Manchester United legend

Chapter 125 News from Charles Theron
Back in the league, Ferguson will visit North London Arsenal.It was November 11, and Manchester United was a guest at Highbury Stadium.

The fierce battle in the league has always been fierce. At that time, Manchester United ranked first with 13 points in 28 games, while Arsenal ranked third with 13 points in 24 games.

Although this battle at Highbury is not yet a top battle, the result of this game is very critical for Manchester United and Arsenal.

To some extent, this is a battle between teams of different styles, a battle between different technical genres. In the end, Manchester United and Ferguson, who were too underestimated, lost to the well-prepared Wenger and the Gunners he coached.

After two consecutive seasons of substantial purchases, Wenger's well-built arsenal has taken on a very different look from before.

However, what is even more powerful about Wenger is that he is good at using the original skeleton of the team, continues to rely heavily on the back line with Adams as the core, and continues to maintain the stability of the original defense line.

This season, the Gunners' main lineup is as follows: goalkeeper Seaman, back line is Dixon, Winterburn, Adams, Pratt, midfielder is Grimandy, Vieira, Parlor, Overmars, forwards are Wright, Anelka and Bergkamp.

Specific to this game, Bergkamp did not start.On the Manchester United side, they lost the team captain and midfielder Jost and the iron gate Erwin on the left. Ferguson sent the 92 golden generation as the main starting lineup. Schmeichel was the captain. The Neville brothers were separated on both sides of the back line. It creates a large diamond-shaped midfield position.

Before this game, Manchester United won both the league and the Champions League. Cole's fiery state also became the headlines of the Premier League. Although the team lost Jost, this did not become a real problem for Manchester United.

In the two league games before Manchester United, Arsenal only achieved an embarrassing result of one draw and one loss, and also lost the biggest striker killer Bergkamp.

Facing Manchester United in this state, Wenger's team can be regarded as an underdog.

Regarding the recent state of the two teams and the results of the match, although the media made a point of claiming that they were among the strong, the public opinion before the game almost overwhelmingly believed that Manchester United had the upper hand.

Manchester United obviously played with an overconfident attitude, which caused them to be full of arrogance and pride when they faced the Gunners. Under the self-inflated mood, Manchester United's preparations for this game were somewhat insufficient.

As soon as the game started, Manchester United turned away and competed with Arsenal for control of the scene. The golden generation of class 92, relying on their passion and bravery, began to press against Arsenal in the frontcourt and once seized the initiative on the scene.

However, the sophisticated Arsenal's defense, relying on fierce fouls and physical fights, firmly blocked Manchester United's offensive from outside the penalty area.Overmars played well on the left side of Arsenal, while Vieira became the key hub of Arsenal's offense in the midfield.

In the 7th minute, after Arsenal blocked Manchester United's several attacks, Arsenal counterattacked with a long pass, Vieira headed successfully, and Overmars won the dialogue with Gary Neville.

After the ball was blocked, the unknown Anelka suddenly burst out. He controlled the ball that was blocked in the penalty area and entered the penalty area again. After finding a gap, he shot a cold shot. The ball flew straight to the net in the near corner. Schmeichel fell to the side but did not even touch the ball.

Arsenal succeeded with their first effective shot, and at this time the game was only in the 8th minute!

After taking the lead, the Gunners still maintained their vigor, and they soon got another opportunity for a sneak attack. Anelka took advantage of Pallister's pass error in the half, intercepted the ball, and rushed all the way to the Manchester United penalty area. Before the Manchester United defenders arrived, he volleyed from the far corner alone.

The lagging Manchester United launched a fierce attack. Cole made a wonderful pass with his heel. Sheringham immediately kicked the ball after getting the ball from the top of the penalty area. Unfortunately, the shot was too direct.

Arsenal chose to defend and counterattack. Their midfielders Vieira and Parlor protected the defense very tightly. It was difficult for Manchester United to move the ball into Arsenal's penalty area. The two wingers that have always been proud of it seemed to have disappeared in this game. There were no breakthroughs and accurate crosses.

The Gunners counterattacked very fiercely, forming a situation of playing more than playing many times. Both Wright and Anelka had the opportunity to expand the score. If Schmeichel was not in a brave state, Manchester United's defense might have been captured many times.

In the 27th minute, Arsenal took a corner kick. Vieira shot a world wave from the edge of the penalty area on the left side of Manchester United. He flew high and flew straight to the bottom of the frieze with a strong rotation. Schmeichel surrendered again!
2 is better than 0!

Arsenal, who scored two goals first, then basically recovered across the board, concentrating on playing a solid defense.

