Roy Keane is one of United's greatest captains, having played 11 seasons at Old Trafford and will be in his 12th season.

Over the course of 12 seasons, he has had countless glorious moments, and as the heart of United's most important defence, Roy has been an important standard-bearer.

Roy Keane is the embodiment of United's spirit, in the eyes of Red Devils fans he is the best midfielder in the world and an unrivalled leader at Manchester United; In the eyes of his opponents, Keane can be called "demons".

The United dynasty has been around since the 90s, with Alex Ferguson maneuvering off the pitch and Keane being the chief conductor on the pitch.

The biggest contributor to the glory of Manchester United's dynasty is manager Alex Ferguson, but Roy Keane is definitely the number one contributor, and Ferguson once said that Keane is the heaviest player in Manchester United in the past 10 years.

But the intimacy between the two has ended, and now their relationship is strained.

One is Keane's competitive level, since 2002 when the world was a watershed, has begun to decline, in addition, some things off the field have also affected many things, such as in the autumn of 2002, Keane's autobiography "I am not a villain" caused an uproar, he not only mocked Irish coach McCarthy in the book, but also publicly admitted that he had deliberately kicked Manchester City player Haaland's calf in the league, so he was punished by the FA with a heavy penalty of 150,000 pounds and a five-game ban.

Ferguson was extremely unhappy with this.

At that time, Ferguson also intended to train Keane to be his successor, so there was no contradiction, in addition, after Kerr replaced McCarthy as the coach of the Irish team, Keane returned to the national team, and his temper gradually subsided, and he played a role model in front of Rooney and C-Ronaldo.

Everything seems to be fine, but Manchester United have just been bought. There's a lot going on and out of the club, and the team itself is at a low point of transition, Keane has been extremely unhappy with the team's form lately, and he has been lashing out at his team-mates in training for not taking them seriously – which should have been Ferguson's job.

Keane has been in the team for 12 years, is a veteran captain, a legendary star, he is still very majestic in the team, coupled with a natural temper, he will not hold back when he encounters dissatisfaction, so Ferguson feels that his majesty has been provoked.

The point is. He can't just look at Keane like he would any other player.

This is the source of Ferguson's dissatisfaction with Keane.

Now when the team has to stand up and take responsibility, Ferguson thinks of Keane, not to say that he 'declares a personal vendetta', in fact, the game has reached the point where Keane is absolutely responsible, as the captain and defensive pillar on the field, he has not been able to suppress the opposing midfielder at all, and the core of the opponent's Morris is almost playing at will. There was also a direct breakthrough for Keane, and that conceded goal had a lot to do with Keane being broken through.

Keane's defensive failure is even worse than C-Ronaldo's failure to retreat, after all, he is a defensive midfielder. And Cristiano Ronaldo is a full-back who is good at attacking.

In addition, Keane is also the best person to take responsibility.

He's 34 years old, he's almost 35 years old, a player of his age. No matter how brave the state is, he is about to retire, not to mention. Keane's contract extension with United has not been agreed in the summer, and he will become a free agent by tomorrow May, and it is clear that Keane will choose to retire at that time, although he himself thinks he will play for another year.

Thinking of this, Ferguson's eyes were a little complicated.

In any case, Keane has been with him for more than ten years, and the relationship between the two is not a little contradiction that can disappear, but this is professional football, this is the reality, for the whole team of Manchester United there must always be someone to sacrifice, with Keane's fame and age, even if he takes some responsibility, it has no impact on him, so Ferguson can only say sorry to Keane in his heart.

United were soon ready to make a change, with Alan Smith already warming up on the sidelines and appearing ready to play

When seeing Alan Smith warm up, many people are speculating about who he replaces, Alan Smith can be used as a striker, most likely to replace Wayne Rooney, but it is not entirely certain because Alan Smith can also be used as a midfielder.

