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Ferguson's request is good. The FA Cup is not an exhibition match. The Double Red Club will compete at any time. Manchester United has not yet secured the victory and cannot just think about helping Gao Xiaodong score goals.

After the previous 20 minutes of competition, Nani and Rooney also saw Liverpool's intentions. They were keeping an eye on Gao Xiaodong's passing line, waiting to steal and double-team. If they insisted on passing the ball to Gao Xiaodong, it would almost be equivalent to passing the ball to Gao Xiaodong. The ball was given to the opponent, so in the next game, they passed fewer passes to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong is also a very smart player, and he soon discovered Liverpool's tactical intentions. He appeared more in the defensive position. When attacking, he tried to catch as few balls as possible, and used running without the ball and rushing forward to grab points. host.

Twenty minutes later, Manchester United strengthened its defense, and Liverpool's counterattack was useless. The two sides fought more in the midfield, and there were not many opportunities to shoot.

When Gao Xiaodong first came, Ferguson originally planned to let Gao Xiaodong focus on offense and use Scholes for organization and planning. However, Scholes was already 37 years old and his athletic ability was not as good as each year. He made mistakes when his opponents pressed him. With the increase, Gao Xiaodong gradually took over the organization and scheduling of Manchester United, and Scholes began to help Gao Xiaodong.

Although Scholes' athletic ability is worse than Gao Xiaodong's, his consciousness is better than Gao Xiaodong's. After he took over the organization and scheduling, Manchester United's midfielder was less aggressive, but more organized, and Gao Xiaodong's frequent forward attacks Point, the offensive threat is no worse than when Gao Xiaodong was single-core.

Liverpool's new coach took office, and the players' condition today is obviously much better than during the first double red meeting of the season. The players ran more actively, fought bravely, and dared to express themselves. Manchester United's midfielder did not respond to Liverpool. Advantage.

For teams like Manchester United and Liverpool, it doesn't matter if they can't take advantage as a whole. They all have world-class stars, and any player's flash of inspiration may change the direction of the game.

In the 35th minute of the game, Liverpool captain Gerrard, who was eager for revenge, suddenly accelerated away from Fletcher after receiving the ball in midfield, entered the 30-meter area and shot directly.

Gerrard has a strong long-range shooting ability. Manchester United's substitute goalkeeper Kuszczak was prepared in advance. However, Gerrard's shot was powerful and heavy. Kuszczak did not dare to take the ball hard. He flew up and hit the ball with both fists. restricted area.

Agger grabbed the spot and passed it diagonally to Kuyt. Kuyt stopped the ball, turned around, and hit the goal directly, but the ball flew close to the goal post and flew out of the baseline.

Manchester United got the ball and launched a counterattack from the wing. Nani used his personal ability to break through and cross the penalty area. Berbatov suddenly stepped forward and nodded the ball. Rooney jumped up in the middle and missed the ball, but Gao Xiaodong didn't know it. Unconsciously, he ran to the back point. He headed the ball a little while running and headed the ball towards the near corner of the goal.

Gao Xiaodong's movement is definitely world-class, but Liverpool's defense against him today is absolutely abnormal. Gao Xiaodong's ball that was about to go in was headed away by Skrtel.

Skrtel also worked hard today. After he hit the ball, his body also hit the goalpost and fell to the ground for a while without getting up.

In the last five minutes of the first half, Manchester United stopped playing and prepared to maintain the 1:0 score into the second half. However, Liverpool, who was lagging behind, took the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack on Manchester United.

After the ball was passed continuously in the Liverpool midfield, Gerrard took a long shot and suddenly passed the ball to Torres.

Facing Torres, Vidic felt guilty. Before Torres could make a move, he impulsively kicked the ball from behind, knocking Torres to the ground.

Referee Webber blew the whistle to signal Vidic's foul and awarded Liverpool a free kick.

Ferguson was so depressed standing on the sidelines. You said Torres was just a striker, and there was Ferdinand next to Vidic. Who were you playing?

On-site commentator Martin laughed: It seems that Vidic has a shadow on Torres and is afraid to see Torres receiving the ball.

The free kick at this position is very good. Liverpool's captain and core player Gerrard personally took the kick.

Gerrard took a short run and kicked a beautiful curved ball. The ball was fast and spinning, and after crossing the wall, it hit the dead center of the goal.

The quality of this free kick was indeed high. Manchester United goalkeeper Kuzzak was hit so hard that he barely reacted. He only made half a movement and could only watch the ball fly toward the goal.

However, Gerrard did not move the ball well today. The ball passed Kuszczak's fingers, but failed to pass the goal post. With a bang, the ball hit the crossbar of the goal.

Gerrard was very frustrated. He looked up to the sky and sighed, lowered his head and ran towards his own half.

Liverpool had three good chances to shoot in the first half. Gerrard was the closest to scoring. Unfortunately, Gerrard hit the ball on the crossbar.

Subsequently, the two sides did not create any more scoring opportunities. As referee Webber blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the players from both sides went back to the locker room to rest.

Although Liverpool fell behind in the first half, head coach Dalglish was very satisfied with the performance of the players. He believed that the goal conceded was just because the pace of the game was a bit slow in the first half. At other times, Manchester United was not given a chance to score. .

Liverpool's players are also satisfied with their performance. You must know that they conceded 4 goals in the first half of the first double red meeting this season.

Only captain Gerrard was unhappy. He could have equalized the score in the first half, but the crossbar prevented him from scoring. He was a little dissatisfied with his luck and performance.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Liverpool continued to attack in the last stage of the first half, while Manchester United was one goal ahead and was not in a hurry. They launched offense and defense based on the midfield and tried to stifle Liverpool's offense beyond their own thirty-meter area.

Liverpool's counterattack was okay. With their strength, it was a bit difficult to attack Manchester United. In the 50th minute of the game, Manchester United's midfielder stole the ball and launched a quick counterattack.

Scholes quickly advanced to the mid-point line. After receiving the ball, Rooney saw his teammate Rafael catch up and pushed the ball to the baseline. Rafael chased the baseline and passed the ball to the penalty area.

This counterattack came very quickly. Liverpool's defensive players had not returned yet, and there were only two center backs in the backcourt to defend. Apart from Manchester United's striker Berbatov, Gao Xiaodong stepped in as quickly as possible, and the midfielder Meireles failed to keep up. Defender Skrtel worked really hard today. When he saw Gao Xiaodong rushing over like a high-speed train, he actually moved sideways to block Gao Xiaodong's line.

While running at high speed, Gao Xiaodong jumped towards Skrtel from outside the penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong was so strong and heavy that Skrtel was frightened. He quickly squatted down and Gao Xiaodong flew directly over Skrtel and pushed the ball hard towards the goal.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reina was helpless against such a header. He didn't even have time to react and the ball flew into the net.

2:0

Gao Xiaodong Taishan's overwhelming header helped Manchester United expand the score.