Chapter 873: Mount Tai is at the top
Ferguson's requirements are good, the FA Cup is not an exhibition game, the double red club is always a high and low, Manchester United has not yet sealed the win, and can't just think about helping Gao Xiaodong score.
After the first 20 minutes of competition, Nani and Rooney also saw Liverpool's intentions, staring at Gao Xiaodong's passing line and waiting for steals and packs, if they insisted on passing the ball to Gao Xiaodong, it was almost equivalent to giving the ball to the opponent, so in the next game, they reduced the pass to Gao Xiaodong.
And Gao Xiaodong is also a very smart player, and soon discovered Liverpool's tactical intentions, he appeared more in defensive positions, and when attacking, he tried to catch the ball as little as possible, and mainly ran without the ball and stepped forward to grab points.
Twenty minutes later, United stepped up their defence and Liverpool's counter-attack was useless, with the two sides battling more in midfield and fewer chances to shoot.
When Gao Xiaodong first came, Ferguson originally planned to let Gao Xiaodong focus on attack, and the organization and scheduling still used Scholes, but Scholes is 37 years old, and his athleticism is not as good as a year.
Although Scholes's athleticism is worse than Gao Xiaodong's, his awareness is better than Gao Xiaodong's, after he took over the organization and scheduling, Manchester United's midfield aggressiveness is a little worse, but it is more organized, plus Gao Xiaodong is from time to time to step forward to grab points, the offensive threat is no worse than when Gao Xiaodong was single-core.
Liverpool's new coach has taken office, and the form of the players today is obviously much stronger than in the first double red meeting of the season, the players are more active in running, more brave in scrambling, and more daring to show themselves, Manchester United's midfield has no advantage over Liverpool.
Against the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool, it doesn't matter if they don't take advantage of the whole team, they all have world-class stars, and the flash of inspiration from any one player could change the course of the game.
In the 35th minute of the game, Liverpool captain Gerrard, who was eager for revenge, suddenly accelerated to get rid of Fletcher after receiving the ball in the midfield, and entered the 30-meter area to shoot directly with his feet.
Gerrard has a strong long-range shooting ability, and Manchester United's substitute goalkeeper Kuzzak was prepared in advance, but Gerrard's shot was so powerful that Kuzzak didn't dare to take it hard, and he flew into the box with both fists.
Ager grabbed the landing spot and passed diagonally to Kuyt, who stopped the ball and turned around and hit the goal with his feet, but the ball flew off the line against the post.
Manchester United won the ball and launched a counterattack from the wing, Nani used his personal ability to break through and cross the penalty area, Berbatov suddenly stepped forward and nodded the ball, Rooney jumped up in the middle and did not touch the ball, but Gao Xiaodong ran to the back point unconsciously, he headed the ball a little in the run, and pushed the ball towards the near corner of the goal.
Gao Xiaodong's running position is absolutely world-class, but Liverpool's defense against him today is absolutely perverted, and Gao Xiaodong saw that the ball that was about to be scored was headed out by Skrtel.
Skrtel also fought today, and after he pushed the ball out, his body also hit the post, and he fell to the ground with a half-bang and did not get up.
In the final five minutes of the first half, Manchester United closed the game and prepared to keep the score 1-0 until the second half, while Liverpool, who were behind the score, took the opportunity to launch a big attack on Manchester United.
After successive passes of the ball in Liverpool's midfield, Gerrard shot from distance and suddenly passed the ball to Torres.
In the face of Torres, Vidic was a little weak-hearted, and before Torres could make a move, he impulsively kicked Torres from behind with the ball and kicked Torres to the ground.
Referee Webb blew the whistle for Nemanja Vidic to be fouled and awarded a free-kick to Liverpool.
Ferguson was depressed standing on the sidelines, you said that Torres is a striker, Vidic has Ferdinand next to him, what kind of person are you playing.
Martin, the on-site commentator, smiled: "It looks like Vidic has a shadow on Torres, and he is afraid to see Torres receiving the ball." ”
The free-kick in that position was good, and Liverpool's captain and centrepiece Steven Gerrard took it personally.
Gerrard made a short run and kicked a beautiful curling ball that was fast and spinning, and after going over the wall, it hung into the corner of the goal.
The quality of the free-kick was so high that United goalkeeper Kuzzak was barely reactable to the beating, and only made half a move before watching the ball fly towards the goal.
However, Gerrard had a bad luck today, the ball passed Kuzzak's ten fingers, but he couldn't get past the post, and with a bang, the ball hit the crossbar.
Gerrard was so frustrated that he looked up to the sky and sighed, and ran to his half with his head down.
Liverpool had three good chances to shoot in the first half, and Gerrard came the closest he came to finding the scoresheet, but unfortunately Gerrard hit the crossbar.
There were no more chances to score, and as referee Webber blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the players from both sides went back to the dressing room to rest.
Although Liverpool trailed in the first half, manager Dalglish was pleased with the performance of his players, believing that conceding a goal was just a bit slow to enter the game in the first half, and that the rest of the year did not give United a chance to score.
Liverpool's players were also pleased with their performances, considering that they conceded four goals in the first half of the season.
Only captain Steven Gerrard was unhappy and he could have equalised in the first half but the crossbar prevented him from scoring, and he was a little unhappy with his luck and performance.
At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool continued to attack in the final stage of the first half, while Manchester United had a one-goal lead and was not in a hurry, attacking and defending according to the midfield, trying to stifle Liverpool's attack outside their 30-meter area.
Liverpool can play a counterattack, with their strength, it is still a little difficult to besiege Manchester United, and in the 50th minute of the game, Manchester United midfielder steals and launches a quick counterattack.
Scholes quickly pushed to the middle side, Rooney received the ball and saw teammate Rafael catch up and push the ball to the baseline, Rafael chased to the baseline and passed the ball to the penalty area.
This counterattack came very quickly, Liverpool's defenders have not come back yet, there are only two central defenders in the backfield, and Manchester United except for striker Berbatov to grab points, Gao Xiaodong inserted it as quickly as possible, Meireles in the midfield did not keep up, defender Skrtel is really fighting today, seeing Gao Xiaodong rushing over like a high-speed train, he actually moved sideways to Gao Xiaodong's line to block.
Gao Xiaodong ran at high speed and jumped towards Skrtel from outside the penalty area.
Gao Xiaodong was so strong and heavy, Skrtel was frightened, and quickly squatted, Gao Xiaodong flew directly over Skrtel's body, and hit the ball heavily towards the goal.
Liverpool goalkeeper Reyna couldn't do anything about such a header, and he didn't even have time to react before the ball flew into the net.
2:0
Gao Xiaodong's overwhelming header helped United extend the score.