Amid the cheers of 90,000 fans, the game started soon.
Manchester United's players naturally launched an attack - they are used to slow attacks this season, and now the two strikers rarely work together. After Owen transferred here this season, he also got some opportunities, but because of Rooney
He is Manchester United's absolute top player this season, so Irving's chances to play are often at the center position of Berbatov, and partnering with Berbatov is still very rare.
Although the two of them are standard in terms of technical characteristics, one is high and the other is fast - unfortunately, both of them are a little bit less high and fast - Mrs. Berbato calls brother Xiaosa a technical center and expects him to play ball.
It is almost impossible to fight for spots and positions. Of course, Irving's speed and shooting skills were world-class and top-notch back then. However, after several years of continuous injuries, he is no longer the young man chasing the wind. His speed has long been
No more, now he relies on experience and technology to make a living.
Therefore, the strike partnership between him and Berbatov ended up in an awkward situation where although their appearance was completely different, their technical characteristics and functions had some overlap...
It is still very difficult for such an attack to break through Wundt and Lovren's defense line from the front.
Berbatov made a beautiful breakthrough and got away from Lovren, but was intercepted by Fonte who made up the position in time. Irving had a long shot from outside the penalty area, but was unable to hit the power due to the interference of Lovren.
, and Davis easily pounced on him.
Although Davis is not a top goalkeeper, he is quite stable. For Southampton now, having such a goalkeeper is enough.
After withstanding Manchester United's attack, Southampton quickly launched a counterattack.
What even Noriya didn't expect was that Southampton scored a goal for the first time they launched an attack!
After constant passing, the ball came to Lallana's feet. It was obvious that Manchester United's defense was not very familiar with Lallana's characteristics and gave him a certain amount of space to get the ball. Lallana raised his foot.
, and passed the ball to the corner of the penalty area!
Mkhitaryan, who changed his position and moved forward, received the ball and then quickly broke into the penalty area!
Evra just went up to assist and has not yet come back. Vidic quickly went over to fill in the position. Facing Vidic who came to fill in, Mkhitaryan's mind flashed in Mkhitaryan's mind, Kiya's pre-game instructions - Vidic
Although he is a top central defender, his turns and reactions are a bit slow. If he comes to fill in and there is no one else around to help defend, just pass him boldly!
Mkhitaryan dribbles the ball forward and breaks through!
This made Vidic a little unexpected - because with his reputation, to be honest, every opponent he encountered would carefully consider their own level and break through him head-on. Very few people would dare to do this.
But Mkhitaryan did this.
His foot skills are very good, and his fake moves are also very realistic. After luring Vidic to shift his center of gravity, he quickly moved the ball laterally, dodged his defense, and then broke through from the other side!
Only then did Vidic react. He was used to him filling in from behind, and Ferdinand swept forward - in the face of the opponent's premeditated breakthrough, his reaction was a little slow!
Vidic turned around quickly and found that he could no longer stop Mkhitaryan from moving forward. Mkhitaryan had completely left him behind and faced goalkeeper Kuzzak...
As a top defender, he made a last-ditch effort.
Vidic caught up from behind, grabbed Mkhitaryan's jersey, and then slid in from the side...
Mkhitaryan, who was about to shoot, was caught off guard and was pulled to the ground. However, he just managed to avoid Vidic's sliding tackle.
There was a huge noise in the stands, Manchester United fans were shouting for a dive, and Southampton fans were shouting for a penalty!
The referee's whistle sounded, he ran towards the penalty area, and then pointed to the penalty spot - a penalty!
There is no doubt that there is a pull from the side and the back, as well as a sliding tackle. If this is not a penalty kick, there will be no penalty kick.
However, the referee seemed to see that his action was not harmful, so he did not show a yellow card.
Now both head coaches are dissatisfied.
Ferguson jumped up, waving his arms, blushing, and shouted to the field: "How can this be a penalty!"
Noriya was even more excited than him. He also shouted on the court: "This is a bad back tackle foul! Red card! Not even a yellow card? It's too much!"
Ferguson was excited, but was suppressed by Ji Ya's shout, which made Sir Alex very angry...
He is a hair dryer, how can he lose to Ji Ya!
But it was obvious that the referee did not pay attention to the performances of the two head coaches on the sidelines. He dispersed the arguing Manchester United players and then gave the ball to Lambert who came up.
Lambert made it happen in one fell swoop!
He deceived Kuszak and drove the ball into the lower right corner.
"The goal is scored! One to zero, Southampton is surprisingly ahead of Manchester United! The English League One team is ahead of the defending Premier League champions! Do they really want to repeat the miracle of Swindon? Winning the league as a third-tier team
cup!"
"When Swindon won the League Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup only allowed the FA Cup winner to participate, so Swindon was not able to participate in European competitions as a low-level team. Now Southampton seems to have this opportunity!
The first time a low-level team participated in a European competition dates back to the 2003-04 season. The then German second division team Aachen reached the German Cup final and lost to Bremen. However, because Bremen qualified for the Champions League, so
Aachen has entered the UEFA Cup next season and has reached the top 16 of the UEFA Cup! Can Southampton also have such an opportunity?"
Many commentators started shouting one after another. This was a big stunt. Of course the commentators had to repeat it...
However, Manchester United will not let the championship slip away easily.
They quickly launched a fierce attack, while Southampton kept running and intercepting on the field, constantly attacking Manchester United!
Southampton's courage in not taking back the lead and continuing to attack is indeed commendable.
However, in the eyes of many people, their approach was still very stupid. After all, it exposed many flaws in their defense.
Although Rooney is not here, Owen and Berbatov are also excellent forwards. If there is space, they can score goals.
In the 16th minute of the game, Berbatov unexpectedly actively fought in the frontcourt. Mills got the ball, which was a bit sticky, but he stole it. After stealing the ball, Berbatov broke into the penalty area and Wundt took over and flew to shovel the ball out.
, the ball rolled out but fell to Irving's feet. Irving took the shot immediately before Lovren made the replacement, equalizing the score for Manchester United!
