Chapter 984: Attacking Small Victory

Although United were in control of the game, with 80 per cent possession, they had very few dangerous shots on goal, and to make matters worse, they managed to have a very dangerous shot on goal, only to be saved by the goalkeeper.

The situation of not scoring is the most dangerous, the more the opponent defends, the more confident he is, and the attacking side is impatient, it is easy to be counterattacked.

Everton manager Moyes looks very relaxed, for him, it doesn't matter if he wins or loses this game, if he wins, Everton has taken another step forward on the road to European competition, yes; if he loses, it's nothing if he doesn't play in the Europa League, the prize money is not much, the game is a lot, and if he doesn't do it, he will be dragged to the league relegation, so Moyes doesn't care.

And in terms of personal relations, Moyes and Ferguson have a very good relationship, and Ferguson often told him that he would let Moyes become Manchester United manager after he retired.

Now there is too much pressure from public opinion, and Moyes has to play this game with all his might.

Ferguson watched anxiously from the sidelines, and in the past month, Manchester United have had key games in the Champions League and FA Cup, and Ferguson hopes to get out of the league early, rather than falling into the predicament of third-tier operations.

If you want to get out early, you can't lose a single point of three points against a weak team like Everton, otherwise it will be difficult to do later.

But now Everton have played a dense defence, which makes Ferguson feel like a tiger has nowhere to eat.

Breaking down dense defenses is a global problem, and even with a strong striker and a long-range shooter, it may not be effective, and if not, it will only depend on luck.

In the 70th minute, Ferguson made another substitution, and Berbatov came on to replace Evans and continued to strengthen the attack.

Although Berbatov is not very good at heading, his height is there, and Berbatov's technique is very good, he makes the ball well in the crowd.

Ferguson replaced him in the hope that Berbatov and Wayne Rooney would be the fulcrum of the penalty area and the rest of the United side.

But the effect of Berbatov after playing is not good, because Berbatov is not good at hand-to-hand combat with defenders, and the referee Jones is a little biased towards the away team, or does not like Manchester United, when blowing penalties, his scale is very loose, Berbatov in the penalty area when he takes the ball, often pushed down, kicked down and squeezed by the opponent, including foul actions, there are no fouls, but Jones does not blow.

The referee's scale is relaxed, Berbatov's technique and ability to make the ball cannot be shown, and under the bag marking, Berbatov's role is not as good as that of the little tank Rooney.

Rooney's technique is a little rougher, but he's strong, and opponents don't want to knock him down easily, so Rooney can play the ball to his teammates.

In the 72nd minute of the game, Rooney received the ball with his back and poked the ball out when he was pulled by the opponent and lost his center of gravity.

Gao Xiaodong bought so many shooting techniques, and in the absence of interference, the long-range shot was very reliable, and his long-range shot flew towards the left side of the goal, with a good speed and angle.

However, today's goalkeeper Howard's state was really trained, and Gao Xiaodong's long-range shot was punched out of the penalty area by his two fists.

At this moment, Manchester United has seen a large number of them, Everton is running for a draw today, counterattacking is just containment, Manchester United wants to win, it must continue to impact Everton's penalty area, and use the number of attacks in exchange for the success rate.

United's two wing-backs, Nani and Valencia, then desperately crossed into the box and crossed towards the edge of the box, allowing their team-mates to scramble for headers and long-range shots.

With defenders standing inside and outside the opponent's penalty area, such brainless crosses are inefficient and scary, only to see the cross ball constantly being pushed out, the shot constantly being blocked, and goalkeeper Howard not even having many chances to save.

The United fans in the stands were depressed, anxious and angry, and they kept clapping and chanting for the players to score a goal, but the ball never flew into the goal.

Although Manchester United's style of play is extremely inefficient, the pressure on Everton is not small, the ball is constantly hanging towards the penalty area, constantly shooting from a distance, once bad luck is refracted, Everton will be miserable.

Eighty minutes into the game, Moyes's heart couldn't stand it, and he made a substitution, Gueye replaced Coleman, Cahill replaced Villaretinov, and strengthened the counter-attack to relieve a little pressure on his backline.

Ferguson's substitutions were of little use, as were Moyes's substitutions, and under the frantic pressure of Manchester United, Everton's three lines were disjointed, and Cahill and Beckford alone were useless.

In the 85th minute of the game, the reporter gave a close-up of the camera to Gao Xiaodong, and the fans also chanted Gao Xiaodong's name, giving him all the goal expectations, hoping that he could turn the tide and kill the obscene Everton.

