TraffordPark is located next to the M62 on the Manchester Beltway, a relatively empty shopping park surrounded by the famous Old Trafford Stadium in the heart of the European Dream Theatre. Today, both the stands inside the stadium and the park outside the stadium are filled with fans in red clothes. Because there's a fight going on here in the biggest weight of the Premier League.

At 5:15, the players of both sides walked out of the dressing room at Old Trafford, Arsenal wore dark blue away kits today, Manchester United was still their traditional red, one red and one blue, the contrast was stark, like gunpowder and sea water.

At the moment when the players came out, the cheers and cheers like Mars hitting the earth resounded through the heavens and the earth. The audience raised colored scarves and sang the chorus, which was full of grand picture tension. The whole Old Trafford stadium turned into a sea of red, red, pink, big red, crimson, purple, all sorts of things, dazzling. The fans on both sides seemed to be concentrating on their throats, shouting with all their strength, and their noisy ears were almost deafened and could not hear clearly. With such a shout, it was as if the heavens were about to be shaken down. Manchester United fans chanted the names of each of the players and cheered them on. And booed the opponent vigorously, trying to scare the opponent before the game started, and he couldn't play his own level.

When the players of the two sides exchanged team flags and team emblems, Su Dong also hurriedly introduced the starting lineup he had just gotten to the fans.

"The game is about to start, now let's take a look at the line-ups of both sides so that we can enjoy the game more easily. United played in a traditional 4-4-2 formation today: due to an injury to No.1 goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, the 26-year-old is now a dexterous goalkeeper with good bounce and good handling of high balls. However, he still lacks the necessary experience for a goalkeeper, and against an attacking arsenal, I don't know what kind of answer he can hand in today.

The four defenders are 22-O'Shea, 6-Brown, 15-Vidic, 3-Evra, because Rio Ferdinand is still injured, there are no surprises in this line-up, and the average backline needs to be stable, and there will be no surprises.

The four midfielders are 25-Valencia, 24-Fletcher, 16-Carrick, 17-Nani, there is a position that needs to be explained, Valencia, before the game, many people thought that the Ecuadorian midfielder Valencia, who only joined in the summer, would not play in such a big game, Park Ji-sung is more likely to appear in Valencia's position, because Manchester United's left side will meet the powerful world footballer Li Huan. Now, though, it looks like Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't intend to be purely defensive.

There are also doubts about the forwards, No. 10 Rooney and No. 11 Giggs, Rooney is the candidate pushed by Sir Alex Ferguson to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, although Rooney plays a center forward and is a little worse than Ronaldo's header, but he runs more actively, and has a strong ability to counter-attack on the spot, and it is difficult for the Gunners to launch a quick counterattack in front of him.

The position of controversy is Giggs, whether the veteran is a midfielder or a striker, if it is a midfielder, although the veteran's experience and ability to pass the last pass are stronger than Anderson, but Arsenal's attack is strong, Manchester United needs to use active running and body to deal with Arsenal, Giggs is a little too old for Anderson. If Ryan Giggs is played as a striker, in the front of the back, it is obvious that he will not be able to play the role of Giggs, and it seems that the position of Giggs today is likely to be a shadow striker.

Arsenal's formation today is different from the previous one, probably because of Cesc Fabregas's absence, today they played in an attacking formation (4-3-3), there was no change in the goalkeeper position, Almunia is the undisputed starter, he is the oldest of the four goalkeepers and has the most experience in goal.

The four defenders are No. 13 World Footballer Li Huan, 10-Gala, 5-Vermaelen, and 22-Clichy, which is also a regular combination of the last four victories, although only one game has not conceded a goal, but their attacking power is more strong, which can be called flawed.

The three midfielders are No. 8 Nasri and 17-Alexander. Song, 2-Diaby, two defensive midfielders and one forward midfielder, the midfield control ability and technical content of these three people have directly decreased by half, but the interception ability has improved a lot.

The three forwards are 7-Eboue, 9-Eduardo, 11-Van Persie, Eboue is undoubtedly a winger, in fact, his position has always been closer to the midfield, and Eduardo and Van Persie are not players who play on the wing, it seems that the two of them should be in the middle, and the other side is handed over to Li Huan. In addition, due to Cesc Fabregas's injury today, Robin van Persie wore the captain's armband for the first time in such a major game.

