Force!

With the whistle of referee Webber, the crimson battle between Liverpool and Manchester United finally kicked off. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Manchester United, who kicked off first, didn't seem to be excited today, after kick-off, they didn't press aggressively, except for strikers Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney, everyone else stayed in their own half, and even Ronaldo, who has always liked to be in the limelight, stayed in his own half honestly, which is really a bit confusing.

The commentator at the scene was puzzled: "Is Manchester United really just want to hold on to a draw today?" Or what new trick did Sir Alex Alex Ferguson have? ”

Benitez is also puzzled, he has played against Ferguson for more than a day or two, he knows Ferguson very well this stubborn and arrogant old man, he is by no means a person who is willing to admit defeat, and now he is playing so conservatively, there must be another trick, but Benitez is not worried, as long as Liverpool can play his level and score as soon as possible, Ferguson can't help him with any tricks.

Liverpool are playing at home and have just won the Club World Cup, and the mentality of the players and fans is high, although it cannot be said that Manchester United is not taken seriously, but the rush to win is absolutely there.

Now that United started the game conservatively, Liverpool's players immediately attacked, pressing up front to force United to hand over the ball.

Manchester United has always played impact football, fierce and direct, and Liverpool is a style, but today's Manchester United seems a little feminine, in the face of Liverpool's pressing, Manchester United did not rush to kick the ball out, but try to use the pass to mobilize Liverpool, and kick the ball out when the situation is more dangerous.

At this time, Benitez also saw Ferguson's purpose of not letting Ronaldo pass the half, which was to let Ronaldo strengthen his control over the midfield and defend and counterattack? Right! Ferguson, the old guy, just wants to play defensive counterattacks, Benitez can't help but be a little funny when he thinks of this, Manchester United has always been fierce and violent, let the ball play counterattack, this is simply not much better than letting the bear embroider, Benitez is also a little proud, being able to force Ferguson like this, it is enough to show how good his team is, and of course it is enough to show how good Benitez is.

Don't look at Manchester United after the opening of the fierce attack, but once in the midfield to grab the ball, Manchester United immediately launched a counterattack as fast as possible, counterattack when the investment of troops is not much, mainly to Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo this iron triangle, these three people are good at dribbling, if not foul, one or two players can not grab their ball, the three of them play counterattack, especially if there is a lot of space in the backfield, the power is definitely not less than putting six or seven players.

Although Rooney, Ronaldo, Tevez three people counterattack is very sharp, but Liverpool and Manchester United have played more than one game, the two sides know the roots, the defense is also very targeted, Manchester United wants to easily break Liverpool's goal is not easy, of course, Liverpool wants to easily open Manchester United's goal is also quite difficult.

The tug-of-war between the two sides has been going on for a long time, Manchester United is heavily armed in the backfield, Liverpool's attack is difficult to penetrate Manchester United's tough and thick defense, and Manchester United is not a team that is good at defensive counterattacks, neither training nor formed counterattack tactics, counterattacks are mainly Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo's personal ability, which is not a fatal threat to Liverpool, which is better at Liverpool, and the two teams are helpless against each other for the time being.

Ferguson looked at the Vacheron Constantin watch in his hand, the game time was exactly 20 minutes past, he looked at the electronic scoreboard again, the score was still 0:0, Ferguson smiled meaningfully, although the score was still a draw, but Ferguson knew that his goal was to be achieved step by step, so as to continue, as long as Liverpool did not score first, then he had a great hope of winning the game.

Thinking of Liverpool scoring first, Ferguson's eyes involuntarily turned to Chen Yu on the field, seeing this Chinese Ferguson's brows wrinkled, there is no doubt that this is a genius, but if this genius is in the opponent's camp, then this is a hated genius, originally Manchester United has the upper hand in the battle with Liverpool, Ferguson is also step by step to achieve the goal of pulling Liverpool off the throne and surpassing, but since this Chinese came to Liverpool, everything has changed, The Chinese striker used his amazing scoring ability to win the double for Liverpool in one fell swoop, and led Liverpool to completely suppress Manchester United in the dialogue between the two sides, and today Ferguson formulated a plan to beat Liverpool, but the key to the plan is that Liverpool can not score first, and the key to whether Liverpool can score first is whether it can prevent Chen Yu.

I hope Chen Yu's mind is not on the game today, after all, tomorrow is the day of the World Footballer of the Year award, Ferguson secretly comforted himself.

In fact, Chen Yu didn't think too much about it in the game, of course he was looking forward to tomorrow's World Footballer Awards Gala, and he also wanted to beat Manchester United today and ask for a lottery for tomorrow, but he didn't worry about it all the time, but the distance between today's Manchester United midfield and the back line was relatively close, and there was not much room for the striker to move, and Chen Yu was the target of Manchester United's key defense, and he was rarely able to get the ball, let alone shoot the opportunity.

In the first half, Manchester United and Liverpool were full of physical strength and concentration, and did not give the opponent too many chances, and the two sides combined to shoot five goals, without a chance to score, and the score of 0:0 has not changed, when the referee Webb blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the players of Manchester United and Liverpool were not satisfied with such a score, and walked back to the dressing room one by one with unconvinced faces.

