With the end of the first half, the fans in the stadium and the audience in front of the TV set either went to solve the three emergencies or went to get a few more bottles of beer and potato chips.

However, during the short intermission, it sparked a wide range of heated discussions.

The score in the first half surprised many celebrities and fans who predicted that Manchester United would win easily before the game.

Sky Sports also listed the stats for both sides in the first half:

In possession, Leicester City, which is playing at home, is slightly ahead, reaching 60%.

As for the number of shots on goal, there is almost the same.

The Blue Foxes had nine shots on goal with five on target; The Red Devils had dozens of shots on goal and four on target.

Judging from the scene, the two sides were evenly matched in the first half.

But the fact that a Premier League giant, who had been champions two seasons ago, were tied with a promoted side who had returned to the Premier League after a decade was a surprise in itself.

Almost everyone is starting to think about a question:

Is Manchester United getting weaker, or is Leicester getting stronger?

Or both?!

As for Manchester United, since the retirement of Alex Ferguson, the team's defenders have gone, and the strength of the team has decreased a lot.

From the title favourites two seasons ago, to the top four teams today.

Leicester City, on the other hand, is not optimistic about the premise of showing a dark horse.

However, many people also believe that the reason why Leicester City has started the season is amazing is only because other Premier League teams despise it, and they are relatively unfamiliar with its lineup and tactical play.

Once the teams are familiar with it and have studied it, Leicester will be back to square one.

However, a small number of football experts are keen to point out that Leicester City's strength is definitely not as simple as a relegation team.

Especially the strength of the starting four in the front court is completely at the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League!

You must know that Leicester City's frontcourt has the world's first U20 value, the Three Lions' main midfield talent Ling Feng, England rotation striker Vardy, and Algeria international Riyad Mahrez.

Add to that a former Manchester United rising star Jesse Lingard who has been in good form this season, and the average age of the four is under 23.

This quartet is the youngest starting quartet in the entire Premier League on average!

Young, full of vitality, full of physical energy, full of enthusiasm.

The four impactful youngsters, perfectly suited to the aggressive high pressing tactics, often put the opposition under tremendous pressure on both possession and ball play at the back.

Manchester United's backline is no longer what it used to be.

Except for Evans, who has a little bit of ball ability, the other three are defensive defenders with rough skills at their feet.

And the single back Blind was stared at by Ling Feng to death,

It is difficult to play the ball in the midfield and backfield, and you can only make long passes with big feet, but the success rate is not high.

Coupled with the fact that the four superstars in the front court barely press, the ball is almost at the feet of Leicester City.

If it weren't for Leicester City's faster attacking pace, the midfielder would split the side as soon as they got the ball, and they would not have too much ineffective possession in the midfield, and their possession rate could even reach more than 70%!

Therefore, after the first half of the game, many football pundits and commentators who thought United were more likely to win before the game changed their minds.

If the pace and intensity of the first half continues, the direction of the game will be very bad for the Red Devils.

Meanwhile.

Back in the dressing room, both managers and players were aware of the facts:

That is, no one can prevent anyone!

Manchester United's backline can't guard against the Foxes' foursome, and the Foxes' backline can't guard against United's big four.

Strictly speaking, both teams are teams that are strong in attack and weak in defense.

In other words, the key to winning or losing this game is which team can score one more goal than the opponent!

To win the menacing Red Devils Manchester United at home, Leicester City must continue to attack until the last minute of the game!

And if Manchester United wants to retreat from the King Power Stadium, it must also give full play to the offensive firepower of the four superstars in the front court and completely kill the Blue Fox!

In the home dressing room, Pearson had a solemn expression

"You guys did a good job in the first half!"

"Keep attacking!"

"We're going to defend our home honour with goals!"

"Let them know that this is not Old Trafford, it's King Power!"

On the other side of the visiting dressing room, Louis van Gaal focused on criticising the team's aggressiveness in the front court.

Although he did not directly criticize by name.

However, everyone knows he's talking about Robin van Persie and Falcao, as well as Rooney's three attackers.

Compared with the Blue Foxes quartet who were active in the first half, Manchester United's four superstars did not play as expected.

After the explosive performance of the World Cup in Brazil, Van Persie, the "flying Dutchman" who returned to England, was like an expired doping drug, and his state plummeted.

As the team's starting center, in the first four rounds of the league, he didn't score a goal!

Although this game finally seized the opportunity and broke the goal drought.

However, his performance in the first half can only be described as unsatisfactory.

