This round of the Premier League on December 30th has an extraordinary meaning for Manchester United players.
Because the next day of the game happened to be Ferguson ’s 65th birthday.
Everyone at Manchester United hopes to win their opponents at home in this round of the league, send a generous gift to the lord who is about to celebrate his birthday, and at the same time let Manchester United further lead the opponent and lay the league advantage.
Before the game, Reading coach Koper was already mentally prepared for this situation, and his biggest worry was undoubtedly Manchester United's seventh player, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been in a hot state recently.
At a pre-match press conference, Coach Reading linked the Manchester United ’s No. 7 player to the legendary No. 7 players such as George Best, Cantona and Beckham. He believed that he would be able to play two consecutive games during the winter break. It was not easy to stage a score twice, and Cristiano Ronaldo is on a great road.
In addition to Koper, Manchester United's legendary Cantona also encouraged the Portuguese.
"Run, rush up, don't miss any chance to score!"
This is a gift from Cantona to Cristiano Ronaldo.
Reading has always been a difficult team.
Even at Old Trafford, Manchester United still suffered a hard fight.
In the first thirty minutes, Manchester United encountered a tenacious sniping from the opponent, and almost did not create any threats. Ronaldinho also kicked the door again and again, but the effect was always very small, which made everyone seem to see a scene.
That is, if you do not score, the Portuguese will end indiscriminately.
But it turns out that Ronaldinho is really different.
When the game reached the 33rd minute, the Portuguese took the ball on the left and faced the opposing two defenders. It suddenly started. After several consecutive fancy moves, the opponent was shaken and the ball was passed directly to the right foot. Headed the goal nine meters in front of the Erskia goal and set the first record for Manchester United.
This goal ignited the passion of Old Trafford Stadium and made everyone seem to see a victory.
However, after less than five minutes leading, Heinze fouled, Reading got a chance to position the ball in the frontcourt, and cooperated successfully, broke the goal guarded by Van der Sar and equalized the score.
Interestingly, Redding's goal position is almost exactly the same as Solskjaer's position.
One to one!
Both sides returned to the same starting line again.
Manchester United started to play more and more anxiously, especially Cristiano Ronaldo, but he was very impatient, and his luck was not ideal. There was a nod kick and he hit the crossbar.
In the second half, Manchester United continued to strengthen the offensive, Redding still stubbornly defended.
Until the fifty-eighth minute, Giggs, who came off the bench, made a low pass from the left. Rooney knocked back and Solskjaer walked past the opposing defender and hit the goal directly from a small angle.
The ball hit the left column to rebound, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly plugged in, easily pushed the hit, and once again exceeded the score for Manchester United.
This goal also made Manchester United fans see hope again.
All Manchester United fans were chanting Cristiano Ronaldo's name and cheering him.
After that, the Reading team still organized the defense tenaciously, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, obviously still did not give up the game.
The pressure on Manchester United is still very high, everyone is on thin ice, not daring to carelessly.
Until the seventy-seventh minute, Giggs suddenly shifted to the right and drew the ball back from near the bottom line. After a left-footed arc, Cristiano Ronaldo quickly inserted into the penalty area, four meters in front of the goal , Volleyed with his right foot, almost exhausted all his energy, and pulled the ball into the goal of Reading!
After scoring, the Portuguese were so excited that they rushed out of the stadium, rushed all the way to the corner area, rushed to the live broadcast of Sky TV, and screamed hard.
His handsome face became a bit daunting with excitement, making people feel his excitement and the joy of venting at the moment!
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"Since this season, Cristiano Ronaldo has really been under heavy pressure."
"Before the season, he and Rooney were recognized as the two great talents in Manchester United, but in the World Cup, the two were against each other, and the Portuguese became the enemy of everyone. Even the English fans threatened him. If he If he dares to set foot in Britain again, he will be assassinated. "
"At the time, everyone believed that Cristiano Ronaldo's road to Manchester United was over, and Rooney would bear the burden of the team and carry the flag against Chelsea's gold dollar football."
"Then, most of the season has passed, but the fact is exactly the opposite of what was expected before the season."
"So far this season, Rooney's performance can only be regarded as barely passing, but Cristiano Ronaldo's performance is impressive, even magical."
"In the early part of the season, Cristiano Ronaldo was once criticized for inadvertent shooting, but as Cantona said, all the top scorers will have experienced such a process. As long as they pass, the shooting skills and confidence will be Get a perfect transformation. "
"In the last three rounds, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in three consecutive games, proving his magic to everyone and completing a surprising burst!"
