Chapter 855: Missed Opportunity

After the goal, Rooney rushed to Gao Xiaodong, and a tiger pounced to knock Gao Xiaodong to the ground.

The Manchester United players who came in immediately afterwards also ran over and pressed Rooney and Gao Xiaodong into the penalty area.

The few United fans in the stands cheered and were thrilled with United's goal away from home.

On-site commentator Andy Gray exclaimed: "It's in! Manchester United has scored! Rooney! Lu Ambition has scored! The assist is Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong shook over Ivanovic and gave Rooney a nanny-like assist! Rooney's shot can only be said to be decent, and Gao Xiaodong's previous escape is really beautiful, and the defender with a knife Ivanovic has not been tricked at all. ”

In the VIP box, Manchester United's young club Joel gave a standing ovation and a big smile, and he was very happy with Manchester United's performance.

Abu's face became gloomy, although he doesn't attach much importance to the league now, but the points gap is so big, it is difficult for him to accept losing at home to his old rival.

Zhukova frowned, she was also very dissatisfied with the game, but her best friend Emma. Watson, on the other hand, looked calm, as if it wasn't Chelsea who were behind.

Edward saw that it was Rooney who scored the goal, raised his hand and shouted, and looked at Emma triumphantly. Watson, as if to say, look, we Manchester United are the hegemons of the Premier League.

United's goal upset the balance of the pitch as Chelsea launched a fierce comeback from the centre circle after kick-off.

Ramirez made a long pass directly to Drogba, Drogba stopped the ball on his chest, and under Ferdinand's close marking, Drogba still crossed the ball to the side to find Malouda.

Although Nani had returned to the edge of his penalty area, he was unable to keep up with Malouda, who tapped the ball down the middle and followed it with a long-range shot.

Malouda's kick was fierce, but the angle was not well controlled, and the ball flew off the touchline against the post.

Manchester United served the goal, Van der Sar was experienced, did not open too much, passed the ball to full-back Patrice Evra, and organized the attack from the back.

Chelsea pressed very high after conceding the goal, Evra got the ball, Anelka quickly pressed over, and at the same time, Branislavic and Essien also came to surround Gao Xiaodong and prevent Evra from passing the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

Patrice Evra had no choice but to pass the ball to his centre-back Rio Ferdinand.

Chelsea's pressing for Rio Ferdinand was equally ferocious, with Didier Drogba rushing straight up and Ramirez also rushing over to grab Vidic.

Drogba was too close for Ferdinand to dare to kick wide, so he could only pass back to Van der Sar and let Van der Sar kick wide.

Van der Sar kicked the ball forward and it fell to Chelsea, who continued to attack.

Chelsea continued to attack from their own left, with Ashley Cole bringing the ball forward to Malouda, who cut forward and Ashley Cole cut wide towards the edge of the box.

Malouda pulls back the ball to find Ashley who cross-cuts. Cole.

Nani steals forward and doesn't touch the ball, Ashley. Cole received the ball in front of the ribs of the box and it was a volley.

The shot went straight into the near corner, where goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar barely managed to save the ball, but Malouda arrived quickly from the flank and followed up with a follow-up shot into the far corner.

This time Vidic made a difference when he kicked the ball out of the box on the goal line.

Chelsea were in a tight position at the moment, and they got the second place, and then launched another wave of attacks.

United's formation is very flat at the moment, and the players are almost concentrated in the 30-metre area, Chelsea simply cannot penetrate the front of the Manchester United penalty area, but Chelsea are not a team that likes to embroider near the opposition's penalty area, they are more likely to fight for headers after powerful long-range shots and wide crosses from the edge of the box.

In the 27th minute, Frank Lampard flicked past Fletcher down the middle and fired a shot straight from 28 yards, with the ball flying straight to the left side of the goal.

Van der Sar was in constant form from Chelsea and he leapt and punched the ball to the touchline, but Patrice Evra didn't dare to be careless and kicked the ball forward.

John Terry slotted the ball back into the United penalty area, Drogba headed it wide and Essien followed up with another long-range shot that was powerful but high over the crossbar.

United's kick-off was taken and Van der Sar continued to pass the ball to his full-back Patrice Evra in an attempt to slow down the tempo of the game, but Chelsea's pressing remained tight and the ball fell to Chelsea again after a few passes from the back.

