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Ferguson's influence was very great. In subsequent games, the referee stepped up his enforcement efforts, and Wigan no longer dared to commit fouls as recklessly as before.

In the 63rd minute, Welbeck fell after stealing the ball in the penalty area. Giggs got the ball and responded. Pogba fired a low ball to the goal from 18 meters away. Hernandez succeeded in countering offside with his right foot on the edge of the penalty area. The blocked shot rewritten the score to 2:0. Xiaowu, who started for Manchester United for the 50th time, finally scored after missing a penalty kick.

Manchester United, with a two-goal lead, continued to attack aggressively. In the 66th minute, Ashley Young first got rid of Cone near the left wing, and then speeded up and easily passed Boyce. McCarthy made a low-level error in the side interception. Professor Young staggered and dribbled the ball and dodged Ramis from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area. The shot rewritten the score to 3:0, and the new season was finally over.

Subsequently, Lindegaard made two key saves, including a decisive single-handed attack against Cone to destroy the ball.

Afterwards, midfielders Scholes and Giggs were replaced.

In the 82nd minute, Welbeck fell after breaking through in the middle. McCarthy inexplicably missed a cross pass in the arc of his own penalty area. Hernandez got the ball and responded. Modric, who came on as a substitute, stepped forward and deflected the angle before shooting with his right foot into the near corner. , although Alhabushi touched the ball with his hand, the ball still flew into the net, and Manchester United led 4:0.

Manchester United, which won 4-0, continues to lead the Premier League standings with its fourth consecutive victory.

Chelsea and Manchester City, who played at the same time, were forced to draw 0:0 and 1:1 by Queens Park Rangers and Stoke City respectively.

After 4 rounds of league games, Manchester United finally dominated the standings. Chelsea ranked second with 3 wins and 1 draw. Manchester City and Arsenal, which only had 2 wins and 2 draws, ranked third and fourth respectively. Manchester United was 4 points ahead of them. There was a vague gap. Signs of falling behind.

As for Liverpool, Rogers' team only had 2 draws and 2 losses, ranking 17th with 2 points. It was only two more goal differences than Queens Park Rangers to avoid falling into the relegation zone.

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At 7:45 pm GMT on September 18, the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League officially kicked off. Among the eight games in the first four groups that started on the first match day, the one that attracted the most attention was undoubtedly the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City in Group D.

This is a powerful dialogue between the upstarts of the Premier League challenging the top giants in the European war.

Since the beginning of the new season, Real Madrid's performance has been extremely sluggish. They have only achieved a poor record of 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in 4 La Liga games. Barcelona, ​​which has won four consecutive games, suddenly opened up an 8-point gap. Although La Liga has just begun, Real Madrid has already said goodbye to the La Liga champion in advance.

It is precisely because of this that this game can be called a key battle to determine the fate of Real Madrid this season. If they fail to win Manchester City at home in the first round, Mourinho's team may lose an excellent opportunity to occupy the top spot in the group, and the team's morale will continue to be depressed. The Manchester City team aims to maintain a tie and compete for victory. The Manchester City team, which lacks experience in the Champions League, can be regarded as an ideal result as long as they score points.

In this game, Real Madrid's Coentrao returned from suspension, while Carvalho and Morata were eliminated due to technical reasons. Compared with his start against Sevilla in the league last weekend, Mourinho's face changed drastically in this game. Varane unexpectedly replaced Ramos in the defense and started as a central defender with Pepe. In the midfield, Essien made his debut with Real Madrid and formed a back three with Xabi Alonso and Khedira. Goldfish Eyes became a victim and was benched. At the last moment before the start of the game, Team B goalkeeper Jesus, Albiol and Callejon were not selected from the final 18-man roster.

For Mancini, who could accept 1 point, the Italian did not arrange a strong offensive formation at the Bernabeu. Compared with last week's league start against Stoke City, Mancini made 3 rotations of the starting lineup in this game. Nastasic started in place of Lescott in the defense, Sinclair was replaced by Barry, Balotelli unexpectedly did not enter the game roster in the forward line, and Silva started. Aguero and Dzeko, who have recovered from injuries, are on standby on the bench.

In the first half of the game, Real Madrid used their home advantage to form a siege, but failed to score. Nasri accidentally strained his thigh muscle and was replaced. At the end of the half, the two sides temporarily tied at 0:0.

Dzeko came on as a substitute in the second half to break the deadlock, and then Marcelo equalized the score. Kolarov once again exceeded the score for Manchester City with a direct free kick, but Benzema and Ronaldo scored consecutively to lock the score at 3:2. Real Madrid reversed Manchester City at home and got a good start in the Champions League.

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Real Madrid played against Manchester City at home. The two Portuguese players became the focus at the last moment. Cristiano Ronaldo finally celebrated wildly after scoring the winning goal in the last minute. The "Cristiano Ronaldo is unhappy" incident that has plagued Real Madrid for more than two weeks seems to be resolved. .

