Rafael is an attacking defender who certainly doesn't have as much defensive experience and ability as O'Shea.

But in the face of Wright. With a winger like Phillips, Rafael can keep up with his speed, flexibility and agility, and it is impossible for Wright Jr. to break through as easily as O'Shea.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Wright Jr. continued to change speed and direction, trying to shake Rafael, but Rafael was not deceived by Wright, he saw the opportunity, suddenly grabbed it, hit it with his shoulder, destroyed Wright's balance, stuck in front of Wright Jr. and steal the ball.

It was a nice steal, and Wright Jr., afraid of being hit back, swept Rafael down from behind.

United are now leading by two goals, and Rafael wanted to take a quick free-kick, but was stopped by the old Ferdinand, who signaled to press the rhythm and wait for his teammates to return.

Rafael suddenly realized, embarrassed to step aside, and handed the free-kick to Rio Ferdinand.

Rio Ferdinand passed the ball to Scholes, who understood it and crossed it to Gao Xiaodong, trying to control the ball at the back and control the tempo.

With two goals down, City would prefer to play a little quicker and control the tempo rather than United.

Seeing Manchester United possessing the ball at the back, Manchester City's players quickly pressed on three lines and pressed hard, forcing Manchester United to pass the ball out.

Manchester United is not a possession team, and the defenders' footwork is not so delicate, and under the pressure of Manchester City, they quickly lost control and could only drive forward with a big kick.

At this moment, Manchester City's defenders pressed forward, Manchester United's forwards could not control the landing point, and the ball returned to the feet of Manchester City again.

With Wright Jr.'s side lacking an advantage, the ball went to David again. Silva's feet, attacking from the right.

In the 65th minute of the game, Silva dribbled the ball to the bottom line and made a move to pass back in a very small space, but suddenly a croquette broke through from the bottom line.

Silva wasn't that fast, but his technique and imagination were arguably the best of the players on the field, Patrice Evra couldn't keep up with the pace of Silva's unexpected passes and passes, and his body was not at his peak right now, and he couldn't make up for the gap in ball quotient with his body.

Evra slowed down and was left behind by Silva, and when Evra turned around and chased again, Silva had already entered the penalty area, and Evra did not dare to foul again.

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar made a quick move into the near corner, centre-back Rio Ferdinand came to block Silva's path and the rest of United's players quickly shrank into the box to prevent City's players from snatching the spot.

United's defensive moves were quick and skilful, giving Silva and his team-mates little chance to link up in the box.

However, Silva did not panic when there were pursuers in the back and interceptions in front, and he flicked a shot and a flower foot to pass the ball towards the edge of the box.

Neither Rio Ferdinand nor Patrice Evra were able to intercept Silva's pass, which found its way to Yaya Toure in the middle.

The Manchester United fans in the stands couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Because goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has blocked to the near corner, Yaya Toure is facing most of the empty goal, and if Yaya Toure calmly shoots, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At this moment, Manchester United's central defenders and midfielders have shrunk into the penalty area, seeing Silva pass the ball to Yaya Toure, Gao Xiaodong and Carrick quickly rushed out to block Yaya Toure's shooting line, and Vidic retreated to the goal line as soon as possible to prevent Yaya Toure from hanging the goal.

Manchester United's defensive system is mature and tacit, and the defenders have done almost everything they can when they are very passive.

But Yaya Toure didn't shoot, he saw Gao Xiaodong and Carrick pounce, but he smashed the ball and hit the penalty area.

Yaya Toure was already in an excellent shooting position, Gao Xiaodong and Carrick didn't expect Yaya Toure not to shoot, and smashed the ball into the penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong and Carrick were both shaken down in the penalty area, and could only watch Yaya Toure pass slowly past him.

In the face of the central defender Vidic, who rushed over to block, Yaya Toure very cunningly slammed the ball again and shook Vidic again.

By the time Yaya Toure shook Vidic, Scholes had already chased him from behind into the box, and when Yaya Toure was about to shoot, Scholes slid it from behind.

Scholes' tackle was headed for the ball, but he was too old to move fast and flexible, so he didn't touch the ball and went straight to Yaya Toure's ankle.

Yaya Toure didn't expect that there was someone behind him, he was shoveled and screamed and fell on the turf.

Although Gao Xiaodong, Carrick, Vidic and others all saw Scholes foul, they couldn't accept the result either, and they all got up and complained to the referee, saying that Scholes tackled the ball.

The Manchester City players also knew that this was a potentially fateful decision, and they all rushed over to put pressure on the referee, and some wanted to go over and push Scholes, and the Manchester United players came over to protect Scholes and pushed the Manchester City players together.

Referee Quinn also saw it, and at the same time he also saw the linesman raise the flag, Quinn ignored the appeal of the Manchester United player, and did not hesitate to take out the red card and hand it to Scholes, while giving Barry and Carrick, who had just been pushed, a yellow card.

Red card + penalty, when Yaya Toure fell to the ground, Manchester United players and fans expected this result, but seeing that the referee Quinn really awarded the red dot package, Manchester United fans still couldn't accept it, and they all shouted at the stadium: "Fake fall, fake fall!"

Ferguson shook his head and sighed, he couldn't blame Scholes for this goal, if Scholes didn't foul, the ball would have gone in, if you want to blame, you can only blame Evra for not preventing Silva, causing a series of passivity.

Although Scholes made a red card move, he quickly regained his composure, he went over to push his team-mate away, "Don't argue, it's not worth it to eat another yellow card, we still have a two-goal lead, lose or win, it's up to you." ”

With that, Scholes walked over to Gao Xiaodong, "Kill them! I'm sure you can do it." Scholes grabbed Gao Xiaodong's shoulder and shook it, turned around and walked off the court.

Gao Xiaodong looked at Scholes's back and clenched his fists, "Don't worry, Paul, we will win." ”

After Paul Scholes left, City's central midfielder, Yaya Toure, stepped to the penalty spot to take the spot.

With less than 70 minutes to go, United led by just two goals, but Paul Scholes was sent off.

Now the hopes of Manchester United's players and fans are pinned on Van der Sar, if Van der Sar saves the penalty, United have a good chance of holding on, and if Yaya Toure scores a penalty, the situation for United is very dangerous.

In the face of Van der Sar, Yaya Toure pushed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal with a very decisive foot arch, Van der Sar judged the direction of Yaya Toure's penalty, but Yaya Toure's shot angle was very tricky, Van der Sar did not touch the ball, and the ball flew into the net against the post.

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City salvaged a point from the penalty spot.