i am beckham

Chapter 183 Small Golden Bomber

As Ferguson expected, in the second half, Manchester City, who were eager to relegation, played a long pass frantically, and footballs fell from the air to Manchester United's defense line like bombs.

Bruce, who came back from injury, was very passive in the fierce physical confrontation. He was far from reaching his best condition, but the severe situation made him come back actively, dealing with the opponent under the pressure of the defense.

In the first half of the game, his physical fitness could still handle, so Manchester United's defense did not have too many mistakes.

However, with the decline in physical fitness, the old captain's body was overwhelmed, and his defensive presence rate in the second half became worse and worse.

Manchester United's 1 meter Gary Neville couldn't prevent the opponent's bombing in turn, and Keane was forced to withdraw to the penalty area.

Without the barrier in the middle, Manchester United was pressed by the opponent in the half.

Around the 80th minute, Bruce's movement speed dropped, his physical energy was almost exhausted, and he was unable to withstand the opponent's impact.City took the opportunity to storm his defense and Roesler swung Bruce away with a quick feint in the box before firing straight into the dead corner.

2 to 2, Blue Moon equalized again.

Bruce seems to have exhausted all his stamina, and it is the easiest choice to use substitute central defender David May for a counter-substitution.

However, Ferguson's substitution arrangement is surprising. The Scot replaced Bruce with Scholes and let Keane retreat to play central defender.

The midfield combination of Butt and Scholes means attacking instead of defending. In order to get 3 points, this is a risk that Manchester United has to take.

Similarly, the Manchester City team is not satisfied with 1 point. They have just scored a goal, and the enthusiasm has not yet passed.

So the two teams started a desperate fight at Manchester City's home court, and they have already ignored it.

In the 83rd minute, Manchester City made three consecutive crosses in Manchester United's penalty area. Keane and center Quinn fought for the top three times in a row, and Gary Neville was able to destroy the second point out of the penalty area every time.

In the third clearance, the football flew to Beckham's feet. As a result, he was knocked down by Manchester City players before he broke into the midfield.

This time Ferguson once again made a substitution decision, he replaced Giggs with Lee Sharpe.

Lee Sharpe brought the latest instructions, and Ferguson signaled the whole team to press high in the midfield.

The Manchester City team did not expect that Manchester United, which was suppressed by them, would be so aggressive that they dared to play high presses when they couldn't even guarantee their defense.

This moment reminded Beckham of the game between Newcastle and Liverpool yesterday, and those two teams were also reckless in order to win.

Whether Manchester United can win or not, to be honest, he has no idea. The only thing he can do now is to run non-stop and work with his teammates to pinch Manchester City's defensive players.

Cole stood between the two central defenders and kept rushing, so that the two Manchester City players could only pass back to the goalkeeper. Manchester City tried three consecutive attempts without sending the football from the midfield to the midfield.

The consecutive interceptions of the pass caused chaos to Manchester City's defense. They began to pass aimlessly long passes, and the football had no place at all.

In the 88th minute, Lee Sharp successfully counterattacked in the frontcourt. Cantona immediately retreated to get the ball, and controlled the football to move forward quickly.

Cantona's advance caused the opponents to panic. Manchester City sent 4 people to surround Cantona, for fear that he would pass through the barrier.

Seeing the defender's reaction, Beckham immediately slanted into the penalty area with all his strength.

At this time, Manchester City's entire defense line was out of balance, and Cantona calmly distributed the ball to Beckham who was plugging in on the right.

Beckham took the ball and there was no one around him to defend him. He immediately pulled up his legs and shot angrily. The football flew into the upper corner of the near end of the goal. Manchester United led 3-2!

This is the first hat-trick of his career!
After scoring the goal, Beckham ran wildly on the field, and then made an indulgent kneeling.

The home fans immediately booed him as he slid across the turf.

They thought Beckham's behavior was provocative, so they kept cursing him for the rest of the time.

Beckham seemed indifferent, being scolded by fans in an away game can only show that he performed well.

Seeing that Beckham scored three goals in a row, even Ferguson, who is used to seeing the world, began to brag to the coaching staff: "You can see his psychological quality. If he didn't have that one-month loan experience, he couldn't understand what professional football is all about!"

For the old man's self-boasting, everyone naturally obeyed.

Reversing the process from the results is something that people have no way to refute.

When the game entered stoppage time, the whole Manchester City team was placed in the frontcourt, leaving only 3 people in the backcourt plus the goalkeeper.

So they were naturally taught by Cantona to behave. The French used a counterattack to easily score a lob, and finally made up for the regret of missing a penalty kick.

4 to 2, this goal completely destroyed the fighting spirit of Manchester City, because there was 1 minute left in the game, and they could not reverse it anyway.

In front of Manchester City, who had no fighting spirit, Beckham almost got the big four.

In the 93rd minute, when Cole and the Manchester City central defender were crazily and irritablely blocked, and the other central defender and Cantona were about to make a move, Lee Sharp's cross directly found Beckham who was in the back.

Beckham, who had been prepared for a long time, suddenly shot out from a diagonal stab. The position of the cross was just above his head, and it was very comfortable to push up.

Beckham shook his head fiercely towards the near corner, and the moment he headed the ball, he felt that it was right.

As a result, the sound of a football hitting the crossbar sounded in my ears, and the Manchester City goalkeeper quickly jumped up and hugged the football in his arms.

And Beckham shook his head with a smile. It seems that his heading level still needs to be practiced. Even such a good pass can't be scored, and he is almost on the same level as Cole.

At the end of the game, Manchester United overtook Newcastle with 5 rounds left in the league, taking the top spot in the league for the first time this season.

Scoring 3 goals in a game, Beckham won the best player of the game as expected. This season, he has won the best player on the spot 7 times, and also won the Premier League player of the month once.

The reporters' questions were almost all about his stats and headers.

"Mr. David, you scored 19 goals and 18 assists in the first season. In addition, your 14 goals in the league ranked first in the league. Are you surprised by this result?"

"Mr. David, you scored 2 headers today. We noticed that you have hardly tried header shots before, but it can be seen that your header skills are good. Is this the team's tactical need?"

"Everyone is rumored that with your personal ability, you can be a striker. Now there is no stable scoring point around Eric. Do you think you will try other positions in the future?"

When these three questions were raised, Beckham could only talk in the audience.

The stats of 19 goals and 18 assists are accumulated game by game. It feels a bit silly to say it was unexpected, but it is a bit pretentious to say it was not unexpected.

His header is actually very average, not as good as Gary. Today's two goals were purely accidental.

Whoever scores more goals will play forward. Why does it feel like this reporter has no brains.

No matter how you answer these three questions, the requirements for emotional intelligence are too high.

Beckham decided to prepare a set of professional speaking skills in the future, and recite the skills when encountering difficult questions, otherwise it will be too painful.

As a result, the next day, Beckham was surprised to find that some media called himself a small golden bomber. How could this name sound so awkward.

(End of this chapter)