Chapter 872: Creating Opportunities

After the celebration, the game continued.

In the last double red meeting, Manchester United swept Liverpool 7-2, and then Liverpool slipped all the way and is now close to the relegation zone.

This time the FA Cup double red team scored at the beginning, and the Manchester United players didn't take Liverpool very seriously.

Everyone thinks that Gao Xiaodong is going to participate in the Golden Globe Awards tomorrow, and they all want to create an opportunity for Gao Xiaodong to score a goal.

In the 4th minute of the game, Manchester United counterattacked, Scholes controlled the ball, Gao Xiaodong quickly stepped forward, and right-back Rafael received Scholes in the middle and quickly went down to the side, and passed the ball back to Nani who was inserted into the ribs.

Nani burst into the right rib of the penalty area on the right side, in this case, generally even if Ferguson raised his hand to ask for the ball, Nani would shoot directly, but today Nani changed his nature, and he didn't shoot, and crossed the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong is stepping forward, and Nani's pass is well timed, but the focus of Liverpool's defense today is on Gao Xiaodong.

Meleles followed Gao Xiaodong, and central defender Skrtel's attention has always been on Gao Xiaodong.

Nani passes the ball, Skrtel quickly grabs up, and a downed tackle smashes the ball before Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong regretfully gave Nani a thumbs up, saying that he passed it well, but he didn't grab it.

Nani was also a little depressed, he felt that he might pass a little further back, even if Gao Xiaodong couldn't shoot directly, it wouldn't be destroyed. With Gao Xiaodong's skill and cunning, he must have a lot of ways to deal with it.

Liverpool grabbed the ball and quickly launched a counter-attack.

Gerrard split the ball, Torres broke through on the right and crossed, Vidic pushed the ball out, Gerrard grabbed the ball and crossed diagonally, Maxi Rodriguez fired a right-footed shot from 15 yards on the right flank, Manchester United's second goalkeeper Kuzzak struggled to save the ball, and Vidic cleared it with a big foot.

The second drop was controlled by Liverpool, Maxi Rodriguez went through, full-back Kelly crossed from the right flank, goalkeeper Kuzzak made a mistake, he went out to get the ball but didn't touch it, but Ferdinand cleared in front of Torres.

Liverpool's counter-attack was very fluid and created chances in succession.

Since the start of this season, Liverpool's offense has not been able to defend, and such counterattacks are relatively rare.

Although Liverpool's counter-attack was fluid and threatening, United were not afraid and after gaining possession, United continued to attack and try to score the winning goal.

The United players were very confident and worked together very well, and after a continuous combination of passes, they created another chance to shoot on goal.

Berbatov lost space to shoot after entering the box, and he dribbled the ball to the bottom line and returned to the corner of the box.

At the moment, Liverpool's defense was very flat, and Rafael already had space to shoot in the corner of the penalty area, but he still chose to pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong wanted to score, but Liverpool kept a tight eye on him, and the defenders were not far away from him, waiting for the Manchester United players to pass the ball to him and come over to scramble.

Before the ball passed, Skrtel's shadow had already appeared in front of Gao Xiaodong, he was very fast, and he was not afraid of being passed by Gao Xiaodong, because he was only the first defender, not the last, as long as he could block Gao Xiaodong's first move, his teammates would immediately surround him.

There are so many defenders around, this cake Gao Xiaodong can't eat, so he has to pass the ball to Rooney,

Rooney's shot was over the clock, and the ball bounced off Agg.

Lucas ran aggressively to get to the spot, and he played a quick pass to Gerrard, who shook Scholes and burst forward with the ball quickly, and Liverpool's two wings ran wildly to keep up.

After Gerrard arrived in the frontcourt, Gao Xiaodong had returned to the defense, and Fletcher also came to attack.

Gerrard didn't stick to the ball and immediately split it to Kelly.

Kelly didn't go down and passed directly to Kuyt at a 45-degree angle in the penalty area to find the back post.

Kuyt's header was deflected wide and Torres shook off Vidic to volley a right-footed volley from 14 yards.

However, Vidic's old partner Rio Ferdinand arrived just in time to keep the ball out of the box with his body.

Liverpool's two counter-attacks both formed threatening shots, and the idea of counter-attacking was clear, the movement was reasonable, and there was a shadow of Benitez when he led the team.

