Ferguson has been quite proud in the past year, the team won the treble, and he was also awarded the British royal family, officially became Sir Alex Ferguson, it can be said that in the last year of the twentieth century, he has gained a lot, glory, money, and power, it can be said that now in the Manchester United team, in addition to the owner, the most powerful is him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Sir Alex Ferguson has not been very happy this season, although the team has not performed well on all fronts, but has always been pressed by Arsenal in the league, and at the same time in the Champions League with last season's rival Barcelona in a group, which means that Manchester United will play two tough games with Barcelona in the second stage of the Champions League group stage, which is not good news for Manchester United who are struggling to catch up with Arsenal in the league.

In addition to the season, Ferguson was originally complacent, the team lineup is neat, the tactical coordination is close to perfect, how to look at this Manchester United team has the strength to win the treble, but in the first game of the season, the big man from the east slapped Ferguson hard, originally thought that he would be a mixed reputation, "selling jerseys" frustrated, but I didn't expect Liu Han to be a football player with very good potential, this is estimated that all football practitioners in Europe will acquiesce, Because now in both the Premier League and the Champions League, the top position in the goal list is occupied by this Oriental.

Originally, Ferguson thought that with the deepening of the league, Liu Han would gradually expose his flaws, after all, he had never received any professional football training before, but what he didn't expect was that Liu Han had grown to the point where he is now in just half a season.

If Liu Han originally played as a midfielder and center forward more on his excellent physical fitness, then now he can connect the entire Arsenal team not only by his own physical fitness, because if you want to connect a team well, you need to perfectly combine individual skills and tactical literacy, Ferguson feels that there is no such player in his team, but now it seems that Liu Han is doing a very good job.

Ferguson has to admire Wenger's vision and boldness, because not all coaches dare to sign a player like Liu Han, at least Ferguson feels that he will not be so bold after meeting Liu Han for the first time, if he first sees Liu Han, it is estimated that Liu Han will stay in the youth team for a year before he will consider letting him participate in official competitions.

While admiring Wenger's vision, Ferguson also began to doubt his vision, although he never admitted it to the outside world, but since he introduced French goalkeeper Barthez, Ferguson himself began to doubt his own vision, this bald Frenchman is completely a gangster, maybe he will have a flash of inspiration, but most of the time Barthez is more like a troublemaker on the field.

Entering January 2000, Ferguson began to prepare for the most important game of the month, the home match against Arsenal, the 23rd round of the Premier League, which may decide the title.

Manchester United are very serious about this game at home to Arsenal, and Arsenal are also looking to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford this season, and now the two teams are only one point apart, so it is fair to say that whoever wins this game will be in a completely dominant position next.

Arsene Wenger thought about the game for a long time, and even used the league game before the game as a training camp, at home to Sunderland in the 22nd round of the Premier League on January 15.

After most of the season, Sunderland lost their luster as a dark horse, with a series of victories at the start of the season, but as they became familiar with the tactics, the Premier League teams found a way to deal with the dark horse, which caused Sunderland's results to plummet.

In the face of such a team, Wenger put on a very cautious 442 parallel positional lineup, Liu Han and Vieira both sat in the back, which is actually Wenger training for the next game.

In the face of such an Arsenal team, Sunderland had little way to get through the midfield, and the strangulation line of Liu Han and Vieira was like a great wall of steel to block Sunderland's attack one by one.

At the same time, Arsenal's increasingly tacit midfielders played a very fluid combination, although without Dutchman Bergkamp, but Ribery, who started again, performed well, he was very eye-catching in the forward position, not only to assist his teammates, but also to cut inside at the right time, although the body is still very thin, but his speed and skill give Sunderland a lot of problems at the back. The hapless Dutchman pulled up his thigh muscles again during the first training session with just the right cold.

Although Liu Han did not score or assist in this game, the back line formed by him and Vieira allowed the Sunderland team to only have three shots on goal in the whole game, and even the outrageous long-range shot was only one, which shows how depressed the Sunderland team was at that time.

In the end, Arsenal won 4-0, Thierry Henry scored twice, Franck Ribery provided two assists, Keown scored a header and Suker, who partnered Thierry Henry.

With the victory, Arsenal have 58 league points, 19 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in 22 games, which is very impressive in the history of the Premier League and is expected to break the Premier League standings record.

It is of course followed by Manchester United, with 18 wins, two draws and two defeats only one point behind Arsenal, and then the third-place Chelsea team is as many as 11 points behind Arsenal, so it can be said that they have withdrawn from the title race, and this year's Premier League title is still a war between Arsenal and Manchester United.

Ferguson studied the game video for a long time after the Arsenal game, because he expected Wenger's intentions, this game is actually a prediction of a showdown with Manchester United, but the opponent's strength is slightly lower, Ferguson feels that if Wenger also puts on such a lineup in the game against Manchester United, it will be very difficult to play.

Ferguson is not worried about the strength of the Arsenal midfield, with Keane sitting in the back, and a mature backline, Manchester United's defense is not too flawed, but Ferguson is more worried about the team's attack, if Liu Han returns to the back position, then this means that the Manchester United team's accustomed two-wing flying tactics will be completely useless, because Liu Han and Vieira will block all the lines of football through the midfield.

However, Ferguson also had some ideas after studying the video of this game, although there is no guarantee that it will have an effect, but at least it is not impossible. (To be continued.) )