Football King Bale

After Manchester United narrowly defeated Tiger City 3:2 in an away game, the Premier League game started in full swing on Boxing Day.

This was a very normal Boxing Day game, with basically no upsets. The strong teams won one after another. Judging from the top six teams in the standings, Arsenal won the Hammers 3:1 away from home, and Chelsea won at Stamford Bridge. The stadium beat Swansea 1:0. Only Everton was at home to provide warmth to deputy squad leader Sunderland. Moyes' team lost 0:1.

In this round of matches, the only thing that can be called a strong dialogue is the dialogue between Blue Moon Manchester City and Liverpool. Liverpool's Coutinho opened the scoring, but then Manchester City captain Kompany and forward Negredo scored two goals in a row to reverse the score. , In the end, Manchester City defeated Liverpool 2:1 at home.

I have to say that the game between Manchester City and Liverpool is definitely a masterpiece of the Premier League this season. Especially in the first half, the two teams almost brought their respective characteristics to the extreme. Of course, the personal abilities of the stars cannot be ignored in the game. Manchester City relied on With personal ability, he reversed Liverpool 2:1.

Unlike Manchester City's star players, Liverpool's starting 11 can really be considered big names, and the only one who is on the same level as Manchester City players is Suarez. Therefore, before the game, Manchester City's game against Liverpool was hailed as a group of people versus one person.

Facts have proved that Suarez performed very well in this game. As captain, he succeeded in 25 of 31 passes and passed 4 threatening balls. Among all players present, he was only less than David Silva's 6 times. , there were as many as 7 dribbles in the game, ranking first in this data.

Unfortunately, Suarez, who has scored 10 goals in the past four games, did not score against Manchester City, nor did he even have an assist. Why? To sum up two points, one is the linesman who was blasted as a "blind" by Liverpool fans, and the other is because of his teammates who are like pigs! If not, Suarez could have helped Liverpool beat Manchester City with one pass and one shot.

Liverpool coach Rodgers, who lost, blamed the referee for the loss after the game. He said in an interview: "My team took over the game at one point. This was a top match in Europe. I was disappointed not to win the game, but it doesn't matter! I am proud of the performance of the players. They maximized the coordination of passing and receiving. We also scored a wonderful opening goal, but I think we should have scored two or three goals in this game. The professional level of the three referees who officiated on the spot Neither is high. We have no way to change this. The players can only keep fighting to maintain balance. For example, when Sterling's ball was called offside, the first assistant referee did not even run into place - such low-level mistakes should not happen. In a competition of this caliber!”

After this game, Manchester United continued to sit at the top of the standings, scoring 44 points with 13 wins and 5 draws, and locked in the half-time championship one round in advance.

Arsenal are five points behind in second place. Chelsea reaped the benefits and climbed to the top three in the standings. Manchester City overtook Liverpool and ranked fourth in the Premier League, while Liverpool ranked fifth. Although Everton lost, they still beat Tottenham and ranked sixth due to their goal difference.

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Forty-eight hours later, the 19th round of the Premier League began.

Manchester United continues their road trip against Canary Norwich in Norfolk, eastern England.

There is a high-speed connection between Hull City and Manchester, and the distance is only more than 130 kilometers. Manchester United can go there by bus. But the straight-line distance between Norwich and Manchester is 260 kilometers, and there is no direct highway connection, so the Manchester United team chose to take a chartered flight to Norwich for the game.

Two games in a row within forty-eight hours.

If you include the games before Christmas, this is Manchester United's 11th game in December.

Under the continuous high-intensity game rhythm, Manchester United players suffered constant injuries. After the game against Hull City, Rooney developed groin pain. After examination, although there was no major problem, for the sake of Lu Xiaopang's health, Ferguson arranged for Rooney to rest in the last game of 2013.

Not only that, according to the team doctor's advice, Lu Xiaopang may not be able to play in the first game in 2014. Coupled with the fact that Robin van Persie has missed many games due to injuries, the BVR combination of Manchester United's front three that once destroyed everyone at the beginning of the season has only Bell left.

The good news is that Rooney will not have a long-term injury, and Robin van Persie is about to recover.

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The game against Norwich was also Manchester United's first game in 2013. Naturally, Ferguson hoped to end the less than perfect but extremely perfect 2013 with a victory.

Therefore, under the policy of maintaining rotation, Ferguson still sent out the strongest lineup as much as possible.

Manchester United's starting lineup is goalkeeper De Gea, the back line is Smalling, Van Dijk, Evans and Evra, the three midfielders are Carrick, Modric and Pogba, and the forward line is Bell on the left and Evra. Hernandez plays center and Ashley Young is on the right.