In addition to Van Persie, the two superstars of Falcao and Rooney are also average.

This led to Di Maria taking on more offensive and defensive tasks, which was hugely expensive!

I saw the new Red Devils No. 7 gasping for breath while receiving a massage from the team doctor to relax.

Di Maria swears in his heart that this is definitely the most tiring half he has played since landing in the Premier League!

Originally, the pace of the Premier League was relatively fast, and the physical confrontation was also fierce, which made Di Maria, who was used to the technical flow of La Liga, a little uncomfortable.

In the last game, the opponent was too vegetable, and he played those Premier League rough brothers

But this time, he obviously felt that the strength and intensity of the opponent were much stronger!

In the first half, he had to advance with the ball, but also return to defend and press, receiving the ball in the middle for a while, and breaking through for a while.

Although before the transfer, he expected that he would become an indispensable core of Manchester United.

However, he didn't expect that he would have to be a father and a mother!

"Made, why don't these teammates come back to defense?"

"Who do they think they are? Cristiano? Or Leo?! ”

When the team puts the burden of offense and defense on the shoulders of one player, there must be a problem with the team as a whole!

Van Gaal also sees the problem.

However, in his opinion, it is still the team's lack of run-in and tacit understanding, and the lack of familiarity with the team's tactical play, which leads to the disconnection of the midfield.

As for the two goals conceded, strictly speaking, it was also caused by the lack of run-in at the back.

The centre-back duo of Evans and Blackett has only a few games of experience as a partner and will take games and time to develop a chemistry.

The tactic of simply piling up superstars in the front court has been proven by the Galactic Battleship to be a failure.

Football tactics are about balance, both offensive and defensive.

Whether it is strong in attack and weak in defense, or weak in attack and strong in defense, it will make the team flawed and thus targeted by the opponent.

Thinking of this, Van Gaal suddenly found that Manchester United was missing Ling Feng, a core figure who could connect several superstars in the front court and run smoothly!

In Manchester United's tactical system, the work of organising attacks and tandem tactics is actually Rooney's doing.

However, the gap between the two is visible to the naked eye.

Rooney, who retreated from a striker to a midfielder, is more than a notch behind in terms of vision and passing ability.

If you swap Rooney and Ling Feng, it will be a lore!

But it can't be exchanged!

Lu Xiaopang is the team's locker room boss and captain.

For the sake of stability in the dressing room, Louis van Gaal has to start him and not replace him!

The dressing room of the giants is not so easy to control.

In addition, the transfer window is also closed, and he can't buy anyone if he wants to, what he can do is to find the tactical play that can best play the strength of the players according to the existing lineup in his hand!

So, he told Rooney to drop back more, and let Herrera step forward more to give more support to the striker.

If you can't prevent it, then continue to strengthen the attack!

He didn't believe that the offensive ability of the four superstars under his command would not be as good as the four boys in Leicester City!

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After the break, the two sides returned to the pitch and changed sides to fight again.

And the coaches and players of both sides were surprised to find that the opponents, like themselves, gave up defending and strengthened the attack!

In the second half, the two sides entered the stage of "who defends and who is grandson".

Manchester United, once in possession of the ball, will give the ball to Di Maria as soon as possible to force it forward in the middle or on the wing, thus creating a threat;

Leicester City, on the other hand, is constantly attacking from the two wings through Ling Feng's running position and splitting sides!

However, as Manchester United's right-back Rafael stepped up his physical confrontation, Lingard on the left flank took the ball and broke through, which suddenly became much more difficult.

Originally, Lingard's foot skills were not too good.

His strength is his ability to run, stretch the defence and create space for his teammates to attack.

It was only in the first half that he took advantage of the opponent's unfamiliarity that he let him make soup once.

Sensing that the attack on the left was blocked, Ling Feng began to swim to the right and played a pass with Mahrez.

Maybe it's because the weather is getting colder, and Mahrez, who is wearing gloves, has been strengthened by the limited-time version and has become the winter limited ball king "Ma Dongmei", and he is in a burst of state!

In the 60th minute of the game, Mahrez, who received Ling Feng's pass again on the right side of the front field, once again dribbled the ball along the side and cut in.

Manchester United's left-back Argentine international Marcos Rojo is an attacking defender despite his good physical fitness, fast tackling speed and strong forward awareness.

However, physical flexibility is not good, and the top grab can sometimes be too reckless.

