Chapter 1162: Returning the Favor to the Other in His Way
The United players celebrated a little longer after Wayne Rooney's goal, but the referee didn't go up to remind them of this, and the City players didn't seem to be recovering from the two-goal deficit to remind the referee.
It wasn't until the United players had had enough of celebrating that they slowly ran back to their own half.
On the way back to half-time, Wayne Rooney waved his arms at the United fans in the stands, making the cheers louder.
His gesture also drew the cooperation of the United fans, who continued to raise the volume of their cheers as he waved his arms, creating a very terrifying home atmosphere.
A reminder to the Manchester City players and fans - don't try to make any small moves on our turf, you are going to lose this time!
After the restart of the game, Manchester City really wanted to fight back, but Glory was deeply encircled, and Berbatov was not in good form in this game.
Manchester United's morale is high after City's attack has been halted, and their players now have a feeling of 'how to play, how to play'.
Playing everything together, Nani also suddenly opened up, playing on the wing, repeatedly threatening Manchester City's backline.
Manchester City was still focusing on Klose, but soon Rooney knocked the mountain with a long-range shot from the top of the penalty arc in the penalty area!
It was also Klose who rushed forward and brought the City defenders through, causing some space in the penalty arc, and Rooney quickly cut in, received Scholes's pass, and then shot from distance.
The ball arced and Joe Hart made a timely save as he almost touched the ball off the line with his fingertips......
"It's dangerous! Wayne Rooney almost scored a brace! ”
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The United fans in the stands were sorry for Rooney's goal, and remembered a loud sigh.
Benitez, on the other hand, turned his head sharply to look at Alex Ferguson, who was also standing on the sidelines.
He suddenly realized what mistake he had made before......
He has always focused on Klose, but ignored that Rooney may be the main attacker of Manchester United in the second half!
Even if Rooney scored such a beautiful goal before, Benitez didn't think about it.
That kind of barb ball is more like a world wave of good luck, which is a special case and doesn't say anything.
But now, he realized that the barb might have been designed by Ferguson......
After making everyone think Klose was the main attacker, and after drawing the attention of Manchester City's defence, Rooney took the opportunity to plug in...... The result is a shot and a goal.
After figuring this out, although it was an opponent, Benitez also had to admire Ferguson deeply.
With Wayne Rooney's inconsistent form this season, Ferguson dared to put all the bets on Rooney. There seems to be no fear at all that Wayne Rooney will waste a good chance because of his poor form......
He was right!
Wayne Rooney didn't disappoint him, rewriting the score with a brilliant barbed goal.
Ginger is still old and spicy.
There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need to suspect people......
What a trick for Ferguson!
After Benitez finished his feelings, he began to make adjustments to Ferguson's tactics.
Obviously, Klose can't be left alone, and Wayne Rooney is also a key target for Manchester City.
Benitez is thinking about not conceding a goal first and then talking about a counterattack.
If Rooney can't be stopped, there is a real chance that Manchester City will lose this game.
Rooney is in really good shape after his barb goal!
As for the equaliser...... Benitez was handed over to Glory.
He believed that after seeing such a wonderful performance of Klose and Rooney, Glory would not be indifferent.
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Glory really didn't expect that in addition to Klose, Rooney's appearance was also very good, and that barb even made him feel familiar.
Coming from two goals down is almost impossible for many to hope for an equaliser.
Especially since this is at Manchester United's home turf.
Against a Red-hot squad in full form, it is almost impossible to capture Old Trafford.
If you are an ordinary person, you may give up and feel that even if you lose the game, you can accept it. Because the watch xiàn is really good. There is no shame in losing to such an opponent.
But Glory doesn't think so.
To lose is to lose. There is no such thing as "glory in defeat" in failure.
If someone is proud after losing, then Glory must think that this person has in his head.
Glory doesn't make excuses for failure, so he's not willing to lose.
Falling behind by two goals did not make him lose his fighting spirit and give up the game.
With Ibrahimovic suspended and Berbatov out of form, he was tasked with attacking the team.
Wayne Rooney's brilliant barbed goal, and the difficult situation of being two goals down on the road, will not make Glory lose confidence, but will boost his fighting spirit and make him perform better.
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Benitez soon made adjustments to the current situation, and when United attacked again, Wayne Rooney was flanked by Manchester City players.
After being targeted by Manchester City players, Rooney's watch has indeed been affected a bit.
But United are not frustrated.
After all, they're two goals ahead.
