The rest of today's update may be late, so please forgive me.

The Manchester United player finally received a yellow card in the 39th minute.

Fletcher clearly pulled Qin Xiong, who was about to break through him, in a press and the referee could no longer tolerate a blatant foul by a Manchester United player, having already warned him before, and now he was going to pull out a yellow card to punish him.

Thirty-five yards from the goal, Qin Xiong took a free kick.

His ball went around the wall, but was saved by Edwin van der Sar after the fall.

This sent Liverpool fans to let out a sigh of disappointment, followed by applause, and Manchester United fans also praised Van der Sar's courageous play in front of goal.

In the 42nd minute of the game, Valencia attacked with the ball on the right side, and after encountering Aurelio, he knocked the ball back into the middle, and then cut in to follow up Carrick to meet the ball and send a through ball.

Rooney made a sudden stop in the process of running diagonally into the penalty area, turned back to stop the ball, and then dribbled two steps laterally, shaking off Carragher, who had not had time to shift his body's weight in the quick stop, and then pushed it with his left foot.

Since his left foot is not Rooney's usual foot, his shot must be angled and difficult to develop.

It was a tricky shot, but the ball was slow and gave Reyna plenty of time to react, and Reyna got to the left post in time to take the ball into his arms.

Before the end of the first half, Liverpool delivered the final blow.

Qin Xiong played the ball diagonally to the right in the middle, Kuyt stepped forward to stop the ball and turned inside, and after attracting the attention of Carrick's defence, he slid the ball diagonally to Gerrard, who was diagonally behind Carrick.

Gerrard watched as Patrice Evra stepped into the box to form a link with Nemanja Vidic, with Ferdinand Torres pinning down Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. Gerrard's dribbling came to a halt. Make a gesture to pass the ball to Torres. Patrice Evra paid more attention to the protection of the middle, and Gerrard took a step forward to the right, shook off the angle of the shot and slammed it into the goal!

The ball was played vigorously, although goalkeeper Van der Sar tried his best to block the near corner of the goal, but the speed of the football was too fast, and when Van der Sar was already feeling desperate, the sound of the football hitting the post was like a natural sound, which made Van der Sar feel that he had escaped death.

"Gerrard's shot hit the post and bounced off the line! It was a very good chance for Liverpool, but it was a pity that they were denied by Manchester United's goalpost. Gerald yelled in frustration. The Reds captain came close to helping his side turn around in the first half. ”

At the end of the first half, Liverpool and Manchester United were tied 1-1 at Old Trafford, with players from both teams walking down the tunnel for half-time adjustments.

Back in the dressing room, Koeman emphasised the team's defence, asking the whole team to run more and not be able to be physically crushed by Manchester United away from home!

Qin Xiong was thinking in silence about how to adjust the attack in the second half, Manchester United's defense today can be said to be in place, especially the defense against him is close to perfect.

Back in the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

The enthusiasm of the fans in the stands at Old Trafford was undiminished. The draw allowed fans on both sides to see the hope of victory.

At the beginning of the second half, Qin Xiong first returned to the wing. He took Gerrard's pass and headed straight for the baseline.

Neville was very serious in the side defense, Qin Xiong walked outside in front of him and used acceleration to start breaking through, Neville turned around and immediately followed, blocking Qin Xiong's line of cutting inside or crossing.

Qin Xiong kicked the ball back in front of the bottom line, and then dribbled back two steps and made a horizontal pass.

Gerrard got rid of Carrick and cut diagonally into the box, and after Qin Xiong's pass rolled over, Gerrard took the ball and went straight into the box.

With Torres as cover, Gerrard slotted diagonally into the box almost unimpeded, but he could only use his left foot to finish the shot diagonally towards goal, and the left-footed shot of the ball was almost unthreatening, sending the ball directly into Van der Sar's arms.

Qin Xiong shouted a few words at Alonso as he retreated to the backcourt, and he hoped that Alonso could step forward a little more!

In fact, this is where Fleet Street has been criticizing Alonso for a long time.

Alonso is rarely seen in the danger zone in front of the penalty area, and he has done a good job of playing a series of playmaking and linking the attacking and defensive system, but his contribution to the final link of the attack is still a little small.

With Manchester United playing on the wings and Liverpool under less pressure in the middle, Alonso should be able to be released, and he must step forward to participate in the attack to further relieve Qin Xiong's pressure and give Gerrard more room to play.

Alonso heard Qin Xiong's shouting and gesturing, and he nodded at Qin Xiong in response.

In the 54th minute of the game, Manchester United played a wave of fast attack, Carrick passed the ball straight forward, Park Ji-sung received it with his back in the middle of the field, he played the ball laterally to avoid Alonso's pressing and then passed the ball diagonally to the right wing.

Valencia, who was speeding up and assisted, did not stop the ball and crossed directly.

The ball landed brilliantly, Rooney nodded in the box, and Carragher interfered with him, forcing Rooney to eventually lose his center of gravity after a header after the jump, and the header almost became a clearance, and the ball flew high over the crossbar.

Rooney turned and ran to the referee after landing and roared, complaining that Carragher had fouled him after the jump, but the referee turned a deaf ear.

Liverpool also launched a quick attack two minutes later, with Alonso exchanging passes with Johnson and getting forward before Kuyt latched on to Alonso's pass before crossing the ball to Steven Gerrard.

Gerrard didn't break forward with the ball, instead he played the ball back to Alonso, who cut in behind.

United's midfield defence was a bit flustered, with Michael Carrick moving to block Alonso and Neville moving to the edge of the box to block Gerrard's diagonal cut.

Qin Xiong broke away from Valencia Neche in the middle at this point, and Alonso passed the ball to Qin Xiong who ran diagonally from behind when he met Carrick.

As soon as Qin Xiong stepped on the ball and was about to stride towards the penalty area, Evra's ferocious tackle came unexpectedly.

Qin Xiong first picked up the ball in order to dodge the opponent's tackle, and then bounced himself to prepare to cross Evra, but Evra's right leg of the tackle was raised, hooking Qin Xiong's foot in the air, causing Qin Xiong to lose his balance and fall to the ground when he landed.

When Qin Xiong rolled on the ground, the referee's whistle sounded again.

The iron-faced referee went straight up to Patrice Evra and showed a yellow card without mercy.

Patrice Evra tried to argue that his actions were not an intentional foul, but the referee ignored them and recorded a yellow card on his back.

Anyone can see that Manchester United are now able to contain Liverpool's attack, mainly by fouling tactics.

But the fact that more and more United players are starting to get cards is not a good sign. (To be continued.) )