Chapter 324: The match that will decide the Premier League champion this season!

[Sorry for the delay in updating, I drank too much last night... I was in a daze the whole day. ]

Manchester United's goal was both unexpected and reasonable. What was unexpected was that the goal was scored by defender Wes Brown, rather than popular attackers such as Ronaldo, Rooney, Lizzie or Giggs. What was reasonable was that Manchester United took the initiative after the opening and created many opportunities.

After Manchester United took the lead, they played more relaxed and their defense retreated, using their stronger and better-conditioned midfield to dispatch the visiting Liverpool who were trying to counterattack.

The latter had no choice but to press forward while being counterattacked by Manchester United...

In the 40th minute, Mascherano nearly received a second yellow card for a tactical foul in the backcourt and tackled Ronaldo who was charging. However, under pressure from Manchester United players, the referee gave Mascherano a serious verbal warning: I have remembered you, and if you do it again, I will never let you off easily!

Then Ronaldo's 35-yard free kick was blocked by the wall, Giggs headed the ball, and Rooney's lack-of-power header from 8 yards in front of the goal was caught by Reina.

However, Reina's intention to launch a fast break by throwing the ball was discovered by Li Qi, who positioned himself in advance, just like the former throwing the ball directly to Li Qi's feet.

However, Li Qi's intended pass and cut with Ronaldo did not work, and the latter hastily took another long shot from 30 yards away, which was higher than the crossbar...

Manchester United has always been the more proactive side, which put a huge amount of pressure on the entire Liverpool team. After all, they were behind in the score and couldn't get the ball, let alone shoot. There were very few threatening attacks, so the entire Liverpool team seemed a little impatient.

As if things didn't get worse, Liverpool suffered a blow before the end of the first half.

In the 44th minute, Ferdinand committed a tactical foul on Torres in the backcourt. The latter complained to the referee about being given a yellow card. After all, it was a rare counterattack opportunity in the whole game, but it was intercepted, and he was not given a yellow card. Anyone would be angry.

However, not everyone can communicate and appeal to the referee. The most reasonable person to do so is the captain on the field. At the very least, the captain should be handsome, speak well, speak fluent English and have a high status in the football world.

As for someone like Mascherano who doesn't look good, speaks poor English, has a bad tone, and has a bad temper, there is no need to argue with him.

But he refused to do so. Perhaps because he was too excited about the game, he rushed forward to argue with the referee. Captain Jie was not careful and could not stop him.

So the No. 20 in white, who had been written down by the referee Bennett in his notebook, was waiting for you! I just spared you once, but you still dare to provoke me? The referee glared at him and said nothing more. He directly took out the second yellow card, which turned into a Ruby War God Card and sent the Argentine Marco off!

The Argentine midfielder was obviously in disbelief. What's wrong with a few words? Can't he be allowed to talk? After getting the card, Marco thought differently and tried to argue with the referee. This time, he was stopped by Jermain, his teammates and Benítez. Besides, he would be suspended for more than one game...

But in the first half, Liverpool lost both players and the ball, and went into the halftime break trailing 0-1 and with one man less.

Manchester United, on the other hand, was just watching the show in the last few minutes. Now they have the upper hand in the situation, morale, score and numbers, and they are in a very stable state of mind!

However, in the locker room, Sir Alex Ferguson still seriously reminded the whole team not to be careless and to try to score more goals as soon as possible in the second half to kill the game. Don't give the visiting team Liverpool a chance to counterattack. Don't be like the team in Istanbul!

Sorry, Rossoneri, it’s hard not to mention Liverpool without taking stock of this negative example of a famous game throughout the ages…

So in the second half, Manchester United did not relax, but continued to press and besiege Liverpool, constantly putting pressure on the visiting team.

In the 47th minute, Scholes made a long pass and Ronaldo's hasty shot from 8 yards was saved by Reina.

In the 53rd minute, Arbeloa fouled Giggs outside the penalty area and received his fourth yellow card of the season. Ronaldo's direct free kick from 4 yards hit the right post and went wide.

In the 56th minute, Van der Sar made a long pass from the backcourt. Rooney, who had successfully overcome the offside trap, stopped the ball and shot from 11 yards, but Reina saved it again. Li Qi's follow-up long shot was blocked by Carragher and went out of the baseline...

Liverpool could only launch sporadic counterattacks through long passes, relying entirely on the individual abilities of Torres and Gerrard to attack. However, under the double-teaming and cutting of Manchester United's midfield and backcourt, it was difficult for the two to pose a threat.

Liverpool's team pass success rate was only 69.8%, far behind Manchester United's 86.7%. Gerrard and Alonso's pass success rates in the frontcourt were only a pitiful 47.6% and 56.6%, while Manchester United's three major midfielders had a pass success rate of over 9% in the frontcourt, especially Li Qi who mainly used short passes.

Fortunately, Liverpool's defense was well organized and did not allow the home team Manchester United to score a second goal until the game was about to enter the 70th minute...

