A free-kick at the top of the box is dangerous.

What's more, there is also a free-kick master Gerrard in the Reds' camp.

After referee Webb blew the whistle, the more than 70,000 Red Devils and hundreds of millions of TV viewers couldn't help but gasp.

"Oh my God! another free kick!"

'Both centre-backs have yellow cards!'

"Didn't you say that Webber was our royal referee?"

"How do you defend in the back? Torres is our nemesis!"

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Red Devils fans are worried about the situation on the pitch.

"It's a bit of a problem!" shouted Martin, the on-the-spot commentator, "Gerrard's free-kick is no joke in this position, but isn't it the most dangerous thing that both centre-backs have a yellow card?

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson's face also gloomy after Webb's whistle was not that he was worried about the free-kick, although it was also dangerous, and he was most worried about the yellow cards of both centre-backs.

As the closest and most important central defender in the defensive line, if he carries a yellow card, he will have concerns about whatever he does later, and the opponents of Vidic and Evans in this game are not cats and dogs, but Torres and Gerrard, and Manchester United's defense is really problematic.

Rio Ferdinand is not in the squad due to his injury, Brown is too young and inexperienced, and if something goes wrong with the centre-back, United's defence will be in danger.

In the face of Gerrard's free-kick, United sent out a thick human wall, and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was also on the lookout.

The eyes of more than 70,000 fans in the stadium were all on the Reds captain Steven Gerrard, and the United fans continued to boo in an attempt to disturb Gerrard.

Gerrard didn't run, standing less than two metres behind the ball, grim and deaf to the boos outside.

After Webb's whistle, Gerrard stepped forward and curled a powerful curling ball into the top left corner of the net with the arch of his right foot.

As Gerrard pushed, Torres, who was standing next to Vidic, suddenly ran away and the ball flew right through the gap between Vidic and Torres towards the goal.

With such proximity, Van der Sar didn't have time to react, and he could only watch as the ball flew into the top left corner of the net.

2：2

Steven Gerrard found Van der Sar's 10 fingers for the second time with a beautiful free-kick.

Gerrard was so excited after the goal that he raised his index finger to celebrate with his index finger up, and when he ran near the corner, Gerrard also came to glide on the ground with passion.

Manchester United fans were dumbfounded, at the moment of the goal, no one in the whole stadium could speak.

The Manchester United players could only shake their heads and smile bitterly, this free-kick was really wonderful, and Van der Sar had no way to save.

Martin, the commentator at the scene, sighed: "Beautiful! Gerrard, the soul of the Red Army! In the Double Red Society, he always performs! I thought it would be a massacre, but I didn't expect it to be a goal shootout, it was only less than 30 minutes, and the two sides have scored four goals, and if this continues, maybe a player will score a hat-trick, in the history of the Double Red Society, no player has scored a hat-trick for 20 years, and Manchester United is even longer, no one has scored three goals in the Double Red Club since 1946. ”

CCTV commentator He Hui also frowned and said: "The dream start has become a difficult mode, the double red will be really difficult to play, it is worthy of the competition between the world's top teams, now the two sides return to the same running line, see who breaks the deadlock again first." ”

On the field, Manchester United's two 92 class bigwigs, Giggs and Scholes, called Gao Xiaodong over after a brief discussion.

Scholes said solemnly: "Gao, don't go forward so violently, our two central defenders have received yellow cards, you stay at the back to protect it, and wait for halftime to see the adjustment of the head before making plans." ”

Gao Xiaodong has no opinion, in this case, even if Scholes does not explain, as a midfielder with both offense and defense, Gao Xiaodong must put more energy on defense.

Gao Xiaodong is certainly hungry for more goals, but he is more eager to win the Double Red Club than to score, and he doesn't want his first derby to end in failure.

The game started again, the morale of the Liverpool players went up, and they also grabbed Manchester United's goal, that is, the central defenders did not cooperate tacitly, and carried a yellow card, began to cross the midfield, through long and diagonal passes to Torres and Gerrard and Meleres inserted, directly attacking Manchester United's backline.

