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Chapter 223 Pleasing to the eyes
"Sunshine received the ball. He is now facing away from the attack, but Everton players cannot afford to take it lightly."

The commentator was right.

Who would dare to take lightly a guy who scored 15 league goals in 19 league games?

That must be because his head was clamped by a donkey.

Michael Keane ran up nervously.

In Everton's defence.

From left to right are Baines, Williams, Keane and Kenny.

Among them, Baines and Kenny are left and right full-backs.

They certainly won't be responsible for marking Sunshine.

And between Keane and Williams.

Michael Keane, who is 1.89 meters tall, is taller, so he is the main force in defending the Suns.

He needs to engage in close combat with the sun.

As for the other Everton players, they also retreated.

Including Sigurdsson, Tom Davis, Guy and others in the midfield also came back, ready to seize the opportunity to steal the ball.

Michael Keane came through Manchester United's youth training.

After several loan spells, he was unable to stay at Manchester United and was eventually bought out by Burnley. Unexpectedly, Michael Keane performed well at Burnley.

during this summer.

He was bought by Everton for £25 million.

He has become a young defender that has attracted much attention in this season's Premier League transfer window.

Michael Keane was very confident in his ability to confront opponents. He pressed Sunshine closely and constantly interfered with him from behind, making it difficult for Sunshine to control the ball.

If Yang Guang can't protect the ball, he will look for an opportunity to steal it directly.

Keane's move was a bit big.

But it's okay.

This is the Premier League.

This action.

No foul will be called.

not to mention.

This is a derby.

The standards of a derby are much looser than those of ordinary games, not to mention the legendary and most popular Merseyside Derby.

Then the action will definitely be bigger.

However, Keane could not find a chance to steal the ball.

Sunshine's body is too big.

He pushed back.

Keane could only support himself with his hands on Yangguang's back, and his vision was almost completely blocked by Yangguang's broad back.

He couldn't see where the ball was.

I can only rely on my feeling and poke the ball with my feet.

The young defender has developed some defensive experience.

Against ordinary players, this kind of clumsy action will be annoying, and it can delay the opponent and create opportunities for your teammates.

But that doesn't include sunlight.

A defender who has experience fighting against the sun will never let himself stand with one foot on the ground and reach for the ball with the other foot.
The inexperienced Keane soon paid the price for this.

Unlike those forwards who hope to use their agile bodies to avoid the confrontation of defenders.

Sunshine's style is simple, direct and rough.

He could feel the situation behind him. Keane's pressure on him was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and he even stretched out a foot to poke him randomly.

so.
He now had one foot completely on the turf.

Sunshine didn't even use any fake moves.

His body sank.

Lean back suddenly.

Keane's knees went weak as he stood on one leg.

Then Yangguang suddenly took a step forward, and Keane, who had lost his strength and support, immediately knelt down.

"Keane fell to his knees..Yang! Turn around!"

Under Keane's somewhat desperate gaze, the sunlight turned past him.

He stretched out his hand to try to catch the sunlight, but failed. Instead, he was knocked to the ground by the sunlight's forward momentum.

Keane fell to the ground and lost his defensive position.

The sunlight turned around from this point on his body.

Before Everton's defenders made up for it.

Direct right foot shot!

The football flew along the grass towards the lower right corner of the goal.

Although England goalkeeper Pickford made a save.

But faced with a shot from such a tricky angle, he was completely out of reach.

"Yangyang!"

The commentator of Liverpool TV shouted at the top of his lungs.

Those Liverpool fans who were unable to buy tickets to enter Anfield, as well as the Liverpool fans at the scene, jumped up and cheered.

"Yang turns around! Oh oh oh oh! Keane! His defense is so bad! Yangguang...shoots!! The ball goes in! One to zero, Yangguang helps Liverpool score the first goal 1!"

"Pickford's reaction was quick enough, but he still couldn't block Sunshine's shot!"

"Everton set up a solid defense during the game, but the sun opened a gap through Keane, instantly making Everton's solid defense ineffective."

Amid the cheers of the commentators.

Yangguang opened his arms and rushed to the corner flag area to celebrate.

He turned his head and found Everton captain Rooney staring at him.

He grinned at Lu Xiaopang, remembering the classic celebration of the former Manchester United captain.

He came in front of the camera, assumed a boxer's stance, and threw punches.

"Hahahaha. Sunshine's celebration must be imitating Rooney!"

"Imitating the opponent's captain's classic celebration after scoring a goal can be said to be a face-to-face output."

The commentators all laughed.

No one would say the sunshine was excessive – this was a derby, between two bitter rivals.

Rooney's face darkened.

He turned his head, walked to the center circle, and then looked at the sidelines. He hoped that Allardyce could come up with a solution as soon as possible.

This is a derby within the same city, we can't give up the victory so easily.

Losing the ball first made the situation very bad.

Because Everton's stubborn defense is meaningless.
Allardyce frowned.

What can he do?

Everton only has these few people, they have been playing for so many years, and have been neither up nor down for so many years.

Moreover, they haven't won against Liverpool away from home for a long time.

Now we hope that Everton can press forward, score two goals in a row and reverse the score.

Such thoughts are no different from suicide.

Allardyce is still very experienced.

He asked Everton's players to stay calm.

Just hold on first.

As long as we don’t continue to lose the ball in the first half.

There was still hope in the second half. Sunshine's goal gave Liverpool the lead.

At the same time, it also boosted the morale of the entire team.

