After the resumption of the game, United were not demoralized, instead they pressed hard to take advantage of the late first half to equalise.

United's approach is quite normal.

Not to mention morale or anything, everyone knows that going into half-time with a goal down would be extremely bad for the whole Manchester United team, and this is Old Trafford, they will not allow them to fall behind Derby County at their home stadium!

If other teams faced an attack like Manchester United, they might have panicked for a while, but Derby County did not do so, they coped with it very calmly, and when they were leading the scoreline, they played the game steadily, and there was no panic at all.

Even if United step up their attack, it will not be easy for them to penetrate the Derby County defence.

On the contrary, Derby County has more chances.

As a young team, coupled with the team's offensive style, Derby County is a team that is very good at playing tailwind, when the team as a whole is good and plays in shape, then the team's table will only get better and better, and in the tailwind situation, the whole team can play much better than usual.

Because of this, when encountering Derby County, who played an advantage, Manchester United felt very weak even if they strengthened their attack, they felt that Derby's defense was still very solid, and just blindly strengthening the attack, this kind of disorganized way, could not find opportunities in the front court.

On the other hand, Derby County is different, the players not only play on the field, they also know how to play the game at this time, and Wan Sheng has said many times about how to play when he is ahead, which is something that Derby County tactics often talk about. Derby County used a pressing attacking tactic, and the team has been quite good this season, leading situations are frequent, at the beginning Wan Sheng talked about this, and some people felt that the coach was 'too confident', and actually wanted to talk about how to play when he was ahead, but now they think it's normal. After all, the team has too many leads, and how to play when they are ahead has almost become a problem they have to face every game.

It's a simple question, in fact, every game is different, and this game against Manchester United, when you are ahead, you must be stable - play more steadily, do not give Manchester United any chance, and at the same time find opportunities for quick counterattacks!

That's what the Derby players are doing on the pitch.

Now 40 minutes have passed in the first half. Even if it's not for the sake of scoring, defending solidly and not giving the opposition any chance, and not giving United a chance to change the score in the last minute, that's the most important thing at the moment.

While Derby County held their defence steady, United's attack became a little impatient, with them frequently attacking forward to look for opportunities, and when Derby County won the ball, they also struggled to press forward.

But none of this was a problem for Derby, who were not in the slightest bit of a panic. Just using a simple pass to make the United players press to no avail, they don't run as much as the Derby County players defend, and the pressing is just to meet the past and end before they can get the ball. This made Derby's attacking pressure much less, and as a result, Derby County continued to play wonderful combinations several times in a row, so that the Manchester United players couldn't even touch the ball.

This kind of passing cooperation also made the Manchester United players seem a little impatient. The first half was almost over and they were still trying to tie the score, but the football was much better at the feet of the opposition than at their feet. Naturally, they were a little anxious.

As a result, at the end of the first half, Manchester United got the ball to the front court, and shot directly when they had the opportunity!

There's no way out!

But this kind of shooting, the efficiency can be imagined, unless the luck is very good, it is really difficult to bring a threat to the Derby County goal, Manchester United has a shot on goal, but there are more wasted offensive opportunities, which makes Derby County feel that the defensive pressure is not great.

In stoppage time in the first half, Derby County even launched two waves of massive counter-attacks in a row!

The first counterattack was to take advantage of Manchester United's big press, after Morris got the ball, he and his teammates continued to cooperate, the football passed more than a dozen feet, and the third line of Derby County was also pressed to the front, which was a bit like attacking around Manchester United's goal.

But in the end, the attack ended with a failed pass by Morris and failed to achieve much results.

The second counterattack was in the second minute of stoppage time, and it was still Manchester United who attacked a little ahead, and they pressed almost all the way, just to take advantage of the last time to tie the score!

It was their last chance of the first half!

This time, however, United failed to score, giving Derby County a good chance when Morris stepped back to get his hands on the edge of the box, then looked at the field and handed the ball to Alfred next to him.

Alfred opted to get the ball to Peter Kennedy.

Peter Kennedy was running forward, and after receiving the pass, he glanced at the pitch and immediately hoisted the ball to the other side with a long diagonal pass.

It is absolutely very rare to choose a horizontal long pass in the backfield, even Derby County does not have this 'tradition', according to the analysis of football tactics, such a pass is generally very unsuccessful, because the horizontal long pass, especially the long pass in the counterattack, is easy to be broken, and it is likely to become an opportunity for the opponent if it is broken.

In short, even if you want to move to another way, it's best to take a turn in the middle lane.

Because of this, Peter Kennedy's pass was a big surprise to United, especially on the left-hand side of Osman, who ran a few steps forward and unloaded the ball steadily, and his position was right in the middle of the pitch on the white line.

Peter Kennedy's pass caught Manchester United off guard, they had already adjusted the defensive focus to the right side when they retreated to defend before, and they thought that the opponent only used one pass to make the offensive direction change to the left side, so Manchester United was a little flustered when retreating to defense.

So in front of Osman, there was a large vacancy!

'A nice cross transfer, it's a chance for Derby!' The commentator at Old Trafford exclaimed.

No one expected Peter Kennedy's cross, and as a result, he created an opportunity for Osman, who was not the kind of player who was technically good and good at carrying the ball himself, but when he encountered such an opportunity, Osman didn't even think about it and took the ball straight forward.

This made the Manchester United players quite nervous!

Even if Osman isn't the kind of player with great technique, all he needs to do when he gets the chance is to take the ball forward. It was enough to hand it over to a team-mate in the right position, so the United players chased back frantically to stop Osman.

At this time, Osman was quite excited!

