Football King Bale

Just entering August, Manchester United's devilish schedule has begun. They just played a Premier League game against Swansea in Wales on the afternoon of August 17. Seventy-two hours later, their next Premier League game came again, and it was also an away game.

Because they are going to the Czech Republic to play the European Super Cup at the end of August, Manchester United's third round game, which is an away game against their arch-rival Liverpool, has been moved forward to Wednesday night.

Thus, the first double red meeting of the season started suddenly.

This is the 188th English National Derby. In the previous 187 times, Liverpool was at a disadvantage with 60 wins, 50 draws and 77 losses, including 52 wins, 43 draws and 65 losses in the league.

Since Bale moved to Manchester United, the two teams have met eight times on various fronts in the three seasons. Liverpool has 1 draw and 7 losses without a win. The only draw was in the 29th round of the Premier League in the 2010-2011 season. At that time, the two sides Played a soul-stirring 4:4 at Anfield. Since then, Liverpool has lost five consecutive games against Manchester United, including four Premier League games and one FA Cup game.

Bell can be said to be Liverpool's biggest sufferer. In these eight games, Bell scored 16 times in Liverpool's goal. The only game in which Bell failed to score was the 25th round of the Premier League in the 2011-2012 season. In the remaining 7 games, he scored twice in 5 games and scored a hat trick in two games.

In this game, Rogers and Ferguson both lined up 433.

For Manchester United, the starting lineup has changed a lot compared to four days ago. Goalkeeper De Gea, defender Vidic and Ferdinand all got rotations, new aid Van Dijk and Smalling got the chance to play, and the midfielder On the other hand, Kante replaced Carrick in the starting lineup, and Pogba was also replaced by Ryan Giggs. On the front line, however, it is still the combination of Bell, Robin van Persie and Welbeck.

Liverpool also made a lot of adjustments. After all, the last game was only 72 hours away from this game. The goalkeeper is new aid Mignolet, and the four backs are Glen Johnson, Agger, Skrtel and Enrique; Lucas, Henderson and Gerrard partner in the midfield, and Sturridge occupies For the center position, Coutinho and Aspas are on both sides.

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After the start, Liverpool, playing at home, got into the state significantly faster, which also gave them a dream start.

In the 3rd minute, Giggs, who played for the 47th time in the Double Red Club, was intercepted while dribbling the ball on the left side of the penalty area. Liverpool counterattacked quickly. Sturridge cut in and shot from the right rib of the penalty area but was blocked by the defensive player.

Gerrard took a corner kick on the right, Agger headed the goal, and Sturridge's header in front of the goal changed the flight path of the ball and then entered the net. Liverpool took the lead in a flash, 1:0!

Anfield erupted instantly. More than 50,000 Red Army fans rushed out of their seats. The whole stadium felt like an earthquake.

Because Manchester United has been too strong in recent seasons and has completely suppressed Liverpool. When facing Manchester United, it is basically difficult for Liverpool to gain an advantage. Today's game can achieve such a dream start. It is no wonder that the Red Army fans are extremely excited.

Manchester United quickly launched a counterattack and threatened Liverpool's goal three minutes later. After receiving the ball from Bell, Van Persie shot an overhead kick from 12 yards in the penalty area and over the crossbar.

The rhythm of the game was quickly picked up by both sides. The two teams were like bayonets, going round after round.

In the 8th minute, Coutinho's long shot missed the left post.

In the 10th minute, Welbeck received a pass from Evra and his low shot from the left side of the penalty area was confiscated by Mignolet. Liverpool then quickly counterattacked. Gerrard received a 20-yard low shot from the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area from Aspas and was confiscated by De Gea.

In the 12th minute, Manchester United received a very good free kick in the frontcourt, only 25 yards away from the goal. Bell's free kick forced Mignolet to barely save the baseline. Then Bell took the left corner kick. Van Persie failed to make a shot when facing the empty goal, and the ball slipped past.

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The English derby is a bloody derby.

Collisions, friction and fierce conflicts on the field are of course an indispensable ingredient. In the Premier League era, Manchester United had a total of 8 players sent off in the game against Liverpool, more than against other opponents.

The atmosphere of this game was equally heated, especially when controversial penalties frequently appeared on the field.

In the 16th minute, Welbeck's shot from the left side of the penalty spot was blocked by Johnson.

Manchester United players immediately lodged a complaint with the referee. They believed that the Liverpool defender had handballed the ball. However, referee Marriner ignored the complaints of the Manchester United players and signaled that the game should continue.

This penalty made the Manchester United players very dissatisfied. Their dissatisfaction was justified, because the slow motion showed that the part where Johnson blocked Welbeck was his raised arm. This was a penalty kick without any doubt.

The anger of the Manchester United players who encountered unfavorable penalties was building up in their hearts.