The lack of goals in the first half certainly made Ferguson and Benitez not very satisfied, but they did not concede a goal, and they did not give the opponent any chance defensively, which made the two managers very satisfied, so they had no reason to risk substitutions at halftime. When such a lineup is really unable to knock on the opponent's goal, and the opponent shows a flaw, they will consider making substitutions for the final attack.

After the start of the second half, Liverpool were still attacking, but Manchester United's defensive strategy worked well, and Liverpool's attack was difficult to tear apart the double defense built by Manchester United's midfield and backline, and many attacks were harassed by boots.

It wasn't until 58 minutes that Liverpool had a real chance to score.

Ronaldo was stealing the ball in the front court by Reese, Reiser made a long pass, Gerrard received the ball and quickly passed into the penalty area, Van der Sar rashly attacked to get the ball, but there was a lack of communication between him and the defenders, and his teammate Vidic collided together, Chen Yu cleverly grabbed the landing point, and the header headed the empty goal, but this almost inevitable goal was pushed out by Evra with a header on the goal line.

Chen Yu's missed shot this time was a big blow to Liverpool's morale, and then Liverpool played a little impatiently, lacking the patience to organize at the front of the penalty area, and more to use Reese, Gerrard, Alonso, Chen Yu's long-range shots to attack the goal, Liverpool's long-range shots are the strongest in the Premier League, but if the goalkeeper is in good shape, and the opponent is constantly interfering, it is still very difficult to score goals with long-range shots.

After 65 minutes, Liverpool's fitness began to decline, and the impact of the Club World Cup was slowly felt, with the players not running as aggressively as before, and because of the physical impact, Liverpool's players were less focused and made more mistakes. After Babel and Sissoko replaced Benayoun and Alonso, Liverpool's running ability improved, but even less the ability to organize penetration in the midfield, and the attack could only rely on long-range shots and wide crosses.

At this time, Ferguson on the sidelines showed a smug smile on his face, such a situation is exactly what he wants to see, his plan is to consume Liverpool's physical energy, and in the final decisive battle with Liverpool, although he does not dare to guarantee to win, but the hope of winning is definitely greater.

"Forward, forward! Run positively! Attack boldly! ”

Ferguson ran to the sidelines and waved at his players for them to be bold.

Manchester United's players finally attacked, and the three lines came together to the front, at least ten meters ahead of the first half, while Liverpool had lost control of the midfield due to the decline in fitness, and could only retreat to their own half to play counter-attacks.

Liverpool's current counterattack is different from Manchester United's counterattack, Manchester United's counterattack is the result of active choice, there is a plan and conspiracy, while Liverpool's half-time counterattack is forced by Manchester United, and the mentality of the two is completely different.

Liverpool's defense is still very good, which is also the basis of their competition for the Premier League, even if the attack is lost, their defense can make the opponent helpless, Manchester United's onslaught did not get too good scoring opportunities, but after playing the counter-attack, Liverpool has more opportunities to shoot than before.

However, just as most strong conversations depend on luck, this time Liverpool and Manchester United were also swayed by luck.

In the 77th minute of the game, Manchester United sent a corner kick, and Giggs took a corner kick on the right side of Liverpool.

The pass caught Liverpool's defenders off guard, so much so that Rooney stopped the ball on the edge of the box and shot unattended.

Rooney pulled his foot and fired a low shot, it was too late for the Liverpool players to block it, and only goalkeeper Reina could save Liverpool, but when Reina flew to save, Rooney's shot hit Tevez who was standing in the small penalty area and changed the line and flew to the other side of the goal.

Reyna had already pounced, and it was completely impossible for him to change direction, so he could only watch the ball fly from behind him into the net.

1:0

Tevez's reflex unexpectedly gave United the lead.

It was an unexpected goal, and after the goal, both Liverpool and Manchester United were stunned, and it is estimated that Manchester United themselves did not expect it.

After a moment of stunnedness, the Reds went crazy and all the players ran towards Wayne Rooney and Tevez, bringing them down on the turf.

The few United fans in the stadium also went crazy, jumping up, waving their arms at the pitch and shouting Rooney's name, they still haven't figured out who scored the goal.

Ferguson was more excited than everyone else, and the old man even rushed onto the pitch to congratulate his team on the goal.

The commentator on the scene also said that although Ferguson arranged very thoughtfully, when Liverpool was exhausted and inattentive, Manchester United's luck was indeed good, if there was no good luck, it would not be easy to break Liverpool, and Manchester United took a certain risk by pressing so much, once Liverpool counterattacked, the result was difficult to say.

Benitez's face is heavy, and he is very anxious about the situation on the field, although Liverpool has also fallen behind, but now Liverpool has no physical strength to counterattack, don't look at only one goal behind, if you can't equalize as soon as possible, maybe one goal can lose the game.

Now that Liverpool has no way out, Benitez decisively made another substitution, replacing Sissoko, who had just come on the pitch, with striker Crouch, and made the last fight in the last ten minutes.

Without physical fitness, everyone is in vain, not to mention Liverpool's current mentality has also become a problem, in the last less than fifteen minutes, Liverpool stormed around Manchester United's penalty area, but Manchester United's defense is very tenacious, Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez's counterattack is also very sharp, Liverpool can not fully devote themselves to the attack, and in the end they can only swallow the bitter fruit of losing at home.