Manchester United's players were still celebrating the goal, while Arsenal's players were a little confused. They did not expect that their team would concede the goal so early.

German goalkeeper Lehmann was very unhappy. He yelled at Lauren: "Asshole, what are you doing?"

Lauren looked embarrassed, and he knew he had messed up.

"I'm responsible for this ball." Lauren said.

"You are responsible, you are responsible for nothing!" Lyman was very angry.

"Shut up, stop arguing, it's just a goal, we'll get it back!" Arsenal captain Vieira walked over and yelled loudly.

It is not uncommon to complain about losing a ball. Everyone is angry. The important thing is that someone comes up and scolds in time to calm down both parties.

At this moment, Vieira did a good job, worthy of his status as Arsenal captain and spiritual leader.

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Wenger was pulling compatriot Pires to the sidelines and telling him what to pay attention to during the game after conceding the goal in the opening game.

"This goal was an unexpected situation. The game will be disrupted because of this conceded goal... After they take the lead, they will defend and counterattack and shrink their defense. We must press forward and attack."

Pires nodded in agreement.

"Tell Lauren not to have any psychological baggage and to press boldly. He must also press Clichy. In addition, let Reyes go to Manchester United's penalty area to stir up trouble."

Pires nodded again, letting Reyes serve as bait to create space and opportunities for Henry.

"Be more determined when you charge forward, and if you have the chance, shoot from a long distance!"

Pires' long-range shooting ability is relatively good. His shots are won by arcs and angles, and there are not many cases where he scores with powerful shots.

Pires glanced at Wenger and saw that the coach had nothing more to say, so he followed the order and left.

Ferguson was also conveying tactical instructions to the players on the other side. His instructions were simple and crude. Manchester United did not hesitate to adopt a more thorough defensive counterattack strategy.

Originally, according to the planned plan, Keane had to press forward appropriately and organize attacks for Manchester United together with Scholes, leaving more defense to Fletcher. Now Keane's offensive tasks have been reduced, and he is more involved.

Defense.

Generally speaking, taking the lead at the beginning is an unexpected start, but few teams will be so conservative at this time because of this goal, but Ferguson did just that.

His wishful thinking is that he does not expect the team to hold on for ninety minutes. What he wants is to hold on to the first half. Then in the second half of the game, he will immediately replace Ronaldo... to counterattack Arsenal!

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The rhythm of the two teams' offensive and defensive games is fast and rare in the Premier League in recent years, with strength and physical confrontation filling every corner of the field.

Manchester United prefers to defend and threaten Arsenal with defensive counterattacks, and their defense is very successful.

Fletcher's defense covered a large area, coupled with the help of captain Roy Keane and Yin Jun's efforts, Arsenal's offense seemed fierce, but there were no good scoring opportunities.

"I want to praise Fletcher." John Mortensen said, "This is the barrier in front of Manchester United's defense. It is a pleasure to watch him defend."

"Yes, Fletcher's performance in this game was really beautiful. His judgment on placement and position prediction were very good." Sky Sports' Lineker also praised.

Ferguson was sitting on the coaching bench. He was in a good mood. The game had gone on for 41 minutes. The score on the field was still 1:0, with the away team Manchester United leading.

As long as he persists for five more minutes, after the first half is over and the second half begins, Arsenal, who are lagging behind, will press out even more crazily, and then he can make bigger moves.

At this moment, the referee's whistle sounded.

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Fletcher brought down Reyes with the ball, and the referee gave Arsenal a direct free kick.

Ferguson couldn't sit still. He immediately stood up and protested loudly. He was complaining. In his opinion, this was not a foul at all, but just a reasonable physical collision.

"Shut up!" Wenger heard this clearly and roared angrily, "That kid of yours almost knocked Reyes out. Do you think it was a reasonable collision?"

Ferguson curled his lips and said, "You are blind because your health is not good."

The two started a verbal war on the sidelines, which gave the fourth official a headache and had to report it to the referee.

At the reminder of the fourth official, the referee ran over and verbally warned Ferguson and Wenger: "You two, be honest!"

Although both of them are big-name head coaches, they would not fight back harshly when facing the referee. The two looked at each other and turned around to leave.

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There was only one reason why Ferguson was so fussy about the penalty of this free kick. The foul spot was too dangerous, and he smelled a hint of danger.

Arsenal are masters of free kicks at pace. In this position, both Henry and Pires have the ability to score goals with direct free kicks.

The commentator also thought so. John Mortensen said: "Twenty-eight meters from the goal... This distance is very suitable. This is one of the positions that both Henry and Pires like."

Manchester United's players were waiting in the wall to waste more time. Everyone knew the coach's intention, which was to hold on to the 1:0 score at the end of the first half.

By spending more time now, they will be closer to this goal.

After Manchester United's wall was finally lined up, the referee stepped back and then signaled the Arsenal players to kick off.

The whistle sounded, Henry took a run-up, shot, and the football suddenly flew up, bypassing the wall and flying directly to the upper left corner of the goal.

Carroll tried his best to save this shot, but he still couldn't touch the football because the ball was too fast!

Carroll was in the air, and he could only watch the football advance at high speed and fly straight into the top corner of the goal.

The Manchester United players looked at the football in the net with their eyes wide open. The Arsenal people had already started celebrating wildly, and the stands of Highbury Stadium suddenly erupted into crazy noises.

"Farke!" Ferguson yelled from below.

Wenger raised his arms excitedly. He accepted the congratulations from his assistants and then walked to the sidelines to applaud.

"Henry! Wonderful free kick! 1:1, Arsenal equalized the score."

“After being unable to attack for a long time, Arsenal took advantage of a set-piece opportunity to equalize the score. This was Henry’s 22nd league goal this season! Before he knew it, he had risen to the second place in the Premier League scorer list.

, only behind Manchester United’s Yin Jun!”

"This is a direct duel between two super shooters, and from the current point of view, the two are tied!"

"1:1, Ferguson was punished for his conservative tactics. After getting a dream start, his tactics were too conservative."
Chapter completed!