Volume 3 The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 290 The FA Cup Exterminates the Devil
Time is in the blink of an eye in March, after Arsenal won the League Cup, in the three fronts more smoothly, the league has been constantly winning, winning so that all the teams are completely desperate for the championship, now the Premier League media are calculating whether Arsenal won the championship 8 rounds in advance or 7 rounds in advance, whether it is 8 rounds or 7 rounds, this is unprecedented.
In the FA Cup, Arsenal were lucky to draw League One side Leyton East, and Arsenal swept Leyton Orient 6-1 on aggregate to advance to the quarter-finals, where their next opponent is the mighty Manchester United.
In the second leg of the Champions League knockout round, Arsenal defeated Roma 4-0 again at home and easily advanced to the quarterfinals, becoming the second defending champion to break the curse of the quarterfinals after the restructuring.
Since there is no suspense about the league title, Manchester United's task in the league is to keep the Champions League place, and another task is to try to suppress Manchester City and prevent them from rising smoothly.
In this case, the FA Cup match between Manchester United and Arsenal has become a festival for English fans, and the second leg of the league between Manchester United and Arsenal has become a battle of ribs and honours, and they both want to see a second real clash between the two superteams.
At 17:15 p.m. local time on the 12th of the UK, a key match in the 1/4 final of the 2010/11 English FA Cup was played at Old Trafford.
Manchester United, who are hopeless in the league, are desperate to make a difference in the FA Cup, and of course it is better to step on Arsenal's corpse to win the title, so that United and Ferguson will be under a little less pressure.
Even at Old Trafford, Arsenal did not give the Red Devils any face, and they were aggressive from the start, with the pressing United having to drop back to keep Arsenal at bay.
It lasted for 15 minutes before Arsenal were getting fit enough for United to regroup and it was Rafal who had the first shot on target.
Both sides used a mixed lineup of the main force and substitutes in this game, Arsenal's substitutes showed more confidence and more positive, while Manchester United's substitutes were obviously a little afraid of Arsenal's current prestige, attacking, not attacking; Guard, but can't keep it. When Arsenal relieved themselves and attacked again, they could only return to defend again and take advantage of the numerical advantage to make up the defensive pressure that Arsenal brought them.
Manchester United took the lead in the 28th minute, Rooney continued to use the tank-like body and technique in the middle, rushed to the front of the penalty area and picked up the pass lightly, the central defender Julu was not tight, the little pea Hernandez inserted into the left rib of the penalty area 8 yards out to head the goal, the goalkeeper Almunia who returned from injury barely saved, but Almunia did not save the ball far, Manchester United midfielder Fabio grabbed the empty goal before Koscielny from close range and entered the net, rewriting the score to 1:0.
Manchester United unexpectedly took the lead in a passive situation, much to the excitement of the Old Trafford fans, as if they had eliminated Arsenal.
The on-site commentator stood up and said, "Good ball! Strike! Wayne Rooney's cross had the flavor of Barcelona's master, Xavi, Hernandez's header was nothing, but Fabio was able to make the right judgment between the flashes and the fire. The reflexes and the ability to run is quite good. In time, he's definitely a striker like Inzaghi......"
However, the joy of the United did not last long, and Arsenal's continuous attacks finally paid off, Li Huan burst into the left side of the box with the ball and crossed the inverted triangle on the left side of the box, Van Persie's shot from the edge of the small box was blocked by Zhulu, and Bendtner headed home from a tight angle. At 1:1, Arsenal equalized in the 39th minute.
The first half ended 1-1 in the dressing room, with midfielders Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger making no substitutions, and the two oldest opponents knew that it was impossible to take them in one bite and that they had to be prepared to play hard.
At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal gave Manchester United a dismissal, Li Huan played a skewer on the wing, and he broke through the entire left side of Manchester United in a row until the left side of the penalty area. Li Huan looked up at his teammates who were grabbing points in the penalty area, and then looked at the oncoming central defender Ferdinand. Li Huan decided to go it alone, Li Huan made a posture of a bottom cross, but suddenly walked back with the ball.
Ferdinand didn't expect Li Huan to do this, ordinary players would take the ball to the bottom line and cross, but Li Huan gave up the opportunity to cross and brought the ball back.
Ferdinand is a world-class defender, his center of gravity is well maintained, and he is slightly sideways to meet possible problems and troubles, so after eating Li Huan's shake, he immediately turned around and wanted to block Li Huan's inside cut or cross.
But Li Huan didn't cut inside or cross, he took advantage of the time difference between Ferdinand and quickly swung his calf and rubbed the ball to the back corner of the goal.
Although the goalkeeper Uncle Van der Sar is 40 years old, his reaction is still very fast, and as soon as the ball left Li Huan's feet, he jumped up quickly to hit the hanging shot. But Li Huan's hanging ball flew right past Van der Sar's fingertips and into the back corner of the goal.
Bang 1 hit the post, but luckily it bounced into the net on the inside of the post.
2:1. Arsenal overtook the score, and Li Huan's accurate hanging shot once again forced Manchester United to the point of exhaustion.
Manchester United, who have fallen behind, have now vented their anger at being suppressed by Arsenal, and they are attacking back in a big way in the hope of equalising the score.
Arsenal also had to be fearful of Manchester United at Old Trafford, and when Manchester United attacked aggressively, they did not choose to attack without counting goals, but played a pragmatic defensive counterattack.
Five minutes later, Arsenal's goalkeeper Almunia quickly opened a long ball, winger Theo Walcott suddenly cut diagonally from the wing to the middle to form a one-on-one ball, Walcott was calm in the face of the attacking grandfather Van der Sar, and his push shot helped Arsenal extend the score again.
At 3-1, Arsenal pushed Manchester United to the edge of a cliff.
Manchester United replaced striker Berbatov to attack, but Arsenal responded calmly, just not to give Manchester United a chance, but in the 80 minutes of the game, Arsenal replaced the last substitution, but Rosicky just came on, Arsenal's central defender Julu was injured and was carried out of bounds for treatment, Arsenal can only respond with 10 men, which gives Manchester United a glimmer of hope, they immediately stepped up the attack, hoping to drag the game into extra time, or even a penalty shootout.
(To be continued)