Tap-tap-tap~
Tendou let out a low murmur as his heaven-defying step frequency was put on display in England.
Saïss felt as if Tendou's feet had been electrocuted; the speed of their movement was astonishing.
He couldn't help but stick a foot in, only to find his foot passing right through.
Looking up again, the Tendou in front of him dissipated like a bubble.
Thwack~
What was that sound?
Saïss quickly turned his head and found that the Liverpool kid had already appeared behind him.
At this moment, Tendou felt that he must look cool enough to make jaws drop.
His special effects were maxed out.
He moved forward with lightning at his feet, his pupils divided into 8 sections by electric patterns.
A black monster clung to his back, advancing together with him.
"TJ!"
"A burst through the center!"
"He's past another one!"
"God, is this the speed and footwork a player who is 1.93 meters tall should have?"
"TJ continues to advance! Mané and Salah are applying pressure on both flanks at the same time!"
"The Wolves' formation is in disarray!"
That's right.
The Wolves' formation was indeed in disarray. They had made no preparations for Tendou at all.
They had never imagined that a little kid could have such heaven-defying explosive power.
"TJ is very determined with the ball! Saïss is chasing behind him!"
"But speed is not his strong suit! He's only fit to eat the dirt kicked up by TJ's boots!"
"So fast! He's already advanced the ball to a position 30 meters from the Wolves' penalty area!"
Tendou advanced with the ball as if no one was there.
At this moment, it was as if people were watching Kaká playing in a Liverpool jersey.
The same long strides, the same burst through the center past several players.
Seeing that Tendou was about to charge into the penalty area if he continued, the center-back Coady had no choice but to challenge him.
He was already prepared to commit a foul, to let the man go but not the ball.
Tendou's eyes were fixed straight ahead, but in his mind, the runs of Salah and Mané had already been sketched out in advance from the future.
And Firmino, of course.
Thwack~
Tendou suddenly made a horizontal pass. This time, Coady didn't even have a chance to foul. While he was still stunned, Tendou had already brushed past him.
Firmino received the ball and subconsciously tapped it back to Tendou.
"A wall pass one-two!"
"Beautiful!"
"The ball is back at TJ's feet!"
"TJ, pass!"
"No..."
After getting past Coady, Tendou immediately wound up to shoot. This scared Bennett, who hurriedly came flying in with a slide tackle.
But then, Tendou changed his shot into a feint. Bennett slid past him, only able to watch helplessly as Tendou accelerated into the penalty area.
At this scene, the Wolves players couldn't care about anything else and swarmed over.
Bzzmm~
In the fifth-dimensional vision, nothing could escape Tendou's observation.
"Release~"
He suddenly kicked, his foot whipping at the ball like a knife.
The ball flew rapidly across the turf. In the crowded Wolves penalty area, it was like a scalpel, cutting through the heavy defense and arriving in front of Salah.
This pass was both fast and accurate, completely slicing through the Wolves' defensive line in one go.
Salah looked at the ball that had suddenly appeared in front of him. Although it was unexpected, his reaction was faster.
An opportunity like this is fleeting, but for a player of his caliber, it was no problem!
BANG!
Salah aimed for the near corner and, without stopping the ball, smashed it into the Wolves' goal.
The Wolves' goalkeeper, Patrício, had no time to react.
The pass came too suddenly, shooting out from the crowd. He didn't even have a chance to come off his line.
By the time Salah took the shot, he had gambled and dived for the far corner, only able to watch as the ball skimmed across the ground and into the net.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL~"
"1:1!"
"TJ with the assist, Salah with the goal!"
"A flash of genius!"
"A tackle in his own half, a drive through the center, and an assist in front of goal! TJ has shown us why he is worth the 8 million Liverpool spent!"
An assist on his debut. Although he didn't score, the shock factor was just as immense.
"His physique is amazing!"
"He runs so fast!"
"His dribbling is also very steady, with footwork like a South American player!"
"How did he make that final pass?"
"How did he see Salah's position?"
The Liverpool fans couldn't figure it out.
And people always use the word "genius" to describe things they cannot understand.
On the bench, Klopp couldn't hide his excitement.
From this attack alone, Tendou was the all-around midfielder he had wanted.
No, he could do even better. He was a full-field free man!
After scoring, Salah didn't celebrate. Instead, he rushed into the goal, picked up the ball, and urged his teammates to quickly return to the center.
However, he made a point of running over to Tendou and jogging back to the midfield with him.
"You were brilliant, TJ! How did you find me?"
"I saw it. I can see everyone's position."
"Hahaha, you're so cocky. But I like your confidence."
Salah was overjoyed.
That pass, he thought it was Messi. It was like he had God's point of view, a precise, guided pass from the middle of a crowd that sliced open the dense Wolves defense.
"His dribbling is so clean. When he accelerates, he's like a sports car, and he can even drift!"
"It's hard to imagine, he broke through the Wolves' defensive line all by himself!"
"I'm starting to understand why the team spent 8 million on him!"
"I'm crying! Are we going to win the league?"
Tendou's brilliant long-distance run and assist had won the approval of many Liverpool fans.
At the very least, if Liverpool still failed to win this match, no one could make him the scapegoat.
After all, for more than 70 minutes, Liverpool had been helpless against the Wolves' defense. It was only after Tendou came on that he had pierced their parked bus.
"Did you see that, you mutt who doesn't even know who his real father is? Next time, I'll dominate you again!"
Tendou was in a good mood after the assist and made a point of finding Neves to talk some trash.
Hearing this, veins popped on Neves's forehead, looking as if he were about to explode at any moment.
Apparently, Tendou's constant attacks on his family made him very angry.
Tendou glanced at him and thought to himself, "No wonder those idiots in Hollywood are always making 'Family Man' movies."
He suddenly discovered that while elegant trash talk could make these foreigners angry, a simple greeting to their relatives could make them mentally explode and become violent.
"What a bunch of brainless idiots."
Wolves kicked off again, and Liverpool immediately pressed.
A draw was clearly not enough to satisfy Liverpool.
They wanted to win. Their only goal was the championship; second place was a failure for them.
Another 5 minutes later, Tendou received the ball with his back to goal outside the box to link up with a teammate.
Originally, neither side had paid much attention to this move, until he, with his back to the goal, sent the ball to a completely unexpected position with a single backheel pass.
The stadium once again erupted in gasps.
This pass, full of inspiration and imagination, once again showed them his talent, and also made Firmino extremely annoyed.
"Never seen anything like it, guys! I've never had a teammate like this before!"
Firmino decided that he would definitely have a good talk with Tendou after he got back, to see what other tricks he had up his sleeve, so as not to be embarrassed and waste opportunities.
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