The game soon progressed to the 27th minute. During an attack by Liverpool, Welbeck, who was returning to defense, faced Coutinho who was dribbling the ball and directly made a flying tackle, causing the Brazilian midfielder to roll on the ground. Incessantly. Then, Heibei received a yellow card for his irrational behavior.

Liverpool players were also dissatisfied with referee Marriner's decision. They believed that Welbeck's foul action was enough to receive a red card. Spanish winger Aspas, who had just transferred to Liverpool in the summer, even swore at the referee and was also given a yellow card.

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In this kind of game with frequent fouls, player injuries are inevitable. Bell received the most fouls from Liverpool players. If it weren't for his systematic super defensive skills, it would be difficult to last the first half.

The first injured Manchester United defender Phil Jones, a fierce flying general, was injured when fighting for the ball with a Liverpool player in the 38th minute of the first half, and could no longer persist. Ferguson could only Can had no choice but to replace Phil Jones with Valencia.

After Phil Jones left the field, referee Marriner also issued a yellow card to Kante because he retaliated by knocking down the perpetrator Coutinho with a scissor leg after Phil Jones fell to the ground.

At that time, Jones fell to the ground during the fight, but the Brazilian midfielder did not kick the ball out of the sideline, which caused Kante's dissatisfaction and subsequent vicious foul. After getting up, Kante yelled at Coutinho, denouncing the opponent for not being enough. Profession.

Phil Jones was injured and came off the field, but the opponent did not receive even a yellow card. Instead, Manchester United's Kante received a yellow card. This made the Manchester United players obviously play with emotion in the next game. This also allowed Robin van Persie and Giggs to receive consecutive yellow cards in just a few minutes.

Continuous yellow cards, instead of calming down the Manchester United players, made their anger continue to accumulate. They believed that referee Marriner was too protective of the home team.

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Emotions quickly came to a head and finally exploded in injury time in the first half.

In the 2nd minute of stoppage time of the first half, Bell crossed from the left wing and ran directly to the corner flag. At this time, Van Persie, who was grabbing the spot in the penalty area, did not jump at all because Liverpool central defender Skrtel suppressed the Dutch forward's body during the jump. Van Persie was completely unable to take off and fight for the top.

What made Van Persie even more annoyed was that when Skrtel landed, he hit Van Persie in the back with his elbow in a subtle way, causing the Dutchman to stumble and almost fall to the ground.

General Fan was annoyed by his opponent's hidden moves. He turned around and pushed Skrtel in the chest to push him away, causing the latter to take three steps back.

How could the already fierce-looking Slovak swallow his resentment and rush forward to question? Gerrard, who happened to be at the scene of the incident, also rushed forward to support his teammates, pushed Van Persie away and pointed at the referee Marina repeatedly. Signal: This action is not enough to win cards?

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It’s no wonder that Van Persie played in a depressed manner. After Liverpool adopted a rough style to play the game, Manchester United, which is more technical, did not have the space to exert its technical advantages and was completely at a disadvantage in the first half.

The disadvantage on the scene also made Van Persie look lonely in the penalty area. He only touched the ball 8 times in the entire first half, and could hardly touch the ball, let alone score. Now his anger was naturally vented on his opponent.

Robin Man had already received a yellow card for a retaliatory foul against Agger. After this conflict, Marriner did not show him a second yellow card. The BBC commentator was puzzled: "Robin can continue to stay on the scene." Was he lucky? His foul on Agger was indeed a yellow card and he almost got a second five minutes later. I wish Ferguson had hugged him (to cool him down)."

Famous Lineker also asked: "Is this a boxing match?"

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Of course, Van Persie felt that his outburst was justified and signaled to the referee that the opponent was elbowing, but Gerrard believed that his opponent was deliberately provoking trouble.

The boss is the boss after all. The Jays then exchanged words with Van Persie in the air under the referee's nose. The Dutchman continued to retaliate without hesitation. The two got closer and closer, almost chest-to-chest but head-to-head. Fortunately, the referee Referee Marriner, Manchester United captain Bale and others intervened in time to prevent more serious consequences.

Gerrard then walked away, but Skrtel continued to chatter. After Van Persie wiped his sweat with his jersey, he continued to spray letters in reply to his enemy. Welbeck later joined the verbal war.

Marriner saw that something was wrong and quickly blew the half-time whistle, but Bell and Gerrard remained on the court and argued fiercely with the referee.

Especially Bell, he also believed that Marriner was too protective of the home team. He was frequently knocked to the ground by Liverpool players with rough moves in the first half, but Marriner let the Liverpool players go time and time again, only giving some mild verbal warnings. The only yellow card a Liverpool player received in the first half was Aspas' verbal disrespect to Marriner.

Marriner didn't know if he felt guilty, but he lowered his head and walked towards the entrance of the stadium amid Bell's complaints.