This time Malouda and Ashley. Kerr made a one-two combination, Ashley Cole passed the ball to the penalty area, Drogba and Vidic lost the header, the ball was pushed out by Vidic, Carrick's header relay wanted to push the ball farther, but the ball went to Ramirez's feet, Ramirez passed to Lampard, Lampard made a long-range shot, deducted Carrick, and then crossed to find the African buffalo Essien who quickly stepped forward.

Essien also has a long-range shot, and Vidic didn't dare to go too far from Essien, so he hurried over to press and prevent Essien from shooting from a distance.

However, Essien didn't shoot from distance, but took the ball and forced it past Vidic into the box.

Vidic wanted to jam Essien's line with the ball, but Essien was very explosive, and with an acceleration, he actually squeezed past Vidic.

Once he was killed by Essien in the penalty area, the consequences were unimaginable, and Vidic had no choice but to reach out and pull Essien's shirt.

Essien was dragged to the ground and referee Atkinson did not hesitate to show Vidic a yellow card and award a free-kick.

Ferguson rubbed his temples on the sidelines, he had a headache, Chelsea occupied the advantage of home today, the attack is ferocious, Manchester United wants to win the game, more need to rely on the solidity of the defense, Vidic's yellow card has a great impact on Manchester United.

Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole stepped in front of the free-kick, and Asko flicked the ball and Lampard lifted his foot to play.

The ball bounced off the wall and Malouda grabbed the spot and curled a shot into the top left corner of the goal, but the ball was a little slow and was confiscated by goalkeeper Van der Sar.

Unable to control the ball at the back and at risk of being tackled by the opponent in front, Van der Sar simply gave up passing the ball to the defender, and he drove directly to the front to find Rooney.

Rooney, despite his strength, had no advantage in fighting the Chelsea defenders for a header and the ball was picked up by David Luiz, who passed it to Frank Lampard and continued to lay siege to the United penalty area.

During this time, Manchester United's front of the penalty area was full of rumors, and they could concede a goal at any time, and Manchester United fans almost had their hearts in their throats, and they were very panicked, because the time had just passed 30 minutes, and it was too difficult to defend the advantage of one goal with such passivity.

Andy Gray, the on-site commentator, also said: "This is not a way, even if you are pressed and beaten by the opponent, you must have a counterattack, if you don't counterattack, you will definitely not be able to hold it." ”

Manchester United, of course, will not put an iron bucket to defend stubbornly, they have been looking for opportunities to counterattack when they are stubbornly defending, but Chelsea's morale is high, pressing too tightly, returning to the defense too quickly, Manchester United's counterattack always dies halfway.

However, Chelsea's continuous attack has not been too much of a threat at the back, and Chelsea's backline has been a little slack.

In the 35th minute, Chelsea winger Malouda crossed from the wing, the ball was headed by Vidic into the middle, this time the ball was snatched by Scholes, who quickly split the side before Essien arrived and passed to Gao Xiaodong.

Anelka quickly came over to force Gao Xiaodong, Essien also came over to defend, but Gao Xiaodong stood there and didn't move, everyone didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Gao Xiaodong's gourd, why didn't Gao Xiaodong catch the ball, after being trapped, could he still bring the ball out?

However, when the ball arrived in front of Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong did not stop the ball, and volleyed the ball, and the ball flew straight behind the Chelsea defender.

At this time, everyone saw that Wayne Rooney had quickly inserted behind Chelsea centre-back John Terry.

It was too late for John Terry and David Luiz to catch up as goalkeeper Petr Cech raced out of the box to head in ahead of Wayne Rooney.

However, Gao Xiaodong's pass was very thief, some downspin, and he slowed down after flying to the highest point and fell, but Cech rushed out but Rooney was one step slower.

Wayne Rooney headed the ball a little to the side to get past goalkeeper Cech, but Cech was not slow to react and moved sideways like a defender to block Rooney's shot.

At this time, the centre-backs were desperately trying to get back to the defense, and Rooney did not have time to get past Cech, and he volleyed directly into the empty net.

However, Rooney's volley was far from Gao Xiaodong, and in the face of a huge empty goal, the ball flew out of the bottom line against the post.

Both Chelsea and Manchester United, including Wayne Rooney, thought the goal was a sure goal, and who would have thought that the ball would fly off the bottom line against the post.

Wayne Rooney hugged his head in disbelief and the United fans let out a sigh of disappointment.

The Blues fans erupted in applause, chanting "Well played!"