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Chapter 640 Chapter 636: The classic double red meeting!
The start of the first round of the UEFA Champions League means that the European competition has officially started this season. Coupled with the domestic league, teams participating in the UEFA Champions League will face a two-line battle.

The game against Braga only opened up in the second half, which made the Arsenal players slowly wake up. Not every game Arsenal can open up in the first half.

Arsenal are refocusing their attention on the Premier League, with Chelsea eyeing up behind them and could overtake them at any moment for the top spot.

Two days later, the fifth round of the Premier League kicked off. Tottenham defeated Wolves [-]-[-] at home that night.

At four o'clock in the afternoon on the second day, the highlight of the competition, the match between the Red Devils and the Red Army started in the Theater of Dreams.

The recent situation of the two teams is not very good, and they are far behind by the London duo. They desperately need the victory of this game.

Manchester United wants to find the feeling of victory in Liverpool, and Liverpool wants to defeat the Red Devils in the Theater of Dreams to get rid of the embarrassing situation.

These two clubs are well-known teams in the world, and the duel between the two teams is also known as the "Double Red Club".

Liverpool used to be the overlord of England and the Champions League.

From the 60s to the mid-80s, it was called the "Liverpool era" by British fans.

On December 1959, 12, Bill Shankly was appointed as Liverpool's head coach.In his first two seasons in office, he released 1 players!
Shankly also created the "boot room" at Anfield.

The so-called boot room was originally just a small room where boots were hung, and in this room coaches discussed tactics while drinking tea or beer.

In the Boot Room, Shankly and the other coaches who created it - Joe Fagan, Bob Paisley and Ruben Bennett - set out to recreate the Liverpool ball.

1961-62赛季，利物浦重返英格兰足球甲级联赛，并且在17年后的1963-64赛季重新举起了甲级联赛的冠军奖杯。

1965年利物浦球队是首次赢得足总杯的冠军，并在1965-66赛季第7次赢得了联赛冠军。1972-73赛季，利物浦获得了联赛冠军和欧洲联盟杯冠军，并在一年后获得了足总杯的冠军。

Following this, Shankly retired and was replaced by former assistant coach Bob Paisley.Paisley was more successful than Shankly as a head coach. In his second season as head coach, the 1975-76 season, he led the team to the league title and the UEFA Cup.

The following season, they won the league title again and lifted the European Cup for the first time, but lost the FA Cup final and missed a chance to win the "Treble".

In the 1977-78 season, Liverpool won the European Champions Cup again, and broke the English domestic record in the following season, winning the league title with 68 points and conceding only 42 goals in 16 games.

派斯利在执教利物浦的9个赛季里，派斯利总共帮助球队拿到19座冠军奖杯，包括3个欧洲冠军杯冠军、1个欧洲联盟杯冠军、6个联赛冠军、3个英格兰联赛杯冠军、1个欧洲超级杯冠军等，唯一缺少的就是一座英格兰足总杯的奖杯！
Paisley retired in 1983 and handed over the head coaching position to the key member of the "boot room" - assistant coach Joe Fagan.

In Fegan's first season in charge, Liverpool won three championships: the League Championship, the English League Cup and the European Champions Cup, and became the first head coach in the history of English football to lead his team to win three championship trophies in a single season

In 1985, Liverpool once again entered the European Champions Cup final.The match was held at Heysel Stadium against Juventus.

The Heysel tragedy happened before the game: Liverpool fans broke the fence used to separate fans from both sides and provoked Juventus fans.The weight of the clash eventually caused the wall to collapse, killing 39 fans, mostly Italians.

After the game, both players were unwilling to fight, and finally Liverpool lost to Juventus 0-1.As a result, England's team was banned from participating in European competitions for 5 years, Liverpool was banned for 10 years, which was later changed to 6 years, and 14 Liverpool fans were accused of manslaughter
The suspension had a profound impact on Liverpool and became a watershed in Liverpool's history.

In the 90s, with Ferguson in charge of Manchester United, the Red Devils slowly replaced the Red Army and became the banner of British football.

Liverpool slowly recovered in the first ten years of this century, and created a miracle in Istanbul in 05. After falling behind by three goals in the first half, they scored three goals in a row in the second half, dragging the game into a penalty shootout and finally winning!
That game was the most classic game in the history of the Champions League. It inspired countless people and made people believe that as long as they work hard, miracles can be created.

Liverpool fans don't have a good impression of the Red Devils who are only 55 kilometers away.

And Manchester United fans think that Liverpool has fallen, and Manchester United is the brightest red in England.

Therefore, any match between these two teams is extremely hot. In the hearts of fans, the duel between the two teams is even more important than the final and the championship.

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After the game started, the two teams played against each other in the Theater of Dreams.

In order to win this game, Ferguson replaced as many as nine starters!

曼联此前六个联赛主场对阵利物浦取得5胜1负，但近2个赛季4战红军仅1胜3负。

Ferguson is bound to win this game.

The situation on the court has been in a stalemate, and the offensive and defensive rhythms of both sides are very fast.

The game didn't break the deadlock until the No.40 second minute of the first half. Giggs took a left corner kick, and Berbatov grabbed a header from the edge of the small penalty area before Torres!

One to zero!

Manchester United entered the second half with a one-goal lead. In the No. 14 minute of the second half, Manchester United expanded the score at home.

Nani made a cross from the right, Berbatov stopped the ball 14 meters in front of the thigh, and made a wonderful barb shot, the ball hit the lower edge of the crossbar and entered the net.

Two to zero!
Liverpool, who were two goals behind, did not give up the game. Five minutes later, Joe Cole made a direct pass, and Torres was tackled by Evans when he broke through the right rib of the penalty area. The latter received a yellow card.

penalty!

Gerrard did it overnight!

Two to one!

Liverpool narrowed the point difference.

This ball inspired the fighting spirit of the Red Army, and they fought back strongly in the next game.

In the No.205 minute of the second half, Liverpool won a free kick in the penalty area. Captain Gillard's free kick passed between Fletcher and O'Shea on the side of the wall and drilled into the net!
Two to two!
Tenacious Liverpool equalized the score!
Captain Gerrard scored twice, and the two sides returned to the same starting line!

The air in the Theater of Dreams was almost frozen, and the competition on the field became fierce. Six minutes before the end of the game, O'Shea made a cross from the right, and Berbatov beat Carragher with a header from eight meters away!
Three to two!
Manchester United lead again!

Dimitar Berbatov scored a hat-trick, and he was also the first Manchester United player to score a hat-trick against Liverpool in 64 years.

In the last few minutes, Manchester United withstood Liverpool's crazy counterattack and maintained a one-goal lead until the end of the game!
Manchester United won the "Double Red Club" in the Theater of Dreams!

(End of this chapter)