Chapter 656 Stealing the Show
Gueye reacted quickly and kicked out his right foot to trip the opponent.
Bruno reacted almost instantly. He crossed his two feet and pushed the ball over in a similar way to a flower-shaped foot. At the same time, Bruno once again turned his body to get rid of Gueye and caught up with the ball.
"Beautiful pass!"
"Too wonderful!"
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Commentators from all over the world praised him.
Just after catching up with the ball, Bruno ignored Walcott who was forcing him like a formidable enemy. Before Walcott approached, Bruno passed the ball.
Almost synchronously, Harry Kane avoided Zouma's entanglement and sprinted sideways into the penalty area.
This running position is very good, and Michael Keane has been taken away by Rashford's sprint just now.
Harry Kane, who has already started speeding, has opened up the distance between him and Zouma. As long as he receives the ball, it will be a single-handed attack.
Harry Kane just caught up with the ball and has not made a choice whether to shoot or continue dribbling. The linesman raised the flag and the referee blew the whistle.
"Offside! Referee Jonathan Moss called Kane offside."
Mourinho almost went berserk on the sidelines. This was the second time the referee called Manchester United offside. Considering that the game had only started for seven or eight minutes, this offside was indeed very frequent.
Mourinho strongly denied that it was offside. He thought it was a good goal.
If the referee had not called off Manchester United's attack this time, this would have been a standard single-handed goal, a great opportunity to equalize the score.
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Seeing Mourinho yelling angrily on the sidelines, Marco Silva was very happy. He shouted at this side: "Jose, you are offside! Don't quibble!"
Mourinho turned his head away, he was afraid that he could not help but punch this Portuguese fellow.
In the stands of Old Trafford, Everton fans were very happy and booed Harry Kane.
There were also Everton fans shouting insulting words to attack and interfere with Harry Kane.
Of course, this situation was not done by Everton fans alone, and it was often encountered in other games.
The big brother doesn't talk about the second brother, Manchester United fans have done similar things in the game.
For example, in the previous game between Manchester United and Chelsea, Manchester United fans once shouted the name of Bridge's wife to mock and interfere with Terry.
Before "Fabregas" left Arsenal, in a game between Manchester United and Arsenal, Manchester United fans once shouted together when Fabregas got the ball: Barcelona! Barcelona! Barcelona!
However, it seems that Fabregas was not affected too much, and even performed better. On the contrary, Wenger's expression became gloomy.
Slow-motion replay shows that at the moment Bruno passed the ball, Harry Kane and Zouma were parallel and not offside.
"This is a misjudgment, Moss made a mistake." Andy Gray said, "Mourinho is very dissatisfied with this penalty. Perhaps after today, Moss will replace Mike Dean and become Mourinho's most hated referee."
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Pickford opened the game with a free kick in the backcourt.
Maguire won the fight with Richarlison and headed the ball back.
Kante swept the ball to Gundogan before Andre Gomes.
The German midfielder pulled the ball with his left foot, adjusted it slightly, and passed the ball forward directly.
"Beautiful! Accurate diagonal pass."
Mbappe was in front, with his back to the attack direction, and Coleman was defending him on his side.
Seeing the ball coming, Coleman rushed up to steal the ball first. But just as he started, he found that the ball's line was a little floating, and his judgment of the ball's line was biased.
Coleman's confidence in stealing the ball in the middle was affected.
Coleman hesitated. He was not sure to destroy it in advance. If he missed, there would be a blank behind him...
As a defender, the most feared situation is this kind of hesitation in the middle of the jump.
Just when Coleman hesitated, Mbappe took the ball with his back, and at the same time, he beautifully wiped the ball and turned around.
At this time, Coleman woke up from a dream and rushed to Mbappe.
"We must not let this guy enter the penalty area!" Coleman's mind was full of this.
Coleman reached out to pull Mbappe's jersey. He was not the last defensive player. If he committed a foul in this position, he would get a yellow card if he was unlucky. If the referee showed mercy, he might not even get a yellow card, but just a verbal warning, so Coleman chose a tactical foul.
The moment Coleman reached out, Mbappe fell to the ground.
"Beep!" The referee Jonathan Moss whistled.
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Coleman got what he wanted and gave himself a thumbs up, but he was very smart. He deliberately made an innocent expression with his hands spread out, looked at the referee Jonathan Moss, and muttered: "I didn't do anything."
Michael Keane almost couldn't hold back his laughter. His big brother pulled people so hard, and he pretended to be innocent: a teachable child!
