erupted from the whole stadium, which made Carragher hit the side lawn fiercely. Carragher knew that since Manchester City's home court could erupt with such loud cheers, there is no doubt that there is only one result, and that is to score a goal.

Thinking of this, Carragher is full of self-blame for himself. If he is faster, Anelka's shot will be destroyed by himself. If he is faster, Anelka will not score.Thinking of this, Carragher secretly made up his mind that he must practice more speed in the future. Although this speed is usually not very obvious to the defensive players, it does not seem to be important, but at this time Carragher can deeply understand that sometimes it is an inconspicuous factor that can determine many things.

Dudek still did not stop Anelka's shot. Anelka's shot was very powerful. Although the angle was not particularly tricky, the ball still got into the net before Dudek intercepted it.

"Coooooooooooooooooal!!! Nicolas Anelka, in the 42nd minute of the game, at the end of the first half, Manchester City finally equalized the score. The goal is the genius from France, our Manchester City super striker Anelka."

With the commentator's passionate commentary, the Manchester City fans who have been suppressed for a long time can finally cheer openly and vent their long-suppressed emotions.Of course, during the cheering, the "enthusiastic" Manchester City fans did not forget to treat the Liverpool players casually. The purest "greetings" in England kept coming out of the mouths of the excited Manchester City fans, aiming at the Liverpool players on the field. Uh~ Of course, the "enthusiastic" Manchester City fans did not forget the old Bei off the field.

Getting up from the ground, Anelka glanced at Liverpool's goal and found that the ball was indeed lying inside the goal. Anelka immediately put his hands on his chest and made a butterfly gesture.

So what if I'm withdrawn?So what if I'm greedy?But at least I can score goals and keep scoring goals.Although Anelka's expression was calm, deep down in his heart, he was already screaming crazily.

From the first day of joining Manchester City, all kinds of doubts have been surrounding Anelka. This is not the first time, not only Manchester City, it seems that Anelka was like this when he was in any club before.

Due to his introverted and withdrawn personality, Anelka seldom expresses his dissatisfaction and resistance directly. The only thing Anelka can do is to constantly use goals to respond to various doubts.

After scoring the goal, the first thing Anelka thought of was all kinds of doubts after joining the Manchester City club. Thinking of this, Anelka yelled crazily in his heart.

"Okay, great, great, Frenchman, I love you so much!" When the ball went into Liverpool's goal, Manchester City coach Hughes couldn't help jumping up high, excitedly shouting at Anelka who scored the goal.

At this moment, Hughes seems to have forgotten that in the team, the goal scorer is Anelka who makes him feel headache and disgust.

"Damn it!" Compared with the excited Hughes, Lao Bei kicked the leveler at his feet fiercely without any grace.Seeing that the first half was coming to an end, Manchester City evened the score at the last minute. If this kind of thing happened to any head coach, I am afraid that he would feel the same as Lao Bei.

It has to be said that Lao Bei is worthy of being a professional player. Although he is now the head coach, his footwork is not bad. The level of being kicked away made him go straight to the fourth official.Therefore, Lao Bei naturally received the glare and warning from the fourth official.

"What's the matter with you, don't you want to win? Look at what you are doing. I need to attack, attack, and keep attacking."

When the game started again, both sides knew that the first half of the game was about to end, so the two sides played in a tacit understanding. They didn't remember to attack, but waited for another victory in the second half.As soon as he returned to the locker room, Old Bei immediately yelled angrily.

He continued to yell a few words to vent his dissatisfaction and anger. Feeling more comfortable, Lao Bei stopped his useless yelling and began to arrange the tactics for the second half.

"Guys, I need to attack, keep attacking, use non-stop attacking to tear through Manchester City's defense and goal. In the second half, everyone rushes up to me, no one is polite, steal the ball on the spot, and then attack quickly. Even the forwards give me regional pressure. Don't be fine after losing the ball like in the first half. Wait for your teammates to pass the ball to attack again. I'm talking about the front. season."

Old Bei's words immediately made George and the others feel a gust of cold wind blowing by, and they couldn't help shivering.Looking at Lao Bei with a ferocious face at this time, no one would suspect that what Lao Bei said at this time was just a joke.

If someone really didn't try his best, I'm afraid Lao Bei will really put him on the bench, just like what Lao Bei said, or this season, he won't have the chance to play in the game.This could be regarded as being thrown into limbo by Lao Bei. Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help telling themselves that they must work hard.

"Steven, I see that in the first half, you started to go forward for assists, but you were not firm. Now I need your offense, and the defense in the second half will be handed over to Harvey. You will attack with all your strength and use your long shots to kill that damn James."

