Football King Bale

Entering the halftime break with such a disparity is not unfamiliar to the Red Devils this season. Fans can’t remember how many times this season Manchester United has established a three-goal or four-goal advantage in the first half this season. Even Chelsea and Arsenal have both become victims of Manchester United's butcher's knife, and it seems that Manchester City cannot escape the same fate today.

Some Manchester United fans posted on Weibo during halftime and shouted: Let's not retreat in the second half, continue to score goals and humiliate them!

No one has mercy on their mortal enemies. If they can defeat the opponent, they don't mind stepping on them a few times in the end.

However, in the second half, Manchester United not only failed to chase the poor, but instead created a tense atmosphere.

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After the halftime break, both sides made substitutions.

On Manchester United's side, because after the game, Ferguson and many players on the team will fly to Switzerland to attend the FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards Ceremony, so when Ferguson was in the midfield, he replaced Bell and Sneijder. , replacing their two veterans Giggs and Scholes.

Manchester City also made two personnel adjustments. Savic and Zabaleta replaced David Silva and Adam Johnson respectively.

Ferguson didn't pay much attention to this. He even thought that Mancini had disarmed because of David Silva's fate.

However, when the game started, Ferguson was shocked, because Manchester City was playing crazy on the field.

First, in the 47th minute, Evra, who put on the captain's armband after Bell left the field, both fell down in the entanglement with Aguero. The referee Foy gave Evra a yellow card and gave Manchester City a very special position. Nice free kick.

Manchester United was naturally very dissatisfied with such a penalty. Evra and Rooney protested to referee Foy on the court. Ferguson on the sidelines also expressed his opinions to the fourth official, but to no avail.

Immediately, Kolarov took a free kick from 24 meters away from the right rib and shot directly into the near corner with his right foot. The ball flew over the wall and then went into the right corner of the goal. Manchester City regained a point.

Although Manchester United subsequently launched a counterattack, Giggs and Rooney's shots failed to threaten Manchester City's goal. Instead, Manchester City scored another goal.

In the 64th minute, Scholes received a throw-in from Evra in the backcourt and made a mistake in returning the ball. Milner intercepted the ball and passed from the right wing. Aguero's low shot from 11 meters in the middle was blocked by Lindegaard, but Aguero Cuero immediately caught up with another goal from a strong supplementary shot, and tenaciously tied the score to 2:4!

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Being chased by Manchester City for two goals in a row,

Everyone at Manchester United is a little panicked. After all, Manchester City is very strong and can be said to be the second most powerful team in the Premier League after Manchester United. They have Europe's top attacking firepower. After 20 rounds, they are the only team besides Manchester United to have scored more than 50 league goals. Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham have not yet scored more than 40 goals. Ball, the gap is huge.

With Manchester City's strength, once they get into shape, no one can really stop them.

Ferguson vaguely regretted his decision to replace Bell in midfield.

Manchester United's current situation on the field is that there are problems in both offense and defense. Today's defense of Manchester United is as unreliable as it was in the last game against Newcastle. After Bell left the field, Manchester United's offense also had problems. Several counterattacks just failed to result in a goal.

If Bell is on the court, the most he can do is fight with Manchester City. If you score one for me, I will give you one back. Manchester United has a 4:0 advantage in the first half, so there is no need to be afraid.

In fact, Bell, who was sitting on the bench at the time, couldn't believe it. Manchester United's performance in those twenty minutes was really terrible. He was a little worried that Manchester United would collapse because of this, and Manchester City would counterattack and eventually reverse the game.

If such an ending happens, then Manchester United will really be nailed to the pillar of shame, which is no better than losing 1:6 at home in another time and space.

Of course, Bell also knows that conceding goals against Manchester City is normal, because the opponent's strength is really no worse than Manchester United. The 4:0 lead in the first half is also not a reaction to the strength of both sides, let alone a normal score.

Manchester United fans were also a little panicked, and their thoughts were similar to Ferguson's. They also discovered that after Bell left the field, Manchester United seemed to have lost its soul on the court, with constant problems in offense and defense. In this situation, there is no guarantee that Manchester City will not be reversed. After all, Newcastle was reversed in the last game.

Some fans even checked the records to see when was the last time the Red Devils failed to maintain the victory when they were leading by a big score. The result is that the team has not been overturned when leading 4:0, but in three games There is a record of being ahead but failing to win. That was in January 1994, when Manchester United visited Anfield. With a 3:0 lead, Liverpool chased three goals in a row, and finally tied at 3:3.

