Chapter 856: Sudden Change

Wayne Rooney didn't score a goal for a chance to seal the win, and United fans regretted it and were also a little worried, because there seemed to be an irregular pattern on the pitch, and the side that missed the opportunity was often counter-killed by the opponent.

Chelsea are in a similar situation to Arsenal before them, they have to win, there is little hope of a draw, and if they lose, there is little hope of contention for the title.

In such a situation, although Manchester United's counter-attack made Chelsea's heart tremble, the Chelsea players still pushed forward and attacked around Manchester United.

In the 40th minute, Didier Drogba held Nemanja Vidic and fed the ball back to Lampard, who fired a blast from 27 yards.

Frank Lampard's long-range shot was brilliant and it flew straight into the top right corner of the net.

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was outstanding today, leaping to his feet and firing the ball off the line with his fingertips.

This save made Manchester United fans almost burst into tears, Van der Sar is about to be 41 years old, this state is really superb, without Van der Sar's few saves, maybe Chelsea would have scored.

Frustrated, Lampard yelled at the still snowflakes in the sky and hurried towards the corner flag to take the corner.

Athletic warfare could not break down Manchester United's goal, and Chelsea's hopes were pinned on set-pieces, with players who could grab headers coming to the United penalty area.

Frank Lampard unleashed a quick, spinning corner.

Such a ball is not easy to judge where it lands, but it is more threatening when it is topped.

Chelsea have put a lot of force into the box this time, and even players with average headers have run into the box to interfere with the United players' defence.

High investment brings high gains, the landing point was grabbed by Ivanovic, he was played by Gao Xiaodong today, there is fire in his heart, this header is full of power, but unfortunately he did not grasp the time, the ball hit his forehead, and the ball flew high out of the bottom line.

At the end of the first half, Van der Sar was experienced, and the young caddy at Stamford Bridge quickly threw the ball to him, but Van der Sar did not pick it up, but ran behind the goal to pick up the ball that was headed over by Ivanovic.

Van der Sar's delay drew boos from Chelsea fans.

Van der Sar didn't take the ball and didn't kick it again, but passed it to full-back Patrice Evra.

Patrice Evra is also an old fritter on the pitch, and his thoughts are the same as Van der Sar's, and now that Chelsea are attacking so hard, United should delay a moment and drag their one-goal lead into the second half.

After Evra received the ball, Anelka quickly pressed over, but Gao Xiaodong also recovered to the side of his penalty area to meet Evra.

Evra passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong did not dribble forward, and when Anelka pressed over, he immediately passed the ball to Evra again.

Evra almost gave Gao Xiaodong a thumbs up, from this pass Evra knew that the Huaguo young man had a strong ability to read the game and knew that it was going to consume time now, so he didn't move forward as quickly as before, but gave the ball back to himself.

Nicolas Anelka continued to press Patrice Evra, while Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic boldly pressed past the centre circle to press Gao Xiaodong.

Evra trusted Gao Xiaodong's ability to control the ball, and then passed the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

When Gao Xiaodong received the ball, Ivanovic had already arrived, Gao Xiaodong couldn't pass to Evra again, and the passing line in the middle was also blocked.

Ivanovic thought that because of his height and strength, Gao Xiaodong should have no problem stealing the ball with his back, but as soon as the two came into contact, Ivanovic realized that his strength did not have to be strong for Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong's arms were drawn back, and Ivanovic couldn't squeeze into Gao Xiaodong's side.

Ivanovic squeezed Gao Xiaodong to the side, wanting to wait for his teammates to pinch Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong is a person who calculates others all day long, so he won't be able to see Ivanovic's thoughts, he saw the linesman running over, and Gao Xiaodong suddenly shouted "foul".

Ivanovic was stunned for a moment, he didn't think he had fouled, but just as Ivanovic was stunned, Gao Xiaodong knocked the ball to Ivanovic's crotch with his heel, turned around Ivanovic from the side.

Ivanovic is a fullback, and after letting Gao Xiaodong pass, the entire right side was empty, and he quickly reached out to pull Gao Xiaodong's jersey.

Gao Xiaodong's jersey is a special material, and after Ivanovic caught it, he only felt that his hand was slipping, and he didn't pull it.

After Gao Xiaodong broke through Branislav Ivanovic, he immediately struck the Chelsea half at high speed.

Of course, you can't continue to consume time when the opportunity comes, as long as you score one more goal, the victory is guaranteed.

Gao Xiaodong sprinted forward from the wing, and the speed was at its peak, not giving Chelsea's defenders and midfielders time to return to defence at all.

Gao Xiaodong's wave advanced rapidly, and only striker Rooney was followed by Manchester United players at the beginning, and everyone else was left behind.

Gao Xiaodong wanted to make a cross from the bottom, but he suddenly saw Nani on the other side follow, and there was no one to defend it, and Ashley Cole didn't know why he didn't come back.

Gao Xiaodong immediately gave up the idea of going to the bottom, and found Nani with a long pass.

Nani met the ball with a chest forward, easily unloaded the ball in front of him, and accelerated a few steps into the box.

"One-knife ball! one-knife ball!"

"Nani! Shoot him!"

"Seize the opportunity!"

"Pass!"

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Cech was already on the move when Nani unloaded the ball and he quickly pressed on Nani to reduce the angle of his shot.

At this moment, Rooney has taken a half-body lead in the middle, he quickly raised his hand and shouted for the ball, as long as Nani can pass the ball, Rooney will hit the empty goal.

Of course, Nani certainly didn't pass, it's not that Nani didn't want to pass, Cech came up too fast, Nani didn't have time to watch around.

Nani shook off and immediately fired a shot into the far corner.

It was a neat shot, but Cech was experienced enough to spot Nani in the far corner and get down the ground quickly, so he fell to the ground and pounced on the ball.

Another one-on-one ball missed, and Nani crouched on the ground with her head in chagrin.

Nani was frustrated and didn't stop Cech in the first place, but Cech was full of attacks, he got up from the ground with the ball in his arms, and saw Ashley Cole at a glance.

Although Ashley Cole was too slow to defend this time, Ashley Cole's offense was still very reassuring, not to mention that Nani didn't go back.

Petr Cech found Ashley Cole with a quick long-range hand-toss.

Ashley Cole dribbled quickly down the flanks to play Manchester United's counter-attack.

Ashley Cole's attack power is really good, O'Shea came over to defend, but the gap behind him was too big, and Ashley Cole used his speed to rush directly.

When Ashley Cole rushed to the side of the penalty area, he saw that Drogba had already rushed in front of Ferdinand into the box, and another central defender Vidic was coming to make up for the defense, Ashley Cole immediately curled the ball into the box to find Drogba.

The ball was well passed and Drogba leaped high to head the goalkeeper in the opposite direction.

Vidic was a step behind Drogba, but he couldn't watch Drogba grab the point, knowing that it was useless, he could only jump up and rush for it.

Unfortunately, in order to maintain balance, Vidic's arm was spread to the side and Drogba's header was right on Vidic's arm.

As soon as Drogba landed, he raised his hand and shouted for Vidic's handball.

Referee Atkinson also saw the handball and immediately whistled to the spot, pointing to the penalty spot and showing Vidic a yellow card.

However, when Atkinson recorded the yellow card, he suddenly found that Vidic had already received a yellow card, so he took out a ruby card and gave it to Vidic.