The atmosphere at Old Trafford had completely changed. The Red Devils fans' cheering for the team was even more magnificent.
However, the Liverpool players' morale was even higher after the restart of the game.
This was because Manchester United had inspired a stronger desire to win.
Qin Xiong always firmly believed that there was nothing wrong with Liverpool's current attacking style. Whether it could bear fruit or not still depended on the quality of each attack.
In the 67th minute of the game, Qin Xiong moved forward on the left flank. Aurelio sent a straight pass to Qin Xiong in the backfield from the flank. Under the double attack of Valencia and Neville, Qin Xiong retreated to receive the ball and passed Valencia in the opposite direction. He turned around and kicked the ball to the right flank.
After a beautiful offensive shift, Kuyt stopped the ball on the right flank and faced Evra's pressing, he passed the ball to the middle. Gerard drove Carrick to run in the direction of the Manchester United penalty area. The ball rolled behind him and was received by Alonso, who plugged in from the back.
At this time, Kuyt plugged into the space behind Evra and Alonso sent out a diagonal kick. He took advantage of the gap in Manchester United's flank to create a chance for Kuyt to control the ball in front of the end line.
Kuyt immediately swept the ball into the penalty area after Liverpool's deep attack.
Torres plugged in diagonally behind Vidic and rushed forward. Edwin van der Sar also saw the trajectory of the football and headed out. The two men had a direct conversation less than a meter apart. Torres swept the ball towards the goal. Edwin van der Sar blocked Torres's shot with his body, but the danger in the penalty area had not been resolved.
The blocked football rolled in the direction of Gerard's running position. Vidic immediately rushed over and used a sliding tackle to block Gerard's rebound shot.
Gerard could only barely raise his leg to shoot under the pincer attack of Carrick and Evra. He had tried his best to use a lob shot, but in the end, he was too close to Vidic. The football bounced off Vidic's thigh and went over the crossbar and straight into the crowd in the stands.
Gerard held his head in frustration, while Vidic received praise from Ferdinand, Edwin van der Sar and his other teammates after he got up.
"Liverpool's threatening offensive failed to break through Manchester United's goal with two consecutive shots. Torres's close-range shot was saved by Edwin van der Sar, and Gerard's rebound shot was destroyed by Vidic's sliding tackle."
Manchester United was jittery in the penalty area, but in the end, they did not concede a second goal, which made Manchester United even more confident. Their idea was simple: to score more goals, widen the gap in the score, and not give Liverpool a chance to make a comeback.
In the 72nd minute of the game, Nani dribbled the ball on the left side and cut inside. He made a wonderful breakthrough in front of Mascherano. His dribbling rhythm suddenly came to a halt, and then he dribbled the ball horizontally to the middle of the front of the penalty area.
Unfortunately, his shot was a little unlucky. It was blocked by Carragher's outstretched leg, and there was a refraction. The football brushed the outside of the goalpost and rolled out of the end line.
There were sighs in the stands at Old Trafford. The Red Devils fans were eagerly looking forward to the team being able to score a third goal. A one-goal lead was not safe after all.
Comain began to look a little nervous on the sidelines. The game time was getting less and less. Liverpool's offensive could be a threat, but if they could not seize the opportunity, everything would be in vain.
When the 75th minute of the game arrived, Qin Xiong retreated in a wider area. Johnson saw Qin Xiong and passed the ball to him.
Qin Xiong was almost neck to neck with Alonso to advance forward in the offensive. Park Ji-sung chased Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong did not stick to the ball too much in order to play with the speed of his attack.
After a two-versus-one with Alonso, Qin Xiong had already dribbled the ball to near the midfield line.
Valencia rushed from the side behind, intending to close in. Fletcher also blocked in front of Qin Xiong.
At this time, Qin Xiong passed the ball straight to Gerard, who was running in front.
After the pass, Qin Xiong continued to run forward. Carrick could only block Gerard's path at this time, ready to intercept at any time. The full-back, Neville, stepped forward to the front of the penalty area, ready to block Qin Xiong's forward plug. He knew that Fletcher could not stop Qin Xiong's pace in this attack.
Gerard beautifully knocked the ball back with his heel. The beauty of the ball was that it was knocked back accurately.
The football rolled in front of Alonso. Alonso did not stop the ball and kicked it straight forward.
Liverpool's triangular pass in this attack could be described as textbook!
No one dribbled the ball to break through. It was completely a team passing coordination between Qin Xiong, Gerard, and Alonso.
This coordination pushed forward the attack and at the same time tore apart Manchester United's midfield defense.
Qin Xiong received Alonso's pass 40 yards away from the goal.
At this time, only Neville was blocking in front of him, and Carrick on the right front.
He took a step diagonally to the ball and adjusted the shooting angle. Then, unexpectedly, he directly kicked the goal about 35 yards away from the goal!
This shot was free of interference and pressure. Qin Xiong was able to control his footwork to the maximum extent.
The football, which flew past like a meteor, drew an obvious parabola. When the football entered the penalty area and began to fall, the football became erratic again!
Edwin van der Sar looked in the direction of the football flying. He was originally confident that he could directly receive the ball, but the football's increasingly erratic trajectory when it was less than 10 yards away from the goal made Edwin van der Sar dare not receive it with both hands.
After he pounced, he originally wanted to hit the ball out with both hands. But in the end, when he touched the ball, he smashed the ball down!
The reason was still the football's erratic trajectory.
The football bounced in the small penalty area and flew up. Edwin van der Sar had already fallen in front of the goal line. He looked at the football bouncing in the penalty area with a look of horror in his eyes.
Torres rushed to the goal after Qin Xiong's shot and was ready to shoot at any time.
His world-class awareness as a striker allowed him to seize the opportunity. When the football bounced up and just reached the height of his forehead, he rushed forward and slammed the ball with his forehead. The football was headed straight into Manchester United's so-called empty goal by him!
Old Trafford suddenly fell silent.
Torres rushed to the sidelines and kept waving his fists and roaring. In the end, he laughed in high spirits!
The Liverpool players rushed to Torres one after another. Everyone did not feel relieved at this moment because they firmly believed that the team could score. Now, their hard work had paid off.
Ferguson's face turned ugly in the technical area. Although the ball was scored by Torres, everyone could see that Qin Xiong played an important role in the attack. He pushed the offense, broke the defensive line, and created the opportunity to shoot in front of the goal.
Ferguson shook his head slightly. He could no longer give the team any more defensive advice. Could it be that the players had to surround Qin Xiong?
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