In the fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester United and Everton were the first to fight.
Manchester United had won three games in a row, scoring 13 goals and losing two, second only to the leaders, Chelsea.
Everton is in poor condition, two losses and one draw in three games, and the opponents are all mysterious middle and lower reaches teams.
If Manchester United continue to win this round, they will make the best start in United's history. If Everton continue to lose, they are likely to be overtaken by West Ham United and BREP, who can't accumulate any points, and become deputy squad leaders.
Although the two clubs have a good relationship, one wants to set a historical record, the other wants to get rid of the embarrassing ranking. After the opening, both sides launched a fierce attack.
Because the opponent strength is not strong, Ferguson continues to rotate the tactics, the old captain Gary. Neville plays right back for the first time in the new season. Ferdinand is injured. Evans continues to be the centre back. The three midfielders are Fletcher, Gao Xiaodong and Scholes. The three strikers are Valencia, Nani and Berbatov.
Sir Alex Ferguson's strange formation caused sky sports commentator Martin to wonder, "what formation is this? 4141 or 433, or 4123? The Jazz are very old and have a strong spirit of adventure. Although Manchester United have won 7, drawn 3 and lost 1 in the last 11 games with Everton, the toffee is not easy to provoke. If you are not careful, Manchester United may be bitten
No matter what formation United are in, there are Gao Xiaodong and Scholes in the midfield scheduling organization, Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher in the middle of the sweep, United attack and defense are good, after the opening, Everton almost no offensive, United away occupied a great advantage.
However, today's three forwards sent by Sir Alex Ferguson are a bit of a miracle. They don't pass on the left and they don't shoot on the right. In the middle, they are not comfortable. Gao Xiaodong and Scholes can pass good goals, but they always can't form goals.
Everton also played very open, full court press, have the opportunity to counter attack, no chance to cross on the wing, let Cahill and Fellaini attack Manchester United's restricted area.
Ten minutes into the game, Manchester United had a huge advantage, but Everton was the closest to the goal. In the eighth minute, Arteta hit the crossbar with a concealed cold shot from 25 yards and almost took the lead.
Gao Xiaodong was a little annoyed when he saw the death of his three teammates in front of him. Although Rooney said not to fight to the death, he definitely wanted to get three points. Gao Xiaodong said to Scholes and Fletcher, which increased the number of front goal.
In the 15th minute, Valencia broke through the cross from the side, and Fellaini headed the ball to clear it. Gao Xiaodong quickly followed him and shot in the air from 25 yards. Unfortunately, the ball also hit the crossbar and bounced out.
After that, United got the chance to shoot continuously. First, Gao Xiaodong's free kick from the left side crossed and Scholes's strong shot from 25 yards deflected. Then, Howard, who almost lost his center of gravity, managed to save the bottom line.
Then Fletcher crossed from the right. Nani's shot from 12 yards behind a man was barely blocked by goalkeeper Howard. Gao Xiaodong rushed into the right side of the penalty area to make up his shot and was blocked by Dean.
Just when Manchester United had a smooth attack, Everton suddenly launched a counterattack from the side, Cahill passed the ball in the middle and back, and Gary, the old captain. Neville was half a step slow to get out of the box. Arteta headed the ball and went to the meeting to break into the penalty area.
Edwin van der Sar is out to block Arteta.
Arteta arched the lower right corner of the goal, but Van der Sar reacted wonderfully and blocked the ball with his legs.
However, when Everton people lamented, Everton's midfield Osman quickly followed, grabbed the ball and crossed again. Everton's midfield Pinar fell to the ground and shoved the ball into the net from 8 yards. Everton took the lead 1-0.
Everton people were very excited after the goal. The players rushed to celebrate. They all stood up and applauded in the stands. Even the head coach Moyes made a high jump and cheered.
United equalised in the 34th minute. Scholes scored from the left to find Nani. Nani swung past full back Ebert and passed the ball to the penalty area. Gao Xiaodong and Fletcher inserted into the penalty area from both sides of Berbatov. As the guards focused on Gao Xiaodong and Berbatov, the defenceless Fletcher made a breakthrough outside the edge of the penalty area and made the score a point 1: 1 flat.
Fletcher is a pure defensive player. It's not easy for him to score a goal. After scoring, Fletcher clenched his fist and ran to the stands, roaring at the fans.
