Young Football Player

The results of the draw for the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League came out. Liverpool has drawn Porto, which is relatively easy.

At present, what Liverpool needs to consider is the next 16th round of the Premier League, England's red derby, Liverpool's away game against Manchester United.

On the England side, Liverpool and Manchester are two cities that compete with each other. Because of the long-term rivalry and some historical reasons, the two cities have a serious hatred for each other.

And on the football field, this enmity has also been logically inherited. The most representative teams of the two cities compete with each other, which is the red derby in England.

Every red derby is a passionate collision between two teams, forming a football battlefield full of sparks.

No., the Liverpool team came to Manchester for the first red derby of the season at Old Trafford.

In fact, the distance between Manchester and Liverpool is really close, which is only an hour's drive.

When Liverpool's bus appeared in Manchester, it was immediately "warmly greeted" by Manchester United fans.

Some threw stones and litter at the bus, some verbally abused them, anyway, they just made Liverpool uncomfortable.

In fact, although the hatred between Liverpool and Manchester United is very deep, in most cases, Manchester United attaches more importance to this hatred, which is mainly determined by the identities of the two teams.

Although Manchester United is the first English team to win the Champions League, Liverpool is the English team that has won the most championships in the Champions League, and it is also the team that has established dominance on the European continent.

In football, when it comes to the teams that dominated Europe in the last century, everyone will say Real Madrid, Benfica, Ajax, Bayern, Liverpool and AC Milan, but no one will talk about Manchester United.

Even if Ferguson led Manchester United to three Champions League finals in four years in the past few years, except for the penalty shootout victory over Chelsea in 2008, the other two times were hammered by Barcelona, ​​so no one would say that they are dominant.

As for Manchester United's triple crown in 1999, it was all three championships that were thrillingly won.

However, when there is not much advantage in each event, it is also amazing that the three lines can win the championship together.

In general, in terms of history, Liverpool is stronger than Manchester United, so Manchester United has long faced Liverpool as a challenger, so they value this derby hatred more.

Even though they have overtaken Liverpool in the domestic league and pulled Liverpool down as Ferguson said back then, their mentality of being challengers for a long time will not change. They are always the one with deeper hatred in the red derby .

At 1:30 noon local time in the UK, Liverpool's away game against Manchester United officially started.

Liverpool still arranged a 433 formation,

Goalkeeper: Mignolet

Defenders: Moreno, Lovren, Skrtel, Glenn Johnson;

Midfielders: Gerrard, Henderson, Lallana;

Forwards: Coutinho, Lee Jackie, Sterling.

This lineup is almost the regular lineup of Liverpool this season. The change is that the midfielders Lallana and Emre Can rotate, or sometimes Coutinho will return to the midfield.

Manchester United, they arranged a 442 formation,

Goalkeeper: De Gea;

Defenders: Ashley Young, Evans, Phil Jones, Valencia;

Midfielders: Fellaini, Carrick, Mata, Rooney;

Forwards: Van Persie, Wilson.

At present, Manchester United also has a lot of injuries. Di Maria, Luke Shaw, Lingard, Smalling and others are absent due to injuries.

Compared with Manchester United, Liverpool only has one important player absent, Sturridge, which is already considered good.

Speaking of which, during the transfer in the summer, Di Maria was as famous as Li Chenglong at that time, and his transfer fee was not much less than Li Chenglong.

But after actually joining the Premier League, the performance of the two is not at the same level at all.

Di Maria couldn't adapt to the confrontational rhythm of the Premier League at all. He was ravaged by turns like an actress on the court, and at the same time was easily injured.

In short, the transfer that Manchester United invested the most in the summer seems to be difficult to meet expectations.

Before the start of the game, Manchester United fans created a huge momentum at Old Trafford, trying to put pressure on Liverpool psychologically.

But after the game officially started, Liverpool was very anti-customer.

In a patter of light rain, Atkinson blew the opening whistle.

In the first attack of the opening game, Lee Chenglong's pass helped Liverpool earn a corner kick, and then Lovren succeeded in the corner kick attack and completed the header, but De Gea was in good form and flew to block the ball come out.

