The moment Reina ran out of the penalty area and headed the ball out, Hernandez just happened to rush past him!
Because Hernandez ran towards the ball's landing spot and Reina took the risk to head the ball out, Hernandez ultimately missed the opportunity.
The Red Devils fans in the stands let out a huge sigh. They held their heads and felt pity.
Manchester United did not have many chances in this game, but if they really wanted to play a threatening attack, then they could have taken Liverpool's life in a split second!
Ferguson closed his eyes and clenched his fists. He thought to himself, Just a little bit more!
"Manchester United once again launched a threatening counterattack. Rooney unexpectedly went over the top in the midfield and broke Liverpool's defensive line. Hernandez successfully reversed the offside position. Fortunately, Liverpool's goalkeeper, Reina, was not distracted. He rushed out of the penalty area to head the ball out. If Reina had not run out, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Manchester United might have scored first in Anfield, an away goal!"
After 70 minutes of the game, Liverpool once again tested Edwin van der Sar with a long shot. This time, it was Alonso who came behind Gerard as he ran forward. After receiving Gerard's heel kick, he lifted his leg and shot a curveball. The football flew towards the top right corner of the Manchester United goal.
The tall and long-armed Edwin van der Sar pounced out and punched the ball out with a single fist!
"Edwin van der Sar has made a contribution again! Liverpool, as the defending champion, swept across Europe with their strong offense last season. This season, they have been unstoppable all the way. No team in Europe is not afraid of their offense. Manchester United makes the game less bold and unrestrained. At the same time, Liverpool will also be wary of Manchester United's counterattack. The two teams will try to seize the opponent's defensive flaws in the process of restriction and counter-restriction to create opportunities to kill. Most of the time, the game looks calm and peaceful, but in fact, there is a turbulent undercurrent! "
In the 75th minute of the game, Qin Xiong controlled the ball in the front near the left flank. His mind was working quickly. Liverpool's long shot bombing actually posed a threat, but it was not enough!
In such a situation, it was necessary to add some offensive elements to the long shot bombing method to catch Manchester United off guard and make Manchester United's defensive line nervous. Only then could they pose a greater threat in a continuous attack!
Qin Xiong still targeted Fábio on Manchester United's defensive line because Fábio was the weakest link no matter how he looked at it.
Qin Xiong pulled the ball in the direction of the flank when Park Ji-sung and Valencia came to snatch it. During the process of pulling the ball, he began to move. The ball went down the flank. In front of Fábio, Qin Xiong stepped on the bicycle twice in a row and knocked the ball from behind to change direction. He came to the edge of the penalty area. In this way, he had a chance to lift his leg for a long shot. At the same time, he could also create long shot opportunities for Meireles and Gerard.
But this time, he chose to pass the ball.
Suddenly, he passed the ball diagonally and hung the ball into the penalty area behind the goal, which made Manchester United's defensive line turn pale with fright.
Rio Ferdinand and Vidic were a little caught off guard. This might be Liverpool's first pass attack in the second half, other than the corner kick attack.
Raúl quickly rushed to the back of the goal to prepare for a header attack. Before he was about to head the ball, a hand hit the falling football!
Edwin van der Sar!
The Dutch goalkeeper was like a god today. He blocked and resolved a lot of dangerous situations in front of the goal!
The trend of the game made the fans of both teams start to tremble with fear.
Because they did not know if the next opponent's attack would penetrate their own goal.
In the 76th minute of the game, Giggs was replaced by Scholes.
Ferguson began to change Manchester United's counterattack methods. At the same time, he also hoped to free up Rooney to let Rooney take off some of his defensive duties and put more energy into the offense.
After Scholes came on, Manchester United's first attack ended in failure.
After Scholes received Evra's pass, he sent a direct pass over the top from the left side of the front field.
After the football flew diagonally over Agger's head, Rooney plugged forward in his running position and Baines withdrew inside to take possession of the ball first!
Rooney immediately braked and turned to counter-attack.
Baines passed the ball to Mascherano, who passed the ball straight to Gerard in the middle of the front field.
Gerard then passed the ball in front of Carrick to Qin Xiong, who was running on the side.
After the football rolled over, Qin Xiong stopped and ran smoothly. He directly brushed past Fábio, and then after Fábio chased back for two steps, Qin Xiong immediately stopped on the spot.
Fábio gritted his teeth and also stopped quickly. But the moment he stopped, Qin Xiong's next move came out.
He passed the ball!
Gently kicking the ball behind Fábio, Qin Xiong started again and charged into the penalty area!
This series of actions was completed at a very fast speed. Qin Xiong's posture of charging into the penalty area made many Manchester United's defenders feel numb and frightened!
Park Ji-sung, Fábio, and Valencia all ran wildly towards Qin Xiong's position in the penalty area. Even Ferdinand was ready to turn around and defend against Qin Xiong's cross cut head-on.
Carrick's position was further back and he was already back in the penalty area.
The Red Army fans in the stands saw Qin Xiong pass Fábio twice in a row and charged into the penalty area. They were looking forward to Qin Xiong's stunning performance to penetrate the Manchester United goal!
What would it be?
A long shot?
Or do we have to pass another Manchester United defender before we break the goal?
No!
None of them!
Qin Xiong was trapped in the encirclement and there was almost no space to break through. Shooting at the goal would seem irresponsible because it was not an absolutely good opportunity.
The cool-headed Qin Xiong made a choice that the Manchester United players did not expect when the Manchester United players' defensive encirclement was about to form.
Qin Xiong stepped on the ball and kicked it up. Then, without waiting for the football to rise and fall, he quickly used the outer instep of his right foot to kick the ball out of the penalty area!
Return pass!
Alonso, who followed up from outside the penalty area, stopped the ball with his left foot and stopped the football in front of his right. Then, he ran a step forward and looked up to observe the situation in the Manchester United goal.
It looked like he was about to complete a powerful long shot, but Alonso gently passed the ball diagonally!
Carrick was suddenly confused. Where did Gerard go, whom he was supposed to keep an eye on?
On his front left!
It was three meters away!
That was the target of Alonso's pass.
Carrick immediately moved to defend against Gerard, but Gerard took the ball and went forward, which made Carrick's defense empty. Gerard faced Vidic and Evra, who was kept in the penalty area. In the narrow area, Gerard did not dawdle and made the choice to deal with the ball in a race against time.
Straight pass!
Behind Vidic, Raúl suddenly charged out like a ghost!
Gerard's straight pass rolled behind Vidic. Raúl's diagonal angle to the goal was good, so he took advantage of the opportunity to half-turn and complete a volley shot!
Edwin van der Sar was really powerless this time!
It was too close to the goal, too close!
Raúl's volley still blasted the ball into the top corner of the nearest corner!
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