With a whistle from referee Webb, the game kicked off. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Liverpool, who kicked off first, were in a completely different spirit than they were in the FA Cup, showing a strong desire to win, and after kick-off, everyone went forward, not backwards.

Liverpool don't move fast and it's extremely dangerous to rush against an opponent like Chelsea, and they're just showing an attitude and determination in that way they don't want to come back empty-handed from Old Trafford.

Manchester United have home advantage, and the shouts of more than 50,000 fans are like a shot of stimulant in the hearts of every Manchester United player, doubling their courage and confidence.

In the face of the menacing Liverpudlians, the Manchester United players were not only undaunted, but became more excited, feeling that Liverpool was giving them a chance to perform in front of more than 50,000 fans, and only by beating such a Liverpool team deserved to win the title.

Manchester United's players met as quickly as possible, the midfield directly forced Liverpool's ball-handling players, and the defenders took offside tactics to compress the space for Liverpool players.

This is a very risky tactic, and only a Premier League hegemon like Manchester United and a football tycoon like Alex Ferguson would dare to use such a tactic in the opening game, even a manager like Mourinho and Benitez.

If Manchester United simply uses the forward line to press, even if Liverpool's ball control skills are not as good as Barcelona and Arsenal, they can fully deal with it, even if Manchester United presses their own forward line together, Liverpool plays a long pass to the front, and Liverpool's strikers also have a lot of opportunities to get the ball and form a counterattack.

However, Manchester United's three lines pressed together, using the tactic of creating an offside position to compress Liverpool's activity space, which not only made it more difficult for Liverpool to pass the ball, but also could not counterattack, and the ball flew in front of it was offside.

Of course, Manchester United is not risk-free at all, there is no risk-free tactic, Manchester United's back line is so high, once Liverpool is successful in the anti-offside position, they don't even have many chances to return to defense, which is almost equivalent to surrendering the gun.

Benitez sighed to himself on the sidelines, Ferguson is Ferguson, and he has been able to dominate the Premier League for so many years, definitely not by luck and relationships, at least in terms of courage, Benitez sighs to himself.

After sighing, Benitez also frowned secretly, Ferguson, the old man, is clearly going to fight with them, it is impossible for him to win this game unscathed, he only hopes to have a good result, as for the process, even if a player is injured or eats cards, Benitez can't care so much, this is the competition for the league title, and Benitez can't have the slightest hesitation and mercy.

Thinking of this, Benitez set his sights on Chen Yu again, and said in his heart, as a coach, he doesn't like Chen Yu, and no coach will like Chen Yu.

Chen Yu's contribution is great, there is no doubt about it, Chen Yu is not arrogant, this is difficult for ordinary superstars to do, but the so-called high merit is not that you can avoid it if you are not arrogant, now the outside world thinks that Liverpool's achievements are created by Chen Yu, without Chen Yu there would be no Liverpool double, which makes Benitez very annoyed, he doesn't mind giving Chen Yu a part of the credit, but he must not let outsiders think that Liverpool depends on Chen Yu, he is the founder of this Liverpool.

Don't like it, Benitez must also rely on Chen Yu to score goals for him, the current crisis, Liverpool has the ability to break only Chen Yu and Gerrard.

Gerrard is a bit slow, he can pass the ball as a commander, but it's really hard for him to rely on him to play offside.

Chen Yu is not only extremely fast, but also has good consciousness and erratic positioning, he seems to wander around casually in the front court, as long as the back court can pass the ball out, he can turn into a sharp blade at any time and go straight to the opponent's heart.

In front of Manchester United, Liverpool's possession is really not enough to see, three grabs and two presses, Liverpool's ball is passed to a dead end, and the ball has to be kicked out.

Manchester United pressed up, Liverpool kicked directly behind the defender, the linesman raised the flag for offside, and the ball returned to Manchester United's feet.

Although Manchester United also has good ball control, but Manchester United did not want to show off in front of Liverpool's players today, they came to win today, not to show the fans, the goalkeeper is known as the giraffe Van der Sar kicked the ball towards Liverpool's penalty area and launched a direct attack.

The ball drove directly from the back to the penalty area, even if it was played by a power player, the ball speed was already very slow here, and even if he grabbed a header, it would not pose much of a threat, but Van der Sar did just that.

Ferguson's cunning and cunning obviously won't let Van der Sar mess around.

The ball flew straight into the Liverpool penalty area, where the Liverpool players were clearly not prepared enough and the ball was picked up by Manchester United defender Ronaldo.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reyna was ready to make a save with his legs slightly bent and his arms outstretched.

Ronaldo didn't have a header on goal, he headed back to Ryan Giggs at the edge of the box.