Often he is a player who does dirty work in the game, but he didn't expect to have such a good opportunity this time, he ran forward with the ball without thinking about it, and the speed of the explosion was very fast, until near the big penalty area, he met Silvestre who pounced on the defense.

Before Sylvester could pounce, Osman passed the ball. He transferred the ball to Morris.

Morris was running forward with Scholes, and the two were squeezing each other's positions, but Morris still tried his best to prepare to receive the ball, because he knew that Osman would definitely choose to pass, and if Osman could not find a teammate to pass the ball and could only choose to pass back, then this offensive opportunity was likely to be wasted, so he forced Scholes to make room for the ball.

Seeing the football roll over, the two squeezed even harder.

Morris had his back to Scholes entirely. The two almost got into a hand-to-hand fight on the grass, and just as the football rolled over, Morris suddenly unloaded and slashed his right foot on the ball. Immediately after a turn, he ran straight past Scholes, who was completely unresponsive.

At this time, Morris has already completed the acceleration breakthrough!

He got past Paul Scholes and burst into the United penalty area!

"Derby County fight back! Golden opportunity! Morris receives a pass. And shook off Scholes! Manchester United's goal is in danger! ”

Manchester United's goal is really dangerous.

Goalkeeper Carroll wasn't worried at first, because it was the opposition midfielder Osman who was carrying the ball, and he didn't know much about Derby County. But he also knows that this is a defensive player who is not very skilled, and even if he is allowed to go directly to the meeting, Carroll is certain that he can save the ball.

But soon the football was at the feet of Morris, and the opponent burst into the penalty area!

How can it be!?

Carroll didn't expect that the football would reach the feet of Morris after a pass, and even Morris had directly thrown off the defending Scholes!

When he saw Scholes being thrown away directly, Carroll scolded his mother in his heart, mainly because Scholes was dumped too simply, there was no warning at all, Morris received the ball and passed it, almost at the same time, which also made him have to face Morris's one-handed ball.

Carol could only grit her teeth!

However, Morris did not shoot directly, he swung his right foot and made a shot, but in the middle of the way, he switched to the side!

Football flies in front of Carol!

Countless Manchester United fans were nervous, as if they could already see the next moment, as they saw a tall figure in a white jersey running to the position.

"Bolton-Reiter-!!"

Bolton Reiter squeezed Ferdinand forward, he rushed forward, seeing that Ferdinand could no longer catch up with the ball, but the collision of the two bodies also caused some impact on Reiter, and when he came to the ball, he couldn't grasp the balance at all.

Everyone in the audience was staring at him.

Reiter had already swung his right foot slightly, and seemed to follow the rhythm of the run, and he could barely complete the shot, and many commentators called out his name, "Bolton Reiter-!!!" ”

But Reiter didn't kick the ball!

He was distracted by Ferdinand and couldn't shoot properly, and his right foot failed to hit the ball, but instead made his body even more unbalanced, and he could no longer grasp it and fell directly on the grass.

"Whew"

Many Manchester United fans let out a long breath.

But they were a little relaxed too soon! The next moment-

"Van der Vaart-" The Dutchman inserted himself into the penalty area from the right side and appeared directly at the back post to face the football and hit the goal with a powerful shot!

It was as if it wasn't the ball, it was the heart of all Manchester United fans

“Gooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！！！”

"Raphael—"

"-- Van der Vaart -- !!" One by one, the Derby County fans stood up in their seats, raising their arms and chanting wildly!

Immediately after, the commentator's voice rang out, "The ball is in!" Gooal！！ 0:2！！ Van der Vaart helped Derby County to score the second goal!! Derby County lead by two goals!! ”

"Manchester United delivered their heaviest blow before the end of the first half"

This blow is quite heavy!

The United fans in the stands didn't seem to have recovered from Van der Vaart's heart-kick just now, and they stared at the stadium in a daze, not knowing what to do.

They had no idea that the game would turn out like this.

Derby County is currently the first in the league, Derby County is the most likely to win the league title, Derby County is not a weak team, and they all know that they have an advantage in playing Manchester United twice, but this game is different, this is a game at Old Trafford!

Old Trafford!

It's Manchester United's turf, and it's a nightmare for countless opponents, especially this game – not just if United have a chance to finish third in the league, but also whether their opponents, Derby, can walk away with the league title after the game!

Even if Manchester United don't win the league title, Manchester United fans don't want to see a team take the title from Old Trafford because it's an insult to Manchester United!

So they must fight for victory!

But the game was completely different from what they thought, and they were already two goals down just before the end of the first half, so they were still trying to win?

What to fight for?

Do we really still have a chance?

Manchester United fans were in a daze.

The Derby County players didn't care what the Manchester United people thought, after the goal, Van der Vaart immediately pounced on Morris, who assisted him, and Bolton Reit, who fell on the grass, ran directly to Van der Vaart regardless of his image, and opened his arms enthusiastically.

"Well done! Raphael! ”

Soon the rest of the players came over to celebrate, and it was a wonderful goal for the whole team, because the first half was about to end, and they thought it would be good to have a one-goal lead, but they didn't expect to score one at the end of the day.

The team is already two goals ahead, can it be said that the winner is decided?

A win means three points, and it also means winning the league championship one round earlier, in other words, they can receive the championship trophy directly after the game!

Thinking about this, every Derby County player is very excited.

They hugged each other and shouted into the stands, "Champion, it's ours!" In the face of the madness of the Derby County players, Manchester United fans could only remain silent, and the cruel reality of being two goals behind was really unacceptable for them for a while. (To be continued......)