Chapter 45 is hopelessly stable

"It's really an atypical Li Qingshan-style goal. There is no domineering header goal, and there is no domineering use of strong body to press defenders to force a turn and volley. He used a feint and immediately connected a left-footed shot, and although the shot was not as powerful as his right-footed shot, the left-footed shot was just right out of the palm of Howard's hand. Andy Gray sighed in the commentary seat.

"Then again, Li Qingshan's goal distribution is becoming more and more average, just two years ago, more than 90% of his goals were headers, but this season, although he has scored a lot of headers, but at the same time, the number of times he has scored with his feet has also increased significantly."

"He's growing up pretty fast!" Gary Neville also sighed.

At this time, the televised camera locked on Lukaku on the field.

In the duel of the two nines, the media will always be keen to hype this kind of thing.

In fact, there are many media outlets who call this match a showdown between two "Warcraft".

Lukaku, nicknamed 'Little Monster', was tipped out as the successor to Didier Drogba when he joined Chelsea.

And Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho once said in an interview: "Among the young players now, the player closest to Drogba is Li Qingshan. As soon as these words came out, it seemed that there was another officially designated "successor of Warcraft".

However, Li Qingshan himself resolutely rejected this nickname when he was interviewed, he is Li Qingshan, and he will never be anyone's successor.

But there are still a lot of people who see him as a second Drogba, who is also very physical and a strong centre-forward.

The media always likes to force associations between things in order to attract readers.

Therefore, the duel between Li Qingshan and Lukaku has also become the focus of the media.

Now that Li Qingshan has scored a goal first, the media's attention immediately focused on Lukaku, and the TV broadcaster is also the media, so he naturally knows the psychology of the media very well.

However, the picture of the showdown between the two No. 9s did not appear, which disappointed many media.

Because after Manchester United's goal, Everton never found the form they had just started with. They have no way to threaten United's penalty area, and as a result, Romelu Lukaku, as a centre-forward, will not have much of the ball.

In fact, Lukaku didn't even have many chances to touch the ball.

In terms of possession, the game time has come to the twentieth minute, Manchester United has 58 per cent possession and Everton has 42 per cent.

Although Manchester United has the advantage in possession, it does not seem to be too big in terms of statistics, Everton is not as good as Manchester United in terms of strength, and it is understandable that Manchester United has more possession.

But if you're a fan watching the game, the data is far from telling the real picture.

Everton's possession was mostly in the 30-metre area of their own side, with goalkeepers and defenders passing the ball to each other. United's possession, on the other hand, was active possession in the attacking third up front.

One side is the possession of the ball from the passive inverted foot at the back, and the other side is the possession of the ball from the aggressive attack in the front court. On the pitch, United were undoubtedly in complete control.

Everton are not passively trying to stall for time and fall at the back, they are the side behind and they are in desperate need of attack.

But to the frustration of Everton's players, they couldn't find a way to pass the ball forward.

United's forward press was very aggressive and clearly organised. Starting from Li Qingshan, to Juan Mata and Di Maria, as well as Herrera, Fellaini and Kramer behind them, plus Sandro and Valencia, who pressed to the flanks of the midfield, these eight players formed a net that locked all Everton's forward passing lines in midfield, making Everton a little breathless.

Ancelotti glanced at Ryan Giggs with some smugness.

If it was a different team, he really wouldn't dare to press so boldly.

He only dared to do this when he saw that there were no players in Everton's squad who could have a good ability to control the ball and protect the ball.

Everton's two midfielders are veterans Barry and James McCarthy. James was put in a midfield position by Martinez and was a pure defensive player.

And the veteran Barry is actually a defensive player, just because he has a lot of experience in the game, and in terms of awareness and control of the tempo, the veteran can also do it. But to expect him to take the ball, protect the ball, and then move forward from the pressure of the defense is a bit difficult for the 34-year-old player.

And the three defenders in the front court, Naismith, Barkley, and Lennon, can't be counted on.

At this time, another shortcoming of Lukaku was exposed.

It's that his technique with his back to the ball is still rough and he can't go back to midfield to help at such times.

If it was Li Qingshan, he could return to the midfield and protect the ball at his feet. But Lukaku couldn't, and in fact he tried to do that, but when the ball got to his feet, Lukaku quickly lost it again.

If you can't attack, it's not surprising to concede a goal here.

In the 38th minute, Juan Mata played the ball to Valencia, who stepped forward to provide the assist, and Valencia took the ball forward, used his speed to get past Everton's left-back Galloway, and then slotted the ball into the box just as the ball was about to go off the line.

Crossing has always been Valencia's weakness, even Li Qingshan, can only watch the football fly over his head, helpless.

Valencia's pass went to the other side and was picked up by Sandro. Two of United's full-backs came together in a one-two-ten........

After Sandro stopped the ball, Everton right wing-back Coleman was already in front of him, and Sandro crossed well, but now Coleman had blocked the line of his cross. Everyone knows where Li Qingshan's biggest threat is, when facing Manchester United, defending crosses is the top priority, and would rather let Li Qingshan make the ball for others, and try not to let him head directly in the penalty area, which is the consensus of the Premier League team.

Sandro took the ball out and handed it to Di Maria.

After Di Maria got the ball, Li Qingshan also retreated a few steps to the periphery, ready to rush into the penalty area to grab a header at any time!