When Su Dong introduced the starting lineup, the game had already started, Arsenal as the away team did not play conservatively, they won the first two league games and two Champions League games, morale is high, bent on winning Manchester United's sacrifice flag, from the first minute of the opening game, it showed aggressive morale, launched a fierce attack from both wings.

Manchester United seems to be a little uncomfortable with Arsenal's fast and sharp side attack, because in the past games, Arsenal is known for its smooth penetration in the middle, although the pass is fast, horizontal and vertical, just like weaving a net, it seems a little lingering, but today's Arsenal is [***] type Arsenal, they play very fast, very sharp, and the route is also two wings, not only Li Huan carries the ball forward, Klich is not in his own defensive area, he also launched an offensive on the left side, echoed Li Huan from afar.

In the third minute of the game, Eboue, who played the winger position for the first time, played a beautiful attack with Klich and Van Persie. Eboue bullied Forster as a substitute goalkeeper and lifted his foot from 22 yards in the ribs, but the ball was a little wide and shot into the side-netting. Due to the shaking of the net, the fans who sat in a bad position thought that they had entered, and they all let out an exclamation.

Two minutes later, Li Huan formed another breakthrough on the left side, Evra suffered a loss in the battle with Li Huan, and was forcibly erased by Li Huan, but at this time, the tireless Fletcher shoveled over fiercely, shoveling Li Huan to the ground with the ball, and the ball also went out of the sideline.

Li Huan was still lying on the ground, but Fletcher stood up with a cold face and looked at Li Huan, turned around and left without saying a word, Li Huan is Arsenal's trump card, he once led Hoffenheim to slaughter Manchester United three times in a row, and scored two hat tricks, Fletcher must put pressure on Li Huan today, even if it is intimidation, Li Huan must not be active.

Seeing that Li Huan was brought down once in less than five minutes after the opening, Wenger stood up and waved his fist, muttered a word of French, turned around and sat down again. And Ferguson was still sitting in the coach's seat eating gum, with no expression on his dark brown face, he only explained not to let Li Huan play as easy as before, as for what kind of method the player used, Ferguson didn't care.

Referee Dean ran over and verbally warned Fletcher and awarded a free-kick. Arsenal's players with good headers stood in the box, ready to scramble for the header. But Li Huan passed the ball to the front of the penalty area and found Nasri, who faced the ball and pumped it vigorously towards the goal.

Foster stretched out his hand to hold the ball, but Nasri's kick was not very powerful, but it had a spinning surname, Foster didn't hold it, and the ball rolled out of his arms again, which startled the fans and players and coaches on both sides, and Ferguson even spit out the gum and stood up, scolding a fool. However, Foster's judgment of the ball was poor, but his second reaction was quick, and he immediately made another save to get the ball.

Manchester United really deserved to dominate the Premier League, after 10 minutes, they adapted to the change in Arsenal's attacking style after the opening, strengthening the pressing and physical contact of Arsenal, the two midfielders Carrick and Fletcher showed quite tenacity, they used tireless running to cover almost every piece of turf, with every part of the body to block Arsenal's passes and shots, many times to make up for the holes left after the wing was broken, and try to keep the goal open.

The scramble on the court was fierce, and both sides moved bigger. Whenever the referee doesn't blow for a foul on an Arsenal player, United fans start greeting the referee's relatives. As long as the Manchester United players make a successful tackle, even if it is a move like Fletcher's almost violent foul, they will receive applause from the audience, and the older middle-aged uncle is quite civilized and basically does not speak very loudly. But many young people basically stand up and scold a fxxking in a minute or two, and of course there is also a collective action, which is to adapt songs together to insult the opponent.

After 15 minutes of the game, the two sides were evenly matched, both sides attacked and defended each other, and both had chances to shoot, but they did not find a way to get the ball into the goal for a while.

In the 23rd minute, Arsenal got the best opportunity since the start of the game, Li Huan faced Valencia on the side, although the Ecuadorian is a newcomer, but he is no stranger to Li Huan, but his defense is very average, and the habit of South American players is to like to use small actions, not tackles, but Li Huan's explosiveness is like a leopard, Valencia's small actions such as pulling and pushing do not have much impact on Li Huan, this time Valencia brazenly took the action of tackling, but Li Huan's action was too fast, Valencia's tackling skills are not skilled, and with one shovel, she can only watch Li Huan go away.

(To be continued)