Gao Xiaodong's goal changed the situation of the game.

Tottenham Hotspur could not accept defeat at home, and after conceding the goal, the Spurs players quickly increased their attacking strength and increased their forward passing.

Manchester United, who are experienced in their game, did not shrink immediately after the goal, but continued to keep the pressure on the Tottenham penalty area to see if they could take advantage of the instability of the opposition to extend the score.

United's experience gave them the chance as Tottenham rushed back and the ball was cut off by a diligent Wayne Rooney, who took a few steps forward and crossed to the edge of the box under pressure from his opponent.

In Rooney's expectation, even if Gao Xiaodong and Scholes didn't have time to insert, Berbatov would definitely have a chance to grab this cross, but Rooney didn't expect Berbatov to be really slow, the ball slid past the goal, and it flew out of the sideline, and Berbatov arrived.

Rooney was very unhappy with Berbatov's follow-up, and he felt that whether Gao Xiaodong or Little Pea partnered with him, he would have an assist.

However, Berbatov was also unhappy with Rooney's pass, believing that Rooney could take it a little deeper and pass it again, instead of passing blindly with his eyes closed.

Tottenham sent a quick throw-in and Bale sprinted down the right flank.

Rafael had cut back on the cut-ins after Gao's goal, staying behind to defend, but still couldn't block Bale's attack.

Bale forced his way past Rafael in less than 10 metres and crossed the ball across the box from the baseline.

It may be that the pass was too urgent, Bale did not control the ball well, and Crouch, who is more than two meters tall, jumped high and was unable to touch the ball, and the ball flew directly out of the sideline.

In the 25th minute of the game, Manchester United played a quick counterattack, Scholes, Gao Xiaodong, and Fletcher passed the ball in succession, and poured the ball from their own half to the Tottenham half, and Scholes went straight to Berbatov.

Although Berbatov was not fast, he played the ball smartly, and when he received the ball in the middle, he stopped to the side, pulled the side back, and crossed to Rooney who was diagonally in the box.

Rooney followed up with a powerful volley, but the angle was a bit right, and goalkeeper Gomez fell to the ground and single-handedly blocked the ball.

Gala didn't dare to slack off, and rushed to kick the ball out before Gao Xiaodong made a supplementary shot.

Berbatov saw Rooney shoot the ball away, glanced at Rooney, as if to say that the ball should be passed like this, then shrugged his shoulders and walked back with a walk.

Rooney was very angry when he saw Berbatov's expression, but he didn't shoot well this kick, and he couldn't get angry when there was fire.

Manchester United's tactics were very right, they took advantage of Tottenham's psychological ups and downs to get two shots, but they couldn't grasp it, and then Tottenham increased their pressing, and the formation was also on the premise, Manchester United gradually shrunk the formation back, held the half, and played Tottenham's counterattack.

At this time, Gao Xiaodong's position is more recycled, almost parallel to Fletcher, mainly to protect his central defenders and the ball, and the task of passing the ball to the three forwards in the counterattack is mainly on Scholes.

Tottenham's last defeat at Old Trafford also taught the lesson of the defeat to Manchester United, that is, they can't let Manchester United control the pace of the game and can't let Manchester United score first.

However, after returning to the home stadium this time, Tottenham still did not defend against Gao Xiaodong, and Gao Xiaodong scored another goal.

Now it's time for Manchester United to fight back, and if they continue to be controlled by Manchester United, Tottenham is expected to get another big defeat like last time.

If you don't want Manchester United to control the rhythm, you must strangle Manchester United's ball, so that the three strikers can't get the ball and can't counterattack, once Manchester United's three strikers can only leave one Berbatov in front, and the remaining two go back to defend and get the ball, Tottenham will be safe, because they have Bale and Lennon on the wing, two fast wingers, who can quickly chase back, and Manchester United's counterattack is not so threatening.

