Jamie Vardy's opening strike set the curtain off Leicester's attack.

Next, Leicester City played two more good attacks in a row.

Drinkwater's burst shot from the back row grazed the post and flew off the line, almost scoring.

Left-back Fox assisted the forward pass, and Shinji Okazaki's volley from inside the box missed the target and went wide of the net.

In the opening ten minutes, Leicester City threatened Manchester United's goal with three shots in succession.

But for Manchester United, it's not a problem.

Because all three shots were calmly cleared by De Gea.

Then it was United's turn to attack.

Compared to Manchester United, Leicester City's attack just now is far behind.

Ibrahimovic receives Mkhitaryan's cross in the box and heads it in!

The ball was slightly right and was blocked by Schmeichel!

Even so, the great explosiveness made the Danish goalkeeper get rid of it.

Fortunately, captain Morgan cleared the ball with a big foot, so he was not robbed of the second point by the Manchester United players.

Soon, Rooney also came with a blast.

The shot was blocked by Hutter and unloaded some power.

However, because of a small change of direction, Schmeichel was taken aback.

Thankfully, he reacted quickly and quickly fell to the ground and grabbed the ball.

Pogba also followed up with a long-range shot that flew into the stands against the crossbar, just a little short.

These 10 minutes became Manchester United's attacking time.

At this point, 20 minutes had passed and the two sides were still 0-0.

Alan Shearer in the live broadcast room nodded: "Leicester City played well in this game, although they have not scored, but this should be their best form recently." ”

Carragher agreed: "It seems that there may be a turnaround for Ranieri's dismissal, although it is not very likely. ”

Alan Shearer looked at the Leicester players on the pitch and whispered: "Against their former opponents, they are also looking forward to playing better to prove their quality......

Alan Shearer was right.

So far this season, Leicester City players have suffered a double blow of results and psychology.

On the one hand, the team's performance has declined, which makes them not in high spirits.

On the one hand, the criticism of the media also made them very unhappy.

If it's just a criticism of the performance of the game, the key is that the multimedia are all in unison-

"Without xia, Leicester City would just be a relegation team!"

This made many Leicester City players very unhappy!

Even if they have a very good relationship with Xia Xing, even if they recognize Xia Xing's performance in Leicester City, they still hate this sentence!

What do you mean?

Without xia, we are a relegation team?

Could it be that the glory of the previous five crowns was all the credit of xia alone?

Are we just foils?

These words made them very unhappy!

So when they saw Xia Xing again, in addition to the enthusiasm between friends, they also held their breath.

Gotta win against Manchester United and slap the media in the face!

Let them see, even without xia, we are still the same five-time champion team in Europe!

So Leicester played very positively in this game.

Even though Manchester United continued to attack, Leicester City still did not fall behind.

Vice-captains Morgan and Kasper Schmeichel were outstanding and they played at a world-class level.

Morgan froze Ibrahim completely, leaving the Swedish Pagoda with no room to play.

His performance even made Eevee want to scold his mother.

This strong defender is really tough!

Schmeichel, on the other hand, blocked all Manchester United's attacks.

Whether it was Wayne Rooney's burst of shots, Pogba's long-range shots, or other people's shots, they all came to naught in front of the Danish striker.

Against the team his father used to play for, Schmeichel played at the top level.

With the captain and vice-captain in charge, Leicester City held on to the goal without conceding a goal.

On United's side, their defence is just as watertight.

Especially on their left side.

Riyad Mahrez played on the right wing-back, a rare bright spot for Leicester this season.

But today, he didn't even perform as well as Moussa on the left.

It's all because it's Xia Xing who is in the opposite position.

Facing his old teammate, Xia Xing's defense made Mahrez go crazy.

How can this be done?

Whether it is dribbling skills or speed explosiveness, he can't compete with Xia Xing.

Not to mention physical confrontation.

xia is a bug!

Mahrez was completely sealed in this game.

Not only him, but even Leicester City's frontcourt attack was frequently interrupted by Xia Xing.

Xia Xing completely gave up the work of organizing the offense in this game and went all out to organize the defense.

Xia Xing, who plays the back waist steadily, is simply an invincible existence in defense.

After a bumping into Drinkwater, who was rushing forward with the ball, the referee finally blew the whistle.

But even so, there was no card, just a foul on the collision.

Drinkwater was pulled up by Xia Xing amicably, with a helpless face: "Xia, the captain is right, you are really getting stronger again, it's really an exaggeration......"

Throughout the first half, Xia Xing defended the backcourt well.

And his teammates, driven by him, also cooperated tacitly.

Especially the vice captain Carrick, he is willing to obey Xia Xing's arrangement and deployment, and will never pose as a big brother.

The nickname of "transparent man" also explains this to some extent.

In any personnel struggles and team conflicts at Manchester United, Carrick will never be seen.

He quietly contributes to the team, guarding the team as a lubricant.

In the second half, the two sides still couldn't open the situation for a long time.

Both teams defended at a world-class level today.

Until the 79th minute of the game.

United had already used up three substitutions by this time, with Wayne Rooney, Ibrahimovic and Michael Carrick all coming off.

Xia Xing put on the captain's armband again.

Marcus Rashford, who came off the bench, was very active, sprinting quickly up front and being brought down by Ndidi.

The referee's whistle blew and a foul was awarded to Leicester.

United were given a set-piece up front.

This position is a bit to the left, and a bit far, about 35 metres from the goal.

Not suitable for direct shots, passing is more appropriate.

At this time, the eyes of his teammates fell on Xia Xing.

You must know that Xia Xing's passing is Manchester United's first-class recognized by all his teammates.

If Wayne Rooney, Ibrahimovic or Carrick are still on the pitch, Xia Xing may step back and give up the opportunity to his teammates.

He didn't want to face Leicester City in his bones.

But at the moment, wearing the captain's armband is a duty on him.

Slowly stepped forward, took the ball from Mkhitaryan's hand, and placed it at the penalty spot.

Look in the direction of the restricted area and exhale softly.

Slowly step back.

The referee's whistle blows!

Xia Xing began to run!

Facing his former Leicester City teammates, Xia Xing's blow was unreserved!

Powerful blasting!

And with extremely strong internal rotation!

Go straight to the far corner!

Schmeichel scrambled to save, but was still half a beat slow!

The ball speed is so fast!

Straight into the net!

The ball is in!

1 to 0!

The audience applauded thunderously and cheered wildly!

But at this moment, Xia Xing was as silent as death......

(End of chapter)