Football King Bale

At 16:10 GMT on November 10th, the 11th round of the 2013-2014 English Premier League was the focus of the game. The second-placed Red Devils Manchester United sat at Old Trafford to face the top-ranked Gunners Arsenal.

This is a true battle at the top of the table, and one of the rare times in recent years that Arsenal are ranked higher than Manchester United at the time of the encounter.

As Ferguson's biggest rival, Wenger's team has gradually declined in recent years. Although it has been in the top four of the Premier League for a long time, it does not really have the strength to compete for the championship.

However, at the last moment of the summer transfer, Arsenal poached Dutch midfielder Sneijder from Manchester United, which became the biggest reason for Arsenal's performance recovery this season.

On the contrary, Manchester United unexpectedly fell into a slow start this season and has been ranked poorly. It was not until the recent three-game winning streak that they slowly climbed to the second place in the league. There is a three-point gap from Arsenal at the top of the list.

This is a very sensitive score, because Manchester United has a goal difference advantage over Arsenal. Once they defeat Arsenal at Old Trafford, they will step down Arsenal and occupy the top spot.

This is naturally not what Arsenal wants to see. They have finally won the long-lost top spot in the Premier League, and they naturally hope to maintain this ranking until the end of the season.

After all, they have not won the Premier League championship in 9 years!

If Arsenal can defeat Manchester United at Old Trafford, it will not only end the team's embarrassing record against Manchester United at the Theater of Dreams, but also expand their advantage in the standings to 6 points.

Therefore, this is a 6-point battle, and it is also a game that neither side wants to lose nor can lose!

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In this game, Manchester United was missing Rafael, who was troubled by an ankle injury, and Welbeck, who had never recovered from a knee injury. However, Evans and Carrick returned to the starting lineup after getting rid of back injuries and leg injuries respectively. Evra became Henry's successor. The third French player after Vieira to have played 250 games in the Premier League, Robin van Persie, who was rumored to be absent before the game, joined Bale and Rooney on the front line.

As for the Arsenal team, Theo Walcott, Sanogo, Chamberlain, Podolski and Diaby continue to hang out the exemption cards. Per Mertesacker and Rosicky are also absent due to illness. Fortunately, Flamini and Wilshere are absent. He returned, and the former even entered the starting lineup. Sneijder, who joined Arsenal at the buzzer in the summer transfer window, also started against his old club.

This game is Wenger's 51st time facing Ferguson as Arsenal coach. Previously, the professor only won 14 times.

At the same time, this is also the 218th main-season meeting between the two clubs. Previously, Manchester United had a slight advantage with 93 wins, 47 draws and 77 losses. Among them, in the three seasons after Bell moved to Manchester United, Arsenal played against Manchester United 8 times. , the results are only 1 draw, 7 losses and no win, and the only draw was obtained in the 35th round of the Premier League last season when Manchester United had already won the league championship.

In the 42 games played in the Premier League, the Red Devils also dominated with 20 wins, 12 draws and 10 losses. In fact, the Gunners only won 17 times in the 103 previous visits to Old Trafford. In the 21 times they challenged Manchester United away from home in the Premier League era, they had 3 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses. Negative is completely at a disadvantage.

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As a battle for the top spot, Manchester United fans are naturally paying unprecedented attention to this game.

When Bale led the Manchester United team out of the players' tunnel, as far as the eye could see, the Old Trafford stadium was packed with people and it was full again.

The stadium electronic sign shows the real-time number of spectators in the stadium: people.

In fact, if it were not for safety reasons that required a separation zone between the fans of the two teams, Old Trafford would definitely be full for this game.

Under Ferguson, Manchester United's attendance at Old Trafford has always been one of the highest in Europe and even the world.

Before the start of the game, when players from the two teams entered the stadium, Ferguson and Wenger shook hands and hugged each other.

Watching these two coaches stand together is another wave of memories for countless veteran Premier League fans.

These two people can be said to represent an era in the Premier League. Since taking charge of Arsenal in October 1996, this is the 17th consecutive season that the two coaches, both in their 60s, have met in the league.

No matter what happens to them in the future, the conversations between Arsenal and Manchester United, Wenger and Ferguson in those years are immortal memories of countless Premier League fans, and that was also the beginning of many fans' entry into the Premier League.

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In this game, Manchester United's starting lineup is goalkeeper De Gea, four defenders Smalling, Van Dijk, Phil Jones and Evra. In the midfield, Kante, Carrick and Pogba partner, and the striker is It is the BVR combination.

At the beginning of the first half, Manchester United firmly controlled the ball and continued to look for opportunities on both wings. Arsenal is also actively attacking and competing with Manchester United in the midfield.

