Chapter 411 Ending the Derby

Li Yu, the key player in the last Manchester derby, has been arranged by Ferguson to rest since he came back from the Asian Cup, from which it can be seen that Ferguson attaches great importance to this game.

In any case, the first two teams from Manchester started a derby battle with the first and second places in the league.

The local tycoon's check has made Manchester City, a mid-tier team in the Premier League, form a sprint to the championship in a short time.

No matter how the outside world describes this rising team, the strength of Manchester City is beyond doubt!

If there is a lack, it may be the background of the players!

Who can win the game between the two teams is bound to affect the next championship. Who can laugh to the end?

Manchester United have achieved 4 wins and 1 draw in the last five league matches between the two sides, and have won the last three home games.

The two sides have played 27 Premier League games in history, with Manchester United gaining the upper hand with 16 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, including 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss at home.

This is 157 Manchester derby games, after Manchester United had the upper hand with 64 wins, 50 draws and 42 losses. This is Ferguson's 35th Manchester derby, with 18 wins, 10 draws and 6 losses. Manic is the 12th Manchester City coach to play against Ferguson.

Manchester United has the strongest attack lineup, Li Yu, Nani and Rooney!

The new Trident is an attack combination against Manchester City's Tevez and Silva in the game.

For Sir Alex Ferguson, he can accept a win or a draw in the derby with Manchester City, but he can never accept two consecutive defeats. Because once lost to Manchester City, the lead between Manchester United and their opponents will be reduced to 2 points. Although they still hold a make-up match against Chelsea, the difference of 2 points means that Manchester City will become a big problem for Manchester United to win the championship this season.

Compared with the 1-2 defeat of Wolves in the last round, Ferguson changed 442 in this game, and O'Shea, Smarin, Anderson and Scholes replaced Raffahl, Evans and Carrick.

In fact, it is not difficult to guess the Lord's idea. Add a strong offensive point, Li Yu, replace a midfielder Scholes, and use the home offensive to avoid hand-to-hand fight with Manchester City in the opponent's strongest midfield position; Ferdinand and Evans are injured, and Smarin's starting is a matter of certainty; use young and strong Anderson replaces Carrick, who has been declining in the last two seasons, and replaces the impulsive Rafal with O'Shea, which has both offense and defense, which are all targeted deployments.

Before this game, Manchester City failed to score goals in four of the past five league games against Manchester United.

In the past 26 league visits to Old Trafford, Manchester City has only won once. Manchester City relies too much on Tevez. In the 25 Premier League games that Tevez scored after joining Manchester City, Manchester City has achieved an unbeaten record of 23 wins and 2 draws. In the past six games against Manchester United, Tevez has scored four goals. However, in this battle, the Argentine beast was closely guarded, and the Lord cut off the connection between Yaya Toure, Silva and Tevez with the third central avant-back.

Throughout the whole game, Manchester United, with great experience in focusing, played 15 minutes after the first and second half, and the 30-minute effort ensured three points.

In the first half hour of the game, Manchester United had only one shot, and the possession rate was only 46.8%. On the scene, Manchester City had the upper hand. At the end of the first half, Manchester United's number of shots reached six, and the possession rate soared to 53.6%.

That is to say, in the last 15 minutes of the first half, Manchester United completely occupied the initiative on the court and had five shots, and the possession rate also improved significantly. Since April 2010, Manchester United has never lost a goal in the first half of the league, and this game is certainly no exception. In the first 30 minutes of the second half, Manchester United lost momentum on the court. After being equalized by Manchester City, Manchester United exerted again in the last 15 minutes, and finally Nani assisted Li Yu to enter the super world wave and ended the game.

The deeper significance of the derby victory for Manchester United is that Arsenal is the only team left to win the championship.

After defeating Old Trafford, Manchester City is 8 points behind Manchester United in one round.

With 12 rounds left in the league, this difference has almost announced its withdrawal from the championship group.

Manchester City has not won the English top league championship for 43 years, but it seems that the wish to win the championship is still difficult to achieve this season.

Before the game, the reality of being 10 points behind Manchester United has made Chelsea coach Ancelotti raise a white flag. For us, it is difficult to consider working hard to win the championship. Obviously, it is difficult to catch up with such a difference. We must be realistic."

This season, Manchester United has used as many as 29 players in the league, which is more than 25 players from Arsenal and Liverpool; 24 from Manchester City and 22 from Chelsea, which once again shows that Manchester United has a lot of people available and a relatively abundant personnel reserve. In a long season, ample personnel reserves will maximize the fearless loss of combat effectiveness.

After a 2-1 victory over Manchester City, Manchester United's home record in the league this season is 13 wins and 1 draw, with a winning rate of 93%, and getting a terrible 40 points out of 42 points that may be obtained. Now Arsenal ranks second at home in the league, with 9 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses and 28 points, which is 12 points less than Manchester United.

