Football King Bale

Although Manchester United's defense has often performed poorly since this season, they have performed well in the Premier League. This can be seen from the fact that they only conceded 10 goals in 18 games before the New Year.

In the Premier League, the second best defense is Liverpool, but the Red Army also conceded 16 goals in the first 19 rounds.

Even looking at the five major leagues, Manchester United is tied with Bayern for the third-fewest goals conceded. Only Barcelona in La Liga and Udinese in Serie A have conceded fewer goals than Manchester United. They have only conceded 9 goals. However, Barcelona and Udinese have only played 16 league games, while Bayern has only played 17 league games. Therefore, in terms of goals conceded per game, Manchester United is well-deserved as the first line of defense in Europe.

However, after this game, Manchester United, which conceded 3 goals in a game, has given up the title of best defense.

Before visiting the Sporting Goods Direct Arena, Manchester United still maintained the record of four consecutive clean sheets in away games in the league. Before the game, the British media also listed the record of consecutive clean sheets in away games in England's top league, reminding that in 2008, Chelsea and Manchester United both There is an impressive record of 7 consecutive guests maintaining an unbreakable gold medal.

However, facing Newcastle United today, Manchester United suffered a lot just in defending high-altitude balls. Not only did they fail to catch up with the record, but they added another mark to the book of shame. Phil, who is one of the best players on the team this season, ·Jones also staged a collection of mistakes, and all three goals conceded were related to the new young player.

In the first goal, Jones was marking Ameobi for a header but was at a disadvantage, allowing the home team's two strikers to form a response and finally break the deadlock, which meant that Manchester United's record of not conceding a goal in away games in the league was ended.

At the beginning of the second half, Jones sent another free kick opportunity in a dangerous zone. As a result, Cabaye staged a free kick to create a world-wide scoring opportunity. In addition, this conceding goal also exposed the slackness of the players in Manchester United's wall. When Cabaye kicked off He didn't jump up to stop him at all, but just let it happen.

As for Jones' final own goal, it was just the "finishing touch" to take responsibility.

Of course, it must be mentioned that Jones made an error in his prediction when he was preparing to use a header to clear the ball, and let the ball hit his thigh and then change into the net.

After watching it, the fans were so angry that they blamed Jones: "Didn't Manchester United sign Dunn? Jones, do you know that you are playing for Manchester United? Remember to keep your head when fighting for headers."

However, there are also those who speak for Jones: "Injuries have destroyed Manchester United's defense. Jones made a lot of mistakes this time, but he should have been more suitable as a right back or midfielder, rather than appearing in the central defender position."

In fact, before going to Tyneside, Jones knew that this was a tough battle. He said in an interview with reporters: "We are going to visit a daunting place.

Because the atmosphere of the fans there is very good and Newcastle fans are very enthusiastic, so what awaits us will be another hard battle. "

Although they were mentally prepared, Manchester United's defense, including Jones, still failed to complete the task well. Among them, Ferdinand, who needs to take on more responsibilities, performed even worse than Jones. This is no longer the Manchester United iron guard this season. My first botched performance.

In the first half of the game, Ferdinand almost gave away a penalty for violating Demba Ba in the penalty area. Then he struggled to defend the Senegal striker. The first goal Ferdinand conceded did not keep up with the Newcastle striker. Not only did he fail to form a The blockage blocked goalkeeper Lindegaard's sight, which was an outright undercover act.

Some fans ridiculed Ferdinand, Leo, don’t be discouraged. If you have a chance to touch Newcastle again in a few days, you will definitely not be afraid of Demba Ba (Demba Ba will represent Senegal in the African Cup of Nations). In fact, we prefer to be with you. Talk on Twitter during the game.

Someone even said bluntly: Ferdinand has become a thing of the past...

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After losing the game, Bell felt very hurt, because it meant that he had failed two more tasks. They are the four-star mission to win the Premier League unbeaten and the five-star mission to go unbeaten in the season.

Thinking that a four-star reward and a five-star reward both left him on the same day, coupled with the blow of losing, Bell felt like he had suffered 10,000 points of critical damage.

Unknowingly, of the ten tasks originally released by the system, only five can still be executed. As for the other five, two have been completed by Bell, but the other three have all failed, except for the Two missions that failed when they lost to Newcastle, and another mission that failed when United were held to a draw at home by Basel in the Champions League.

As for the five tasks that can still be carried out, looking at this posture, it seems that there is a possibility of failure at any time.

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The Manchester United team did not take a holiday after returning to Manchester from the away game. Firstly, it was because the team had just lost, and secondly, the team would face the third round of the FA Cup at noon on Sunday.

