After the game started, both sides played very carefully.
At home, Manchester United try hard to control the ball in the middle and back of the court, and the safe cross back pass is far more than the forward straight and oblique pass.
Manchester City away from home is even better, they only forward Tevez a person through the half, its calm are in their own second half.
Manchester City''s players run with the Man United''s ball only half-time. Once the man united pass the ball, the man city''s players immediately rush for it.
Manchester City have almost 10 players in their own half, Manchester United''s front court input of troops is not much, Manchester City almost a grab a quasi.
However, Manchester City can''t threaten United''s goal if they don''t put in a lot of troops. If they put in too many troops, United''s counterattack will be as fast as lightning, and Manchester City can''t afford it. Therefore, Manchester City can''t threaten United''s goal if they seize the ball right.
Manchester United and Manchester City are both conservative. They fight in midfield. In the first five minutes, they didn''t enter the penalty area.
However, the fans of both sides are not in a hurry. They are patiently watching the game and cheering for their wonderful cooperation and passing. They know that Manchester derby will never play like this for 90 minutes.
No matter Manchester United or Manchester City, they will not accept a 0-0 draw. Now it''s up to them who can''t hold their breath first, or who can catch their opponents first to show their flaws.
In the eighth minute of the game, Manchester City controlled the ball. Yayature got rid of Wayne Rooney''s entanglement, suddenly broke through with the ball and made a big stride to the half of Manchester United.
This rhythm change is very sudden, Manchester United Anderson is not experienced enough, he chose to pounce, was knocked by Yaya Toure.
Anderson lost, Manchester United and Fletcher, a back line are in, in fact, the risk is not big.
However, Yaya Toure did not continue to carry the ball, he passed the ball to Tevez, he ran forward, Smalling quickly over, not let Yaya Toure catch the ball.
Although Tevez prefers to work alone, he chose to play against the wall with Toure in the face of United''s whole defence today. Before Smalling arrived, Toure took the lead to touch the ball and then made a wall for Tevez.
Manchester City''s two crosses and one match are done too fast. Fletcher and Smalling are immediately left behind. Vidic can only come to block Tevez who is close to the line of the penalty area.
Tevez was very excited today and dealt with the ball very simply. After the ball came to his feet, he didn''t stop at all and passed it to Silva who inserted it to the right side of the small restricted area.
Full back O''Shea hasn''t made up for it yet, and Silva has made a single shot.
Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar stands at the back of the stadium with a good vision and a panoramic view of the whole stadium. He has rich experience and has found the threat of Silva ahead of time. When Tevez passed the ball, Edwin van der Sar quickly attacked to block the line of Silva''s breakthrough and shooting.
The full back is rushing to assist the defense, and the goalkeeper rushes to block it. Silva picks the ball in an interval, trying to pick the back corner of the goalkeeper van der Sar''s overhead lob.
The distance was too close for van der Sar to react and the ball flew over his head.
Because van der Sar was too tall, Silva picked high when he dropped the ball, and the ball bounced out of the crossbeam.
In front of Manchester City, they hit the wall a few times. The City fans who came to the stands didn''t applaud. They held their breath and waited for the last fatal blow. Unexpectedly, the ball hit the crossbar.
"Alas! What a pity
Manchester City fans beat their chests and wish they could make it to the pitch.
The attack was very sudden. Manchester City didn''t put in a lot of troops. Only three players created a chance for a single shot, which really surprised the Manchester United fans.
"Manchester City are no longer noisy neighbors. Now they are third in the Premier League. Next season they may be a strong opponent for Manchester United," said commentator Andy gretzan
This is the Old Trafford stadium, the Holy Land in the eyes of Manchester United fans. Since the beginning of the Premier League, Manchester City has played 27 Derby games, including 13 at home. Manchester United only lost once. How can they allow Manchester City to run wild here.
After the blue moon finished this beautiful attack, the Red Devils fans immediately sent out a huge shout to encourage their players to give color to their rivals.
In fact, there is no need for fans to encourage, Manchester United''s players to steal the ball and launch a fierce attack.
Gao Xiaodong''s position today is in front of Anderson and Fletcher. Manchester City just put in a small number of troops, so he didn''t return to defend. He didn''t expect that his two midfielders and a complete back line were almost exploded by three opponents.
Gao Xiaodong is very angry. He scolds Anderson for being a fool. He takes simalin''s pass and takes it to the front court.
Gao Xiaodong scolds Anderson, but he and Anderson often fight. Anderson doesn''t care, but Fletcher is angry. He is arrogant just when he becomes vice captain. The opponent''s attack is so sudden, and he hits the wall two times in a row. Who can react.Manchester City players have guessed that Manchester United will take revenge attack, they quickly recover formation, in Gao Xiaodong with the ball through the half-time, three people into a pin shape to come round to grab Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong stops and turns around. It seems that he wants to pass the ball back to Anderson. However, when Milner leans on his side to grab it, he pulls his wrists, crosses Milner''s crotch, passes the ball to Giggs, and then inserts it.
Giggs saw Gao Xiaodong turn around, he understood the first horizontal pass of the ball, passed to Milner''s second empty.
This is a routine used by Manchester United. The main thing is that other team-mates make walls for Gao Xiaodong to break the opponent''s trap tactics.
Gao Xiaodong passes the ball through the crotch and then moves forward quickly. However, he is the most dangerous point for Manchester United. Even if he is not on guard ahead of time, Barry is still behind Gao Xiaodong.
However, Gao Xiaodong didn''t stop the ball. He had adjusted his pace when he was running. When the ball arrived, Gao Xiaodong shot the ball to the goal when he was about 30 meters away from the goal.
Manchester City goalkeeper Hart saw Gao Xiaodong go to get the ball, and he was ready to wait for Gao Xiaodong to shoot.
The ball came whistling, Hart yelled, jumped up and hit it with one punch.
"Good!"
"Beautiful
"This is a man''s ball!"
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Seeing Gao Xiaodong''s beautiful long-range shot and forcing goalkeeper hart to make a save, the United fans in the stands were very happy and relieved. They applauded Gao Xiaodong.
United got a corner, Giggs took the penalty and Gao Xiaodong stood outside the penalty area waiting for a long-range shot.
Manchester City players dare not neglect, specially let Tevez in the past against Gao Xiaodong.
Giggs made a forward point and wanted to cooperate with Rooney, but Manchester City were very close to him. Richardson beat Rooney out of the bottom line and Manchester United continued to corner.
This time, it was still Giggs who took the penalty. The Manchester City defender had a strong ability to control the air. Giggs gave up the pass to the restricted area for the second time. He made a long pass to the front of the restricted area to find Gao Xiaodong.
This foot pass is a bit sudden, but Mancini''s defensive layout is really careful, Tevez did not go to the card, just follow Gao Xiaodong, waiting for Gao Xiaodong to stop the ball, he broke or fouled.
However, Gao Xiaodong looked at the situation, but he gave up the stop, and rushed to the top right corner of the goal.
This is an extremely unexpected way to deal with the ball. Even Tevez didn''t expect Gao Xiaodong to head the ball directly. He ran closely with Gao Xiaodong, but became a spectator when Gao Xiaodong scored.
The header outside the penalty area was not strong enough and not fast enough, but Gao Xiaodong''s angle was extremely tricky, and the goalkeeper Hart almost turned into a gibbon and managed to poke the ball out of the crossbar with his fingertips.
After the save, Manchester City players were startled and rushed to touch goalkeeper Hart.
Manchester United fans also lamented that Gao Xiaodong''s wonderful header failed to break the opponent''s goal.