Football King Bale

There is no doubt that Manchester United's sudden collapse during stoppage time has become the focus of this round of the Premier League.

As a guest at Goodison Park last season, Manchester United lost 1:3. One year later, Manchester United came to revenge with grief and anger. Unexpectedly, the harvest was the regret of being tied by the opponent in a good game. From 0:1 to 3:1 and then to 3:3, such a scene of twists and turns seems to be more embarrassing than losing.

When the game between Manchester United and Everton entered injury time, the scoreboard still showed a score of 3:1, Manchester United led, and there were only 2 minutes left in injury time. Ferguson on the sidelines was chatting leisurely with his assistant Whelan, but Moyes, who was not far away from them, frowned and stared at the disappointing things in front of him with his hands on his hips.

Regarding what happened at the last moment of the game, Manchester United's official website used the word "collapse". Who would have thought that Everton could score 2 goals in one minute during stoppage time?

Ferguson's words after the game seemed meaningful: "I think Ferdinand will be able to play next Tuesday."

Thinking of the injured Ferdinand at this time, Ferguson did not expose his strong dissatisfaction in front of the British Sky Sports camera, but his words were very clear, and he was angry at the performance of Manchester United's defense.

Against Fulham two weeks ago, Manchester United almost let the boiled duck fly in the final moments of the game. Unexpectedly, after 2 weeks, everything can be repeated again!

Manchester United was lucky two weeks ago, because there was still a boy named Gareth Bale on the field at that time. His last-minute full-court stop allowed Manchester United to regain the two points they almost lost.

Manchester United two weeks later was unlucky, because at that time the boy named Gareth Bale had been replaced by the old man 20 minutes ago. Then, the cooked duck literally flew away!

The British media were also shocked by this unexpected situation.

"Mirror" directly typed the headline: "Everton attacked Manchester United in 1 minute!"

The "Guardian" gave the hymn to Arteta. They wrote: "He gave Manchester United a heavy blow at the last moment and saved the Everton team."

Cahill claimed before the game that he wanted to give Manchester United some color, but he did not expect to let Manchester United suffer a blow at the last moment, directing two goals, which made the Red Devils helpless.

But looking back on the past, although Manchester United did not have a precedent of conceding 2 goals in a row at the last moment and losing a good game like today, it is not uncommon for them to be equalized or won by their opponents after leading.

In the past against Arsenal, Manchester United liked to concede the ball at the last moment. This classic picture has been around for a long time. But looking back on last season, the most typical one was the home game against Bayern in the Champions League semi-finals.

In the first half, relying on the goals of Rooney and Nani to get a 3-goal lead, it almost wiped out the 2:1 advantage of the Germans at home, but in the second half, they were scored 2 goals by their opponents. It’s so helpless.” In fact, it’s better to sum up your own reasons.

Losing the ball after taking the lead, Manchester United, who has always been good at playing against the wind and reversing opponents, when did they develop such a "bad habit"?

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Manchester United's 3:3 against Everton is not much different from last season's 1:3 in a psychological sense.

At the end of 90 minutes of regular time, the team was still leading 3:1. There were only 2 minutes of stoppage time, but Manchester United failed to take 3 points.

"What's the difference between this and losing?" Bell asked Sky's beauty reporter Kirsty after the game.

For Bell, there's actually a huge difference between a win and a draw. He equalized for Manchester United in the 43rd minute. If the game ends 3:1, then he will be a dazzling hero for Manchester United.

But the final score was 3:3, so all the focus became the last 2 minutes of the game, and Bell's previous excellent performance became meaningless at this time.

Even, this game made him not in the mood to enjoy the joy of just getting the best of the first month of the new season.

Just the morning before the start of the game, the Premier League officially announced the results of the selection of the best players and coaches in August. Bell overwhelmed his teammates at Manchester United, veteran Scholes and others, and won the best player of the month. The best coach was awarded to Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti.

In the August game, Bell played perfectly, and he played the role of Mr. Key in Manchester United's 3 games. In the first round of the league, they defeated Newcastle United 4-0. Bell scored a goal, assisted and planned a goal. It can be said that he defeated the Magpies on his own. It shocked the world, and it can even be included in the most exciting super goal in football history; in the third round of the league, they beat West Ham United 4-0, and Bell controlled the audience.

Therefore, although Bell's teammate Scholes at Manchester United, Chelsea's Drogba, Malouda and his former friend Walcott all played quite amazingly in August, the Premier League officials still selected the best player The honor was awarded to the 21-year-old teenager.