At the beginning of the first half, the Norwich team, playing at home, started a fierce fight. Hernandez and Bell were tackled to the ground one after another. Under such circumstances, Manchester United's pre-match plan to start the game went bankrupt because they were unable to play a smooth offense at all.

As the game progressed, Norwich began to retreat and focus on defensive counterattacks. Although Manchester United had the advantage in possession, it lacked penetrating deep passes.

It was the home team that was the first to create a threatening attack. In the 16th minute, Snodgrass and Martin penetrated the Manchester United defense on the left. Martin entered the penalty area and his shot was blocked by De Gea. Smalling grabbed it before Hoolahan. Before destroying the ball out of the baseline.

The tired Manchester United players were obviously out of shape, and the opening attack cost them a lot of energy. This caused the situation to be quickly controlled by the home team Norwich, who had more energy and played very fiercely in the game. In the first 25 minutes, the shooting ratio between the two sides was 6:0, with Norwich taking the advantage.

It wasn't until the 31st minute of the game that Manchester United ushered in its first threatening attack. Fair also received a yellow card for violating Evra, and Manchester United won a free kick from the left side of the front court.

The position of this free kick is relatively biased, and it is more than 30 meters away from the goal. In this game, Norwich has very good control over fouls and rarely gives Manchester United free kicks in threatening areas.

Bell did not choose to force a direct shot, but chose to cross. After taking his free kick, he found Evans in the penalty area, but Jonny's header missed the goal slightly.

In the first half of the game, Norwich and Manchester United maintained a 0:0 tie and entered the halftime break.

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Obviously, neither side would be satisfied with a draw, so after the start of the second half, they both stepped up their offense.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United made personnel adjustments. Welbeck replaced Smalling and Ashley Young switched to right back.

After the game started, the two sides quickly entered into a high-tempo attack. First, Norwich's Raymond took a long shot from the right rib in the first minute of the second half, and Manchester United responded two minutes later. Ashley Young cut in from the right rib and shot with his right foot near the arc of the penalty area slightly over the crossbar. As soon as he turned around, Raymond passed and shot with his left foot, and the ball missed the right post and flew out of the baseline.

In this fast-paced attack, Manchester United, whose players have the advantage, still gained the advantage.

In the 57th minute, Welbeck's breakthrough in the frontcourt was slightly larger. As a result, R-Benetta's clearance ball was blocked by the active Hebei with his legs. The ball bounced off Hernandez and instead formed a wonderful pass. Welbeck stepped in to form the ball. Facing Rudy alone, Heibei got rid of the Norwich goalkeeper and pushed into the empty goal from the right side of the small penalty area, scoring his sixth league goal of the season.

BBC commentator and former Ireland winger Kilbane commented on the scene: "The rebound ball was a bit lucky, but it also benefited from Welbeck's good judgment of the situation. It was his active pressing that found the ball." It's not a chance. This shot is also very beautiful. He only scored one goal in the Premier League last season, but after being healthy this season, he seems to be scoring more and more goals."

This is already the fourth goal Heibei has contributed to the team in the past four games. This season, his shooting rate has reached 34%.

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Welbeck's goal seemed to open the scoring valve for Manchester United. Just four minutes later, Manchester United ushered in their second goal of the game.

In the 61st minute, Ashley Young passed the ball from the right side. Welbeck headed the ball into the air, but at the same time it also shook the Norwich defenders in the middle. After one after another, the ball came to the back point, allowing the defender to Bellcat, who followed up later, had an opportunity.

In this game, Bell played very depressed. He was tightly blocked on the court, with two or three Norwich players marking him at any time, and rarely got a chance to shoot.

Faced with this unexpected opportunity, Bell pushed the ball forward without hesitation, entered the small penalty area, triggered a killing blow, and shot straight into the dead center of the near post.

This is Bell's 25th Premier League goal this season and Bell's 97th goal in 2013.

However, Ferguson quickly replaced Bell. Under today's situation, it is almost impossible for Bell to tie the world record of 100 goals in a single natural year that he set in 2012, let alone break this record.

Moreover, even if Bell may break the record, Ferguson cannot risk Bell getting injured. In his opinion, a healthy Bell is the most important thing.

As a result, Bell's number of goals in 2013 also stayed at 97 goals.

Bell was replaced by Belgian teenager Januzaj.

However, in the subsequent games, the Manchester United players had no intention of continuing to attack. Norwich was unwilling to fail at home and continued to send offensive players to play at the last moment, but in the end they failed to save the defeat. Ferguson used up his last substitution in the 86th minute, and Giggs came on as a substitute.

In the end, Manchester United won the away game 2:0, which was a perfect end to 2013.

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