Fletcher had warned that he was going to break through his Qin Xiong referee’s law in a forced grab and put up with Manchester United players’ bold fouls, and now he had to take out a yellow card to punish the opponent.
Thirtyfive yards from the goal, Qin Xiong took the penalty kick.
He hit the ball and bypassed the wall, but was saved by van der Sar after falling.
This made Liverpool fans sigh and then clapped their hands. Manchester United fans also applauded van der Sar’s brave play in front of the door.
In the 42nd minute of the game, Valencia attacked with the ball on the right. After encountering aurelio, he knocked the ball back into the middle and inserted it to follow up. Carrick greeted the ball and sent a straight plug.
Rooney suddenly stopped and turned around to stop the ball in the process of diagonally running into the restricted area. After that, he made a twostep sideways dribbling to stop his body from shifting his center of gravity. Carragher then pushed the ball with his left foot.
Because Rooney’s left foot is not used to it, it is difficult for him to shoot accurately.
The push was really tricky, but the slow speed of the ball gave Reina enough reaction. When Reina came to the left post of the goal, he collected the ball in his arms.
Liverpool made the final blow before halftime.
Qin Xiong inclined the ball to the right in the middle. Kuyt stopped the ball and then turned into the line. After attracting Carrick’s defensive attention, he inclined the ball to Gerrard, who was obliquely inserted behind Carrick
Gerrard watched Evra enter the penalty area and Vidic formed a joint defense. Torres restrained Dinan Vidic. Gerrard stopped dribbling and came to give Torres a ball. Evra paid more attention to the protection of the middle road. Gerrard took the opportunity to swing out of the shooting angle and slammed the door!
The ball was played with great potential. Although goalkeeper Van der Sar tried his best to block the near corner of the goal, the speed of the football was too fast. When Van der Sar was already desperate, the football hit the post and made a sound like nature, which made Van der Sar feel close to death.
Steven Gerrard shot hit the bottom line of the column! It was a great opportunity for Liverpool, but it was a pity that Gerrard was rejected by Manchester United’s goalpost. He was very annoyed and shouted that the captain of the Red Army almost helped the team achieve a turnaround at halftime.
At the end of halftime, Liverpool and Manchester United tied at Old Trafford, and the players of the two teams went to the players’ tunnel for halftime adjustment.
Back in the dressing room, Coleman stressed that the team’s defense requires the team to run harder and not be destroyed by Manchester United’s physical fitness on the road!
Qin Xiong was thinking in silence, such as adjusting the attack on Manchester United at half time. Today, the defense can be said to be in place, especially for him, which is close to perfection.
Back on the court at half time, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
The enthusiasm of the fans in the old Trafford stands has not diminished, and the draw has enabled both fans to see the hope of victory.
At halftime, Qin Xiong first returned to the wing. He caught Gerrard’s ball and went straight to the baseline.
Weir is very serious in the flank defense. Qin Xiong takes the outside line in front of him to make a breakthrough with acceleration. Weir turns around and immediately cuts or crosses the line with Qin Xiong’s trip ball.
Qin Xiong, however, kickbacks the ball in front of the baseline and then takes a twostep cross back.
Gerrard got rid of Carrick’s oblique insertion into the penalty area. After Qin Xiong rolled the ball, Gerrard took advantage of the situation and went straight to the penalty area.
With Torres’ cover, Gerrard’s oblique entry into the penalty area was almost unobstructed, but he tried to shoot the ball obliquely to the goal, and his left foot could shoot the football, almost threatening to send the ball directly to van der Sar’s arms.
Qin Xiong shouted a few words at Alonso when he retreated to the backcourt. He hoped Alonso could forward more!
In fact, this is where Fleet Street has always criticized Alonso.
Alonso rarely appeared in the offensive danger zone in front of the restricted area. He successfully organized the series to create a link between the offensive and defensive bodies, but his contribution to the last link of the attack was still a little less.
Today, Manchester United’s main wing, Liverpool, is under less pressure in the middle. Alonso should be released. He must go forward to attack and further relieve Qin Xiong’s pressure, which will also enable Gerrard to play more.
Alonso heard Qin Xiong’s propaganda and gesturing, and he nodded at Qin Xiong and responded.
In the 54th minute of the game, Manchester United played a wave of fast break. Carrick put the ball straight to the frontcourt. Park Jisung turned his back to meet him in the middle of the frontcourt. He swiped the ball horizontally, dodged Alonso and forced the ball to the right.
Fast assists to Valencia without stopping and hitting directly.
The ball landed well. Rooney grabbed the header in the penalty area. Carragher interfered with him, forcing Rooney to lose his center of gravity after heading the ball after taking off. The header almost turned into a clearance. The ball flew high over the crossbar.
Rooney turned and ran to the referee after landing, complaining that Carragher had fouled him just after taking off, but the referee turned a deaf ear.
Liverpool also launched a fast break two minutes later. Alonso Johnson pushed forward. Kuyt caught Alonso’s ball and handed it to Gerrard in the middle.
Steven Gerrard didn’t take the ball forward, but returned it to Alonso.
At this time, Manchester United’s defense in the middle of the backcourt was a little flustered. Carrick moved to block Alongsville and moved to the front of the penalty area to block Gerrard’s oblique insertion
Qin Xiong got rid of Valencia and cut the middle road at this moment. Alonso gave the ball to Qin Xiong who ran diagonally from behind when he met Carrick.
When Qin Xiong just made a trip to the ball and was about to make a big stride to the restricted area, Evra made a fierce tackle unexpectedly.
In order to dodge the opponent’s tackle, Qin Xiong first picked up the ball and then bounced to get over Evra, but Evra’s right leg was lifted and hooked Qin Xiong’s foot in the middle, causing Qin Xiong to lose his balance and fall to the ground when landing.
When Qin Xiong rolled on the ground, the referee’s whistle sounded again.
The impartial referee went straight to Evra and showed a yellow card without mercy.