Chapter 895: Seeing Hartmon's Kick
Falling behind in a derby, still at home, is something the Reds can't accept.
"Get one!"
"Get it back!"
"them!"
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The Red Devils fans began to cheer on the players.
United's players have also stepped up their running and pressing, with the five vice-captains in particular being more aggressive.
A big game like the Manchester derby, only twice a season, and now the score is behind, it is the time to show yourself, if you can show a highlight performance in the derby, you can basically be praised for a season, and more importantly, when the captain is selected at the end of the season, the derby's performance will definitely be highlighted.
Manchester City shrank after the goal, and the defense was dense in the middle, and United could only force from two sides, with Rooney taking the lead.
As the schedule progressed, the original transfer and prostitution doors have been forgotten by fans and the media, and Rooney's form has gotten better and better, and he is now the third-highest scorer for Manchester United, almost back to last season's level.
In the 34th minute of the game, Giggs crossed to Rooney on the side, Rooney stopped the ball in the crowd, but did not stop wide, controlled it steadily, tossed and turned, and was stunned by him out of the crowd.
Seeing that Rooney was about to enter the penalty area, Kompany tackled Rooney with a diagonal stab.
It was a tactical foul and referee Marrina did not hesitate to show Kompany a yellow card.
"Amazing! outnumbered!"
Gao Xiaodong gave Rooney a thumbs up when he came over to take a free kick.
Rooney felt that Gao Xiaodong was joking that he didn't pass the ball in time, and said: "It's not that I don't want to pass, it's really no line." ”
Gao Xiaodong smiled: "It's really a compliment to you, why are you so unconfident." ”
Rooney was happy and said, "If you enter, I will count the assist I gave you." ”
Gao Xiaodong said: "Okay, please eat when you score." ”
In fact, this free kick is not easy to score, it is too close to the goal, it is impossible to play an arc, Gao Xiaodong comes to penalize, Manchester City's human wall will definitely be very dense, and it is too difficult to break through.
Sure enough, Manchester City shamelessly discharged a double-layer human wall, resolutely not giving Gao Xiaodong a chance to break through the human wall.
Gao Xiaodong frowned, he called Rooney over, "Wayne, it's no fun to shoot directly, let's do a cooperation, I will cross the ball to the other side of the big penalty area, and you will shoot at the back corner." ”
Rooney looked at the double wall, spat on it, and said, "Okay, just do as you say." ”
Gao Xiaodong said slyly: "There must be someone in Manchester City who will stare at you, you make a reverse run and shake him off." ”
"Good, good. Rooney nodded repeatedly, thinking to himself, this kid is really treacherous.
Gao Xiaodong and Rooney have agreed, but he still made a posture of vowing to break through the human wall, after the referee Marriner blew the whistle, Gao Xiaodong ran with all his might, but ran to the ball and pushed the ball horizontally and passed to the other side of the front of the penalty area.
Rooney had already been prepared, and when Gao Xiaodong got down, he immediately made a reverse run, and then ran to the side of Gao Xiaodong's pass.
When the ball arrived, Rooney pushed the ball from behind the wall to the far corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Hart was preoccupied with his attention, but the shot was so sudden and at a tricky angle that Hart could not fully fall before the ball flew under his hands.
Hart felt a chill in his heart, thinking that he might be conceding the ball, but he immediately heard the cheers of his teammates, and it turned out that the ball flew off the bottom line against the post.
The penalty was imaginative, but in the end, Rooney's shot was a little missed.
Gao Xiaodong watched the ball fly out of the bottom line in disappointment, sighed, and felt that he should find Giggs to cooperate, with Giggs's footwork, it was possible to complete the final blow, and Rooney's work was a little rougher.
Ryan Giggs and other veterans appreciated the free kick designed by Gao Xiaodong, but they were also not satisfied with Rooney's final strike, and felt that they could play a little higher.
Ferguson, who was on the sidelines, also sighed, he felt that if Berbatov was not injured, maybe Berbatov would be the most suitable to make the final blow, but Gao Xiaodong and Berbatov had a bad relationship, and Gao Xiaodong might not be willing to cooperate with him.
Although the free-kick combination was unsuccessful, it still boosted the morale of the players, and the Reds continued to launch a fierce attack.
Gao Xiaodong's performance in the first half today was average, but the free kick he took was very cunning, which scared the Manchester City players and made Gao Xiaodong's defense more tight.
Gao Xiaodong scored an own goal before, eager to make up for it, running more actively, and there are his shadows in the front and back, but Manchester City's "care" of him can be said to be meticulous. Gao Xiaodong began to break through and shoot, but when he saw that the opponent was not leaving him, he gave up the middle breakthrough, switched positions with Giggs, and opened up space on the side.
After Gao Xiaodong pulled the side, he attracted the right leaning of Manchester City's overall formation, and then hit a long pass to the other side to find Nani.
Manchester United's tactics are still good, Gao Xiaodong's threat on the side is also huge, in order to prevent Gao Xiaodong, Manchester City's formation had to move as a whole, leaving a lot of space on the side, this space is handy for Nani who has excellent technology and breakthrough ability.
In the 40th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong gently swung his leg and found Nani with a long pass, Nani quickly went down, got rid of Zabaleta with a feint, and passed the ball to the penalty area.
Nani's pass was beautiful, but it was Wayne Rooney who grabbed the ball in the middle, and his header was almost nil, and the ball was easily pushed out of the box by Kompany.
The ball was picked up by Anderson in the middle, he passed to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong went down at high speed and rolled the ball into the penalty area, but did not pass Lescot, and the Manchester City central defender kicked the ball out of the bottom line.
Gao Xiaodong sent a corner, Smalling's header rubbed back, and Anderson's header was blocked by Kompany with his body in the bottom right corner of the goal.
With little time left in the first half, United's attack grew like a river, with crosses and shots on goal that left City almost breathless.
The rhythm and atmosphere were suffocating, and when the first half of stoppage time began, there were no fans in the stands making noise, everyone was holding their breath to watch the game, and even the VIPs in the box did not stop talking, staring at the stadium without blinking.
In the second minute of stoppage time, Patrice Evra's low cross was headed over by Vincent Kompany and Nemanja Vidic lobbed it into the box.
Manchester City centre-back Lescott made a mistake in clearing under pressure from Wayne Rooney and the ball went straight to Ryan Giggs.
The old goblin Giggs stopped the ball on his chest, picked a pass to find Gao Xiaodong on the side, fullback Richards quickly came up to steal, but a step slow, Gao Xiaodong picked the ball over the top, passed Richards, and cut diagonally into the penalty area.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart hurriedly moved to the near corner to block the near corner, and Lescott, who had just cleared the ball, also desperately pounced on Gao Xiaodong to prevent Gao Xiaodong from shooting.
There were people in the box, the pass could not find a teammate, and the timing of the shot was fleeting.
At this time, Gao Xiaodong still believed in a miracle, and he directly pumped the instep to the near corner of the goal.
The shot was so powerful that the ball was instantly faster than 200 km/h.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart had completely blocked the near corner, but the ball was so fast that it flew over his head and he didn't even have time to stretch his arm to pounce.
The ball flew into the goal with lightning and smashed into the net.
1:1
Gao Xiaodong's earth-shattering strike equalised for Manchester United.