Chapter 0070: Flying Immortals Outside the Sky
As a Premier League team that can beat Liverpool and follow Manchester City's two giants, West Ham's strength is undoubted. Despite being a goal down less than two minutes into the game, they were not struck and instead launched an attack towards the United goal, which was rewarded with a blow.
In the fifth minute of the game, after the restart, West Ham midfield core Payet burst forward with the ball.
For the Frenchman, who has been impressive this season, the United defence did not dare to slack off, with Jesse Lingard and Barella coming forward to scramble.
The Frenchman, however, did have a hand that stealthily delivered a penetrating pass that went straight behind Barella.
West Ham left-back Cresswell cut in quickly and got on the edge of Payet's pass. Before Jesse Lingard came to defend, the low ball was passed down the middle.
West Ham united's tall centre-forward Carroll fired a shot from near the penalty spot before Marcos Rojo could get up to block.
The shot was powerful, but fortunately Rojo's block interfered with Carroll, and the shot went just over the crossbar, but it still scared the United defence and the fans behind the goal into a cold sweat.
A minute later, West Ham made a comeback.
Manchester United's goalball was headed back by a West Ham defender. Carroll, who was strong up front, relied on the Manchester United defender to get the ball, and then sent an overhead pass to break through the United defence again.
West Ham United player Amenik was able to counter offside and deceived David De Gea into hitting the far post after receiving the ball, only to pass the post and once again send the Old Trafford home fans gasp.
In the 10th minute, West Ham's goalball was picked up by Noble in the front of the centre circle and squeezed past Manchester United's defenders.
The two sides battled it out in midfield, but in the end it was United who lost. Noble sent a through ball through the middle of the field and his left-back Cresswell once again got on the ball behind the United defence and quickly slotted it into the box.
West Ham United striker Carroll pressed against two United defenders and headed in a powerful header.
Unfortunately, this time the goal flew out again against the crossbar.
Despite this, Manchester United players and fans are still scared enough. After all, in such a dangerous position, it is too dangerous to be given an opportunity by a powerful center forward like Carroll.
Threatening the United goal twice in a row has given the former Liverpool centre-forward a thrill. Instead of dropping back into midfield, he pressed De Gea, which led to De Gea's failure to kick a big shot after receiving a return pass from a team-mate, and was kicked off the line by Carroll.
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Withstanding both waves of West Ham attacks, Manchester United took control of the situation with the cheers of the home fans.
In the 13th minute, Anthony Martial broke through with the ball, but his final cross was blocked by a West Ham defender.
Blind's corner was found in front of the spot, but there was no player on this spot for United to compete for the ball and it was picked up by Carroll.
However, Carroll's offense is a good hand, especially his header, which is a big killer, but his defense and skill at his feet are a big hole.
Blind's corner kick was too weak, so when it came to Carroll, it had turned into a half-high ball, so that Carroll couldn't clear it with his head.
In desperation, he had no choice but to unload the ball, and after taking two steps, he cleared the siege with a big foot.
However, his big kick was a kick and was intercepted by Manchester United's Ander Herrera on the line of the penalty area.
Herrera Horse passes to Marcus Rashford in front of him.
Marcus Rashford was preparing to fight for the ball, but found that he couldn't get to Blind's corner, and was about to run back when he saw Herrera's ball pass.
Although he was not mentally prepared, the shooter's instinct made him turn around immediately, ready to receive Herrera's pass.
Marcus Rashford's performances in the first few games have been so good that West Ham have been meticulous in their defence. At the moment, he is flanked by West Ham United centre-back Ogbonna.
Ogbonna was as strong as a cow and Rashford couldn't turn around under his defence, but Herrera's pass had already come and he was about to miss if he didn't take action.
In desperation, Rashford's mind flashed. I saw that he desperately used his upper body to resist Ogbonna, reluctantly turned a little angle, stretched out his left foot and kicked the incoming ball.
Marcus Rashford's left and right feet were well balanced, and his power was good, and his volley skills were used to whizz the ball into the near post corner of the West Ham goal after a slight angle.
West Ham United goalkeeper Randolph was unprepared for Rashford's kick and did not react to it, he just subconsciously looked up and the ball was already in his goal.
At this time, his body reacted, but the blocking action he made a step later looked inexplicably happy, because how it looked like the goalkeeper stretched his limbs during the warm-up.
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"The ball is in! Marcus Rashford's half-turned left-footed volley! Manchester United leads 2-0! ”
"It's unbelievable that Rashford scored this shot in a confrontation with the strong Ogbonna!"
"This shot reminds me of Zinedine Zidane's half-turned left-footed volley in the 2002 Champions League final!"
"Flying immortals outside the sky, seeing flying immortals outside the sky again! This is comparable to Zizou's stunning goal in the 2002 Champions League final, and even surpassed! Because when Rashford scored this goal, he was still struggling with the opposing team's tall central defenders! ”
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Rashford's goal caused the commentators on the commentary bench to exclaim, and the Chinese reporter from the far east directly called out the words "flying immortals outside the sky".
No one could have imagined that Marcus Rashford would score such an unimaginable goal in such a situation, against such a physically strong opponent.
Old Trafford blew up in an instant, and the more than 70,000 home fans all widened their eyes and let out unbelievable shouts.
The on-site director quickly cut the camera to Manchester United's bench, and Van Gaal and his coaching staff all collapsed from their seats one by one. Van Gaal's eyes, in particular, were even wider, and his mouth was open enough to stuff a goose egg.
As for West Ham United manager Croatian Slavin Bilic, he jumped to the feet of anger.
Nima, whose team had just besieged Manchester United, failed to score a few times, turned around and Manchester United scored such a fairy goal with an explosion of luck, who did he reason with?