Due to the importance of the game, Arsenal began to strengthen their midfield control after scoring the goal, compressing the space in the middle and back to avoid being scored by Manchester United.

The first half ended when Wayne Rooney fired an anti-aircraft gun from outside the box.

Ruud van Nistelrooy walked down the tunnel with a grim face, having been increasingly depressed at United since Alex Ferguson began to focus on reinventing Cristiano Ronaldo, and to put it simply, there is a clear difference between the role of the in-cutting winger and that of the traditional winger.

Ruud van Nistelrooy likes wide teammates like Ryan Giggs and Beckham who do the ball for themselves, and Ronaldo has begun to transform into an in-cutting winger, precisely to divide the right of the center to fire, and Ronaldo himself has a very strong desire to express himself, which makes Ruud van Nistelrooy's sense of existence in Manchester United's offensive system begin to decline, and he will of course be unhappy.

Wayne Rooney would love to combine the bonds between his team-mates in the front line, but he has little room to play under the siege of Arsenal's double midfield, and Arsenal's waist is definitely harder than Manchester United's waist at this time!

At the beginning of the second half, the two teams fought for every inch of land on the field, Arsenal defended more and defended less, and there was double insurance in every one-on-one confrontation, and the players' spirit was highly concentrated, as long as the United players could not stage a continuous breakthrough in the danger zone, even if one player was broken, it did not matter, because there would be another teammate around to escort him.

Qin Xiong handed over the command to Fabregas and cooperated on the wing, so that Fabregas could play better in terms of organizational talents.

When the offensive opportunity is not good, if Cesc Fabregas wants to launch an attack, after the football reaches Qin Xiong's feet, Qin Xiong will not move forward. Instead, it will be passed back to Cesc Fabregas. Usually when he does that. Cesc Fabregas will be alert and realise that his chances of attacking are not optimal, and he will patiently continue to organise.

Cristiano Ronaldo has worked the pitch and looks to be in fine form, but he will have more difficulty attacking on the flanks.

The defensive strength of Lauren and Ashley Cole is undoubted, and Arsenal's double back is very strong, Manchester United lacks another side to tear and contain, and Ronaldo is very conspicuous on the wing. When he is in possession, Arsenal does not even need to worry that Manchester United's attack will suddenly move to the other side to deliver the fatal blow, then Arsenal's local pressing defense against Ronaldo can be carried out decisively and efficiently.

Arsenal never picked up the tempo, they wore down the Reds, allowing the passage of time to be the catalyst for the psychological pressure of the Reds, and by the 70th minute of the game, the Reds' attack was clearly agitated.

In the 72nd minute, Keane stepped forward to assist and lost a head-to-head duel with Patrick Vieira, and the Red Devils captain's form has dropped too dramatically with injuries and age. Patrick Vieira cut off Keane's ball and quickly kicked it to the right front, where Ljungberg began to dribble forward. Diagonally in the box in front of the penalty area.

Bergkamp slotted a shot diagonally behind Brown, but the angle was too narrow to miss.

From this moment on, Arsenal's attack was almost entirely from the right, with Ljungberg playing well on the right, constantly cutting inside or down to feed the middle.

However, Bergkamp's close shot and Cesc Fabregas's late shot were close to the goal.

Both fans in the stands began to get nervous.

Arsenal fans are worried about conceding a late goal, while Red Devils fans are worried that the team's attack will not be able to open up the situation.

In the 78th minute of the game, Manchester United launched a wave of aggressive attack, Silvestre assisted on the left flank, Keane followed up from the middle, Manchester United was menacing, and Arsenal's defense quickly retreated, after holding the key area, waiting for Manchester United's attack.

United didn't have a chance to cut through the Arsenal defence and eventually went on a wide cross, with Cristiano Ronaldo picking up the ball on the right and Ruud van Nistelrooy rushing forward to head the ball on goal, but Lehmann went faster and punched the ball out of the box with a punch from behind Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Scholes controls the ball on the right side in front of the penalty area and intends to complete a lob shot!

When the ball crashed lightly to the left side of the goal, all Arsenal people were thrilled, and it looked like the goal was going to be scored!

However, Lauren became a rescue hero, standing next to the far post, jumping up to head the ball clear, Vieira took control of the ball on the line of the penalty area, and when Rooney came to press, Vieira calmly took the ball sideways, shook the space and sent it away with a through ball from the side.

Or Ljungberg's side!

Silvestre got the assist, Ljungberg had a lot of space in front of him, he sprinted down the right flank, quickly pushed the attack in front of the United penalty area, then cut inside and when Brown came to intercept, he sent in an early ground cross!

The ball rolled behind the back line and was still some distance away from the goalkeeper, forcing Carroll unable to break away decisively.

Rio Ferdinand harassed Bergkamp in the middle, preventing Bergkamp from forming a flanking shot down the middle.

However, when the ball rolled towards the back of the goal, a galloping figure rushed up and cleanly pushed the ball into the goal!

Arsenal No. 11, Qin Xiong!

Qin Xiong ran to the sidelines and then began his trademark celebration with all the cheering Arsenal fans watching.

Perhaps it was the importance of the game, coupled with the fact that Qin Xiong was so favored among the fan base, when his right fist was raised, the fans in the stands let out a deafening roar three times in succession.

“BOOM！”

“BOOM！”

“BOOM！”

After doing the celebration, Qin Xiong turned around, but he didn't expect to be directly knocked to the ground by Fabregas, and the teammates who came after him pressed up one after another, everyone screamed, roared, roared, and laughed to celebrate the team's second goal!

The goal that almost sealed the game!

"Arsenal extend their lead! 2:0, Qin Xiong received a cross from the side of Ljungberg and pushed it at the back of the goal, which was an Arsenal-style goal that we often saw in the past.

Manchester United exposed a lot of problems in this game, one of which was the instability of the defensive line, and the lackluster in the attacking end was also obvious, which may be a microcosm of the Red Devils' season, they have only scored 58 goals in the league, the lowest number of goals scored in a single league season in the Premier League era! Coupled with the absence of Ryan Giggs in this game, the Red Devils' offensive side has been affected even more!

Arsenal may lack the soul of Thierry Henry, but their overall grasp of the game, the dominance of the field, and the impressive change of tempo after scoring the first goal, are one of the characteristics that distinguish Arsenal from most teams in England. ”

Red Devils fans are disappointed and the game looks set to be a disappointment. (To be continued......)