Manchester United legend

Chapter 50 Reversal of Manchester City
Shortly after the start of the second half, Manchester City's defensive and confrontational strength was indeed greatly reduced. The players wearing blue jerseys began to gradually give up their offense and shrink their defense.

The flames of war gradually unfolded in Manchester City's half, gradually burning into the dangerous area.

The Manchester City players who shrank their defense moved closer to the penalty area. They wanted to fill the gaps in the opponent's attack through dense bodies.

Because of giving up the bold attack, Manchester City's players have also become passive in physical confrontation. They no longer actively press, and more often adopt the method of following the defense.

Manchester City defended and Manchester United attacked violently, and the game entered a one-sided scene.

Manchester United's goal came very suddenly. Manchester City's defender made a big mistake when he headed back to the goalkeeper. The ball with insufficient strength and the wrong direction was intercepted by Cantona. As usual, the Frenchman keenly seized this opportunity that was not a chance.

After 20 minutes in the second half, Manchester City was no longer in the same state as the first half, and even their defense was extremely difficult.The morale of Manchester United, who scored a goal, soared, and once again set off a frantic attack.

Kanchelski wasted Ince's assist and Manchester United's third single in this field.

The defending Manchester City also played a sharp and quick counterattack, but Schmeichel showed great power and bravely saved the opponent's one-shot, ensuring that Manchester United would no longer be widened by the opponent.

In the final stage of the game, Ferguson gave Giggs a go.Giggs, who came off the bench, messed up Manchester City's defensive system on the offensive line through his superb foot skills.

Around 80 minutes into the second half, Manchester United played classic tactical coordination and played a pleasing offense.

After Jost intercepted Manchester City's clearance ball in midfield, he advanced quickly.In the long pass to Cantona, the ball is not in place.

But Cantona is obviously highly skilled. He doesn't let the ball hit the ground, he adopts a continuous dribbling forward, keeping the ball running in the air, and dribbling the ball quickly into the opponent's hinterland.

After a superb performance, the French striker entered the edge of the penalty area and was blocked by two opponents. Cantona passed the ball to Ince in time. Ince dribbled the ball laterally to attract the defense and pass it to Mark Hughes.

Giggs didn't stop the ball at all, and passed directly to the goal. This pass drew a wonderful trajectory and cut through Manchester City's seemingly solid defensive shell.

It was like a vacuum in front of Manchester City's goal. Cantona, who responded from the back point, comfortably scored the ball, 2-2.With the blessing of fate, Manchester United, who went all out to attack, equalized the score!

While the home fans were stunned, Manchester United, aiming for three points, still aggressively attacked, while Manchester City was demoralized.Irvine broke through Manchester City's defense from the left and crossed near the baseline.Even by the strictest standards, Irwin's cross was perfect this time, and the ball arced towards the goal and flew between the unwary Manchester City defenders.Mark Hughes, who is grabbing a point in the front, can kill the game if he hits the ball with his head.

But Mark Hughes didn't hit it, the ball continued to fly towards the back post, Jost got in in time, and made a sideways half-volley shot, scoring Manchester United's third goal.Manchester United reversed their opponents 3:2!

After the game, Jost admitted to his teammates that the kick was ignorant.

This game established Cantona's leadership position in one fell swoop, and also greatly improved Jost's reputation.

To open fire on a bitter enemy and help your team win is enough to be a hero to the fans and the club.

After the game, Cantona received more than 100 invitations to attend the celebration banquet and reception, but the elegant Frenchman chose to celebrate with his best friends.

Jost also received a lot of calls. He was enthusiastically pursued by fans. Those Manchester United fans who were still unfamiliar blocked the exit of the stadium and directly invited Jost to have a few drinks.They were all politely declined by Jost.

After this battle, Manchester United's domineering once again frightened the crowd.Falling behind and reversing have become wonderful dramas in the minds of Manchester United fans, and they have also become fans' expectations for this iron-blooded team.

"We are omnipotent, we win in the end, we win forever!" The fans' singing became the best tribute to the Red Devils overcoming setbacks and tests. The mighty Manchester United also exercised their will, forged steely nerves, and forged the belief of winning in bloody battles.

After the Manchester City Derby, Jost asked Cantona about shooting in training, and the proud Frenchman enthusiastically explained the shooting to Jost.The two will practice extra after training every day. Cantona will use the idea of ​​an offensive player to guide Jost what the offensive player thinks when defending, and guide Jost's offense.

Manchester United remained unbeaten in the middle of the season and played many wonderful and highly entertaining games.

The dazzling movements of the players, the flying speed of the wings, and the ease with which the striker breaks the goal, all of these have made great contributions to further expanding the number of fans for Manchester United.

All of this has also laid a solid foundation for Manchester United to gradually develop a championship domineering.

After playing Manchester City, Manchester United's opponents in November are Wimbledon, Ipswich Town and Coventry.

Manchester United destroyed Wimbledon's resistance 3:1 at home. Cantona's long-range shot gave Manchester United the lead, followed by Ince's back row and scored a goal. Finally, Giggs' goal sealed the score for Manchester United.

It was then held to a 1-1 draw by Ipswich Town at home, followed by a 1-0 win away at Coventry with a goal from Mark Hughes.

By the end of the month, Manchester United had raised their points to 44 points, 14 points behind second-placed Leeds United.

