The battle of momentum between Lee Lei and Alex Ferguson has made the atmosphere in the United squad a little awkward in the days leading up to the Fulham league fixture.

Thankfully, however, this did not hinder the planned preparations for the Premier League and the smooth victory of the Reds in this league fixture.

Although before the game, Coleman, who returned to the home stadium, shouted the slogan "Defend the Farm Stadium" to call on Fulham fans to create more trouble for Manchester United in the stands on the day of the game, and Fulham fans did this, as soon as the Manchester United players entered the stadium, their overwhelming shrill boos have been filling the eardrums of Manchester United and others, especially in the opening stage of the game, when Manchester United players held the ball, the boos simply pierced people's eardrums, but even so, The Manchester United players quickly silenced the boos of the Fulham fans with their actions on the pitch.

In view of the embarrassing situation that Manchester United did not score a goal with a counterattack organized by Li Lei until more than 80 minutes of the game in the last game, Ferguson specially told the Manchester United players to actively attack the Fulham defense at the beginning of the game, and strive to get into the game as soon as possible, score goals as soon as possible, and take the lead.

And after the referee on duty blew the whistle for the start of the game, the United players apparently did the same. In the face of the overwhelming shrill boos of the Fulham fans, they completely turned against the guest from the beginning, launched a wild bombardment on the Fulham goal, and completely dominated the situation on the field.

Just two minutes after the opening game, the young player Fletcher who replaced Keane as the starting midfielder in this game was just outside the penalty area, taking advantage of a scuffle opportunity to come to a wonderful heavy bombardment of the goal, testing the amazing Van der Sar in the last game, allowing the Dutch veteran to make a slightly embarrassing flying save, which caused the air above Craven Farm to scream again and again.

After that, the game completely fell into the mode of the second half of the previous game, and Fulham, who were playing at home, could only retreat from half time under the strong attack of Manchester United, shivering. But with a slight difference, this time the Reds attacking line was clearly in better shape than in the previous game.

Back at Craven Farm, facing his old club and facing the shrill boos of the fans who once loved him, Saha, who started at home in this game, showed more fighting spirit and hard work than the starting striker Ruud van Nistelrooy in the previous game.

Moreover, it was he in the 22nd minute of the first half who took advantage of Manchester United's corner kick in the penalty area to cause a scuffle in the Fulham penalty area, and successfully knocked on Van der Sar's door with a clever stab. Obviously, compared to the explosive form of the last game, Van der Sar's saving form in this game has dropped significantly.

Although he himself had a more high and determined fighting spirit against Manchester United and Lee Lei in this game than in the previous game, he was unable to reverse the fact that his form had declined in this game.

After this goal, Li Lei, who stayed in front of the gate in the backfield, did not celebrate like Gary Neville and others in front of him, but kept looking at the unwilling Van der Sar who was far away from him in the front court with regretful eyes, and was constantly pounding the turf hard because of the loss of the ball, and was unwilling to stand up.

He had some pity. Before the game, he thought he would still have a chance to compete with Van der Sar, but now it seems that the possibility of this happening is almost non-existent.

In the last game, due to being in a weak team, Van der Sar had more chances to save in front of goal than Li Lei. But in this game, it was also because of the weakness of the team that Van der Sar was so angry and unwilling in front of the goal as he is now, venting on the ground, which formed a sharp inverse contrast with Li Lei, who was relaxed and leisurely in the backfield.

In the midst of this coming-and-going, the key to the earth-shaking change is undoubtedly Van der Sar's own state. If you are in good shape and perform well, you can get applause and appreciation from all over the world, but once your form drops, your performance is sluggish, or even just mediocre, you will be criticized and even forgotten by the whole world all at once, which is the cruelty and reality of professional football.

Just like now, there is no commentator who will praise Van der Sar or even excuse him like in the last game, and everyone's attention is focused on Saha, who scored the goal, and coldly threw Van der Sar, who lost the goal, to the sidelines.

With a goal in hand and an absolute overwhelming advantage in the situation, Manchester United immediately appeared more comfortable on the pitch after Saha's goal, and they were full of confidence. After the resumption of the game, they did not slow down their attacking efforts, but continued to put pressure on the Fulham defence and gates, leaving all the Fulham fans in the stands at Craven Cottage almost collectively silent and quiet.

Under such circumstances, Li Lei, who stayed in the backcourt, was naturally completely idle. Aside from the occasional few unstressed touches, he has almost nothing to do on the pitch and is so bored that he almost yawns.

In the last game, he could have stunned everyone in the second half due to the team's lack of attack, rushing out of the box to help the team's attack, but now, he has no such excuse, at least so far, United's attacking line has been intact and there is nothing that needs him to help without a goalkeeper in the future.

What Li Lei didn't know was that when he was deeply bored on the court, Ferguson and Coleman on the sidelines had two completely different reactions and moods after seeing him so honest.

The former was naturally relieved, feeling that he had not yet incorrigibly performed the doorman kick in order to perform the doorman kick, and there was still the possibility of saving and educating.

The latter is very disappointed and disappointed, you must know that in Coleman's pre-match speech as the youngest manager in the Premier League, he specifically mentioned that "if the Asian goalkeeper dares to break out of the box again, we will definitely teach him a hard lesson".

And that's not just empty words, that's exactly what he thinks. But who knew that Li Lei would behave so well in this game, which was completely inconsistent with the nature of Li Lei in Coleman's impression, so that he made a futile effort to Li Lei's arrangement before the game.

However, due to the early start of the game, Coleman did not completely give up hope. He felt that a young cancer player like Li Lei, who was talented, undisciplined, and just wanted to show off on his own, and completely ignored the team as a whole, would definitely not be able to idle the whole game, and would never be able to hold back again at some point in time.

But what disappointed him was that until the referee on duty blew the whistle at the end of the game, and Manchester United won the league rematch 2:0 with the goals of Saha and Ronaldo, Li Lei did not rush out of the penalty area once in this game as in the last game, let alone rush out with the ball.

On the contrary, he himself was humiliated by Li Lei in the face at the moment of the end of the game. Although the match made Li Lei uncomfortable enough, he did not forget Coleman's public speech before this game to teach him a lesson.

Therefore, after the official end of the game, after shaking hands with Ferguson politely, Coleman, who was about to walk towards the players' tunnel, bumped into Li Lei, who was blocking him halfway.

Li Lei stood in front of him with a "sincere" smile on his face, and took the lead in reaching out to shake hands with him, but the picture of him turning his head away with a black face has become another black history and black spot in Coleman's coaching career after the last "boxing" by Li Lei.

And Li Lei's unruly and ruthless retribution shown in this picture once again deeply penetrated the impression of the world.

For a long time.

Indelible.