Chapter 595: Ascending to the top

The sold-out Loftus Road stadium was silent, and fans couldn't believe their eyes.

Simone's mouth was also slightly open, and his expression was very stunned.

He certainly thought that in this game, his team might be behind.

But he didn't expect to fall behind so early.

This rendered many of his arrangements ineffective.

Mourinho applauded lightly and gracefully, and the goal just now was really beautiful.

Manchester United gave QPR a dismissal from the start.

'Don't panic,' Ricardo said to his bewildered team-mates, 'against Manchester United, it's difficult not to concede a goal. It's okay to concede goals, we have to stick to our style of play and get it back sooner or later. ”

The players of QPR seem to have found their backbone and are all settled.

Although it was really devastating to concede a goal in the first few tens of seconds, they had Ricardo there.

What is Ricardo best at? Goal!

After the restart, QPR played relatively steadily and did not rush to attack.

In the face of United's ferocious pressing, they took it easy, preferring to miss their attacking opportunities and keep the ball firm.

After a few minutes of fruitless grabbing, United retreated a little.

In the face of each other's strengths, QPR launched several attacks in a row.

In the 8th minute, Licardo received the ball on the left side and cut in easily, and Smalling knew that he wanted to cut inside, but he couldn't prevent it.

After cutting inside, Ricardo took a look and noticed that De Gea was in a higher position, and suddenly got up and shot.

De Gea is very agile and has a tall and long arm, and he has a nice side pounce to get the ball off the line.

Simeone spent a lot of effort to fine-tune the team's set-pieces, after Modric drove a corner, Ronaldo feinted in front, Vertonghen headed in the middle, and Rico at the back post relayed a volley, but unfortunately the ball was high.

In the 12th minute, Ricardo broke through on the left and crossed into Smalling's leg, and this time Modric's corner went straight to Alderweireld's head, but the latter's header was just wide.

Manchester United didn't just take a beating.

In the 15th minute, Carrick and Rooney played a wall-to-wall combination and burst into the QPR penalty area, but fortunately Walker arrived in time and broke the ball with a sliding tackle.

Soon QPR counter-attacked, Rico drew two defenders on the right and split the ball to the left, where Ricardo spotted McConn. McCone dunked the ball back and crossed with his feet and Ronaldo flanked it, but his cushion shot flew over the crossbar.

The pace gradually picked up, QPR reduced possession, and Manchester United gradually recycled, looking like they were going to defend on the road.

Jose Mourinho's best skill is to swing the bus, and Manchester United has grown defensively after more than a season of training from him.

And his team is also very good at counter-attacking, and QPR is beaten very hard.

It's cool when you hit someone back, but it's not good when you're beaten back.

In the 27th minute, Manchester United counter-attacked into the QPR penalty area, and Vertonghen blocked the ball off the line. Nani's corner was headed in by Welbeck and Evans headed in the empty net but it bounced off the crossbar and the Reds missed their best chance to extend their lead and QPR narrowly escaped.

One minute later, Rooney won the ball in the middle, attracted the attention of the QPR defenders, and suddenly sent a through ball. Jones stepped in with an assist and went straight in, but his cadence was a little slower, and Handanovic was able to get on the attack. Jones ended up panicking a little and had a hasty shot that was miraculously saved by Handanovic.

In the 31st minute, United won another corner on the counter-attack, Nani took a corner and Evans' header was headed over by Walker. Evans tried to head the ball on again, Rooney shot straight at goal from a tight angle, Handanovic saved the ball and Vertonghen drove straight into midfield.

Manchester United's series of threatening attacks have made QPR fans tremble. But if you don't die in great calamity, you will have a blessing in the future.

Rio Ferdinand had the upper hand in a head-to-head duel with Ronaldo, who headed the ball over to Patrice Evra but was intercepted by Rico halfway through. Rico immediately shifted to the left with a big foot, and Licardo cut in at high speed, leaving Smalling to eat dust in his back.

Rio Ferdinand was stunned and left Ronaldo to cover for Ricardo, but Ricardo stuned him on several bikes in quick succession and broke through from the outside.

Ferdinand, who was also experienced, immediately turned to chase but was not in a hurry to get out of the way and only tried to interfere with Ricardo.

Ronaldo was running at high speed in the middle, but Carrick, who was back in action, followed very closely.

Ricardo suddenly accelerated, took advantage of that little space, and passed the ball towards goal. Ronaldo was a line ahead of Carrick after all, trying to get his right foot forward and get enough of the ball before De Gea could get into place, his toe changing direction and flying towards goal.

"Ronaldo Goallll! In the 32nd minute of the game, Queens Park Rangers equalized! Ronaldo is thrilled with his fifth league goal of the season! This season he has been affected by injuries, only 9 appearances, including only 7 starts, and it is not easy to score 5 goals, considering that he is 35 years old, I can only say that the old king is also the king of the ball! ”

The United players were not hit by the goal.

This is the Loftus Road Stadium, and this season, QPR has performed very well in this stadium, even beating leaders Manchester City and beating Chelsea by a big score, and United naturally do not think they can keep a clean sheet here.

Now, it's just a matter of getting back to the same starting line. The Red Devils will not lose to any team in terms of toughness.

After the restart, United were still unhurried in their attack.

Simeone, however, signaled the team to speed up, intensify the pressing in front, and did not allow Manchester United to play the ball easily.

In the 38th minute, QPR broke the ball in front of the field, and Modric distributed the ball to the right and handed it to Rico.

Rico unexpectedly opted to cut inside with the ball and then unleashed an eerie curling ball with the outside of his right foot that flew past the United defender and into the left side of the box.

Ricardo cut in at high speed and fired a volley before Ferdinand could get in place, and the ball was played low and fast into the corner.

However, De Gea made a difference, he thought Ricardo would shoot into the far corner and was already moving towards the far corner, but then he reacted very quickly and stretched out his leg to block the ball.

In the 41st minute, Modric was brought down by Carrick and QPR was awarded a free-kick opportunity. Luka Modric took the penalty, he drove the ball into the box, the penalty was low and fast, several tall men did not grab the ball, flew to the back post, Licardo made a diving header, De Gea could not react, could not stop the ball into the net.

"Ricardo Goalllllll! He scored his 22nd goal of the season and is still at the top of the scorers' charts! ”

"QPR has taken the lead at home and is currently at the top of the Premier League table for the first time in its history thanks to Manchester City still holding a draw at home to Arsenal! Congratulations to Ricardo, who has made history again! ”