Under the night sky, London is a shining pearl on the banks of the River Thames, quietly blooming with its strange light.

The Emirates Stadium in North London's Holloway (at Highbury Stadium, mistakenly corrected) stands quietly beside the railway, drizzling and hazy, with strong lights illuminating the entire perimeter of the course.

In the stadium, which is like daytime, the stands are densely packed with people, and all of them are red at a glance.

They all raised their hands and stood on the stands singing rich songs.

The captains of both sides of the field are picking sides.

Yu Liang, who was located near the center circle, kept stretching his legs, making final preparations for this game. The wet hair stuck to his forehead, and a pair of embarrassed eyes stared at the No. 4 player in the opposite half.

"I'm going to beat you!"

The game soon began with the referee's whistle and Gary Neville won the kick-off for Manchester United.

Immediately after the opening, Manchester United launched a fierce attack.

They will be hoping to get on the scoresheet as soon as possible to secure an advantage in a game like this.

Although Arsenal's results this season have not been as good as expected, they have been very solid defensively at home, and they will also fight back when they are solid defensively. Equally, they will be hoping to take the lead in such an important match.

Perhaps both sides took such a game too seriously, so the players on both sides played so tightly after the start of the game that neither side was able to organize a decent attack for the first fifteen minutes. The only three shots on goal from both sides were fired by anti-aircraft guns.

"Oh God, is this still the invincible Arsenal? Has their manager been replaced by Jose Mourinho? ”

The boring game made Andy Gray can't help but complain.

Arsenal, which is good at attacking, actually played a defensive counterattack at home, which was indeed unexpected by many people. But then a follow-up attack showed Arsenal's true colors. After a succession of quick passes and transfers, they quickly tore apart United's defence. Cesc Fabregas held the ball on the right side of the penalty area, with Bam Adebayor and Thierry Henry running in the middle. Suddenly, Henry pulled back, shaking off Ferdinand, who was following him. Cesc Fabregas saw Henry run out of a gap and immediately picked up his right foot to prepare to pass, but at this time, Yu Liang rushed in front of Fabregas and destroyed the ball out of the bottom line with a sliding tackle.

"Wow, Arsene Wenger is on the sidelines again! Arsenal are really moving fast and can complete the change of manager in a short period of time! However, Yu's defense this time is indeed excellent, but shouldn't this be a sideline ball? ”

After the referee blew the whistle, a free-kick was awarded in front of the pitch instead of a touchline.

"Damn it!"

Yu Liang thought that his defense was clean and neat, but he didn't expect to give the opponent a free kick on the right side. It's a position close to goal and a big threat. Yu Liang wanted to go to the referee to theorize, but he was stopped by Neville just halfway through, "Go back to defense!" ”

Gary Neville then approached the referee and explained what had just happened. He can't change the referee's decision, but his words will affect the referee's decision in the future.

Arsenal's free-kick was taken by Thierry Henry.

Henry hoisted the ball directly to the back of the penalty area, and Swiss defender Sendros shook his head fifteen meters in front of the goal, but because of the lack of strength, it was directly confiscated by Van der Sar.

As the game went on, Arsenal, playing at home, gradually mastered the rhythm of the game, and after losing control of the tempo of the game, Manchester United retreated directly to the second half to play a defensive counterattack. Against a defended Manchester United, Arsenal organised attack after attack, but none of them were able to break through the door of Van der Sar's handle.

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Yu Liang broke the ball from Cesc Fabregas in midfield and then immediately distributed it to Patrice Evra on the wing. Patrice Evra dribbled past Rosicky and passed straight to Giggs, who changed direction in front of him to attract the defender and then crossed to Rooney in the middle. Wayne Rooney dribbled the ball to the right, dodged a little gap and shot straight at goal. Wayne Rooney, who had not scored in consecutive games, had a shot of high quality and it took Lehmann a lot of effort to lift the ball over the crossbar.

Lehmann has excellent skills in the goal, but because of his tall stature and lack of special reflexes, he is rarely able to make stunning saves. But this save did surprise many people, and the Arsenal fans in the stands immediately applauded and cheered for Lehmann's save.

Wayne Rooney's shot gave United a corner from the right.

Ryan Giggs stood in the corner area and waited for the referee's whistle to blow a corner kick that flew straight into the middle after bypassing Arsenal's front post. Just as Toure rushed to the ball to clear the ball with a header, a figure flashed in front of him and flicked his head directly at the ball, which flew directly towards the bottom right corner of the goal.

"Wow, Lehmann, Lehmann saved Arsenal again!"

The tall Lehmann had another astute reaction to save Larsson's header.

"Damn it!"

Ferguson, who was standing on the sidelines about to celebrate his goal, watched Lehmann save the ball on the goal line, cursed in disbelief, and then withdrew his outstretched fists and inserted them in his pockets.

The referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half and it was 0-0.

In the first half, United had few attacking chances, with the only two threatening shots on goal coming from Larsson. The first time was in the 23rd minute of the first half, when Rooney assisted on the left side, and Larsson's low shot from a tight angle on the left side of the box was also saved by Lehmann. The second time was this header just now.

Despite failing to score in the first half, Ferguson was quite happy with the course of the game, at least they managed to limit Arsenal's attack.

"Yu, you're doing well!"

Ferguson, who was in a good mood, praised every player at half-time, especially Yu Liang.

Before the game, he told Yu Liang that he hoped that Yu Liang would focus on defense.

And Yu Liang did the same.

If he just plays on the pitch as he asks, he will give such players a chance.

But if you want to be reused, it's not enough to just play the way he wants, you have to show a side that he appreciates.

In the first half today, Yu Liang did it.

Ferguson felt that Yu Liang had changed, and of course that meant the style of play.

Although Yu Liang's overall performance was not bad before, whether it was in defense or offense, Yu Liang's handling of the ball at some moments seemed unreasonable, sometimes it seemed a little procrastinating, and sometimes it seemed a little too much pursuit of perfection.

But today is different.

Today's Yu Liang is more clean and neat in the game. Especially after the ball is broken, it is more reasonable to divide the ball, not to pursue perfection, but to choose to play the ball quickly and easily.

This may seem like a very simple choice, but it doesn't work out the same. It can avoid being counter-robbed by the opponent in the midfield and give the opponent a chance to form a counterattack, and the person who gets the ball can quickly organize the attack.

He needed such a Yu Liang.

However, it is a pity that there is less contact between him and Scholes today, otherwise the counterattack will be more powerful. "Paul, in the second half, when Yu was defending, get close to him, and after he forms a steal, immediately organize a counterattack!" (To be continued.) )