Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The goal was a great success.

Yang Luo in the stands couldn't help but stand up and applaud this wonderful goal.

This is absolutely basic for Kaka in the future!

But this goal is the starting point of his brilliant career!

Lineker said with emotion: "Yes, this Brazilian teenager scored a goal similar to Michael Owen. The same dribbling route, the same central defender was shaken. It's just that the Brazilian teenager chose a more tricky angle for the final shot, which also shows that this ball is more comfortable for him."

Alan Hansen added: "Owen's goal was on a higher stage, and both sides have their own merits."

As an Englishman, he naturally has to say a few more good words for his own players.

Amid the cheers, only Hyypia wanted to cry but had no tears.

Why, I am always the one who gets hurt?

Houllier on the sidelines sighed, and he suddenly felt a little short of breath.

He rubbed his heart and walked back slowly.

Then he sat on the bench, his brain began to work rapidly, thinking about the next countermeasures.

For now, he can only rely on two forwards to fight back simply and roughly!

So he stepped forward again and conveyed his tactical intentions to the players.

His two forwards are standard, one tall and one fast. As the first generation of forwards, Heskey can only score goals, but his other skills are still good, just to provide Owen with a certain amount of space.

And Gerrard's long pass behind them is also a must. I hope he can use his dispatch to win a glimmer of life for Liverpool!

Sure enough, after getting Houllier's tactical intentions, Liverpool's formation began to retreat.

Van Gaal knew the opponent's plan, but his character did not disdain to retreat as well, but chose to continue attacking and suppressing.

As long as you score one more goal, no matter how hard you try to counterattack, it will be useless!

In the next ten minutes, Manchester City still had the advantage of possession on the field, and Liverpool looked a little embarrassed.

But Houllier was not in a hurry, he believed that the opponent's young team would definitely make mistakes!

Sure enough, in the 43rd minute, Ronaldinho made a pass error.

After Hamann intercepted the ball, he quickly passed the ball to Gerrard.

Gerrard did not hesitate after receiving the ball, and directly threw a long pass to the front court!

Heskey and Distin were entangled together. The two big guys over 1.9 meters tall were unwilling to give in to each other, but Heskey barely headed the ball.

Owen immediately started to grab the second point, and Uifalusi beside him immediately stuck to him tightly.

Yes, in order to defend Owen in this game, Uifalusi was the starting central defender.

The task assigned to him by Van Gaal was to stick to him tightly, and then Sun Jihai made up for the defense in time and used two people to double-team him to resolve his threat.

This is also the reason why Van Gaal dared to continue to press forward.

Sure enough, after Uifalusi entangled Owen, Sun Jihai immediately stepped forward to fill in the position, and the two of them directly blocked Owen tightly.

Seeing that he could not break through, Owen had to flash out of a gap and passed the ball to his striker partner Heskey with a diagonal pass.

Heskey resisted Distin's interference, flicked the ball, and then kicked decisively!

Well, Van der Sar didn't even move.

The football flew high out of the baseline.

Yang Luo raised his eyebrows.

Messi is as good as Messi, and Heskey is as good as Messi.

At the moment of shooting, he was actually calm.

Lineker sighed: "Heskey's shot... is not worthy of all the efforts made by his teammates before."

Houllier rubbed his chest.

Damn it, it felt like an arrow hit his chest...

At the end of the first half, the score was still 2-0, with Manchester City leading at home.

In the second half, the situation between the two sides remained unchanged, and Van Gaal's strategy was still very clear, letting the two forwards fight alone, pinch Owen, and let Heskey shoot.

In the 53rd minute, the same plot again.

Owen passed the ball in the pinch, and Heskey faced Distin one-on-one.

This time, Heskey chose a more detailed passing move.

He first moved in small steps, and then looked for Distin's flaws.

But Distin didn't take his action, just focused on his ball.

Heskey had no choice but to shake to the right first, then quickly pull back, and then go to the left, flashing out

A shooting angle.

But here comes the awkward part.

This is an opportunity to shoot with the left foot.

And he is a right-footed player.

He is not very good at shooting with his right foot, so his left foot...

But the situation is stronger than him, so he has to shoot before Distin blocks it.

If he doesn't shoot, there is no chance at all, but if he shoots, he might...

Then, surprise suddenly blooms on his face.

The trajectory of this ball is very straight!

He felt it the moment it came out of the gun.

Sure enough, the ball went straight to the dead corner of the goal!

But Van der Sar was prepared, and flew out diagonally, holding the ball out with one hand!

Heskey's excited expression froze on his face.

I finally hit such a high-quality ball, and you just saved it for me?

Van der Sar climbed up, and the expression on his face seemed to say, if I let you score my goal, where will my face be?

Houllier sighed in disappointment. It was rare for Heskey to kick such a ball. How could he not score?

In the following games, Liverpool never got such a good chance as before.

After all, Heskey's kick was absolutely extraordinary. If he were to do it again, he might not be able to make such a stunning shot.

In fact, the forward Heskey's condition this season is not as good as before. If it weren't for the injury of another striker Baros, he would have been replaced long ago.

Houlier looked at his own bench and could only replace Diouf to play as a right winger.

The Senegalese striker was recruited to Liverpool after becoming famous in the World Cup, but his performance in Liverpool was really hard to describe.

But at this time, Houllier had no other choice but to give it a try.

However, after Diouf came on the court...well, it was basically one less person.

Houlier just felt that he had to take a quick-acting heart-saving pill.

As time went by, Van Gaal also began to make some personnel adjustments.

The Christmas schedule is quite dense nowadays, so he also needs to rotate the main players.

So he successively replaced Ronaldinho, Makelele and Ronaldo, and let the substitutes come up to exercise.

But even so, the score between the two sides did not change. In the end, Manchester City relied on two goals from Eto'o and Kaka to beat Liverpool 2-0 at home!

This is also a key victory on the road to the top four!