Of course, Gao Xiaodong also wanted to score, he had tried seven or eight shots in the second half, almost becoming a goalkeeper, and Everton fans kept booing Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong did not give up, he had a lot of shooting methods, and he was not afraid of finding a way to break the goal.

In the 86th minute, Paul Scholes gave up on the organization and fired a powerful shot in front of the penalty area, which went wide of the post.

In the 87th minute, Manchester United's cross was cut off, Osman passed, Cahill cut in from behind, dribbled to the penalty area and fired hard.

Rio Ferdinand struggled to intercept the ball and deflected off his boots, only to be blocked by Van der Sar and the ball grazed the left-hand post.

In the 89th minute, Rooney split the ball on the right side, Valencia crossed, Gao Xiaodong forced into the penalty area, and stabbed at the ground at the front point, but the ball hit the near corner post and bounced back.

Manchester United fans have a look of despair on their faces, they feel that this game may be difficult to win, Everton's defense is so perfect and elastic that Manchester United cannot completely tear apart Everton's defense no matter how hard they try.

Manchester United's players are also a little frustrated, they have tried everything they can, the ball just doesn't fly into the goal, which makes Manchester United's players very helpless.

Gao Xiaodong is also disappointed, although he has a superstar system in his body, which can be called a bug on the field, but Gao Xiaodong does not want to use the special points of the superstar system, there are many strong opponents behind, Manchester United is 8 points ahead of the second place, this game is not unwinnable, Gao Xiaodong still hopes to continue to complete the goal through cooperation.

In the 90th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong received a pass from Valencia, made a shooting action, shook Cahill, and dribbled to the penalty area.

Gaye came over to intercept, Gao Xiaodong quickly changed direction and shook Gayer, and continued to break through to the penalty area.

The Everton players saw Gao Xiaodong pass two teammates in a row, and the four players pounced together and sandwiched the ball between Gao Xiaodong's bag.

Don't look at Gao Xiaodong burying his head in the penalty area and breaking through, in fact, he doesn't think he can break through all the defenders to score, he is not Messi, and breaking through people is not what he is best at.

Gao Xiaodong's purpose is to press Everton's defense and press the opponent into the penalty area.

When the opponent came to pounce on him, Gao Xiaodong gave up forward, stepped over the ball with his supporting foot, knocked it back, and knocked the ball back into the midfield.

Gao Xiaodong didn't look at anyone, but he knew that it was Scholes's position, and he believed that Scholes would handle the ball.

Scholes had a very good view of the overall situation, Gao Xiaodong passed the ball, and he immediately split the ball to the side and passed it to Valencia.

Valencia caught up with the ball and found that Gao Xiaodong rushed out of the encirclement to the front point, and Valencia did not hesitate to find Gao Xiaodong at the front point.

Gao Xiaodong's header flicked back, and the ball flew towards the far post.

Manchester United's attack was very exciting, Gao Xiaodong suddenly pressed Everton's defense into the penalty area, and then passed back, Scholes hit the ball to the side, Gao Xiaodong then swam to the front point, attracting the defense again.

However, Gao Xiaodong's running position this time was still not for shooting, and his header changed the direction of attack again.

United's moves completely stunned Everton's players, and when the ball flew near the far post, Hernandez, who was inserted in this position, was unmarked and unguarded at a distance of 7 metres from goal.

Goalkeeper Howard was drawn to the near post by Gao Xiaodong, and Hernandez headed the ball into the net from a tight angle with an easy header.

1:0

Manchester United broke the deadlock through a beautiful combination, Gao Xiaodong assisted Hernandez to break the deadlock.

Hernandez was thrilled after the goal, which was basically a stunner, as he lifted his shirt, covered his head and slid down to the stands.

The rest of the United players were also hugged excitedly, they didn't expect the game to be so difficult before the game, so much so that Hernandez scored and everyone was as excited as they were to win the league title.

Everton manager Moyes hugged his head, he didn't expect that the simple and rough Manchester United could still play such delicate tactics, you know, this is stoppage time, even if Arsenal and Barcelona are not in the mood to penetrate, but Manchester United has penetrated, which really makes Moyes feel like a dog.

Ferguson was overjoyed, he burst out with a clenched fist and swung several times into the air.

However, the old guy is an old man after all, and after the big joy, he immediately calmed down, remembering that Everton scored two goals in stoppage time in the first leg, Ferguson immediately sent Vidic to replace Hernandez, and at the same time called the players over to strengthen their defense.

Alex Ferguson's composure killed the upset, and then in three minutes of stoppage time, Everton launched a furious attack, but United calmly used possession and fouls to defuse Everton's comeback, and finally beat Everton 1-0 at home to get the match point for the league title.