Chapter 844 A Strange Combination of Circumstances

When Fabregas took a corner kick, Manchester United made substitution adjustments. Nani came on and replaced veteran Giggs to strengthen control of the ball.

Fabregas passed the ball into the penalty area. Koscielny grabbed the point and hit Ferdinand's head, causing chaos. In the end, someone touched him and the ball went out of the baseline. Players from Arsenal and Manchester United raised their hands to indicate to the referee that the opponent had touched the bottom line.

Referee Webber didn't see it clearly either, but this did not prevent him from awarding the ball to the lagging side - Arsenal.

Arsenal's corner kick continued and this time Vidic took control of the sky, heading Cesc Fabregas' pass to Robin Persie out of the box.

This was a good time for a counterattack. After Vidic pushed the ball away, Rooney, who was standing on the outside, immediately rushed over to fight for the header.

Arsenal had been beaten by Manchester United in an offensive and defensive transition before. If Rooney hadn't missed an empty goal, Arsenal would have been two goals behind. Since then, Arsenal has paid special attention to controlling the second goal.

Rooney was a step slower, and the second spot was grabbed by Clichy. Clichy passed the ball to Rosicky and continued the attack.

Rosicky dribbled the ball towards the baseline and passed the ball across the penalty area.

This cross was more threatening than the corner kick just now, because Manchester United's defensive players were running outside the penalty area and now immediately turned back to defend, which was a test for tall players like Ferdinand and Vidic.

Sure enough, Ferdinand and Vidic came back a step too late. Dutch striker Robin van Persie fell to the ground before them and shoveled the ball toward the goal.

Van Persie's shovel shot was only three or four meters away from the goal. Under normal circumstances, the goalkeeper would have no time to react. Fortunately, Van der Sar had just moved to the side where Fabregas was, and Van Persie's shot The shovel shot just hit the ball into Van der Sar's legs and bounced out.

The opportunity was so good that Arsenal fans were ready to celebrate, but when they saw the ball hitting the goalkeeper's legs, they all hid their faces and sighed.

The ball bounced into the penalty area and was defended by Fletcher, who kicked the ball towards Arsenal's half.

Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny got the ball and passed it to Clichy. Clichy was grabbed by Ferdinand when he lobbed into the Manchester United penalty area again.

The Manchester United players were a little annoyed by Arsenal's attack. The ball came to Scholes' feet, and Scholes quickly organized an attack.

After three passes and two passes, the ball came to Gao Xiaodong's feet. Gao Xiaodong stopped the ball and got rid of the defender, and took a long shot from about thirty meters away.

Gao Xiaodong's shot was unreasonable. He stopped the ball and hit it without even looking at the goal.

Although Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny knew that Gao Xiaodong was good at long-range shots, Gao Xiaodong started too fast and he was caught off guard. Fortunately, the angle of the ball was not too awkward, and Szczesny flew sideways. Hit the ball to the wing.

The ball flew to Clichy's side. Clichy saw Nani running over and hurriedly made a clearance. However, he kicked the ball and was missed by Nani. He took the ball and cut it into the penalty area.

At this time, Arsenal's penalty area was in chaos, and the defensive players could not find anyone to mark. Rooney was in an unguarded position. Rooney missed a must-goal in the first half and was eager to make up for it. He saw Nani entering the penalty area and quickly reached out to Nani for the ball.

However, the nickname of Nani is in vain. After entering the penalty area, it is a sign of disownment. Let alone Rooney, Gao Xiaodong raised his hand and Nani would not pass it.

Facing the goalkeeper Szczesny who blocked the near corner, Nani "DUANG" volleyed. Nani wanted to hit the upper corner, but unexpectedly he failed to suppress it and hit the ball with his kick.

It was just a goal, but when he saw Nani jerking off but not passing the ball, Rooney was so angry that he punched Nani Shapi and cursed him.

The on-site commentator Martin also sighed: "In terms of technique, Nani is not inferior to Gao Xiaodong. In terms of breakthroughs, he is better than Gao Xiaodong, but his football intelligence is a bit low and his playing is unreasonable."

Arsenal continued to attack after serving. Arshavin made continuous breakthroughs on the wing, attracting Fletcher's defense. Arshavin passed the ball back. Fabregas turned to another time. French Zidane Nasri received the ball and crossed quickly. Cut, after facing Ferdinand who came out to block the ball, he feinted a shot and suddenly took a long shot.

