No. 636: The Classic Double Red Society!
The start of the first round of the Champions League means that the European competition has officially started this season, and with the domestic league, the teams participating in the Champions League will face a two-line situation.
The game against Braga, which only opened up in the second half, allowed the Arsenal players to slowly come to their senses, and not every game Arsenal can open up in the first half.
Arsenal are back in the Premier League, with Chelsea eyeing them behind and could overtake them at any time to finish at the top of the table.
Two days later, the fifth round of the Premier League kicked off, with Tottenham beating Wolves 3-1 at home that night.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, the highlight of the contest between the Red Devils and the Red Army began at the Theater of Dreams.
Neither team has been in great form of late, having been left far behind by the London duo and desperately in need of a win in this game.
Manchester United will be looking to find a winning touch in Liverpool, who will be looking to get out of their embarrassment by beating the Red Devils at the Theatre of Dreams.
Both clubs are some of the most famous teams in the world, and the matchup between their two teams is also known as the "Double Red Club".
Liverpool used to be the overlord of England and the Champions Cup.
From the 60s to the mid-80s of the last century, it was called the "Liverpool era" by British fans.
On December 1, 1959, Bill? Shankly has been appointed Liverpool's head coach. In his first two seasons in charge, he terminated the contracts of twenty-four players!
Shankly also created the 'Boot Room' at Anfield.
The so-called boot room was originally just a small room where the coaches discussed tactics and drank tea or beer.
In the boot room, Shankly and several other coaches who created the boot room - Joe? Fagan, Bob? Paisley and Reuben? Bennett began to rebuild the Liverpool ball.
In 1961-62, Liverpool returned to the English League One and lifted the trophy again 17 years later in 1963-64.
The Liverpool side won the FA Cup for the first time in 1965 and won the league for the seventh time in 1965/66. In the 1972–73 season, Liverpool won the league and UEFA Cup, and a year later won the FA Cup.
After this, Shankly retired, and was replaced by former assistant coach Bob? Paisley. Paisley was more successful as head coach than Shankly, leading the team to the league title and UEFA Cup in his second season as head coach in 1975-76.
The following season, they won the league again and lifted the European Cup for the first time, but they lost in the FA Cup final and missed out on a treble.
In 1977/78, Liverpool won the European Cup again and broke the English domestic record the following season, winning the league with 68 points and conceding just 16 goals in 42 games.
In his 9 seasons in charge of Liverpool, Paisley helped the team win a total of 19 trophies, including 3 UEFA Champions Leagues, 1 UEFA Cup, 6 league titles, 3 English League Cups, 1 UEFA Super Cup, etc., the only thing missing is an FA Cup trophy!
Paisley retired in 1983 and handed over the position of head coach to the main member of the "boot room", assistant coach Joe? Fagan's hand.
In Fagan's first season in charge, Liverpool won three trophies: the League Title, the English League Cup and the UEFA Champions Cup, and became the first manager in English football history to win three trophies in a single season
In 1985, Liverpool reached the final of the European Champions Cup again. The match was played at the Heysel Stadium against Juventus.
The Heysel tragedy occurred before the start of the match: Liverpool fans broke the fence used to separate fans from both sides and provoked Juventus fans. The weight generated by the clashes eventually led to the collapse of the walls, killing 39 fans, most of them Italians.
In the rest of the game, both players had no intention of fighting, and in the end, Liverpool lost 0-1 to Juventus. As a result, England's team was banned from European competitions for five years, Liverpool was banned for 10 years, which was later changed to six years, and 14 Liverpool fans were charged with manslaughter
The ban had a profound impact on Liverpool and was a watershed moment in Liverpool's history.
In the nineties, with Alex Ferguson taking charge of Manchester United, the Red Devils slowly replaced the Reds as the banner of English football.
Liverpool slowly recovered in the first decade of the century, creating a miracle in Istanbul in '05, scoring three goals in the second half after falling behind by three goals in the first half, and finally dragged the game into a penalty shootout, and finally won!
It was one of the most iconic games in the history of the Champions League and inspired countless people to believe that if they worked hard, they could do miracles.
Liverpool fans don't have much to say about the Red Devils, who are only 55 kilometres away.
Manchester United fans believe that Liverpool has declined, and Manchester United is England's brightest red.
Therefore, any match between these two teams is extremely hot, and in the hearts of fans, the duel between the two teams is even more important than the final and the championship.
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After the start of the game, the two teams fought against each other at the Theater of Dreams.
In order to win this game, Ferguson changed as many as nine starters!
Manchester United won five and lost one of their previous six league games at home against Liverpool, but have only won one and lost three of their four games against the Reds in the last two seasons.
Ferguson is a must-win for this game.
The situation on the field has been in a stalemate, and the attack and defense of both sides are very fast.
It wasn't until the 42nd minute of the first half that the deadlock was broken, when Ryan Giggs headed in a corner from the left and Dimitar Berbatov headed in front of Torres from the edge of the six-yard box!
1 to 0!
United went into the second half with a one-goal lead, and in the 14th minute of the second half, the home side extended their lead.
Nani's cross from the right was met by Berbatov after a thigh stop from 14 yards in front of goal and a brilliant barbed shot that hit the underside of the crossbar and into the net.
Two to zero!
Liverpool, who were two goals down, did not give up the game, and five minutes later, Joe Cole's through ball was tackled by Evans as he broke through on the right side of the penalty area, who was booked.
Penalty kick!
Gerald did it overnight!
Two to one!
Liverpool closed the gap.
The goal sparked the Reds' morale and they fought back strongly in the following games.
In the twenty-fifth minute of the second half, Liverpool got a free kick opportunity in the penalty area, and the free kick sent by captain Girard passed between Fletcher and O'Shea on the side of the human wall and drilled into the net!
Two to two!
A tenacious Liverpool equalised!
Captain Steven Gerrard scored twice and the two sides were back on the same page!
The air in the Theater of Dreams was almost frozen, and the battle on the field entered a white heat, and six minutes before the end of the game, O'Shea crossed from the right, and Berbatov beat Carragher with a header from eight meters away!
Three to two!
Manchester United are leading again!
Dimitar Berbatov scored a hat-trick and was the first player to score against Liverpool in 64 years.
In the final minutes, United withstood Liverpool's frantic comeback and held a one-goal lead until the end of the game!
Manchester United won the "Double Red Club" at the Theatre of Dreams!