Manchester United legend

Chapter 154 Three Tough Battles
Four days later, on September 9, Manchester United went to Highbury with the exhaustion of the Champions League game to challenge the biggest opponent in the league-Arsenal.Arsenal took the league title from Manchester United last season and became Manchester United's biggest rival to dominate the Premier League.

In the Community Shield before the season, Arsenal even sent a neat three duck eggs to Manchester United. The sharper attack power than last season made Manchester United feel difficult to deal with.

Wenger's sudden emergence also made Ferguson very afraid in his heart. Now he will no longer underestimate Arsenal, but regards Wenger as his biggest opponent.

In this game, Ferguson formed a rare 451 lineup, and in the middle of the midfield, Jost and Bart with super interception capabilities were deployed.

Wenger's Arsenal once again formed a 442 formation. Their lineup is enviable. Look at their central axis: it is the axis composed of Bergkamp, ​​Vieira, Adams and Seaman, and there are superstars such as Parlor, Anelka, and Overmars. The starlight of Arsenal is no less than that of Manchester United.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal quickly took advantage. Ferguson's 451 strange formation seemed to be malfunctioning, and it was difficult to deal with the Arsenal's increasingly smooth technical flow system.

In the 14th minute, Arsenal got a free kick from the right side of the front court. Hughes sent a free kick into the penalty area. Manchester United's penalty area was in chaos. Stam leaked Adams.

The lagging Manchester United still did not play a strong attack. The midfield combination of Jost and Butt did not add double insurance to the defense, but made Manchester United's midfield messy and crowded.

One minute before the end of the first half, Manchester United's defense leaked Anelka again. The young French forward inserted into the penalty area at high speed and shot. Although Schmeichel saved the ball for the first time, Manchester United's defenders could not prevent Anelka from grabbing the second point.Manchester United fell behind 1-0.

Shortly after the start of the second half, Bart was sent off with a back tackle and was sent off by a red card. Manchester United, who had only 10 men to fight, was even more difficult to organize an offensive. The game basically fell into the control of Arsenal.

In the 84th minute, Ljungberg faced Schmeichel who had abandoned the goal in the penalty area, and used a humiliating lob to hit the ball into the Manchester United gate. 0:3, Manchester United lost to Arsenal by a big score for the second time this season.

"Manchester United is weak and has no resistance!", "Wenger ended the Ferguson era", "Arsenal conquered the Premier League with ease!" After the game, the media boasted about Arsenal's strength, and "gloated" and stomped on the fallen Manchester United.

Many critics and football celebrities have expressed their opinions, thinking that Ferguson's Manchester United is indeed vulnerable. In the face of such a dominant Arsenal, Ferguson has nothing to do.

I have to say that they are really "Dong Qiudi"!
After losing to Arsenal, Manchester United's league ranking suddenly dropped to 10th. Many media have begun to assert that Manchester United has fallen behind in the championship team, and this season's league championship is probably out of the question.

In fact, they have only played 5 rounds without watching the league at all, so it is too early to say anything.

Returning to Manchester from London, Manchester United encountered a tough corner - Liverpool.

It was the sixth round of the league. Manchester United was playing at home against Liverpool. Ferguson accepted the lesson of losing to Arsenal in the previous game and rearranged a 6 formation-this is the formation familiar to Manchester United players.

In order to defend Owen and Fowler, Ferguson let Gary Neville play a cameo as a central defender, partnering with Stam.The frontcourt continued to discharge Solskjaer and Yorke, a pair of impactful double forwards.

For Ferguson, Liverpool is no longer the strongest opponent. Manchester United has been unbeaten against Liverpool for three consecutive years. In this game, Manchester United is also full of confidence and has not lost the decline after being defeated by Arsenal.

Together with Gary Neville and Stam, Jost effectively stopped Owen's threat, and on the offensive end, Manchester United quickly took advantage.

In the 19th minute of the game, Manchester United attacked Liverpool's penalty area. The Liverpool defender fouled with a handball in the penalty area. The referee directly awarded a penalty kick!Irwin scored easily and Manchester United led 1-0.

In the second half, Manchester United still had the advantage. The midfielder of the golden quartet strangled Liverpool's few attacks. Not only that, Manchester United's counterattack was also exceptionally sharp.

In the 78th minute of the second half, Manchester United withstood Liverpool's corner kick. Yorke found Cole with a long pass in front of his penalty area. Cole dribbled the ball all the way into the opponent's penalty area in the middle of the midfield. 2 to 0, Manchester United locked the victory.

When Scholes appeared in the penalty area like a ghost, Liverpool already had 9 people defending in the penalty area, but even so, they couldn't prevent Scholes.

This is Scholes - an attacker who is very good at inserting behind Scholes!

After defeating Liverpool, Manchester United went to Munich, Germany to challenge Bayern Munich, which was the last stop of the devil's schedule.Bayern took the lead. After a few cooperations in the penalty area, striker Elber scored an offside goal, but the linesman completely ignored this very obvious offside.

However, despite falling behind in the score, Manchester United's offense still played very patiently, and the pressure of the audience was also very good, which quickly reversed the situation.United's chances came when they pressed the Bayern defender up front.

The fierce pressing forced the defenders to make mistakes. Beckham received the ball from the right, pressed it to the right side of the penalty area line and kicked a pass. At that moment, he was already in danger of being tackled by the opponent's defender.

In the critical situation, Beckham's pass was still accurate. York flew a header in the middle, and the ball hit the ground hard, rebounded and flew into the goal-Manchester United equalized the score!

The morale of Manchester United who equalized the score soared, and they had a lot of advantages in the second half, and the scene was almost one-sidedly tilted towards Manchester United.Under the massive attack, Manchester United found another good opportunity to score. This time Scholes seized the opportunity to cut in. He broke through two passes in a row. First, he inserted at high speed to force Bayern's central defender to make a mistake and knock the ball backwards.

After the score was reversed, Bayern launched a lot of offensives. At the last moment, they swarmed into the Manchester United penalty area to look for opportunities, but a throw-in was seized by Bayern players. Schmeichel made a temporary big mistake and failed to catch the ball. The ball fell to Elber's feet, and the Brazilian striker had already ambushed in the small penalty area!
As a result, Manchester United was once again scored by the opponent.
In the end it became 2 to 2!

Even though they were equalized by their opponents, Manchester United actually had more advantages. At the end of the game, Sheringham had a chance to shake his head from 6 yards in front of the goal and almost killed his opponent. However, Kahn played really well.

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