host must win

Chapter 229
After taking the lead, Manchester United did not relax. Phil Neville, Keane, Giggs and Yin Jun scrambled in the midfield, always one step ahead.

Even Ronaldo temporarily gave up his desire to perform. He made a timely cross in the 43rd minute. Yin Jun turned around and hit the volley in the penalty area again. The ball bounced off the post and rolled into the goal.

Ruud van Nistelrooy scored twice, the camera immediately cut to the stands of the Dutch coach Advocaat.

The semi-finals took the lead and changed sides. Manchester United gave the Rangers a fatal blow after the opening. Giggs took a free kick from the right in the 60th minute.

5:0, the game is over here.

Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Ferguson replaced Berlyon and Fletcher one after another, and used up all three substitutions in the 70th minute of the game.

Manchester United poured the ball all over the field. Although Rangers won two free kicks in front of the penalty area, they did not pose a real threat to Howard.

After the game, Rangers coach McLeish looked very negative. He said in an interview with reporters: "The teams that are much better than Rangers were knocked to the ground by Manchester United at Old Trafford. I don't think of losing, but everyone knows that Manchester United is one of the strongest teams in the world..."

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Beating the Rangers twice in a row, Manchester United has scored 4 points after 9 rounds of the group stage.Coupled with the fact that Stuttgart, another opponent in the group, also achieved 3 victories, the qualifying situation of Group E is basically clear: no accident, Manchester United and Stuttgart will qualify together.

As for Yin Jun, his performance in the UEFA Champions League this season is even better than last season. He scored twice in 4 times in 3 group matches, and his 6 goals made him the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League.

At the same time, he also sent 2 assists, and the number of goals he participated in alone reached 8, which has surpassed 32 of the 27 teams participating in the Champions League group stage!
The five teams that were not left behind by Yin Jun alone were Manchester United, where Yin Jun played, as well as Real Madrid, Juventus, Monaco and Stuttgart.Moreover, Juventus, Real Madrid and Stuttgart have scored exactly 5 goals so far!
In fact, if it weren't for Monaco's huge explosion in this round of the group stage, which slaughtered Deportivo with a score of 8:3 at home, their number of goals would still be inferior to that of Yin Jun.

Monaco striker Poursau celebrated his 4th birthday with four extra goals to make Tristan's two pale in comparison as the Croatian striker equaled the title created by Van Basten and Inzaghi Jr. League personal single-game scoring record.

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Four days later, the Premier League ushered in the 12th round, and Manchester United was a guest at Anfield.

This is also Yin Jun's fourth double-red game after joining Manchester United. In the three double-red games last season, Manchester United achieved a triple kill against Liverpool. Yin Jun contributed 5 goals and 2 assists, which is a major contributor to Manchester United's three victories.Especially in the 32nd round of the league, Yin Jun scored a hat-trick at Old Trafford and helped Manchester United beat Liverpool 7-0. It was also one of Yin Jun's masterpieces last season.

Liverpool striker Owen did not return from an ankle injury in time and he was not even included in the 16-man squad for this game.Compared with the UEFA Cup in the middle of the week, Smicer replaced the Norwegian Rice on the left.

Manchester United formed a 433-[-]-[-] attacking formation. Yin Jun and Forlan, who has been in good form recently, assisted Ruud van Nistelrooy on the flanks. Uruguayan striker Forlan gave Dudek a nightmare afternoon at Anfield last season. Ronaldo was left on the bench.

From the beginning of the game, the two sides played very fiercely.This is also a consistent feature of the Double Red Club. The century-old feud between Liverpool and Manchester United is often resolved through games.

The players on both sides fought fiercely. From the very beginning, the game entered into a bloody hand-to-hand battle. Both sides played unreservedly. , Both of them missed a lot of opportunities.

In the end, the two sides played zero to zero in the first half.The game was more than tragic, but not exciting enough, and no one was able to score.

But on the whole, Liverpool, which has home court advantage, still has the advantage.

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Just 1 minute into the second half, Liverpool made a very threatening offensive.

Murphy made a cross from the right, and Ferdinand made a header to clear the siege, but Kewell followed up and shot directly with his left foot.The ball barely touched the upper left corner and went out of the baseline, causing Manchester United to break out in a cold sweat.

But the game immediately fell into the rhythm of Manchester United. The Red Devils turned away from the away game, constantly threatening Liverpool's goal.

In the 50th minute, Forlan broke through from the left side of the penalty area and made a cross. Traore returned to the defense in time and flew to clear the ball before Ruud van Nistelrooy.

In the 51st minute, Forlan pressed forward, and Dudek made a big clearance to Giggs. The Welshman made a low shot with his left foot from 35 yards away. Dudek retreated in time and blocked the ball with one hand.

Under Manchester United's continuous attack, Liverpool's goal was quickly lost.

In the 58th minute, Keane sent a ball behind him. Yin Jun used his speed to forcibly throw off Finnan. After breaking through the bottom line, he made a low pass.Ruud van Nistelrooy and Forlan's frontcourt rush to the top interfered with Dudek's line of sight. The Polish national goal did not respond, and the ball went directly into the net at the back post.

1: 0!

This is Yin Jun's sixth goal against Liverpool, and it is also his first goal at Anfield!
This goal made the noisy Anfield stadium fall into silence for an instant, and the fans of the home team seemed to have returned to the fear of being dominated by Yin Jun in the three double red games last season.

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This goal completely broke the deadlock on the field.

Subsequently, Manchester United turned away and launched a wave of offensive against Liverpool's goal.Although more than 50,000 home fans at Anfield desperately cheered for the home team and sang desperately, they used their singing to inspire the fighting spirit of Liverpool players and put pressure on Manchester United players.But these have little impact on Manchester United players, and even they are getting braver and braver in the away game.

The century-old feud has made everyone in Manchester United almost crazy, and they all played passionately.

Manchester United, who played crazy, almost suppressed Liverpool in the half court.

Liverpool, playing at home, was naturally unwilling to be so passive. In the 62nd minute, Houllier replaced the French teenager Pangele to strengthen the offensive firepower in the frontcourt.

However, this adjustment has no effect, but instead makes Liverpool's midfield tend to lose control.

Originally, with the advantage of 5 midfielders, Liverpool could still compete with Manchester United in the strangling of the midfield.Now that there is a midfielder, the contest with Manchester United in the midfield is already at a relatively obvious disadvantage.

(End of this chapter)