This makes the United players very solid and confident, and they play more easily.
Manchester City, on the other hand, is already under more pressure in the same city derby than in the average game, not to mention that they are still two goals behind.
They were a little too simple on the counter-attack.
It is to hand over the football to Glory, and then enter the theater mode, counting on Glory to kill the whole stadium alone.
However, Manchester United have long been wary of this, and they have defended Glory so heavily that Glory has almost no space to connect to the ball.
Many times, Glory can't even turn around in the attack.
When he was able to turn, the passes of his Manchester City team-mates were blindly hitting the back of Manchester United, and there was no room for him to sprint.
In such a situation, it is difficult for Glory to score points.
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The TV broadcast cut to Rongguang's face, and Rongguang looked calm, and he couldn't see any fluctuations in his feelings at all.
I don't know if he is dissatisfied with the current situation, or if he is angry......
In fact, underneath Rongguang's calm exterior, his brain was running at high speed, and he was thinking about countermeasures.
Now that United are focusing on him, it means that the rest of the City players are under much less defensive pressure.
It's like Manchester City thought Klose was the main attacker at first, so they all went to defend Klose, but it gave Rooney an opportunity.
So can you directly learn from Manchester United's tactics?
Make yourself the one who draws the firepower of United's defence and creates chances for the rest of your team-mates...... Hit Manchester United by surprise!
Thinking of this, Rongguang already had a plan in his heart.
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With Rooney on guard, United were less aggressive and the game seemed to be back to parity.
In the 65th minute of the game, the score was still 2-0, and Manchester United, who were playing at home, led Manchester City by two goals.
Manchester City launched an attack.
Because in the second half of the game, Glory was always surrounded by Manchester United players, making it difficult for him to turn around, so Manchester City also made some adjustments in the attack, trying to make Glory face the direction of attack, so that he did not need to get rid of the defender, as long as he could grab the opportunity to shoot, he could receive a pass from his teammates and shoot directly.
When Glory turned his back to the attack, Sneijder did not pass the football directly to Glory, but to David Silva.
David Silva received the ball on the flank and forced his way through.
After grabbing the attention of the Manchester United defenders, he suddenly cut inside.
However, United were not fazed by this, as full-back Patrice Evra, who had been shaken by him, turned to catch up, while the rest of the United players quickly moved closer to glory.
They all know that Manchester City's attack will always fall on Glory in the end, and the Manchester City players trust Glory beyond ordinary times, as if he can solve any difficulty.
But this time, Manchester United want to break that trust between the two at its root!
They want to make the City players and fans alike realise that Glory is not omnipotent, and there are times when he can't.
As long as you defend Glory, you won't be afraid of David Silva's passes.
Sure enough, as soon as he cut inside, David Silva raised his foot to pass the football to glory!
Manchester United's players were prepared for it, so they were confident of stopping Glory, and they formed an iron wall in front of Glory.
If Glory wants to break through, it will not have the slightest chance of success.
But Glory didn't intend to go any further, facing the ball from David Silva, his right foot picked up, but he swung back sharply, knocking the ball into the space behind him!
There, there's Sneijder!
Sneijder didn't seem surprised by Glory's sudden backheel pass, or he didn't have time to think about why Glory suddenly passed backwards.
He lunged up at the soccer ball and picked up his right leg.
The instep was straight, and I hit the soccer ball firmly!
The Dutch midfielder is quite good at shooting from distance!
"Sneijder—!"
With a bang, the football drew a straight white line in the air, crossed the bronze wall in front of Rong Guang, and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
Van der Sar made a save, but he was a little slower in the face of Sneijder's powerful long-range shot...... After all, he's older......
The ball flew past Van der Sar's finger and ...... Dive headlong into the goal!
The ball is in!
"Ball...... The ball is in! Ned! Wonderful world waves! Sneijder pulls a goal back for Manchester City! 1:2! Man City are still one goal behind! ”
When the football came in, Sneijder reacted - it was just Glory who suddenly passed the ball back to himself, and gave himself such a chance to shoot.
He was going to go to Glory to celebrate the goal, but he didn't see it.
While the United players were still stunned by the goal, Glory had already rushed to the back of the net.
Van der Sar had just gotten up when he had already rushed into the goal, picked up the football, and then turned and ran.
Seeing Sneijder, who wanted to come up to celebrate, he waved to Sneijder: "Hurry up!" ”
That's when Sneijder reacted.
Manchester City are still behind...... I580