Entering December, the Premier League has entered the fast lane stage.Manchester United will play 12 games this month, and the terrifying Red Devils remain unbeaten again.

Manchester United first drew with Norwich 2:2 at home. Giggs, who scored the first goal for the Red Devils, was already very different from ordinary people at that time-he would not be ecstatic after scoring a goal, and even his smile was faint, just like the breeze blowing across the sea.

The second goal scored by Manchester United in this game is a masterpiece of artistic football.

Manchester United attacked from the right. After the throw-in, Parker passed the ball to Cantona with his back.After the Frenchman used teammate McClell's forward penetration to attract the attention of the defender who was sticking to his body, he easily got rid of the opponent's entanglement behind him and turned around.At this time, Manchester United had 6 people in the opponent's backcourt preparing to attack, while Norwich, counting the goalkeeper, had 9 people deploying defenses near the penalty area.Cantona dribbled the ball horizontally to the top of the arc, attracting the opponent to take the initiative to grab it all the way. When he came out to intercept, he passed the ball vigorously with the instep of his right foot to Jost, who was undefended on the right.

Jost dribbled the ball further forward, compressing the opponent's defense line even more flat, and then Jost and Ince at the top of the arc pretended to hit a wall, passed the ball to Ince and then slanted towards the penalty area.

Ince went straight to Giggs on the edge of the penalty area. Giggs led the ball and turned around. With a consonant move, he passed an overhead pick directly to the penalty spot in the penalty area.

During the entire process, Manchester United had 7 people touch the ball successively, completing the delicate tactics of detour from left to right and then breakthrough in the middle.

However, the opponent's defensive system with 9 players can only run around with Manchester United's players, but they can't touch the ball at the feet of Manchester United players. The layered defense is simply vulnerable.

Frenchman Cantona's outstanding ball-handling skills, well-planned offensive planning and organization, and just-right assists, McClell's quick-witted moves, comprehensible hurricanes and powerful bursts, Jost's feints, Ince's sharp through balls, Giggs' wonderful crosses, interlocking, step by step, as quiet as a leisurely walk, moving like a thunderbolt. Very aesthetically pleasing.

Although Manchester United Pallister then fouled in the penalty area and Norwich equalized with a penalty kick, the result could not conceal the light of that goal.

Three days later, Manchester United defeated Sheffield United 3-0, Eric Cantona scored a hat-trick, and then drew 1-1 with Newcastle.

In addition to one point for Manchester United or Ferguson in this draw, the club and he both remembered the striker named "Andy Cole" in the opponent's team-his flexible and erratic running positions and superb shooting skills aroused the interest of the Red Devils.

Six days later, Manchester United easily defeated Aston Villa 3:1 at home. Manchester United led 1:0 with a self-cultivating goal stick. Bruce scored a point for Manchester United in a corner kick.

However, Dalglish's team issued a strong challenge to the Red Devils.The two teams, engraved with the Scot's style, clashed fiercely.

Blackburn scored a goal in the first half from Shearer, and under Keane's leadership, they maintained their lead until the end of the game.

The lagging Manchester United aggressively attacked and once completely controlled the scene, but under the tight defense of the Blackburn team, they missed opportunities many times.

In the last stoppage time, Manchester United launched the final offensive. Pallister's long pass of more than 100 yards accurately found Lee Sharpe.

Schmeichel abandoned the goal and rushed to the opponent's goal, leaving only Jost and Parker in the backcourt.

Lee Sharp's corner kick was sent, Pallister headed towards the goal, and McClair in front of the goal relayed the goal. The ball was miraculously saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, but it landed in the small penalty area. McClair and Ince shot at almost the same time, but Ince in the back row swept the ball even faster.The football was blasted into the gate and Manchester United equalized at the last moment.

At this moment, the TV camera showed the livid Dalglish and the high-spirited Ferguson. This kind of comparison basically set the tone for the confrontation between the two this season, and also allowed the media and fans to find more talk.

Of course, when Dalglish was interviewed after the game, he still insisted that "Blackburn should win"-the Scots are always unconvinced.

This month, Manchester United's winger Mark Kanchelski returned from injury. In the game against Oldheim, the Ukrainian Lightning showed his prowess. He first scored a goal and then broke into the penalty area to win a penalty.

Although Oldheim tenaciously tied the score twice, the consecutive goals of Bruce, Giggs, Cantona and others finally helped Manchester United beat their opponents 5:2.

Before entering the New Year, Manchester United further established a point advantage through this big victory.Continue to advance with an undefeated record.

After playing 12 games in December, Manchester United's unbeaten record has continued for many games, and opponents have fled.The Red Devils were able to pass in the frontcourt, successfully steal the ball in the backcourt, and sweep the midfield. The attack line with Cantona as the core was extremely powerful.Thanks to Jost's defense, Ince released his offensive ability, allowing him to add three-dimensional firepower to Manchester United's attack line.

When the new year came, Manchester United had accumulated 23 points in 56 rounds, 14 points ahead of second-ranked Blackburn.It seems that there is no suspense about the championship, but it is difficult to determine the runner-up. Blackburn, Arsenal and Leeds are still struggling.

The former strong team Liverpool?where are they?They have fallen behind early this season and have long lost their competitiveness.All their thoughts now are to defeat Manchester United, the overlord of the league-the seemingly invincible Red Devils.

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