Chapter 231 Five goals in two games, top of the league

"Well, although it is a bit cruel to the Sunderland fans, I have to say that after they were scored by Sheffield United, this game was destined to fall into Sheffield United's rhythm.

, Li’s finishing ability is still so stable. His fourth goal in the new season is really a bad thing for other shooters. It seems that Li will be the leader in the scorer list this season.”

"Mi Chucai and Li were tied for one day on the scorer list, and then they were pushed down again. Michu, who scored three goals in two games, gave us a big surprise, but in front of the big devil of Sheffield United, such a

The data is not enough!”

Sky Sports commentators and guests had nothing but praise for Li Mo.

It was Li Mo's goal that broke the deadlock again, and this scene was something that Premier League fans had seen countless times last season.

This season, Li Mo still maintains this characteristic of scoring key goals, and he scores more decisively and neatly, growing more and more terrifyingly.

The Sheffield United players on the field surrounded Li Mo and raised their arms and shouted, and Speed ​​also smiled and waved his fist on the sidelines.

As the commentator said, after the game was broken, the game was destined to enter Sheffield United's rhythm.

Unless Sunderland can withstand Sheffield United's attack and score an equalizer in the remainder of the first half, it will only be a matter of time before Sheffield United continues to play like this and score another goal.

However, Sunderland fans obviously have no hope for the team to equalize.

Sessegnon was beaten to death by Medel, and the core of the offense seemed to be invisible. Do you expect others to explode?

The key is that even if they want to explode, Sunderland's players currently don't have the ability.

It is possible for Arsenal, Liverpool or Tottenham players to explode when they are behind. After all, there is no shortage of such young talents in the team, but what does Sunderland have?

Apart from Sessegnon, who was restricted to death, there is only one "former genius" Adam Johnson who was abandoned by Manchester City.

But in this game, Adam Johnson was actually guarded by Bell. It is really difficult for people to have hope for him.

Li Mo was almost celebrating with his teammates at the moment.

On the way back to his own half, he did not forget to remind his teammates to continue to suppress Sunderland and not to relax.

After four days of rest after this game, they will leave for London to play Chelsea, so they try to defeat Sunderland as early as possible so that they can control the field more in the remaining game time and save some physical energy.

After the restart, Sheffield United still maintained a high pressure on Sunderland. Speed ​​also kept telling his disciples on the sidelines to maintain the rhythm, trying to work hard and at least beat Sunderland again in the first half.

However, the old handsome guy didn't shy away from his roar, and Martin O'Neill on the side was very angry when he heard it.

There are really too few cards he can play in this game, otherwise he would not use Danny Rose as the midfielder. If he is optimistic about the Celtics midfielder Ji Chengyong, he will transfer here early.

He would never be as helpless as he is now.

But the club's financial situation is like this. Although it can spend a lot of transfer fees, it can still save a little bit. Martin O'Neill can only express his understanding of this.

After all, what can you do if you don’t understand? It’s already here, so just make do with it.

After holding on for five or six minutes, the Sunderland players on the field gave away the ball again, and the situation returned to Sheffield United's suppressive attack.

Matt Ritchie and Trippier also began to exert their strength. Matt Trippi and Bale took turns to intervene on the left, and Joaquin on the right even gave up an entire side channel for Trippier.

Trippier contributed seven assists in the league last season, and his strength has been unanimously recognized by Premier League fans. Faced with the current suppressive situation, Trippier can step in with more confidence.

With the support of Joaquin and Berbatov who was pulled out, Trippier quickly got a good opportunity in the 34th minute of the first half.

Medel, Joaquin, and Berbatov completed a very beautiful short pass in Sunderland's rib area. Joaquin suddenly stepped in with the ball, causing Sunderland's defense to loosen.

Sunderland's left back Coleback subconsciously followed Joaquin as he cut inside, hoping to interfere with Joaquin's passing or shooting options.

But after Joaquin saw the space on the wing, he decisively sent the ball over, and Trippier also stepped in at the right time and got a pretty good chance to get down.

McLean and Coleback were driven into the ditch by Sheffield United's previous series of short passes, allowing Trippier to easily complete the pass almost unguarded.

Berbatov feinted a shot in front, and Sunderland center back Kular had to take off.

However, O'Shea was very cautious this time and followed Li Mo. Therefore, Li Mo did not get much space to jump and could only carry O'Shea sideways.

Just when Li Mo wanted to force a volley to hit the goal, he saw Joaquin subconsciously running into the Sunderland penalty area and standing on the right side of the penalty area, waiting to grab the second point.

"It seems like everyone thinks I'm going to knock on the door."

This thought flashed through Li Mo's mind quickly, and then he made a decision.

Facing the ball, Li Mo did not take off with all his strength. After resisting O'Shea's interference with his back, Li Mo jumped slightly, and then chose to header the ball to Joaquin, who was almost unguarded.

Seeing the football flying towards him, Joaquin was stunned at first, but his movements were not slow, and he even stopped and adjusted. Faced with such an opportunity, Joaquin would not be weak and volleyed the ball directly towards the goal.

Far corner!

"Li Mo passed the ball?! Didn't hit Joaquin! Good chance! Shoot!"

Facing Li Mo's sudden pass, Zhan Jun almost didn't react, but when he saw Joaquin stop and play and complete the shot, he immediately burst into excitement.

Li Mo's choice was beyond everyone's expectations, but it also meant that it was difficult for Sunderland players to react. Joaquin's shot was very decisive, and Mignolet didn't even make any saves. He could only watch.