Immediately after three minutes, Fellaini fouled because he couldn't prevent Sterling's breakthrough, and the first yellow card of the game was generated.

In the 11th minute, Li Chenglong received a through ball from Lallana and suddenly volleyed from the left side of the penalty area, but was saved by De Gea again.

"From the beginning of the game, Liverpool had the intention of turning away from the guest, but De Gea performed very well. He saved Liverpool's threatening shots in a few minutes."

The words of England's commentary can be regarded as expressing the tone of the game.

Liverpool played very well, but they have some advantages in the away game.

But helplessly, De Gea was in excellent form, and he directly became the duck father of Manchester United fans, making consecutive brave saves.

Under such circumstances, Manchester United's counterattack was impressive.

Since Van Gaal took over this season, Manchester United once ranked in the bottom half of the standings in the early days. At that time, Chef Fan was frequently rumored to be dismissed from get out of class.

Now Manchester United's performance has improved, but Manchester United fans have begun to criticize the team's ugly play.

This feeling is a bit like a Real Madrid fan, not only want to win, but also look good on the scene.

However, although the scene is not very good-looking, Manchester United's counterattack style of play is still somewhat effective. Recently, they have won five consecutive victories in the Premier League.

Soon, Manchester United relied on counterattacks to penetrate Liverpool's defense.

In the 18th minute, Valencia counterattacked with the ball and sent an inverted triangle pass after passing Lallana. Rooney rushed to the goal and pushed the ball with his right foot to the lower right corner of the goal.

boom! !

This goal directly exploded at Old Trafford, and cheers were everywhere in the stands.

Jackie Lee even heard Manchester United fans swearing at him specifically.

"Damn bastard, you can't even match one of Wayne's toes!!"

"Wayne is a hundred times stronger than you!"

The problems of Jackie Chan and the England national team have almost been dug out by the media.

The English media claimed in reports that Jackie Lee just wanted to replace Rooney as the leader of the national team, so he has been unable to negotiate with the FA.

For other fans, they may feel that it doesn't matter who is the boss of the national team, as long as they can lead the team to win.

But for Manchester United fans, they must support Wayne Rooney, especially because Lee Jackie Chan is the star of Liverpool.

Now that Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the red derby, Manchester United fans will of course take the opportunity to "humiliate" Jackie Lee.

Manchester United scored the first goal, and then Liverpool's offensive became more fierce, because the whole team wanted to equalize the score as soon as possible.

In the 24th minute, Gerrard's long-range shot hit Ashley Young's arm and was refracted, but this unexpected refracted ball was still saved by De Gea.

There is no way, he has now turned on the duck father mode, and a bug has already occurred.

Liverpool fell behind in the score and eagerly hoped to equalize the score, while Manchester United was not to be outdone, and the interception and defense were very active on the field, so the actions of both sides gradually increased.

In the 27th minute, Li Chenglong directly tackled Valencia, who dribbled the ball back from the side, and received a yellow card for this.

In the 31st minute, Glenn Johnson was injured when he collided with Fellaini in the tackle.

Rodgers can only make substitutions, let Yaya Toure's brother Kolo Toure play, and temporarily go to the right back.

Under the premise that both sides have stepped up confrontation, this time Manchester United has found another opportunity.

In the 39th minute, Ashley Young sent a cross from the left, Van Persie flew the header in the middle, and Mata scored with a diving header.

Seeing that the goal was broken again, Li Chenglong was a little disappointed, but he heard the shouts of his teammates.

"Offside!! That's an offside ball!!"

Lovren, who was defending Mata just now, was yelling that Li Chenglong was far away just now, and he didn't know if he was really offside, but he also followed up to put pressure on the referee.

At this time, during the TV broadcast, the goal just now was replayed.

"Uh, according to this picture, Mata was indeed offside just now."

"When Yang kicked the ball, Mata was not offside, but when Van Persie ferried the header, Mata was obviously in an offside position. At that time, most of his body was sticking out."

This broadcast screen immediately caused countless Liverpool fans to curse, but this did not change the situation on the field.

Atkinson firmly believed that it was a valid goal, and gave a yellow card to Lovren, who protested fiercely.

In this way, Liverpool was scored two goals before the first half, and temporarily fell behind with a score of 0:2.