Chapter Five Hundred and Ninety Fifth: Climbing to the Top

The packed Loftus Road stadium was silent, and the fans couldn't believe their eyes.

Simeone also opened his mouth slightly, with a very surprised expression.

He certainly thought that his team might fall behind in this game.

But he didn't expect to fall behind so early.

This made many of his arrangements ineffective.

Mourinho applauded gracefully and gently. The goal just now was really beautiful.

Manchester United gave qpr a blow at the very beginning.

"Don't panic," Liccardo said to his confused teammates. "It's very difficult not to concede a goal against Manchester United. It doesn't matter if we concede the goal. We have to stick to our own style of play and sooner or later we can get it back."

The qpr players seemed to have found their backbone and calmed down.

Although conceding the ball just a few dozen seconds into the game was indeed shocking, but they had Ricardo here.

What is Ricardo best at? Goal!

After the restart, QPR played relatively steadily and did not rush to attack.

Facing Manchester United's fierce pressing, they slowed down for a while, preferring to miss offensive opportunities and keep the ball firmly.

After a few minutes of futility, Manchester United retreated slightly.

Under the circumstances, qpr launched several attacks in succession.

In the 8th minute, Liccardo received the ball on the left and easily cut inside. Smalling knew he was going to cut inside, but he couldn't prevent it.

After cutting inside, Ricardo took a look and found that De Gea was in a relatively advanced position, and suddenly took a shot.

De Gea is very agile, tall and has long arms. He makes a beautiful side dive and knocks the ball out of the baseline.

Simeone spent a lot of time adjusting the team's set-pieces. After Modric took a corner kick, Ronaldo feinted from the front point. Vertonghen headed the ball in the middle, and Rico from the back point connected with the volley. Unfortunately, he missed the ball. Hit high.

In the 12th minute, Liccardo dribbled the ball from the left and passed in, hitting Smalling's legs and popping out of the bottom line. This time Modric's corner kick directly found the head of Alderweireld, but unfortunately the latter The header went slightly wide.

Manchester United didn't just take a beating and didn't fight back.

In the 15th minute, Carrick and Rooney played against the wall and broke into QPR's penalty area. Fortunately, Walker arrived in time and destroyed the ball with a sliding tackle.

Soon QPR counterattacked. After attracting two defensive players on the right, Rico distributed the ball to the left. Liccardo pointed the ball to Maicon. Maicon dunked the ball back and made a cross. Ronaldo outflanked him, but unfortunately his shot went over the crossbar.

The two sides went back and forth, the tempo gradually accelerated, QPR reduced possession of the ball, and Manchester United gradually recovered, as if they wanted to defend the away game.

Mourinho's best skill is to set up the bus. After more than a season of training by him, Manchester United's defensive skills have gradually improved.

And his team is also very good at counterattacking, and qpr was beaten very hard.

It feels good when you hit others and fight back, but it doesn't feel that good when you are hit by others and fight back.

In the 27th minute, Manchester United counterattacked and hit the QPR penalty area, Vertonghen blocked the ball from the baseline. Nani took a corner kick, Welbeck touched it, and Evans headed the ball into the empty goal, but it bounced off the crossbar. Manchester United missed the best opportunity to expand the score, and QPR narrowly escaped. .

One minute later, Rooney got the ball in the middle, attracted the attention of the qpr defensive player, and suddenly sent a through ball. Midfielder Phil Jones stepped in to assist and went straight in. However, his pace was a little slower. Handanovic After being able to attack smoothly, Phil Jones panicked in the end and shot a hasty shot, which was miraculously saved by Handanovic.

In the 31st minute, Manchester United once again got a corner kick through counterattack. Nani took a corner kick. Evans' header was pushed out by Walker on the goal line. Evans tried another header, Rooney shot directly from a small angle, Handanovic saved the ball, and Vertonghen kicked directly into the midfield.

Manchester United's series of threatening attacks have frightened QPR fans. But if you survive a catastrophe, there must be blessings in the future.

Ferdinand gained the upper hand in the battle with Ronaldo. He tipped the ball to Evra, but it was intercepted by Rico midway. Rico immediately moved to the left with his big foot, and Ricardo jumped in at high speed. Smalling could only eat dust from behind.

Ferdinand was shocked and left Ronaldo to defend Ricardo, but Ricardo stunned him with several bicycles and broke through him from the outside.

Ferdinand was also experienced and immediately turned around to catch up, but was not in a hurry to take action and just tried to interfere with Liccardo.

In the middle, Ronaldo was running at high speed, but Carrick, who was returning to defense, followed closely.

Liccardo suddenly accelerated and took advantage of the little space to pass the ball towards the goal. Ronaldo was finally a step ahead of Carrick, and he stretched his right foot forward as hard as he could. He barely touched the ball before De Gea was in position. His toes caused the football to change direction and fly towards the goal.

"Ronaldo goalll! In the 32nd minute of the game, Queens Park Rangers equalized the score! Ronaldo was very excited. This was his fifth league goal this season! He has been affected by injuries this season and has only played 9 times. Among them, he only started 7 times, and scoring 5 goals is not easy. Considering that he is 35 years old, I can only say that the old football king is also the football king!"

The Manchester United players were not hit by the goal.

This is Loftus Road Stadium, and this season, QPR has performed very well at this stadium, even defeating the leader Manchester City, and beating Chelsea with a huge score. Manchester United naturally does not think that they can keep a clean sheet here.

Now, it's just that the two sides are back on the same starting line. Compared with tenacity, the Red Devils will not lose to any team.

After the restart, Manchester United still organized the offense unhurriedly.

However, Simeone signaled the team to speed up and tighten the frontcourt press to prevent Manchester United from getting the ball easily.

In the 38th minute, QPR successfully intercepted the ball in the frontcourt, and Modric distributed the ball to the right to Rico.

Rico unexpectedly chose to take the ball and cut inside, and then used the outside instep of his right foot to pass a weird curve ball. The football passed the Manchester United defender and flew into the space on the left side of the penalty area.

Liccardo stepped in at high speed and shot a volley before Ferdinand could cover up the ball. The ball was played low and fast, heading straight into the blind corner.

But De Gea made a contribution. He originally thought that Ricardo would shoot into the far corner and was already moving towards the far corner, but at this time he reacted very quickly and stretched out his legs to block the ball.

In the 41st minute, Modric was kicked down by Carrick and qpr got a free kick. Modric took the penalty. He drove the ball into the penalty area. The penalty was low and fast. Several tall men failed to grab the ball. It flew to the back point. Ricardo made a diving header and rushed to the top. De Gea reacted. Not enough, unable to stop the ball from entering the net.

"Liccardo goalllll! He scored his 22nd goal of the season and still tops the scorer list!"

"qpr took the lead at home. Currently, as Manchester City is still tied with Arsenal at home, qpr has topped the Premier League standings for the first time in history! Congratulations to Liccardo, he has created another history!"

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