The football flew into the gate he was guarding for the second time!

"The ball went in! Joaquin, veteran Joaquin scored the first Premier League goal in his career! Li Mo's assist! Sheffield United made it 2-0!"

Faced with such a conceding goal, Mignolet was a little nervous. He really couldn't understand why Joaquin was allowed to get such an opportunity in the penalty area. This was definitely a major mistake by the defense.

But do you blame the centre-back?

The two central defenders, one with Berbatov and the other preventing Li Mo from shooting, made no mistakes. Mignolet could only vent his anger on left back Cole Back and defensive midfielder Danny Rose.

Although Danilos felt aggrieved, Mignolet was furious now, and he had indeed retreated a little too slowly just now, so he had no choice but to bear Mignolet's scolding.

Joaquin, who scored the goal, was also hugged and pushed to the corner flag area by Li Mo to celebrate.

He was still a little confused.

Is this a goal?

Li Mo and Berbatov attracted all the defenders away. It was like he was doing shooting practice, and it was a shooting practice without anyone interfering.

This is too easy.

"No wonder they all say you have your own system. It seems that after I finish playing this season, my value, which has been falling, may also rise."

Joaquín and Li Mo made a joke while hugging.

He now understands why one of Li Mo's nicknames was Little Ibrahimovic. Playing offensive tactics around Li Mo will indeed bring in data.

Even though he is far away from the goal now, he has made one pass and one shot in two league games. He could not play so easily in Malaga last season and score assists and goals.

And Berbatov, with these two big centers, he feels that his statistics this season will not be bad, and may even reach new highs.

"It's passing and shooting again! Li Mo had an assist in the last game, and he assisted his teammates to score again in this game. Li Mo proved with practical actions that no matter how the partners around him change, he will be the one who adapts the fastest. Last season we

We always joke that Li Mo is responsible for goals and assists at Sheffield United. He is both a thigh and a nanny. It seems that he will have a lot of assists this season."

Zhang Lu is in a good mood. Li Mo has performed so well in two consecutive league games and is in full swing. His chances of winning against the Neon team in the World Cup preliminaries will be greatly increased!

At this moment, Speed ​​was also enthusiastically high-fiving and hugging the assistant coach on the sidelines. Joaquin's goal helped Sheffield United consolidate their advantage. After 2-0, Sheffield United had a lot of room for error.

You can continue to attack, or you can just defend and defend, but Sunderland, on the other hand, must at least choose to attack within a certain period of time, otherwise it will be too difficult to equalize the score.

After the Sheffield United players finished celebrating, Li Mo also took the drinker to discuss it.

There are about ten minutes left in the first half of the game. If the Sunderland players are still motivated, they will definitely seize this time to give it a try. After all, if they can get a goal back, the team's morale will be completely different.

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Li Mo originally wanted to suggest that Drinkwater take control of the situation, but Brother Drinkwater said that he had the same idea. The two coincided with each other, and immediately called their teammates back to their own half, reminding each other to pay attention to defense.

When the game started again, Li Mo also retreated to the center circle to assist Medel and others in controlling the field and intercepting and interfering with the passes of Sunderland players.

When Speed ​​saw this, he also knew that Li Mo must have discussed it with Drinkwater. As for their decision to slow down the pace and control the field now, Speed ​​thought it was okay, so he made no further adjustments.

However, I wonder if Sunderland may have misunderstood. Sheffield United wanted to control the field, but they did not want to directly give up the initiative.

However, Sunderland's players launched a quick attack after kick-off. It seemed that they were still unwilling to give up and wanted to use the last ten minutes of the first half to try to score.

Sheffield United defended honestly at the beginning, but as the Sunderland team pressed higher and higher, let alone Drinkwater, even Medel felt that if they didn't counterattack, they would be sorry for Sunderland.

So much space is given.

Martin O'Neal also sees the disadvantages of pressing the offense now, but he is also very troubled.

Sheffield United took the initiative to give up their position. If they didn't attack, it would be a waste of the current opportunity. In the second half, I don't know if Sheffield United will be so generous and let them attack. Therefore, Martin O'Neill also chose to take a gamble.

If you can steal one, steal one. Anyway, we are already 0-2 behind. If we can't score a goal, as time goes by, the pressure on Sunderland's players will only increase.

But just when the Sunderland players failed to attack for a long time, Sheffield United was already ready.

In order to make Sunderland's defensive players relax their vigilance, Drinkwater did not take the initiative to ask for the ball even if Sheffield United seized the ball.

When the time reached the 44th minute of the first half and was about to enter a short stoppage time, the Sunderland players seized the opportunity to press hard. Larsson kicked a high ball and wanted to try to see if he could win.

Chaos was caused in the Sheffield United penalty area.

However, due to Trippier's interference, Steven Fletcher's header was too skewed. Sessegnon had no time to grab the second point, and the ball was directly knocked out of the penalty area by Maguire.

Vertonghen showed his keen judgment of the situation at this moment. He was very fast and started to rush forward with the ball before Danny Rose intercepted it.

Seeing this, Li Mo started running horizontally from near the center circle. Bell also rushed out of the penalty area at full speed. He was very fast and got rid of Adam Johnson who was chasing after him in a few steps.

But Vertonghen did not choose to carry it to the end. He directly chose to pass the ball over the top. The passing route was not the wing where Li Mura ran, but the middle!

At the moment when he passed the ball, Li Mo, as if he had discussed it with him in advance, inserted directly behind O'Shea and Danny Rose from the wing!
To be continued...