Chapter 1,244 Taking the Lead Again

?Compared with the first round, Arsenal played much tenaciously today.

Although they were ahead by Manchester United for a long time, Arsenal never gave up and had the upper hand.

After Van Persie scored, all the Gunners fans in the audience stood up and applauded Van Persie. Many Gunners even shouted for another goal.

The last time they lost 1:8, just a draw would not satisfy Gunners fans.

This is Van Persie's 19th league goal this season.

After scoring the goal, Van Persie showed off a T-shirt with "Happy 91st Opa im" written on it, which Van Persie dedicated to his 91-year-old grandfather.

Arsenal's on-site commentator said: "The timing of this goal is very good, which boosts morale. If it were later, Arsenal might not have time to score the second goal."

Arsenal coach Wenger also saw the hope of victory. After Van Persie scored, Wenger did not celebrate too much. Instead, he called Walcott over and asked him to tell his teammates to seize the time to attack.

Wenger was not happy with the draw and neither was Manchester United.

Manchester United is still 2 points behind the leader Manchester City. If they cannot beat Arsenal, the points gap will expand to more than one game, and Manchester United will lose the initiative to compete for the championship.

There was not much time and the situation was not dominant. Ferguson wanted to push Gao Xiaodong to the front. In this case, he had to find someone to take Gao Xiaodong's place.

Fletcher has not recovered from his injury, and Anderson and Pogba sit on the bench. Anderson has more experience, and Pogba is in good shape and has better talent.

After pondering for a moment, Ferguson chose the older Anderson.

Seeing Anderson go to the sideline to warm up, Pogba, who had been eager to try, hung his head in disappointment. He thought he would have ten minutes.

Giggs saw Pogba's thoughts. He patted Pogba's thigh and said, "Don't be anxious. Opportunities are for those who are prepared."

"Understood." Pogba nodded gratefully.

Three minutes later, Anderson came on, replaced Welbeck, and put Gao Xiaodong on the front line.

This is a very weird adjustment,

The Arsenal people originally thought that Gao Xiaodong would play as an attacking midfielder or full midfielder.

Gao Xiaodong has played as a forward and scored a lot of goals, but most teams will not let Gao Xiaodong play as a forward, because this is a waste of Gao Xiaodong's versatility.

Manchester United's forward duo of Wayne Rooney and Gao Xiaodong are both capable of passing, dribbling and shooting. As long as the ball is given to them, it will be difficult for Arsenal's defenders to deal with it.

Arsenal is also a wealthy team, and the players responded quickly. They immediately switched to man-to-man marking and cut off the passing line, trying their best to prevent Gao Xiaodong and Rooney from receiving the ball.

Arsenal's idea is good, but Manchester United is not an ordinary team. They are the overlord of the Premier League. The players' personal abilities are very strong. Even if they can restrict Gao Xiaodong and Rooney, others can also affect Arsenal's goal. threaten.

In the 76th minute of the game, Nani broke through Walcott and Vermaelen from the wing and headed towards the bottom line.

If Nani passes directly, the impact of Rooney and Gao Xiaodong can pose a great threat to Arsenal's goal.

But Nani felt that the two forwards were too short. They reached the baseline and did not pass the ball. Instead, they cut along the baseline toward the penalty area.

Nani underestimated Walcott's speed. As soon as he cut into the penalty area, Walcott caught up with him and kicked the ball out of the baseline from behind.

Rooney was not satisfied with Nani's ball. He spread his hands and signaled Nani to pass the ball early.

Nani didn't think he was at fault and turned around and walked to the sidelines.

Gao Xiaodong quickly sent a tactical free kick to Nani and quickly cut into the penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong meant for Nani to pass the ball to him, but Nani did not pass the ball, nor did he pass it directly to the penalty area. He took two steps horizontally and suddenly took off his foot and lobbed the ball into the back corner of the goal.

Nani's choice was incomprehensible to his teammates, let alone the Arsenal players. Szczesny could not react in time and could only watch the ball fly to the back corner.

Although even the fans were dissatisfied with Nani's choice, he was a hero if he could score a goal at this time. Everyone was ready to stand up and applaud Nani, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out.

"ah!"

"This ball..."

"What a pity!"

Manchester United players and fans all sighed.

The ball bounced out and fell right at Arshavin's feet. Arsenal, who were in shock, quickly launched a counterattack.

Manchester United was silent in the regret of the goalpost. The reaction was a step slow and Arshavin quickly took him to the side of the penalty area.

At this time, Arsenal left back Yanlinas had arrived from the wing. Arshavin knocked the ball to Yanlinas and quickly crossed into the penalty area.

Yanlinas knocked the ball horizontally to Arshavin. At this moment, Smalling and Evans had blocked it, and Arshavin was unable to kick.

The Russian Tsar was very experienced. He didn't shoot. He moved his outside instep and passed the ball to Walcott who came in from the other side.

Walcott already faced most of the empty goal, but Arshavin's ball passed to Walcott's feet. Walcott could not shoot directly. He could only stop the ball and then shoot.

As soon as Walcott stopped, the best opportunity passed. Goalkeeper Lindegaard quickly attacked and flew to save Walcott's shot.

The ball hit Lindegaard in the face. Lindegaard was suffocated to the ground, but the ball flew out of the penalty area.

At this time, Gao Xiaodong had returned, and the awareness of the midfielder put him in the most dangerous position. This position allowed Gao Xiaodong to get the pop-up ball first.

Gao Xiaodong didn't need to look back, he had already "saw" the Arsenal player Ramsey who was fighting from behind. He knocked the ball with his heel, turned 180 degrees, and just passed Ramsey.

Ramsey was accidentally shaken by, and he hurriedly reached out to pull Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong accelerated quickly, broke away from Ramsey's pull, and passed the ball to Rooney, who was running quickly.

The opponent's defensive players had not yet returned, and Rooney received the ball and inserted it into Arsenal's penalty area at high speed along the empty space.

Center back Koscielny, who was returning to defense, desperately pushed Rooney to the wing, denying Rooney a chance to face the goal directly.

However, Manchester United still had Gao Xiaodong on the front line. After passing the ball to Rooney, Gao Xiaodong ran forward desperately. His speed was extremely fast. When Rooney reached the side of the penalty area, Gao Xiaodong had already caught up to the front of the ribs of the penalty area. .

Rooney was pushed to the wing by Koscielny and lost the opportunity to shoot directly in front of the goal. He paid attention to the movement of his teammates. Seeing Gao Xiaodong intervene, Rooney immediately made a wide cross pass to find Gao Xiaodong. .

The ball was passed beautifully, over the heads of Koscielny and Alexander Song who were returning to defense, but it also caused difficulties for Gao Xiaodong, because if Gao Xiaodong stopped the ball, Rosicky behind him and Alexander Song in the middle could both come back. , the goalkeeper also had a chance to prepare.

Gao Xiaodong chose a difficult shot at this time. He did not stop the ball, raised his left leg high, and volleyed directly towards the back corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Szczesny was moving to the front corner to prevent Gao Xiaodong from shooting. Unexpectedly, Gao Xiaodong hit the back corner. Before he could take off, the ball flew past his eyes and hit the dead center.

2:1

Gao Xiaodong took advantage of the counterattack and scored another goal, helping Manchester United take the lead.

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