Di Maria took the ball and headed it to his right, and it looked like he was going to cross it directly.

Everton's players have no doubt about him, after all, this is a routine that United have tried many times in this game. Central defenders Jaguerca and John Stones both followed Li Qingshan closely, focusing on preventing Li Qingshan from having a chance to head the goal. And Barry and James McCarthy, as well as Naismith and Lennon who had withdrawn, stood up in the area around the arc of the penalty area, ready to grab the second penalty at any time.

This is also the usual practice of defending a team with an advantage in the air. didn't go to grab a little, Stones and Jagueirka's task was to block the route of Li Qingshan's header directly to the goal, and Li Qingshan passed the ball out....... Let him pass it on. This is the helpless approach of many teams after confronting Li Qingshan.

However, Everton has focused too much on Li Qingshan this time.

Comparatively speaking, Di Maria has come under much less defensive pressure. Di Maria didn't pass it, but suddenly flicked the ball inside. Cut inside and head to the middle.

At this time, Everton's defenders were shocked, but it was too late to come up and make amends.

Di Maria cut inside and shot straight at goal!

From goalkeeper Howard's point of view, due to the dense crowd of people in Everton's penalty area, by the time he saw the ball appear in front of him around the defenders, it was already quite close to the goal.

Fortunately, Di Maria's right-footed shot was not too fast. Howard reacted very quickly, he slammed to the left, flicked the ball out with his right hand, and the football was saved by him.

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a red figure rushing up.

It's the right-back Valencia who hasn't gone back since the cross!!

Valencia didn't even look at the goal at the football that flew towards him, it was just a volley!

Howard turned to look and could only see the football crashing into the net behind him.........

Two to zero!!

"Oh oh oh!! Pretty!! Valencia Volley!! ”

"The ball is in!! Manchester United's consistent form is desperate, and now even right-back Valencia has scored!! ”

"It's fair to say that Everton are putting too much of a defensive focus on Li Qingshan, but what can they do if they don't? Either let Li Qingshan score, or let other Manchester United players score, such a choice question is really painful. ”

Valencia was very excited after the goal.

With Wayne Rooney on the bench for a long time and Carrick lacking much of a chance at the mall, Valencia have been the de facto captain of Manchester United this season – most of the time, the armband is on his arm.

Although he is now playing at left-back, Valencia was in fact a winger. He even wore United's number seven shirt at one point, only then he felt too stressed and dropped the number seven........

In the past two years, Valencia has moved from right winger to right-back, and with his strong body and good speed, he has actually played another spring of his career in the right-back position - he has pressed the other regular right-backs to the bench.......

Manchester United's players celebrate a goal while Everton manager Martinez rubs his head.

It's a real headache.

If Li Qingshan is removed, in fact, Manchester United's lineup does not have any advantage in the Premier League compared with Chelsea and Manchester City, but with the existence of Li Qingshan, Manchester United's lineup is combined, and it is difficult to break their balance.

Defensively, the solid defensive line brought by the back three has made Manchester United concede very few goals this season. In terms of offense, relying on Li Qingshan's strong deterrent power in the frontcourt, Di Maria and Mata can get a lot of space to play. This makes it very difficult for other teams to defend.

Until the end of the first half, Martinez's brow could not be relaxed.

At half-time, Manchester United's dressing room was naturally relaxed, and Ancelotti didn't stay in the dressing room for a long time before walking out.

Ashley Young, who was in charge of the dressing room music, turned the stereo up loud, and Rashford's young players were even dancing awkwardly.

That's the case in football, where a win can mask all the problems.

Carlo Ancelotti also did not make any adjustments to the team's tactics, the winning team will not change, and since everything is working as usual, the most appropriate and smart choice is not to make changes for the time being.

...........

On the other side, Martinez couldn't even think of a good way to turn the situation around, even if he scratched his head. He can only start by boosting the morale of the team.

Tactically, it's hard to find any new ways to contain Manchester United, so you can only give full play to human initiative. As idealistic as it may seem, this is the only thing Martinez can do.

In their current form, Everton will have to give it a go in the second half if they want to make a difference.

So Martinez found Lukaku, he decided to wind up Lukaku a little bit, and when it came time to attack, the only player Martinez could count on was Lukaku.

"Romelu, you have to play a little better in the second half!" Martinez said, "In the second half, we needed to score! The scope of your activities needs to be a little larger. ”

If the players were to be rated in the first half, Lukaku would never have scored too much – because he had so few touches in the first half, and of the 22 players on the pitch, apart from Manchester United's goalkeeper David De Gea, Lukaku was estimated to have the fewest touches.

However, Martinez also knows that this is not Lukaku's problem, Everton has no way to pass the ball to the front, and it is too difficult to let Lukaku fight for the ball with a big foot, Lukaku is not Li Qingshan, and the kung fu on his head really does not dare to compliment........

"In the second half, I'll be a little bit more positive!" Lukaku is also cheering himself up.

Martinez nodded, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, the strongest squad he has on hand now is this, if they can't do it, then this game Everton will be like this.

......

In the second half, Everton did give Manchester United's defence a bit of confusion with an opening onslaught. But it didn't take long for United to regain their poise.

In the 60th minute, Juan Mata's goal sealed the win for United.

The final score was 3-1, and Lukaku finally managed to save face with a counter-attack that broke past David De Gea's goal.