2-1 at the Stade Gerland, United took a win and took the lead in the two-legged match. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yu Liang, who completed 13 steals in the game, became the best player of the game after the game. Of course, most of those 13 tackles came from the contributions of Karim Benzema and Ben Arfa. So when he was interviewed by the media after the game, Yu Liang highly praised Benzema and Ben Arfa's high spirits.

It was a naked slap in the face, but the French press was impeccable.

Because in this game, Yu Liang's performance on the defensive end was perfect.

So they can only sourly say that Benzema and Ben Alfa are not in good shape.

Apparently Karim Benzema and Ben Arfa don't want to concede defeat like that, and in media interviews, they said they wanted to put on a comeback at Old Trafford.

After the Champions League match, Manchester United flew back to Manchester from Lyon and then rushed to Newcastle without stopping.

After 26 rounds of league fixtures, especially after the defeat to Manchester City, the Reds have a fundamental advantage of just one point ahead of second-placed Arsenal. Although Arsenal were forced to draw at Birmingham City in this round, Manchester United still did not dare to take it lightly.

Travelling at St James' Park, there were just two changes to United's starting line-up compared to their midweek start against Lyon. First of all, on the formation, it returned to the familiar 442 formation. Secondly, King Dong returned to the starting line-up and partnered with Rooney in the front, and in the midfield, Yu Liang and Paul Scholes sat in the middle, and there were no changes to the other starters.

From Lyon back to Manchester and then to Newcastle, there were only two days of adjustment in between, and the players did not recover enough, so after the start of the game, Manchester United were very uncomfortable and were not able to get into the groove for a long time.

Newcastle, on the other hand, played quite proactively, cheered on by the home fans. Owen, who returned from Real Madrid, opened Newcastle's attacking frenzy with a shot in the opening game. The struggling Manchester United played their first attack in the 13th minute, and after a series of passes down the middle, King Dong finally completed a shot from outside the box, which was easily denied by the opposing goalkeeper.

As the Manchester United players got better, the difference in quality between the two teams was immediately apparent.

In the 25th minute, Manchester United scored on a counter-attack.

Cristiano Ronaldo used a feint on the left to break through a defender and crossed, and Wayne Rooney volleyed into the net at the back post of the box to give United a 1-0 lead.

After breaking the deadlock, United played more aggressively.

In the first half of injury time, Paul Scholes passed through the middle, and Ronaldo received the ball in front of the penalty area and burst into the right side of the penalty area to push the far corner to break the score, rewriting the score to 2-0.

In the second half, the more courageous Manchester United team was firmly in control of the situation on the field.

In the 56th minute, Manchester United expanded the score again, Yu Liang passed through the middle, Ronaldo stopped the ball and passed the ball and burst into the penalty area to form a single knife, shook the goalkeeper and scored an empty goal, 3-0.

The three-goal lead slowed down the tempo of Manchester United's attack and the mentality of the players began to relax.

Newcastle took advantage of the moment to score a goal to make it 1-3.

However, their efforts did not earn them a point, and United stepped up their attack after conceding the goal. In the 80th minute, Rooney received a cross from Ni in the penalty area and scored with a volley, 4-1. Before the end, King Dong received a pass from Rooney in the penalty area and pushed the goal into the near corner to lock the score at 5-1.

Manchester United have a big win on the road.

After the win over Newcastle, United were given a respite and the fixtures returned to one week.

Manchester United, who have been regrouped for a week, flew to London at the weekend to take on Fulham at Craven Cottage.

In preparation for the second leg of the Champions League tie against Lyon in midweek, Ferguson made a large rotation for this game, with a substitute for the goalkeeper position, Kuczzak. At the back, Nemanja Vidic hung up the waiver card, with Rio Ferdinand and Emrian Brown partnering in central defence, with O'Shea and Patrice Evra on the wings. In midfield, Hargreaves and Michael Carrick partnered in the middle, with Nani and youngster Eagles flanked off. Carlos Tevez and Saha up front.

The new combination didn't do well inside Craven Farm, taking the lead in the opening 15 minutes. Tevez won a set-piece with his back to the ball on the edge of the box and was brought down by an opposition defender. Hargreaves, who took the penalty, made it 1-0 by going around the wall and hanging into the corner.

After taking the lead, United were more proactive, especially with Nani and Eagles on the wings, who were young and energetic. Especially Eagles usually doesn't have many opportunities, and now he finally got the chance to start, can he not perform well? Whether it's in attack or defense, Eagle is trying his best to fight hard.

Eagles' efforts paid off and paid off in the 44th minute of the first half.

Tevez split the ball in the front of the penalty area, Nani on the right side received the ball and plugged it straight, Carrick crossed near the bottom line, Eagles shook his head in front of the goal, and the ball smashed on the crossbar and bounced into the goalkeeper to extend the score, 2-0.

After the break, the second half changed sides, and Manchester United, who had two goals in hand, began to deliberately stay and attack less aggressively than in the first half. Fulham also took advantage of the situation and put up some good attacks, but were unable to tear down United's defence.

After withstanding a few waves of Fulham attacks, Ferguson began to redeploy his forces, first replacing Rio Ferdinand with youngster Gerard Pique, who was clearly looking to save himself for next week's Champions League tie.

Nani and Carrick were then replaced, and Anderson and Fletcher were replaced.

With the introduction of Fletcher and Anderson, the attacking tempo of Manchester United increased significantly.

It's all thanks to Anderson, who didn't get many opportunities after joining Manchester United under the title of Ronaldinho II. He can only prove his worth in a limited amount of playing time, and as an attacking midfielder he has to choose to attack.

Under Anderson's leadership, United's attack quickly paid off.

In the 72nd minute, Anderson went straight to the right side of the penalty area, and the inserted O'Shea received the ball and crossed the ball low, Tevez was slow at the front point and did not kick the football, but the football was scored by the Fulham defender into his own goal, 3-0, Manchester United sealed the win.

Later, although Anderson had the intention to strengthen the attack, his teammates had no desire to attack, and finally failed to score again, and the score of 3-0 was maintained until the end.

The league game against Fulham is over and the Champions League in midweek is just two days away.

Back in Manchester, the well-rested players were immediately ready for the game.

On March 5, the day before the Champions League match, Yu Liang followed Alex Ferguson to attend the pre-match press conference.

Yu Liang's excellent performance in the first round is still fresh in my mind, and his appearance immediately became the focus of the media. At the pre-game press conference, the reporters also made things difficult for Yu Liang in every possible way, but they were all resolved by Yu Liang one by one.

An English journalist relayed what Karim Benzema and Ben Arfa said in an interview after the first leg.

Listening to the reporter's relay, Yu Liang scoffed: "The French people are very hospitable, you see them sending the ball to my feet again and again, I don't want to blame it!" We Manchester United are also very hospitable, but that's just for our friends, we're going to be very cruel to our enemies, and we're going to tell them what Old Trafford is with our goals! ”

When Yu Liang was asked whether he would continue to freeze them in this game, Yu Liang said without hesitation: "Of course, this is my territory, I am in charge!" (To be continued.) )