Chapter 722 The King of Reversal

At noon on March 14, Old Trafford, Manchester.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Manchester United striker Tevez dropped the ball and suddenly passed behind Liverpool's defense line, sending the ball into the Liverpool penalty area. South Korean star Park Ji-sung quickly inserted.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reina abandoned the goal to attack, but made a mistake in judgment. He was half a beat late. After being caught up by Park Ji-sung, he couldn't stop and knocked down the Manchester United player, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately.

"Oh, Rainer!"

"A penalty kick! The referee Willy awarded a penalty without hesitation."

"It was an uncontested penalty, and Reina really tripped Park Ji-sung when he lost the ball."

"The Spanish goalkeeper argued that he couldn't hold back the momentum, but in any case, a trip was a trip."

"Manchester United started the game very proactively. Although they failed to create a threat several times, this time they forced Liverpool to make mistakes. This has to be said to be a very favorable situation."

The whole Old Trafford stadium was boiling.

All the Red Devils fans were rejoicing and clearly couldn't be happier with the start of the game.

In the first 20 minutes or so, Manchester United took the initiative to take the initiative and grabbed a certain advantage, and now they have been awarded a penalty kick. This will undoubtedly be an excellent opportunity for Manchester United to break the deadlock on the field and control their own destiny.

After the Manchester United players negotiated, it was Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo who finally stood in front of the penalty spot.

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Cristiano Ronaldo stood twelve yards away, staring straight ahead at Liverpool's goal.

He could see that Spanish goalkeeper Reina was a little nervous.

The Portuguese has scored twelve goals in the Premier League so far this season, and this report card is definitely a serious disqualification for him, everyone agrees, after the peak of last season. , slid rapidly, and may even be like other superstars, and never recover.

On the pitch, Manchester United also failed one after another. The league fell behind Liverpool by a large margin. In the previous two double red meetings, Manchester United returned with hatred and lost a League Cup championship. This is a kind of Portuguese. blow.

Yang Yang took this opportunity to further consolidate his title as the number one player in world football.

There is still a chance in the league, but the premise is that Manchester United must win this matchup, kill Liverpool, and make a good start for the next league reversal, the Champions League and the FA Cup.

Therefore, Manchester United played very proactively from the beginning of this game and performed quite well.

The penalty was more of a reward for United's first twenty minutes.

Cristiano Ronaldo has not performed well this season, and his statistics are far behind Yang Yang. Even in league goals, Yang Yang has scored 33 goals so far, far exceeding the Portuguese.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the game is won, as long as Ronaldinho leads Manchester United to beat the opponent, it doesn't matter.

Thinking of this, Xiao Luo exhaled heavily, reached out to wipe the sweat from his nose, and quickly ran forward.

Only a bang was heard at the scene, and the Portuguese quickly shot the ball placed at the 12-yard point, towards the half-high ball on the left side of the goal, with excellent strength and angle.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reina judged the right direction, but he chose to throw the ball on the ground, but failed to prevent the ball from entering the net.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"The penalty kicked in! Cristiano Ronaldo opens the scoring for Manchester United!"

"One to zero! This is a good start for Manchester United!"

Cristiano Ronaldo didn't even rush off the pitch to celebrate after scoring a penalty, opting instead to half-kneel in Liverpool's box, clenching his fists and cheering as he celebrated his thirteenth Premier League goal of the season. ball.

Manchester United's players also gathered around to celebrate the goal with him.

"Today is Ronaldinho's 150th Premier League start, and he opened the door to victory with a penalty kick, and this is Manchester United's 700th Premier League home goal. ."

"It can be said that this goal is still very memorable."

"Liverpool should now regroup, stabilize their position as soon as possible and show a better performance."

"It's Steven Gerrard, Liverpool's captain, and Yang Yang, the team's number one star, both of them encouraging their teammates."

"Benitez's formation in this game is still very debatable. He somewhat unexpectedly arranged Yang Yang to play a single striker, which made Yang Yang fall into the double-team of Ferdinand and Vidic from the beginning."

"As an attacker with great speed and skill, known for his ability to dribble and score, it is quite disadvantageous to be forced into a wrestling with a tall and strong central defender."

"Perhaps, Benitez and Yang Yang miss Crouch now."

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This game, Liverpool's start is really boring.

But the reason is not because Yang Yang replaces Crouch to play in the middle, but because Benitez adjusted his tactics before the game, and the players need a little time to adapt and run in.

It is important to note that there have been some adjustments to United's pressing defence.

