Chapter 146: The Fat Bastard Who Can't Walk
Reese succeeded, Rooney's powerful shot was blocked by Reese, Dudek in front of the goal saved, and Reese helped him out of danger.
However, he was wrong, and the danger was not over, because the ball still did not roll far.
That guy is just too fast......
A small red hair flashed.
Former Valencia centre-back Manuel Pellegrino, who made his debut at Anfield, clearly didn't adjust to the rhythm in front of him, with Dong Fangzhuo looking like a fast-paced cheetah.
When he reacted, Dong Fangzhuo had already jumped in front of the ball, quickly adjusted his body, and volleyed the goal sideways with his left foot!
Rooney came with a kick, and he followed with a kick! And the Liverpool central defenders can only watch in a hurry!
Liverpool goalkeeper Dudek, who reacted quickly, just got up and made another save.
Dong Fangzhuo's sideways volley shot was very powerful, and it hit the goal directly, this time no one could block the eye, but the angle was too positive! Dudek hugged his hands and pressed the ball in his arms fiercely, and Liverpool's goal was still not broken!
Whew-
The KOPs in the stands broke out in a cold sweat.
Rooney and Dong Fangzhuo, the two little guys, are too dangerous, in front of the tall Liverpool defenders, they are indeed like lively little monkeys, they can't be prevented! It's too tossing, these two guys are not standing piles at all, and they have never stopped in one place for even a second.
Hyypia and Pellegrino glanced at each other, and they both understood what they meant in each other's eyes - they had to keep an eye on each other!
It was Liverpool's turn to attack, but Dudek didn't throw the ball out at the first time, because the two shots from Manchester United just now were too dangerous, and he dragged it out to try to keep his teammates calm and keep a clear head. With this delay, Manchester United's players quickly returned to defense, which means that Liverpool can't afford to play fast.
In fact, Liverpool's current configuration is not suitable for fast attack, because the two strikers Baros and Morientes are not speed and technical strikers, and if Liverpool play fast attack, the two strikers may not be able to keep up with the rhythm. Manchester United benefited from this, at least in the eyes of the United players, compared to a team like Chelsea who pressed the whole game.
The selection of two high school strikers means that Liverpool will do more on the two wings, but the back line led by Ferdinand did not let them succeed, Liverpool's speed cannot be improved, and even Ferdinand they seem calm in defense.
And, of course, thanks to Keane and Fletcher for taking the lead in building the first solid wall. Without them, Ferdinand might not have been able to take it so calmly. It was Fletcher and Keane who forced Steven Gerrard and Garcia to split the ball wide and gave United's backline plenty of time to prepare.
In the games that followed, Liverpool were largely in control, but neither side was able to create a dangerous attack. Manchester United have always protected themselves well in front of the penalty area.
It wasn't until the 18th minute, when Paul Scholes brought down Reese on the left, that Liverpool created a formidable threat. Gerrard's free-kick from the right was met by Morientes' volley from 10 yards out. Then the alert Hamann almost cut off Carroll's ball as he kicked it off.
While Ferguson and the United fans were panicking, this erroneous mistake was a counter-attack for Manchester United.
Hamann failed to steal the peach, the ball rolled to Brown's feet, and Brown handed it to the front, but this time it was not the familiar Ronaldo, since it was Rooney?
This guy's diligence exceeded everyone's expectations, originally he played on the left side, but now he runs to the right side, and Ronaldo's frequent changes make it difficult for Liverpool's players to guard against him and Ronaldo, they can't follow Ronaldo and Rooney left and right, they can only defend in the area, but the disadvantage of this is that it is easy to follow.
When Rooney got the ball, he didn't rush to pass it because there weren't many teammates in front of him. As a result, when he looked up, he only saw Dong Fangzhuo.
Directly in front of him, Traore immediately rushed to him, he did not hesitate, and immediately passed the ball to Dong Fangzhuo. Dong Fangzhuo accelerated and ran back with the advantage of speed, stunned not to let Hyypia and Pellegrino get close, he received the ball at the first time, but he did not stop the ball, let it sweep directly with his left foot, and swept the ball to the left side!
Ronaldo's light body appeared in front of the ball, walking like flying to bring the ball, he is not Rooney, in the face of a full-back to admit it, Carragher is tall and big, but in front of Ronaldo is like a clumsy stake, he calmly pushed his right foot, the ball actually passed through the crotch, Carragher was immediately passed.
At the same time as he broke through, Dong Fangzhuo and Rooney had already rushed forward together, firing three arrows at the same time.
Fortunately, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was not lazy, when Ronaldo faced Carragher, he had already come back from the dust and made up for the vacant seat on Carragher's side, but Ronaldo did not dwell on the pass, because Dong Fangzhuo was approaching him! When Gerrard approached him, he didn't hesitate to opt for an inverted triangle pass.
Dong Fangzhuo repeated his old tricks, and did not stop the ball, it was still his left foot that swept directly into the middle!
At this time, Rooney had already run from the right to the middle!
The three guys just can run, and the whole frontcourt seems to be their range of motion.
Traore, who had been following Rooney back to defense, lost patience and directly stretched out his legs to block the ball, but Rooney and Dong Fangzhuo were as shrewd as they were, pretending to stop the ball with their right foot, but they deliberately missed it, and the whole person continued to move more than a meter to the right with the ball.
Then the confident Rooney immediately got to his feet!
A low right-footed shot into the near corner from 24 yards was mishandled by Dudek and the ball rolled into the net.
“Goooooal!”
“Goooooooooooal!”
“Gooooooooooooooooal!”
"Manchester United 1-0!"
"When Liverpool suppressed Manchester United's big attack, Manchester United's counterattack was successful! Relying on the skillful cooperation of Ronaldo, Dong and Rooney in the frontcourt, Manchester United completed a thunderous blow. The three young guys taught the Liverpudlians a beautiful lesson, and they used their actions to tell the Liverpool players that if you want to score, you have to be fast! Instead of dragging heavy steps to pass around outside the big penalty area......"
"Rooney finally broke the ball flustery! Prior to that, he had not scored in four consecutive games and nothing could have been more perfect than scoring in this one. ”
"What's more, he didn't appear in the game as a striker in this game, but a left midfielder, Ferguson threw him into the left midfielder or left winger position for the first time, but he didn't expect to completely liberate Rooney, he can form a good echo with Ronaldo on the right, and can also form a cooperation with Dong Fangzhuo in the middle."
"Ah, sure enough, it's that little fat man!"
After the goal, Rooney frantically rushed to the Kop stands and covered his ears to celebrate:
"Do you still call me a 'fat bastard'?"
Dong Fangzhuo had just arrived and could hear it clearly.
The irritated Liverpool hardcores couldn't bear it anymore and a mobile phone flew down the stands......