Although it is just an FA Cup game, Manchester United plans to take it seriously. Because if they lose again, Manchester United will lose two games in a row, which will have a huge impact on the team's morale.

Of course, another reason is that Manchester United's opponent is their city rival Manchester City!

Unlike the schedule where they encountered underdogs along the way in the League Cup, Manchester United's luck in the FA Cup was obviously not that good. In the draw involving 64 teams, they actually found the strongest opponent.

In fact, Manchester United has not had good luck in recent seasons. For example, in the first round, they encountered rival teams, and each one was stronger than the last.

In the 2009-2010 season, they were drawn against their rival Leeds United, but were eliminated 0:1 at home, a huge upset.

Last season, Manchester United was drawn against their rival Liverpool in the first game of the FA Cup. As a result, Bale showed off his power and defeated the Red Army 3:0. This was the year that followed Manchester United's legend.

This season, Manchester United once again faced another rival team in the first game of the FA Cup-city rivals Blue Moon Manchester City!

If it is another opponent, Manchester United can still use its substitute lineup to deal with it, but facing its mortal enemy in the same city and its biggest competitor in the league, Manchester United cannot send its substitute lineup to compete in any case.

So, despite playing a bad away game just four days ago, even though almost most of the main players in the Manchester United team had to fly to Switzerland to attend the FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards ceremony the next day, even though Manchester United still had to go to Switzerland two days later. Entering the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Ferguson still fielded his strongest lineup in this Manchester Derby.

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This is the 162nd Manchester City Derby in history. The two teams have met eight times in the FA Cup. Manchester United has a clear advantage with 6 wins and 2 losses. The last time the two teams met in the FA Cup was last season. In the semi-finals, Bell led his team to the final after defeating their rivals in the same city 2:1, and finally won the championship again after a lapse of 7 years, winning the 12th FA Cup championship in team history and becoming the second team after Tottenham Hotspur. England's domestic Grand Slam team of the year.

In this game, Manchester City's Toure brothers left the team because they needed to prepare for the African Cup of Nations. Barry was sent to sit on the pitch. In addition, Balotelli and Dzeko were also exempted from the game due to injuries. Mancini was still in the goalkeeper position. Boldly use the Romanian Pantilimon; the most surprising thing about Manchester United is that veteran Scholes, who announced that he would hang up his boots this summer, made a miraculous comeback and appeared on the bench. David Beckham and Roy Keane also appeared in the stands and in the live broadcast room respectively.

After announcing his retirement in May 2011, Scholes returned to the game just six months later. Although this was a blessing to the fans, it reflected Manchester United's dilemma of shortage of manpower in the midfield.

This year's winter transfer window has been open for more than a week. Although Manchester United has been on hold, before the FA Cup battle with local rival Manchester City, the Red Devils announced an explosive news on the official website - Scholes is back, and as a result Player identity!

Manchester United's official website stated that Ginger Head will follow the team until the end of this season.

Manchester United coach Ferguson was ecstatic about Scholes' return: "Paul made a wonderful decision. It's always very sad to see great players end their careers, especially when they make this decision early. . I always thought Scholes could have another great season, and now it’s great to have him back!”

Although this comeback was very unexpected, Scholes said that he did not make it on a whim. He made the decision after careful consideration. He said in an interview with reporters: "Since announcing his retirement, I have been very clear. I miss my playing days very much. The coach feels that I can still contribute to the team, which makes me very happy. I also hope that I can use my remaining energy to bring more success to this great club."

Manchester United's starting lineup is still the traditional 442. The goalkeeper is Lindegaard, who played against Newcastle in midweek. The four defenders are Phil Jones, Smalling, Ferdinand and Evra. In the midfield, there was a guest appearance in the last game. Valencia at right back returned to his most familiar position of right midfielder, while Bell stood at the left midfielder position. In the center was a combination of Sneijder and Carrick, and the double forwards were Rooney and Welbeck.

Manchester City's starting lineup is a 4231 formation, with goalkeeper Pantilimon, four defenders Kolarov, Lescott, Kompany and Richards, the double midfielder is a combination of De Jong and Milner, and the forward line , Nasri, David Silva and Adam Johnson lined up, and Aguero's single arrow came forward.

At the beginning of the first half, Manchester City successfully suppressed Manchester United by taking advantage of the numerical advantage in the midfield. The home team had a slight advantage in terms of speed and rhythm. However, in the first 5 minutes, both Manchester City's passes and shots were directly blocked by the Manchester United defense.

In the 6th minute, Lindegaard received a pass from his teammate and his kick was a little slow. Aguero, who was actively blocking the ball, directly blocked the baseline.

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