With the whistle of referee Weber, the game kicked off.

First of all, Liverpool's spirit is completely different from the FA Cup. They showed a strong desire to win. After the kickoff, everyone moved forward instead of backing.

Liverpool is not moving fast, and it is extremely dangerous to advance against opponents like Chelsea. They just express an attitude and determination in this way. They do not want to return empty-handed from Old Trafford.

Manchester United has the home advantage, and the shouts of more than 50,000 fans are like a shot of stimulant hitting the hearts of every Manchester United player, making their courage and confidence surge more than double.

Facing the fierce Liverpool players, Manchester United players are not only not afraid, but become even more excited. They feel that Liverpool is giving them a chance to perform in front of more than 50,000 fans, and only if they defeat such a Liverpool team is worthy of being the champion.

Manchester United players met as fast as possible, pressing Liverpool's ball-holder players directly in the midfield and frontcourt, and defenders took a large premise and adopted offside tactics to reduce the activity space of Liverpool players.

This is a very risky tactic. Only Premier League overlords like Manchester United and football heroes like Ferguson dare to use such tactics at the beginning. Even famous coaches like Mourinho and Benitez dare not.

If Manchester United simply uses the forward line to press, even if Liverpool's ball control skills are not as good as Barcelona and Arsenal, they can handle it completely. Even if Manchester United pushes their forward line together and Liverpool passes to the frontcourt, Liverpool's forwards will have many opportunities to get the ball and form a counterattack.

However, Manchester United pressed the three lines together, using offside tactics to compress Liverpool's activity space, which not only made Liverpool's transmission more difficult, but also couldn't hit the counterattack. The ball flew to the front and was offside.

Of course, Manchester United does this without risk at all. There is no risk-free tactic. Manchester United's back line is so high that once Liverpool successfully counterattacks, they don't even have much chance to return to defense, which is almost equivalent to surrendering.

Benitez sighed secretly on the sidelines. Ferguson is Ferguson. He was able to rule the Premier League for so many years, definitely not by luck and relationships. At least in terms of courage, Benitez sighed.

After sighing, Benitez also frowned secretly. The old man Ferguson was obviously going to fight them. It was impossible for him to win this game without any injury. He only hoped to have a good result. As for the process, even if the player was injured or had a card, Benitez could no longer care about so much. This is a competition for the league championship, and Benitez could not be hesitant and kind.

Thinking of this, Benitez turned his attention to Chen Yu again and said to himself that as a coach, he did not like Chen Yu, and no coach would like Chen Yu.

Chen Yu has made great contributions, there is no doubt that Chen Yu is not proud of himself. This is difficult for ordinary superstars to do, but the so-called high achievements shock the master cannot be avoided by being arrogant. Now the outside world believes that Liverpool's performance was created by Chen Yu. Without Chen Yu, there would be no Liverpool's double championship, which made Benitez very annoyed. He doesn't mind giving Chen Yu part of the credit, but he must never let outsiders think that Liverpool depends entirely on Chen Yu, he is the founder of this Liverpool team.

If you don't like it, Benitez must rely on Chen Yu to score goals. At present, Liverpool has the only ones who can break through this crisis.

Gerald's speed is a bit slow. He can pass the ball as a commander, but it is really difficult for him to rely on him to counter offside.

Chen Yu is not only very fast, but also has good consciousness and moves in a vague way. He seems to be careless in the frontcourt. As long as the ball can be passed out in the backcourt, he can turn into a sharp blade at any time and penetrate the opponent's heart.

In terms of ball control ability, Liverpool can bully mid- and lower-level teams. In front of Manchester United, Liverpool's ball control is really not enough. If you grab two, Liverpool's ball and pass it to a dead end, and you have to drive the ball out with big feet.

Manchester United's army was pressing forward, Liverpool's big foot drove directly behind the defender, the lineman raised the flag to signal offside, and the ball returned to Manchester United's feet.

Although Manchester United also has good ball control skills, Manchester United did not want to show off in front of Liverpool players today. They are here to win today and are not here to perform for fans. The goalkeeper Van der Sar, known as the giraffe, drove the ball into Liverpool's penalty area and launched a direct attack.

The ball was directly driven from the backcourt to the penalty area. Even if the power player came to play, the ball speed was already very slow. Even if you grab the header, it would not pose much threat, but Van der Sar did this.

Efguson's cunning and cunning obviously would not let Van der Sar kick in a mess.

The ball flew directly into Liverpool's penalty area. Liverpool's players obviously did not prepare enough, and the ball was obtained by Manchester United's forward Ronaldo.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reiner bent his legs slightly and spread his arms, ready to save.

