Ferguson was on the sidelines and was surprised by the Swedish forward's performance when he saw Ibrahimovic's performance here at Leeds United. A tall forward has agility that does not match his height, and his skills at his feet are also very delicate. What does that mean?
That shows that this forward must be very powerful, and we must strengthen his defense.
But if Leeds United only had this offensive strength, then Ferguson might just do this.
But in fact, here at Leeds United, you sing and I appear.
Not long after Ibrahimovic shot, Leeds United made a steal in the midfield. Charlotte Black suddenly rushed to the midfield from behind, and cooperated with Smith to form a double-team on Scholes.
In desperation, the ginger head made a rare pass error. He wanted to pass the ball to Park Ji-sung on the left, but the ball suddenly passed to Leeds United midfielder Barry.
After seeing Scholes' mistake, Barry directly switched from defense to offense and passed the ball to Sneijder.
The Dutch midfielder's physical fitness has greatly improved after two seasons of training in the Premier League. He relied on Manchester United's defensive midfielder Carrick to dribble the ball all the way to the left.
Bale just moved forward from behind Sneijder, attracting the focus of Manchester United's defense.
Sneijder directly made a long diagonal pass to the right.
There, Robben had already rushed out from between O'Shea and Evra, passed between the two and chased Sneijder's long pass.
He didn't even need to dribble too much and came directly to Manchester United's penalty area.
However, O'Shea and Evra tried very hard to chase back and failed to catch up with Robben, who was like having wings. In the end, Leeds United No. 10's single-handed ball was resolved by Manchester United goalkeeper Foster.
This is not over yet. Manchester United just cleared the ball and wanted to take advantage of the situation to find a counterattack opportunity. However, as soon as the ball crossed the center line, it was pushed away by Albuchesson who was stuck in the position in advance.
The ball was headed to the team's right.
Blake received the ball relatively close to the wing.
But at this time, there were no Manchester United players around Blake to defend.
Ferguson shouted from the sidelines: "Go and grab it, go up and grab it."
No wonder the old man was so anxious, because he saw Park Ji-sung, who was supposed to be on the left just now, actually followed Milner to the center, allowing Black to easily get the ball and start organizing the attack.
As soon as Park Ji-sung went up to try to defend, he saw the ball flying past him.
He turned around and saw Milner, whom he was staring at, receiving the ball.
"WM formation?" Ferguson said to himself.
Because he saw that after Blake pulled away to the right, Milner immediately came to the midfield. And it's not the position where the full-backs close to the wing push forward, but the position of the midfielder. The wing is more like giving the opportunity to go forward to Blake, who played as a central defender today.
In this way, Leeds United has four players, Milner, Barry, Smith, and Sneijder, in the midfield, taking the absolute initiative in the midfield competition.
After Manchester United saw Milner receiving the ball, they wanted to try to grab it again. However, as soon as you leave your original defensive position, you will find that Leeds United's goals are eyeing those defensive gaps.
Milner also received the ball very comfortably and completed the turn without being defended.
Finally, Scholes, who had made a passing error just now, came to defend Milner.
Milner passed the ball back to Albucherson behind him, and then ran to the right, taking away Park Ji-sung who wanted to go to the center to help defend.
Now Manchester United has to let Rooney retreat appropriately to help the midfielder and slightly make up for the numerical disadvantage.
As soon as Rooney made a move, the Danish center back immediately passed the ball to the right.
And Blake didn't know when he moved forward to where Milner was just now.
Because Rooney was watching Albuchesson, Scholes was beside Barry just now, and Park Ji-sung was taken to the wing by Milner. So Blake caught the ball very calmly.
"What are you doing!"
Ferguson was very annoyed when he saw that Leeds United only had two passes and two runs, and he received the ball comfortably in the midfield twice in a row and resolved Manchester United's midfield defense.
Especially Milner and Black, they are not honest at all. Accidentally, he went to the midfield, where he bullied Manchester United when there were more people than there were.
There is no way to do this. After all, Manchester United is not defensive here. They also have a lot of manpower deployed in the middle.
But I can't stand the constant switching of positions in the midfield and backfield here at Leeds United.
Through Blake's advance just now, Leeds United launched another wave of attacks.
This time, Leeds United captain Smith used Sneijder's running to attract Carrick's defense and came to the left to receive the ball from Barry.
After receiving the ball in a position he's relatively familiar with, Smith has a number of options.
He can cut inside appropriately and then hit the goal, or he can cut inside and then split the ball. Whether it's Bell on the left front or Baynes on the left back, he can pass the ball.
At the same time, he can also look for Sneijder in the middle and Robben in the distance.
Including Ibrahimovic, who has been at the front, also has the opportunity to counter offside.
In the end, Smith chose to split the ball after cutting inside. After seeing Fabio coming after cutting inside, he knew that Bell would definitely take advantage of the gap behind his opponent.
So Smith dunked the ball directly over the defense and passed the ball to the left with his right foot.
Bell moved forward like lightning, giving Fabio no chance to catch up.
Go down to the baseline and cross with your left foot.
The ball did not fly directly to the goal, but was passed to the back point like an inverted triangle.
There, Ibrahimovic has been blocked by O'Shea, and it seems that there is no possibility of winning the header.
When O'Shea saw that Ibrahimovic had no room to take off, he just wanted to stay in position and watch the football fly out of the baseline.
This will not only defuse Leeds United's offensive, but also alleviate Manchester United's sense of crisis that has been tight at the goal line recently, and give all teammates a chance to buffer.
O'Shea's eyes kept looking from the left to the right. When he turned to the far right, he not only saw the football in his sight, but also a foot suddenly appeared.
When the ball flew to O'Shea's right side, Ibrahimovic used a kicking motion to lift his leg and kick the football.
O'Shea was shocked. He obviously completely guarded Ibrahimovic's top three, but no one expected that this person could raise his bottom three so high.
If Evans were to defend this ball, he might have taken precautions against Ibrahimovic's unexpected action after the opening shot, and completely blocked Ibrahimovic's angle when he was blocked just now.
But O'Shea didn't understand Ibrahimovic, which allowed Ibrahimovic to have this opportunity.
After being kicked by Ibrahimovic, the ball flew directly into the goal against the post.
1 to 0.
Foster had no time to save, and he also didn't expect Ibrahimovic to score the ball with this action.
After scoring the goal, Ibrahimovic immediately got up from the ground, then turned around with his hands on his hips and looked around, feeling a little pretentious.
But it was this kind of action that set off the audience. They were really surprised by Ibrahimovic's shot.
The subsequent celebrations were also very personal, giving the impression that this Swede is really confident and unique.
Ferguson saw this, chewing gum slower and slower after Ibrahimovic was surrounded by Leeds United players.
After scoring a goal, he can act like he dominates the world. Manchester United has done this before.
