Football King Bale

Just after the Double Red Club, a week later, Manchester United faced another challenge from the Gunners at home.

This is the third meeting between Manchester United and Arsenal this season, and it is also their third domestic battle.

On December 13 last year, in the 17th round of the Premier League, the Red Devils and Arsenal met for the first time this season. The Red Devils won the Gunners 2:0 at home, with Bell scoring twice.

Then there was the meeting between the two sides in the League Cup final two weeks ago. After a fierce battle, Bell scored a hat-trick to help the Red Devils defeat their opponent and also win the first championship trophy of the season.

Now, the third meeting between the two sides is here, but the battlefield has changed to the FA Cup.

This is the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

The current situation of both sides cannot be said to be good. Arsenal has been in decline since being defeated by Manchester United in the League Cup final. In midweek, they were eliminated from the Champions League by Barcelona in a controversial way: Arsenal had a good situation to equalize the score, but Robin van Persie was because of After being ruled offside, he still took a shot and received a second yellow card and was sent off.

After the game, Van Persie, who was sent off, said in an interview: "There were 95,000 fans in the stadium and the crowd was roaring. How could I hear the referee's whistle at that moment? At 1-1, the game can still be said to be decided by the players. , but the referee immediately killed the game."

In the end, Arsenal, who played less than one player in the next half hour, conceded two goals in a row and was eliminated from the Champions League.

They missed the League Cup, were eliminated from the Champions League again, and were 19 points behind Manchester United in the league. There was only a theoretical possibility of overtaking Manchester United. Winning the championship was in vain. The FA Cup was their last hope this year.

As for Manchester United, although they struggled to escape from Anfield in last weekend's double red meeting, they also paid a heavy price: Nani, who suffered an unnecessary disaster, will be absent from work for a month, and the team's core Bell, also due to injury, Ferguson has to pay a heavy price. He was not included in the playing list.

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At Anfield, although Bell did not leave the field immediately after being brutally fouled by Carragher, he insisted on finishing the game and even scored a hat-trick to help Manchester United take away a point from Anfield. However, in fact, Bell persisted despite being injured. of competition.

Carragher's flying tackle hit Bell's ankle firmly. Although Bell did not break his leg, the spikes tore the skin and muscles of Bell's ankle. Bell just asked the team doctor on the sidelines. After treatment, he went into battle with the injury and finished the game.

But for the sake of safety, and also to retain strength for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Marseille next week, Ferguson decided to let Bale rest during the weekend's FA Cup match against Arsenal.

Because Bell is not a popular person for Arsenal either. It can even be said unceremoniously that Bell is the most hated guy in the Manchester United team by Arsenal players and fans, because he can be called the Gunners' nemesis.

In his first season after moving to Tottenham, Bell took a free kick and scored a goal in the 156th North London Derby between Tottenham and Arsenal. At that time, Bai Baihe lost 1:3 in that game. The only goal was also the first goal in that game, which made the Gunners very unhappy.

Then last season, in the first round of the league match between the two sides, at the Emirates Stadium, Bell's pass and shot almost overturned Arsenal. Although they won 3:2 in the end, Gunners fans were absolutely gnashing their teeth at Bell.

Then there is the second leg of last season's North London Derby. At White Hart Lane, Bell's goal killed the Gunners and kicked Arsenal out of the league title competition. Since then, Arsenal has been in a slump, only achieving a poor record of 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses in 5 rounds, and finally fell behind the champion Tottenham by 13 points!

After Bale moved to Manchester United last summer, he continued to stab Arsenal. In the previous two meetings between the two sides, Bale stabbed Arsenal five times, which not only caused Arsenal to fall far behind Manchester United in the standings, but also directly caused Arsenal to lose the League Cup championship.

Therefore, if Bell plays, Arsenal will never be polite to him. If Bell's injury worsens, or even causes a long-term injury, then the gain will really outweigh the loss.

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After the baptism of the devil's schedule, Manchester United and Arsenal each suffered heavy injuries.

Bale, Manchester United's best performer this season, is sitting in the stands. Another outstanding winger, Nani, is also determined to miss this game. Together with Valencia and Park Ji-sung who have been bedridden for a long time, Ferguson only has Giggs and Obertan, one old and one young, are two wingers.

For Manchester United, in this game against Arsenal, ten first-team players were unable to play for various reasons.

Ferguson said at the press conference: "I don't think about other people's affairs. If I have to sympathize, I will sympathize with myself. We will be very difficult this week. Facing Marseille on Tuesday is a test and we will face Marseille next weekend." Against Bolton we had a lot of players unavailable. Fortunately, it's the middle of March and we're still eligible to play in all the games, which is something we're proud of and I think a lot of clubs are envious of."

