October 22nd, at exactly thirteen noon.

Cristiano Ronaldo stood in the middle of the Old Trafford Stadium, waiting for the kickoff.

This is the ninth round of the Premier League, a focus battle that has attracted worldwide attention.

The Red Devils Manchester United faced the Reds Liverpool at home.

The Double Red Club has always been the most attractive classic event in the Premier League.

Liverpool currently ranks sixth in the Premier League. Although there is not much difference with Manchester United, the top ranking, the public opinion agrees that this double red club will be a big test for whether Liverpool can win the championship.

Manchester United also attaches great importance to this game, not only because of the hatred that has lasted for a hundred years, but also because if they can hit Liverpool hard in this game, it is equivalent to eliminating an opponent on the road to winning the league championship.

Therefore, whether it is Manchester United or Liverpool, they attach great importance to this game.

Cristiano Ronaldo himself also attaches equal importance to him, because of him!

In this game, the Portuguese played the right winger and Yang Yang played the left winger. Therefore, when Manchester United kicked off, Yang Yang's position was very close to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Before the game, the two shook hands politely in the player passage and chatted for a few words.

But now, when Cristiano Ronaldo looked at Yang Yang again, his eyes were full of provocation and confrontation.

Yang Yang was also not polite to him.

The two of them looked at each other with sparks, and the entire Old Trafford Stadium was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

This is a war that lasts for a hundred years!

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"The competition is about to begin!"

"The referee in this game is England's chief international referee, Graham Pohl."

"When guessing the side before the game, Liverpool's captain Gerrard won, they chose the side that was more favorable in the first half, so Manchester United got the right to serve."

"The lineups of both teams are relatively uniform in this game. Manchester United's Gary Neville and Ferdinand both returned from injury before the game. Liverpool has basically sent all the main players to play, and both sides attach great importance to this game."

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"Okay, referee Boer blew the whistle to start the game."

"Manchester United took the lead in kicking off, while Liverpool took the initiative to press and press and press."

"The Reds' opening tactics seemed very proactive with the continuous transmission."

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"Marteau United's pass was cut off, Liverpool responded on the spot and made a comeback to the left."

"Riser took the ball, followed, and shot straight away..."

"Oh, I'm too impatient!"

"Riser's shot is still a bit far from the goal, and he's a little too hasty."

"What Liverpool should do most at this time is to keep calm, after all, this is Old Trafford Stadium."

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"It's still from Liverpool's offense."

"Finnan crosses on the right."

"The ball reaches the left, Yang Yang...beautiful stop...and passes into the penalty area..."

"Crouch failed to stop the ball, Ferdinand and Vidic double-team at the same time."

"Manchester United still started very steadily."

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"The ball is still at Liverpool's feet, and another attack has been planned."

"Fletcher successfully intercepted the ball, Manchester United launched a counterattack on the spot and passed it to Rooney."

"Roone got the ball in the penalty area and directly volleyed the ball, hit Daniel Ag, and went out of the baseline."

"Daniel Agg's blockade is still very good this time."

"From the performance so far this season, this central defender from Denmark is likely to replace Hypia and become the first choice for Liverpool's central defender and partner with Carragher."

"Manchester United got a chance to get a corner kick."

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Giggs stood in the corner kick area on the right, gently arranged the football, and slowly retreated.

Liverpool coach Benitez seemed very concerned on the sidelines and kept calling on the players on the court to pay attention.

Yang Yang was left in the frontcourt and was ready to launch a counterattack at any time.

Among the materials provided by the Liverpool coaching staff before the game, set pieces are focused on defense, because in the Double Red Club in the past two seasons, set pieces have always been the key to victory, and Manchester United's most threatening players are undoubtedly Ferdinand and Vidic, both of whom are very threatening header attackers.

At this time, as the team's counterattack arrow in the frontcourt, Yang Yangneng really didn't do much, so he could only pay close attention to the situation.

When Giggs quickly took the corner kick, the penalty area was immediately in chaos.

Manchester United players are trying to get rid of Liverpool players' markings, while Liverpool players are tangling their targets when facing a big enemy, especially the most threatening headers like Ferdinand and Vidic.

But in this chaos, a red figure suddenly appeared among the crowd and jumped high from the middle.

Giggs' cross from the corner came right in front of him and headed the ball from close range.

The ball instantly changed its running trajectory and landed on the left side of the goal.

The distance was so close that it came very suddenly, and goalkeeper Reina was beyond his reach.

"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"

"The ball has entered!"

"In the fifth minute, Manchester United took the lead in breaking Liverpool's goal!"

"A header from Cristiano Ronaldo!"

“That’s so wonderful!”

"The Portuguese grabbed the best landing point in the tall penalty area and headed the ball!"

"This is the first time Manchester United has a threatening offensive in this game, and as a result, they broke through Liverpool's goal with two shots."

“Setting ball, or set piece!”

"The main theme of the Double Red Club in the past two or three seasons is that winning the set piece, whoever can seize the opportunity will win!"

"Let's review this goal again. Giggs' corner kick has confused many players. Liverpool's attention has been on tall players like Ferdinand and Vidic, but Cristiano Ronaldo is ignored."

"This is definitely a very unstoppable turnover, because Cristiano Ronaldo's bounce and header have always been pretty good, but Liverpool obviously missed."

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After scoring the goal, Cristiano Ronaldo turned around and rushed out of the stadium, running along the Old Trafford Stadium, and finally posed his iconic goal celebration in the corner area, accepting congratulations from all the fans and teammates of the court.

In the last two games, the Portuguese's performance has indeed rebounded significantly, and he still shoots indiscriminately, but more and more media and fans no longer blame him because they have begun to accept another statement.

The reason for his excessive shooting is that he runs very actively and has more chances of shooting.

More importantly, he is gradually becoming the key man at Manchester United.

It’s like his header in today’s game!

As long as you can score, no one will care whether you shoot indiscriminately.

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Yang Yang wiped his face depressedly.

It was only five minutes before he even sweated, but the goal was broken.

It was still the door that was broken by Cristiano Ronaldo, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

This conceding has nothing to do with him, because his mission is to wait for an opportunity to counterattack in the frontcourt. No one will blame him for this conceding, but he still feels unhappy.

He felt that Liverpool's overall strength was indeed good, but the team still had not integrated into a whole.

The most important thing is that there are many new players, such as Yang Yang, Kuyt and Aurerio are all newcomers, and Daniel Agge is the first time he plays the main player, and the schedule is indeed a bit unfavorable.

The Premier League is difficult to play away, but all the strong dialogues in the first round are away games, and most of them are at noon.

This is indeed a big challenge and test for Liverpool.

Of course, it is not possible to find objective factors. The team's set-piece defense this time is indeed not ideal.

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Benitez was also very excited on the sidelines and was very dissatisfied with conceding the ball.

But soon, Espanyol made an immediate adjustment, especially for the team's defense.
To be continued...