Chapter 47: Red Army VS Red Devils (Final)
Beckham's departure made Liverpool's left side breathe a sigh of relief, although Veron was also very good, proficient in passing, and delicate skills at his feet, but as Riser was liberated and frequently joined the attack, Liverpool's left side completely suppressed Manchester United's right side.
Seeing the replacement of Beckham, Liverpool's left side immediately began to live, which made Ferguson look depressed and didn't know what was going on. Why is Beckham on the field, Liverpool's left side is still sven, it seems to be suppressed by Manchester United's right side. As soon as Beckham got off the pitch, Liverpool's left side began to go crazy.
In fact, Ferguson doesn't know, although Beckham's performance is very average, but after all, the shadow of the famous tree, as long as Beckham stays on the right side, if you don't defend it, if you don't defend Beckham, then Manchester United is equivalent to installing a precision missile launcher on the right side of the field. No one would doubt that all of Beckham's passes in normal play could not be exchanged for one or two assists.
Although Veron's strength is also quite strong, compared to Beckham, the two are not the same type of player, and Veron's turf should be in the middle of the field, not on the wing. And Ferguson did let Veron play in the middle and drop Scholes to the side, Scholes and Beckham are compared with each other, and the threat level is naturally obvious, that is, Scholes's presence on the side is not as good as Beckham.
Seeing Reiser and Colwill continue to break through, the ball continued to pass into the penalty area, every time Ferdinand and Sylvester struggled to defend George and Owen, their faces became more and more bitter, so that Ferguson couldn't help but stand nervously on the sidelines, and waved his big hand, asking the players to strengthen their attack and put pressure on Liverpool, so as to reduce a little pressure on the defenders.
For Ferguson's orders, Manchester United's players naturally did not hesitate to carry them out, but under Hyypia's command again and again, Manchester United's attack was broken up every time. On the contrary, Liverpool counterattacked quickly several times, and scared all Manchester United fans and players into a cold sweat, so that Ferguson couldn't help but make a gesture of pressing down with both hands, asking the players to stabilize and come step by step.
United's attack is strong, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Veron, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, that one is not a world-class player. But Liverpool's defense is not bad, under the leadership of Hyypia, Henkez, Carragher, Reese and Hamann, in Liverpool's backfield formed a solid backline, still how you Manchester United bombed, just never came.
Liverpool's backline was tested by Manchester United's strong attack, on the contrary, Manchester United's backline was the same, due to the special explanation of Lao Bei during the halftime break, George, Owen and Colwill, resolutely carried out Lao Bei's order not to return to his half, and always wandered around the midfield, as long as there was an opportunity, a quick counterattack could scare the entire Manchester United fans at Old Trafford into a cold sweat.
"Damn, if it goes on like this, the 1:1 score will be maintained." Looking at the temper at Colwill's feet, which was cut off very cleanly by Neville, George couldn't help but say to Owen on the side.
"Damn, there is no way, Manchester United is obviously afraid of the speed of the three of us, after all, the rapid counterattack of the three of us, if you think about it, it should be the fastest in the Premier League. United's four defenders are all pinned to the back, not afraid of a few of us. Hearing George's words, Owen also said depressedly. You must know that it is not only George who wants to score goals to win, but Owen is the same, especially when the opponent is still the bitter rival Manchester United.
The time before the end of the game is getting shorter and shorter, and even Ferguson has given up at this moment, although he is unwilling, but he can only reluctantly accept the end of the draw. You know, for the arrogant Ferguson, a draw with the opponent at his home stadium is a defeat for Manchester United, although Liverpool is also strong.
In fact, Ferguson has not thought about replacing a defender and adding a striker to rush, this method is okay for the general situation, but not for Liverpool. You don't see that Liverpool has three speed players in the frontcourt, replace a defender, go to play three against Liverpool, not to mention the rest, offense will always have an advantage over defense, and it will definitely not be able to stop Liverpool's crazy attack at that time.
Ferguson, who has already given up the game, replaced Ryan Giggs with Fortune and replaced Scholes with newcomer Frye, and it is clear that Ferguson has begun to protect the main players and train the newcomers to come.
In fact, Fletcher was not qualified to play yet, but due to the excellent performance of George as a newcomer and Wayne Rooney of Everton during this time, Ferguson also had to give young players more opportunities. Otherwise, Fletcher would have to make his first appearance against Barcelona in March '03 at the earliest.
Seeing that Ferguson had given up the game, Lao Bei also breathed a sigh of relief, although the two sides were only drawn, but after all, this is Manchester United's home stadium, even if it is a draw, in a sense, it is Liverpool to win.
Now that Ferguson has given up the game, Lao Bei did not hesitate to replace the goal-scorer Owen with Baroshe, and replace Colwill with Smitchell, as for the remaining substitution, it is to stay in case of emergency.
With both managers replacing their key players, anyone can guess that this is a sign that both sides are ready to abandon the game. Under normal circumstances, Manchester United fans would not agree to abandon the game before the team has won, and then there will be a lot of boos. But this time it was different, this time the fierce game between the two sides made the fans at the scene addicted, plus the time was no longer a few minutes, and there was nothing to complain about. Just continue to shout and cheer, hoping that the team he supports can stage a miracle goal to defeat the opponent in the last few minutes of the game.
The idea of the fans is good, but the truth is cruel, and if this kind of stunner could have been a regular occurrence, it would not have been called a miracle goal. Although the attacking players on both sides still worked very hard, under the solid defense of the opponent, the offense was broken up again and again, and finally as the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the two sides reluctantly accepted this fact.
"Damn, I didn't expect us to fight hard, and the final result turned out to be a draw, which actually gave Arsenal an advantage." Sitting in the team's bus, having just received Arsenal's 2-0 victory, Gerrard said with an unhappy face.
You must know that with Manchester United and Liverpool fighting, and Arsenal defeating the opponent, this means that Arsenal has successfully sat on the first place, while Liverpool and Manchester United are in second and third.
"Forget it, anyway, we drew with Manchester United, at least two games against Manchester United this season, one less. Besides, to be able to draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford is already a victory. The next time we meet an underdog in Liverpool and Arsenal meet Manchester United, we might lose the game. ”
Hearing Gerrard's unhappy words, George said helplessly, in fact, George himself was not reconciled, but after all, the game was over, and there was no way to be unwilling, so he could only say so. Hearing George's words, Gerald also agreed with the dots.