Chapter 921 The Magical Su Ya

The ball was not scored, but this does not mean that Manchester United's defense has no problems, it is just that they have better luck.

"You should have approached me as quickly as possible just now."

Brown was dissatisfied with Smalling's defense and criticized him directly.

Although Brown is also a 32-year-old veteran, he did not have many opportunities to play due to injuries. Smalling did not take Brown's criticism to heart, pretended not to hear it, and walked forward directly.

Van der Sar passed the goal kick to Evra and United pushed the ball forward from the wing.

Suarez was the only one on Liverpool's front line, and they did not press in the high post, but when the ball passed to Manchester United's midfield, Liverpool's five-man midfielder would immediately press the receiving player quickly and fiercely.

The focus of Liverpool's siege was Giggs, and they adopted a one-on-one defense against Nani. If they couldn't defend it, they would commit fierce fouls.

Every player in a wealthy team like Liverpool is a world-class player with strong tactical awareness. They can make reasonable judgments based on the situation on the field without the need for special instructions from the head coach.

Nani is young, fast, and skilled. He may not be able to rob him if he is surrounded. He may also be attacked by other Manchester United players because there are few players in other positions. Giggs is older and has rich experience but not much physical fitness. , the speed has also come down, the success rate of encirclement and grabbing is high, and Giggs's physical energy can be consumed if he can't grab it.

Giggs is a veteran, and he can guess Liverpool's little tricks with his eyes closed. When Evra passed the ball to his feet, he saw the Liverpool players moving towards him, and he immediately The ball was passed to Gao Xiaodong, not giving Liverpool a chance to double-team.

Gao Xiaodong's position today is midfielder, but he is also responsible for organizing the offense. Gao Xiaodong's partner Carrick is also a player with both offense and defense. Ferguson put Carrick on the court and put Fletcher on the bench. , that is, let Carrick share the offensive tasks with Gao Xiaodong, so that Gao Xiaodong can focus more on defense.

As a defensive midfielder, Gao Xiaodong naturally does not dare to carry the ball through the dense midfield. If it is intercepted by the opponent, he can immediately attack Manchester United's back line directly.

Gao Xiaodong took two steps forward, Gerrard immediately blocked it, Meireles came to help defend, and Suarez quickly chased Gao Xiaodong from behind.

Gao Xiaodong quickly handed the ball to Nani and tried to attack from the other side.

Nani was no more marked than Gao Xiaodongsong today. Before he even touched the ball, Lucas ran over and tackled the ball with his flying kick.

Although Lucas has no chance to tackle the ball, as long as Nani gets the ball, he has a chance to tackle Nani.

Now it depends on whether Nani dares to pay for being shoveled and get Lucas a yellow card.

If this was an ordinary game, Nani might have given in, but this was a double red meeting. There were almost 6 to 700 million people around the world watching. Giving in would be embarrassing in front of the whole world. How could Nani let it happen? He quickly moved the ball in the opposite direction, and then jumped up to avoid Lucas' flying tackle.

Nani's movements were very fast. After he jumped up, Lucas's flying shovel slid quickly under his feet.

Exclamations from Manchester United fans came from the scene. They were very angry at Lucas's fierce defense. This was Nani's escape. If he could not escape, he might be injured.

Nani escaped Lucas's flying tackle, but could not avoid the tackle of Liverpool left back Aurelio.

Aurelio chose the timing of this tackle very well and had at least half a chance of getting the ball.

Nani did not give in, facing the opponent's spikes and trying to grab the ball, but he was half a beat too slow. The ball was shoveled by Aurelio and flew directly out.

Liverpool's midfield was full of people, and the ball fell to Gerrard, who quickly crossed to Meireles.

Meireles received the ball and immediately went straight to the ribs of the penalty area to find Maxi Rodriguez.

Rodriguez crossed into the right rib of the penalty area from which side as quickly as possible.

Liverpool's counterattack after stealing the ball was very fast. It only took three passes to reach Manchester United's penalty area. Gao Xiaodong and Carrick had no time to intercept.

Brown came over as quickly as possible to block.

But at the age of 32, Brown, who had undergone several overhauls, no longer had the speed of his youth. When he arrived, Rodriguez had already taken the lead. The Argentine knocked the ball horizontally and got out of the way of Brown, before Gao Xiaodong could make up for it. Diagonal shot into the far corner.

Van der Sar was moving towards the near corner, and Rodriguez was caught off guard by the far corner. He could only look back and the ball flew towards the far corner.

Rodriguez deliberately pursued an angle. His shot escaped Van der Sar's fingers, but missed the goal and flew out of the baseline against the goal post.

In less than five minutes of opening, Manchester United didn't have a single shot, but Liverpool had already completed two threatening shots.

Obviously this is not because Liverpool is stronger than Manchester United. In Dalglish's first game, Manchester United also eliminated Liverpool in the FA Cup, and now they only have one more Suarez.

