Manchester United legend

Chapter 127 Godlike Schmeichel
After playing the league in November, Manchester United ranked first with 11 points in 16 rounds. No.34 is Chelsea with 2 points in 16 rounds.Arsenal, which defeated Manchester United at the beginning of the month, fell to fifth. They also played 31 league rounds and only had 16 points.

The standings are in line with the audience's expectations. It seems that there is no problem. Manchester United is still ranked first. The firepower of the Red Devils is still shocking. Ferguson's team is still the most popular championship team in the hearts of British fans.

However, in an unknown place, a slight change has indeed taken place.Since when did everything change?

In the first game in December, which is the 12th round of the Premier League, Manchester United encountered a strong opponent, that is, Liverpool sitting at Anfield.

Every double red game, every time you play Liverpool, Ferguson and Manchester United players do not need to be mobilized.

This game was no exception. Ferguson just said before the game, "Do it well, let them know what a storm is, and fuck the Red Youth Army, we are the best team!"

The game unfolded in a fiery atmosphere. Manchester United was aggressive at the beginning, and started a frenzied siege in the midfield.

Liverpool's players were obviously unprepared, and they quickly lost their positions.

The exclamation, cursing, booing, reminders, etc. of the fans all gathered together, making the Liverpool players even more flustered and passive, and the situation took a turn for the worse.

Manchester United's first goal was a bit out of the blue. The two sides were still fighting for a high ball in the midfield. Then the football was pushed towards Liverpool's backcourt.

Cole, who accidentally intercepted the ball, was extremely calm. After he brought the ball into the penalty area, he swayed horizontally twice in a row, avoiding the chasing Liverpool guards, and then made a mowing shot after flashing the gap, hitting the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.

Manchester United lead 1-0.

After conceding the goal, Liverpool began to attack Manchester United's position-among the singing and encouraging sounds, it was impossible for Liverpool players to back down.

Soon, Liverpool broke through the passage on the left. McMaraman dribbled the ball forward. Fowler responded with him in front of the penalty area. McMaraman passed the ball to Owen, who was in a higher position. Owen got stuck in the penalty area first.
What kind of penalty is this!Owen has long lost control of the ball, he doesn't even know where the ball is, and Neville really tackled the ball-Liverpool fans or neutral fans remember that in the last few rounds of Manchester United against Arsenal, Scholes was really tackled by Winterbourne in the penalty area and no penalty was awarded!

Ferguson laughed angrily on the coach's bench, while Kidd rushed out and yelled, desperately trying to find the third official to argue.

The Liverpool fans booed unanimously.The Manchester United players in the penalty area rushed forward to find Owen or the referee to argue. At this time, the Fowler who had insisted on not taking a penalty kick could not be seen-the King of Liverpool was actually 3 yards from the incident.
The referee insisted on the penalty and Fowler's shot past goalkeeper Schmeichel gave Liverpool an equalizer.

After being equalized by Liverpool, Manchester United fell into a panic.But the Red Devils soon discovered that Liverpool had no intention of strengthening their offense at all, and they still seemed to be in shock.

The Manchester United players then continued to suppress Liverpool, burning the flames of war to the opponent's penalty area line.Soon, Manchester United won a free kick 3 yards to the right in front of Liverpool's penalty area. This is already the best range for Beckham.

Under the eyes of everyone, Beckham ran 4 steps, rushed to the ball, spread his hands slightly, stepped on the edge of the football with his left foot as a support, quickly touched the ball with the inside of his right foot, and exerted enough force between his vigorous swings to increase the speed of the ball's rotation.

The next moment, the ball took a strong arc and flew sharply towards the upper left corner of Liverpool's goal. However, when it just crossed the wall, the strong arc made the goalkeeper mistakenly think that the ball would fly to the right.

As a result, the Liverpool goalkeeper completely surrendered after a misjudgment, and the ball flew into the net like an elf as quickly as it brushed the crossbar.

This is the Bayesian scimitar, once the flying knife comes out, it is a worthy example! 2 to 1, Manchester United once again exceeded the score!
The leading Manchester United did not let up, and soon they took advantage of another corner kick and swept the ball in front of Cole's goal, locking the score at 3-1!

At the end of the first half of the game, the whole game seemed to have lost its suspense.

With the advantage of the home court, with McMaraman, Fowler, Owen, Redknapp, Ince, James, such a Liverpool is still vulnerable to Manchester United.

Many fans even lost their minds about watching the second half of the game. The TV camera showed a little girl who was crying sadly. This loyal Liverpool fan was so sad and desperate that he wailed like no one else was around.

After winning the game against Liverpool, United traveled to Italy to face Juventus, the final game of the Champions League group stage.

Manchester United, who had already locked in the first place in the group, had no intention of fighting, and eventually lost to their opponents 0-1.Subsequently, Manchester United drew lots to the French powerhouse Monaco in the Champions League knockout round.

Compared with strong teams like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and Juventus, being drawn to Monaco is considered a super draw.

Many Red Devils fans began to look forward to whether Manchester United could go further in the Champions League and reach the final.

To add, in that year's Champions League knockout round, the Bundesliga was extremely strong, and they immediately occupied 8 places in the top 3. In addition to Bayern Munich and Dortmund, Leverkusen also entered the top 8.

It seems that this is a prosperous age of the Bundesliga-the scenery of the old Serie A has gradually faded away.The flag of Italian football can only be endorsed by Lippi's Juventus.

Back in the league against Villa in the 18th round of Manchester United, Ryan Giggs scored the only goal of the game, helping Manchester United continue to triumph in the league.

In the 19th round, Manchester United challenged Newcastle United at St James' Park.That game was Schmeichel's turn.

The best goalkeeper in the Premier League made two saves in this game, saving the opponent's shots from close at hand.First, in the first half, Newcastle United made a cross from the left. Shearer shook his head about 8 yards in front of the goal. Schmeichel made a sideways attack. After unfolding his body, he could touch the ball with his hands.Schmeichel led Manchester United's defense withstood the opponent's multiple impacts and always ensured the safety of the gate.

At the last moment of the game, Newcastle United won a corner kick, and the ball was delivered to the penalty spot in the center of Manchester United's penalty area. Newcastle United's No. 12 player jumped high, and a lion shook his head to head the ball to the dead corner on the left of Manchester United.At the critical moment, it was Schmeichel again. The Danish national treasure once again showed incredible predictive ability. As if he had foreseen the attack direction chosen by his opponent, he jumped to the left almost at the same time, flew all over his body, and threw the ball that had rushed to the goal line to the side!
This is not the ultimate save that mortals can make, this is a god-like save, and Schmeichel performed it twice in a row!
In this way, Manchester United once again took away a victory from St. James' Park with a score of 1-0.Ferguson will rewrite the record of the match between Dalglish and one more win.

(End of this chapter)