Last season, Chelsea doubled Manchester United, and also rode on Manchester United to win the league title, which should have a great psychological advantage for Manchester United, but this season Manchester United is too vigorous, bluffing Chelsea, even if there is a home advantage in the first half, it is not so confident, only after conceding a goal to dare to fight against the water, and the first half of the goal is not as many as Manchester United.

Now that Chelsea have one more player to equalise, the confidence and momentum of the players is completely different.

After Manchester United's kick-off, Chelsea's three lines pressed forward collectively and almost lifted the defence near the centre arc.

Chelsea, who were already very good runners and physically strong, now have one more man, and their pressing has almost forced United to the point where they have no more than three passes and can only drive forward with big feet.

Gao Xiaodong returned to the middle, and Chelsea's right side was also active, especially Anelka, the 31-year-old Anelka was tall and strong, and fast, when Gao Xiaodong played left winger, he retreated deeply, he was strong, fast and flexible, and together with Evra, he froze Anelka and Ivanovic.

Now Manchester United has one less player, Gao Xiaodong has to attack and defend in the middle, the task is very heavy, and there is no time to take care of Evra, Anelka and Ivanovic give full play to the advantages of strength and height, and catch Evra's desperate bullying.

In the 48th minute of the game, Alerka stuck to Evra and forced a turn, but was pulled down by Ever's stretched hand, and the referee only sent Vidic off in the first half, and this time his men pretended not to see the foul.

But five minutes later, Nicolas Anelka and Branislavic exchanged headers, with Anelka smashing the ball past Patrice Evra and cutting across to the edge of the box.

Smalling, a young centre-back, stepped forward to block and Nicolas Anelka flicked a shot that was immediately a long-range shot.

Anelka handled it well in front of him, and it can be said that he was a superstar, but the final long-range shot was a big miss, and the ball went almost a meter wide of the post.

However, Nicolas Anelka's two successes put a lot of pressure on United's backline, and in the first half, United's midfielders rarely defended on the left side, they were more likely to help defend on the right side, and now United's midfielders need to help defend on both flanks.

Obviously, both flanks are tight, and the middle goes to make up for the defense, and the consequence is that the defense in the middle is weakened.

Frank Lampard is also a world-class midfielder, he has a strong ability to read the game, and when he saw the weakness of the central defence, he immediately called on Essien and Ramires to attack the middle of the Manchester United penalty area.

In the 55th minute, Drogba's header was crossed, Lampard stopped the ball and played it to Essien, who volleyed hard at the edge of the box, but the ball was a little right and was saved by goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

Frank Lampard then took Ashley Cole's cross and turned to shoot, but the ball bounced off Drogba.

At this moment, the Chelsea soldiers were pressed and the second drop was grabbed by Essien, who did not play well with his first long-range shot, this time he gave up the long-range shot and distributed the ball to Ashley Cole again.

Ashley Cole crossed the ball across the box again, and Ramirez stepped in from behind to head the ball off Smalling's leg and bounce off the line.

From a Chelsea corner, Frank Lampard sent a forward goal and Branislav Ivanovic headed it back and the ball flew towards the back post.

It's the simplest tactical combination of corners, but even the simplest tactical combination can be hugely powerful if you have the right person.

Chelsea ambushed Anelka, who is 1.86m tall, and Patrice Evra, who was as tall as Gao Xiaodong, defended him.

Patrice Evra tried to get in position and keep Anelka from competing for the ball, but Anelka leaped high and pressed him under him to head the ball into the net.

The ball went towards the near corner of the goal, but it was blocked by Carrick, who was standing in the near corner.

It was a successful corner, the only thing that didn't go well was Anelka's header into the bottom corner, and if it had been in the top corner, maybe it would have been a goal.

However, this did not affect Chelsea's morale, on the contrary, it became even higher as a result of the successive shots on goal.

Many Chelsea fans in the stands were already on their feet excited, waiting for Chelsea to celebrate after the goal, which they thought was very close to the goal.

On-site commentator Andy Gray sighed: "Strong dialogue, the impact of one less person is really too great, in the current situation, Manchester United wants to hold the next 30 minutes is really difficult, now it depends on whether Manchester United can wait for the opportunity to steal one, if Manchester United can steal one through counterattack, the undefeated golden body may be able to maintain, if you can't score a goal, the possibility of Manchester United losing today is very high." ”

Manchester United fans are also aware of the seriousness of the situation, now Manchester United defense can not be prevented, there is no chance to counterattack, the rhythm of the game is completely in the hands of Chelsea, this fate is no longer in their own hands is very uncomfortable for Manchester United fans.