The reason is of course that Liverpool's tactical design is the opposite, the starting personnel arrangement is reasonable, and Manchester United lacks two main central defenders.

If Vidic and Ferdinand were there, the two shots from Suarez and Rodriguez might not have existed.

Ferguson stood up from the coaching bench and walked to the sideline with a serious face.

This tactic of Liverpool is not uncommon at all. It is to station troops in the midfield, press fiercely, and counterattack quickly. It is not that no team has used this tactic to deal with Manchester United before. The reason why it is effective today is mainly because the central defender is missing Ferdinand and Vidic. .

Ferguson had nothing to do about this. He had asked Gao Xiaodong to go back to play as a defensive midfielder, but he still couldn't fill the central defender hole. Only five minutes into the game, Ferguson could only hope that Brown and Smalling could find a tacit understanding as soon as possible.

In the tenth minute of the game, Manchester United finally got a chance to shoot.

Manchester United played two wings in a row, which weakened Liverpool's defense in the middle. Gao Xiaodong quickly dribbled the ball forward to the 30-meter area, attracting Liverpool's defense and then split the wing to Rafael, who quickly intervened. Rafael directly Cross from the wing.

Skrtel headed the ball in front of Giggs under Berbatov's challenge.

Giggs took two steps forward, passed Meireles who rushed over in a hurry, and volleyed with his right foot from the penalty area.

Liverpool defender Glen Johnson made quick work of the defense and blocked the ball with his body.

The ball was obtained by Evra, who quickly made a cross pass. Berbatov, Gao Xiaodong, and Rooney all fired three arrows into Liverpool's penalty area to grab the point, but the ball was kicked out of the baseline by Skrtel.

Giggs took a corner kick and the ball was pushed out. Carrick volleyed hard from outside the penalty area and the ball went over the crossbar.

After two consecutive shots, Manchester United's two full-backs Rafael and Evra boldly pressed forward to support Giggs and Nani. Manchester United finally found a sense of offense.

In the 15th minute of the game, Giggs passed a cross. Berbatov broke through the corner of the penalty area from the left and suddenly hit the goal. Liverpool goalkeeper Reina flew to save the ball.

After Manchester United's two wingers created threats, Liverpool's intensive defense in the center was diluted, and Gao Xiaodong and Carrick also gained space to dribble in the center.

In the 20th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong dribbled past two Liverpool defenders and passed the ball to Rooney. Rooney stopped the ball a little too much and lost the chance to shoot, so he passed the ball to Berbatov.

Berba failed to complete a hat trick in the last double red meeting. In this game, his desire to shoot was very strong. He did not stop the ball and directly volleyed with his right foot from 22 yards.

The quality of this shot was extremely high. Reina flew to save and failed to touch the ball, but the ball hit the left post and bounced out of the baseline.

Manchester United gradually took advantage of the field and got consecutive shooting opportunities. Liverpool's defensive players increased the pressure and their movements became bigger.

In the 25th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong pulled in to support Nani. Aurelio stepped forward to block the ball but was passed by Gao Xiaodong. Aurelio chased to the bottom line to block Gao Xiaodong's cross, but the ball was blocked by Aurelio. out, but Aurelio strained his thigh muscle and had to be replaced by Kiljakos.

After Kyriakos came out, he partnered with Skrtel as a central defender. Central defender Carragher served as right back, and right back Glen Johnson came to the left to play left back.

The situation was not dominant, the main left back Aurelio was injured, and the defense was greatly changed. This cast a shadow on the hearts of Liverpool people. They felt that their luck was really bad.

When Manchester United saw Aurelio injured, they also felt that an opportunity had come and wanted to take advantage of the chaos in Liverpool's defense to attack.

Although Liverpool injured Aurelio, their defense was still solid. Manchester United's consecutive attacks were unable to form a threatening shot.

In the 34th minute of the game, substitute Kiljakos made a long pass from the left. Suarez pulled to the wing and stopped the ball on his chest to pass Manchester United right back Rafael; Carrick's flying tackle from behind was dodged by Suarez.

Seeing Suarez pass two people and rush towards the penalty area, Brown did not dare to take a step, trying to block the position and prevent Suarez from entering the penalty area.

Suarez bullied Brown, and with a flick and a dunk, he passed Brown and entered the penalty area along the baseline.

Seeing Suarez pass three people in a row, Manchester United fans and Liverpool fans opened their eyes in shock and couldn't believe this was true.

Van der Sar has blocked the near corner to prevent Suarez from shooting from a small angle.

Suarez saw that there was no shooting angle, feinted, and passed the ball from the intercepted Van der Sar's legs to the goal.

Gao Xiaodong had already defended in front of the goal, but the ball was right in front of the goal. Gao Xiaodong couldn't kick it to the baseline. He lost his center of gravity and hooked the ball sideways, but the ball hit Kuyt right in front of him. Kuyt's foot arched With one push, he shot the ball into the empty goal.

1-0． Suarez magically passed three people in a row to help Kuyt complete the leading goal.