Chapter 157
The first half is over, Leicester City leads Manchester United 2-1.
Many people did not expect this score.
Even though Leicester City has been in fantastic form recently, their opponent is Manchester United after all.
How can a group of Manchester United abandoneds compare with the real Manchester United players?
However, they were really ahead.
To be fair, Manchester United played better than Leicester City today.
Even if Leicester City counterattacks defensively, their offensive and defensive system is not as good as Manchester United.
Manchester United are clearly in better shape.
But with Xia Xing's two superb performances, Manchester United fell behind at halftime.
In the dressing room, Van Gaal was furious.
Many players were scolded.
They are not convinced, but what can they do?
After all, the score is behind.
After the start of the second half, fans discovered that Manchester United had replaced three players.
They used up all the substitutions in one go.
Falcao, Blackett and Blind came off, and Hernandez, Fellaini and Phil Jones came on as substitutes.
They were all match-up substitutions, and it seemed that Van Gaal was very satisfied with his tactics.
Soon, they got results.
In the 51st minute of the game, Di Maria's pass caused Leicester City danger in the middle.
Fellaini, who is good at heading the ball, attracted the defensive attention in the middle, but in the end he leaked the ball to the back point.
Van Persie's header hit the goal, and the ball hit the net!
2 to 2!
Manchester United equalized the score!
This goal made the away team stands at King Power Stadium excited again!
We've equalized!
Just one step away from the lead!
Van Gaal also had a smile on his face on the sidelines.
This is right.
Play hard, we still have plenty of time!
Next, Leicester City still maintains a defensive mode.
Manchester United continued to attack, especially when they started to make crazy crosses, looking for Fellaini and Robin van Persie.
Rooney also stepped in from the back row from time to time, threatening Leicester City's goal.
But Schmeichel was in excellent condition today.
Although he conceded two goals, neither goal was his responsibility.
After several high and low blocks, he also tried his best to keep the goal.
As time goes by, Leicester City continues to adjust personnel.
The game time has reached 85 minutes.
The score is still 2 to 2.
Manchester United's offensive gradually weakened, and at this time the physical fitness of both players was seriously reduced.
However, Leicester City is still fully focused on Rooney and Robin van Persie and will never give them a chance.
Just like Manchester United was desperately keeping an eye on Xia Xing.
But even so, Xia Xing still found an opportunity.
After Rooney's long shot was saved by Schmeichel, captain Morgan passed the ball to Albrighton in front.
After Albrighton came on stage, he switched positions with Xia Xing and went to the left.
At this time, he caught the ball and directly knocked it horizontally, passing the ball to Xia Xing again.
And just when the opponent's defensive players were approaching, Xia Xing suddenly made a move!
He didn't even stop the ball and sent a long pass straight to the front!
The accuracy of this pass was not particularly high, but the timing was very good!
In the frontfield, Vardy has already sped up!
Relying on his excellent tacit understanding with Xia Xing, he successfully beat the offside trap!
Although Phil Jones, who came off the bench, has excellent physical fitness, he is not as fast as Vardy!
"Vardy ran straight into the penalty area and started shooting...
"He was tackled!
"It's Phil Jones!
"He brought Vardy down with a diagonal tackle!
"Is it going to be a penalty?
"The referee's whistle sounds!
"Without any hesitation!
"It's a penalty!
"We don't even need to watch the replay!
"Vardy just handled the ball very smartly!
"He may not be able to run anymore,
"Even if he shoots, he may not be successful!
"But getting a penalty is different!
"Leicester City has a winning chance!"
At this time Vardy fell to the ground and did not get up, and his teammates rushed up.
"How are you doing, man?"
Vardy waved his hand: "I sprained my ankle and I can't take it. Xia?"
"I'm here!"
" I'll Leave this penalty kick to you."
"Me?"
"Yes, here you go. Help me beat Manchester United!"
"Ok!"
Xia Xing doesn't take many penalty kicks, and even if Vardy is not there, there is Ulloa ahead of him.
But Ulloa didn't speak today. He patted Xia Xing and expressed his support.
"Brother, get a hat trick, I'm optimistic about you!"
"We all like you!"
"come on!"
Looking at the sincere eyes of his teammates, Xia Xing nodded.
"Ok!"
The team doctor took Vardy off the field, and Vardy asked the team doctor to wait.
"Put me first on the sidelines next to the goal. I want to watch this goal."
At this time, Manchester United players were still protesting for Phil Jones's red card and the penalty, but to no avail.
Rooney even received a yellow card.
The penalty was clear and uncontroversial.
The unrelated personnel exited the penalty area and Xia Xing put the ball down.
Slowly stepping back and taking a deep breath.
De Gea in front of him jumped left and right, trying to distract him.
But Xia Xing doesn't care.
He had no intention of kicking towards an angle.
Because next, he wanted to shoot!
Run up, speed up!
Heavy artillery Shot!
At this distance, although Xia Xing's strength data of 85 is not world-class, the S-class star's heavy artillery skills are genuine!
This explosive shot went straight to the right side of the goal!
Not even too much of a dead end!
Even so, De Gea didn't move at all!
He even only heard the wind!
Next, the whole audience burst into cheers!
"Penalty kick into the net!
"Leicester City leads again 3-2!
"With Manchester United having sent off one man,
"Leicester City is safe in this game!" "
Yes, it's stable.
With less than five minutes left in the game, Manchester United had one less player to play, and they were already stretched to the limit of their fitness.
It is almost impossible to make a comeback.
But even so, players such as Rooney, Herrera, Fellaini and others are still attacking with all their strength.
Especially Fellaini and Hernandez, who came off the bench, used their better physical fitness to attack with all their strength.
But they forgot that the opponent also has a group of outstanding defensive midfielders.
The defensive midfielder combination of Drinkwater and Xia Xing is definitely at the top level of the Premier League.
Albrighton and Hammond, who came off the bench, defended desperately on the wing, and Manchester United could not take any advantage.
In the third minute of stoppage time, Hernandez forced a kick on the penalty area line and the ball flew into the stands.
The referee finally blew the whistle to end the game.
"The game is over!
"In this game of ups and downs, Leicester City had the last laugh!
"3 to 2!
"Leicester City has another victory!
"They have won five consecutive matches since the start the Premier League this season!
"What a fantastic start!
"It's simply perfect!
"The biggest contributor to winning this game is of course xia!
"His hat trick left Manchester United with nothing to do!
"Today's game is the most perfect game in my mind!
"This young man is simply outstanding!
"I believe he will definitely bring us more surprises in the future!
"That will help Leicester City create more miracles!"
(End of chapter)