"The game was too passive!"

"If you keep going like this, you're going to concede a goal!"

"You can't hold it, but you have to have a chance to fight back, now it's defending, you can't hold it, you can't fight back!"

"What about Gao Xiaodong? Why is Gao invisible?"

"Gao Xiaodong must stand up, otherwise he will lose!"

'I didn't see that there were always two Chelsea players hanging around Gao Xiaodong, who was in trouble today. ”

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The United fans in the stands were anxiously talking, but they couldn't help the situation on the pitch.

After the start of the second half, Ferguson's ass did not sit in his seat for a while, he couldn't sit still, Chelsea's attack was too fierce, and all the Manchester United players couldn't defend back, where was there a chance to counterattack.

The key for United now is not only the absence of one man, but more importantly, the loss of this one, the United are out of balance.

The two flanks have been suppressed so badly, and the originally stable middle has now become a hard-hit area, with Smalling and Rio Ferdinand's cooperation very uncompatible, and has become the focus of Chelsea players.

Centre-back is an important position that often requires experienced players, and now that Nemanja Vidic was unexpectedly sent off, Ferguson had to put the tall Chris Smalling on the pitch.

For Gao Xiaodong's invisibility, Ferguson is very helpless, Fletcher in the middle can't organize an attack at all, Carrick is at most a long pass, and his organizational ability is not much better than Fletcher, the task of organizing and counterattacking in the middle all falls on Gao Xiaodong, but now there are more Chelsea people, and the running is also active, Gao Xiaodong has few opportunities to get the ball, and occasionally gets the ball, but he can't pass it, because there are no teammates at all, he can only dribble and control the ball, at this time Chelsea's players come up to grab it, Gao Xiaodong is at most to create a set-piece opportunity。

Ferguson looked at the crooked melons on the bench, now in this difficult situation, it is useless to change anyone, unless there is another player who has the same offensive and defensive skills as Gao Xiaodong, so that one less Manchester United midfielder may be able to compete with Chelsea.

In the eyes of outsiders, Gao Xiaodong is invisible, but Gao Xiaodong has not given up his efforts, and he has always been reluctant to seek an opportunity to counterattack and break the goal.

After one less, the disparity in strength between the two sides, Manchester United's chances to counterattack are already rare, Gao Xiaodong, as Manchester United's most relied on offensive organization and initiator, he must seize every possible opportunity while assisting his teammates to defend.

After 60 minutes of the game, the snowflakes suddenly became larger, goose feathers, and the players' vision was slightly affected.

This situation is even more detrimental to the defenders, with slippery skiers in the snow and a slight mistake in the defence that can cause great damage to goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

Seeing this with Chelsea's experienced players, they immediately reduced their ground play and increased long-range shots and crosses from the flanks in an attempt to create defensive errors for United.

In the 65th minute, Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole crossed from the flank, and Rio Ferdinand got ahead of Didier Drogba to head the ball out.

Ferdinand is really old, even if the penalty area is so chaotic, his mind is still clear, and when he clears the ball, he still flicks the ball with his head and puts the ball in the direction where Gao Xiaodong is.

Although Ferdinand felt that even if Gao Xiaodong got it, it would be useless, but at this time, Ferdinand trusted Gao Xiaodong the most.

Chelsea's players were eager to score goals, and when Ashley Cole passed the ball, the central players all ran towards the penalty area, ready to grab the spot, and saw Ferdinand grab the spot.

Gao Xiaodong had the task of counterattacking, and as soon as he saw Ferdinand grab the landing point, he immediately ran sideways to see if there was any hope of grabbing the ball.

Rio Ferdinand's header came over, Gao Xiaodong was very happy, and he almost gave Ferdinand a thumbs up, and he went over to get the ball as fast as he could.

Even when the offensive was in full swing, Chelsea did not relax their marking of Gao Xiaodong, and defender David Luiz gave up Rooney, but he must have looked at Gao Xiaodong's position at the first time.

