Back in the locker room, Ferguson's first words were: "Why not strengthen the attack?"

The defense line is tight, but we need to strengthen the offense?

Everyone was confused and didn't know how to answer.

Sir Sir Scholes, the confidant disciple, took the blame and said, "The central defender has received a yellow card. I will let Gao strengthen the protection of the defense."

Although Scholes said that he asked his teammates to retreat and strengthen their protection of the defense line, Ferguson knew very well that the defense line was unstable. Even if Scholes didn't say it, no player could focus on attacking. Scholes just took the responsibility on himself.

Ferguson said excitedly: "Why do you need to defend? Are you scared? This is Old Trafford. We are leading Liverpool by 7 points. The defense line is unstable, so we need to attack, and we need to score more goals than our opponents! Instead of playing defensive counterattack, this is Old Trafford!"

Seeing that the Ferguson blower was half-open, Manchester United players bowed their heads and said nothing.

After Ferguson finished speaking, he seemed to be unsatisfied and continued: "A team like Liverpool is not worthy of us shrinking and counterattacking, and attacking me in the second half!"

No one asked what to do if the defense was done? What should I do if the two central defenders were holding yellow cards? They believed that since Ferguson said that, it means that he had his own arrangements and just do what Ferguson said. This is authority. Whether right or wrong, players will believe him unconditionally.

After Ferguson formulated a combat policy for the second half, he then began to analyze the performance of Manchester United players in the first half. Ferguson only praised the active Berbatov and the offensive Gao Xiaodong, but did not criticize any of the players. However, everyone can feel that Ferguson was not satisfied with Rooney, and was not very satisfied with the defense of Gao Xiaodong and Scholes.

However, Rooney has had too many bonds off the court recently. Scholes is old and has normal defense. Gao Xiaodong scored a goal in the first half. When playing for a team like Liverpool, it is unlikely that Gao Xiaodong will dominate both offense and defense.

However, Ferguson didn't say anything about defense. Evans was young after all and was a substitute. When the midfielder didn't protect him enough, there was no way to deal with a talented striker like Torres.

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The old coach Hodgson was satisfied with the players' performance. Manchester United's two goals, the first was Gao Xiaodong's fairy ball, and the goalkeeper could not defend it, and the second was a goal in the counterattack. At that time, Liverpool was already behind and had to attack and then was hit to counterattack.

Facing a team like Manchester United, as long as you attack, it is impossible not to give them a chance to fight back.

After 45 minutes of competition and comparison in the first half, Hodgson has a more intuitive understanding of Manchester United's strength. Manchester United's strength is indeed stronger than Liverpool, so he is still satisfied with the 2:2 score. He hopes that the team will play a defensive counterattack in the second half, maintain a draw and compete with Ferguson when they get through the formation.

However, Gerald was not satisfied with Hodgson's arrangement. As the team's boss and spiritual leader, Gerald's status in the Reds is not worse than Hodgson. When Hodgson deployed the tactics and returned to the coach's lounge, Gerald found Hodgson.

"Coach, the game between Manchester United is extraordinary. Once the opponent is motivated by morale, can our defensive counterattack still be held?"

Time is tight, and Gerald said bluntly without going around the circle.

Although Gerald is for the team's good, in Hodgson's opinion, this is a question of his authority. However, Gerald's position in Liverpool is high, and even Hodgson is a coach, he must respect his advice.

Hodgson said lightly: "Steve, you're over-concerned. Rooney is in a bad state, Berbatov has no impact, and they can't penetrate our double defense."

Gerald said: "Coach, don't forget that they still have Xiao Donggao, who is the strongest attacking person in Manchester United."

Hodgson smiled and said: "Now the two central defenders of Manchester United are yellow cards, and Manchester United only has Gao Xiaodong, the midfielder responsible for defense. He is probably too busy to take care of himself, so he doesn't have so much energy to attack."

Gerald was still not convinced and said, "What if Ferguson replaces Scholes and Fletcher."

Hodgson said: "If Ferguson replaces Fletcher, then only Gao Xiaodong is the one who organizes and promotes the midfield. Can he create opportunities by himself and then shoot by himself? If Ferguson really makes such adjustments, then I will have a way to deal with him."

Gerald was convinced by Hodgson. He was not here to find fault. He just didn't understand. Since Hodgson's situation has been taken into account in all aspects, Gerald has achieved his goal.

Fifteen minutes later, the game started again, with neither Manchester United nor Liverpool substitutions, and both sides continued to play with the original team.

After Berbatov and Rooney kicked off in the middle circle, Manchester United players carried out Ferguson's offensive requirements, and three lines quickly advanced forward to attack Liverpool's penalty area.

In the first minute of the second half, Nani attacked from the side, attracting the right-leaning of Liverpool's formation, and then quickly passed to Vidic who was inserted into the middle. Vidic passed to Giggs, completing a large-scale transfer.

Liverpool's formation immediately moved to the left again, preventing Manchester United from attacking from the left.

Giggs and Evra launched a sprint to the bottom line. The two cooperated continuously but failed to break through Johnson's defense. Giggs passed back to Scholes. Scholes saw Nani unmarked on the side and passed it to the side and found Nani.

Gao Xiaodong saw Scholes pass the ball to Nani, and he immediately ran to the penalty area and raised his hand to ask Nani for the ball.

Gao Xiaodong had asked Nani for the ball several times in the first half, but Nani did not pass it. This time Nani was criticized by Ferguson alone, and the ball was not easy to deal with. After he stopped, he probably posted it to the defender Konceski. He had no chance to break through, so he headed the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong didn't expect Nani to pass so happily. He just ran to the front of the right side of the penalty area when Nani's ball arrived.

Gao Xiaodong did not hesitate, adjusted his step point, bent his bow and arrow, and shot another volley, hitting the ball to the right side of the goal.

The shot was so powerful that it reached the goal in an instant.

However, Liverpool goalkeeper Renner is the world's top goalkeeper. He is focused and reacts quickly. He jumps up and hits the ball out of the penalty area with both fists.

Manchester United completed a shot at the beginning of the second half, and it was the midfielder Gao Xiaodong, who was defended by Manchester United. This is a signal, which means that Manchester United does not want to defend.

However, Liverpool did not pay attention to this signal. They still believed that Gao Xiaodong did not dare to push too much and did not take targeted defensive measures against Gao Xiaodong's intrusion attack.

In the 50th minute of the game, Manchester United made a long pass and attacked. The ball was pushed out by Liverpool central defender Carragher. The ball was grabbed by Gao Xiaodong and passed to Scholes.

Scholes hung the ball into the penalty area, and Rooney and Berbatov launched another attack into Liverpool's penalty area.

Berbatov and Carragher competed for the header, and the two of them collided with each other, and the ball fell to Rooney's feet. Rooney was followed closely by Scotter and could not turn around, but Rooney was eager to score the goal, and forced a shot, and the ball hit Scotter and bounced out of the penalty area.

As soon as the ball popped up, Gao Xiaodong suddenly came from the backcourt and rushed to the ball before Liverpool midfielder Paulson cleared the ball and shot with an angry shot.

The ball flew along the human gap like a cloud-piercing arrow, flying to the left side of the goal like lightning.

When Gao Xiaodong shot, goalkeeper Reina was blocked by the players in the penalty area. When he saw the ball, he had no hope of saving. Reina did not even make a symbolic move, and just watched the ball fly into the net from front of him.

3:2

Gao Xiaodong scored twice, helping Manchester United overtake the score again.
Chapter completed!