Chapter 884 Another Battle at White Hart Lane

After a short break during the national team match day, the league started again.

Manchester United marched to White Hart Lane to challenge their favorite point-givers, Tottenham.

Tottenham have not beaten Manchester United in away games for 21 years and have not won at home for 10 years. However, Tottenham's strength was limited in the past. In the past two years, its strength has greatly increased, and they are no longer willing to be a "point-giving boy". It is becoming more and more difficult for Manchester United to win. big.

Since Chelsea, who started the game early, defeated Blackburn 2:0, Manchester United must win this game, otherwise the point gap between them and Chelsea will be narrowed to 7 points.

Ferguson also used his main force and arranged a 433 attack lineup. Goalkeeper: 1-Van der Sar, defenders: 21-Raphael, 5-Ferdinand, 15-Vidic, 3-Evra; forwards: 24 -Fletcher, 18-Scholes, 10-Gao Xiaodong; forwards: 17-Nani, 9-Berba, 7-Rooney.

This is the first appearance of Gao Xiaodong, the new Golden Globe Award winner, and also the captain Gary. Manchester United's first game after Neville retired.

Undoubtedly, Gao Xiaodong has been questioned in the selection of the Golden Globe Award. He must show his abilities through competition and prove that he is worthy of the title of Mr. Golden Globe.

The big bosses and upstarts of Manchester United are vying for the position of Manchester United captain. They are all in high spirits and just want to win Tottenham to show their strength.

Tottenham have star players like Modric, Bale, Van der Vaart and Crouch, as well as experienced coaches like Redknapp, but they have been unable to defeat Manchester United. They are also very eager to break the winless streak at home. The curse of Manchester United.

Old coach Redknapp has arranged a 4-4-2 formation with a balanced offense and defense: Goalkeeper: 1-Gomez: Defenders: 32-Ector, 20-Dawson, 12-Galla, 2-Hurry Dayton; forwards: 3-Bale, 12-Palacios, 14-Modric, 7-Lennon; forwards: 15-Crouch, 11-Van der Vaart.

In the first round of the match against Manchester United, Tottenham lost 0:3, which was a complete defeat.

Compared with the first round, this time Redknapp changed three starting players, one was center back Kaboul replaced by Dawson, one was midfielder Janas replaced by Palacios; Forward Robbie Keane was replaced by Crouch.

This is basically a change of central axis, which shows Redknapp's dissatisfaction with the previous round.

Ferguson basically made no substitutions, only Giggs was replaced by Scholes, and the formation changed from 442 to 433.

Normally, Ferguson would leave a veteran on the court and use their experience to help Gao Xiaodong control the game.

After the game started, Manchester United served first.

The ball transitioned to Gao Xiaodong's feet. Gao Xiaodong showed great aggression when he took the ball for the first time. After he passed the ball back, he immediately retreated to ask for the ball. After Rafael gave him the ball, Gao Xiaodong immediately dribbled the ball. Dribbling quickly from the backcourt to the midfield.

Although Tottenham's backcourt formation remained intact, Modric and Palacios in the midfield did not dare to neglect and quickly stepped forward to double-team Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong turned around with the ball and seemed to be passing it to Fletcher. Facing two double-teamed players, it was safest to pass the ball back to his own midfielder. Of course, Gao Xiaodong could also pass it crosswise to Skol, who was coming back to support him. Sri Lanka.

However, Gao Xiaodong was very excited today. After he made a fake pass, when Modric and Palacios started to disperse, he suddenly turned 180 degrees and passed from Modric and Palacios as quickly as possible. Palacios rushed through the middle.

The attack was very sudden and very risky.

This kind of escape was beautiful, but it was not cost-effective to take such a risk in his own half. Ferguson just watched without cheering, and his face darkened instead.

The fans can't care so much, they just come to watch the game. As long as it's good to watch, that's fine. Taking risks is more exciting. Seeing Gao Xiaodong's sudden fake move to escape from the double-team of the two midfielders, the Manchester United fans who came to the White Hart Lane to cheer were all excited. Cheers in unison.

"Did you see that after winning the Golden Globe, Xiaodong's playing style became more exciting?"

"This sexy move is beautiful!"

"It seems risky, but it's actually very safe, because Gao Xiaodong has the strength."

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The three Manchester United strikers in front were all looking at Gao Xiaodong. Seeing Gao Xiaodong break away from the Tottenham midfielder's interception, Rooney, Nani, and Berbatov all began to speed up and look for opportunities to attack.

After Gao Xiaodong showed off his breakthrough skills in the midfield, he stopped sticking to the ball and immediately passed it to Berbatov who was stretching sideways in the middle to get the ball. He moved forward to receive the ball and started to organize from a midfielder. The killer becomes a terminator.

Among Manchester United's forwards, Berbatov is the slowest and not very impactful, but what he is best at is not this at all, but imaginative passing.

Gao Xiaodong passed the ball over, but Berbatov did not stop the ball. He had already observed the surrounding situation before and passed the ball to Nani.

Nani, the dribbling madman on the wing, did not stick to the ball this time. He took a few steps and saw Gao Xiaodong follow. He ignored the closer Scholes who asked for the ball and immediately passed it to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong now also hopes to become the captain of Manchester United, so Nani naturally wants to support Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong continued to move forward with the ball.

Gao Xiaodong started to move forward as soon as he passed the ball. He moved forward very quickly. Modric and Palacios had not yet caught up with Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong has entered the thirty-meter area and may be visited at any time.

Tottenham center back Dawson had to step forward to prevent Gao Xiaodong from taking a long shot.

Gao Xiaodong drove straight in, and Berbatov blocked Gao Xiaodong's way in the middle. Berbatov immediately ran to the side, giving Gao Xiaodong space, and at the same time he also wanted to help Gao Xiaodong take away a defender.

Gao Xiaodong dribbled the ball very fast, leaving Modric and Palacios behind. They tried their best to catch up but could not catch up.

At this time, someone must slow down Gao Xiaodong. As long as Gao Xiaodong slows down and Modric and Palacios return, the crisis in the back line will be solved.

When Berbatov walked to the wing, the Tottenham center back did not follow him. Dawson and Gala faced Gao Xiaodong together.

After winning the Ballon d'Or, the pressure Gao Xiaodong brought to his opponents has also been significantly improved than before. Whether in the midfield or in the backcourt, Tottenham only had two players to defend, and even preferred to let go in a short period of time. The slower Berbatov.

Gao Xiaodong did not blindly show off himself. He grasped the rhythm very well. When he saw Berbatov being left open, he immediately passed the ball diagonally to Berbatov.

At this moment, Tottenham's full-back Bell and full-back were already moving closer to the center. Bell rushed towards Berbatov as quickly as possible to prevent Berbatov from breaking into the penalty area.

Berbatov knew that he was slow, so he did not break into the penalty area. When he saw his opponent coming to attack him, he immediately passed the ball to Rooney.

Rooney was also unguarded at this moment. He received the ball and quickly crossed the ball and reached the penalty area. Without waiting for Gallas to block it, he shot directly into the near corner.

Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez flew to save, but Rooney's kick was a bit wide and the ball hit the side netting.

The net was shaken so hard that Tottenham fans screamed, thinking the ball had been scored.

Less than 40 seconds into the game, Tottenham had not yet touched the ball. Gao Xiaodong had already directed a threatening attack, and Rooney completed a shot.