In the 66th minute, Liverpool made a substitution, replacing Babel, who was running around like a headless fly, with Benayoun, in order to strengthen the midfield's running and defense.

Then in the 68th minute, Sir Alex Ferguson made two substitutions at the same time, Anderson and Tevez came on to replace Scholes and Giggs. This was obviously a move to speed up the game. After all, the advantage of having one more player in the midfield was still obvious. So the game would be further accelerated to stretch Liverpool's physical strength and defense.

Manchester United's four little swans appeared on the field at the same time, which has not happened for several rounds. Recently, Sir Alex Ferguson has been playing three players and resting one, maintaining the balance of the team and the rotation of attackers. But facing Liverpool, who was one man down, he naturally could not be polite and sent out all the offensive weapons!

Not long after the substitution, Manchester United's suddenly accelerated offensive immediately created a threat.

In the 73rd minute, Rooney received a direct pass from Li Qi and then broke through to Carragher, carrying the latter into the left side of the penalty area and passing back. Ronaldo rushed to the top of the penalty area before Alonso, but the ball was shot high. Ronaldo missed the opportunity again and raised his hand in shame...

In the 74th minute, Manchester United's offensive wave started again, and each wave was higher than the last.

This time, Carrick passed the ball to Rooney, who tried to pass it directly to the left side of the penalty area to Li Qi who was running forward at high speed. Arbeloa made a tackle to intercept the ball but accidentally sent the ball to Tevez who was following up in the middle...

The Argentine beast naturally accepted the gift, took the ball and turned around, and shot from 14 yards in front of the goal! Unfortunately, Tevez, who had just come on the field and had not warmed up yet, shot too straight and was saved by Liverpool goalkeeper Reina with one hand.

Liverpool escaped, but Manchester United's offensive almost made Liverpool's defense breathless. Gerrard also returned to the defensive midfielder position to participate in the defense, and he hadn't touched the ball for a long time...

It seemed that Manchester United, with its high morale, could score a goal at any time, while Liverpool's defense could collapse at any time.

In the 78th minute, Li Qi suddenly passed the ball after advancing in the middle, and Wes Brown followed up with a cross from the right. Tevez stopped and passed the ball with his chest in the middle of the penalty area, and passed the ball to Ronaldo in the ribs of the penalty area.

Due to Arbeloa's delay, Ronaldo, who was lurking at the far end of the goal, successfully made an offside move, but the Portuguese attacker's volley shot from 8 yards in front of the goal was again blocked by Spanish goalkeeper Reina with one hand, and the ball deflected and hit the crossbar and bounced out of the bottom line.

Manchester United got the twelfth corner kick of the game, and this corner kick helped Manchester United expand the score.

In the 79th minute, Li Qi took a corner kick from the left side, and it was another tacit passing and running cooperation of the Four Little Swans. With the help of the joint pick-and-roll of Tevez and Rooney, Ronaldo shook off Alonso's close defense, jumped high 6 yards in front of the goal, and headed the ball before Reina!

Ronaldo smashed Li Qi's outswinging corner kick into the top corner of Liverpool's goal! This was Ronaldo's 35th goal of the season, including his 25th goal in the league!

After scoring, Ronaldo cleared the haze of missing opportunities before! But when Ronaldo wanted to take off his clothes to celebrate, he was stopped by Li Qi: Big pot! It's rare that everyone is here, how about playing the magic sound quartet! I haven't played it for a long time!

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Not long after the restart, Manchester United, who were playing better and better, soon changed the score again and secured the victory!

Manchester United's third goal came when Liverpool were at a loss as to whether to attack or defend. Under Li Qi's command, Manchester United's front and midfield players pressed forward together and seized the gap left by Liverpool's midfield and backfield.

In the 81st minute, Reina kicked the ball out of the goal. Skrtel hesitated to pass the ball, and under the pressure of Tevez, he hastily passed the ball to Gerrard. Li Qi, who had already reached the top of the team, went around from behind and knocked the ball to Rooney at the edge of the penalty area.

The latter did not take credit for the success, he received the ball, held off Carragher, and passed the ball back...

Li Qi, who was running forward at high speed, took the ball once at the edge of the penalty area, and then dodged Skrtel who was trying to make up for his mistake and entered the penalty area. Facing Reina who was attacking, Li Qi calmly lowered his shoulders and faked Reina's center of gravity, and then pushed the ball into the far corner!

Li Qi scored his 19th league goal and got one goal and one assist. The assist came from his good friend Cristiano Ronaldo. He also got two assist rewards from the club and Cristiano Ronaldo himself. It was a perfect time to clock out! Although the reward is not much, it is a goal after all. Only with KPI can we have enthusiasm for work, right?

Seeing that the game was over, Benítez replaced Torres with Riise to strengthen the defense so as to prevent the team from being completely defeated and humiliated by Manchester United.

Sir Alex Ferguson, who felt that 3 goals were enough to humiliate Liverpool, replaced the best player of the game, Li Qi, with Park Ji-sung, allowing the latter to experience the superstar treatment of being cheered and applauded by the entire Theatre of Dreams!