The next second, Michael Keane didn't have to hold back his smile, because he couldn't laugh anymore.
Coleman showed a mixture of shock, confusion, panic and anger, which was an expression that could not be accurately described by words or text.
The referee Jonathan Moss did not play a card, nor did he even mean to verbally warn Coleman. He just walked over in two quick steps and raised his hand to the penalty spot.
Penalty!
Jonathan Moss awarded a penalty.
On the sidelines, Marco Silva, who had just sat there quietly and even thought he should give a thumbs up to Coleman's decisive tactical foul, suddenly jumped up as if there was a needle under his buttocks, rushed out of his seat and roared: How could this be a penalty? ! That was outside the penalty area!
Mourinho, who had just been complaining about the team's attack being stopped by the opponent's tactical foul, saw the referee Jonathan Moss pointing to the penalty spot before he had time to curse. He immediately rushed out of his seat excitedly, waved his arms vigorously, and turned his head to shout at the next door: "Listen to the referee! Stop it, Marco!"
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"The replay shows that Coleman's foul was right on the penalty area line, but Mbappe fell in the penalty area." Andy Gray shook his head and said, "Moss made a mistake, this should be another misjudgment."
Marco Silva has no time to argue with Mourinho now. He is chattering angrily on the sidelines, and he almost curses the referee for being blind.
Everton's assistant coach dragged him back.
Jonathan Moss sternly warned Marco Silva that if he made trouble again, he would be sent to the stands.
Marco Silva was furious, glared at Jonathan Moss fiercely, and walked back unwillingly.
Everton was furious, while Manchester United was celebrating.
As for Old Trafford, the cheers were deafening.
Bruno stood at the penalty spot. He was the penalty taker designated by Mourinho, and Bruno's psychological quality was appreciated by Mourinho.
The referee Jonathan Moss blew the whistle.
Bruno ran up and shot low. Although Pickford judged the direction correctly, the shot was so powerful that he could not touch the ball.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!"
"Manchester United scored with Bruno's penalty kick and tied the score, 1:1"
The camera gave a close-up of the sidelines, Mourinho raised his arms high to celebrate, Marco Silva looked gloomy and furious.
The two sides returned to the same starting line again.
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In the entire first half of the game, the most eye-catching person was the referee Jonathan Moss. The referee first blew off a beautiful single-blade attack by Manchester United, and then blew a very controversial penalty for Manchester United.
The result was that both Manchester United and Everton were not very satisfied with his enforcement.
Jonathan Moss's game control story is not over.
In the 39th minute of the game, Richarlison turned and shot in the penalty area, and the ball was blocked by Maguire with his body.
The whistle sounded again, Jonathan Moss pointed to the penalty spot and showed Maguire a yellow card.
"Penalty, penalty, Moss whistled another penalty. He thought Maguire had handballed, so he showed him a yellow card and awarded a penalty."
Mourinho was furious on the sidelines, roaring angrily: "Where is the handball? Open your eyes and see!"
Then, the Manchester United coach received a severe warning from the referee Jonathan Moss.
Mourinho was furious, and was about to say something when he was pulled back by the two assistant coaches Carrick and Faria.
Not far away, Marco Silva celebrated with his arms raised.
In the commentary booth, many commentators couldn't help laughing out loud. This scene was too familiar, but the situation of the parties involved had changed.
Slow motion showed that the football hit Maguire's shoulder. The handball penalty was questionable, or to put it more bluntly, it was another misjudgment.
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Everton's penalty, Sigurdsson took the penalty and scored.
"GOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"2:1! Richarlison created a penalty, Sigurdsson scored the penalty!"
At the end of the first half, the score was temporarily fixed at 1:2, with the home team Manchester United trailing the visiting team Everton.
As soon as the whistle for the end of the first half blew, Marco Silva and Mourinho found the referee Jonathan Moss to protest.
Both of them were angry and complained with their hands and feet.
Jonathan Moss had a hard time dealing with two angry people alone, and the two linesmen also came to persuade him.
Amid the boos at Old Trafford, the referee team left the field in embarrassment.
"If it weren't for this damn referee, it should be 2:1 for us!" Mourinho said angrily.
"Old man, have some shame, it should be 3:0 for us." Marco Silva blushed and cursed.
The assistant coaches on both sides hurried over and persuaded the two people away.
One old and one young, the young one snorted and turned away, the old man spitted on the ground, still chattering.
The plastic-like "friendship without age difference" between the two people capsized.