Chapter 1248

Due to the lack of time and worries about his health, Gao's father and mother finally gave up going to England to accompany their son and chose to watch Gao Xiaodong's game at home.

Gao Xiaodong has no choice but to spend more time on the phone with his parents to talk about his missing.

With the Chinese New Year approaching, the atmosphere of Manchester United and Arsenal is getting stronger and stronger.

In the first leg of the season at Old Trafford, Arsenal lost 8-1, creating many embarrassing records that the Gunners fans can't look back on: the record of losing the biggest score against Manchester United, the record of losing the biggest goal since the club's 115 years, the record of losing the net goal in the away game since the reform of the Premier League, and equalizing the score record of the European mainstream League giants in the past 20 years

Although the strength of Manchester United is higher than that of Arsenal, Arsenal have never forgotten the humiliation of the first leg defeat. Both fans and players are looking forward to returning to the home court for revenge.

Four months later, the opportunity for revenge finally came.

Before the game, the Gunners' King Henry, who came to save Manchester United during the winter break, issued a declaration of revenge.

"The Gunners are also a big team. We have a glorious history that does not belong to Manchester United. We must defend our honor. 1-8 is not a normal score. Even a championship team will not lose so much. This is our shame. We must wash away this shame with the victory of this match..."

Gunners core van Persie is also worried about the first leg of the defeat, "no team will lose, but can not accept the rout type of loss, after that game, I did not sleep all night, I hope we can prove ourselves in this game."

Professor Arsene is not a very aggressive coach. He decompressed his players at the press conference before the match. "Our goal is still to fight for four. Revenge is not the most important thing. Didn't Manchester City beat Manchester United at home? Of course, it's good for the players to have this spirit and I hope they can keep calm against Manchester United

Compared with the Gunners, Manchester United are more calm, and the fans are more focused on Ferguson's 70th birthday and bogba's appearance.

In the Red Devils' view, the first leg of the frenzy can not be copied, but away to beat Arsenal is not a problem.

In those days, Arsenal were Manchester United's biggest opponent, but now they are just a team in the middle of the stream, which can no longer pose a threat to Manchester United. Now Manchester United's opponent is their arch rival Manchester City.

Manchester United are in good form. Manchester City are no worse than Manchester United at all. Manchester City have been in the top of the table ever since they lost to Manchester City at home.

This round, Manchester United are going to challenge Arsenal. It's a tough battle. This round of Manchester City is also not easy. Their opponent is Tottenham, and the ranking is still higher than Arsenal.

This round is very important for Manchester United and Manchester City, which are the top two in the table. If Manchester United lose, they may fall behind on the road to win the championship. If Manchester City lose, they will be overtaken or even overtaken by Manchester United.

The game took place at 4 p.m. and United arrived in London in the morning.

There are many Chinese in London. There are dragon and lion dances in London. When Manchester United's buses pass by, some people send lucky words to Gao Xiaodong and Manchester United, which makes the battle between Manchester United and Arsenal bring some Chinese Spring Festival atmosphere.

After the adaptability training, he took a rest in the hotel. Gao Xiaodong chatted with his parents on QQ video for a while. He saw his uncles and cousins coming to his home to watch TV dumplings with his parents. Gao Xiaodong was in a better mood.

Gao Xiaodong paid his respects to his uncles and told them not to stay up late to watch his game. Until Ferguson came, Gao Xiaodong closed his QQ for a rest.

At 4:00 p.m. on January 23, London time, when the Chinese New Year bell was ringing, Arsenal and Red Devils united, the peak of the 22nd round of the Premier League, played at the Emirates Stadium.

The starting lineup of the home team is as follows:

goalkeeper: No.13 szesny

guard: No.20 Julu, No.4 mertesack, No.6 koscielny, No.5 Vermaelen

midfield: No.17 song, No.16 Ramsey, No.7 Rosicky

forward: No.14 Walcott, No.10 van Persie, No.15 Chamberlain

this is an attacking 433 formation.

In 2012, Arsenal lost to Fulham and Swansea one after another on the road. When they returned to home, the professor made three personnel changes. The biggest advantage was that Vermaelen came back, replacing Mikel to play at left back. For the first time, Chamberlain will replace Arshavin in the Premier League and Rosicky will replace Benayoun.

Former Gunners King Henry sat on the bench, although in view of the physical fitness did not start, but Henry sat there for Arsenal players is a kind of incentive.

Manchester United's starting lineup is: 34 lindegaard, 4 Jones, 6 Evans, 12 Smalling, 3 Evra, 25 Valencia, 10 Gao Xiaodong, 16 Carrick, 17 Nani, 19 Welbeck and 9 Rooney

Manchester United is a stable 442 formation, and bogba, who was placed high hopes before the match, was also placed on the bench.Obviously, although bogba has been brilliant during this period of time, in Ferguson's opinion, bogba is still a bit young. Such a big match is not suitable for young people like him to start.

At the beginning of the game, he Hui, the Chinese commentator who came to the live broadcast, was very excited. "The new year's bell rings, and so does the match between Manchester United and Arsenal. It's like the Premier League's gift to China's Spring Festival. This is the first game of the year of the dragon. I hope that Xiao Dong can show his spirit and present a new year's gift to the more than one billion compatriots in the country with his victory."

The English commentator at the scene put it another way: "today is Chinese New Year's Eve, a day for the Chinese family to get together, but our protagonist today, Gao Xiaodong, has to play a key game. For Gao Xiaodong, it's a bit cruel. We hope Gao Xiaodong will not be affected by homesickness and help Manchester United win Arsenal away

The first team to kick off was visiting Manchester United.

Arsenal are bent on revenge. At the beginning of the game, the players were forced to attack and United were not allowed to attack.

In the first minute of the game, Arsenal youngster Chamberlain intercepted the ball from the left side of the front court. After cooperating with Ramsey in the restricted area, he tapped van Persie in the middle to find the back point. Evans broke the ball out of the restricted area, and Gao Xiaodong got the ball at the first time.

Marseille whirled around and dodged through Arsenal forward Rosicky. Gao Xiaodong gave the ball to Nani.

Playing Marseille in front of his home, Gao Xiaodong's bold action attracted a burst of surprise applause from Manchester United fans.

Nani counterattacked with the ball, holding the ball sideways at the edge of the penalty area, Carrick inserted into the penalty area to prepare for the pass, and Arsenal defender jorufei shoveled the ball out.

Alexander. Song grabs the ball and passes it to Rosicky. Rosicky counterattacks with the ball.

Manchester United quickly pressed Rosicky. Rosicky didn't act recklessly. He picked the right side and gave the ball to Chamberlain.

Chamberlain's high-speed cross from the bottom line, United's full back Evra did not follow, the ball flew into the restricted area, but the ball was too close to goalkeeper lindegaard, lindegaard was in his arms.

The game has just begun, but the two sides did not try, directly into the white-edged mode.