Anfield was in an uproar.
The Reds fans in the stands created a deafening roar of cheers!
Even though Liverpool had a big lead over Manchester United, the Red Army fans were unusually excited when they met Manchester United. They were more excited than ever because they had not faced Manchester United in such a domineering manner for a long, long time.
They were full of pride and confidence, so much so that it might be interpreted as a kind of arrogance!
Perhaps that was the case. The Red Army fans now wanted to put on an arrogant posture in front of Manchester United!
The person on the throne of England was Liverpool, it was the Red Army, not the Red Devils Manchester United!
Today, both Comain and Ferguson stood on the sidelines to supervise the game. Liverpool had lost the last league game, and the next game was the second leg of the Champions League 18 final against AC Milan. Comain naturally could not accept the result of losing the game.
Losing to a mortal enemy was very demoralising. In addition, there was already a defeat before. Once Manchester United narrowed the gap to nine points, then the overwhelming news might be one-sided against Liverpool.
Because the media needed suspense, they needed the fight for the Premier League title to be a fierce battle, and not a monopoly.
If things developed like that, it would naturally be detrimental to Liverpool's future. The foundation of the league tournament that had already been laid would distract the team, and there would naturally be psychological pressure.
Therefore, Liverpool could not lose this game in any case.
A draw was acceptable.
Considering that Manchester United wanted to fight for a chance to reverse the situation, Liverpool's battle plan today was to delay Manchester United and compete with their opponent in patience.
After the game started, Liverpool did not press heavily. Instead, they slowed down the pace.
The Red Devils Manchester United did not dare to put too many players in the front field to counterattack because of their fear of Liverpool's attack group.
Liverpool skillfully controlled the ball in the midfield and backfield, passing the ball back and forth between the players. They patiently passed the ball to discover the flaws in Manchester United's defense, and then suddenly accelerated the pace of the game.
In the seventh minute of the game, Meireles's diagonal straight ball made everyone's eyes light up. Kuyt cut into the end line and received Meireles's straight ball. After stopping the ball and adjusting, he passed the ball to Suarez's feet in the middle.
Just as he entered the penalty area, Suarez nimbly changed the direction of the ball with his feet and swung out a space in front of Brown to shoot. Unfortunately, his shot did not have enough power and the football was eventually easily confiscated by Edwin van der Sar.
Manchester United wanted to speed up the pace of the game when they controlled the ball and organized the attack.
It was a pity that Scholes was nearing the end of his career. His stamina and speed had declined significantly. He could no longer complete a dribble pass in the front field, and he could no longer receive the passes from his teammates when he was actively running in a large area.
Giggs was almost the same. His dribbling and breakthroughs were much less efficient than when he was younger.
Manchester United could only rely on Nani's side to complete the breakthroughs on the flank.
Baines' defense was successful today. When Nani tried to break through him on the flank for the second time, Baines successfully defended the inside line, leaving Nani in a predicament of being surrounded in the corner of the end line on the flank.
The quality of the pass was not high. After Agger's header to clear the siege, Liverpool regained control of the ball.
Then, they once again entered the slow pace of the attack to look for the opponent's gaps.
In the 15th minute of the game, Qin Xiong broke through O 'Shea in the front field and passed the ball from the bottom. Kuyt nodded from behind the goal and shot the ball wide. Liverpool's forward line began to gradually find the feeling, because Manchester United's defensive line was obviously weak today.
Manchester United could not hold back after 20 minutes of the game and began to take the initiative to speed up the pace. The Red Devils needed to score to win.
A draw was meaningless to Manchester United's championship situation.
It could not even slow down Liverpool's time to win the title.
In the 26th minute of the game, Evra assisted in the front field. Because Scholes had difficulty finding a gap in front of the penalty area, Berbatov's impact in the penalty area was not as strong as Rooney's, especially in terms of physical confrontation.
Evra had to pass the ball from the flank. Rooney was caught in a physical confrontation with Skrtel in front of the goal. The two men tangled and competed for the ball's landing spot. Almost at the same time, the two men headed the ball, causing the ball to refract and change direction to fly out of the end line.
The referee whistled and awarded Manchester United a corner kick, which Liverpool were very unhappy about.
Skrtel thought he had touched the ball first, and the ball that flew out was headed by Rooney and then bounced out of the end line.
But the referee ignored Liverpool's protest.
Ryan Giggs ran to take the corner kick. Liverpool surrounded the inside and outside of the penalty area. In the overcrowded penalty area, when Giggs' corner kick flew over, Gerard, who was defending in front, headed the ball out before Berbatov.
Qin Xiong, Suárez and Kuyt, who were waiting in Liverpool's backfield, seemed to have their activation buttons pressed.
Kuyt took the lead and knocked the ball to Meireles next to Scholes. Then he quickly turned to the right flank and Meireles kicked the ball to the front of Kuyt's running position.
Kuyt regained control of the ball and rushed forward. When he was intercepted by the full back, Evra, he directly passed the ball to Suárez, who was running forward in the middle.
The Uruguayan striker slowed down after he stopped the ball, but his flexibility in ball control was unstoppable by Manchester United's rear defensive line.
Carrick had just stretched out his leg to steal the ball when Suárez nimbly hooked the ball. Then he lowered his center of gravity and brushed past Carrick like a loach.
At this time, only Brown and O 'Shea were left on the Manchester United's rear defensive line.
Smalling had just gone up to participate in the corner kick attack and had not returned to his defensive position yet.
Suárez crossed the ball diagonally forward and he widened the distance between Brown and O 'Shea.
When he rushed to 40 yards away from the goal, Brown could no longer retreat. If he retreated, it was likely that Suárez would directly cross the ball and break through!
So he immediately rushed diagonally to the front of Suárez. At this time, he wanted to have a one-on-one with Suárez. But Suárez did not have time to pay attention to him. After passing the ball at his feet, he immediately rushed forward and rushed past Brown.
Qin Xiong rushed to the ball with the tip of his foot before O 'Shea could force the ball and poked the ball in the direction of Manchester United's penalty area.
The veteran goalkeeper, Edwin van der Sar, saw that the situation was not good and directly abandoned the goal. Suárez looked like he had obtained a one-on-one opportunity.
Just after he stopped the ball in the penalty area, Edwin van der Sar had already rushed to less than two meters in front of him. The Dutch goalkeeper did not think of waiting for Suárez to shoot to make a save.
But he did not expect Suárez to not shoot at all!
Instead, he passed the ball again!
Edwin van der Sar turned his head to look and suddenly felt despair.
O 'Shea pulled Qin Xiong's jersey behind Qin Xiong, but Qin Xiong fell to the ground and used a tackle to poke the ball directly into Manchester United's empty goal!
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