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Compared with the first round, Arsenal played much more tenaciously today.

Despite being led by Manchester United for a long time, Arsenal have not given up and have the upper hand.

After Van Persie scored, the Gunners and fans all stood up and applauded for Van Persie. Many Gunners chanted for another.

The last time a 1:8 fiasco, just a draw cannot satisfy the Gunners fans.

This is Van Persie's 19th league goal this season.

After the goal, Van Persie showed off a t-shirt with "happy91stopaim" written on it, which Van Persie dedicated to his 91-year-old grandfather.

Arsenal’s live commentator said: "The timing of this goal is very good and it boosts morale. If it is later, Arsenal may not have time to score a second goal."

Arsenal coach Wenger also saw the hope of victory. After Van Persie scored, Wenger did not celebrate too much. Instead, he called Walcott over and told his teammates to seize the time to attack.

Wenger was not satisfied with the draw, nor was Manchester United.

Now Manchester United is still 2 points behind the leaders Manchester City. If they can't win Arsenal, the points gap will be expanded beyond a game, so Manchester United will lose the initiative to compete for the title.

There is not much time and the scene is not dominant. Ferguson wants to put Gao Xiaodong to the front. In this way, he must find someone to replace Gao Xiaodong.

Fletcher has not healed from his injury, and Anderson and Pogba are sitting on the bench. Anderson has more experience, Pogba is in good shape and has better talent.

After pondering for a moment, Ferguson chose the older Anderson.

Seeing Anderson on the sidelines to warm up, Pogba, who had been eager to try, dropped his head in disappointment. He thought he could have more than ten minutes.

Giggs saw Pogba's thoughts, he patted Pogba's thigh, "Don't worry, the opportunity is for those who are prepared."

"Understood." Pogba nodded gratefully.

Three minutes later, Anderson played, replaced Welbeck, and put Gao Xiaodong on the front line.

This is a very weird adjustment. The Arsenal people originally thought Gao Xiao would play a midfielder or full midfielder in the winter.

Gao Xiaodong has played forwards and scored many goals, but the average team will not let Gao Xiaodong play forwards, because this is a waste of Gao Xiaodong's versatility.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney and Gao Xiaodong have a double fat combination. Both can pass and shoot. As long as the ball is handed over to their feet, it will be difficult for Arsenal's defenders to do it.

Arsenal is also a giant team. The players react quickly. They immediately change from man-to-man to man-to-man and cut off the pass line, trying their best to prevent Gao Xiaodong and Rooney from receiving the ball.

Arsenal’s idea is good, but Manchester United is not an ordinary team. They are the overlord of the Premier League. The players have very strong personal abilities. Even if Gao Xiaodong and Rooney can be restricted, others can also form the goal of Arsenal. Threatened.

In the 76th minute of the game, Nani broke through Walcott and Vermalan on the wing to the bottom line.

If Nani passes directly, Rooney and Gao Xiaodong's impact can pose a great threat to Arsenal's goal.

However, Nani felt that the two forwards were too short and did not pass the ball to the bottom line. Instead, they cut along the bottom line to the penalty area.

Nani underestimated Walcott's speed. As soon as he cut into the penalty area, Walcott caught up and kicked the ball out of the baseline from behind.

Rooney was dissatisfied with Nani's ball. He spread his hands and motioned for Nani to pass early.

Nani didn't think he was wrong, and turned and walked to the sidelines.

Gao Xiaodong quickly issued a tactical free kick to Nani, and he quickly cut into the penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong meant to let Nani pass to him, but Nani did not pass, nor did he pass directly to the penalty area. He took two steps and suddenly kicked and lobbed the back corner of the goal.

Nani's choice cannot be understood by his teammates, not to mention the Arsenal players. Szesny was unable to react and could only watch the ball fly to the back corner.

Although even the fans are dissatisfied with Nani's choice, it is a hero who can score a goal at this time. Everyone is ready to stand and applaud Nani, but the ball bounces on the crossbar.

"what!"

"This ball..."

"What a pity!"

Manchester United players and fans all sighed.

The ball popped out and landed at Arshavin's feet, and the horrified Arsenal quickly launched a counterattack.

Manchester United was silent in the regret of the goal post, reacted a step slowly, and was quickly brought to the side of the penalty area by Arshavin.

At this time, Arsenal's left-back delayed Nass and arrived from the wing, Arshavin knocked the ball to Yanlinas and quickly crossed into the penalty area.

Yanlinas knocked the ball across to Arshavin. At this moment, both Smalling and Evans had blocked it, and Arshavin could not start.

The Russian czar is very experienced. He didn't shoot. With a flick of the outside instep, he passed the ball to Walcott, who was inserted from the other side.

Walcott had faced most of the empty goal, but Arshavin's ball passed to Walcott's feet. Walcott could not shoot directly, he could only stop the ball and shoot again.

Walcott stopped, the best time has passed, goalkeeper Lindgard quickly attacked and flew into Walcott's shot desperately.

The ball hit Lindgard's face, Lindgard was smothered to the ground, but the ball flew out of the penalty area.

At this time Gao Xiaodong had already returned, and his midfielder's consciousness put him in the most dangerous position. This position allowed Gao Xiaodong to get the ball that popped out first.

Gao Xiaodong didn't need to look back, he had already "seen" the Arsenal player Ramsey who was rushing from behind, knocked his heel and turned 180 degrees, just past Ramsey.

Ramsey was accidentally swayed, he hurriedly reached out to pull Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong quickly accelerated, broke free of Ramsey's pull, and passed the ball to Rooney who was running fast.

The opponent's defensive player has not returned yet, Rooney catches the ball and plunges into Arsenal's penalty area at high speed along the blank area.

The returning center defender Koscielny desperately drove Rooney to the side, not giving Rooney the chance to face the goal directly.

However, there was Gao Xiaodong on the Manchester United striker. After passing the ball to Rooney, Gao Xiaodong ran forward desperately. His speed was extremely fast. When Rooney hit the side of the penalty area, Gao Xiaodong had already caught up to the front of the penalty area. .

Rooney was rushed to the wing by Koscielny and lost the opportunity to face the goal directly. He paid attention to his teammate's running position. Seeing Gao Xiaodong intervened, Rooney immediately made a wide-range cross to find Gao Xiaodong. .

The pass was very beautiful, passing over the heads of Koscielny and Alexander Song, but it also caused difficulties for Gao Xiaodong, because if Gao Xiaodong stopped the ball, Rosicky and Alexander Song from the center could rush back. , The goalkeeper also has a chance to prepare.

Gao Xiaodong chose a difficult shot at this time. He didn't stop the ball, raised his left leg, and directly volleyed to the back corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Szesny was moving to the front corner to prevent Gao Xiaodong from shooting. He didn't expect Gao Xiaodong to hit the back corner. Before he could take off, the ball flew in front of him and hit the dead corner.

2:1

Gao Xiaodong used the opportunity of a counterattack to score another goal to help Manchester United overtake the score.