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With the whistle of referee Weber, the Crimson Battle between Liverpool and Manchester United finally kicked off.

Manchester United, who kicked off the ball, didn't seem excited today. After the kickoff, they were not actively pressing forward. Except for forwards Tevez and Rooney, everyone else was staying in their half. Even Ronaldo, who has always liked to show off, stayed in his half honestly, which was really confusing.

The commentator on the scene said in confusion: "Does Manchester United really just want to defend a draw today? Or does Sir Ferguson have any new tricks?"

Benitez was also confused. He had been fighting with Ferguson for a day or two. He knew Ferguson very well, the stubborn and arrogant old man. He was definitely not a person willing to admit defeat. Now he played so conservatively, he must have another trick. Benitez was not worried. As long as Liverpool can play at his level and score as soon as possible, Ferguson could not do anything to him.

Liverpool played at home and just won the Club World Cup championship. The mentality of the players and fans is high-minded. Although it cannot be said that they do not take Manchester United seriously, the mentality of eagerness to win is absolutely true.

Now Manchester United plays conservatively after the start of the game, Liverpool's players immediately attacked and pressed in the frontcourt, forcing Manchester United to hand over the ball.

Manchester United has always played as a shock football, fierce and direct, and is the same style as Liverpool, but today Manchester United seems a bit feminine. Faced with Liverpool's pressing, Manchester United did not rush to drive the ball out of the ball, but tried to use the pass to mobilize Liverpool as much as possible, and kicked the ball out of the ball when the situation was more dangerous.

At this time, Benitez also saw that Ferguson did not allow Ronaldo to pass the halftime, so that Ronaldo could strengthen his control of the midfield and counterattack against the defensively? Yes! Ferguson, the old guy, just wanted to play a defensive counterattack. Thinking of this, Benitez couldn't help but feel a little funny. Manchester United have always been fierce and violent, and letting the ball control counterattack against the counterattack is simply not much better than making the bear embroidery. Benitez is also a little proud. Being able to force Ferguson like this is enough to show how excellent his team is, and of course it is enough to show how excellent Benitez is.

Although Manchester United did not attack fiercely after the start of the game, once they grabbed the ball in the midfield, Manchester United immediately launched a counterattack at the fastest speed. They did not invest much force during the attack, mainly in the iron triangle of Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo. These three people are good at dribbling. If they don't make a foul, one or two players will not be able to grab their balls. The three of them fight back, especially if the backcourt space is large, their power will definitely not be smaller than six or seven players invested.

Although Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez's counterattack was sharp, Liverpool and Manchester United played more than one game, and both sides knew the bottom line and their defense was targeted. It was not easy for Manchester United to easily break Liverpool's goal, of course, it was quite difficult for Liverpool to easily open Manchester United's goal.

The tug-of-war between the two sides has been going on for a long time. Manchester United Chen is in the backcourt. Liverpool's offense is difficult to break through Manchester United's tough and thick defense. Manchester United is not a team that is good at defensive counterattack. It has little training and no counterattack tactics. The counterattack is mainly the personal abilities of Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo. This does not have a fatal threat to Liverpool, who is better at it. None of the two teams can do anything to each other for the time being.

Ferguson looked at the Vacheron Constantin watch in his hand. The game time was just 20 minutes. He looked at the electronic scoreboard again. The score was still 0:0. Ferguson smiled meaningfully. Although the score was still tied, Ferguson knew that his purpose was to be realized step by step. If this continues, as long as Liverpool does not score first, he has great hope of winning the game.

Thinking of Liverpool's first goal, Ferguson's eyes turned to Chen Yu on the field. Seeing this Chinese Ferguson's brow frowned. There is no doubt that this is a genius, but if this genius is in the opponent's camp, then this is a genius that makes people hate. Originally, Manchester United had the upper hand in the battle with Liverpool, and Ferguson was also gradually achieving the goal of pulling Liverpool off the throne and surpassing it. But since the Chinese came to Liverpool, everything has changed. The Chinese striker used his amazing scoring ability to win the double championship for Liverpool in one fell swoop, and led Liverpool to completely suppress Manchester United in the dialogue between the two sides. Today Ferguson formulated a plan to defeat Liverpool, but the key to the plan is that Liverpool cannot score first, and whether Liverpool can score first is whether he can defend Chen Yu.>

I hope Chen Yu’s mind today is not on the game. After all, tomorrow is the day for the World Footballer to present the awards, and Ferguson secretly comforted himself.

In fact, Chen Yu didn't think too much about the game. Of course, he was looking forward to tomorrow's World Football Awards Gala. He also wanted to beat Manchester United beautifully today and get a lottery for tomorrow. However, he didn't worry about it all the time. However, today's Manchester United's midfielder and the back line were relatively close, and did not give the striker too much room for activity. Chen Yu is the target of Manchester United's focus on defense. He rarely gets the ball, let alone the opportunity to shoot.

In the first half, Manchester United and Liverpool were full of energy and concentration, and did not give their opponents too many opportunities. The two sides shot five goals together, and there was no chance to make a goal at once. The 0:0 score was never changed. When the referee Weber blew the whistle to the end of the first half, the players from Manchester United and Liverpool were not satisfied with such a score, and they walked back to the locker room with dissatisfaction on their faces.

