No one underestimates the popularity of the Rose Derby, just as the London Derby is.

Leeds United and Manchester United have a long history of conflict, and if they are ever told, they can even be traced back to the War of the Roses in the 15th century, a series of English civil wars triggered by the throne of England.

Twenty-four kilometres from Leeds United, the Battle of Taunton was arguably the bloodiest battle in England's history. Just like the battle on the battlefield, the smell of gunpowder between the two teams in the game is also particularly strong.

The previous match between Manchester United manager Bart Busby and Leeds United manager Don Levy was the most spectacular rose derby of the 50s of the 20th century.

But for a long time after that, both teams went back and forth, and it was rare for people to see a-for-tat game.

However, in recent years, the game between the two teams has changed for the better. Manchester United is still unique in the Premier League under the leadership of Alex Ferguson, although there are also Arsenal and Chelsea eyeing Manchester United's big brother in the Premier League, but Manchester United can still be said to be the most successful team in the Premier League in the past 20 years.

And Leeds United, in the past five years, because of the addition of George Lee, has gradually become stronger, and has gradually become strong to the extent that it can wrestle with Manchester United. Winning the UEFA Cup twice, and last season it surpassed Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal to win the league title, which can be described as full of sharpness.

Therefore, today's Premier League first-leg Rose derby at Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, has attracted the attention of countless people.

For example, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who did not play today, also appeared in the stands of Manchester United's home stadium to take a look at the specific strength of the two rivals.

For Arsene Wenger, Ferguson is an old rival, and he is familiar with tactical routines. Arsene Wenger believes that the tactics that United have been using are what others call "dog swallowing frisbee", which is simply not the same as the artistic style of play he advocates.

Why is it said that it is "dog swallowing frisbee", this term was proposed by George Lee in an interview. Ferguson always asked the team to pass the ball directly to the stars and then used the individual abilities of the stars to settle the battle.

When Arsene Wenger first heard this, he thought it was very interesting. It's hard to hear, but I can't stand it.

Speaking of the originator of this statement, Wenger couldn't help but look at the young manager in the away team's dugout who was slowly walking to the sidelines.

This young man is not only discerning, but also talented. All kinds of novel ways of playing and novel tactics are emerging.

Arsene Wenger admired the youngster and always felt they were the same kind of person. Arsene Wenger's football is good to play on the field, while George Lee's football is good to play off the field.

The only fly in the ointment is that this young head coach is a disciple of the old man Ferguson.

Chelsea does not count, Manchester United, Arsenal, Leeds United are the three teams, unless Arsenal wins the championship; Otherwise, whoever wins the other two teams will be hyped up by the media.

2-1, Wenger felt at a loss.

^^^

Arsene Wenger's frustrations were quickly thrown out of the blue, as it didn't take long for him to devote himself to watching the game, even wearing gold-rimmed glasses to get a better look at the game.

In the sixth minute of the game, Manchester United's midfielder Hargreaves was joined by centre-back Nemanja Vidic to cut off Sneijder's advance.

Then Hargreaves immediately distributed the ball to Ronaldo on the right.

The Portuguese faced Baines, first stopped the ball and then immediately started to accelerate past the Leeds left-back.

Although Baines's speed is not slow, there is still a bit of a gap when facing Xiao Xiaoluo.

When he saw that Xiao Xiao Luo was about to break through from his side, Baines quickly turned around, and at the same time pulled the other party with his hand.

If he was the little Luo before, he must have fallen to the ground. But after a few seasons of Premier League training, he ignored the small movements of his defenders and tried to get rid of opponents again.

One slowdown, another acceleration.

The corners of the red Manchester United shirt broke free from Baines' hands and re-attached to his owner.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Mathieson began to move to the left. Although Baines did not completely lose his defensive position, it seems that the Dutch center and back had to block Xiao Xiaoluo's breakthrough and passing route in advance, so as not to be too late after Baines was passed.

Although Xiao Xiaoluo plays football alone, he is also afraid of his head coach's "hair dryer". When he saw that he had already attracted the defense of the opponent's two, he hurried to pass the ball.

After passing the ball to Rooney on his left back, Xiao Xiao Luo still chose to accelerate forward, if Rooney can pass a perfect through ball, Xiao Xiao Luo can reverse the offside single knife.

However, Rooney did not pass the ball to Ronaldo, because Mathieson was standing nearby in his passing route. The Leeds centre-back was clever enough to guess his opponent's attacking intentions, and he took two steps to the right as Ronaldo stepped forward.

"Then since Xiao Xiaoluo can't do it here, let's pass the ball in the other direction." Rooney thought to himself.

Seeing Tevez on the left cut diagonally behind Leeds' centre-back from the wing, Rooney sent a through left-footed through-the-ball from the left.

Looking for the other side of the Leeds defence, the gap between Mathieson and Woodgate.

If the ball passes, then Tevez is also a one-on-one shot.

However, Rooney underestimated Leeds United's two central defenders, and Woodgate saw that the ball was about to pass him, so he fell to the ground and tackled the ball down.

The tackle was standard, not only stopping United's attack, but also snatching the ball back to his feet.

Immediately, Leeds United began to switch between attack and defence.

Mathieson, who was still on the defensive just now, quickly pulled the side and went to the left. This frees up the spot, and Bynes can quickly plug in.

Leeds have three players on the left flank, Mathieson, Baines, Bale. Manchester United, on the other hand, is a small Rowe with only two players.

So Woodgate always finds a spot on the left side.

It is precisely because of this that Manchester United's two midfielders, Hargreaves and Anderson, have consciously leaned towards the right after seeing Baines come up.

Instead, it gave Woodgate an air attack to pass the ball down the middle and to the right.

The retreating Parker got a pass from Woodgate and didn't turn around before he crossed to Black, who had already stepped forward.

As soon as Blake got the ball, he saw his fellow Ryan Giggs.

A right-footed through ball was passed to Giggs on the touchline. Arneson caught up with the ball just as it was about to go off the line.

“JR！”

A small number of Leeds United fans who came to Old Trafford to watch the game excitedly shouted Arneson's nickname. Just wait for Arneson to use his pace to get rid of United's defence and then attack.

But Arneson also met an opponent this time.

The breakthrough on the right side was stubbornly clinged to Evra, and there was no possibility of changing direction at all, so he had to keep sticking to the sideline and dribbling the ball to the bottom.

Coming to the baseline, Arneson had to barely cross, and the ball was blocked by Evra with his body.

Manchester United's brilliant defense at left-back drew a standing ovation from the Manchester United fans at home, and Arsene Wenger, who was sitting among the United fans, also clapped his hands twice when he saw it.

In just two minutes, both teams each formed a very dangerous attack.

Arsene Wenger has realised that he has a lot to look at in today's game. These are things that you can't see, at least when Leeds United, Manchester United and other Premier League teams play.