"Chris actually chose to hit the door directly, and he actually chose to hit the door at such a small angle!"

Andy Gray looked at the football that was high above the crossbar and was a little puzzled by Ronaldo's choice.

The free-kick from the right outside the box, a shortened corner, was a good chance for United to break the deadlock and take the lead.

But what he didn't expect was that with such a small shooting angle, Ronaldo would choose to attack the goal directly.

"That's what makes the Portuguese unique! Assertive! It's important for a professional footballer to be confident! ”

Arsenal went on the attack immediately after Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick failed, but they were unable to push the attack forward under the pressure of Manchester United, and the pass was tackled in the centre circle. This time, though, United were unable to get a quick counter-attack, with the seasoned Kolo Toure immediately committing a tactical foul and bringing down Saha. Although he received a yellow card, he bought time for the defence.

After losing the opportunity to fight back quickly, United began to fall in midfield.

After passing a few times in the backfield and attracting Arsenal's formation, Yu Liang once again made a big direct pass, wanting to hit Arsenal's back, but this time the pass failed to pass Arsenal's backline. The football was played directly by Arsenal defender Djorou to his team-mate Shival, who went directly to Hleb on the wing.

The Belarusian player, after receiving a pass from Sival, immediately stepped forward with the ball.

Hleb, who joined Arsenal last season, quickly secured a place in the main team and helped Arsenal reach the Champions League final. This season, due to injuries in the Arsenal backline, Hleb was brought down by Arsene Wenger at the back and placed at right-back in this game.

After shaking off Fletcher in two consecutive changes of direction, Hleb did not wait for the United defenders to be in place, and directly crossed diagonally, penetrating the United defence.

The ball jumped through the gap between Gary Neville and Ferdinand, and Togolese Adebayor, like a beast out of the cage, rushed past Ferdinand and sped towards the football.

"Single-handed, Adebayo single-handed!"

The tumultuous Old Trafford stadium fell silent as everyone held their breath and looked at the door, praying that the Poles would be their saviors.

It was Kuczzak's first appearance for United this season.

Although he rarely gets the chance to play at Manchester United, his loan spell has given him plenty of exercise.

As the ball rolled from the gap in the ribs towards the penalty area, he abandoned the goal and tried to clear the ball before Adebayo.

But he underestimated Adebayo's speed.

Although Adebayo is not as fast as Henry, he is not much slower than the average striker! Especially at this moment, he was running at high speed, and the huge inertia pulled him forward.

On the penalty line, Adebayo caught up with the football, knocked the ball lightly with the outside instep, and Adebayo dribbled directly into the penalty area.

By this time, Kuczzak had already made a move near the line of the small penalty area.

Seeing that Adebayo was still dribbling the ball, Kuczak pounced sideways and pressed his hands directly towards the ball.

Adebayo, who was thinking of pushing the empty goal in the future, didn't expect Kuczak's speed to be so fast. Adebayo, who is tall and has long legs, immediately poked the ball on his toes.

Although the football escaped Kuczak's hands, his feet did not.

Kuczak's save held Adebayo's foot, and the huge inertia threw Adebayo out directly.

"Yellow card! Penalty, the referee awarded a penalty! Ah, this is Kuczak's first appearance for Manchester United, and he gave a penalty! Hopefully this penalty won't affect his career! Sival went to the penalty spot, and it seems that the captain of Arsenal will take the penalty himself! Beautiful, Kuczak made the right judgment and saved Sival's penalty! ”

"Oh! Looking at Wenger's frowning brow, it is estimated that after returning to London, he will have to strengthen the players' penalties! It was a terrible penalty! ”

When Kuczak's servant blocked Sival's penalty, there was a cheer at Old Trafford.

The saved ball was cleared by Gary Neville straight off the line.

Arsenal's corner!

Cesc Fabregas's corner found Adebayo in the box with precision.

The little monster beat Ferdinand and completed the goal.

"Beautiful! Kuczak, Kuczak blocks Adebayo's close-range shot! Ah, maybe Van der Sar, who was sitting on the bench at this time, was in pain in his heart! Because he could lose his job at any time! ”

The ball was blocked by Kuczak and landed in the box and was cleared by Scholes.

Yu Liang, who had been preparing to grab the second point outside the penalty area, watched the football being cleared, and immediately rushed towards the football. Also rushing towards the football was Rosicky.

Faced with this one-in-a-half opportunity, they don't want to let it go.

Because at this time, Arsenal only had Sival and Gallas defending at the back.

It was a great counter-attacking opportunity for Manchester United.

But Yu Liang was still a step late, and Rosicky was the first to get the football. However, Yu Liang did not give up, rushed to Rosicky's side, and directly stretched out his foot and stabbed the football.

Rosicky, who had just stopped the football, shook his body under Yu Liang's rush, although he avoided Yu Liang's pressing, but he was not able to avoid the fate of being cut off.

Ronaldo stabbed lightly, directly cut off the football at Rosicky's feet, and ran towards the front with the football.

At the same time, Rooney Saha and Fletcher were on the fast side.

In the process of this counterattack, Ronaldo once again showed his unique characteristics, self-confidence! In the face of Sival's defense, Ronaldo stepped on a bicycle there, and no matter how Rooney asked for the ball in the middle, Ronaldo did not pass.

His bike delayed Manchester United's counter-attack and gave Arsenal time to defend it. By the time he made a breakthrough, he had already lost the opportunity. In the end, the inside cut finished a shot from outside the box, but there was no threat.

Both sides then stepped up their attacks, but neither was able to breach the opposition until the end of the first half. The score remained 0-0.

But through the first half of the game, it is not difficult to find that Arsenal's attack is mainly Adebayor, which is to use the impact of the Togolese to tear apart the defense of Manchester United.

We didn't get on the scoresheet, but the game was pretty good. Arsenal, who concentrated all their forces on one point, threatened the door of Manchester United several times in the first half.

Manchester United's attack, albeit also through the wings, was launched. But more often than not, it was through Yu Liang and Scholes' direct pass in the middle that he hit the opponent's back. The direction of the attack was very clear, but the results were not very good.

After penetrating the opponent's defense several times, he was either cleared by Gallas or cleared by Lehmann's attack, and the threat was not great.

Back in the dressing room, Ferguson made a tactical change...... (To be continued.) )