Benitez's strategy is very simple, it is to focus on pressing the side of O'Shea and Ferdinand, and appropriately relax the side of Vidic and Evra, especially against Vidic, Yang Yang basically does not go to press.

Kuyt's position has also retreated more, which is equivalent to encouraging Evra to move forward and participate in the attack in the change of direction.

And once the ball reached Vidic's feet, Liverpool basically chose to retreat and not press him.

This is Benitez's strategy. He is to force Manchester United to move the ball to Vidic's feet through his own pressing and pressing. Manchester United left center back with the ball.

This is not difficult to understand, because Vidic does not have a suitable ball line, and there is enough dribbling space in front, he will definitely dribble forward, and once Vidic dribbles forward, he is keen Evra, who has made an assist in the front, will also follow the edge to participate in the attack, and Manchester United's left defense will expose the gap behind him.

Benitez's tactical concept is very clear, the idea is also very good, but the players need a little time to run in when executing.

The football emperor Beckenbauer once said that the strongest is often the weakest.

Vidic is the strongest point of Manchester United's defense, but as long as a situation that is unfavorable to him is created, he will become the weakest point of Manchester United's defense. Benitez's purpose is to create such a situation.

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In the first twenty minutes, Liverpool have been trying to find opportunities.

Especially after conceding a goal, Manchester United intensified their offensive efforts, and Ferguson's team obviously still wanted to go all out and kill Liverpool in one go at their own home.

Yang Yang and Gerrard, as well as other Liverpool players, did not feel anxious and nervous after conceding a goal first.

Reversal King, this is a title given to Liverpool by the world's media and fans, because the Red Army has the highest number of reversals this season in European football, which also gives Liverpool a very rich experience of playing in backward situations.

Manchester United pressed heavily, Liverpool retreated appropriately and patiently waited for the opportunity.

Yang Yang did what Benitez had arranged. When Ferdinand got the ball, he went up to press, and when Vidic got the ball, he chose to retreat and lure the Serbian central defender to dribble the ball forward.

Outsiders don't know Liverpool's plans at all, maybe not even Ferguson himself.

Everyone, including the fans and commentators on the scene, only saw that Manchester United was gradually pressing on and gaining the upper hand, while Liverpool were losing ground, first shot by Rooney, and then by Tevez. .

But when the game was about to enter 30 minutes, Manchester United's midfield had been completely pressed near the midline, and when Liverpool was likely to be pressed in the half, Ferdinand made a forward pass and Anderson stopped. Error on the ball.

Gerrard quickly stepped forward to steal and stabbed the ball to Yang Yang.

Yang Yang stopped the ball and turned around, started quickly, and played a quick counterattack.

Gareth Bale quickly plugged in on the left, attracting Ferdinand's attention, while Yang Yang took the ball to the middle and faced Vidic directly, and the speed of the two was getting faster and faster.

Kuyt on the right also chased wildly without the ball, sloping into the penalty area from the right.

With Ferdinand distracted by Gareth Bale on the left, Vidic finally chose to block when Yang Yang dribbled the ball into the 30-meter area of ​​Manchester United.

Because he knew very well that he would enter Yang Yang's range if he went further.

Evra chose to go inward. He wanted to escort Vidic because he was very worried. Yang Yang's one-on-one ability was obvious to all. God knows if he will use his speed to forcibly break through Vidic.

And Yang Yang is just waiting for Evra!

If the French left-back still chooses to follow Kuyt, Yang Yang will use his speed to force a breakthrough, but if Evra chooses to get close to Vidic and double-team Yang Yang, then Yang Yang will choose to pass the ball.

So, before Vidic and Evra had time to double-team, Yang Yang passed the ball into the penalty area from the angle between the two.

The unguarded Kuyt stepped forward all the way and quickly caught up.

The wonderful pass sent by Yang Yang was very comfortable, as if it was passed on to his step point. After making him rush up without reducing his speed, after stepping on his left foot firmly, he would hit it with his right foot!

Goalkeeper Van der Sar blocked most of the shooting angles, but Kuyt is a player who can compete with Yang Yang for the top scorer in the Eredivisie. His shooting skills are still quite solid. bit.

The ball passed Van der Sar's hand and hit the left side of the goal!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Liverpool equalised!"

"In less than ten minutes, Liverpool tied the score, one-to-one, and the two sides were back on the same starting line!"

"Yang Yang's assist, Kuyt's goal, Liverpool's counterattack this time is too sharp!"

"The goal came very suddenly, this is Liverpool!"

"This is Yang Yang!"