Luke Shaw's corner kick found Van Dijk accurately, but due to the pressure from Alderweireld, Van Dijk failed to find the crosshairs and the ball missed the goal post.

"Defend and counterattack?"

Mourinho discovered that Tottenham consciously shrank its defense when the game restarted. He raised a confident arc at the corner of his mouth and muttered in a voice that only he could hear:"Interesting."

Tottenham shrunk their defense, leaving only Sun Xingmin, who had the advantage of speed, waiting for opportunities in Manchester United's two ribs. The on-site director gave a long shot, and PP sports commentator Zhan Jun said loudly:"Tottenham are learning from Manchester United in defensive counterattacks. ? Sun Xingmin has speed and skills, but he is not at the level of Fan Kerry. To equalize the score, he still needs to strengthen his offense."

"Tottenham have been continuously defensive during this period and have no time to consider offense. The wandering Son Heung-min is equivalent to being separated from Tottenham's overall tactics. Unless Manchester United's stable defensive system actively makes mistakes, it is impossible to leave Son Heung-min with space to counterattack."

Commentator Zhang Lu analyzed:"Van Dijk and De Ligt are the main central defender combination of the Dutch national team, and their cooperation is becoming more and more tacit. Sun Xingmin has speed, Van Dijk is not slow, and Dehe is in excellent condition. Ya, Tottenham wanted to equalize the score through a quick counterattack, and the difficulty level was not high."

In a blink of an eye, in the past five minutes of the game, Manchester United continued to organize attacks as the home team fans continued to shout. Due to the extremely high defensive rate of Tottenham players, Manchester United did not leave a good shooting opportunity.

Tottenham also scored two goals. There were several quick counterattack opportunities, but the opportunities were not very good. One was saved by De Gea, and the other was obtained by Van Dijk in advance.

Sun Xingmin’s physical fitness dropped a bit after two anaerobic sprints.

Pochettino saw it. , frowning.

Tactics are theory, scoring goals depends on practice. If theory wants to become a reality, it must rely on players to work hard on the field. The comprehensive defensive strategy adopted by Tottenham at Manchester United's home court has played a good role. Sitting in the audience Guardiola, Francisco and Conte's eyes lit up, and they were thinking about whether they should retreat fully during a certain period of the game and defend the counterattack.

There are only two tactics to break the intensive defense, one is set-piece, The second is long-range shooting.

In both aspects, Manchester United has natural advantages.

Van Carey, Lukaku, Matic, Van Dijk and De Ligt all have strong ability to compete for the top, plus Lukaku, Matic Both Van Dijk and Van Dijk are over 1.9 meters tall. As long as there is a free kick, Tottenham players in the penalty area will feel inexplicably worried.

But fortunately, no goals were conceded until the 30 minutes of the game.

This means that set kicks are not always tried and true. It depends on the quality of the pass and the state of the player who heads the ball.

Manchester United has three masters of long-range shots, Van Kerry, Matic and Van de Beek.

Unfortunately, so far only Van Kerry's long-range shot has forced Lloris to make a key save, and Mati The long-range shots of Qi Qi and Van de Beek were pressed by Tottenham defenders and did not adjust their aim. They either hit the defenders or missed the goal post. The two offensive tactics to break the dense defense did not work. Mourinho was thinking Should we withdraw first, draw Tottenham out and then use the speed of the wing to create opportunities?

Unexpectedly, Pochettino was so persistent in his tactics that he simply ignored Manchester United's formation and moved back, and still went his own way.

Tottenham was behind in the score and couldn't Mourinho had no choice but to come out. Anyway, the team was leading by one goal and couldn't get out.

The time of the game passed quickly as Manchester United continued to attack, and soon came to the 40 minutes of the game.

Mourinho Apart from returning to the coaching bench from time to time to record something in a notebook with a pen, O spent most of the time standing in the home team coach's command area to watch the game.

Pochettino put his hands in his pockets and held his breath attentively.

