Football King Bale

On the first weekend of March, the 27th round of the 2011-2012 Premier League season began. There are two strong dialogues in this round, namely the away game between the leader Manchester United and the third-ranked Tottenham in the league, and the confrontation between the two traditional strong teams, the Gunners and the Red Army.

Because both Manchester United and Arsenal will face the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals next Tuesday night, these two games will be played relatively early. The game between Manchester United and Tottenham will start at 12 noon on Saturday. Arsenal The whistle was blown only 45 minutes late in the game against Liverpool.

This season, Tottenham have entered a good state after experiencing a bad start. Since the 15th round, they tied with Chelsea in points and tied for third place, and they have been firmly in this ranking.

Especially in the past few rounds, because the two blue teams, Manchester City and the Blues, have not performed very well, this has caused Tottenham to chase Manchester City very closely in the standings, only 4 points behind Blue Moon, and also pulled away. Opening the gap with Chelsea, leading the fourth-placed Blues by 10 points.

However, in the last round of the match, in the much-watched North London Derby, Tottenham got off to a great start and was reversed by their arch-rival Arsenal 5:2, losing a good game. This widened the point difference between them and Manchester City to 7 points. points, and is only 7 points ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal behind them.

When they were in desperate need of a victory, Tottenham were unlucky to encounter their bitter host Manchester United. This game is the 150th league clash between the two clubs and the 44th confrontation between the two oldest coaches in the Premier League. Previously, Manchester United had a clear advantage with 74 wins, 39 draws and 36 losses, including 39 against Tottenham in the Premier League era. Only 4 wins, 3 of which were won at White Hart Lane. The only game he won at Old Trafford was the fifth round of the League Cup in the 2009-2010 season. Bale, who was still at Tottenham at the time, shot 1 and 2 He passed the ball and led the team to fight back, reversing the game and defeating the Red Devils 3:2.

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This is Bale's second return to White Hart Lane since leaving in a summer transfer two years ago.

For Bell, the meritorious player who led Tottenham to the peak of the team's history, Tottenham's emotions are very complicated. But the team's situation, and Tottenham fans also understand, it is difficult to retain a good player like Bell. At least they know very well that with Tottenham's situation, Bell cannot become a Ballon d'Or winner here and ascend to the throne of the first person in football.

Therefore, facing Bale wearing the Manchester United captain's armband, tens of thousands of fans at White Hart Lane still gave him warm applause.

However, when the game started, the warmth between each other disappeared. The players were not polite at all when they should kick, and the fans were not soft-spoken when they should boo.

Correspondingly, Bell did not show mercy because his old club needed a victory to ensure the stability of the ranking. He had 2 shots and 1 pass in the game, completely dominating the outcome of this game.

When the first half was about to enter stoppage time, Bell took a corner kick from the left. Rooney suddenly started to throw away Walker from the edge of the penalty area and scored a header to score his 18th league goal of the season. This goal also helped Manchester United break through. Overcame the deadlock on the court and took the lead.

Only 15 minutes into the second half, Phil Jones threw a foul ball to Nani near the baseline. Nani chose to cross the ball and was blocked in front of the goal. Although Walker made a clearance, the landing was not good. Bell flew to the left side of the penalty area with his right foot. The volley shot into the far corner was successful. While scoring his 41st league goal of the season, it basically helped Manchester United seal the victory of the game.

In the 69th minute, Evra passed the ball to Bell from the left. Bell took the ball and cut straight into the middle. Seeing that the Tottenham players were not pressing hard, Bell hit a beautiful arc with his right foot near the arc of the penalty area and the ball flew in. The goal is in the upper right corner. This is the 22nd time that Bell has scored more than two goals in a single game in all competitions this season, including 15 times in the Premier League.

And he played 25 games in the Premier League,

The number of goals scored has reached 42, and the average goals per game has reached 1.68. At the same time, the 42 league goals also tied the single-season scoring record in the Premier League era that he just created last season.

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In the 80th minute of the game, Ferguson made personnel adjustments and substituted three people in a row, directly using up the three substitutions in his hand. He replaced Sneijder with Scholes, replaced Nani with Park Ji-sung, and replaced Bale with Giggs.

Obviously, the old man believes that Manchester United has won this game, and he is already conserving his energy for Tuesday night's Champions League game.

Although the score achieved in the first round at Manchester United in Russia has basically ensured Manchester United's promotion, the old man hopes to be safer.

Bell received a standing ovation from all the fans at White Hart Lane when he left the field. Whether they were Tottenham fans or Manchester United fans, they were all impressed by Bell's performance.

Bell also applauded the support from fans of both teams.

Because the overall situation was decided, the subsequent game went very harmoniously, with neither side making any excessive moves. Tottenham also took advantage of a mistake by Manchester United and scored a face-saving goal in the 87th minute of the game. Giggs made a mistake in the midfield return pass. Defoe, who came on as a substitute, got the ball and broke into the penalty area with his right foot and hit the left corner of the goal to regain a point.

