Five minutes later, Leeds United had another good chance. Mascherano intercepted the ball in midfield and launched a quick counter-attack. After bringing the ball to the edge of the penalty area, Mascherano found that no one was pressing him for a while, so he took a powerful long-range shot.
Mascherano's shot focused on power rather than angle, so Newcastle United goalkeeper Given punched the ball away from the goal line. However, the ball's power was too great, and Given's clearance didn't go very far.
Then, the Premier League's Goal of the Month for August came out!
As Mascherano took his shot, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the "magic ball specialist," had already charged into the penalty area facing the goal, and Given's save happened to land right next to Ibrahimovic.
Next, Ibrahimovic demonstrated to Premier League fans for the first time what it means to be a flexible center forward who is nearly two meters tall.
Turn around.
Take off.
Take a step.
A bicycle kick, executed flawlessly in one go!
The ball flew straight into the top right corner of Newcastle United's goal. Given, whose fist was still throbbing with pain, had no chance to react and could only watch the ball fly into his own net. 2-0!
A spectacular bicycle kick! After Ibrahimovic scored this goal, St. James' Park fell silent for a moment.
Whether it was the fans at the stadium, Glenn Rode on the sidelines, or the Newcastle United players on the field, they could only watch helplessly as Ibrahimovic was hugging Li Shiguang and celebrating wildly.
An ominous premonition gradually rose from the depths of their hearts...
Eighty minutes later, Glenn RodrÃguez stared at the blaring 1-4 scoreline on the giant screen above the stadium and at the nearly empty stands around him, overwhelmed with sorrow.
Li Shiguang was naturally overjoyed to have secured his first league victory of the new season. He took the whole team to a local restaurant for a small celebration, and then they would depart from Newcastle the next day for a direct flight to the Middle East.
But on the other two pitches, Wenger and Benitez were not in the same good mood as Li Shiguang!
Shortly after Leeds United's match ended, Arsenal and Liverpool also finished their first matches of the new season.
The results were less than satisfactory, with Liverpool being held to a 1-1 draw away to newly promoted Sheffield United and Arsenal being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Aston Villa.
That's not even the most painful part.
On Sunday, the remaining matches of the round were played, and both Chelsea and Manchester United won convincingly at home against their visiting opponents.
After the match ended.
The two veteran coaches were already thinking about what kind of criticism they would receive in tomorrow's news and newspapers.
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