Manchester United still has the last 12 rounds left in the league this season, with 5 home games and 7 away games, namely, Bolton, Fulham, Everton, Chelsea and Blackpool, and away games against Wigan, Chelsea, Liverpool, West Ham, Newcastle, Arsenal and Blackburn.

Among them, Blackburn, Fulham, Everton, Blackpool, Wigan and West Ham are the teams in the second half of the league. In the home and away games against Chelsea, away against Arsenal and Liverpool, if Manchester United wants to win the championship, they must go over these four mountains. The situation of the four major battles will determine whether Manchester United can successfully win the championship this season.

Arsenal also has the last 12 rounds left in the league this season, with 6 home and 6 away games, namely, Stoke City, Sunderland, Blackburn, Liverpool, Manchester United and Villa; away from home against Tottenham, West Brom, Blackpool, Bolton, Stoke City and Fulham. Among them, West Brom, Blackburn, Blackpool, Villa and Fulham are the teams in the second half of the table, while the away games against Tottenham Hotspur, home games against Manchester United and Liverpool are the three major focus battles.

Although Arsenal's schedule seems to be slightly better than that of Manchester United, and there is one more home game, because Chelsea has put the season's goal in the top four, Arsenal's match against North London's sworn enemy Tottenham is not much easier than Manchester United to play Chelsea.

What's more, Manchester United still has a 4-point lead and a three-point lead in goal difference.

This season, Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-2 at home, Arsenal 1-0, Manchester City 2-1, Tottenham Hotspur 2-0, and 0-0 away to Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City respectively, and remained unbeaten with 4 wins and 2 draws in 6 strong dialogues. Arsenal's home game against Manchester United on April 30 may be the ultimate battle to win the championship. A week later, Manchester United will face the challenge of Chelsea at home. The results of these two battles may be directly related to whether Manchester United can win the English top league championship for the 19th time.

75,222 viewers at Old Trafford witnessed the arrival of a magical moment. Manchester United No. 9 Li Yu, a name that was once forgotten by Manchester United fans in January this year, grabbed the headlines of almost all British sports media in the most exciting way.

When describing Li Yu's winning ball in the Manchester City derby, The Sun used "wonder", Sky Sports sighed "stunning", and the British news agency called it "sensational". All the praises spread for a while. Covered land.

Yes, this goal is wonderful enough to compete for the best of the year. In the 77th minute, Nani passed the ball, Li Yu took off with his back to the goal, barbed the ball directly in the air, and the ball went straight to the dead corner of Manchester City! This season, Rooney also played a barb against Liverpool, but it was much more difficult to hook the cross directly into the door in the air like Li Yu after the ball was adjusted.

"I'm not satisfied with my overall performance today, but there was an opportunity, and I seized it..." Li Yu described his actual situation after the game.

In 90 minutes, Manchester United No. 9 has been in good condition. His active running has consumed his opponents a lot. When he cooperated with his teammates before scoring, he has even retreated to the midfield, but now all this is no longer worth mentioning. Li Yu used that magical second to write himself in the history of the Manchester derby. .

After the goal, Li Yu's celebration was full of domineering. He opened his arms and raised his head and closed his eyes. He listened to Old Trafford's worship. Nani ran over and picked him up. Ferguson and the players were boiling in the coach's seat, and Ferdinand sighed on his personal Weibo: "Li Yu scored this goal!" This is the best way to win the Derby!"

The managers of both sides praised this goal. Mancini said, "When an extraordinary player like Li Yu scores such a goal, you can only applaud."

Ferguson said, "That ball is absolutely amazing and unbelievable. Nani's ball is beautiful, but everyone has forgotten that normal people will not talk about Nani's ball anymore. Everyone will talk about Li Yu's ball. This reminds me of a goal that Dennis Lawn almost scored, which was an absolutely incredible goal.

Manchester City, which is also a rival at home, must be a memorable game for Manchester United coach Ferguson.

In an interview with Sky Sports after the game, Ferguson praised the team's overall performance, and did not forget to praise Li Yu's goal as "great".

Nani's goal was surprising, but no one expected Li Yu to score such a goal. After the game, everyone talked about our winning goal - it was unbelievable!" Ferguson praised his disciples for the first time after the game.

When asked if he had ever seen Li Yu score a more beautiful ball, Ferguson replied firmly, "I haven't seen it. Li Yu's shots are very beautiful, full of the beauty of strength, and this time the goal is more fierce (ferocity)! We have also seen a lot of wonderful goals on this field, but when it comes to final kills... You have never seen such a thing."

"I have to say that I need Rooney and Nani to show more performance away from home. They have never had the momentum at home. Although this is a little embarrassing, with the strength of these two people, they should completely take over the game. When they did it, Manchester United was completely another team," Ferguson said.

Ferguson did not fall into the pitfall when talking about the sworn enemy in the same city. He hinted that Manchester City would definitely enter the Champions League next season: "Manchester City is still in the top four. They have a strong and solid lineup, and they will not fall behind. They can win more games than you think.