Manchester United's point of departure is Gao Xiaodong and Scholes, Tottenham Hotspur asked Van der Vaart to limit Gao Xiaodong's ball when he lost the ball, and used Modric to mark Scholes, preferring to foul rather than let Gao Xiaodong and Scholes pass the ball.

Tottenham's targeted defense is good, Gao Xiaodong and Scholes have been greatly affected, especially Scholes, who is older, his action reaction ability is slow, and then he is targeted at the play, and the mistakes immediately multiply, so that Manchester United can not play a quick counterattack.

The most feared thing about defensive counterattacks is that there is no counterattack, and the opponent repeatedly hits the back line.

Tottenham's attacking power is actually quite bad, they have several attacking talents in central midfield, and it is their backline and goalkeeper who limit Tottenham's further development, and now Manchester United's quick counter-attacks are not playing, and the pressure on their own backline is too great.

In the 35th minute of the game, Scholes took the ball and was cut off by Modric, Scholes tackled behind his back, and wanted to use a foul to destroy Modric's second attack, but Modric moved quickly, and Scholes was unable to touch Modric when he fouled.

However, Gao Xiaodong has been paying attention to Scholes' position, after Modric stealed, Gao Xiaodong quickly made up for the defense, Modric just avoided Scholes, Gao Xiaodong felt that it was a good opportunity, and quickly stepped down to steal.

However, Modric's ball control skills are really good, and his body center of gravity is still fully adjusted, but he flicked the ball and shook it over Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong can't let Modric go over again, and he will face the defender in the past.

Nemanja Vidic and Ferdinand are powerful, but it is also too dangerous to face Luka Modric, Van der Vaart and Crouch.

Gao Xiaodong did not hesitate to sweep Modric from behind.

This was an obvious tactical foul, and the referee blew the whistle and took out a yellow card and gave it to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong's yellow card did not lose, and Gao Xiaodong did not plead, and went directly to defend.

Although Tottenham has a high point like Crouch in the middle and even two central defenders, Manchester United's air defense is indeed one of the best, and Tottenham's free-kick did not create much of a threat.

Ferguson is a coach with decades of professional experience, and he quickly saw Tottenham's intentions, and quickly ran to the sidelines to tell his defenders, so that the defenders should not rush to pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong and Scholes, pass the ball to the two wings, and launch a counterattack directly from the side without going through the scheduling and organization of the midfield.

Ferguson's thinking is very correct, Manchester United has Nani and Rooney on the side, the two of them, Nani has good skills, fast speed, can break through people, Rooney's skills are a little rougher, but the impact is strong, the speed is also fast, the two can launch counterattacks on the side.

Ferguson's change fell right into Redknapp's calculations.

Tottenham Hotspur is not afraid that Manchester United will not go on the wing, as long as Manchester United goes on the side, whether Nani and Rooney, advance with the ball, Bale and Lennon have the ability to return to their penalty area to reduce the threat posed by Manchester United's wings flying together.

Even if Bell and Lennon can't come back sometimes, except for Gao Xiaodong and Scholes, everyone else is not as accurate as Gao Xiaodong and Scholes when handling the ball.

Without reasonable ball play and accurate footwork, a quick counterattack will not be possible.

In other words, as long as Gao Xiaodong and Scholes are controlled, the quality of Manchester United's counter-attacks will be greatly reduced.

In fact, before 25 minutes of the first half, Manchester United controlled the game, Gao Xiaodong also scored a goal, and 25 minutes later, the game was played according to the vision of Tottenham manager Redknapp, Tottenham have been attacking, and Manchester United's counter-attack has never been able to play.

However, Tottenham's forward line was mediocre in their ability to take chances, and their continuous attacks created a lot of shooting opportunities, but they were never able to get the ball into the door of Manchester United.

The 45 minutes of the first half passed quickly, and Tottenham had the advantage on the field, but could not convert it into a goal, and had to go back to the dressing room to rest with the result of 0-1 down.