However, after Gao Xiaodong returned to the central defender, he could not only use his body to head the ball, but also follow the players who inserted, and it was much easier for Vidic and Evans to concentrate on Torres, under the marking of the two of them, Liverpool's long pass and hanging tactics did not play any role, but were counterattacked by Manchester United after consecutive breaks.

In the 35th minute, Nani received Scholes's ball and quickly attacked along the wing, Koncheski and Poulsen came to clip the defense, Nani quickly cut across the box, dodged the angle and shot from a distance.

The ball was blocked by defender Skrtel, but still flew into the penalty area, Berbatov struggled to make a stop-up shot, but the ball was too fast, Berbatov could not touch the ball, and the ball was confiscated by Reina.

Two minutes later, Johnson found Torres with a long diagonal pass from the wing, and the ball was pushed over by Vidic, and Gerrard and Gao Xiaodong both pounced on it to grab it.

Gerrard raised his leg high and wanted to pick the ball past Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong turned faster than him, and before Gerrard stopped the ball, Gao Xiaodong quickly bullied into Gerrard's arms and leaned on it, Gerrard was knocked to the side, and Gao Xiaodong left the ball.

Gao Xiaodong took a few steps forward, saw Rooney and Berbatov running, Gao Xiaodong quickly made a long pass to Berbatov.

It was a long ball from 40 metres out, but Berbatov showed the fans his superior fundamentals as he relied on the defender to unload the ball in front of him with the instep of his foot, and then smashed his heel to Rooney.

There was applause in the stands, and the fans were overwhelmed by Gao Xiaodong's precise long pass and Berbatov's beautiful stops and passes.

Martin, the on-site commentator, sighed: "Beba's stopping and passing are so beautiful! If he was half as positive as Gao Xiaodong, the core would have been his." ”

And CCTV commentator He Hui said with a smile: "Fortunately, Xiaodong passed to Brother Chic, if it is passed to Rooney, it is estimated that the ball will stop three meters away." However, He Hui also said a good word about Rooney, "But Rooney is in good health, even if he stops three meters away, he can squeeze past the defender and grab the ball." ”

Wayne Rooney got the ball and faced only centre-back Carragher.

Carragher is Liverpool's vice-president, an iron-blooded central defender who is accurate in his position and fierce in his scramblings, which is not easy to deal with.

But now Rooney's advantage is that there is space, the little fat man accelerates forward, stops sharply and changes direction, trying to shake off Carragher, but Carragher is not slow, he immediately moves sideways to follow, blocking Rooney's forward line.

Rooney looked at the pursuers approaching, was a little anxious, and after changing direction again, he pulled out his foot and forced a shot.

Carragher wasn't out of position, and when Rooney shot, he lifted his foot to block the ball wide of the wing.

By this time, Nani on the wing had quickly followed, he grabbed the ball and dribbled it down, and then changed direction to the ribs of the Liverpool penalty area.

Koncheski was in hot pursuit behind Nani, and Skrtel also gave up on Berbatov to fill in the position, Nani did not pass the ball, and hit the edge of the box with a powerful volley.

The kick was off the ground and angled, and goalkeeper Reyna made a flying save without touching the ball, but the ball bounced off the post.

Rooney and Berbatov were complaining that Nani didn't pass the ball, and when they saw the ball hit the post, they could only shake their heads helplessly.

In Nani's position, the pass was more reasonable, but there was nothing to say about the shot, after all, he was already facing the goal.

Nani woke up Liverpool with a kick from the post, and they saw that Gao Xiaodong retreated to protect it, and then directly attacked Manchester United's back line to an ineffective effect, so they immediately changed their tactics and continued to continue the opening wide attack.

Manchester United's central defenders have hidden dangers, Gao Xiaodong can't boldly insert them, and only one Scholes is not a big threat, and they can only attack Liverpool from two wings.

Liverpool is strong on the right side, weak on the left, Manchester United is not much apart between the two wings, there is no offensive in the middle of the two sides, relying on the side attack alone, no one can help the opponent for a while, and finally neither side can score again in the first half, so they can only wait for the second half after the break.