After the game, when asked if today's barb goal was the best goal in his career, Li Yu said to Sky Sports for the first time: "I think so. When I saw the ball pass to the penalty area, I thought why not try it? Thank God, the ball finally got into the corner of the goal. Such opportunities are rare, and you don't have much time to think about (how to deal with it).

When asked when was the last time the barb scored, Li Yu said, "I don't think it's the first time to score a barb goal. It has appeared before, but it's not as exciting and critical as this time. This goal is very important to our league, especially after we lost 3 points last week.

He added: "This is also an important competition in the city. Manchester City is very close to us this year, and I expect that this will be a very close game. We just created a better opportunity, and we deserve this victory. Three points arrived. We are in the leading position in the league. Everyone is very happy.

At the end, Li Yu did not forget to modestly evaluate her performance: "I'm not very satisfied with my overall performance today, but I got a good opportunity. Fortunately, I kicked the ball in."

Of course, there is another person worth saying. This person is Nani!

This season, the completely enlightened Portuguese wings have proved themselves in countless focus battles. 3-2 win over Liverpool in the league, Nani sent an assist; 1-0 win over Arsenal in the league, Nani's pass helped Park Ji-sung score the winning goal, in addition, he also made a penalty in that game; 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the league, Nani passed and shot; in this league 2-1 victory over Manchester City, Nani once again, his one A pass helped Manchester United take the leading position.

Only 12 seconds after the start of the game, Nani vigilantly kicked the ball on Saballeta's leg at the bottom line to make a corner kick.

In the 30th second, Nani made a cross with his right foot on the left side of the penalty area, and Hart hit and got the ball; in the 11th minute, Nani cut the ball with the right side. After shaking Kolarov, the long-range shot with his left foot was high; in the 26th minute, Nani easily passed Sabaleta on the right side, and the right foot passed the ball and slipped out; in the 32nd minute, Nani controlled the ball. Zabaleta put it down behind him.

In the 36th minute, Nani changed his position to the left, and the long-range shot after the inner cut was obtained by Hart. In the 41st minute, Van der Sar passed the ball, and Lescott rubbed the ball to the foot of Giggs in the competition with Rooney. The Welsh legend did not stop and chose to cross directly. Nani shook off Saballeta's defense and pushed the far corner with a single knife. Get it. After scoring the goal, Nani was extremely excited and made an iconic backflip celebration in place. The TV footage was locked on Sabaretta's face for a long time, and the poor Argentine international was humiliated by Nani.

In the second half, Nani's momentum weakened slightly. In the 55th minute, Nani forcibly broke through from the right side, and Lyscott accurately blocked Nani behind him. In the 58th minute, Nani's shot from the edge of the penalty area. After David Silva helped Manchester City bring the score to 1-1, Na Ni suddenly exerted his strength.

In the 74th minute, Nani passed two people in a row, and finally easily passed Compani at the front of the penalty area, and his left foot shot high. In the 78th minute, Nani passed accurately from the right side, Li Yu flew upside down the gold hook at the penalty spot, hit the ball into the corner, and Manchester United achieved the final goal.

According to OPTA authoritative statistics, Nani has 6 shots and 2 straight shots in the whole game, scoring 1 goal; 23 accurate passes in the front court, and the success rate of passing in the front court is 88.5%. Among the Manchester United players with more than 10 accurate passes in the front court, Nani has the highest pass success rate; he has the most tied for the 2 times in the whole court. The flanked ball, 2 clean and neat tackles; won 3 free kicks.

After the game, Sky Sports gave Nani the highest score of Manchester United with 7 points, saying that it was "a mixed performance, but scored a goal and assisted a goal." Before the game, Nani said, "Tervis used to be our teammate, but now he is our opponent. How can we stop him?

We will be sure that he will never feel comfortable on the court. This derby means too much to us. We don't want to make mistakes. In the 90-minute game, Tevez was tightly controlled by Manchester United players, as Nani said. And his limelight on the court also completely overshadowed Tevez.

At the end of last month, the Sun listed the six best players of the season so far, suggesting that this year's Premier League best may be born from them.

Only one of the six people is from Manchester United, but it's not Nani but Li Yu. If Manchester United finally wins the championship, and the final six finalists announced by the England Professional Players Association really don't have Nani, it will be an embarrassing thing.

In this period last year, it was rumored that Manchester United was going to exchange Nani + 9 million pounds for Benfica Flying Wing Di Maria, but it was rejected by the other side. If Benfica had agreed to Manchester United's exchange request last year, the Red Devils would definitely regret it now. The latest valuation of 24-year-old Nani on the German "Transfer Market" website is 24.64 million pounds, but not to mention 25 million pounds, even if the other party pays 40 million pounds, I believe that Lord will refuse without blinking. Because, looking at all of Europe, how many players can play such a data like Nani this season?

However, many professionals have also pointed out an important fact that Li Yu has been taken care of by various teams on the front line this season, which greatly reduces the defensive strength Nani has to face. Li Yu's super performance is an important reason for Nani's outbreak!