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Fortunately, a similar record did not reappear 18 years later. The 4:2 score was maintained until the end of the game. Manchester United finally ended Manchester City's unbeaten record at home in the main season amid noisy controversy.

In this process, veteran Scholes, who has just returned, played a big role.

Although the team's second goal conceded had a lot to do with Scholes' mistake, Scholes, who was used to seeing big scenes, did not suffer any major psychological fluctuations because of this mistake. Instead, he acted shamefully. Yong, showed a very high level of competition in the subsequent games. Under his management, Manchester United controlled the midfield in the subsequent games and withstood Manchester City's counterattack.

According to technical statistics after the game, Scholes completed a total of 92 passes within 45 minutes of his appearance, which is more than any Manchester City player, with a success rate of 97%.

However, an angry Manchester City fan said after the game: This is useless, wouldn't those 3% mistakes cheat his team?

However, from the perspective of many Manchester United players, the veteran's comeback can bring positive effects to the team both in terms of morale and on the field. Welbeck, who made a lot of contributions with one shot and one pass in this campaign, praised his senior after the game. : "I was immediately excited when I saw him in the dressing room. He was on the bench before the game. Everyone knew what Scholes could do for the team. He could control the game. It was great to have him back. ”

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Although the "Sun" published on January 7th was the first to reveal that Scholes had given up the idea of ​​hanging up his boots and making a comeback at the warm invitation of Ferguson, but before the game at 12 o'clock local time on the 8th, the club's official article stated that " The British media immediately exploded after Scholes rejoined Manchester United.

Former Manchester United defender Albiston expressed his views on BBC radio: "Manchester United lost to Newcastle away from home and ended many records. It was a disaster, but Scholes' return put a smile on my face. This Where the decision came from, I think it was made with too many injuries in the midfield and that will give the other players a boost."

There is no doubt that the injuries of Fletcher and Cleverley really hurt the Manchester United midfielder, and also distracted Rooney for a time.

Roy Keane said on ITV: "I have to say I'm very surprised. I can understand that it's worth the gamble, but Scholes retired seven or eight months ago. In the past, he thought I was very surprised that my legs couldn't keep up and I couldn't contribute in the big games anymore."

However, Ferguson, who has obviously not dealt with Keane recently, immediately responded: "This matter has been brewing for a few weeks. He has been doing well. Everyone knows that he is one of the greatest players in Manchester United's history. His condition has not declined much.”

Owen and Gary Neville, who just left Manchester United in the summer, simultaneously expressed their support for Scholes' return through Twitter.

In addition, many reporters believe that since Arsenal can recall Henry, there is nothing surprising about Manchester United re-signing Scholes.

Coincidentally, the last red card Scholes received before hanging up his boots and the last defeat he suffered in domestic competition were both due to Manchester City, so his comeback in the derby seems to represent a "ginger head" "The fire in my heart has not yet been extinguished.

At midfield, when Scholes stood up to warm up on the sidelines, the Manchester United fans in the stands had already started to commotion. At the beginning of the second half, it reached a climax when Scholes stepped onto the lawn as a substitute. The legendary combination of him and Giggs, who reached 75 years and 93 days old, reappeared on the court. Beckham and Roy Keane, the other two midfielders from Manchester United's golden period, also appeared in the stands. .

Of course, when the roster was announced, people already knew that Scholes would be wearing the No. 22 jersey. This number is actually no stranger to the ginger head. In the 1995-1996 season, after Craig Lawton left the team, he carried the number 22 for one season.

In the season when he first wore the No. 22 jersey, Scholes won the Premier League and FA Cup double with Manchester United for the first time. This time, because O'Shea left the team and this number was vacated, Ginger Head became associated with this number again.

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The score of 4:2 means that the two teams have jointly contributed 14 goals in the three Manchester derbies this season, with an average of one goal every 19 minutes. This is abnormal for two teams that are both good at defense. But it's understandable in the context of Derby.

Of course, today's 4:2 is different from the 3:2 comeback in the Community Shield at the beginning of the season, but the final winner is Manchester United.

After winning six consecutive away games in the FA Cup, Manchester United's opponent in the fourth round of the FA Cup happens to be the Liverpool team that Manchester City will encounter in the League Cup semi-finals next week.

Manchester United continued their poor luck in the FA Cup draw as they once again met their bitter rivals.

Since the Red Devils will still face each other in the league on February 11, it means that two equally hostile clubs will have to fight twice in two weeks. Can Manchester United get through again this time?

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