Football’s First Defender

For the Premier League, which takes "competitiveness" as its signature, defending the title and three consecutive championships are all "competitive" slaps in the face of the Premier League.

Not to mention the undefeated team that won the championship.

Winning the championship undefeated is indeed an extremely fulfilling team honor, but it is definitely not in line with the fierce competition that the Premier League officials want today.

Finally, I took advantage of the opportunity of the make-up match to forcibly create difficulties for Liverpool’s schedule, and arranged for a week of double matches to be played by giants, which can not only pursue the attention of the game, but also cause trouble for Liverpool, but Tottenham’s weekend performance It's too weak.

Tottenham, one of the six giants, lost cleanly at Anfield, which not only achieved Liverpool's prestige of seven consecutive victories, but also did not consume more physical energy of the Liverpool players, and the game ended hastily.

And now?

The imposing Liverpool, even if they go to Old Trafford, Manchester United, which has gone downhill, can really win a rare victory in the third double red meeting this season?

Moyes is still firmly in the handsome position of Manchester United, but, although he has the support of Ferguson, the times are different, and countless media have predicted that Moyes' dismissal has become inevitable.

When Ferguson came to Manchester United, Manchester United was just a poor family, and Ferguson could be given enough time to transform the team.

One year is not enough, two years is not enough, two years is not enough for three years.

That was an era when the coach of a team had no major problems, and he coached for a few years without any major problems.

But now, it's different.

The development of the media has made fans more utilitarian.

Moreover, Manchester United has grown from being a poor family to the most successful team in the Premier League era.

Last season, he was still a champion. This season, he directly dived to seventh in the league. Not only has the league title become a luxury, but even the fourth-ranked Arsenal's point gap has widened to 10 points. Before qualifying for the Champions League What Manchester United has never worried about has now become a luxury.

The voice of letting Moyes get out of class has always been supported by Manchester United fans, but the hesitation of the Manchester United management has not fired Moyes until today.

One is that there are almost no famous coaches who are at home now, and the other is that Manchester United executives have asked Ferguson. Although Ferguson's tone of support for Moyes has declined, he has expressed a clear rejection of his comeback to coach.

Anyway, this season can be regarded as broken, even if there is a coaching change, the summer coaching change is also in time.

Of course, this is without accident.

Manchester United entered the second half of the league in such a muddle. This double red meeting will be the most important game for Manchester United this season.

However, even sitting at Old Trafford, Manchester United still cannot compete with the now stronger Liverpool.

In the two matches at the beginning of the season, although Liverpool won both, it was not easy. Although Manchester United did not dominate the scene, it was not bad.

But this game at the end of the season showed the huge gap in strength and morale between the two teams.

Before the game, the fans of the Red Army on the away expedition pulled up the banner of "Moyes, you are a genius" in the stands, and under the deliberate switch of the broadcast camera, the stalk of "Mo Genius" was completely confirmed.

And the progress of the game also left "Mo Tiancai" with nothing to do.

Liverpool's offensive, in the opening stage, the rare positive attitude of Manchester United players, running in a wide range, did not go too smoothly.

However, bad luck is bad luck, the initiative on the field is still in the hands of Liverpool.

In a slightly stalemate situation, on the offensive end, Liverpool, which has more attempts, naturally has an easier time obtaining offensive opportunities.

In the 32nd minute of the game, during the counterattack, Sturridge switched to the right and sent a cross from the wing.

After the point, Suarez stopped the ball in the penalty area and was ready to break through the defense of Rafael who rushed over.

As a result, in a hurry, Rafael's outstretched arm happened to touch the ball that Suarez stopped.

penalty!

The referee saw clearly and Manchester United suffered the death penalty.

Gerrard's penalty gave Liverpool the lead at Old Trafford.

The cheers erupted by thousands of Liverpool fans on the away expedition also completely suppressed the voices of tens of thousands of Red Devils fans on the home team.

The team's poor performance has made Manchester United, the devil's home court, less devilish.

Manchester United is not without a chance, Raphael almost redeemed himself in the first half.

Rafael's attacking attack sent a very threatening pass from the wing.

The pass passed through Liverpool's multi-player defense and landed near the penalty spot.

Rooney followed up with a push but was miraculously saved by Mignolet.

After the ball bounced back, Rooney continued to make up the empty goal, but Yang Feng, who had abandoned Van Persie's defense, blocked the route of the goal with a sliding tackle and blocked the ball out of bounds.

Yang Feng used his active defensive performance to prevent Rooney from scoring a goal.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the midfield arrangement of the two sides had not shown much, and Liverpool continued to expand the score advantage.

Liverpool's first attack after the kick-off. After multiple passes in the frontcourt, Henderson sent the ball into Manchester United's penalty area with a straight kick.

Coutinho, who came diagonally to catch the ball, was overthrown and fell to the ground by central defender Vidic, who was defended by Manchester United.

Under pressure, the referee awarded Liverpool a second penalty at Old Trafford.

Gerrard tricked De Gea, easily pushed the lower right corner and scored twice from the penalty spot.

Excited, Gerrard kisses the camera again at the corner flag...

In the game of the Double Red Club, the Manchester United players were naturally full of fighting spirit, and they were unwilling to be bullied by their rivals in the game.

Manchester United's wing attack was also considered extremely aggressive afterwards, and it also created a lot of offensive opportunities.

However, there is a fundamental problem. Opportunities are created, but even with van Persie and Rooney outflanking points in the middle, there are still very few opportunities to grab points.

In terms of position selection judgment, Yang Feng will always be in the most uncomfortable defensive position for Manchester United to outflank players in the middle.

Either directly intercept Manchester United's pass, or follow the outflanking players to prevent them from completing the goal.

Yang Feng's strong defense can not only limit Van Persie's performance as always, but also have spare power to defend Rooney on the other side.

Manchester United forced a wave of offensive in the second half, but was unable to score a goal for a long time, and was slowly pushed back by Liverpool.

In the end, with Suarez's counterattack goal in the 78th minute, Liverpool sealed the victory 3-0.

Manchester United, who had fought hard for the whole game, still suffered a disastrous home defeat.

After the game, Moyes did not appear in the post-match interview. Manchester United officially announced that it had terminated the contract with Moyes!

Since then, Manchester United no longer has "Mo Genius"!