Ronaldo did not head the ball, he headed it back and hit Giggs at the front of the penalty area.

This is Manchester United's backcourt corner kick tactic. It is not a direct attack, but a header to create a shooting opportunity at the front of the penalty area.

Although Liverpool players did not expect, the players of the giant teams were first-class and had faster adaptability. Seeing that Ronaldo did not head the ball, he flew the ball out, Liverpool players immediately rushed to the front of the penalty area to block Manchester United's second attack.

Liverpool players reacted quickly, but the initiative was already in Giggs' hands. They were so powerful that how could Giggs, the old man, not take advantage of it?

He gently twitched under his feet and went forward again, shook off a Liverpool player who was rushing towards him, then moved sideways and dodged another player.

After passing two snatchers in a row, Giggs dared not pass anymore. Here, it is very common for the more people you beat, and the first opportunity you just got was gone.

Giggs took a step horizontally, dodged the gap and pulled his feet and shot.

Liverpool's defensive players were blocking Giggs' side. Giggs' shot was very short and he didn't have time to give all his strength. He mainly used his calf to pull the ball into the blind spot of the goal.

Reiner was ready to save, and Giggs' shot was not sudden. Although the angle was tricky, Reiner still flew over and saved the ball from the bottom line.

"Oh! What a pity!"

"I missed such a good opportunity!"

"It's so dangerous!"

"Mar United is very powerful today!"

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There were regrets and exclamations in the stands. Manchester United fans and Liverpool fans had different expressions, but they were all stimulated by Giggs' shot. It took only more than a minute of the game and there was a shot. There was no doubt that this would be a classic drama that should not be missed.

Giggs was not depressed by the fact that his shot was saved. His shot this time was not just for the goal, and he did not think that the lack of strength could threaten Renner. He just wanted to establish his authority and he wanted to hit Liverpool's morale. These damn Liverpool people wanted to be arrogant at Old Trafford and really regarded themselves as a scallion.

Liverpool players have won all sides this season and are advancing in all three lines, which is striking the miracle of Manchester United's triple-champion in 1999. The players' morale and confidence are unparalleled. Even at Old Trafford Stadium, no player has a little fear.

But in the more than a minute of the opening game, Manchester United players have made Liverpool players feel pressure from all aspects.

First of all, there is a fan atmosphere that is not inferior to Anfield Stadium, secondly, Ferguson's courage to storm, thirdly, the good competitive state shown by Manchester United players today, and fourthly, there is the royal referee, which will make Liverpool's game more difficult today.

The two strong players win. Facing Manchester United's strong attack, Liverpool players know that they must fight back. If they don't fight back, their morale will be gone.

At this time, Gerald often held Chen Yu's arm and discussed with him how to take revenge. However, this time Gerald did not come to find Chen Yu, but was preparing to come forward and give the other party a color with a long shot.

Manchester United took the corner kick and Liverpool defended in full swing.

Giggs passed the ball directly into the penalty area, looking for Ronaldo.

Ronaldo and Rooney are the focus of Liverpool's defense. Under Carragher's defense, Ronaldo fell into the penalty area and the ball was pushed to the midfield by Riser at the back point.

When the fans in the stands saw their young and handsome Ronaldo being pushed, they were all indignant, and shouted as if they were snatched his wife, putting pressure on the referee Weber to ask him to award a penalty.

Weber is known as Manchester United's royal referee. Before the game, Liverpool also protested because of his law enforcement in this game, which made Weber feel very complicated and thought a lot when enforcing the law.

Undoubtedly, when Ronaldo fell to the ground just now, Carragher had movements on his hands, but Ronaldo also had movements. If Weber awarded a penalty at this time, Weber believed that no matter the winner or loser, those who waited for him after the game would be criticized, so Weber pretended not to see it and let the game continue.

Ronaldo didn't react much, but just angrily hammered the turf, and he didn't dare to expect to get a penalty at this time.

The game continued, but Manchester United fans were still unwilling to give up. They were still shouting "Punishment" and trying to get benefits from the subsequent penalty.

Lisser was very panicked when he cleared the ball, and the ball went straight to Manchester United midfielder Scholes.

Of course Scholes would not miss this opportunity. He stopped the ball and quickly led it to Liverpool's penalty area, looking for an open space where he could shoot.

Giggs just shot, and now Scholes is here again. Liverpool players are very angry. If Manchester United shoots twice in two minutes, they will definitely become a laughing stock in English football after the game.

Immediately several Liverpool players gave up their positions and surrounded them from all directions to prevent Manchester United midfielder Scholes from shooting another shot.
Chapter completed!