Extraordinary coach

Sun Yi is very happy.

He feels that everything is going in the best direction.

His wife is with him to celebrate the New Year abroad; the team has recently shown a very good competitive state; Foster has also returned from injury, and all the team members are healthy.

All this really makes Sun Yi very happy.

After the game with Cardiff City, Sun Yi got another piece of news that made him even happier.

In the same round of games, Liverpool tied with Manchester United away.

Originally, Liverpool and Southampton had the same points, and ranked first with a goal difference advantage.

Now, Southampton not only topped the list in one fell swoop, but also surpassed Liverpool in goal difference.

By the way, this is the first time that Southampton has surpassed Liverpool in goal difference this season.

This situation really makes Sun Yi very happy. The only thing that is not good enough is that Southampton still lost to Manchester City, which has been in a killing mode, in goal difference.

However, this is not important at the moment. At this time, the Premier League has begun to enter the end of the season. Southampton has become the leader of the Premier League at this time, and Sun Yi is confident that the championship is certain.

He will not give any competitor a chance. Whether it is Liverpool or Manchester City, they are now behind, so don't think about surpassing them.

With such a happy mood, Sun Yi and Southampton ushered in another game that they valued more.

The importance is not because the opponent is particularly strong, but because this game is the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

This is a knockout match, and Sun Yi wants to achieve the triple crown achievement of last season, which is absolutely not to be lost.

However, the opponent of this game is not outstanding. It is Watford, which can only be ranked in the middle of the Premier League.

In terms of the strength of both sides, this is an opponent that fans can win by arranging their troops.

However, due to the importance, Sun Yi did not dare to take it lightly.

Every year in the FA Cup, there are always strong teams that are upset. You still have to be careful.

Therefore, he still has to send a lot of main players to control the field.

Sun Yi's caution made this game very smooth. Southampton swept Watford 4-0 away from home.

With such a score, the Southampton team was very happy.

And the fans of Southampton are more confident this season.

"Haha. Successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Two more rounds and we can reach the final."

"We are the leader in the Premier League and have reached the final of the League Cup. With the current state of our team, we are very likely to achieve the treble again this season."

"It's all too smooth. It's so smooth that it makes people feel that there are no opponents for us in the Premier League."

Southampton has not lost a single game this season, despite fighting on four fronts. It's not too much to say that there are no opponents in the Premier League.

After all, Southampton is the only team in the Premier League that can do this.

Sun Yi and the players of Southampton are not much different from the fans.

It's all too smooth, so smooth that they can't help but feel a sense of euphoria.

In this state of looking around and seeing no rivals in the Premier League, Southampton soon started the 27th round of the Premier League.

The opponent in the 27th round of the Premier League is actually not simple, it is Manchester United.

However, the current Manchester United is very different from before.

After Mourinho was dismissed, Solskjaer took over the coaching baton and became very powerful.

Since the change of coach, Manchester United has not lost so far. In the last round, it even tied with Liverpool.

It’s just that in the recent few encounters, Manchester United is really not Southampton’s opponent. In the last encounter, it was even slaughtered by Southampton 4-0.

So, when Southampton heard that they were going to play Manchester United, there was not much pressure and tension. Even though Manchester United changed their head coach this time, and it was held at Old Trafford. They didn’t care at all.

Sun Yi didn’t care much either. He didn’t think Solskjaer would be his opponent.

Solskjaer has no outstanding achievements except winning the Norwegian Super League. It is incomparable with Sun Yi's current achievements.

Although Manchester United has achieved good results after Solskjaer took over, in Sun Yi's view. This is not because of Solskjaer's ability, but a retaliatory outbreak by Manchester United after driving Mourinho away.

After a while, when the passion is over, Manchester United will most likely return to its old ways.

Therefore, although Sun Yi still attaches great importance to this game, he still firmly believes that it is not difficult for Southampton to win.

And because the next match is against Real Madrid after Manchester United, Sun Yi is not prepared to let the main players have too much consumption in this game.

Therefore, when Sun Yi arranged the game with Manchester United, he did not send too many main players.

Like Ronaldo and Van Dijk, the core players of both offense and defense, Sun Yi did not let them start. He did not want these two to suffer any unnecessary losses in this game.

In order to appease Foster, who had just returned from the game, Sun Yi also decided to let him be the starting goalkeeper for this game.

After Foster returned, he found that the starting position had been occupied by Casillas, and he was very depressed. Sun Yi thought it was necessary to appease him.

Although Southampton played with only half of its main players, it still had many advantages in terms of paper strength and psychological advantage.

"It should be no problem to win this game."

After the game started, Southampton did play well. They were not afraid of Manchester United in the away game.

Even in terms of offensive data, they were better than Manchester United.

However, Manchester United is really different from before.

They have become more confident and more hardworking. Especially Pogba, who played very amazingly. It can be said that he played at the peak of his performance in the World Cup.

What surprised Sun Yi was that Pogba was the first to score a goal in this game.

In a defense, Southampton gave Manchester United a chance for a free kick in the frontcourt. And Pogba, who was in great form in this game, blasted the door of Southampton with a world wave free kick.

Pogba's goal made Southampton fall behind.

Falling behind, Southampton naturally had to fight back. After that, they launched a frenzy of attack.

However, no matter how hard Southampton attacked, the united Manchester United team showed amazing will to play, and used various tenacious methods to defend the goal.

This prevented Southampton from scoring a goal throughout the game.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Sun Yi was a little confused.

"We lost?"