In the 42nd minute, Van Carey in the penalty area made a ghostly run He broke away from the defense of Sissoko and Eriksen and kicked the football passed by Valencia from the right to the center of the penalty area towards the goal.

Goalkeeper Lloris reacted quickly and, with divine help, blocked the football from the baseline with one palm.

"woowooowowoowoowoooooooo——"

The air above Old Trafford echoed with hysterical exclamations from Manchester United fans.

Xinying Sports commentator Jin Xiangkai held his head and lamented:"This goal was not scored! What a pity!"

At the same time, Van Carey looked at Tottenham captain Lloris in disbelief.

This guy is at odds with me!

Good guy!

I don’t believe it!

Fan Kairui, who appeared on the broadcast screen, took a mouthful of saliva and spit it on the ground to vent his dissatisfaction.

Immediately, the live director restored the entire process of his shooting.

Valencia's powerful pass from the right matched Van Kerry's ghostly movement just in time, and his shot bypassed all players. Unfortunately, Lloris reacted quickly and blocked the ball almost with instinctive reaction.

PP sports commentator Zhan Jun shouted:"Lloris is really amazing. He denied Van Carey at least three must-goal goals in the first half. I believe that Lloris will definitely occupy several places in the top ten saves of the week on Monday!"

Luke Shaw is ready to start. Attacking the right corner kick, Manchester United's high points Van Carey, Lukaku, Rashford, Matic, Van Dijk and De Ligt stood at the front, middle and back points respectively.

"aooaoaooaoaooaoooooooo——"

The Manchester United fans in the audience did not believe that Lloris could still make consecutive shocking saves. In order to support the players, they created louder and louder chants to create a fanatical game atmosphere.

Harry Kane, Sissoko, Alli, Aurier, Alderweireld, Dier and Vertonghen all felt varying degrees of nervousness and left the Manchester United players uneasy.

Van Kerry and Rashford, who is not very good at heading the ball, stood at the back point and looked like no threat, but Harry Kane and Alderweireld didn't think so.

Luke Shaw started to run up, and Van Carey said briefly behind Rashford:"Marcus, help me block Harry Kane."

Van Carey, facing the corner kick area, suddenly started to the right, and Rashford blocked Harry as requested by Van Carey. ·Kane.

Alderweireld was positioned further inside. He keenly noticed that Van Kerry was opening up the running space and pounced directly.

In a flash of lightning, Van Carey suddenly stopped on the spot, circled back behind Rashford and Harry Kane, and then ran towards the small penalty area.

At the same time, Luke Shaw's corner kick was delivered.

The left-footed player handled the corner kick on the right from outside to inside. Luke Shaw's corner kick drew a wonderful rainbow in mid-air, flying from the front point and the middle and falling to the back point.

Lloris followed the trajectory of the football and turned to the back. He saw a familiar red figure in his peripheral vision and his heart skipped a beat.

He saw Van Carey leaping high in the right corner of the small penalty area!

The football is missing again!

One in front and one in back, just right!

Oops! etc!!

According to Lloris's accurate judgment on football's isolation, Van Kerry seems to have jumped a little too early!

Hahaha - a few tenths of a second later, a smile froze on Lloris's face, and

Van Carey leaped high like a helicopter suspended in mid-air, waiting for the football in mid-air.

Isn't this...the ability to stay in the air too abnormal?

"aooaoaooaoaooooooo——"

The Manchester United fans in the audience were refreshed, ecstatic, and subconsciously burst into cheers.

Fan Kerry, who jumped to the highest point, naturally opened his arms and maintained his balance under the intense attention of die-hard Manchester United fans. He met the ball with the left side of his forehead, twisted his waist and swung his abdomen, and concentrated all his strength on the point of contact with the ball.

The football changed direction and flew towards the upper left corner of the goal at a faster speed. Lloris, who was still standing in the middle of the goal, reacted, but it was already too late...

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