Manchester United fans in the stands were excited and cheered, but Everton fans were calm. Since the start of the game, the team has played so badly that they seem to be used to the fact that the team is behind and it seems like a drizzle to be leveled.
Everton's players, unwilling to lose their advantage, stormed after United's equaliser to try to score again.
However, Manchester United's counterattack is not vegetarian. In the 39th minute, Manchester United launched a counterattack. Scholes's midfield directly blocked Berbatov, and Berbatov sent back to Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong started to shoot from the 27th meter, and the ball hit the defender Justin and flew out of the bottom line. Manchester United got a corner kick.
Scholes opened the right corner and the ball was pushed out by the defender. Evra passed Nani straight and Nani hit the penalty area like a pass. The unguarded Vidic swung his head from close range and the ball flew into the net. The score became 2-1 and United overtook the score.This is Vidic's first goal since last December. After the goal, Vidic was excited and roared. In the crucial period of competing with Ferdinand for captain, Ferdinand was injured and scored. God is helping him.
"Well done!"
"Good Vidic!"
Ferguson applauded and cheered the players for equalizing and Surpassing in five minutes.
Moyes is very frustrated. Everton's results in the first three games are too poor. He hopes to get points from Manchester United and boost his morale.
Everton played very efficiently at the beginning, but it was unexpected that Manchester United could reverse the score in five minutes with a little effort.
"A rich family is a rich family! This inside information and the strength in the Premier League is really no team can be out of its right Moyes couldn't help sighing.
After the kick-off in the middle circle, the game continued, United's morale was greatly boosted, determined to win in the first half, Everton was suppressed in his own half, had to defend desperately, did not give united the chance to continue to score.
Everton was suppressed so much that they almost stood inside and outside the penalty area. Manchester United's technique was not delicate. They could not pass and cut into Everton's penalty area, so they could only pitch and shoot from a distance.
The last five minutes of the first half passed quickly, and Manchester United got chances in a row, but they couldn't expand the score again.
As referee Atkinson's whistle sounded, the players of both sides went back to the dressing room to have a rest and prepare to fight again in the second half.
For Manchester United and Everton in the first half, commentator Martin thought it was an open game. Both sides put more strength and energy into attack than defense. Scoring three goals in the first half was the best explanation.
However, Martin thinks that it is normal for the two teams to adopt offensive tactics, because the relationship between the two clubs is good, the relationship between the coach is OK, and the draw does not quench their thirst for both teams, so letting go of the attack has become the common choice of both sides.
Manchester United played very well in the first half. If it wasn't for luck, maybe there were more than two goals. Ferguson was very satisfied with his tactical arrangement and didn't make any adjustments. During the half-time, Ferguson simply talked about the problems in the first half and went to the coach's lounge to have a rest.
Fifteen minutes later, at the start of the second half, Manchester United kicked off and launched a quick break.
Gao Xiaodong's side, Nani's bottom left pass, Berbatov's 14 yard shovel shot, Valencia hit the side net.
After Everton opened the door, Manchester United continued to attack. Gao Xiaodong got rid of the two men's trap in the middle and sent a straight ball to Berbatov, but Berbatov didn't get rid of his opponent's entanglement. He passed the ball to Nani, who was in the middle. He quickly pushed forward and was ready to play a match with Nani.
But after Berbatov passed the ball, it was equivalent to beating the dog. Nani never thought of passing it to Berbatov. He shot on the right side of the penalty area, but goalkeeper Howard had blocked the angle and saved the ball out of the bottom line with both hands.
Nani held his head in disbelief, but Berbatov was so angry that he didn't want to see Nani. At that angle, at that time, if the goalkeeper couldn't jump out, he would be stupid.
Scholes played a tactical corner. Berbatov ran from the inside to the edge of the penalty area to catch the ball. Everton guard didn't keep up with Berbatov. Berbatov kept on kicking the ball. The ball entered the net from the far corner and made goalkeeper Howard dumbfounded.
That's ok?!
Manchester United fans and Everton fans were stunned in the stands.
On the spot commentator Martin tut tut sighed, thumbed up and said: "this goal! Those who are not natural and unrestrained are determined not to enter
At the moment, the game is just in the 55th minute and Manchester United are leading 3-1. It seems that there is no doubt about the game.