There are also commentators who commented that this is likely to be a means for Manchester United to play a game, Alan Smith is an attacking player, and now in this situation, replacing an offensive player will definitely strengthen the attack, then it must be replaced with a defensive player.

Wan Sheng also saw what happened to United's bench.

He knew United had to make a change.

No matter what adjustments they make, the situation may change because of this, and now the team is definitely in the ascendancy, so Wan Sheng took the opportunity to come to the sidelines and shout to the field, "Ignore them, hurry up and attack!" We're going to score more! ”

Now on the playing field, some players have gone off track.

After leading the score 3-0, everyone knew that Manchester United had almost no chance, and as long as the game was over, Manchester City would win the derby, so even the Manchester City players were a little absent-minded, and when they saw that there were people on the United bench warming up, they all glanced over there, and like the commentators and media who followed the game, they also guessed in their hearts who Alan Smith was going to replace.

Wan Sheng's shouts brought them back to their senses.

They realised they did have a pressing advantage and when United kicked off, they immediately started to scramble and finally a minute later, Paul Scholes' pass was intercepted, Roy Keane's counter-attack failed to make a difference, and Joey Barton kicked forward in the Football Cup.

Manchester United were in a hurry to score, and this wave of attack was very advanced.

As soon as the football flew forward, United immediately realized the danger, especially when the football reached Anelka's feet!

Even if Anelka's performance last season was not good, few Manchester United players dare to say that they are stronger than Anelka, because Anelka himself is a big star, but he has just sunk a little in the past two years, in fact, the football circle has a very high evaluation of Anelka's ability, and the club that wants to get Anelka in the summer is also quoted at around 8 million pounds.

A striker who has not performed for more than a year, how much can he still be worth, you can imagine how optimistic Anelka's strength is!

No one at Manchester United dares to underestimate Anelka, especially at this critical time!

But City's counter-attack has been reactionary. Anelka lay down on the ball and leaped forward ten meters, and George Woodgate had to worry about the United goal and say, "Manchester City launched a counterattack!" Anelka has been moving forward-"

This counterattack feels familiar to Manchester City fans.

When Keegan was in charge of Manchester City, many games relied on the quick counter-attacks of the front-court players to score goals, and Anelka was the core player of the counter-attack, because he was fast enough, strong enough and quite good at technique, and he was the best player in Manchester City's frontcourt. Despite last season's mediocre performances, it was believed to be the result of a conflict between Nicolas Anelka and head coach Keegan.

So now seeing Anelka counter-attacking with the ball, Manchester City fans have a familiar feeling, so their cheering is even more violent.

In the face of this counter-attack, Manchester United panicked, and their defense was immediately disorganized.

Just now they all thought that they had to chase a goal first no matter what, even if there was no hope of winning the game, but this was a Manchester derby, and it was a game that must not be abandoned. They have to fight to the end, so they have to try to score goals, and they don't even think about defending, in their subconscious. Manchester City had just scored, how could they score again so quickly?

But the situation does not allow them to think too much, Manchester City's counterattack has come!

They were just stunned, and none of them paid attention. Manchester City have already attacked the goal!

Although it was a quick counterattack, Manchester City's overall tactics remained unchanged, and the players still consciously put on an all-attacking and all-defensive posture. With no players left behind because they certainly couldn't help the attack, City's formation moved forward quickly with Anelka's dribbling, and by the time Anelka dribbled to the edge of the box, full-backs Musampa and Andy Cole had followed up from flanks.

Leo Ferdinand chased after Anelka.

Anelka was dribbling the ball after all, he couldn't get rid of Ferdinand with his speed, so he glanced left and right, and made a pass to the left, Ferdinand was deceived and shook his body, Anelka took the opportunity to get rid of it from the right side, but Ferdinand was not so easy to get rid of, Anelka did not get away directly, he only won the space to dribble the ball from the right side, and took advantage of the opportunity to glance at the goal, and the action under his feet kept getting up and hitting the goal.