"And John and Mario, damn you two are full-backs, not central defenders. When the central defenders take corner kicks and set kicks, they will also rush forward to grab points. Look at the two of you. As full-backs, you don't know how to attack forward. Are you a central defender or Jamie and Sammy are a central defender?"

Listening to Old Bei's accusation, Yepes and Riser immediately grimaced. You must know that before the start of the game, Old Bei specially confessed to them, because Manchester City's two full-backs have strong main functions, and Liverpool's strength is stronger than Manchester City, so there is no need for two forwards to assist and assist, only two people are needed to crucify the opponent's full-back.

But at this time, seeing Lao Bei complaining that he only focused on defense in the first half and didn't know how to attack, the two really said to Lao Bei: Dude, you must speak with your conscience, don't talk so responsibly.

However, the two of them looked at Lao Bei who had a ferocious face and angry eyes. After thinking about it for a while, they decided to give up the idea of ​​arguing with Lao Bei.After all, if you are still arguing with the angry old Bei at this time, it is purely impatient to live.

"In the second half, you two gave me a bold forward assist, understand?" Old Bei didn't care too much, and the two sides stared at the two with a murderous look and said, and the two of them quickly nodded to express their understanding.

"George, in the second half, your running position needs to be more active, just like Anelka did just now. If it wasn't for Anelka's non-stop running, otherwise, you wouldn't have scored goals. Your physical fitness, impact and speed are no worse than Anelka's, or even stronger. So I need you to keep running. Even if you don't have a chance to score, you have to tear through Manchester City's defense."

For George, the captain, who scored a goal, although Old Bei's face was still ugly, at least he didn't roar like he did to Riise and Yepes just now, instead he said to George calmly.

"Don't worry, boss, this task is not very difficult for me." George nodded and replied, he was indeed a little distracted in the first half, and his performance was not very active.Since the performance in the first half was not good, it is natural to perform well in the second half to make up for the shortcomings of the first half.

After 15 minutes of Lao Bei's saliva bombardment, George and the team members hurriedly fled the locker room and left that horrible place.When the Liverpool players saw the Manchester City players appear, their eyes suddenly showed a strong murderous look.

Damn it, it was you who caused us to be scolded by Lao Bei during the intermission.The Liverpool players have already attributed the reason why they were scolded by the head coach Lao Bei to the Manchester City players, and began to exude their own resentment.

"The situation is not very good. It seems that the second half of the game is not easy to play." As the captain of Manchester City, Fowler, who walked in the first place, was the first to feel the murderous spirit emanating from the Liverpool team.

Seeing Liverpool players looking at him and others with murderous eyes, this scene is no stranger to Fowler. When Fowler was still in Liverpool, he often exuded this kind of murderous intent with his teammates, overthrowing many powerful opponents, and staged many reversals and miracles.

Fowler knows best that whenever the whole Liverpool team has this murderous look, it is the most terrifying moment.Although Liverpool had lost its status as the overlord of the Premier League at that time, Liverpool had unknowingly developed the temperament of the army. When Liverpool started to fight for their lives, I am afraid that any opponent would have a headache.

This is also the reason why no team dares to underestimate Liverpool even though they have not won the league championship in ten years, because Liverpool has such a banner that dares to fight desperately, and can explode with terrifying fighting power once desperately.

Seeing this scene, he couldn't help exclaiming secretly, a strong premonition of danger was telling Fowler himself that the second half of the game was not easy to play.

"Looks like Liverpool has changed a bit. In the second half of the game, you have to pay attention." Feeling the changes in Liverpool, Fowler immediately said to goalkeeper James.

Following Fowler's words, James looked at the Liverpool players and felt the murderous aura emanating from the Liverpool players. He immediately nodded with a serious face, expressing his understanding.

The game officially started in the second half. With Gerrard's long shot, Liverpool began to kick off the prelude to a crazy attack.

The whistle blew and the ball was kicked off. George handed the ball to Gerrard behind him. Gerrard and Kewell made a two-for-one, passed a Manchester City midfielder's interception, took the ball and was 35 meters away from the goal, and shot directly.

Manchester City players and fans probably did not expect that Liverpool would launch their first attack so quickly.Fortunately, James and Gerrard also met in the England national team. I still have a certain understanding of Gerrard. I know that Gerrard's long-range shots are very sharp. The moment Gerrard takes the ball, his mental power has been highly concentrated.

Gerrard's sudden long-range shot, the ball flew very fast, but James, who had been prepared for a long time, still held the ball out of the baseline with one palm.However, Gerrard's long shot still scared Manchester City into a cold sweat. James felt his troublesome left hand. Thinking that he had to face Gerrard's powerful long shot in the second half, his scalp couldn't help but start to feel numb.

(End of this chapter)