Seeing Gao Xiaodong go to grab the landing point of the ball, Luis immediately went over to post Gao Xiaodong, his intention is very clear, it is better to stick to wait for his teammates to return to defense, and if he can't stick it, he will foul, even if he uses a yellow card to end Manchester United's counterattack opportunity is also cost-effective, from the current situation, it is difficult for Manchester United to create more than three counterattack opportunities later.

Gao Xiaodong has the awareness of all positions, he knows very well what the defenders are thinking in their minds at this time, and then immediately came up with the idea of dealing with David. Louis's approach.

Gao Xiaodong ran forward quickly, as if he was going to catch the ball, David. Luis was ready to foul, of course he couldn't let Gao Xiaodong stay away from him, he ran fast and chased Gao Xiaodong away.

However, Gao Xiaodong shamelessly suddenly stopped when he was still far from the receiving point.

David. Louis ran with Gao Xiaodong while looking at the ball, he felt that Gao Xiaodong would have to run at least three more meters before he could ferry the ball with his head or stop the ball with his chest, so he was still running at an accelerated pace, but it happened to hit Gao Xiaodong's back.

Of course, Gao Xiaodong will not stand up straight and let David Luis hit him, he has already arched his back when he stopped urgently, and this time it happened to David. Louis's chest and abdomen junction knocked Louis to the ground and almost lost his breath.

Gao Xiaodong had already thought about the next move, and he quickly turned around to chase the ball as if there was no one.

At this moment, the ball had already fallen to the ground, and before the ball could bounce, Gao Xiaodong pressed forward with the arch of his foot, stopped the ball in front of him, and prepared to kill the Chelsea half. ，

However, at this time, Gao Xiaodong had already seen through his super glasses that Essien, who was returning to defense, was almost behind him.

Gao Xiaodong suddenly flicked the ball sideways, avoided Essien, and walked forward quickly with the ball.

Essien moved sideways and continued to chase Gao Xiaodong, who dribbled through the half-court before all three Chelsea players rushed to him, who then flicked the ball outside and then went outside.

The Chelsea defenders continued to chase Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong suddenly got up and crossed diagonally to Nani on the wing.

Being able to see Nani on the side under the sandwich of the three is definitely the credit of the super glasses, and the average person's vision radius is not so large.

When Nani plugged in, no one followed, Gao Xiaodong took the player in the middle to the other side, as long as Nani stopped the ball, he could immediately kill diagonally to the penalty area, even if someone came to defend, Nani passed the ball to Rooney who was inserted at high speed in the middle, and there was a lot of hope for goals.

But now it's rain and snow, not to mention the obstruction of vision, and his feet are slipping, Nani made a mistake when he stopped the ball with the arch of his foot, and his feet slipped, and the ball actually crossed his feet and flew off the sideline.

This was Manchester United's best chance in the second half, and it ended in such a way that Gao Xiaodong was really depressed, he scolded Nani angrily for stupidity, and quickly ran back to defend.

Gao Xiaodong's counterattack made Chelsea a little nervous, Terry did not dare to blindly insert the attack, Essien and Ramirez were more active in defending, but this good situation is rare, and less than ten minutes later, Chelsea's players were carried away by the attacking frenzy and pressed again.

In the 70th minute, Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti saw if he couldn't score with one more man, and he made a substitution and brought on David. Luis, who replaced Bosingwa, replaced Anelka, replaced Zhirkov, and continued to strengthen the attack.

United continued to defend and counter-attack, and after resisting for almost five minutes, Ferguson also made a substitution, with Anderson coming on to replace Carrick to strengthen the midfield's movement and physicality.

United's substitutions had little effect, with Anderson and Michael Carrick both playing a small role under siege from Chelsea, depending on who had the better luck.

As the game entered 80 minutes, the score was still 1-1, and the nervous and anxious became the Chelsea people.

Manchester United are now missing a centre-back Nemanja Vidic, and the Reds have been at their lowest level at a time when they are strong, and if Chelsea still can't take advantage of the opportunity to win, Chelsea will not have to compete for the title.

Carlo Ancelotti used up his last substitution in a rare move, with midfielder Ramires coming off and striker Fernando Torres coming on, with Chelsea putting on three strikers and a winger in front of him for the fiercest half-time siege of United.

Andy Gray, the on-site commentator, said: "Manchester United conceded a Nemanja Vidic at half-time, Gao Xiaodong was not able to show his magic, if Chelsea still can't win, it is really God who wants Manchester United to surpass Liverpool." ”