After a few rounds of attacking and defending, Mahrez already has a good understanding of his defensive habits.

And this time, he decided to use his superb foot skills to defeat him!

The dribble first swayed left and right, easily dodging Rojo's outstretched foot to grab it, and then when he turned to chase back, a crotch pierced and passed him a second time.

This series of dashing passes caused a burst of amazement among the home fans.

"Wow!"

"Beautiful waltz!"

"The Algerian international's superb foot skills can't help but remind me of Messi!"

Then, under the expectant eyes of the fans, Mahrez, who incarnated as the "Algerian Messi", cut into the big penalty area!

In front of him is the weakest link in Manchester United's backline, young central defender Blackett!

In the face of Blackett's defense, he shook his shoulders and broke through to the left.

But at the moment when he successfully deceived Blackett's body center of gravity to move, he pulled back with his left foot and pushed with his right foot.

It's a very fast hook croquette!

Seeing Mahrez on the verge of being wiped out, Blackett made a fatal mistake that a young defender makes:

I saw him subconsciously stretch out his left foot and try to intercept the ball, but he didn't touch the ball, but swept it on Mahrez's calf!

With a scream of "ah", Mahrez fell to the ground!

In the next second, a sharp whistle sounded!

Referee Clattenburg did not hesitate to reach out to the penalty spot, and took out a yellow card to show the helpless Manchester United youngster!

The foul in this penalty area is too obvious and indisputable.

Ling Feng and Vardy came to the penalty area for the first time and put their hands on Mahrez on the ground:

"Riad, well done! Are you feeling okay? ”

"Good."

Jamie Gundy came to take the penalty.

Under the prayers of the home fans and the trust of his teammates, the demon knife came out of its sheath and hit the blood!

With the penalty kicked, the score became 3-2!

Leicester City once again lead the visiting Red Devils Manchester United at the King Power Stadium!

Falling behind again, United continued to attack.

However, as Ling Feng also returned to midfield, the space in midfield became narrower, and Di Maria's advancement became more difficult.

In the 65th minute of the game, when Manchester United's attack in the middle was blocked, Van Gaal was thinking about whether to make substitutions, but the leading Leicester City took the lead in making substitution adjustments:

Replace Lingard, who was sluggish, with a big centre-forward Ulloa.

Then change the formation to 442, move Ling Feng to the right and Mahrez to the left.

And Vardy and Ulloa partnered on the field for the first time, forming a high and fast double striker!

And for this substitution and change of formation, whether it is Manchester United coach Van Gaal on the sidelines, or the Manchester United players on the field, they are extremely shocked!

Are they crazy?!

Even continue to strengthen the attack!

And with the change of formation, Leicester City's style of play has also changed visibly!

Originally, the Blue Fox's side attack relied more on Mahrez's personal ability, as well as Ling Feng's interspersed in the ribs, and coordinated with him in passing.

However, after changing the formation of 442, Ling Feng, who came to the right, and Mahrez, who came to the left, both became smooth wingers.

The team's wing style of play returns to the traditional English style of play, and suddenly becomes more simple and rough!

Directly to the penalty area 45 degrees cross, bomb!

The two strikers in the middle, Ulloa had confrontation and headers, and Vardy had speed and impact, and they worked together to turn over the sea in the Manchester United penalty area.

In particular, Ling Feng's arc cross is very tricky, always flying towards the ambiguous area between the goalkeeper and the central defender.

David De Gea did not dare to attack, and the centre-back did not dare to stretch his legs to clear the ball for fear of kicking his own goal.

In the seventy-second minute of the game, Ling Feng sent a curved cross that bounced off the ground, and Blackett stretched out his leg to try to block it, but the ball changed the fold line and flew to the near corner of his goal!

Although De Gea reacted quickly and saved the ball.

However, Vardy burst out of the crowd and stabbed De Gea before he poked the ball into the empty net with a poke of his toe!

Four to two!

However, it wasn't the last goal of the game for Leicester City.

Because, just three minutes later, Ling Feng once again crossed from the right side of the front court!

And this time, he opted for the high ball!

With a strong spin, the ball drew a graceful arc over the King Power Stadium, just past Blackett, who jumped in front of the point, and landed on Ulloa's head.

The latter shook his head and smashed the ball into the goal!

De Gea on the goal line was stunned and didn't even have time to make a save.

With Ulloa's header, Leicester City were already three goals clear of Manchester United at home.

The suspense of the game, at this moment, is basically over.

(End of chapter)