With the power of scoring and the advantage of home court.

Liverpool launched a pretty fierce attack.

However, they failed to score a goal against Everton, who continued to shrink their defense.

The first half of the game is over.

Both sides returned to the locker room with a score of 1-0.

"Liverpool scored a goal in the first half, but the game is not over yet. There are still 45 minutes left in the second half. No one can predict what will happen in these 45 minutes, because this is the Merseyside derby, the most intense derby in the Premier League."

During the intermission.

The head coaches of both teams were instilling in their players the concept of "our tactics are correct, keep sticking to it."

Everyone feels that there is nothing wrong with their strategy and that it is correct and effective.

The main job of Allardyce, the team behind, during the half-time break was to encourage Everton players and tell them that being one goal behind was no big deal, that they still had enough time, and that as long as they held on, there was hope.

Klopp did not praise his players just because they were leading.

A one-goal lead was gone in an instant.

The game isn't over yet, there's still half time left.

But we must never take it lightly.

Fifteen minutes of break passed.

Players from both teams reappeared on the court and the game continued after changing sides.

The pace of the game was the same as in the first half.

Everton shrank the penalty area, gave up the ball and focused on defensive counterattacks.

And for Liverpool players.

They hope to score the second goal as soon as possible.

A one-goal lead is not enough.

If you have 2, it will be much safer.

If Everton does not want to lose the game, they have to press forward and attack.

In this way, Liverpool will have plenty of space to counterattack.

If Everton continues to hold the penalty area, Liverpool will have a two-goal lead and can slow down the pace of the game and deal with the opponent slowly.

The second half of the game started.

Liverpool launched a crazy attack.

The previous match against Chelsea made Klopp realize that if the opponent is determined to defend, Liverpool's offense will be relatively monotonous and easily restricted.

Therefore, this time we met Everton who defended at Anfield.

With a wave of his hand, he allowed Mane and Salah to strengthen their breakthroughs on the wing.

The purpose of a breakthrough is certainly not to go directly into the penalty area and shoot to score - if it is possible, that's certainly fine.

But it is very difficult to do so.

Normally this is not possible.

therefore.

Whether it is a breakthrough on the left or the right.

The essential purpose is to divert the opponent's defensive force out of the penalty area, so that the sunshine in the middle can gain more space.

And after attracting the defense.

The goal of both of them is to pass the ball to Yangguang's feet.

"Salah got the ball on the wing and made a beautiful pass to the baseline! It went over! Passed the ball. Oh! Sunshine was just a little bit away! The ball passed through his toes!"

"The ball is in Mane's side, Mane, dribble the ball... flick the ball, sweep it straight in! Williams' clearance!"

Fifty-fifth minute of the game.

Salah held the ball on the left and suddenly passed it horizontally.

Sunshine was ready to shoot on the penalty area line.

Liverpool fans in the stands were ready to celebrate.

But at this critical moment.

The full-back Baines, who rushed out from outside the penalty area, fell to the ground and slid.

He failed to tackle the ball, but the football rubbed against his toes and bounced up, turning from a ball that was close to the ground into a parabola.

The football went behind Yangguang's body.

Yangguang, who was ready to shoot, turned around quickly.

And at this time.

Williams, who rushed from behind, saw the opportunity and planned to kick the ball out first.

But right now.

The advantage of Yangguang's longer legs is revealed.

He stretched out his foot, suddenly cushioned the ball, then quickly retracted his foot to avoid Williams's sole. He didn't want to use the instep of his foot to test the hardness of the studs of the pair of Nike sneakers on Williams' feet.

The football flew into the air and passed over the head of Williams who jumped out and made a flying kick.

at the same time.

The sun also turned around.

"Yang jumps past the defense!"

to the exclamations of the commentators.

The football fell from the sun.

But right now.

Sigurdsson also rushed over from the side.

Williams uses his feet.

He used his head.

His purpose was clear at a glance - he wanted to head the ball away before it hit the ground.

Yangguang was waiting for the ball to land and then dribbled it into the penalty area and shot.

How could he let the fat meat in his mouth slip away now?

So he stretched out his foot again and picked up the ball!
The football once again formed a small parabola and flew over Sigurdsson who was jumping over.

Sigurdsson turned his head and looked at the football that was picked up by the sunlight and landed on his right foot area, his pupils shrank!
"Sunlight!!"

The commentators also exclaimed.

When the football fell from the air again.

Sunshine right foot has been discussed.

At the moment when the football is about to land.

boom!
The instep of the right foot hit the middle of the football hard!
Two consecutive volleys after dribbling past the opponent!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!"

the commentators roared.

"Two to zero! Sunshine scored twice!!"

"Salah's pass was blocked by Baines. When everyone thought that Yang Guang had no chance to control the ball, he used his long legs to get past the defender with two lobs and volleyed the ball into the goal!"

“A breathtaking, beautiful goal!”

The football flew into the goal.

Pickford didn't even react this time.

When he saw Sunshine pass the ball past Sigurdsson, he had not yet predicted that Sunshine would shoot directly, so when the ball flew over, he was unable to react.
He watched the football fly into the goal from his side. In fact, many people felt that if Pickford could react at this time, he could just stretch out his hand and hit the ball out.
But human neural responses have limits.

If he had anticipated Sunshine's shot, he might have been able to save the ball.

But when the ball flew out, he realized it was a shot.
There is no other way.

(End of this chapter)