Talking about the impact of injuries, Ferguson showed his usual toughness and said: "We do have a lot of injuries. Of course I hope they can all play, but it will not affect our game. The game against Arsenal is always disappointing. People are excited and we have a chance to get to the semi-finals, so I’m going to field the best lineup we can field right now.”

For Ferguson, the biggest good news is that captain Vidic has returned from suspension and the stability of the defense has been enhanced.

Perhaps for Manchester United, the next week will be a crucial week to determine the direction of the season. Fortunately, the three games against Arsenal, Marseille and Bolton will all be played at Old Trafford.

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Arsenal's situation is not much better. Their central axis has been severely damaged, especially the goalkeeper position. Fabianski has not recovered from his injury. Szczesny was injured at the Nou Camp and will miss 6 weeks. Wenger could only use Almunia, who was out of favor. In addition, Arsenal's official website has confirmed that captain Cesc Fabregas will also be unable to play in this game due to injury.

However, Arsenal fans have expectations for this game. They believe that Manchester United, which has lost Bell, is a tiger with its teeth pulled out.

However, they have forgotten that Bell is not the only minion of the Manchester United tiger. Similarly, Bell is not the only Arsenal nemesis in Manchester United.

After Bell, Arsenal's nemesis, was absent, another Arsenal nemesis hidden in Manchester United showed his edge, that is Rooney.

In the 27th minute, Diaby's long shot was deflected by Vidic's body and fell into the arms of Edwin van der Sar, who immediately threw the ball and launched a quick counterattack. Fabio passed the ball through the midfield, Rafael responded, Fabio passed the ball to Rooney, Rooney's cross passed Djurou and Hernandez got the opportunity to dive for a header, Amuni Ya struggled to save the ball but was unable to stop Fabio's supplementary shot. Manchester United led 1-0.

In this goal, although Rooney didn't even get an assist, it was his cross that caused Manchester United's final goal.

The little fat man's performance did not end there. In the second half of the game, when Arsenal set off an offensive climax at Old Trafford, it was Rooney who stepped forward again and quelled Arsenal's momentum with a goal. .

In the 47th minute, Wilshere broke through the middle and shot into the penalty area, but Brown blocked it with his body. One minute later, Arsenal played a wonderful match at the front of Manchester United's penalty area. Koscielny received Arshavin's pass and his first shot was blocked by Edwin van der Sar with his leg. Van Persie then passed the ball, and Koscielny hit again with his right foot. , Van der Sar stretched out his right hand while falling to the ground and struggled to resolve it.

Manchester United immediately launched a counterattack. Rafael made a fake move to shake off Gibbs and then broke into the penalty area and hit the ball to the center. Djurou and Hernandez fell to the ground at the same time. The ball flew into the air. Rooney stepped forward to grab a header from a small angle. The ball was successful and Manchester United led 2-0.

This is the last goal of the game. In the following games, Arsenal, unwilling to fail, launched several offensives, but in the end they were unable to change the score on the field.

In the end, after a fierce battle, Manchester United once again defeated the Gunners with a score of 2:0, completing their third kill against them this season!

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Of course, Manchester United was able to achieve such a complete victory, in addition to Rooney's excellent performance on the offensive end, it must also be attributed more to the divine performance of goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. The 41-year-old Dutch goalkeeper does not look like an old guy at all. He has denied Arsenal's must-goals many times in this game. If it weren't for his performance, Manchester United might not be able to advance in this game.

Another focus of attention in this game is that Ferguson has arranged a super strange formation: among Manchester United's starting 11, there are actually 7 defenders, including Rafael, Vidic, Smallin, and Evers. La, O'Shea, Brown and Fabio!

After defeating Arsenal, Manchester United became the second team to advance to the FA Cup semi-finals this season. The first team was Bolton Wanderers, who won Birmingham five hours earlier than Manchester United.

These two games were played on Saturday afternoon, and the following Sunday, the remaining two FA Cup quarter-finals continued. In the end, Stoke City defeated West Ham 2:1, and Manchester City won 1:1 at home. 0 narrow victory over Reading.

In this way, all four of this season's FA Cup semi-finals were born. In the subsequent semi-final draw, Manchester United drew its rival Manchester City. The two teams from Manchester will compete for a ticket to this season's FA Cup final in mid-April.

This is not good news for Manchester United, because it means that they will have another tough battle, and it will be at the Manchester City Stadium.

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