All preparations were ready, the hour hand pointed to seven o'clock, the referee blew the whistle in his hand, and the game officially began.

On the contrary, in the first ten minutes, both teams played a little conservatively, more in a tentative stage, and both sides were afraid of each other.

As the saying goes, "there are three points to break the ship", even if the results have declined in recent years, but Arsenal is the traditional giants of the Premier League after all, they are not broken ships, look at their current ranking in the league standings this season, still in the top four, which is enough to show that they are still a very competitive team in the top league.

Arshavin, Van Persie, Nasri...... These are all star players with good quality, Arsenal's squad is not bad, and after fighting with the Gunners for so many years, Manchester United is very clear about the ability of the opponent and does not dare to underestimate it at all.

Both teams were looking for attacking opportunities with slow inverted feet, showing great patience, with the first shot on goal coming in the 10th minute, created by the visitors.

Arsenal, who were originally down-footed at the back, suddenly accelerated the pace of attack, and a few quick and simple passes hit the front of the home team, and finally the Czech midfielder Rosicky completed a hidden through stopper, and the Russian Tsar Arshavin inserted it from the side ribs and shot angrily on the right side of the penalty area, and the football was saved by the focused Van der Sar.

From the ensuing corner, Van der Sar took the initiative and jumped high to pick the ball into his hands.

The first shot caused a lot of problems for Manchester United's goal, and Arsenal's quality can be seen, even if the current Manchester United team is in good shape and has won consecutive league games and kept winning all of them, but Arsenal still showed that they have the possibility of picking points in this stadium.

"Arsenal had the first shot of the game!"

"Rosicky's through-ball, Arshavin is in position...... While it has been clear that Arsenal have started to decline in recent years, there is no doubt that they are still one of the best teams in the Premier League...... As long as the professor remains in the position of Gunners instructor, then the re-emergence of the arsenal is just around the corner! ”

'Arshavin showed Arsenal's attitude with a very dangerous shot, they want to get points here! They will do everything in their power to stop United from stepping on their bodies to set a new record...... Now, let's see how Manchester United will respond at home! ”

Manchester United's response also came quickly, compared to Arsenal's use of smooth and fast ground transmission to create shooting opportunities, Manchester United's attack is much more direct, although Manchester United has a lot of players with delicate skills at their feet, Fan Bizhuang, Kaka including Hernandez, are all outstanding in small skills, but Manchester United under Ferguson has never been a technical flow team, the arrival of Fan Bizhuang and Kaka has enriched the team's tactical play, but compared to Arsenal, who have insisted on ground passing play for more than ten years, Manchester United is too far behind, which is why Arsenal is known as unique in the Premier League.

Manchester United will not be stupid enough to go head-to-head with the opposition's advantage, so their attacking style is much simpler and more direct, returning to the starting line-up veteran Paul Scholes with a wide range of long passes directly to the flank, who used his outstanding speed to catch the ball and quickly go straight to the bottom, before the arrival of left wing-back Klich, directly swept the football into the penalty area.

Skill flow teams usually have a common problem, that is, the ability to fight is not enough, which is especially obvious in Arsenal, to be honest, Arsenal's ability to fight is not bad, but obviously, the Premier League has too many muscular men, and compared to other top leagues in Europe, the scale of penalties is much more lenient, so many times, in the confrontation and collision, Arsenal will inevitably suffer some small losses.

The two teams have been battling each other for so many years, and it can be said that they know each other very well, and Arsenal can create a threat through fluid passing, so Manchester United can also use their own advantages to put pressure on Arsenal in the confrontation and the battle for the top.

This time it was.

Before the game, Ferguson asked the team to increase their defensive movements, preferably with more physical contact with Arsenal players, which is a winning weapon to disrupt the opponent's attacking rhythm. In attack, try more crosses from the wings, play Arsenal without so much trouble, simple and direct is the best way.

Kaka clearly followed the manager's tactical intentions and the ball was passed to the middle of the penalty area.

In order to be able to implement the tactical strategy of putting pressure on Arsenal through high-altitude balls, the team's starting forwards in this game are Berbatov and Fan Bizhuang, Fan Bizhuang needless to say, his head and feet are equally good, and the Bulgarian center, grabbing points and competing for the top is also his forte.

When the ball came, Berbatov ran to the front point, jumped and shook his head towards the top of the ball, only to fly directly over his head - it was not the Bulgarian who misjudged the landing point of the ball, he knew that it was difficult for him to reach the ball, and this was just to confuse the line of sight, create confusion, and distract the defenders who were lying in ambush behind Van Bizhuang.