Ramsey dribbled the ball and faced Manchester United midfielder Kante, who was three months older than him, and made a Marseille slalom very confidently.

This season, Ramsey's performance has been very bright. His continuous goals and assists have not only earned him the nickname "Rashen" among Arsenal fans, but also greatly improved his self-confidence.

Ramsey has the confidence to face any player on the planet, even the boss of the national team, the number one player in world football, Mr. Bale the Ballon d'Or, let alone this dark-looking man in front of him.

The result was a bit of a slap in the face, because Ramsey passed by but the ball stayed.

Kanter saw the right moment and broke the football from between Ramsey's legs with a gentle poke. After the cool turning circle, the football was out of control.

"Beautiful steal." Zhan Jun applauded Kanter's steal.

At this time, the broadcast camera gave Kanter a close-up, and Kanter showed a simple smile on his face, revealing a mouth of white teeth.

Kanter didn't just laugh, but smiled while passing the ball forward.

Bell came back to respond and successfully received Kanter's pass.

Arsenal's right back Sagna clung to Bell to prevent him from turning around, but Bell pushed the ball lightly with the arch of his foot and passed the ball to Pogba's feet, and then Pogba dribbled the ball forward.

After passing the football to Pogba, Bale pulled aside and started running without the ball along the wing.

Evra behind him also followed, one behind the other, moving forward at the same time.

The center is prone to encounter intensive defense, while the gaps on the wings will be larger. Although Arsenal's players are very wary of Bell, they cannot accumulate heavy troops to defend the wings and leave the center free.

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After being pulled to the wing, Bell quickly gained space. Pogba passed the ball and the football immediately returned to Bale's feet.

Two Arsenal players immediately rushed towards Bale.

Bell stepped on the ball and did not rush forward. He looked at the two Arsenal defenders and waited until they were closer to him before Bell pulled the football behind him, passed it to Evra not far behind, and accelerated forward.

Evra directly passed the ball along the sideline and behind the Arsenal defenders.

accelerate!

Bell's speed exploded, and he jumped out like a cheetah.

With the advantage of speed, Bell quickly caught up with the football.

After getting the ball, Bell began to lead the horse inside, and Arsenal right back Sagna followed.

Facing this old acquaintance, Bell stepped on the ball without hesitation, pulled the ball, and turned around. The football seemed to be stuck to Bell's feet. As Bell rotated, the skating school

Old Trafford commentator Pump Hansen laughed and said: "Marseille slalom! This is the correct way to use the Marseille slalom. Has Ramsey seen it? Have you learned it?"

Although Bell has not obtained the Marseille slalom skill of the ball saint system, with his current technical level, he is not inferior to Zidane, the representative of this action.

Moreover, as he is tall, he looks particularly elegant when he performs this action, which is eye-catching.

There was thunderous applause at Old Trafford, and this warm applause seemed to also be: "This is the correct Marseille roundabout!"

Ramsey looked a little embarrassed as he watched Rao Beier finish the job gracefully.

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After passing Sagna, Bell broke into the penalty area and drove the ball straight to the baseline.

When the ball approached the bottom line, Bell raised his foot to pass back, and Arsenal center back Koscielny immediately stepped forward to block it.

When the French centre-back raised his thigh, Bale forcibly canceled the pass. He suddenly paused and turned what was originally a pass into a push of the football along the baseline.

Immediately afterwards, Bell rushed out of the baseline and accelerated in a circle.

Overtaking on the outside! Bale passed in front of Koscielny.

"Beautiful!" Lineker slammed the table excitedly in the empty sports studio.

Not far from Lineker, Kirsty also clapped her hands and cheered: "So handsome!"

In the blink of an eye, in a small space, Bell completed an unexpected pass.

After passing the ball, Bell quickly caught up with the football and used his body to block Koscielny and block him behind him.

The French central defender was very helpless. He lost his defensive position and could not interfere with Bell normally. And because he was in the penalty area, Koscielny didn't dare to use too much force even if he pushed and pulled with his hands, lest he commit a defensive foul and give away a penalty kick.

After blocking Koscielny, Bale dribbled the ball back laterally.

In the penalty area, after Bale passed Sagna, Van Persie, Rooney, and Pogba spread out to form multiple points of contact to open up Arsenal's defensive position.

When Bell forced his way past Koscielny and then cut in with the ball, Arsenal's defense instantly became chaotic.

Bell was so powerful that he chose to continue playing with the ball, taking a sideways step, swaying away from another central defender Vermaelen, and already entering the penalty area.

Without the slightest hesitation, Bell activated the killer blow of the Ball Saint System, and at the same time, he quickly swung his legs and kicked the ball at his feet.

Bang!

The football immediately rose from the ground, turned into a white light, and hit the top corner of the near post.

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