Chapter 1459
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The atmosphere in the Theatre of Dreams at Old Trafford became particularly tense. Everyone was paying attention to the referee and assistant referee on the sidelines. The two men covered their mouths and communicated as if they were determining how to punish Evra.
Ferguson went to the fourth official to protest. Comain came over and quarreled with Ferguson. The two men parted on bad terms. On the field, the referee ended his communication with the assistant referee and walked in front of Evra. He pulled out a yellow card and then showed him a red card!
He did not send him off directly. Instead, he treated his behavior as a yellow card that deserved a yellow card as a warning.
That was already considered magnanimous.
He did not escalate the incident.
"Evra has been sent off with a red card! He has two yellow cards and one red card. The Red Devils will have one less player to play for the rest of the game! "
Huge boos broke out in the stands. Evra was held back by his Manchester United teammates after he protested to the referee. He could only walk off the field unwillingly.
When he left the field, he glanced at Suárez. Suárez, who was standing next to Qin Xiong, shrugged at him. He seemed innocent and a little proud.
This made Evra even more certain that Suárez was acting just now. His plot had succeeded!
After Evra left the field, Ferguson immediately made a substitution.
Welbeck was replaced by Park Ji-sung. Valencia went back to play as the right back and Rafael moved to the left to play as the left back.
Manchester United fell into a passive position after playing one less player and could only turtle up and defend.
The English derby, which had not been calm since before the game, did not enter a peaceful rhythm just because Manchester United played one less player.
In fact, the two teams were fighting more fiercely. It was difficult to create a threatening offense. More energy was put into confrontation and fighting to destroy.
In the 70th minute of the game, Ryan Giggs was knocked to the ground by Johnson, who received a yellow card.
Three minutes later, Mascherano fiercely tackled Park Ji-sung in the midfield. The referee continued to warn the Liverpool players with a yellow card.
When the game reached the 76th minute, Qin Xiong was pulled by Valencia when he dribbled from the right to the middle in the front field. Valencia was also warned by the referee.
The game could not go on smoothly at all.
And in the last ten minutes of the game, the Red Devils and the Red Army each had one player sent off!
Mascherano was red and left the field because he had accumulated two yellow cards for fouling Paul Scholes.
Gerard shot from outside the penalty area. Evans deliberately blocked the football from flying to the goal with a red card and was sent off.
The managers of both teams did not look good on the sidelines. This match was not at all what they had expected.
When did it start to go out of control?
Maybe it started from the conflict that broke out in the players' tunnel before the game.
.................................................................................................................. . and we are also curious about what happened in the players' tunnel before the game. In any case, Manchester United lost this crucial battle at home.
Manchester United will have a certain point gap between Liverpool and Manchester City, but it is not to the extent of losing the chance to compete for the title. But it is not a good sign to be double-killed by Liverpool again this season... ".
After the game, the players of the two teams almost had a brawl in the players' tunnel. Fortunately, the security staff at Old Trafford had the foresight to strengthen the precautionary measures to separate the players of the two teams as much as possible. Otherwise, this English derby would have been full of war from beginning to end!
In the press conference after the game, Comain attacked Manchester United in strong terms.
.... "We did not get the respect we deserved at Old Trafford. The Manchester United players provoked us from the start of the game. Evra's personal revenge against Suarez has been made public. We can't accept this. Manchester United should not have done this. The players lost their minds during the game. This was a game that made Manchester United look dirty. If they want to stop Liverpool from winning the title in this way, then come on. Let's see if Manchester United can achieve it at the end of the season."
The opposition between Liverpool and Manchester United itself allowed Comain to say such things and share a common hatred with the Red Army fans.
Ferguson used almost the same words to attack Liverpool after the game.
After the game, the Football Association announced an investigation.
The players would be summoned to attend a hearing. Suarez's racist comments against Evra's complaint were also settled the next day.
Suarez was suspended for eight games!
Liverpool officials appealed, but still could not change the fact that Suarez was suspended.
Fleet Street's suspension of Suarez was seen as a painful blow to the Red Army!
The Red Army would lose a powerful scorer.
Suarez would miss the most intense stage of the title race, the EFL Cup final, and the FA Cup.
After 25 rounds of the league, Liverpool still occupied the top position in the table.
Liverpool 58 points.
Manchester City 57 points.
Manchester United 54 points.
Tottenham Hotspur 53 points.
Chelsea 43 points.
Arsenal 43 points.
Newcastle United 41 points.
The battle for the Premier League title and Champions League qualification had entered a white-hot stage.
Three days later, Liverpool went to Milan, Italy, to prepare for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League 18 finals.
Liverpool's rhythm had been a little disrupted recently.
First, Suarez's racism case lingered. Then there was the pressure of public opinion created by Fleet Street after the English derby and the damned Football Association holding a hearing to investigate the game.
In the first leg of the UEFA Champions League 18 finals, Liverpool was not fully prepared and their minds were disrupted.
At San Siro, the defending champion Liverpool suffered a rare defeat in the knockout stage in recent years!
AC Milan defeated the defending champion Liverpool 2: 0 at home with goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho!
Liverpool, who were completely out of form, made many overall mistakes in the game. In addition, the star players did not play well. Qin Xiong missed three excellent opportunities in the game and became the culprit for Liverpool's loss after the game.
In particular, he directly kicked the ball out of the crossbar when facing a half-empty goal in the game. It was included in the video collection of incredible missed opportunities that week.
Comain did not criticize the team after the game. Instead, he fought with the media.
He said at the post-game press conference, "We will sum up the experience and lessons and strive to achieve a reversal in the next home game. Now, I just hope that others will not disturb us, especially the media. Stay away from my team! We need peace! "
After Liverpool returned to England, there were still a large number of fans present to cheer for Liverpool.
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