Yu Liang got up and walked to the foul spot to set the ball up.

At a distance of more than 40 meters from the goal, Yu Liang did not have the ability to hit the goal directly, so he could only pass the ball to the penalty area, find his teammates, and assist his teammates to complete the attack.

So when Yu Liang stood at the foul site, Ferdinand and Vidic also ran from the back to Chelsea's penalty area to participate in the aerial battle.

Yu Liang straightened his waist, glanced at the players from both sides intertwined in the penalty area, and took a deep breath. Then he raised his right hand, first into a fist, then with two fingers outstretched.

The Manchester United players, who were originally relatively scattered, immediately rushed towards one after seeing Yu Liang's gesture. This made the already small space even more cramped, with players from both sides standing hand in hand in front of the penalty area and pushing and shoving, so much so that Webber had to go over and blow the whistle to separate the players from both sides.

But after Webb left, the players on both sides were still pulling and pushing together.

However, this time Weber did not whistle to interfere, and after separating the players from both sides to give a verbal warning, Webber stepped aside and blew the whistle directly, signaling that Yu Liang could take a free kick.

After the whistle sounded, Yu Liang began to run, and at the same time, the players of both sides at the front of the penalty area began to run. The gathered Manchester United players swarmed towards goal, as did the Chelsea players who were defending them.

As they were all on the far side of the goal, they were not able to block the view of their goalkeeper Cudicini. But it interfered with Cudicini's judgment.

When Yu Liang picked up his right foot and passed the ball out, a red figure ran out of the crowd and ran towards the near corner of the goal. However, the movement of the United player did not catch the attention of the Chelsea players.

Because the ball did come towards the far corner.

Besides, in the near corner of the goal, there are also their players defending.

When the ball flew over the penalty area, they pushed each other and fought for the spot, hoping to complete the point.

A figure in the crowd jumped high.

"Front, Rooney, Rooney grabbed the ......"

Rooney jumped, leaned backwards, and then exerted his strength in the air, like a swinging hammer, to head the football ball.

In front of goal, Cudicini has been keeping an eye on his players, and when United's Saha moved towards the near corner, Cudicini hesitated to defend the near corner. But when he saw the ball coming towards the far corner, he decided to defend the far corner.

So when Rooney won the top battle, Cudicini breathed a sigh of relief because he was right. When Rooney swung his head, Cudicini's tense nerves immediately moved, and his hands were spread out to make a save.

However, instead of heading towards goal, the ball flew straight into the near corner.

Shepchenko, who was defending at the near post, immediately rushed over, but by this time Saha was already ready, and with a slight swing of the header of the football, when the football and his forehead came into close contact, he immediately changed the direction of his flight. With a bang, it flew directly into the near corner of the goal.

The cheers at Old Trafford after the goal shook the sky.

Saha, who scored the goal, immediately ran to the south stand to cheer and cheered, his sixth goal of the season in the league and his ninth in all competitions.

Many fans were worried about who would be able to play the role of finisher after Ruud van Nistelrooy left. But now they don't seem to have to worry, the outbreak of the French has made them forget the fearsome king of the little forbidden area.

Fans in the south stand chanted Saha's name.

The French were reborn after Vanney's departure.

Played the best season of his career at Manchester United.

Saha's goal helped United break the deadlock and gain dominance on the pitch, but it didn't dampen the Chelsea ambitions, only tolerated them. Chelsea, who were looking for an equaliser, then uncharacteristically launched a massive attack.

Don't think that Jose Mourinho's side will only defend and counter-attack.

In fact, they don't lose to any team today.

Especially now this Chelsea team, the attack is even more powerful.

As Chelsea attacked, their two full-backs, Geremi and Ashley Cole, were pushed straight up front. Only two centre-backs, John Terry and Carvalho and Claude Makelele, remain at the back, and the three of them are capable defensively. Essien plays tandem in midfield and of course his fitness is a defensive barrier in Chelsea's midfield.

Centre-backs Frank Lampard and Ballack were pushed straight up front to organise the attack. At the same time, both of them have excellent long-range shooting ability and can also threaten the door of Manchester United.

Their forward press, combined with strikers Drogba and Shepchenko, plus two full-backs who came up with assists and didn't go back, brought the number of attackers up front to six.

Chelsea stepped up their attacking efforts and put a lot of pressure on United's backline.

Especially Fletcher and Yu Liang in the midfield, the pressure is even greater.

Although Yu Liang's judgment and positional sense are particularly good, his weak confrontation ability makes him look very embarrassed when defending against Chelsea players.

In the 34th minute, Yu Liang saw through Chelsea's passing intentions through judgment and formed an interception. But before Yu Liang could organize a counterattack, he was entangled by Frank Lampard.

With Lampard on his back, Yu Liang felt a lot of pressure behind him.

Although he tried to control the ball at his feet, he lost control of the ball when Lampard stretched out his foot. Just when Yu Liang was about to accelerate to catch up with the ball and try to regain control of the ball, a huge pressure came from the side, which directly knocked Yu Liang away.

Yu Liang, who was knocked away, saw Frank Lampard rushing from behind him, and after catching up with the football, he directly sent a long ball to Ferdinand and Vidic. Shepchenko, who successfully countered offside, fired a left-footed volley directly in front of the penalty area.

Yu Liang lay on the ground and slapped the turf helplessly, this was the first time he was knocked down after the first few confrontations, and he couldn't remember it clearly. Fortunately, the team has not been breached because of his mistake so far.

However, Yu Liang was very dissatisfied with his performance.

He didn't understand, why was that?

Compared to last year, my body has become much stronger.

But his ability to fight has not grown much.

"Do you want to be replaced?"

Queiroz asked Ferguson beside him with a frown.

He was very dissatisfied with Ferguson's insistence on arranging Yu Liang's adjustment. Playing against a team like Chelsea is a tough battle, especially because they play with a very tenacious style of play, and with Yu Liang's ability to fight, they can't finish the game at all.

Judging by the 35 minutes of the first half, Queiroz was right.

At least in one-on-one battles against opposing players, it's hard to win.

Ferguson frowned as he listened to Queiroz's words.

"Substitutions? For whom? Yu Liang? (To be continued.) )