The shot was a bit rushed and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar saved the ball.

Before the City fans could make a sound of disappointment, they saw that Andy Cole had followed, rushed to the goal and pumped the ball at the ball.

"Andy Cole - !!"

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！”

George Woodgate took a deep breath and waited for this moment, and when he saw Andy Cole put the ball into the United goal again, he roared out the breath he was holding in his chest!

This game is so amazing!

“4:0！ 4:0！ I would describe it as crazy! The score is insane! The race is crazy! The people of Manchester City are simply insane! They took a 4-0 lead over Manchester United at Old Trafford and were completely overwhelming in the focus of this local derby! ”

"Not only that, but former Manchester United star Andy Cole, who just signed with the team in the summer, scored twice and gave his old club two shells!"

"Maybe Sir Alex Ferguson will regret why he gave up on Andy Cole in the first place, if he had stayed at Manchester United, I'm afraid he could maintain his form until now, it's crazy!"

In the Manchester City dugout, everyone rushed out to see Andy Cole's goal, cheering clearly.

It's the same with Wansheng.

He just reminded his players to play seriously and not to slack off because of a three-goal lead, but he didn't expect the team to actually score, even before United made adjustments - until now Alan Smith was standing on the sidelines waiting to play.

Of course, now he can play.

But no one cared anymore, and even Manchester United held up the substitution card to signal Alan Smith to replace Roy Keane, but only the commentator said in passing, "Smith replaced captain Keane" and then, it was gone.

All eyes were on City's goal.

The Man at Manchester City was thrilled, and so was Wan Sheng, who yelled at Andy Cole, who was venting frantically on the sidelines, "Celebrate! Cole! Time is yours now! ”

Many Manchester United players were silent when they saw Kerr's excitement, and they did not immediately urge the referee to restart the game, one was that the game had no hope of winning, and the other was that it was Andy Cole who scored.

For example, Wayne Rooney, C. Ronaldo, Alan Smith, these young players who only entered Manchester United after 2003, definitely don't know Andy Cole, they know at most that Cole used to play for Manchester United, but people like Ryan Giggs, Scholes, Roy Keane, Gary Neville and others are all familiar with Cole, and they have been teammates for several years.

When Cole became Manchester United's main striker, they were only substitutes from the youth team, and they were still very young at that time, and Cole was also their 'senior'.

When Cole was at Old Trafford, many of them were envious, but now it seems that history is repeating itself, Cole is still at Old Trafford, the only difference is that Cole represents Manchester United's sworn rivals Manchester City.

Many Manchester United players have mixed feelings, and at the same time, they have to sigh that Andy Cole is really old and strong

As many commentators said, Ferguson saw Andy Cole's goal, and he felt really mixed feelings, but this feeling is not regret or anything, in the dictionary of the old jazz, there is never the word 'regret', he is just surprised by Andy Cole's state, and at the same time feels incredible about Manchester City's overall performance.

4:0 Ah!

At 3:0 just now, he knew that the team would definitely lose, but he didn't expect that Manchester City could score a goal when Alan Smith warmed up!

Is this still the original Manchester City!?

Ferguson looked at the Manchester City coaching box, the figure of the young Chinese was a little complicated, and at the same time there was some anger in his heart.

Although he is old, he will not admit defeat!

Now Manchester United is in a period of alternation between the old and the new, and the club has just changed owners, the results of the turbulent times are certainly not guaranteed, but this does not mean that he is willing to do so, especially after the renewal of his contract with the club.

Ferguson had a plan in mind.

It's going to be a tough season, but no matter what, try to get a good result, and next season, with the growth of the younger generation such as Alan Smith, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Fletcher, etc., and then remove some veterans from the team and add some squads, the replacement of the old and the new has been completed, and it is time for United to show their strength, and now is the time to start revamping the team.

Ferguson made up his mind. (To be continued......)