Manchester United are six points ahead of second place with nine rounds left in the league this season, and beat Inter Milan 2-1 away in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, there is not much pressure on both lines, for them, the treble is no longer a fantasy, but a goal that can be both, so the FA Cup and Arsenal quarter-finals, Manchester United attach great importance to it.

Because Manchester United's two substitute central defenders performed very badly in the last game against Liverpool, and this game was against Arsenal, which is known for short passes, in order to make up for the loopholes of the central defenders, Ferguson sent Rafael, Brown, O'Shea, Smarin, Evra, Fabio in one breath in this game, the six defenders, and the attacking players are only Rooney, Hernandez, Scholes and Gao Xiaodong, and Gao Xiaodong has to take care of defense.

Arsenal lost to Birmingham City in the League Cup final, the Champions League has just been eliminated by Barcelona, the league is eight points behind Manchester United, and there is only a theoretical hope left for the title, and now Arsenal can only compete for the FA Cup, and this quarter-final Arsenal is also bound to win.

Arsene Wenger fielded a very attacking line-up for this game, with Denilson and Diaby in the back, Nasri, Wilshere and Arshavin in midfield, and striker Robin van Persie, who was suspected of being injured in the previous game, also started the game, aiming at the weakness of Manchester United's centre-backs.

However, after the players of both sides came out, Wenger found that his old rival Ferguson had sent six defenders, and his face turned green with anger, "Old bastard! It's so shameless! I really don't even want to have a face. ”

However, when Ferguson shook hands with Arsene Wenger, he said: "You almost pulled Barcelona off the horse, this attack is too strong, I don't think we can defend it with six defenders." ”

Arsene Wenger said coldly: "It's a good thing you don't have 10 defenders. ”

Ferguson laughed, "Arsanna, you can't underestimate the attacking power of the defenders. ”

On the field, it was Patrice Evra who exchanged the flag and badge with Arsenal captain Koscielny, and the captain's armband was worn on Evra's arm today.

Arsenal kicked off the pitch as soon as the game began, with the midfield trio of Nasri, Wilshere and Arshavin quickly attacking the middle of the field.

Manchester United had been prepared for this for a long time, with Gao Xiaodong and Fabio actively intercepting before the central defenders to prevent Arsenal from penetrating in the middle.

After a few passes from Arsenal, there was a mistake under the pressure of Manchester United, Gao Xiaodong stole the ball, split it with one foot, and passed it to Rafael, who was quickly inserted.

United played very neatly today, and after Rafael received the ball on the wing, he saw Hernandez cut forward quickly and crossed diagonally behind the Arsenal defender.

Hernandez was quicker than Berbatov and was a staple for offside today, as he ran early, grabbing the ball ahead of Arsenal centre-back Koscielny and firing diagonally into the far corner.

Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia reacted quickly and flew to save the ball off the line.

However, by this time the linesman's flag had been raised, and Hernandez was considered offside.

Then the midfield became the world of the Arsenal people, and the six defenders sent by Ferguson were able to defend the penalty area, but there was no way to complete the midfield pass and cut coordination, and it was too difficult to rely on Scholes and Gao Xiaodong, who had reduced athleticism, to fight against the technically excellent Arsenal.

In the 6th minute, after Arsenal made a series of short passes in the middle to empty Manchester United's wing, Wilshere suddenly split sides, and Nasri received the ball and forced a breakthrough on the right side of Manchester United left-back Evra to knock on the door.

Although Arsenal broke through the wing, only Van Persie was the striker who grabbed the point in the middle, and the two defenders of Manchester United followed Van Persie, Gao Xiaodong, O'Shea, and Fabio in the middle were firmly stuck in the position and did not give Arsenal a chance to step forward in the midfield.

Arsenal's attack was not able to produce a shot on goal, but they still insisted on penetrating through the middle and breaking down the wings.

In the 11th minute, Arshavin had a chance on the left side of the box, and after cutting inside, he took a left-footed shot into the back corner near the corner of the box, but the ball went just wide of the post.

Arsenal launched attacks on both flanks in succession, forcing United to strengthen their defence on the flanks.

