Chapter 759: Stoppage Time Miracle
With a two-goal lead, United began to control the tempo and wanted to win the game economically.
Everton are winless in three games and manager David Moyes is under pressure and will be keen to pick up points from Manchester United at home to boost morale.
Now that the team is two goals down, Moyes can't sit still and has replaced two attacking players in one go, Coleman for Hibbert and Yakubu for Heitinga to strengthen his attacking power on the flanks and up front.
Manchester United slowed down the tempo, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, Everton accelerated the tempo, the whole field forced Manchester United, it looks like Everton is aggressive, the offensive is like a tide, but the initiative is always in the hands of Manchester United, Scholes and Gao Xiaodong, the old and young, join forces to control the rhythm, one is experienced, the other is cunning and strong, although Everton grabbed very fiercely, but never got how much of the ball, let alone how many threatening shots were completed.
With 75 minutes heading into the game, David Moyes spotted United right-back Gary. Neville's fitness dropped, and he immediately asked full-back Baines to step up his assist and force Neville's side.
In the 77th minute, Baines broke through Neville's cross and Fellaini headed in front of the goal from a tight angle, and the ball hit the side-netting.
Cahill and Pinar then combined to get the ball on the right-hand edge of the box and Mikel Arteta fired wide.
In the 82nd minute, Baines passed the ball from the wing again, and Pinal's shot from outside the arc of the box was easily collected by Van der Sar.
Ferguson saw that Neville was struggling defensively and replaced Gary Neville with Rafael to strengthen the defense on the right flank, with the captain's armband on the arm of centre-back Nemanja Vidic.
However, Everton's attack has picked up, not only on the left, but also on the right. Rafael's arrival didn't change the tide of the pitch, as he was on the pitch for just one minute when substitute Coleman broke through Patrice Evra's cross and Gary Cahill headed wide of the post.
Pienal then cut inside from Patrice Evra's position and forced Evra to put a tackle behind his back, and referee Atkinson showed him a yellow card.
Gao Xiaodong and Scholes played in the middle, and the middle that the two of them jointly controlled did not give Everton a chance, but Everton attacked from the two wings, and Gao Xiaodong and Scholes had no choice.
In the 85th minute of the game, Ferguson saw that Everton's attack was too fierce, so he replaced Nani and replaced O'Shea, let O'Shea assist Fletcher to play the back, and transferred Gao Xiaodong to the left midfielder position to assist Evra on the wing.
Ferguson is experienced, his change of tactics is still very targeted, Gao Xiaodong came to the left side, abolished Everton's attack on the left side, O'Shea came to the back position, Fletcher can help defend Rafael on the right, and the two wings that Everton played well quickly went out.
When the clock went into stoppage time, referee Atkinson held out three fingers, meaning three minutes of stoppage time.
At this time, Manchester United fans who came to help were relieved, singing the Manchester United anthem and applauding, ready for the start of a history-making four-game winning streak.
Everton's fans have also lost confidence, with three minutes to go, two goals behind, and facing Premier League giants Manchester United, even if Everton have Chelsea's quality, there is probably no hope of changing anything.
The on-site commentator has begun to summarize the game, "3:1 is a good score, 16 goals in four games, this is the best start in Manchester United history, if you win one more game, five consecutive wins, you can tie the best start of the Premier League, if there is any regret, it is that Gao Xiaodong did not score, he has scored in three consecutive rounds...... Everton suddenly attacked from the flanks...... Let's see...... Ahh......h
The United players were also a little lax after the stoppage time sign was raised, especially right-back Rafael, who was younger and felt the bigger picture was decided, and was a little careless when Everton launched the attack, when Baines broke through from the outside and crossed the ball into the box.
Manchester United centre-back Evans was a substitute and didn't work well with Rio Ferdinand, with a bit of a gap between the two and Cahill cutting in between the two to score with an easy header.
The score became 2:3.
Instead of celebrating, Cahill quickly picked the ball out of the net, ran to the centre circle and put it in the centre circle arc to get United off the ball quickly.
Seeing that there was only one score gap left, the Everton fans in the stands instantly became emotional, and they all stood up and shouted at the pitch to encourage the players to score one more.
