The first goal was conceded to get Ferguson up from his seat, and he stood on the sidelines, although he didn't say anything, but the United players felt a huge pressure - the name "hair dryer" is not shouted for nothing, and you can't experience the horror of being scolded by Ferguson without being a player in Manchester United.

After taking the lead, Nottingham Forest seem to have forgotten that their opponents are Manchester United, the Premier League's best coach of the decade, Alex? Sir Alex Ferguson's "Red Devils" Manchester United.

Twelve minutes after they had scored, United equalised.

It was England's golden boy Wayne who scored the goal? Wayne Rooney, this time he made the most of his individual abilities and picked up Roy from outside the box? Keane's pass was followed by his explosive power to suddenly shake off Piqui, then into the box and fired a ball into the back corner of the net, where Van der Sar could not do anything but watch the ball fly past his fingertips before hitting the back post and bouncing into the back post...... Rooney was thrilled after the goal, tugging on his shirt as he demonstrated to the 27,000 Forest fans at the City Stadium.

The last time the two sides met, Wayne Rooney did not score and did not perform for almost the entire game, and was criticised after the game for his sluggish form as the key to United's failure to win against Forest. In this game, he finally vented this resentment in his heart with a beautiful goal.

Donn saw such a strange scene off the field: his impression of Manchester United's future main goalkeeper was blasted open by Manchester United's main striker in the game. He remembered that there were still two and a half years before he crossed the time, and the future he could grasp was getting less and less, so he had to hurry...... Donn was so patronizing himself that he forgot to feel sorry for the goal.

※※※Roy? Keane is the captain of Manchester United, but he was once the star of Forest's hope, like George? Wood is the same. Don favors George? Wood, Clough also dotes on Roy? Keane. It's just that now thirteen years have passed, and Clough has gone to Heaven to fight God for the top spot, Roy? Keane returned to Nottingham wearing a Manchester United shirt, and although it was both red, the badge on his chest was different.

Keane was greeted like a tsunami at the City Stadium in the early days of the game, but when the game started, it was impossible to see how much he was loved here.

The lineup that Don sent out in this game was no different from the past. Arteta, who had just joined the team, didn't even make the squad and was a spectator in the stands.

Roy? Keane has a wider range of movement in midfield than he did in the last meeting between the two teams, defending the Forest players with a ferocious foot and never shying away from physical confrontations.

What excites the narrator is ...... The last time the two teams met, Keane and Wood didn't have much direct conversation, but this time 30 minutes into the first half, Don and Wood had two face-to-face encounters, twice Wood defended Keane, and once Keane took the initiative to rush up to break Wood's ball.

The result was Keane's 3-0 win over Wood. In front of the mature and sophisticated Keane, Wood is as immature as a newborn baby.

In this game, Ferguson also apparently stepped up his grip on Wood, as can be seen from Keane's top grab. In addition to Wood's surprisingly tenacity, there are also reasons why Manchester United's Forest team did not pay enough attention to it and are not familiar with it. Ferguson prepared very well for this game, and since the last round of the league he spent a full five days studying Nottingham Forest, just as he did Wenger and then Mourinho.

Nottingham Forest are already an enemy that will need to be put all in their hands by Manchester United and Alex Ferguson.

In this game, Manchester United's midfield was completely in control, and after the equaliser, Forest's morale dropped, and they were pressed to play and had to choose to defend.

Donn sat motionless in the dugout, admitting that he didn't have much to do about the situation. The team was over-incited by him and lost its cool head. Plus Ferguson really studied his team very carefully, and every tactic was targeted.

He meditated on February's fixtures in his mind and made the decision to forgo the FA Cup. The team itself is a two-front battle: the League and the League Cup. There is no need to add another FA Cup now.

This season, Forest's goal is not to win a domestic cup title, but to play well in the league in the longer term.

In the second half, Forest made a change, bringing on Gunnalsson for Albertini, Crouch for Viduka, and finally Allen? Lennon replaces Ashley? Poplar.

It may seem like giving up the game – even though it actually is – but the effect is that the players who have been brought on are working hard and causing a lot of problems for United.

With the score on the electronic scoreboard frozen at 1-1 for about twenty minutes, the two sides were deadlocked, and it looked like Donn was going to have another surprise. In the 21st minute, Manchester United scored.

This time it was Ryan Giggs who scored the goal, a direct free kick, Van der Sar couldn't save, and the football went into the net!

Since David Beckham's departure, Ryan Giggs has been the first choice for a free-kick from Manchester United, and this is not the first time he has scored a direct free-kick.

Seeing Manchester United players celebrating their goals in their own stadiums, Donn and David? Chrislak looked at each other and didn't say anything, just shrugged.

There was then a counter-attack by Forest, but Carroll was not tested too much by United's tight defence. Roy returning to City Stadium? Keane was surprisingly in good form, holding the edge of the box on his own while defending. Because Donne's midfielder is purely defensive, the Forest team does not have much to do in attack, and can only simply play long passes and rushes, allowing the two wings to take turns to attack, lacking delicate front-court cooperation, and imaginative passing, it is difficult to win the game against Manchester United.

The 90 minutes were soon over as Nottingham Forest were knocked out of the FA Cup with a 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester United.

At the post-match press conference, Don did not see any frustration and unwillingness on his face, but was relieved.

'We can focus more on the league and the UEFA Cup, congratulations to Manchester United.'

Ferguson, who won the game, smiled and praised his opponents, believing that the Forest team was tenacious. After all, Ferguson has also seen how strong Chelsea's momentum has been this season, and the gap between Manchester United and Chelsea in the league table is now 11 points, and it is almost impossible to reverse it. Compared to not winning the league title at the end of the season, it is good to win an FA Cup. He was in a happy mood for good reason.

After the press conference, Ferguson invited Don to have a drink with him, and Don did not refuse.

It should have been an invitation from the home coach, and now that Ferguson is so proactive, it can be said that his good mood at the press conference is from the heart.

Looking at the two smiling managers, reporters really don't know how to comment on the significance of this game for both teams...... Is this a win-win?

(To be continued)