In the home team's technical area at Old Trafford, Ferguson's face was calm.
While he was observing the overall situation of the game, he was also paying attention to Qin Xiong's movements.
He knew that Qin Xiong would never be restricted by the defensive strategy that Manchester United had arranged before the game. That was almost looking down on the ability of a superstar!
In the 12th minute of the game, Qin Xiong once again sent out a beautiful offensive transfer ball in the middle of the field, creating a big opening for Kuyt to advance on the right flank. Ferguson stood up from the technical area. He walked to the sidelines and shouted a few words to the four players, Fletcher, Park Ji-sung, Neville and Valencia.
He seemed unscrupulous. After all, they were at Old Trafford. Comain also heard what he shouted, which made Comain furious.
"Using foul tactics on Qin Xiong! Foul! We can't let him easily organize and link up Liverpool's offense! "
After Comain heard it, he went straight to the fourth official and said to the fourth official with a gloomy face, "Did you hear that? The Manchester United manager is openly ordering his players to foul on the field! This is a blatant crime! If my players are injured, the referees should give the Manchester United players a severe penalty! Otherwise, the situation of the game will be out of control! "
Ferguson also came over with his hands in his pockets and said to Comain calmly, "Don't complain like a layman. Tactical fouls are very common on the football field!"
Comain retorted, "Does that mean I can also let my players foul the Manchester United players without any scruples?"
Ferguson said nonchalantly, "Up to you, but the players have to control the degree. If a foul becomes a premeditated injury, it's a different matter."
Comain was so angry that he could only spread his hands to the fourth official to say, "You heard it!"
Caught in the middle, the fourth official could only face such a situation expressionlessly.
Kuyt performed a pass with Gerard on the field, and then he inserted the ball diagonally into the empty space on the right flank of the penalty area. Torres ran diagonally to the right edge of the penalty area and barely managed to half-turn and shoot with a push shot from a very small angle.
The football had already rolled past Edwin van der Sar and was about to roll into Manchester United's goal.
However, the right back, Gary Neville, stepped in front of the goal line and kicked the ball out of the sideline.
"Liverpool almost scored on Manchester United's goal! Torres's shot had already beaten Edwin van der Sar, but Neville had saved him in front of the goal. "
When Qin Xiong began to play the role of connecting attacks in the midfield, freeing up Gerard, he was also able to drive the Red Army's offensive and make the Manchester United's penalty area jittery.
Manchester United, on the other hand, still played a very simple and effective flank attack when they had the chance.
In the 15th minute of the game, Carrick sent the ball out from the backfield to the left flank.
Eighty percent of Manchester United's offense since the start of the game was launched from Nani's side. It looked like there were signs of an offensive frenzy, as if they were treating Nani as the former Ronaldo, giving him a steady stream of offensive support and creating opportunities for him.
This caused Liverpool's defense to begin to tilt. After all, Johnson's defense was weak in top-level confrontations, and his side was always the target of targeted pressure from the strong teams.
However, on this side, Nani shifted the ball to the middle as he watched Liverpool concentrate their forces to strengthen the defense of his forward route.
Park Ji-sung, who received the ball in the middle, immediately stuffed the ball diagonally into the right area in front of the penalty area after he stopped the ball!
Comain watched on the sidelines with trepidation!
Manchester United was creating a diversion!
They attacked from the left flank for a long time, in fact, creating conditions for an attack from the right flank.
Valencia suddenly came to the right area in front of the penalty area to receive Park Ji-sung's pass.
Then Valencia resolutely broke through into the penalty area.
Aurelio was slow to recover from the middle, and Agger's movement to this side also seemed a little slow.
Mascherano, who was extremely fast to return to the penalty area to defend, pushed Valencia to the ground when he came into contact with Valencia!
It looked like Mascherano was a little flustered, which made him appear even more reckless.
The referee's whistle sounded!
"Penalty kick! Manchester United has been awarded a penalty kick! Valencia charged into the penalty area and was pushed to the ground by Mascherano. This is undoubtedly a penalty kick. Mascherano's reckless foul gave Manchester United a chance to take the lead. "
Carragher saw Mascherano's foul and immediately flew into a rage. He glared at Mascherano and shouted, "So what if we gave him a chance to shoot? It's enough for us to block Rooney! The manager said countless times before the game that his threat to the goal is almost zero! "
The Manchester United player that Carragher was talking about was naturally Valencia, who was pushed to the ground by Mascherano.
It could be said that Valencia was more like a traditional midfielder. 99% of his chances were to pass the ball to his teammates, and not to shoot himself!
Because of this, Carragher thought that Mascherano's foul was unnecessary.
So what if he gave Valencia a chance to shoot in the penalty area?
Would a player who had not shot for ten thousand years feel anything in front of the goal?
Even if he managed to break through, so what?
It was not worth risking a card to commit a foul, and it looked like an extremely amateur foul.
The Red Devils fans in the stands at Old Trafford cheered.
No Liverpool players protested the referee's decision. Mascherano could only bow his head and bear with the vice-captain's criticism.
He regretted it, but it was useless.
The big mistake had been made, and it was too late to regret.
Rooney stood in front of the penalty spot. Under the watchful eyes of the audience in the Theatre of Dreams, the referee blew the whistle. Rooney ran up and cleanly shot the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal!
Reina's prediction was wrong. He pounced to the right, and the football went into the net.
Rooney's goal pushed the atmosphere at Old Trafford to a small climax.
Ferguson laughed heartily in the technical area and clapped cheerfully to celebrate Rooney's goal.
"Rooney's penalty kick was a one-off success. Rooney, who has played heroically this season, scored his 26th individual league goal, and also his 33rd goal for Manchester United in all competitions this season!
He has tied Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's record and surpassed the former king of the penalty area, van Nistelrooy, in scoring efficiency in a single season. He now has to catch up with Ronaldo's goal efficiency set in the previous season. There is still time left for Rooney to catch up with Ronaldo's record.
When Ferguson talked about Rooney's excellent form this season, he said that Ronaldo's goal rate was not unreplicable. Rooney had a chance this season. Today, Rooney scored in eight consecutive games and overtook Torres in the Premier League's goalscoring charts. He scored one more goal than Torres, and was two goals behind Qin Xiong, who was ranked first on the goalscoring charts!
Liverpool has to work harder. It's not a good sign to concede a goal at Old Trafford. Now in the real-time standings, Liverpool is only three points ahead of Manchester United! "
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