Rooney denied United's best chance of the first half, but also dealt a blow to the onslaught Arsenal, who realised that United's tight defence was not without attacking power, and that the tiger's lurking minions were only designed to strike them at the right time.

Arsenal then became more cautious in attack, not daring to press and attack as they did when they had just conceded.

In this way, for Arsenal, the back line is a little safer, but the attack is also weakened, and in the last ten minutes of the first half, Arsenal were never able to break into the Manchester United penalty area again, only Van Persie and Arshavin completed two long-range shots.

As Webb's whistle blew, players from both sides stopped the game and walked to the locker room to rest.

Gao Xiaodong walked up to Rooney's side, "Wayne, what's going on with that ball?"

Rooney's expression has been very frustrated after he missed the must-have goal, and he has not recovered until now, and he wilted: "The ball speed is too fast, the judgment is not accurate enough, and it is a bit enough to kick." ”

Gao Xiaodong was stunned, no wonder he kicked the crossbar, and he said sympathetically: "Wayne, don't be frustrated, everyone has had a time when the door is empty." ”

Rooney cried with a sad face, "This ball is too close to the goal, more than seven meters of goal, it's really embarrassing to fly." ”

Giggs was behind Rooney and Gao Xiaodong, and when Rooney said this, Giggs said: "Wayne, don't have a psychological burden, just because after you hit this ball, you think too much, and you can't grasp the opportunities later." ”

Rooney hung his head and said: "I can't help but think about the goal of not scoring such a goal." ”

"You have to get over that," Giggs said, "people are emotional creatures, but you can't be emotional. ”

Runino that is.

Back in the dressing room, Ferguson praised the players' performance in the first half and was satisfied with the players' strict implementation of their tactical requirements, and then Ferguson simply deployed the tactical requirements for the second half, and took Gao Xiaodong and Rooney to the coach's lounge.

Ferguson asked Rooney and Gao Xiaodong to sit down, and then frowned and said, "Wayne, how did that ball come to be like that?"

Rooney was embarrassed, but he still told the lord the truth.

Ferguson smiled wryly, he is also a player, and he knows that although the probability of kicking off is even only one in a thousand, in Rooney's statement, hitting the goalpost can even be said to be inevitable.

Then Ferguson asked Gao Xiaodong, "Gao, there are a lot of corner kicks, why do you want to take a free kick directly." ”

Gao Xiaodong pondered for a while, and said seriously: "I actually wanted to pass the ball, but my footwork was not well controlled, but I didn't expect it to spin into the net, I can only say that my luck is good." ”

Ferguson was skeptical of Gao Xiaodong's words, he knew that this was a trivial guy, but Ferguson thought about it, anyway, the ball had already been scored, no matter what he thought, he didn't ask.

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In the dressing room of the visiting team, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's attitude was the same as that of Ferguson, Wenger was very angry, in a big battle that must win, Arsenal conceded one goal first, and this score remained until the end of the game, and Arsenal's dream of winning this year's title was shattered again.

"If you want to win Manchester United, you can't just rely on physical confrontation, but if you don't increase physical confrontation, you can't win Manchester United, so any player dares to fight, of course, football is not a fight, our Arsenal style will not change, we must make the ball work, with tacit cooperation to beat the opponent......"

'The arrowheads who are eyeing the opposition, Gao Xiaodong and Paul Scholes, they are the engines of United's attack, but Berbatov and Wayne Rooney are not to be underestimated, they have the ability to play against a backline alone. ”

"In the second half we have to pick ourselves up, we would rather lose by a big score than a draw or a small loss, as a big team, if you haven't tasted more than half of your face, you lose the hope of winning the title, it's a shame, whether it's for us or for La Liga, we have to win!"

After playing chicken blood for the players, Wenger explained in detail the problems that occurred in Manchester United in the first half and what Arsenal should do, and when Wenger finished speaking, the 15-minute break came.

Hearing the whistle outside, Wenger waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, play your best, don't leave yourself with regrets, I believe in you!"

The average age of Arsenal's players is the youngest in the Premier League, and after Wenger's encouragement, the players were full of excitement and enthusiasm, and after the start of the second half, they pressed into the midfield to suppress Manchester United.

Manchester United are deliberately shrinking, but this is Old Trafford, Manchester United are 11 points ahead of the table, the advantage is huge, it doesn't matter if you lose, in their own home stadium, the United boss does not want to lose to the opponent in momentum.

Seeing Arsenal attacking and trying to compress themselves into the half, the Manchester United players also ran quickly and fought with Arsenal in the midfield.

Manchester United's midfielders are Gao Xiaodong, Fletcher and Paul Scholes, while Arsenal's midfielders are Wilshere, Song and Cesc Fabregas.

Manchester United's midfield is more physical and aggressive, while Arsenal's midfield is more linked and dribbled.

However, after Professor Arsene Wenger's encouragement in the dressing room, coupled with the score behind, Arsenal's players are more motivated, in better form, and more active in running.

Short pass penetration has always been Arsenal's housekeeping ability, in this fierce confrontation and scramble, Arsenal's pass success rate is still better than Manchester United, especially Arsenal's frontcourt Arshavin, Van Persie and Nasri are very strong in personal ability, all have the ability to break through one-on-one, and one person can't prevent it.

Once Arsenal push the ball forward to any of Arshavin, Van Persie and Nasri, there will be problems for United's defence.

After 60 minutes, Arsenal were unable to equalise, and Professor Wenger made the first substitution, with Arsenal midfielder Song coming off, Czech midfielder Rosicky coming on, and Cesc Fabregas returning to his familiar midfield position.

Although this is a normal substitution, Rosicky's appearance indicates that Professor Wenger is going to fight, because Song, who is specifically responsible for midfield sweeping, was taken down, and Arsenal's midfielders have all become technical players.

I have to say that Professor Wenger's ability to adjust the attack is still a set, after Rosicky came on the field, Arsenal's passing rhythm in the front field suddenly accelerated, disrupting Manchester United's defense, and immediately used his personal ability to break through Manchester United's defense.

This combination of teamwork and individual breakthroughs was United's biggest headache, and in the 69th minute, Arsenal broke through the siege of Manchester United after a series of passes in midfield, and Cesc Fabregas slotted a straight shot to Nasri on the wing.

Nasri tried to break through full-back Patrice Evra, but Gao Xiaodong quickly returned to the defense, forcing Nasri to pass the ball back to Rosicky, who immediately crossed to the edge of the box.

Cesc Fabregas cut in from the back and fired a powerful right-footed volley into the top right corner of the goal.

There was no interference with the shot, Fabregas barely had to make any adjustments, the ball was very powerful and very tricky.

However, although the Dutch giraffe Van der Sar is old and in good form, he judged the direction of Cesc Fabregas's shot in advance, jumped up, and lifted the ball out of the bottom line with both hands to defuse a threatening attack from Arsenal.