Ferguson looked determined in his pre-match press conference ahead of the game: "It's our first time playing at the Emirates Stadium and we're trying to give Arsenal a defeat, but obviously this year's Arsenal are not strong. I think they are the only ones who care about us, and we don't see him as a competitor. ”

Ferguson's words are poisonous enough, Wenger is very uncomfortable to listen to in his ears, but who said that Arsenal's results this year are not good?

Arsenal are currently 15 points behind Manchester United, with Arsene Wenger believing the 15-point gap is mainly due to the team's youth: "Manchester United have been consistent in their performances against strong and weak teams. We lost to Fulham, Portsmouth and Sheffield United. But we did well in the head-to-head games. We didn't do well in the early stages of the season and because of our lack of experience and form, we were affected by the aftermath of the World Cup. ”

This game was also the 34th meeting between the professor and the lord, and before that, Wenger won 13 times, slightly behind the lord's 15 and drew six.

The 15-point gap may seem unattainable, but the professor is still under the illusion: "I believe Arsenal have the potential to win the Premier League!" We need miracles, and more than one ......"

Perhaps only the professor himself believed it, and it is estimated that his players did not believe it. If 15 points down can come back from a deficit to win the title, then Manchester United and Chelsea are dead?

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"Hey, Emirates Stadium, Arsenal's home stadium, why do Manchester United fans seem to occupy half of the country?"

"Arsenal fans don't seem to support the team enough, and the Emirates Stadium is not satisfied! Arsene Wenger doesn't bring the title to the team, and the fans will be too cold. ”

Looking at the somewhat empty seats, Lineker sighed with emotion.

'Manchester United are back, but Arsenal are still struggling, they are fighting for fourth, they are getting closer and closer to the title, and today it looks like they are going to be more than lucky.'

"But Arsenal have two spells at home this season, first, unbeaten at home. Arsenal have been beaten back in their previous five home games (Villa, Myburgh, Everton, Newcastle and Portsmouth). Only four teams have been unbeaten at home in 24 league rounds, Arsenal being one of them, the other three being Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool. Second, the home lead must win. ”

"However, in the small table of the giants, Manchester United actually won a terrible all, at home against Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal to keep all wins, and now against Arsenal is the first away game of the giants."

'The starting line-ups for both sides have been given, Arsenal have almost no injuries and Manchester United are missing Luka Modric.

Arsenal: 442

Goalkeeper: Lehmann

Defenders: Eboue, Toure, Sendros, Klich

Defenders: Hleb, Cesc Fabregas, Flamini, Rosicky

Forwards: Bam Adebayo, Thierry Henry

Subs: Almunia, Baptista, Van Persie, Denilson, Hoyt

Manchester United: 433

Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar

Defenders: Neville, Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Evra

Defenders: Luka Modric, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Dong Fangzhuo, Li You

Subs: Kutsak, Heinze, Pique, Larsson, Smith

Beep –

The eye-catching competition has officially begun.

After a brief period of probing, Manchester United began to dominate the attack. Despite the absence of Carrick, Paul Scholes and Luka Modric are still in control of the game, and Ryan Giggs is also an old fritter, and United's control in midfield has not actually decreased much.

As long as the front three are in shape, there are still plenty of chances for United to score.

In the 4th minute, Ronaldo broke through on the right and was brought down by Rosicky and won a free kick on the right side, Giggs's free kick cross was cleared by Senderos's header, and then Giggs drove a corner kick from the right side, and Adebayo headed the ball out in front of the point. The two set-piece defenses were excellent, mainly because Henry and Adebayo ran back, and the space in the Arsenal penalty area was almost overwhelmed, and Dong Fangzhuo was looked at very badly.

Two minutes later, Scholes flicked the ball to Dong Fangzhuo on the edge of the box, Dong Fangzhuo kept the ball straight back, and Giggs slid a left-footed volley from 23 yards and the ball slid out of the goal. Rooney then broke through from the left and Ronaldo's left-footed shot from 24 yards was deflected wide.

After surviving the first ten minutes, Arsenal quickly reversed their passivity.

In the 11th minute, Henry and Cesc Fabregas combined together, and Henry finally passed the ball to Adebayo, who wanted to turn and shoot on the left side of the box, but the focused Gary Neville kicked the ball off the line. Rosicky then whipped in a corner and Rio Ferdinand headed it clear.

However, it was still Arsenal's possession, left-back Klich assisted to hoist the ball to the left side of Manchester United, Henry easily unloaded the ball with his left foot, and passed Modric, and then pumped the ball towards the goal with a big foot!

30 yards out straight into the near corner!

When Van der Sar pounced, his face was full of disdain, and Henry was too underestimated to actually get up in this position!

He clutched the ball in his arms and countered.

With just two feet, Scholes sent the ball to Dong Fangzhuo's feet, Dong Fangzhuo wanted to pull the ball and turn around, but Toure put down Dong Fangzhuo with a kick directly from behind him, and the referee immediately gave Toure a yellow card.

This Toure is very resolute today, Dong Fangzhuo patted his ass and got up, and took a serious look at Toure, Toure's eyes were shining, and he seemed to be very satisfied with his action.

The ball was sent again, only for Cesc Fabregas and Wayne Rooney to grab the ball at the same time, Rooney went down and Arsenal fouled again.

Dong Fangzhuo ran over and wanted to send a free kick quickly, but Eboue came over and pushed it, Dong Fangzhuo stumbled and fell, Rooney immediately complained to the referee, but the referee did not give a penalty.

United immediately returned the favor when Patrice Evra fouled Flamini at the back, and the referee did not indicate it.

"Today's referee's scale is a bit ......"

"I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

Thierry Henry's free-kick was comfortably denied by Sendros' header from 15 yards. However, Arsenal's attack continued, with Cesc Fabregas playing very actively, running back into midfield to get the ball and trying to turn, but Giggs tackled him directly behind his back, and this time the referee finally pulled out a yellow card.

If the first 10 minutes belonged to Manchester United, the second 10 belonged to Arsenal, but neither side scored.

In the 21st minute, Manchester United played a long pass over the top in the backfield, Dong Fangzhuo and Toure rushed to the ball at the same time, and Toure pushed the ball out of the bottom line for the sake of safety. Ryan Giggs whipped in a corner from the right, Dong Fangzhuo dragged away the defense down the middle, and Vidic headed high from eight yards out.

'So far, both sides have done a good job defending, the quality of the defense is quite high, it depends on who makes the mistake first, and without Carrick, United are slightly at a disadvantage in possession.