Although Ferguson and Benitez were not very satisfied with the lack of goals in the first half, they did not concede the ball, and did not give their opponents any chance in defense, which made the two head coaches very satisfied. Therefore, they had no reason to risk substitutions during the break. For the conversation between strong men, the goal is often the one that determines the victory and loss. Large scores are rare. They all want to use such a starting lineup to play. After all, such a starting lineup was carefully designed before the game, and no flaws were found in the half game. Without such a lineup, they would consider substitutions for the final attack.

After the second half, Liverpool was still attacking fiercely, but Manchester United's defensive strategy was effective. It was difficult for Liverpool's offense to tear open the double defense line built by Manchester United's midfield and back line. Many offenses were harassed through boots.

It was not until the 58th minute that Liverpool won a real goal opportunity.

Ronaldo dribbled the ball in the frontcourt and was intercepted by Riser. Riser passed a long pass. Gerald received the ball and quickly passed it into the penalty area. Van der Sar rashly attacked and got the ball, but he lacked communication with the defender and collided with his teammate Vidic. Chen Yu cleverly grabbed the landing point and headed the ball towards the empty goal. However, this almost a must-scoring goal was headed by Evra on the goal line.

Chen Yu's shot without a goal this time has a big blow to Liverpool's morale. Liverpool subsequently played a little impatiently and lacked the patience to organize at the front of the penalty area. He used Riser, Gerrard, Alonso and Chen Yu's long shots to attack. Liverpool's long shots are the strongest in the Premier League, but if the goalkeeper is in good shape and the opponent keeps interfering, it is still difficult to score a goal with a long shot.

After the game reached 65 minutes, Liverpool's physical fitness began to decline, and the impact of the Club World Cup gradually showed that the players' running was not as active as before. In addition, due to the physical fitness, Liverpool players' spirit was less focused and made more mistakes. Benitez was anxious to see that he had to make continuous substitutions increase his vitality on the court. After Babel and Sissoko replaced Bernardon and Alonso, Liverpool's running ability improved, but he had no ability to penetrate the midfield, and his offense could only rely on long shots and crosses from the wing.

At this time, Ferguson showed a proud smile on his face on the sidelines. This situation was exactly what he longed to see. His plan was to consume Liverpool's physical fitness and fight Liverpool in the final decisive battle. Although he could not guarantee a win, the hope of winning would definitely be greater.

"From forward! Run more aggressively! Attack boldly!"

Ferguson waved to the players on the sidelines and let them attack boldly.

Manchester United players finally attacked, and the three lines were on the front, at least ten meters ahead of the first half. Liverpool had lost control of the midfield due to the decline in physical fitness and could only retreat to the halftime to fight back.

Liverpool's counterattack now is different from Manchester United's counterattack. Manchester United's counterattack is the result of proactive choice, with plans and conspiracies, while Liverpool's half-time counterattack was forced by Manchester United, and the two have completely different mentalities.

Liverpool's defense is still very good, which is also the basis for their competition to dominate the Premier League. Even if the attack power is lost, their defense can make the opponent helpless. Manchester United's fierce attack did not get a good chance of scoring goals. Instead, after playing against the defense, Liverpool had more chances of shooting than before.

But just as the outcome of most powerful dialogues depends on luck, this strong dialogue between Liverpool and Manchester United was also influenced by luck.

In the 77th minute of the game, Manchester United served a corner kick, and Giggs took the corner kick on the right side of Liverpool. Manchester United's corner kicks were all in the penalty area. This time Giggs suddenly changed his pass method and passed the ball to the outside of the penalty area.

This pass caught Liverpool's defensive player off guard, so that Rooney stopped the ball on the edge of the penalty area and shot without anyone disturbing him.

Rooney shot with a low foot, and it was too late for Liverpool players to block the player from outside. The only one who could save Liverpool was goalkeeper Renner. However, when Renner flew to save, the ball Rooney shot hit Tevez, who was standing in the small penalty area, changed the line and flew to the other side of the goal.

Reiner had already saved, and it was completely impossible for him to change direction again, so he could only watch the ball fly from behind him into the net.

1:0

Tevez's refraction unexpectedly helped Manchester United take the lead.

This was an unexpected goal. After the goal, Liverpool and Manchester United were stunned for a moment, and it was estimated that Manchester United's own people did not expect it.

After a moment of dazing, Manchester United immediately went crazy, and all the players ran towards Rooney and Tevez, crushing them on the turf.

The few Manchester United fans at the scene were also crazy. They jumped up and waved their arms to shout Rooney's name at the stadium. They had not figured out who entered the ball.

Ferguson was more excited than everyone, and the old man even rushed into the court to congratulate the team on his goal.

The commentator on the scene also said that although Ferguson made a very thoughtful arrangement, when Liverpool was exhausted and his attention was not focused, Manchester United's luck was indeed good. If he did not have good luck, it would be no easy task to break through Liverpool. Moreover, Manchester United took a certain risk by putting such a big push. Once Liverpool scored a goal, the result would be hard to say.

Benitez's face was heavy and he was very anxious about the situation on the court. Although Liverpool had fallen behind, Liverpool now has no physical strength to counterattack. Don't be alone one goal behind. If you can't equalize the score as soon as possible, you may be able to lose the game with one goal.

Now Liverpool has no way out, and Benitez decisively substituted again, replacing forward Crouch with Sissoko who had just played, and made his final try in the last ten minutes.
Chapter completed!