However, this conceding ball looks like it was deliberately given to Tottenham by Manchester United. After all, with Giggs' experience, it is impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake. He almost passed the ball directly to Defoe. !

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The victorious Manchester United achieved a terrifying result of 25 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss after 27 rounds. They scored 96 goals and averaged 3.56 goals per game. They were the most powerful in Europe. During the same period, second only to the Red Devils in firepower was the Galacticos. Real Madrid scored 85 goals in the 25 completed La Liga games, averaging 3.4 goals per game.

However, such a powerful Red Devils failed to completely throw away their competitors in the Premier League. After Manchester City defeated Bolton 2:0, they also achieved a record of 20 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in 27 rounds. Only 13 points behind Manchester United. With 13 rounds left in the game, it is still possible to overtake Manchester United.

But Manchester United's other mortal enemy is more pitiful. Although Liverpool won the League Cup last weekend, ending their 6-year drought, they were completely defeated in the league.

After losing to Arsenal 1:2 at home, the Red Army only scored 38 points in 26 Premier League games, which is exactly half of Manchester United's points. Although they have one game less, with only 12 games left in the league, they have no chance of catching up with Manchester United in theory.

But this victory is only the fifth time Arsenal has been able to conquer an opponent at Anfield since the first year of the Premier League. What’s interesting is that in the past 4 encounters, Arsenal has always ended with the same score of 2:1, and the past 3 times have all been reversed from behind, which also shows how fierce the competition between the two teams is.

Originally, this game looked like it was going to end in a 1:1 draw. After all, Liverpool had a good home record this season, losing only to Manchester United, and had as many as 8 draws at home. But the magical Van Persie continued to show off at the last moment. His goal also relied on Alexander Song, who has made rapid progress in direct passing skills this season. For the fourth time this season, the Cameroonian sent a pass that could help his teammates kill the opponent.

The biggest contributor to the Gunners' victory was none other than captain Van Persie!

Objectively speaking, when Sagna sends such a cross, as long as Van Persie grabs the landing spot, it is not difficult to complete a high-quality attack. However, on today's occasion, it seems particularly difficult for Robin Man to make a contribution. Because before scoring, the gun king had very few opportunities to touch the ball, let alone shoot, but he seized this rare opportunity to send the ball into the opponent's gate.

Van Persie only completed a total of 2 attacks today, and the other one was still successful. In the 2nd minute of stoppage time in the second half, Alexander Song picked up a pass from the midfielder. Van Persie started to volley without stopping about 9 yards from the left side of the small penalty area. The ball went like a cannonball from Reina's right hand to the near post. The left side of the ball flew into the bottom of the net.

With this textbook low-angle volley shot, Van Persie's league efficiency this season increased to 25 goals in 27 games, and 31 goals in 35 games in all competitions.

With such an outstanding performance, Van Persie has become the most outstanding player in today's football after Bale, Messi and Ronaldo. He can be called the fourth man in football.

Many British media even directly listed Van Persie as the fourth man in football, forming a Premier League double gun with Bale and competing with the La Liga double gun composed of Messi and Ronaldo.

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In recent years, the confrontation between the two sides has been full of highlights. The 4-4 in 2009 was a favorite, and own goals were also an indispensable topic in the recent confrontation between the two teams. Liverpool had not been able to score at home in the Premier League in 2012. Arsenal defender Koscielny's own goal at the critical moment allowed the Red Army to achieve zero breakthrough. He also copied Ramsey's own goal in the first round of confrontation between the two sides.

As a result, there have been five own goals in the last six meetings between the two sides, and the other three belong to Liverpool: Reina, Glen Johnson and Hyypia.

Van Persie's goal saved his teammates from an own goal. With his first header in 13 months and a golden left-footed goal, Arsenal also continued an impressive record: the Gunners were able to complete a comeback from behind for the fifth time this season, leading the Premier League. powerful. In the last round, they even managed to overturn their city rival Tottenham in five consecutive games while trailing by two goals. Such a feat is one of the few in the entire history of the Premier League.

After reversing strong opponents in two consecutive rounds, Arsene Wenger, the best coach in February, broke the curse of "no winning after the best", and the players also showed their incredible resilience.

After being humiliated by Manchester United at 2:10, most of the media gave Arsenal a death sentence. But the Gunners refused to go out and now continue to play some good attacking football. Their 4-game winning streak is also their second-best record in the Premier League this season, and they are expected to continue this momentum in the next round of home games against Newcastle.

If Arsenal achieves their wish to win the top four at the end of the season, their mental will to never abandon or give up will be their biggest success factor and their biggest gain after experiencing the most difficult season.