However, after playing Barcelona, Arsenal's attacking confidence has become more and more flexible, and the attacking style has become more and more flexible.

In the 18th minute of the game, Arsenal played back to the middle from the wing, Wilshere connected O'Shea and Scholes, and after being brought down by Scholes's back, he also swept the ball with his legs to Diaby, who stepped forward.

Diaby took two steps forward and fired a powerful right-footed volley from the top of the box.

This time Smalin did not lose position, he stretched out his long leg to block, and the ball hit Smalin's leg and bounced off the bottom line.

Arsenal took a corner, the ball was easily pushed out by Brown, O'Shea relayed the header to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong dodged Denilson's pressing, passed the ball to Rooney, and quickly cut forward.

Rooney and Gao Xiaodong cooperated very well, he passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, who avoided the defender at high speed, and Gao Xiaodong received the ball and continued to move forward.

Denilson and Diaby were in hot pursuit, but they couldn't catch up with Gao Xiaodong with the ball.

Gibbs, the last full-back, blocked it in front, Gao Xiaodong took the ball forward, and the ball passed Gibbs, but Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia made a quick attack and broke the ball out of the sideline before Gao Xiaodong.

Although Gao Xiaodong and Rooney's counterattack this time was destroyed by Almunia, the threat was not small, if Almunia took a step at night, Gao Xiaodong would have a chance to shoot the goal.

However, Arsenal have not given up on attack, they only have the FA Cup to fight for, and the Arsenal players are very keen to settle Manchester United in 90 minutes, rather than play Manchester United on penalties at the end.

In the 24th minute of the game, Van Persie, who had been waiting in the middle to grab a point, suddenly pulled to the side and handed over the middle to his midfielder.

The change caught United off guard, as Van Persie picked up the ball on the flank and cut cross-cutting to the edge of the box to shoot with his left foot.

The kick was right, Van der Sar tried to hold the ball, but the ball was spinning, Van der Sar pounced on the ball, and he quickly pounced again before holding the ball in his arms.

Arsenal then continued their onslaught.

In the 28th minute, Van Persie, who was widely active, received the ball on the right side of the penalty area, and Smarin pressed behind him.

Van Persie made a feint to turn to the left, then turned backwards and fired a straight right-footed volley.

This time the shot was sudden, but it did not fool the old and spicy Van der Sar, who flew to save the ball off the line.

Nasri whipped in a corner from the left, and Van Persie, who was in a brave position, suddenly ran to the front post and flew off the crossbar.

In the 32nd minute, Arshavin made a feint breakthrough on the side, and suddenly went straight to the left side, Diaby cut from the back position to the left side of the penalty area to get the ball, but when he turned around and smashed the ball, Gao Xiaodong had already followed and stole the ball with one kick.

If it was a defender, he might have opened a big foot, but Gao Xiaodong saw Scholes's position, handed a diagonal pass to Scholes, and raised his hand to ask for the ball at high speed.

Scholes was ready to counterattack with a long pass at the first time, but Hernandez, who was at the front, was not in a good position, and Rooney had not yet reached it, so he had to give the ball to Gao Xiaodong, who rushed up in the penalty area.

Scholes's pass was very accurate, just in time for Gao Xiaodong's step, so that Gao Xiaodong could receive the ball comfortably.

There is a lot of space in front of Gao Xiaodong, both the attacker and the defender thought that Gao Xiaodong would continue to dribble the ball, but Gao Xiaodong did not dribble the ball, he caught up with the ball, and with a flick of his instep, the ball drew a parabola and flew behind the Arsenal defender.

Hernandez was running when Paul Scholes got the ball, and when Scholes passed to Gao Xiaodong, Hernandez paused slightly, and then started to run again, and when Gao Xiaodong passed, he was just offside.

Hernandez shook off the defender, chested the ball forward, dribbled the ball into the box.

Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia made a quick block.

Hernandez flicked and fired into the bottom left corner of the net.

Almunia was no idle either, and although he was shaken to the ground, he still blocked the ball with his foot.

Seeing the ball roll towards the bottom line, Rooney followed from the side at high speed, grabbed the ball before it was almost out of the bottom line, and pushed the ball into the Arsenal goal from a small angle.