Berbatov's false shot, did close behind him the central defender Zhulu to deceive, the Swiss central defender saw Berbatov jump up and fight for the top, and immediately jumped, but did not expect that Berbatov actually "rose to the top", he was overjoyed and desperately stretched his neck, but he was gloomy to find that his head could not reach the football, so the football also jumped over his head.

"Before! Berbatov jumped up...... Oh, he didn't make it to the top of the football! ”

"Zhulu relieved the siege...... Damn, the Arsenal centre-backs are on top! ”

"There was chaos in the penalty area...... The ball flew to the back of the middle...... Let's see...... Oooooooo It's Fan! Fan was there, the ball was slowing down, and Fan was already jumping...... Will it score? Will it score? Arsenal captain Vermaelen jumped up almost at the same time, his hands moving, and the two men engaged in a fierce battle in the air......"

The football fell rapidly towards the penalty spot, in the hustle and bustle of the field, Fan Bizhuang and Vermaelen jumped up almost at the same time, but Fan Bizhuang's bounce ability and ability to stay in the air are better, when Fan Bizhuang is still stuck in the air, Vermaelen's body is already falling, when the football flies, Vermaelen can only make some small movements with his hands.

But his interference did not have any effect on the result, and the fierce Fan Bizhuang shook his head fiercely, and the ball was concentrated by the huge force, changed direction, and slashed towards the top right corner of the goal.

With such a close distance, Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia had no time to react, and when he looked sideways, the ball had already rushed into the net.

1:0！

Manchester United opened the scoring at home to take the lead!

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！ GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！ The ball is in! Fan's beautiful header scores! Manchester United are leading at home, and they have the advantage in this meeting with old rivals Arsenal! ”

“1:0！ Manchester United are one step closer to a new Premier League winning streak! ”

"It's so straightforward, yet so efficient! Kaka passes, Fan Qiangqiang scores with a header! ”

Old Trafford was in a state of jubilation, with shouts of 'Van Bizhuang' in the stands and his portrait waved in the wind by the fans.

The bench on the sidelines was also full of exclamations and screams, and even Ferguson vibrated his arms excitedly on the sidelines, and the team scored with the first shot on goal, which was somewhat unexpected by him. But this kind of surprise is a good thing, taking the lead so early will definitely give the players more confidence for the next game.

On the other hand, Wenger's expression was very solemn, just after the tentative stage, the team used a threatening shot to test Manchester United's goal, but unexpectedly, Manchester United's counterattack was even more aggressive, also the first shot, and the result was a goal.

The shooting statistics are all the same, but the score is behind himself, which makes the elegant professor feel a little depressed.

Wenger got up from the coach's seat, paced silently on the sidelines, and from time to time used his hands to pull the jacket for training, tried several times, but failed to pull it up, flicked the corner of his shirt in annoyance, and complained in a low voice.

This is Wenger's "traditional style", many times, Wenger pulls the zipper on the sidelines, whether it can be pulled or not, it has been filmed by many media and joked in the newspaper, and this scene appeared again, and the commentary table was suddenly bursting with laughter.

"Monsieur Arsène's zipper is broken again!"

"I don't know if his anger at this point is directed at the team falling behind or if it's about his zip system...... Or maybe both? ”

"Thankfully, the professor has nothing to do with the zipper of his pants today......"

Arsene Wenger didn't know how the commentators were teasing him, and after frowning at the players on the pitch for a while, he returned to the dugout, holding his arms and continuing to watch the game.

For him, it is indeed not good news to concede the first goal, but after so many years with Manchester United, Manchester United this season is a strong one, Wenger also has such psychological preparation before the game, after a whining, he quickly calmed down, there is still a lot of game time, he thinks his team still has a chance to get the score back.

The reason why the giants are giants, in addition to the precipitation of a glorious past history, also has the ability to adapt without being shocked, after the game restarted, Arsenal with strong self-regulation ability soon changed, but after a short period of chaos, the away team used continuous passing to cooperate with the general's heart to stabilize, and then quickly entered the rhythm of the counteroffensive.

If the previous ten minutes, the attacks of the two teams were not slow, then the backward Arsenal was eager to recover the disadvantage and took the lead in breaking this "tacit understanding", the pace of the game accelerated sharply, and the scene became more exciting and exciting.