With Dzeko on the pitch, City's attack doesn't need to be as complicated as it used to be, they sometimes just need to make a long pass to the front of the pitch to find Dzeko, and as long as Dzeko can grab a header and cross it back, they will soon be able to form a chance to shoot.

This simple yet effective attack is the most feared of all, meaning that opponents can pose a threat to United's goal at any time.

United's backline must be on their toes at all times, with even two full-backs not daring to provide an easy assist forward, let alone two centre-backs.

Modern football is basically all-attacking and all-defensive football, whether it is a full-back or a central defender, they need to be involved in the attack, even the goalkeeper has to participate in the backfield and long pass assists a lot of the time. In the same way, strikers and defenders also have defensive tasks, and if a team's defenders can't be involved in defense, their attacking power will definitely drop.

At this time, Manchester United is faced with an important choice, whether to simply play defensive counter-attack, or to play against the opponent despite the attacking threat of the opponent.

It's safe to defend on the counter-attack, but it's a home game, and it's against a rival in the same city, Manchester United are the Premier League giants and have always considered themselves the bosses of Manchester, and not only can't they lose, they can't even look ugly on the field.

Ferguson made a very clear decision, he replaced Ryan Giggs, replaced Scholes, put Gao Xiaodong on the wing, and set up the car and horse artillery to play against Manchester City.

The United fans in the stands applauded, they applauded the decision of the old coach Alex Ferguson, and were proud of his courage, and when the score is ahead, it is not easy to make the choice to attack, even some young and vigorous young coaches may not be able to do it, but Ferguson, an old man who is about to retire, has done it.

Scholes brought manager Alex Ferguson's orders to the Manchester United players, who understood what the manager meant, and under Scholes's command, they played against Manchester City.

Attacking is certainly something that all fans want to see, but the stakes are also high, and both sides are constantly creating chances to shoot due to the reduction in the number of troops to devote to defence.

After Gao Xiaodong pulled to the side, he and Nani formed a situation where they flew on both wings.

Compared to Nani, Gao Xiaodong is a greater threat on the side.

Gao Xiaodong is faster, more powerful, and most importantly, Gao Xiaodong plays the position of full-back, but has the thinking of a midfielder, whether he can form a breakthrough on the side or not, is much more reasonable than Nani, after Gao Xiaodong's pull, Manchester United's offensive threat has also increased suddenly.

In the 75th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong forced Richards on the side, Richards fell to the ground and intercepted unsuccessfully, Gao Xiaodong rolled the ball to find Rooney on the bottom line, and Lescott at the front point hurriedly cleared the siege under the pressure of Rooney, and the ball almost flew into his own door.

Manchester United got a corner kick, Scholes took the corner, Vidic and Smalling came to the Manchester City penalty area to grab the point, Vidic grabbed the spot, but it was on top of the Manchester City defender, after the ball popped up, Yaya Toure grabbed the spot and strode the ball to launch a counterattack.

Scholes flew in and made a cross-tackle in an attempt to break up City's attack with a tactical foul, but Yaya Toure didn't look fast, it was his big step, and Scholes' tackle didn't touch Yaya Toure.

Anderson desperately returned to defend and wanted to get around Yaya Toure from behind for a steal.

Yaya Toure had a good experience and he sensed Anderson's arrival in advance, so he made a quick stop and shook him off and crossed the ball to Silva, who was quick to get in.

Silva's passing vision and footwork were unmatched by midfielder Yaya Toure, and he took a few steps to find a gap in United's defence, and he curled a ball from the flank, which went around O'Shea and found Dzeko in the middle.

Dzeko is not only tall, but also not slow, he is followed by Fletcher, but after Dzeko receives the ball, Fletcher can't catch up with him for a while.

However, Dzeko was too tall after all, and he was still carrying the ball, and when he was about to reach the edge of the penalty area, Fletcher still caught up with Dzeko.

Dzeko didn't stick to the ball, turned to protect the ball and crossed to Balotelli, who was plugged in from his other side.

When Balotelli received the ball, Patrice Evra on the wing quickly moved from the wing to the middle and suddenly came to save on Balotelli.

Balotelli was a bit of a dipped brain, but he was an undoubted genius on the pitch, and he saw Evra pounce on him, and instead of stopping the ball, he leaked it, turned quickly and shook it past Evra, catching it from the outside.

When Balotelli caught up with the ball, everyone thought that he would change direction and break through to the penalty area, but they didn't expect Balotelli to catch up with the ball and half-turn and shoot with a blast.

This was an absolutely surprising cold shot, at this moment Gao Xiaodong chased after Balotelli, as long as Balotelli stopped the ball, Gao Xiaodong was able to form a steal immediately, but Balotelli missed the goal.

The ball flew straight to the top left corner of the goal.

United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was unsuspected, and it was only after the ball flew out that Van der Sar reacted and flew to save the ball, but it was too late and the ball flew into the net against the post.

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Talented boy Balotelli broke down the door with an imaginative cold shot.

After the goal, Balotelli turned around and saw Gao Xiaodong, and he wanted to hug Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong turned his head and walked towards his own half, not giving Balotelli this chance.

Balotelli laughed as he took off his shirt and threw it to the ground, clenching his fists and flexing his muscles to the fans.

The United fans were so excited that they came in a few thousand people, and all of them picked up and shouted at the pitch as if Balotelli had completed the stunner.

However, the equaliser at this point in time was crucial, and if they couldn't equalise now, City would have to attack aggressively, and at that time the backline was empty and could be extended by Manchester United.

Now that the score is equalized, Manchester City has more options, they can attack, they can defend and counterattack, and the initiative is completely in their own hands.

Mancini was so excited that he ran to the sidelines, eager to rush onto the pitch to hug Balotelli.

Mancini has been under pressure after replacing Tevez, after all, Tevez is the team's top scorer, scoring 20 goals, if Balotelli, who replaced him, can't score, Manchester City can't win, I believe the media will overwhelmingly question his decision to replace Tevez after the game.

Now, Balotelli has scored, and no matter what the final result is, Mancini will not be questioned and criticized too much for replacing Tevez.

Manchester City owner Mansour in the VIP box was stunned, he applauded vigorously, and then deliberately said to Manchester United's young club Joel: "Hehe, Balotelli is our Manchester City's senior winter." ”

Joel smiled slightly and said, "Balotelli is a genius, but he can't be compared with Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong is a genius among geniuses." ”

Mansour smiled slightly, "Give Balotelli a chance to start, maybe he can score two goals too." ”

Joel also smiled slightly, "Yes, maybe, but Gao Xiaodong can still score." ”

Mansur was stunned, and then said, "Okay, let's wait and see." ”