But Ronaldo was not the craziest in his celebration. When the ball incredibly flew past Kompany's head and Joe Hart's hand, it finally hit the net. Mourinho, who was originally sitting on the coaching bench, rushed into the field wildly, slid on his knees, punched and roared to celebrate the goal.

This scene instantly brought people back to the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2006-2007 season. At that time, Chelsea visited Camp Nou to challenge Barcelona, ​​which had eliminated them in the quarter-finals the previous season. The game went with twists and turns. Deco took the lead in scoring for Barcelona in the 3rd minute, and Lampard equalized in the 52nd minute. In the 58th minute, Chelsea's old player Good Johnson changed the score to 2-1 for Barcelona. In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Terry headed the ball and Drogba got rid of Marcos' defense and shot from close range to equalize the score. An emotional Mourinho rushed into the court and knelt down to celebrate. Almost six years later, the classic scene reappeared, but the venue was changed from Camp Nou to the Bernabeu.

Mourinho's substitutions have been criticized during the two-game losing streak in the league. When falling behind, the Madmen often field a crazy four forwards, but lose control of the game due to too few midfielders. The front four could not find space in the opponent's penalty area, and the responsibility of passing the ball to the forwards fell to the defenders.

Mourinho obviously made some changes when making substitutions tonight. After giving up the three defensive midfielders, the Madman did not pile up forwards, but let Goldfish Eyes, Essien and Xavi Alonso form the core of the midfield three. After gaining possession of the ball in the midfield, Real Madrid's goal was a matter of course. Benzema also used an extremely smart shot to shatter the nearly 900-minute goal drought. This time, Mourinho made the right bet and won.

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One day later, on the second match day of the Champions League, the whistles were blown simultaneously for the eight games of the last four groups.

As the defending Champions League champions, Manchester United's home game against Turkish Super League giant Galatasaray is naturally the focus of attention. Because once Manchester United remains unbeaten, they will extend their unbeaten record in the Champions League to a terrifying 28 games!

This is the 17th consecutive season that Manchester United has appeared in the Champions League, thus setting a record for this event.

This game is the fifth meeting between the two clubs. Previously, Manchester United remained unbeaten with 1 win and 3 draws.

Although the Red Devils have scored 5 goals in their last three games against Turkish clubs and kept clean sheets, Manchester United's last Champions League home loss was in November 2009 when they lost 0:1 to another Turkish team, Besiktas. However, in the Dream Theater the Red Devils have only lost 2 of their last 56 Champions League home games.

In this game, De Gea returned to the starting lineup to guard the city, while Robin van Persie was at the forefront. Fletcher, who had been absent for a long time due to illness, appeared on the bench. Rooney, who was injured previously, was not included in the squad.

In the end, Manchester United deployed a 433 formation with De Gea as the goalkeeper and Rafael, Evans, Vidic and Evra as the four defenders. In the midfield, Carrick and Modric were behind, and Sneijder was De appears in the attacking midfielder, with Ribel on the left as the three forwards, Robin van Persie in the middle, and Ashley Young, who has performed well recently, as the right winger.

At the beginning of the first half, Galatasaray did not play conservatively.

In the 2nd minute, Vidic knocked down Brutt while trying to clear the ball in the penalty area. The referee refused to call a penalty kick and signaled that the game would continue.

4 minutes later, Ashley Young broke through from the right side into the penalty area and was slightly delayed in handling the ball, but Muslera destroyed the ball.

In the 7th minute, Carrick and Sneijder passed and hit the wall. Carrick took the ball in the penalty area and passed goalkeeper Muslera. When he fell, he shot an empty goal with his left foot to break the deadlock and give Manchester United a 1:0 lead.

In the first half, the goal frame twice helped Manchester United deny Galatasaray's goals.

In the 10th minute, Galatasaray launched a quick counterattack. Amrabat received a pass from Burak Yilmaz and shot a curve ball with his right foot from the edge of the penalty area. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced out of the baseline.

In the 31st minute, Galatasaray once again launched a quick counterattack, and Eboue's shot from the right side of the penalty area was blocked and missed the baseline. In the 38th minute, Evra fouled Amrabat on the edge of the penalty area on the left side of the backcourt and was given a yellow card. A tactical free kick was taken. Altintop fired a low shot from 20 meters away. The ball hit the outside of the right post and bounced out of the baseline.

However, until the end of the game, neither side was able to change the score again. It was not until the 87th minute of the game that Manchester United ushered in their second goal of the game.

After Yang Yang received Evra's pass from the left, he quickly turned around and got rid of Galatasaray's right back Balta. He cut in from the left to the front of the penalty area and passed the ball to the right side of the top area. .

After receiving the pass from Bell, Sneijder immediately sent a through ball. Robin van Persie, who was in the forward position, missed the shot due to interference from Galatasaray defenders. Just when the Manchester United fans thought that this attack was about to end, a red figure ran into Galatasaray's small penalty area at high speed, kicked the bouncing ball, and then the ball rubbed The near post flew into Galatasaray's goal.

It was Bell who scored the goal, and the score became 2:0!