Manchester United fans and players were a little shocked, but they didn't panic too much, after all, one minute has passed in three minutes of stoppage time, Manchester United still have possession, as long as the ball is passed at the back, this time will be consumed, Cahill's goal is at most a consolation goal, for Everton to save face.
Ferguson was cunning, he immediately put Park Ji-sung on the field, replaced Scholes, and let Gao Xiaodong return to the middle, continue to strengthen the defense, and strive to consume the last less than two minutes.
Although Rooney was suspended by the red card, he did not rest at home, and also came to Goodison Park to watch the game, seeing the score 2:3, Rooney was very happy, after two losses and one draw, Everton can play such a score with Manchester United, it is still honorable.
At the same time, Rooney has a better impression of Gao Xiaodong, and feels that this new teammate is really upright, and he told him to play leisurely, but he didn't even score the ball.
Manchester United kicked off in the center circle, Berbatov and Gao Xiaodong fell to the foot and passed the ball to Fletcher, Gao Xiaodong quickly retreated, ready to cooperate with Fletcher to control the ball, but Fletcher passed the ball back to Vidic.
The 2-3 scoreline didn't mean much to Everton, and after the kick-off in the middle circle, they pressed forward on all three lines and launched one-on-one pressing on United.
In the face of Everton's crazy pressing, Manchester United was a little flustered, especially Park Ji-sung, his ability to control the ball was not good, he had always forced others, the opponent forced to grab it like this, and his teammates were all defended by others, he couldn't find the position of passing the ball for a while, and when Gao Xiaodong ran out of the position, Park Ji-sung was already surrounded by the opponent.
Park Ji-sung had no choice but to kick the ball into his opponent's leg for a throw-in, but Pienal dodged it and the ball went straight to the feet of Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta.
Arteta quickly split the ball to in-form left-back Baines, who then took a few steps to the line and crossed directly into the box.
Gary Cahill again got on the back of the net ahead of Evans when his header was flicked across to Arteta.
Seeing O'Shea come up to block, Arteta didn't pass the ball again, he shot decisively, the ball hit O'Shea and refracted, the ball was supposed to fly to the left side of the goal, but it flew to the right, goalkeeper Van der Sar was shaken and could only watch the ball go into the net.
Yes!
Wow!
Oh, God!
Goodison Park is blown up!
All the Everton fans jumped up and roared wildly at the pitch!
3:3
91 minutes and 52 seconds! Arteta deflected to equalise for Everton.
Two goals in less than two minutes! This is simply a replica of Manchester United's miracle of beating Bayern Munich in 99!
Moyes rushed off the pitch and punched at the fans.
Ferguson was dumbfounded, and said in his heart, this routine is not right!
Rooney was also in a daze when he sat in the stands, why did Everton fight to the death, doesn't this regard Manchester United as an ally?
Gao Xiaodong was also dizzy, specially, what kind of operation is this! A boiled duck can fly? What about Xiaosheng, who said that it was good? Is there still a basic trust between people? Damn! Is this a betrayal of an ally? Go to a special ally! It's better to win three than two!
Gao Xiaodong was angry, seeing that the opponent was celebrating wildly, and his teammates were a little confused, including the bigwigs in the team, Gao Xiaodong ran over and picked up the ball from the net, and shouted while running to the middle circle: "Don't be stunned! There is still time! They can score two goals in a minute, why can't we!"
Manchester United's players are speechless, Everton just took shit luck and created miracles, but can miracles happen again and again?
However, at this point, it was definitely necessary to make an effort, and the United players hurried to their positions and waited for the Everton people to celebrate before kicking off.
However, Gao Xiaodong didn't want to wait, he immediately approached the referee Atkinson and asked him to stop Everton from celebrating and kick off quickly, otherwise he would have to make up enough time for Manchester United.
Atkinson glanced at Gao Xiaodong, wondering why this kid's English was so good, and even more strange how Manchester United's bigwigs didn't come out and let this new Chinese player negotiate, but Atkinson is known as Chelsea's royal referee, of course he doesn't want to see Manchester United, he ignored Gao Xiaodong, and let Everton celebrate before letting Manchester United kick off in the center circle.