Qin Xiong's pass from the left flank in front of the penalty area was an inside spin ball with his inner instep.
The football flew quickly into Manchester City's penalty area and passed over the heads of Kompany and Lescott.
Suarez could only look up as the football flew over his head between the two players.
After the football passed over Lescott, it began to fall rapidly and spun in the direction of the end line.
Lescott turned his head to look and suddenly felt uneasy. He saw Raúl rushing to the back of the goal.
When the football fell two meters in front of the goalpost, parallel to the height of a person, Raúl used his forehead to head the ball to the near corner of the goal!
Hart had already started to run to the back of the goal after the pass, but he was still a step too late!
Raúl used his head to smash the ball into the near corner of the goal!
After the goal, Raúl showed an excited smile and gave Qin Xiong two thumbs up!
"The 34-year-old Raúl scored a goal in the Premier League's pinnacle showdown! Liverpool should consider giving him at least another year on his contract!
Qin Xiong's pass is amazing. He runs to get rid of the ball, receives his teammate's pass, and raises his leg to cross. It's really pleasing to watch him play, even though sometimes he's so cunning that it makes people gnash their teeth.
Raúl cleverly snatched the ball from the back and scored with a header to help Liverpool reverse the score!
Now the defending champions are leading Manchester City by 2: 1 at home! "
Mancini stomped his feet on the sidelines and did not know how to face the current situation.
Kerman, on the other hand, smiled. He was not surprised at all.
He certainly understood his team. Manchester City wanted to make waves in Anfield, but it was still too early!
Yaya Toure found Milner when Liverpool went to celebrate and told him to retreat deeper to strengthen the defense!
Otherwise, Qin Xiong would not be able to mark him at all.
Let Qin Xiong enter the penalty area to touch the ball. Boom!
Let Qin Xiong pass the ball without pressure from the outside. Boom!
In short, they had to absolutely contain Qin Xiong.
Manchester City restarted the game. They paid more attention to defense because of the reversal because Qin Xiong's attack on the left flank in the front field made it impossible for them to rest easy.
Their experience of playing against Liverpool told them that if Qin Xiong was left alone, or if they knew they could not defend but still pretended to deceive themselves, they would generally end up miserable!
Manchester City could almost only rely on the left flank to threaten Liverpool's goal.
But they still did not do well enough. In the 40th minute of the game, Nasri was caught in the Liverpool midfield's intensive defense in the front field. After he dribbled past Gerrard, Kuyt rushed out from behind and poked the ball away.
On the other hand, Liverpool steadied themselves and slowed down their pace first.
They wanted to see if Manchester City would lower their guard because the pace of the game had slowed down.
In the 44th minute of the game, Liverpool spurred another attack in the front field. This time, Qin Xiong was once again trapped in a siege on the left flank.
But Liverpool quickly turned and moved the ball. Qin Xiong passed the ball back to Baines, who passed the ball to Gerard.
Gerard dribbled from the middle to the front field. Before Yaya Touré and Gareth Barry re-formed the defense, he passed the ball straight to Suarez's feet.
Suarez had his back to Kompany and dribbled the ball sideways before passing it to Kuyt, who plugged in from behind.
Raúl was marked by Clichy and Lescott. Manchester City also thought that Suarez would seek to cooperate with Raúl in a short pass. They were wrong.
Kuyt came up to receive Suarez's pass and then kicked a weak diagonal pass.
Suarez was a little embarrassed when he plugged in in the penalty area. He could not stop the ball with his foot, nor could he shoot with his foot in the first place, so he could only use his head to attack the goal.
He swung his head and headed the ball to the bottom right corner of the goal.
Hart jumped to save but could not touch the football. He turned his head in horror and saw the football brushing the outside of the goal post and flying out of the end line. He breathed a sigh of relief.
Suarez put his hands together in front of his chest and shook them. He looked up at the sky with a helpless look in his eyes.
Just a little more and they could have hit Manchester City again before the end of the first half!
Unfortunately, on the football field, close at hand was often as far away as the horizon.
At the end of the first half, Liverpool walked into the locker room with a 2: 1 lead. Most importantly, they achieved a reversal of the score against Manchester City, which was very important for morale.
Back in the locker room, Comain praised the team's performance in the first half and then stressed that they should play a little more cautiously in the second half.
He wanted to see how Manchester City would behave when they were behind in the score.
If the whole team went on a frenzied attack, Comain wanted to use the lowest consumption in exchange for the most glorious victory.
Because in three days, Liverpool still had a EFL Cup game to play. This season's emphasis on the domestic cup, coupled with the fact that their opponent in the UEFA Europa League final was Chelsea, Comain had to consider this factor.
When the game came to the second half, the two sides changed sides to fight again.
Manchester City did not attack aggressively. They patiently created an offensive, while Liverpool put a lot of defensive pressure on them in the middle and backfield.
As Milner did not dare to participate too much in the attack, he was afraid that he would not be able to defend against Qin Xiong when Liverpool attacked, so it was difficult for his attack on the right flank to exert its power.
On the other side, Nasri was trapped in a frantic encirclement in Liverpool's middle and backfield. It was difficult for him to play a role.
Mancini frowned as he watched from the sidelines.
He was ready to make a substitution.
In the 54th minute of the game, Liverpool quickly launched a wave of fast attacks.
Qin Xiong retreated to receive Kuyt's pass and sent the ball out with a kick!
He directly sent the ball to Raúl's feet with a medium-long transmission.
After Raúl received the ball in the right position in front of the penalty area, he immediately played a one-two combination with Suárez. After rushing past Barry's defense and coming to the front of the penalty area, Raúl's cold shot made Hart's scalp tingle. In a flash, the football that flew to the lower left corner of the goal was blocked by Hart, but he did not hold it firmly. Kompany beat Suárez to the football this time to clear the ball.
Liverpool launched a corner kick. Qin Xiong rushed ahead in the penalty area to head the ball, but he headed the ball out of the end line.
At this time, Manchester City made a substitution.
Mancini brought on Balotelli.
The man who was brought on was Nasri. He was a little unhappy, but he did not act irrationally.
With Balotelli on the field, Manchester City's offense became more violent and simple.
They never dared to invest too many troops in the offense, for fear that Liverpool's unparalleled quick attacks would crush all hopes of equalizing the score.
Liverpool's side responded with ease. The simpler and more violent the attack, the more unable it was to shake their goal, at least in a match between the strong teams. On the contrary, when they confronted the middle and lower tier teams, because they invested too many troops in the siege, the middle and backfield was empty. They were counterattacked by the opponent's simpler and more violent offensive, and often made mistakes in response.
In the 65th minute of the game, Manchester City's hopes of equalizing the score were completely dashed!
God Ba was sent off with a red card!
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