Indeed, Li Qi was still a little dizzy after experiencing it, and he only remembered three words: It’s so cool!

In the end, Manchester United won five games in a row and continued to sit firmly at the top of the standings, while Liverpool's five-game winning streak was ended, and their only remaining hope of winning the championship was shattered, and they could only defend the fourth place...

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It is hard to say why Sir Alex Ferguson hates Liverpool from the bottom of his heart. The last time they beat Liverpool by 3 goals or more was in the 3/02 season. However, today's game that killed the Reds with the biggest score in 03 years could not win the old Sir Alex's praise, because the Red Devils won too little:

"The 3-0 on the scoreboard really doesn't make me happy. Rooney should have scored a hat trick in the first half, and Ronaldo should have scored at least three goals. We did create a lot of better opportunities and better combinations than scoring goals."

In addition to complaining about too few goals, Ferguson also complained that the goals were too slow: "I am very disappointed that the young man did not end the battle in the first half. He broke the deadlock in the 34th minute and expanded the lead in the 79th minute...

Of course, the whole team performed well, we have matured a lot, and the players can beat the opponents at their peak. "

If it weren't for Sir Alex's last words, Ricardo would have thought that Sir Alex was absolutely faking it at this press conference: Damn! They've already won by three goals, and you're still not satisfied? Do you think this is a game of basketball, tennis, table tennis, or a brainless and cool article? Isn't this a naked insult to the opponent?

As for Mascherano's red card mentioned by the media, Sir Alex Ferguson continued to pretend: "He already had a yellow card, and it was stupid for him to run half the field to argue with the referee...

Although sending him off did allow us to completely control the game, I think even without the red card we would have been able to control the game and win, and the result would not have changed.”

Finally, after defeating a tough rival and winning the crucial 3 points, Manchester United was able to continue to lead the standings. The question that cannot be avoided is how far Manchester United is from the Premier League title.

But the old fox, oh no, the old Sir Alex Ferguson still chose to keep a low profile: "The final result will not be revealed until the last minute of the season. Chelsea and Arsenal played really well. We did what we should do, but the suspense of the championship is still there..."

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However, a little later after the Manchester United game ended, the result of another key match was announced.

On the same day as the match between Manchester United and Liverpool, at 16:07 in the afternoon, the highlight of the 08st round of the 31/ English Premier League championship race, also a London derby, was fought at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea are unbeaten in the Premier League for 12 games since their defeat at the Emirates Stadium in December.

Chelsea are looking to extend their unbeaten run at Stamford Bridge to 78 league games, while also extending their domestic unbeaten run to 97 games at Stamford Bridge;

上次在斯坦福德桥取胜的正是阿森纳，2004年2月阿森纳客场2比1取胜蓝军，而其后切尔西在120个主场中仅输给巴萨1场，这也算是一个了不得的记录了！

切尔西在穆里尼奥时代8战阿森纳取得4胜4平保持不败，但格兰特在本赛季中途接过教鞭后就在客场0比1不敌阿森纳，前切尔西后卫加拉斯打入唯一进球。

双方此前英超历史交锋31场，阿森纳15胜11平5负占据上风，其中客场5胜6平4负。这是伦敦历史最悠久的顶级联赛德比，起始于1907年10月退休军官队2比1战胜伍尔维奇阿森纳的比赛。

This is the 168th match between the two sides in history, with Arsenal having the upper hand with 68 wins, 51 draws and 48 losses.

However, the final result of the game was Chelsea's 2-1 home win over Arsenal: Sagna scored his first career goal to break the deadlock, but Drogba scored twice and scored his 13th goal of the season to complete the reversal.

近5轮取得4胜1平的切尔西反超同期4平1负的阿森纳升至积分榜次席。

I didn’t expect that Arsenal survived the African Cup, but suddenly their form collapsed at the final sprint of the league. It is really incomprehensible and a bit sad!

Before this round, Manchester United was 3 points ahead of Arsenal. Now Chelsea has defeated the Gunners. The gap between the Red Devils with 73 points and Chelsea, who climbed to second place after this round, has widened to 5 points. This is what Sir Alex Ferguson is happy to see. However, Sir Alex's more ideal result may be a tie between the Blues and the Gunners...

Of course, you can’t have all the good things to yourself!

Ricardo didn't care about the league. He always believed that as a player, the right thing to do was to win every game. As for how the opponents played, that was the coaching staff's business.

However, the scumbag Li, who was arguing with Sarafina, was not only dishonest in his hands and feet, but also in his mind. He was not thinking about his other girlfriend Julian who was going to Spain to meet up tomorrow, but was worried about the Italian Olympic coaching staff...

"Hmm? I wonder if the big players in the national team are willing to play in the Olympics? Of course, the best combination would be the over-age combination of Luca Toni in the frontcourt, Pirlo in the midfield, and Cannavaro in the backcourt! They have strong strength, strong connections, and aura!"

The question is, can you have all the good things?

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