Chapter 403: Bursting Deadlock
Sissoko was lifted off the pitch and never came back up before half-time, having spent three minutes off the pitch and looking to be seriously injured.
"Sissoko went down, he won't come up again, Dong killed Sissoko with his own hands."
"But I have to say that Sissoko's style of play is quite strong, Sissoko can be said to be 'Lai', which is a great advantage in defense, who is targeted by him is uncomfortable, always twisted together, box by box all the way, when the ball is divided, when people are separated. But if he wants to foul, he will be more ruthless than others, and the French midfielder is like that......"
But when the second half restarted, Sissoko still appeared on the field, he did not go off the field due to injury, just gave everyone an illusion.
Now he is standing on the field again, alive and kicking.
"Is he made of iron?" The Manchester United players were very surprised, and Ronaldo looked very unhappy, a guy who should have been off the field, and now he still appears on the field like a demon.
Dong Fangzhuo squinted, but there were not so many surprises. Sissoko's reputation is like this, he is indeed a difficult player to deal with, under normal circumstances, only players are afraid of him, he really hasn't been afraid of anyone, it's really not a good thing to be targeted by this guy......
However, Ferguson replaced Fletcher and made substitution adjustments, just like Lineker's analysis, Manchester United suffered in trouble in the first half, they were very chaotic in the midfield, they were disrupted by Liverpool, and they couldn't organize the attack at all, although Smith was brave, but Manchester United also needed a midfield commander, neither he nor Fletcher nor Ryan Giggs could do it.
In the end, Ferguson chose Scholes over the newcomer Carrick.
Liverpool is still the players in the first half, the only difference is that Sissoko is closer to Dong Fangzhuo, I don't know if Benitez arranged it like this. Whenever Dong Fangzhuo is close to Liverpool's penalty area, Sissoko is always the first to target him, with Carragher and Hyypia as the second line of defence.
Liverpool took the lead in attacking, Gerrard won the ball on the right and then gave the ball to Finnan who came up with an assist, and he went down the middle, Finnan crossed from the right, Cisse was covered by Crouch and grabbed a header from 16 yards in front of goal, but Van der Sar confiscated the ball.
Manchester United launched a counterattack, but after Scholes came up, it still did not change the situation, because Liverpool pressed too hard, Manchester United's shots were in a hurry, and they still couldn't organize the attack calmly. Steven Gerrard and Colwill strangled United down the flanks, while Sissoko kept an eye on Dong Fangzhuo and Alonso roamed around.
Benitez crossed his hands over his chest and calmly watched everything that happened on the field, it seems that he has been preparing for this game for a long time, the first few times he led the team to play Manchester United was passive, but today his team dominated the field, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief for a while.
Sissoko was definitely his biggest tactical discovery, and the immortal man then stomped on Ryan Giggs in midfield, but the Mali international was lucky to get away with it.
In the eyes of Manchester United fans, Sissoko is really a bit lawless on the pitch. His ferocity surprised everyone. And the referee's laissez-faire made the game more open than imagined.
Liverpool's toughness made Manchester United have to focus more on defense, and similarly, Liverpool's attacking space is not large, and both sides can only play some attacks without Wei Xia.
Benitez has always wanted Crouch to take advantage of his height, but Crouch can't head the ball at all. In the 56th minute, Gerrard's cross from the right created a good opportunity for Crouch, but although Vidic was not as tall as Crouch, he was able to resist Crouch and did not let Crouch jump, and Van der Sar could calmly pick up the ball above Crouch's head.
After Gerrard finished passing the ball, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. After Owen, is it true that Liverpool no longer have a striker?
In recent years, Liverpool has been good at everything, but the forward line is very poor, no matter how famous the striker who comes to Liverpool is, none of them are useful, whether it is Baroshe, the top scorer in the European Cup, or Cisse, the top scorer in Ligue 1, or the La Liga giant Morientes, or the England specialty Crouch.
Useless.
It was the 18-year-old Irving who he missed the most.
The injury-free Owen has been thriving at Newcastle since his return from Real Madrid, scoring a hat-trick in early January......
Alas.
He sighed, only to find that United played a wave of fast attacks, Scholes's pass flew past his eyes, Rooney got the ball in front, and then quickly stuffed it to Cristiano Ronaldo on the right.
Sissoko pounced on Ronaldo's feet, but Ronaldo slammed the ball with a backheel and changed direction, allowing the reckless Sissoko to save and then dribble the ball down the middle. His lithe figure left Sissoko at all.
Dangerous!
He saw his team-mate Reese move to the middle to fill in, but Ronaldo was dribbling faster and faster......
Having lost Sissoko's central barrier, only Alonso was not enough to stop United's advance.
Gerrard ran back as fast as he could, but could only watch as Ronaldo handed the ball to Smith.
Then Smith was not greedy and slashed Rooney on the left. Carragher had to split up to block Rooney, and at the same time, Dong Fangzhuo rushed into Liverpool's penalty area with Hyypia, like a tank that could not be stopped, and Hyypia, who was following him, tried to use his body to make Dong Fangzhuo lose his balance and prevent Dong Fangzhuo from being easily outflanked.
However, Dong Fangzhuo suddenly braked suddenly!
Don't advance, retreat!
Completely out of common sense, he didn't intend to outflank him at all, but quickly retreated in front of the small penalty line!
It is impossible for Hyypia to retreat at the same time as Dong Fangzhuo.
At the same time as Dong Fangzhuo retreated, Rooney reversed the triangle return near the bottom line!
The cooperation of the two completely tore through Liverpool's defense.
When Hyypia turned, he happened to see Dong Fangzhuo bending his bow and arrow, and his right foot was pumped towards the ball, and there was no one around him to follow up and defend. The cooperation of Rooney and Dong Fangzhuo deceived everyone.
And when Gerrard rushed behind Dong Fangzhuo, the ball had already blasted into the top right corner of the goal like a cannonball. Despite his height and long legs, the Spanish goalkeeper Reina couldn't react when he hit the goal from a distance of around 12 yards.
Knock –
The ball almost broke through the net and roared out.
The Manchester United fans sitting behind the stands saw it most vividly, and then cheered instantly.
“gooooal!”
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
"Finally breaking the ice!"
In the 57th minute, the United captain opened the scoring. Manchester United leads 1-0. ”
"This is Dong's first goal in the league?"