When Liverpool took the lead of 4: 1, Comain made a tactical adjustment gesture on the sidelines to let Liverpool shrink their offensive posture slightly.
It was not to ensure victory for the sake of defense, but he could keenly perceive that Shakhtar Donetsk had only one choice in the situation of a big deficit.
If Shakhtar Donetsk thought that they could beat Liverpool with three goals when they returned to their home ground, then this dark horse was really arrogant!
In order to not make the second leg meaningless, Shakhtar Donetsk only had more than twenty minutes left.
They had to narrow the gap with Liverpool in these twenty minutes. Otherwise, Liverpool could make Shakhtar Donetsk helpless no matter how they played in the second leg.
After the game restarted, Shakhtar Donetsk began to gradually exert their strength. Srna and Fernandinho were in the front positions, the full-backs frequently coordinated in the midfield, and Fernandinho coordinated and counter-tackled behind Judson and William. On the other hand, Douglas Costa on the flank gradually began to quiet down.
In the past hour or so, he did have a magnificent feat of almost completely destroying Liverpool's defensive line, but most of the time, he was frozen by Liverpool's tight joint defense in the backfield.
There were also some inefficient passes that did not pose any threat.
In the 69th minute of the game, Fernandinho received a return pass from Adriano in the front field in front of the penalty area and shot the ball into the stands with a long shot.
Shakhtar Donetsk also became a little anxious in the situation of a big deficit.
The handling of the last kick was a little sloppy.
Two minutes later, Liverpool crossed from the flank. Qin Xiong used the ball on the left side to break through Srna and picked the ball near the penalty spot near the end line. Gerard plugged in from the back to head the ball. This time, Pyatov moved sideways and received the ball.
In the 74th minute, Shakhtar Donetsk organized an offensive in the front field. Judson had no choice but to pass the ball back in the face of Mascherano's pressing.
In order to evade Meireles's pressing, Fernandinho made a mistake in controlling the ball and let the football out of his control. Alonso seized the opportunity to step forward and successfully intercept the ball.
After the interception, Alonso directly dribbled the ball forward. When he crossed the halfway line, Fernandinho chased back to his position, but Alonso was one step faster and passed the ball straight ahead.
Gerard slipped the ball between Miksitarian's legs in front of him. Miksitarian was shaken and went back to chase the football. Raúl received him with his back in front of the penalty area and directly kicked the ball back.
Miksitarian looked like he had been played to death. He stopped again, regained his balance, and turned to face Gerard. This time, as soon as he turned around, Gerard broke through with a dribble!
Miksitarian wanted to block Gerard again, but it was too late. He also lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Gerard pressed in front of the penalty area and Raúl ran diagonally behind Raúl. Ishchenko immediately chased after Raúl, but there was a huge gap in his position.
Gerard again passed the ball diagonally behind Ishchenko. Qin Xiong quickly cut into the penalty area and once again got a one-on-one chance.
The goalkeeper, Piatov, felt his scalp tingle. He did not know how to choose. He was afraid of being bypassed by Qin Xiong if he abandoned the goal. It did not seem appropriate to stay in front of the goal line.
While he was in a dilemma in his mind, Qin Xiong directly shot!
With a push kick close to the ground, the football rolled into the bottom left corner of the goal when Piatov was unprepared!
Anfield had become a sea of joy. The crowd cheered. Qin Xiong ran around the field and pointed to the sky. All the Shakhtar Donetsk players in the stadium wanted to give up the game. They were disheartened!
"Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong, who scored a hat-trick in two consecutive games in the Champions League!
With him leading Liverpool on the road to defending their title, all the Red Army fans will firmly believe that the team is invincible!
Shakhtar Donetsk were wrong, very wrong!
They got off to a fantastic start, but they were not satisfied. They thought they could continue to expand their advantage by using defensive counterattacks.
But in the end, the defending champion Liverpool brutally left bloody wounds on them!
Shakhtar Donetsk may have thought that it was difficult but not difficult to break through Liverpool's goal and take the lead in Anfield.
They were completely wrong!
In Anfield, if you break through Liverpool's goal and take the lead in the score.
Then, you have to be prepared.
Otherwise, you will be able to take away a shocking victory here.
Or, you will be cruelly slaughtered by Liverpool! "
The score had become 5: 1.
Shakhtar Donetsk realized that no matter how they struggled and resisted, it was unlikely that they would be able to narrow the score gap. The team's thinking began to diverge.
The defensive players simply wanted to escape from the field. Today's game was an absolute nightmare!
Some of the attacking players began to give up. Their confidence suffered a huge blow. Although some still wanted to perform a miracle to narrow the score gap, it was too difficult to score a goal!
When the Shakhtar Donetsk team began to show signs of disunity, their fighting power rapidly declined.
In a game like this, especially when the opponent was the powerful defending champion Liverpool, the first foundation to compete with the opponent was that the whole team's thinking was unified and the whole team was extremely united.
But Shakhtar Donetsk broke down on a mental level!
Just three minutes later, Shakhtar Donetsk lost the ball in the front field. Costa stubbornly wanted to force an inside cut. After the ball passed Baines, Mascherano flew diagonally to intercept the ball. Mascherano performed a textbook interception. This tackle alone could be called an art.
Liverpool launched another attack. Baines rushed forward from the flank and dribbled forward. He came to the end line and sent a wide arc pass out.
Gerard, Meireles, and Raúl were all in the penalty area. Qin Xiong was ready to rush to the front of the goal, but Baines' pass obviously would not give the front any chance, so Qin Xiong slowed down his pace.
When the football fell to the back point, Qin Xiong saw Meireles leap high at the back point to head the ball. He realized that he had another chance.
Because Pyatov and Rajitesky completely blocked the angle of Meireles's header, Meireles's header was ferried!
He headed the ball back to the left side of the goal.
Raúl and Ishchenko both jumped, but the two men interfered with each other and neither could touch the ball. The football fell to Qin Xiong.
In front of him was a completely open goal. Qin Xiong looked at the falling football. He did not bend over to use his header. Instead, he used his foot to head the ball into the empty goal. It was as easy as juggling!
6:1！
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