Simeone lied.

At home, he wasn't content to just pick up one point.

He wants all three points!

That's why he has such an aggressive lineup, and he has to take the initiative from the start!

As soon as the game began, the QPR players were running all over the pitch, resolutely pressing high and everyone except Ricardo had to run and compress the space for United to play.

However, Mourinho seems to have been prepared for a long time, and Manchester United play fast attacks by playing fast balls, although the success rate is not high, but they rarely concede goals in their own half, and do not give QPR a chance to counter-attack on the spot.

Of course, the high press can't go on forever, and fitness is a big problem. Simeone asked his players to press high in the first 30 minutes, with or without success, and go into possession mode after 30 minutes.

After a period of stalemate, QPR gradually gained the upper hand and were dangerous on several occasions, although United also created a couple of killings from set-pieces.

In the 12th minute, Ashley. Young's free-kick is headed into Courtois' arms by Nani.

One minute later, QPR made a successful steal in the midfield, Pogba sent a long pass forward, Ricardo took the ball and made a fuss on the wing, shook off Rafael and sent a cross, Vardy wanted to stop the ball on his chest and shoot directly, but the stop was a little bigger, lost control of the ball, and Rio Ferdinand cleared the ball.

In the 15th minute, Ashley. Young's free-kick was snatched by Hernandez, Hernandez headed it back, Vidic relayed the header and headed the ball into the corner, but Courtois was tall and long-armed, and deftly jumped to lift the ball over the crossbar to defuse the crisis.

The corner kick was taken to the front post, and Van Persie grabbed the point and hit the defender.

In the 19th minute, QPR made another successful midfield steal, Nainggran made a long pass forward, Vardy rubbed the ball to Ricardo, Licardo stepped on two bicycles and broke into the penalty area, making a gesture to shoot, but he buckled the ball with his left foot, and then gently pushed, De Bruyne followed up with a hypothetical real pass, pushed the ball to the right, Nainggran inserted a burst shot, piercing De Gea's ten fingers.

"Nainggran Goalllllllllllll! It was his fifth goal of the season as Nainggolan took the lead at home for QPR! "This season, QPR has become more and more skilled up front, and they are no longer as reliant on Ricardo as they were last season, which is a good sign." Even when Ricardo is not in form, there are people who can step up and contribute to the team. ”

'Nainggolan has continued his good form and will certainly be a target for a number of big clubs in the summer transfer window. Barcelona, Juventus, Inter Milan, Chelsea and many other giants have expressed interest in him. But if Simeone had a little sense, he wouldn't have been sold. He is an important piece of the puzzle for QPR, and there is a scarcity of such a midfielder who can attack and defend well, have a lot of energy, and have a long-range shot in the transfer market, of course, maybe QPR's youngster Pogba can replace Nainggran's role, but if you consider that you have to fight in the third or even fourth line, I think QPR is better to do their best to keep Nainggran. ”

This is of course nonsense, and Ricardo is also aware of the importance of Nainggran and will certainly not sell. As long as Nainggolan doesn't stubbornly demand a sky-high contract extension, he will keep the Indonesian-Belgian star.

After taking the lead, QPR continued to execute the high pressing strategy.

But soon they made a mistake.

In the 23rd minute, QPR made too hard a pounce, leaving a large gap behind him, and Ricardo slowly looked at the defense, allowing Rafael to send a long ball over the top to find Van Persie, and he himself sprinted down the middle.

Van Persie pulled to the right and got past Alex, who was too fierce. Sandro, kick-up cross.

The cross was too close to the goalkeeper, but Courtois didn't dare to hold the ball and punched it out of the box with both fists due to the power of his cross.

However, Rafael arrived at this time, and without waiting for the ball to land, he directly volleyed, and the ball quickly crossed the sky like a Tomahawk missile, hitting the top left corner of the QPR goal.

"Raphael Goallllll! He equalised for United with a world wave! Rafael is very excited, it was his first goal of the season and it was so crucial! ”

Ricardo shook his head, speechless. With such a ball, give Rafael 100 shots to see how many he can score? But this time I entered.

Manchester United's luck is too good to put into words.

QPR entered a period of physical exhaustion ahead of schedule, began to shrink its defense, and focused on possession.

Manchester United did not press hard, allowing QPR to control the ball, and only waited for the opponent to hit within 30 metres of their own before abruptly strengthening their defence.

For a while, the game entered a stalemate stage.

Neither side had any good chances and had to try to shoot from distance, but their long-range shots were either blocked by defenders, deflected wide or deflected.

The two sides also strengthened their defense of set-pieces and did not show any flaws.

In the 39th minute, Rafael sent a diagonal cross after breaking down the wing, Van Persie volleyed in front of goal, Courtois confiscated the ball.

Two minutes later, QPR played a fast attack, Neymar broke through with the ball on the wing and sent an inverted triangle pass, Nainggolan fired a powerful shot at the top of the box arc, which was blocked by Ferdinand.

It was the last threat of the first half for both sides.

The odds for United came in the 44th minute when Robin van Persie fell in a scramble with Miranda and appeared to have strained his outer thigh muscle, forcing Mourinho to replace him with Welbeck.

With a score of 1:1, the two sides went into halftime.

In the home dressing room, Simeone's expression was relaxed, "You know, I'm hungry for a win. But so far, it's a draw, but I'm happy with your performance. You can't blame anyone for conceding the goal. ”

The only thing to blame is Ricardo's eye-eye defense, but Simeone doesn't want to criticize the team's number one star.

'In the second half, we didn't do any more pressing high and I misjudged everyone's fitness and that caused us to get a little out of control in the second half of the first half. In the second half, we were determined to keep the ball, we could score the best, we really couldn't score, at least we had to make sure we didn't concede any more goals, and the draw was something I could accept. ”

Coincidentally, in the away dressing room, Mourinho also said: "Although we were lucky enough to equalize in the first half, from the overall situation, it was still QPR who took possession. They are no longer the grassroots team of last season, they have a championship in hand, they have a very different spirit than last season, and they have more confidence. We don't need to fight them for a while, there are 11 rounds left in the league, so it doesn't matter if it's a draw, I'm confident that we can lead you to the title. ”

"For the next half, I want everyone to focus on defense and hold on to a draw! Of course, I'd be more satisfied if I could get a goal from set-pieces and counter-attacks. ”

Both sides entered the second half with the mentality of keeping the draw and winning.