This is Manchester United's corner tactics at the back, not a direct attack, but a header that creates a shooting opportunity on the edge of the box.

Although Liverpool's players did not expect it, but the strength of the players of the giant teams is first-class, and the adaptability is faster, look at Xiao Xiaoluo did not have a header, but ferried the ball out, and the Liverpool players immediately pounced on the front of the penalty area to block Manchester United's secondary attack.

Liverpool's players reacted unhappily, but the initiative was already in the hands of Giggs, and they pounced so fiercely that Giggs, an old man, could not take advantage of it.

With a flick of his foot, he stepped forward to shake off a Liverpool player who pounced, then flicked sideways again and dodged another snatcher.

After passing two snatchers in a row, Giggs did not dare to go any further, and it is not uncommon here to hit more and more people, and the opportunity that has just been achieved at that time is gone.

Ryan Giggs took a sideways step and dodged the gap and shot with his foot.

Liverpool's defenders were all blocking Giggs's side, and Giggs had a short shot on goal, and he didn't have time to exert all his strength, mainly in his calf, pumping the ball into the corner of the goal.

Reyna was ready to make a save, and Giggs's shot was not sudden, and although the angle was tricky, Reyna flew to save the ball off the line.

"Alas! It's a pity! ”

"Such a great opportunity was missed!"

"It's dangerous!"

"Manchester United were fierce today!"

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The voices of regret and exclamations in the stands were non-stop, Manchester United fans and Liverpool fans had different expressions, but they were all stimulated by Giggs's shot, and it was only a little more than a minute into the game, and there was a shot on goal, and there was no doubt that this will be a classic drama that should not be missed.

Ryan Giggs wasn't frustrated by the fact that his shot was saved, he didn't just shoot for the sake of scoring this time, and he didn't think that the shot with enough power could threaten Reina, he just wanted to stand up, he wanted to beat Liverpool's morale, these damn Liverpudlians, who still wanted to be arrogant at Old Trafford, really took themselves as a green onion.

Liverpool's players have been on a killing spree this season, pushing across all three fronts and are hitting the miracle of Manchester United's treble in '99, and the morale and confidence of the players is unparalleled, even at Old Trafford, no player has the slightest fear.

But since the opening minute, the United players have put the pressure on Liverpool's players in every way.

First of all, there is the atmosphere of the fans who are not weaker than at Anfield, secondly, the courage of Alex Ferguson, thirdly, the good competitive form shown by the Manchester United players today, and fourthly, the royal referee, all of which will make Liverpool's game more difficult today.

The best two sides will win, and in the face of Manchester United's strong attack, Liverpool's players know they have to fight back, and if they don't fight back, their morale will be gone.

At this time, it was often Gerard who grabbed Chen Yu's arm and discussed with him how to retaliate, but this time Gerard did not come to Chen Yu, but prepared to come forward himself and return the other party with a long shot.

Manchester United took the corner, and Liverpool defended in full.

Ryan Giggs played the ball straight into the box and looked for Ronaldo.

Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney were the focus of Liverpool's defence, and under Carragher's defence, Ronaldo fell in the box and the ball was pushed into the midfield by Reese at the back post.

The fans in the stands were full of righteous indignation when they saw their little fresh meat Xiao Xiao Luo being pushed, yelling as if someone had robbed his wife, and pressured the referee Webber to award a penalty.

Webber is known as Manchester United's royal referee, and at the same time, Liverpool protested before the game because he officiated the game, which made Webber have mixed feelings and think a lot when he enforced the law.

Undoubtedly, when Xiao Xiao Luo fell to the ground just now, Carragher had a move in his hand, but Xiao Xiao Luo also had a move, if Weber awarded a penalty at this time, Weber believed that no matter whether he won or lost, there would be a verbal criticism waiting for him after the game, so Weber pretended not to see it and let the game continue.

Xiao Xiao Luo didn't react much, just hammered the turf angrily, and he didn't dare to expect to get a penalty at this time.

The game continued, but the United fans were still not reconciled, and they were still chanting "penalty penalty" in an attempt to take advantage of the subsequent decision.

Reese cleared the ball in a panic and the ball went straight to Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes.

Paul Scholes certainly won't let go of that opportunity, stopping the ball and quickly leading towards the Liverpool penalty area, looking for space to shoot.

Having just been shot by Ryan Giggs and now Paul Scholes is here again, Liverpool's players are furious, and if they are shot twice by Manchester United in two minutes, they will surely become the laughing stock of English football after the game.

Immediately, several Liverpool players abandoned their positions and came from all sides to prevent United midfielder Paul Scholes from having another shot on goal.