Martin, the on-site commentator, exclaimed: "Liverpool's counterattack was very sharp, almost did not give Manchester United time to return to the defense, the king really had two brushes, and the adjustment was immediate." ”

Although Liverpool did not score, Ferguson also felt the danger and a solemn look appeared on his face.

Although the match lasted only a dozen minutes, Ferguson quickly saw the intentions of his old rival Dalglish.

Liverpool's results this season are so poor, mainly because the style of play has changed too much, Hodgson and Benitez are not the same way at all, the players can't adapt to it for a while, and after the results decline, Hodgson can't control these big-name stars, and he can't be concentric, so that the more he plays, the more chaotic he becomes.

Although Dalglish is the king, he has only been here for a day, and even if he is God, he can't make a huge change in Liverpool.

Dalglish was clever enough to take advantage of his players' dissatisfaction with Hodgson to overturn Hodgson's tactics and follow the original Benitez tactics, and then use them against Manchester United.

This idea is good, but I didn't expect Manchester United to score at the beginning, and Dalglish's counter-attacking tactics were questioned by Gerrard, but Dalglish has the confidence to stick to his tactics, and the players, including Gerrard, will still implement Dalglish's tactics even if they have different opinions, which is why Liverpool is now fluent and sharp counterattack.

Liverpool were awarded a corner, Gerrard's corner was headed over by Vidic, and Meleles' long-range shot was denied by goalkeeper Kuzzak.

Kuzzak was more aggressive than Van der Sar, and he quickly ran to the side of the box and threw the ball in his hand for Scholes to launch a counter-attack.

Scholes catches the ball and Rooney quickly pulls the side to respond.

Scholes' long pass found Rooney like a precision-guided missile.

Berbatov quickly stepped in behind the defender and reached for the ball.

But Rooney didn't pass it to Berbatov, he took two steps to the side, and immediately crossed to the middle and handed it to Gao Xiaodong, who was running wildly.

Gao Xiaodong has been "meticulously cared for" by Liverpool's players, and his teammates have created several opportunities for him but have not been able to complete the shot, this time he used his speed to shake off all the follow-up players, and finally had a comfortable chance to receive the ball.

However, Gao Xiaodong inserted it from behind, and the ball was still about 30 meters away from the goal, and the range was still a little far, Gao Xiaodong took two steps forward and wanted to enter the goal within 25 meters.

However, Liverpool's defense of Gao Xiaodong today is really desperate, Gao Xiaodong just received the ball, and the players who were marking Berbatov and Rooney gave up their marking objects and pounced on Gao Xiaodong together.

Gao Xiaodong couldn't put two first-class scorers in the open space to break through or force a shot by himself, so he had to give the ball to Rooney and cut forward without the ball.

However, Skrtel's defense of Gao Xiaodong today was simply frenzied, and he did not let go of Gao Xiaodong after the ball, and when Gao Xiaodong ran past him, Skrtel stretched out his foot and tripped Gao Xiaodong.

Referee Webb saw Rooney take the ball, Berbatov stepped forward, and the attack was advantageous, so he did not stop the game and let the game continue.

Rooney and Berbatov formed an excellent situation for the double ghost shot, and Rooney only had to attract Reina out, and Berbatov was an empty goal when he crossed horizontally.

However, when Reina came out, Rooney took a step, the defender came back, there was no way to cross, Rooney had to shoot from a small angle, but the ball was blocked by Reina with his foot.

Seeing that this must-score opportunity turned into a corner, Ferguson was very angry, the first time Rooney passed to Berbatov, Berbatov was able to counter offside to form a single knife, but Rooney passed to Gao Xiaodong.

On the second Rooney early pass, Berbatov shot from a better angle than Rooney, but Rooney was a step slower.

Ferguson was not angry about Rooney's passing timing and choice, but because Rooney obviously didn't like to cooperate with Berbatov, and he wanted to make the ball for Gao Xiaodong.

This situation can't continue, Gao Xiaodong needs to score, but Dalglish obviously guessed the psychology of the Manchester United players who want to create opportunities for Gao Xiaodong, and the defense of Gao Xiaodong is very tight, and the Manchester United players forcibly create opportunities for Gao Xiaodong, but the attack is not reasonable and concise enough, and they lost at least two scoring opportunities.

Taking advantage of the corner kick opportunity, Ferguson called Rooney and Nani to the sidelines, told them that Liverpool was not good today, and asked them to reduce the pass to Gao Xiaodong and lock up the win first.