Manchester United then grasped the advantage of the audience and once formed a siege.

Giggs and Scholes violently attacked Arsenal's midfielder, forcing the opponent's two full-backs to move closer to the center. After Cole and Giggs' two shots were embraced by Seaman, Manchester United's wing attack began to exert its power.

In the 33rd minute, Manchester United compressed the opponent's formation to the extreme after many passes from the edge of the penalty area. The ball was sent to Gary Neville who was pressing on the right side. Gary made a 45° big pass.
Subsequently, Manchester United's central defender Pallister was injured and retired, and Ferguson replaced Johansen.

The Red Devils were still besieging their opponents with all their strength. Schmeichel passed the ball to the frontcourt with a long kick. After the ball was ejected by the Arsenal defender, Butt once again headed towards the middle of Arsenal.

Sheringham turned 180° and shot directly. This was an extremely tricky shot. The ball passed Seaman's hand and hit the dead corner of the far corner!

2 to 2!Manchester United equalized the score!

The morale-boosting Manchester United continued to attack the opponent, but the referee turned a blind eye to Scholes being violated in the penalty area, and the line referee who was close at hand did not give any signal-the slow motion showed that Scholes was indeed tackled by the opponent after passing Winterburn!
Manchester United lost the best chance to overtake.In the second half, Manchester United's offensive, which was almost exhausted, gradually weakened, while Arsenal gradually recovered their form and won back the initiative again.The stalemate between the two sides was not broken until the last moment. Arsenal won a corner kick in the 83rd minute. Pratt was unguarded in the penalty area and turned his head to the top. The ball drew a strange arc and flew into the upper left corner of Manchester United.
3 to 2, Arsenal finally won the game.

This is a crucial game.Arsenal relied on this game to boost their morale, and then set off a frenzy of grabbing points.

For Ferguson, the gunner with fast technology and high speed made Ferguson an eye-opener and was deeply touched.He knows that in the Premier League, Arsenal will be a rival that Manchester United cannot ignore.

In this game, Schmeichel looked at the Wright who once had great hatred with him and framed him for racial discrimination from a distance, and felt in his heart: he once again scored a clean sheet against the opponent, but was taken away by the opponent.

After this game, Giggs looked at the fast horse Overmars who was also flying on the left in the opponent's team, and he also had a lot of careful thoughts: one assist, nearly 10 dribbles and 13 threatening passes. Such statistics allowed Giggs to overwhelm Overmars, but the opponent finally won the game.

I was more moved by Ferguson, the opponent on the coaching bench who was dressed completely differently, the opponent who advocated technology and speed, the coach who dug out the French gang + the Dutch gang and built an international column on the England back line, so he had to pay attention.

No one expected it, including Ferguson himself, that the Frenchman would be Ferguson's great opponent in the next 10 years.

The league's first encounter with Arsene Wenger's Arsenal was a fierce battle, Ferguson's team was defeated by the Gunners at Highbury Stadium.The shadow of this defeat made Ferguson swallow a fly.

Jost has been in rehabilitation training since the surgery, and Scholes came to see Jost at his rented apartment after the loss to Arsenal, holding two CDs in hand.

Jost asked Scholes: "What is this? Is it a gift for me?" But Jost was stunned when he saw the cover of the CD.

Scholes said: "I think you will be interested in this movie. I was also given to me by a friend. As soon as I saw this movie, I came to you as soon as I saw it. Want to watch it together?"

Jost thought for a long time and said, "Okay!"

Scholes took this film called "The Devil's Advocate", starring Hollywood veteran star Al Pacino and new handsome guy Keanu Reeves, but the heroine of this film is Jost's ex-girlfriend Charles Theron.This woman Jost could never forget.

Jost and Scholes sat on the sofa and watched the film together. When Charles Theron came out in the film, Jost felt that she was beautiful again. In the film, she looked good with long wavy hair.

The husband and wife played by Theron and Reeves in the film are very close, which makes Jost very upset. When the scene of Charles Theron being unsuitable for children appeared in the film, Jost finally couldn't help it, and picked up his mobile phone and threw it at the TV.

Jost was so powerful that he smashed the mobile phone and TV.Scholes said cautiously: "What's the matter, angry? I'm sorry, I didn't know there would be such a thing in the film."

Jost: "I'm not mad at you, it has nothing to do with you."

Scholes: "Don't be angry, she has broken up with you for a long time, don't think so much, get well soon, but then again, Theron's figure is really good."

Then Scholes screamed: "Ah! Are you crazy? Someone will die." After speaking, he ran out of Jost's house.

It turned out that Jost went to the kitchen to get a knife on crutches.

(End of this chapter)