Ferguson certainly values Manchester City, and although he still seems to be dismissive of Manchester City in media interviews, he certainly won't ignore them in his heart. [txt complete works download 75txt.]. For more up-to-date chapters, visit wèn:щw.

With Manchester City, who have recently been in a strong momentum and ranked second in the league, this season's Manchester derby seems to have enough 'medicine' to 'excite' people's imagination and expectations. As for Manchester United, which has not been so smooth recently, manager Alex Ferguson began to play psychological warfare in the pre-match interview, telling reporters that he was not worried about Yang Fan, because Manchester United's best player Rooney will return in this game;

Later, the reporter asked whether Manchester City was now four points more than Manchester United and ranked second in the league, so at the end of the season, Manchester City could overtake Manchester United in the league, and Ferguson's answer was even more categorical: as long as he lived one day, it would never be possible! In addition to the purpose of psychological warfare, Ferguson's speech obviously carried some other anger. Needless to say, the reason for the anger is the "Welcome to Manchester" poster played at Manchester City's City Stadium after Yang Fan joined Manchester City. That poster made a lot of Manchester City fans smile, but for Ferguson and the Red Devils, it was a complete provocation.

Ferguson also made no secret of his anger in the interview. "That's right, that silly poster was arrogant and despicable, and it upset us. That kind of swagger is unacceptable. However, Ferguson still seems to be thinking about the incense with Yang Fan, and did not fire directly at Yang Fan, "Yang Fan is a good guy, this is certainly not his personal meaning, it is the bad behavior of some Manchester City people, I used to work with him happily, even now I still have contact." This also surprised the reporter, Ferguson is not a master of the old, he fell out with his former disciples not once or twice, the most famous one is to turn against Beckham, they really didn't expect Ferguson to be really good to Yang Fan, this attitude is 'very' surprising.

"Still, there's nothing to worry about. The only thing we care about is winning the league. You're talking about the top four in the league, but for us the only goal is to be top of the league. 'Manchester United are now seven points behind Chelsea, but they don't seem to have given up on their desire to win the league title.

Of course, disdain for Manchester City does not mean blindness, and Ferguson did not underestimate the threat of Manchester City out of confidence. He simply admitted in the interview that Manchester City's current table is exactly what every team with the quality to win the championship desires, and it is what Manchester United has not yet done this season, and Ferguson even cited Chelsea in the Mourinho era as an example. [To see the latest chapter of this book, please go to ()]

'In the Premier League, the cost of losing a game is unbearable. ong> In the past, we always had a series of training plans in place to adjust the team's condition and focus on the second half of the season. But no one can be that laid-back anymore. Chelsea won the league title two years in a row, and it was a great start to the game that we had to catch up with. They had new coaches, new goals and ambitions, new expectations, and we were behind from the start. It's the same as Manchester City now, they won the game they deserved. Whenever you can get a good game and win a key game, you always have an advantage because it's a very competitive league. ”

The 'spirit' despises the enemy, but the action takes the enemy seriously, and the battle-hardened Ferguson certainly understands this way of winning.

So in this game, Manchester United seemed to be very patient and cautious.

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Yang Fan except for the opening goal, the rest of the time he basically all 'fine' strength is on the entanglement with Carrick, after Yang Fan's goal, Carrick defense in order to 'atonement', his defense is more domineering, many times between the two people is a physical hard-to-hard confrontation, Carrick knows that he is definitely not as good as Yang Fan in terms of technology, but in terms of body, he is still very confident.

There was a video in a Premier League game, the defender was in the midfield and knocked the opponent out four meters away, but the opponent did not fall, and the referee did not blow a foul, they thought it was a reasonable collision.

This shows the intensity and level of defense in the Premier League.

Known as the 'Invisible Emperor', Carrick seems to be the most underrated of Manchester United. But is it appropriate to judge him in this way?

There are endless legends in the Premier League, and Carrick's "stealth skills" are no less powerful than Arsenal's "fighting for four skills", and the frequency of these two legends every season is as familiar as the lines of the three-color platform "Are you hungry, I'll cook you noodles to eat".

If you compare the discussion of Carrick's role to a conversation in a bar, it's like a bunch of heavy metal 'fans' discussing the jazz band in front of them – they can't understand the music in front of them, because jazz is not their thing.

So what kind of instrument is Carrick? Gary. Neville once compared him to the piano of the England team.

Long and comfortable - that's Carrick's style of football. Listening to rock music is refreshing, but sometimes it's a good idea to listen to a relaxing piano tune.

Manchester United without Michael Carrick - like without a band conductor, Jinse is difficult to harmonize.

In Carrick's time, United's win rate was 72 per cent, and in his absence, United's win rate dropped sharply to 35 per cent.

Even, in Ferguson's eyes, Carrick's role now is not only tactical, he is also one of the leaders of the team.

Carrick has played as a defensive midfielder this season and his place in Ferguson's system has been particularly crucial:

So, where exactly is Carrick's strong?

