Chapter 19 Whose Hand Killed the Deer

Manchester United's home match against Liverpool is an English national derby, and this game naturally makes fans on both sides have more expectations.

Derbies often transcend the outcome of a match, and England's top-notch derby is no slouch.

With the rise of Chelsea and Manchester City in recent seasons, blue has quietly taken over the skies of English football, which was previously dominated by red.

Liverpool are also undergoing tactical reforms compared to Manchester United, where Brendan Rodgers is trying to replace Liverpool's purely English traditional style with a tactical style of continental football that emphasizes ground passing. However, the turnover of Liverpool personnel in recent years, especially the departure of Suarez, has led to Rodgers' reform often being three steps forward and two steps back, and Liverpool has not been able to see significant progress in recent years.

Manchester United, on the other hand, has entered a turbulent period because of Ferguson's retirement, with just over two seasons and four coaches: David Moyes, Ryan Giggs, Van Gaal, and Carlo Ancelotti.

Red ebb and blues rise. This seems to be the general trend in the Premier League.

So much so that Daily Mirror commentator Brian Reid sighed before the game. "The red derby is not what it used to be".

But for fans of both sides, the importance of this derby will not change by the current results of both teams. Manchester United and Liverpool, the old rivals, will still sit back and wait.

Before setting off for Old Trafford, Kramer sighed as he looked at the drizzle outside. When I came to England, everything was fine, but the damn weather made this German miss the bright sunshine of the German plain so much.

Li Qingshan whistled: "Woo!" I wish it was bigger! ”

Many players don't like rain battles, but Li Qingshan is an exception. His previous experience of crawling through the muddy pools of the lower leagues has made him more accustomed to the bad weather and pitch than most other professional players who are professionally trained. Moreover, the rain battle is not conducive to teams that are good at ground passing, and the football will fly more in the air, which is of course more in line with Li Qingshan's taste.

"That's right, it's better to get bigger!" Marouane Fellaini also laughed, the Belgian midfielder is also very fond of football flying in the air.

Kramer thought about it, the game in the rain is indeed more beneficial to this team! For the sake of the benefits that may be brought to our side, Kramer is also relieved by the rainy weather in England.

As long as you can win, it doesn't matter if it rains every day.

It's just that after the players arrived at Old Trafford, and the kick-off time was approaching at half past five, the rain gradually stopped.

There is also a growing number of fans outside the stadium at Old Trafford. With just over two hours left in the game, the crowd outside the stadium has gradually increased.

The weather in England was already a little cold in September, and most of the fans came in their jackets, and the scene of "a piece of red" did not appear. But the occasional singing still plays up the mood of derby day.

When the players warmed up on the field, the fighting of the fans of both sides began.

The dominant force is, of course, the Manchester United fans playing at home, who are much more numerous than the Liverpool fans who come to the road. But that doesn't mean that the Liverpudlians' voices are completely drowned out by Manchester United, who follow the home team's expeditionary force, which tends to be more combative.

When Liverpool fans proudly sang "We've won [the Champions League] five times, Manchester United fans sang "Have you won the Premier League?" And when the United fans sang their anthem "Glory Glory Man United", the Liverpool fans were merciless in singing an adaptation of "ho the f*ck Man United......"

Despite Gerrard's departure from Liverpool, his arch-rival fans at Old Trafford are still taunting him.

"Oh oh, Stephen Gerald, Gerald, you slipped! He passed the ball to Demba Ba, and oh oh oh, Gerrard passed the ball to Demba Ba! "The finger is pointed at Gerrard who slipped to lose the title. The original lyrics are from the movie "Capture the Murderer" episode "Que sera sera", and this tune is also the song that Liverpool dedicated to Gerrard: "Steve Gerrard, Gerrard, He'll pass/score the ball/goal 40 yards, He's big and he's f**king hard, Steve Gerrard, Gerrard. (Stephen Gerrard, Gerrard, he passes/shoots from 40 yards...... ）”

"Hahaha." Gary Neville was sitting in the commentary box at Old Trafford at the moment, a scene he was all too familiar with. Next to him is Andy Gray, the narrator, Carragher, another guest commentator, and Henry, who is seated on the far right.

Gary Neville and Carragher, a pair of bitter rivals in the Premier League.

Gary Neville laughed at the mockery of Steven Gerrard from the United fans. Of course, he didn't have any personal grudges against Gerrard, he was just expressing his position.

Carragher on the other side looked unhappy, but he didn't say anything about the behaviour of the United fans. Sworn enemies, Liverpool mocked Manchester United and spared no hand.

Henry pursed his lips, and finally couldn't hold back his laughter.

The players on the field are warming up, while many TV broadcasts have already begun.

"Predict the score of this game." Andy Gray said to several of the commentators.

Neville, Carragher, and Henry looked at each other, and finally Neville stretched out his hand and motioned for Henry to speak first.

"There is no doubt that after an international break, the biggest question is whether Li Qingshan's form can continue to be hot, and the pressure on Li Qingshan in this game is far greater than in the previous four games, and his self-regulation ability is crucial. But on Liverpool's side, Benteke, Firmino, and Coutinho are all players with considerable attacking strength. Both sides have a good approach in attack, Manchester United have the advantage at home, but I choose to be conservative and I guess it's going to be a draw and there will be a goal-scoring draw. Henry said.

'I think Manchester United are going to win this game, they've been in pretty good form and Carlo Ancelotti's midfield three has been very efficient at both ends of the pitch. Both defensively and offensively Manchester United appear to be tougher than Liverpool! Gary Neville said.

'There's not going to be a team in the Premier League that can keep winning like that, it's time for United to lose.' Carragher said.

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In China, even without Li Qingshan, the direct collision of Manchester United and Liverpool, two teams with a wide fan base in China, will receive a lot of attention, not to mention the addition of Li Qingshan this season.

As we all know, Premier League commentator Zhang Jun is a Liverpool fan.

The commentator has always been a neutral commentator and does not easily show his emotional tendencies during the game.

"Manchester United, and Liverpool!"

"A direct collision of these two English giants, England's national derby!"

"Let's see, after ninety minutes, who will kill the deer!"