Coach, I want to play football!

In the 52nd minute, Ye Qi saw Mane dribbling the ball, and he immediately pushed into the penalty area from the center.

Then Mane passed the ball to Ye Qi in the penalty area under the watch of Luke Shaw.

Bailey knew Ye Qi very well, so he guessed something when he saw Ye Qi start.

He had not moved before, but when Mane passed the ball, he immediately stretched out his feet and intercepted the ball in front of Ye Qi.

Zhan Jun: "Bailey!! Beautiful, this is his most beautiful defense since he came on the field, stealing the ball passed by Mane to Ye Qi."

Liu Yue smiled, "This is familiarity. He knows Ye Qi better, so he predicted in advance how Ye Qi will receive the ball."

Mourinho on the sidelines applauded and said a job well done.

This is why he brought Bailly into the squad today instead of Argentinian defender Rojo.

Because Bailey and Ye Qi are familiar with each other, they may have unexpected effects in defense.

But Mourinho did not dare to bet directly, so he arranged for Bailly to sit on the bench to observe the situation. He did not expect that Phil Jones' unexpected injury contributed to this situation.

Ye Qi himself was stunned for a moment, because he stretched out his foot to catch the ball, and Bailly could still grab the ball. It was obvious that they had made sufficient preparations before.

Ye Qi, who had returned to his mastery, immediately went to press for the ball. It was his habit to counterattack on the spot.

But obviously, Bailey also knew this habit, so he handed the ball to his central defender partner Smalling almost immediately.

Wijnaldum, who entered the penalty area, pounced on Smalling. Liverpool pressed high. Although it was raining heavily, it did not prevent them from starting to grab the ball in the opponent's penalty area.

Smalling watched the opponent pounce fiercely and did not dare to return the ball to the goalkeeper because it was too dangerous.

If you get the ball at your feet, you can only pass it to the goalkeeper with your feet. In this case, De Gea can only control the ball with his feet and cannot hold the ball with his hands.

In such a rainy battle, if the opponent rushes forward, it is likely to pose a threat to the goalkeeper. Once the goalkeeper makes a mistake in the small penalty area, it is a conceded goal.

So Smalling immediately passed the ball to Pogba who came back. As an all-round b2b midfielder, Pogba's activity area is from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area!

Seeing Pogba take the ball with his back to the attacking direction, Ye Qi pounced on him almost immediately.

In fact, it's not just Ye Qi. As long as Manchester United's backcourt players have the ball, Liverpool's formation will tend to favor the opponent's player with the ball.

For example, when Wijnaldum was pressing Smalling just now, Coutinho was also leaning over there.

At the same time, this time too, Wijnaldum and Ye Qi pressed Pogba on the left and right.

Bailey, who was familiar with Ye Qi, felt something was wrong and quickly pointed outside the penalty area.

"Relief!! Hurry!!"

But Pogba didn't listen to him. Instead, he turned around and got rid of Wijnaldum, and then wanted to advance with the ball gracefully.

At this time, Ye Qi arrived.

Almost at the moment Pogba turned around, Ye Qi's left leg stretched out between Pogba's legs behind him and poked the ball.

Pogba immediately lost control of the ball. Following Ye Qi's right foot, he pulled the ball away from Pogba from behind.

The sweat on the back of the French genius was more than the rain. He hurriedly tried to grab back, but his foot got caught on Ye Qi's retracted left foot, causing him to gnaw on the ground.

Pogba was not idle either. He immediately raised his hands and performed a French military salute... indicating that the ball had committed a foul and knocked himself down.

Ye Qi naturally knew that the ball was not a foul. First of all, his movements were not big. In fact, he got the ball first, and Pogba tripped himself.

But he was not sure whether the referee would blow the ball, but because of his character, he did not care whether the referee blew the ball or not, because as long as the whistle did not sound, he would not stop.

After getting the ball, Ye Qi immediately sent the ball behind Smalling in the direction of the small penalty area, which caused Smalling to miss the ball.

At the same time, Coutinho on this side quickly went up and led Ye Qi's pass to the ground!

When Smalling turned back to defend, he saw that Coutinho had already received the ball, so he subconsciously thought that the ball was offside and raised one hand to signal.

But whether it was Pogba complaining about Ye Qi's foul or Smalling raising his hand to indicate offside, the referee did not blow the whistle.

At this time, Ye Qi immediately moved forward, walked into the penalty area from the middle, and then pointed to the middle of the small penalty area.

"here!!"

De Gea went over to block Coutinho's short corner, while Bailly came up to watch Ye Qi closely. He did not dare to take action. Although he knew that Ye Qi was not the kind of player who would deliberately cheat for penalty kicks, he was afraid that if he did When the strength is great, it won't be enough to pull the opponent down.

At the same time, based on his understanding of Ye Qi, as long as Coutinho comes down and delivers the ball, Ye Qi will easily score a goal as soon as he hits it.

Zhan Jun: "Ye Qi... grabbed the ball and counterattacked beautifully on the spot!"

"Give it to Coutinho, go down to the ground... Ye Qi will follow up in the middle, and you can pass!!"

Just when the ball was about to be brought to the baseline, Coutinho finally passed the ball.

But it was not a cross pass to Ye Qi in the middle, but an inverted triangle pass to the back point of the middle!

Wijnaldum followed up without stopping the ball and hit the ball directly from Coutinho!

The ball flew to the far corner, causing a water stain.

When he flew past Ye Qi, he could clearly feel the water splashed on his face by the spinning ball.

Following Ye Qi, he witnessed De Gea failing to make a save at close range and the ball hit the net.

Zhan Jun: "The ball went in!! It came from Wijnaldum!!"

Liu Yue: "This is the Dutch midfielder's first league goal after joining Liverpool. Coutinho gave this goal very well!"

Zhan Jun nodded, "Of course, Ye Qi's counterattack is also crucial, especially seeing the space behind Smalling and following up in the middle to help Wijnaldum clear a shooting route!"

Liu Yue nodded, "This is almost an opportunity that Ye Qi grabbed by force."

At this moment, Pogba was still sitting in the penalty area, watching in surprise as the opponent scored the goal.

If he had not complained to the referee about the foul, but got up and devoted himself to defense immediately, then Wijnaldum in this position would not have been able to score so easily without anyone watching.

It cannot be said that Pogba can completely prevent Wijnaldum's long shot, but at least it can give the Dutch some strength.

What if? As long as there is a 0.01% chance, it's worth trying. After all, as a professional player, you can't be too good and too late.

Spread your hands, it has nothing to do with me!

Ye Qi looked at the ball that had entered the goal, turned to Bailey and said: "Man, have you forgotten that I have a team? Teamfootball, bestefootball!"

After saying this with a smile, Ye Qi turned around and joined the celebration of his teammates.

Bailey: "???"

However, Bailly ignored Ye Qi because he understood as early as his time at Villarreal that any opposing defensive player who struck up a conversation or chatted with Ye Qi during the game would be scored by Ye Qi and then lose the game.

So the best way to defend Ye Qi is to... shut your mouth!