Scholes summed it up:

'Michael Carrick isn't a dazzling midfield maestro – very few assists and not many goals. But I'm enjoying being with him, he's always in the right place and I'm relieved to be around him. ”

Carrick has an excellent ability to read competitions. It's rare for a player to be as calm as Carrick, and his passing style keeps him from losing possession and ensures the fluidity of the team's passing from back to front.

In Manchester United's win over Tottenham, Carrick's performance was phenomenal.

When United are on the defensive, Carrick has the option of dropping back between the two centre-backs or stepping forward to intercept. His numbers have shown that he rarely does this, as he prefers to cut the ball before the opposition has reached the third of his team's defence.

In today's game, Carrick was given the important task of harassing and intercepting Yang Fan in the midfield, and so far, he has done a good job.

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Yang Fan has also played in the Premier League for several years, and he is not afraid of Carrick's tough confrontation, and he knows the characteristics of his former teammate very well, and he has a way to deal with it.

When Carrick wanted to use his body, he used his technique and speed to get around it, not giving him a chance to bump into it with his body.

But then he can't focus on 'shooting' and 'goal' scoring.

As for Carrick, he can't get too involved in offensive construction.

But Ferguson didn't need it, and in the game with Manchester City, Carrick had a task to freeze Yang Fan. As for the offensive task, he also has Rooney, Scholes, and Nani, what he values most now is to freeze Yang Fan, as long as Yang Fan is frozen, Manchester City's attack power will be restrained, because Manchester City is different from other teams, and it can even be said that Manchester City is Yang Fan's team alone. As long as Yang Fan is frozen, Manchester City will be at least half less threatening.

Special opponents are naturally treated with special treatment.

This time, Yang Fan was brought down by Carrick again in the midfield, he sat on the ground and spread his hands at Carrick, "This is the first time you have fouled today?"

"The referee didn't give me a foul, which is a reasonable collision. Carrick said with a smile.

"Whether it's a foul or not, you know it in your own heart. Yang Fan got up and said, as soon as the words fell, Manchester City had already launched an attack again, and when the football arrived, he saw Yang Fan's two 'legs', and the ball just leaked from under his crotch. Leaked to Tevez behind him, and then he turned and ran forward.

Carrick ignored Tevez and turned to chase after Yang Fan.

Tevez has his own centre-back to solve.

Tevez didn't pass to Yang Fan, but he didn't 'shoot' the 'goal' himself, but directly knocked the ball to Vieira who was 'inserted' in the back, he ran forward by himself, and then received Vieira's pass, which was a wall-hitting cooperation.

"Entangle him!" Carrick shouted to Park Ji-sung as he pulled Yang Fan as he pulled him, his behavior just gave Park Ji-sung a very good example.

Park Ji-sung reached up, but Tevez didn't dribble the ball, but passed it out as well. I saw a heel pass and passed the ball to Gareth, who was 'plugged in' behind. Barry.

Gareth. Seeing that no one was staring at him, Barry unceremoniously greeted the ball with a direct 'pump' and 'shot'!

The football flew against the turf towards Manchester United's big 'gate'.

Van der Sar flew to the ball and then slapped it off the line with both palms.

For a veteran in his 40s, this is a great save!

"Van der Sar made a world-class save!" the commentator roared.

"Gareth. Barry's 'shot' and 'goal' are very 'fine', and Van der Sar is also beautiful. ”

Yang Fan watched the football fly out of the bottom line, waved his hand with some regret and walked back, and when he turned around, he saw that Carrick was still beside him: he squeezed his eyes at Carrick, "You also saw that the core of Manchester City's attack today was not me, and Gareth almost scored just now." ”

Carrick rolled his eyes, you said that the heart of Manchester City's attack is not you? Don't be funny, who believes this? Anyway, I don't believe it.

At this time, it was already the first half of the game, and in the entire first half, there was only one goal, which was scored by Yang Fan at the beginning of the game.

Obviously, for the fans, the much-anticipated Manchester derby, with only one goal in the first half, did not seem to satisfy them. Shot the football off the line.

For a veteran in his 40s, this is a great save!

"Van der Sar made a world-class save!" the commentator roared.

"Gareth. Barry's 'shot' and 'goal' are very 'fine', and Van der Sar is also beautiful. ”

Yang Fan watched the football fly out of the bottom line, waved his hand with some regret and walked back, and when he turned around, he saw that Carrick was still beside him: he squeezed his eyes at Carrick, "You also saw that the core of Manchester City's attack today was not me, and Gareth almost scored just now." ”

Carrick rolled his eyes, you said that the heart of Manchester City's attack is not you? Don't be funny, who believes this? Anyway, I don't believe it.

At this time, it was already the first half of the game, and in the entire first half, there was only one goal, which was scored by Yang Fan at the beginning of the game.

Obviously, for the fans, the much-anticipated Manchester derby, with only one goal in the first half, did not seem to satisfy them.