Chapter 1,225 Tried My Best
Hart saw Rooney get the ball, quickly struck out, blocked Rooney's shooting angle, and flew towards Rooney's feet to get the ball.
The score difference has reached 4 goals, and winning is impossible. This serve made Rooney even more relaxed.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper Hart, Rooney did not shoot, but cleverly dunked the ball.
Hart missed. Rooney flashed past Hart.
After passing Hart, Rooney faced an empty goal.
Rooney nudged with the arch of his foot and the ball flew in front of Hart and into the net.
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Rooney received a pass from Gao Xiaodong and regained a point for Manchester United.
After the goal, Rooney did not celebrate. He rushed into the net, took out the ball, ran quickly to the center circle, and placed the ball in the center circle arc, not giving the opponent a chance to delay time.
Manchester United fans also understood what Rooney was thinking. They didn't celebrate much. They clapped and shouted: "Go in one more! Go in one more!"
There were still ten minutes left in the game at most. After Rooney scored, Manchester City still led by three goals and still had the numerical advantage. Manchester City's players were not in a hurry, and they did not deliberately delay the time. After Rooney put the ball in the center circle, they immediately Just kick off.
Manchester United had nothing to lose. Even if they lost one player, they did not have the slightest fear. They all pressed forward and launched a fierce attack on Manchester City.
Manchester United's attack did not frighten Manchester City, but made Manchester City secretly happy. They believed that if they continued to play like this, Manchester City's hope of scoring another goal would definitely be greater than that of Manchester United.
Manchester City obviously underestimated the power of the superstar. In the 87th minute of the game, Dzeko received a pass from David Silva and entered the penalty area alone, but his shot was blocked by De Gea with his foot.
Manchester United took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. Rooney made a cross from the left. Gao Xiaodong and Ashley Young cooperated. Gao Xiaodong volleyed with his right foot from 25 meters away. The ball flew into the upper right corner of the goal in an arc.
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Gao Xiaodong's hat trick brought back another point for Manchester United.
Gao Xiaodong also did not celebrate after scoring. Like Rooney, he took the ball to the center circle, put it away, and then signaled his teammates to stand and wait for Manchester City to kick off.
The on-site commentator He Hui sighed: "Xiaodong scored another hat trick. Unfortunately, Xiaodong's hat may be a tragedy today... Xiaodong may have scored a hat trick for the first time but was unable to win for the team.
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Seeing Manchester United score two goals in just three minutes, Manchester City players were scared.
Manchester United can be a passionate team with a tradition of reversal. They really got the momentum going. In the remaining five minutes, it is not impossible to score two more goals.
Manchester City players began to stall for time, and forwards Dzeko and Aguero were reluctant to walk towards the center circle.
Gao Xiaodong was very anxious and immediately found the referee Clattenberg and complained to him about his opponent's delay.
Clattenburg also saw the intentions of the Manchester City players and immediately showed Dzeko a yellow card and asked him to kick off the ball quickly.
The on-site commentator said with disdain: "A nouveau riche is a nouveau riche. Now there is one more player and we are 2 goals ahead. It has started to delay time. It's really embarrassing."
Now Manchester City no longer dare to think about a bloodbath at Old Trafford, they just want to win.
After slowly kicking off the ball, Manchester City players began to backcourt, not daring to pass the ball forward, trying to waste away the last time.
Manchester United quickly launched a full-court press and did not give Manchester City a chance to delay.
Manchester City's ball was forced to goalkeeper Hart. Facing Rooney who was chasing after him, Hart could only drive the ball to the sideline with a big kick.
This kick is very experienced. If it goes towards the Manchester United half, it will definitely be picked up by goalkeeper De Gea. If it goes to the sideline, it will delay a lot of time to pick up the ball. If it is sent to the sideline, it will be fouled and delay time.
Sure enough, when Manchester United served the sideline ball, Manchester City adopted foul tactics.
Seeing that the regular game time was about to pass, goalkeeper De Gea personally came to the sideline to take the free kick. All the big men of Manchester United came to the penalty area to compete for the header.
Obviously Manchester United acted too hastily. De Gea's free kick was too high and too close to the goalkeeper. The ball was easily obtained by Joe Hart.
No one bumped into Joe Hart, but Joe Hart still threw himself on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.
At this time, the regular game time had passed, and the Manchester United players were very anxious and protested to Clara Tenberg again.
Manchester United fans also booed Joe Hart when they saw that Manchester City players were so far ahead and so dirty.
Clattenberg also showed Joe Hart a yellow card and asked him to serve quickly.
There were only 4 minutes of stoppage time. Joe Hart was relieved. He did not drive towards the sideline or towards the Manchester United half. Instead, he passed the ball to the full-back, trying to control the ball in the backcourt to consume time.
Manchester United was already red-eyed at this time and completely ignored Manchester City's counterattack when pressing. As a result, Manchester City had no numerical advantage and the ball was intercepted before it reached the midfield.
Time was running out. Valencia, who stole the ball, didn't look at anything and directly lobbed it into Manchester City's penalty area.
Manchester United's forward midfielders, regardless of their height, all rushed into the penalty area to compete for this cross.
At this moment, Manchester United players are also concerned about whether they have a chance to grab the spot. What they want is to force the opponent to be unable to pass the ball accurately and reduce the possibility of the opponent counterattacking.
The ball was still grabbed by Kompany, but Manchester United's goal was achieved. Kompany, under the strong pressure of Gao Xiaodong, headed the ball in front of Fletcher.
Fletcher stopped the ball with his chest and shot in the air.
The ball drew an arc and flew to the left side of the goal.
This kick is very beautiful, with good power, angle and timing.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart flew and missed the ball, but the ball hit the post and bounced off the baseline.
There was a huge sigh from Old Trafford as the ball hit the post.
At this time, this goal is too important. If it is scored, Manchester United still has hope of equalizing. Now that it has hit the goalpost, Manchester United's hope of equalizing should be said to be completely shattered. It is impossible for them to score two goals in three minutes in the 1999 Champions League final. of miracles.
What makes Manchester United even more anxious is that the ball is still in Manchester City's hands.
The ball boy at Old Trafford threw a ball onto the field as quickly as possible, but Hart did not pick it up. Instead, he went to take out the ball on the baseline.
The Manchester United players were very annoyed and complained to the referee again, but this time Clattenburg ignored it.
Joe Hart once again kicked the ball out of the sideline. When Manchester United sent the inbounds ball, the Manchester City player fouled again and the time was consumed until the last minute.
Manchester United has one last chance to attack.
Gao Xiaodong came to the sidelines to take the free kick personally, and goalkeeper De Gea came to the penalty area to grab the point.
Gao Xiaodong fired a low curve ball, and Smalling grabbed the spot.
There were too many people in the penalty area, and Smalling was unable to get the ball in the right position, let alone use force, and the ball went over the crossbar.
Manchester City got the ball again. After goalkeeper Joe Hart took the goal kick, the referee Clattenburg did not give any more attack time and blew the whistle to end the game.
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Manchester United suffered an embarrassing loss at home to their city rivals Manchester City, and also surrendered the top spot in the standings.