If Manchester United can maintain the score of 3:1 in this game, then Bale will be very happy this weekend. But the team's collapse at the last moment ruined all of Bell's good mood.

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At Goodison Park, Everton is very strong. In the previous 11 consecutive Premier League home games, the Toffees' record here is 9 wins and 2 draws.

Moreover, compared with last season's 1:3, Manchester United can take away 1 point, which is actually not a disaster, but Bell doesn't think so.

He said in an interview with Ferguson after the game: "This is so disappointing. We still led 3:1 in the 90th minute... We didn't expect this kind of ending at all. What we can do now is to learn from it. Lesson learned."

After the game, Manchester United officials only sent 2 people to be interviewed, one was Ferguson and the other was Bell.

One of these two people is the real king of Manchester United, while the other is becoming the leader of Manchester United on the field.

Strictly speaking, the team's loss had nothing to do with Bell, because when the collapse happened, he had already left the field.

It was even thanks to Bell that Manchester United was able to take away a point from Goodison Park in this game.

You know, if he hadn't helped Manchester United equalize the score at the last moment of the first half, so that Manchester United would not have to take away a 0:1 deficit into the second half, I am afraid that the final score of this game would not be 3:3, but very soon. It may be the same 1:3 as last season, or even 0:3!

In the 70 minutes that Bell played, whether passing or running, the Welsh teenager appeared extremely active. In fact, without him, only relying on the combination of O'Shea, Fletcher and Scholes to fight against Arteta, Fellaini, Osman and Pienaar, Manchester United may completely lose control of the midfield.

The 43rd-minute goal was the epitome of an active Bale. Nani took the ball from the right. At this time, Bell quickly inserted from the front of the penalty area. Everton's defense focused on Berbatov and Scholes. Therefore, Bell ran out of the open space and it was very easy. Poked the ball into Everton's goal.

This is Bell's fourth goal in the league this season, and he has scored goals in four consecutive Premier League games. Unknowingly, he has tied the record for consecutive goals scored by new players in Manchester United history!

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So who should bear the blame for the loss of this game?

There was a strange phenomenon in Sky Sports' post-match ratings. In their official ratings, Evans scored 8 points, the second highest score in the Manchester United team after Bell. The reason was "did some great tackle". In the Sky Sports fan rating, Evans only scored 5.4 points, which is the biggest gap between official and fan ratings among all Manchester United players.

In fact, this is easy to understand. Sky Sports' scoring was done at 90 minutes, when Manchester United led 3:1. The fans' ratings were given by the fans after the game. At that time, the score was 3:3, and Evans was directly responsible for the two conceded goals.

First, the ball was lost in the 91st minute. Bynes took the ball from the left and made a pass. Double-teamed Cahill one after the other, but when the ball flew over, Evans just took off symbolically. Maybe he was thinking at this time, "Since we are leading 3:1, we don't have to be so nervous anymore", or "Video Odd can totally watch Cahill."

It was such an inadvertent slack that caused Manchester United to "collapse". Evans missed the previous point, and Cahill easily scored with a header from close range in the middle.

This goal caused a great change in the mentality of both sides. In fact, Manchester United had no advantage at Goodison Park, with 47% to 53% of the ball and 9 to 13 shots. Because of the good grasp of several counter-attack opportunities, Manchester United had a 2-goal lead, but the momentum advantage was always on Everton's side.

Then there was the goal lost in the 92nd minute. If you have to find out who is directly responsible, then it should be one of Scholes, Fletcher, and O’Shea, because Arteta’s shot was hit near the penalty spot. Going forward, in the defense of crosses, this area should be protected by the midfielder. But in fact, Cahill grabbed another point, and Evans and Vidic just blocked his header in a panic.

In the 2 crosses in the last 1 minute, Evans and Vidic all let Cahill win, and Evans was directly responsible for the goal lost in the 91st minute.

The most important purpose for a team to choose a tall central defender is to defend against high balls. In these two defenses, Evans and Vidic were obviously unqualified.

In fact, Manchester United's first goal was also a defensive error. Evra made a mistake in the midfield and kicked the ball high to Arteta, causing Everton to counterattack.

"It's been like that in our last two away games," Ferguson said.

In the away game against Fulham, they took a 2-1 lead and got a penalty kick. Nani missed the penalty and was then headered by Hangeland in the corner kick defense. If it weren't for Bell's final show of power, the Red Devils would have been unable to retreat from Craven Farm two weeks ago.

In this game against Everton, it was also weak in defending the high ball. This time there was no savior on the field with Bell, and the 3 points in hand became 1 point.

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