"In contrast, Rooney, a teammate at Manchester United, is clearly gradually moving towards mediocrity. For this, Manchester United famous Cantona believes that technical skills determine the different trends of the two talented players. After moving to Manchester United, Rooney obviously neglected to continue to treat his own. The basic skills are polished, which leads to his upper limit being continuously lowered. "
"Cantona said that there are not many players who can keep pace with Cristiano Ronaldo in both offensive speed and technical comprehensiveness. So far, in the Premier League, only Yang has the strength. "
"Manchester United's name is determined that Yang Yang will be Cristiano Ronaldo's strongest competitor!"
"And this time, Cristiano Ronaldo's full outbreak during the winter break undoubtedly once again sounded the war between himself and Yang Yang!"
"Although the round was defeated in the beginning, the aggressive Portuguese clearly still wanted to pull back a city."
"After playing twice in three consecutive rounds, the Portuguese have scored twelve goals this season, only one step away from Yang Yang's fifteen goals."
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In this round, Liverpool went south to London and challenged Tottenham away.
Before the end of the first half, Yang Yang assisted Luis Garcia to score a goal. Eventually Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 and scored a valuable three points.
The day after the match, the entire British media was shocked by Cristiano Ronaldo ’s second consecutive feat of three consecutive wins, and at the same time, he was hooked by the outbreak of Manchester United stars, believing that this move will ignite the competition for the best player in the Premier League war.
There are only two opponents in front of the Portuguese, one is Chelsea center Drogba who scored 13 goals, and the Liverpool striker Yang Yang scored 15 goals. Both players are the best in the Premier League this season. Excellent player.
Among them, in addition to scoring 15 goals, Yang Yang has contributed 13 assists in this round. His personal assists have reached 13 this season, which is also a quite surprising result.
A single person occupies the top of the two most important lists in the shooter list and assist list. Yang Yang's debut season in the Premier League has made everyone see his strength.
As for the winter break, the Devil's schedule is not as eye-catching as Cristiano Ronaldo. That's not only Yang Yang's problem, but also the Liverpool team's problem.
What's more, before the winter break, Yang Yang led Liverpool to a four-round winning streak in four consecutive rounds, and the performance was not lost to the Portuguese.
Also in December, Cristiano Ronaldo scored seven goals on all Manchester United fronts, and four brilliant assists. The performance was not remarkable, and Manchester United won five wins in December Yiping's record, especially the three-game winning streak of the Christmas Devil's schedule, made a big contribution.
However, Yang Yang ’s performance was not bad. Liverpool also won five games and tied in December. Among them, four games in a row were four to zero, and the performance was even better than Manchester United. Yang Yang also scored six goals, seven. The transcript of the second assist has become an indispensable core attacker in the Liverpool team.
It can be said that the contest between the two big stars, whether it is from the data or from the performance point of view, is in the middle.
The media and fans who support Cristiano Ronaldo believe that the Portuguese are the best players in the Premier League in December, especially the most devil's Christmas schedule. His performance is slightly better than Yang Yang.
But the party who supported Yang Yang rebutted, thinking that this is Yang Yang ’s first experience of the Christmas Devil schedule. Some unfitness is normal. What ’s more, Liverpool did not inferior to Manchester United throughout December, Yang Yang made a great contribution.
"Considering Liverpool's overall strength and the support that the team can give Yang Yang is less than that Manchester United gives Ronaldinho Ronaldinho, Yang Yang's performance is more rare and better than Cristiano Ronaldo."
As for Drogba, which was originally expected to be high, with Chelsea's two consecutive draws, it has gradually lost its competitiveness.
In the end, who will be the best player of the month in the Premier League? This may continue to cause controversy. How to choose depends on the official decision of the Premier League.
And after the 21st round, Liverpool beat Tottenham away, Chelsea drew Fulham 2-2 at home, Arsenal lost 0-0 to Sheffield United.
After the game was completed, Manchester United led the standings with 50 points, Liverpool ranked second with 45 points, Chelsea lost points for two consecutive rounds of draws, fell to third place with 44 points, Arsenal were He fell to fifth place with 36 points.
Instead, Liverpool's opponent in the next round, Bolton ranked fourth with 39 points.
This also made everyone sweat for Liverpool again, because Bolton was obviously not good.
Playing two consecutive matches in three days is also a huge test for Liverpool players.
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January 1, 2007, New Year's Day.
In the first game of the New Year, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced Bolton at home.
At the end of the first half, the two sides were still zero to zero.