The ball shot very quickly, and it was another ground ball. Van der Sar barely blocked the ball with his feet, but he could no longer control the direction of the ball. The ball rolled towards Arsenal forward Robin van Persie, who followed closely with two steps and arched his foot. With one push, he hit the ball into the empty net.

1:1

Arsenal equalized the score.

After scoring the goal, Van Persie was so excited that he put his jersey over his head, opened his arms and ran towards the stands.

On the sidelines, Wenger opened his arms in excitement and laughed. It was too critical to equalize the score at this point. If the equalizer could not be achieved, based on Wenger's understanding of Ferguson, he would probably have to use defensive players later.

Ferguson shook his head and was speechless. It cannot be said that Ferdinand did not block the angle of this ball. Nasri's skills are very good. It would be good not to let him break into the penalty area. It is impossible not to give him a chance to shoot. It can only be said that Van der Sar is indeed old. Yes, at his peak, this ball can be saved.

The on-site commentator praised Nasri and Robin van Persie loudly, "Nasri escaped well and shot beautifully. So far this season, Nasri has scored 12 goals in 21 games. He is the new idol of Arsenal fans. Nasri said before the game He said that Arsenal are not afraid of Manchester United. It seems that he is not bragging. His shot gave Van Persie a chance to score. Van Persie happened to appear in this position. This is the goal scoring sense of a top striker. Van Persie is still the most afraid of Arsenal. The killer."

Manchester United is 11 points ahead of the second place in the standings. Even a draw does not matter, but Manchester United never wants Arsenal to take away a point from Old Trafford.

After the kick-off in the center circle, Manchester United stepped up its attack, pushing forward with three lines, fighting Arsenal in the midfield, trying to burn the battle into Arsenal's half.

Manchester United did not want a draw, and Arsenal also did not want a draw. They also wanted to compete for the championship. How could they accept a draw? The two sides launched a fierce battle in the midfield.

In terms of passing and cutting cooperation in the midfield, Manchester United cannot match Arsenal, but in terms of running and physical confrontation in the midfield, Gao Xiaodong, Fletcher, and Nani beat Arsenal completely.

In the 75th minute of the game, under continuous pressure from Manchester United players, Arsenal made a passing error. Nasri's pass to Cesc Fabregas was a little too small. The veteran Fletcher rushed over and shoveled the ball to Gao Xiaodong. , and also brought down Cesc Fabregas.

The midfielder was densely packed. When Gao Xiaodong got the ball, Wilshere quickly grabbed the ball and competed with Gao Xiaodong for the ball.

Gao Xiaodong relied on his physical strength to block his position first, and then went to get the ball.

Gao Xiaodong doesn't just get stuck. When he gets stuck, he raises his butt and bumps into Wilshere.

Wilshere's bean sprout-like figure was bounced away from Gao Xiaodong without hitting Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong got the ball and saw Rooney running. Gao Xiaodong did not hesitate and passed the ball through the gap between the center back and full back.

Rooney had already started running in advance. He used his strong body to squeeze out Sagna and quickly entered the penalty area.

Squillaci was left one position away by Rooney, but he stuck tightly inside and prevented Rooney from walking towards the center.

At this moment, Berbatov is in the middle, but Berbatov is not fast, and Koscielny is stuck on his side, cutting off the connection between Rooney and Berbatov.

However, what Koscielny didn't expect was that Rooney had no intention of passing it to Berbatov. After entering the penalty area, Rooney ignored the possibility of interception by Squilani behind him and the goalkeeper had blocked the near corner. Foot shot into the far corner.

Squilani had been observing Rooney, and when he saw Rooney hitting the goal, he immediately stretched out his foot to intercept it regardless of losing his center of gravity.

The ball hit Squilani's foot and bounced, no coincidence, just over Koscielny's head and fell in front of Berbatov.

When Berbatov saw Rooney shooting, he gave up running in disappointment. He never expected that the ball would fly in front of him in such a way.

Berbatov would not fail to seize such an opportunity. He headed the ball and easily sent the ball into the empty goal.

2:1

Berbatov's lucky miss helped Manchester United rewrite the score again.