I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Manchester United beat Monaco 2:1 at home, and were lucky to eliminate their opponents with the advantage of more away goals. After breaking into the semi-finals of this season's Champions League, they finally ushered in some breathing time.

The match between Manchester United and Monaco ended at around 9:40 pm local time on April 18th, and their next game was at 1:00 noon on April 23rd local time in the UK. The time interval between the two games was more than four days. This is undoubtedly a "very sufficient" rest time for Manchester United, who have just fought three fierce games in six days!

The other two Champions League quarter-finals continued on Wednesday night. As a result, Juventus, who were away at Camp Nou, drew Barcelona 0:0, thus eliminating their opponents 3:0 in two rounds.

In the game between Atletico Madrid and Leicester City, the two sides fought 1:1 at the King Power Stadium, and the Blue Foxes were eliminated with a total score of 1:2. After eliminating Leicester City, Atletico Madrid broke into the semi-finals of the Champions League twice in four years, and also reached the quarter-finals twice, and has become the top team in Europe.

So far, the top four of the Champions League have all been born, La Liga has become the biggest winner, and the two teams in Madrid have entered the top four hand in hand.

Not only that, after Thursday night's Europa League quarter-finals, another La Liga team broke into the semi-finals.

In this way, in the UEFA Europa League, a total of 3 teams will continue to stay. However, the situation in the Premier League is not bad. Both Manchester teams continue to stay in the European competition. Manchester United broke into the semi-finals of the Champions League, and Manchester City broke into the semi-finals of the Europa League.

The draw for the semi-finals of the Champions League and Europa League will take place on April 21, at noon local time on Friday. In the final draw results, the Madrid duo staged a city derby, while Manchester United encountered Juventus.

As for the two most anticipated teams in the world, Manchester United and Real Madrid, they did not meet in the semifinals. However, everyone can look forward to these two teams meeting in the Champions League final for two consecutive years.

As for the four teams in the Europa League, Ajax faced Lyon in Ligue 1, and Manchester City met Celta in La Liga.

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At noon on Sunday, Manchester United ushered in the 34th round of the Premier League and challenged the Red Wine Corps Burnley as a guest.

Because they have already won the Premier League and had another fierce battle with Monaco in the Champions League more than four days ago, Manchester United once again carried out a comprehensive rotation in this game.

The starting goalkeeper is the young Dean Henderson. The Manchester United youth who only passed his 20th birthday last month finally ushered in his Premier League debut.

back line,

Ye Su unexpectedly dispatched all the main players, partnered by Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk and Kyle Walker. The double defensive midfielders are Phil Jones and Fellaini, the forward trio is Lingard, Mata and Martial, and Ibrahimovic has a single arrow forward.

In the 21st minute of the game, Martial counterattacked at a high speed and broke through to the right wing. Mata stepped in and sent a precise cross. Martial made a low shot from the middle of the penalty area and hit the lower right corner. Manchester United led Burnley 1-0.

Since breaking his two-month scoring drought against Sunderland on April 5, Martial has been in excellent form, scoring three goals in four games, and he has scored three goals in four games this season. The number of goals scored in the main match also reached 9 goals. Although this is far from his 17 goals in all competitions last season, his state has rebounded very obviously.

In the 39th minute, Mata sent a direct pass from the left rib. Martial made a high-speed pass and was blocked by Heaton. Ibrahimovic followed up with a small angle attack. The ball was kicked out by Ward after crossing the goal line The goal is valid!

This is Ibrahimovic's 22nd goal for Manchester United in all competitions this season, second only to Rooney who scored 43 goals in all competitions, but surpassed Harry Kane who scored 19 goals in all competitions , Rashford with 18 goals and Vardy with 12 goals are the second scorers in Manchester United.

In the end, Manchester United defeated the hosts 2-0 at Turf Moor Stadium, and the Premier League points have reached 95 points. They are only one victory away from breaking the Premier League single-season points record they just created in the last game!

In other words, in the next Premier League game, as long as Manchester United can beat their opponents, they will score 98 points, breaking their Premier League single-season points record created only a year ago, and it is also the historical points record of England's top league.

And Manchester United's next opponent in the Premier League game is their city rival, Blue Moon Manchester City led by Guardiola!

This is the 26th round of the Premier League make-up match!

At the end of February, because of the League Cup final, Manchester City's match against Manchester United at home was forced to be postponed in the second round of the Manchester City Derby.

After negotiation between the two parties, the match was scheduled for the end of April, which is two months after the match was supposed to take place!

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Guardiola has been very troubled recently, on the one hand because his team was just eliminated by Arsene Wenger's Arsenal through extra time in the FA Cup semi-final last weekend, and on the other hand because of the upcoming Premier League Round 26 make-up match.

Guardiola's debut season in the Premier League was not smooth. After experiencing a short-lived highlight at the beginning of the season, Manchester City's performance in the league has become more and more struggling. Not only is it far behind the rivals Manchester United in the same city, it has withdrawn from the competition for the league title early , and even reduced to the current situation where even a Champions League seat is difficult to guarantee.

At present, there have been 34 rounds of the Premier League, and Guardiola's team has two games less (the 26th round of the league was postponed due to Manchester United's participation in the League Cup final, and the 34th round was postponed due to Manchester City's participation in the FA Cup semi-final), 32 Only 18 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses in the league, with 61 points, ranking sixth in the Premier League!

And the points gap between them and their city rivals Manchester United has reached 34 points!

Thanks to their previous poor performance in the Premier League, Guardiola did not create a record gap with Manchester United. But for Guardiola, who had achieved excellent results in the league with Barcelona and Bayern before, such a result still made him feel disheartened.

Many fans are, Guardiola can also play in the league with less competitive giants like Barcelona and Bayern, and when he arrives in the highly competitive Premier League, he will immediately show his true colors.

You know, Manchester City's strength is definitely not weak. Last season, they were Manchester United's biggest rivals in the league, and they also reached the semi-finals in the Champions League.

Now, they have fallen to sixth in the Premier League. If they want to enter the Champions League, they have to pin their hopes on winning the Europa League!

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Although this sounds ugly, Guardiola also has to admit that judging from the current situation, it is the most realistic and relatively easy for Manchester City to win the Europa League to obtain a seat in the Champions League.

In the current Premier League standings, the top three positions are relatively stable.

Naturally, there is no suspense at the top of the list. The advantage of Manchester United, which has already won the championship, is too obvious for anyone to shake: with 31 wins, 2 draws and 95 points, Guardiola couldn't believe his eyes!

The second place is Conte's Chelsea. Although the Blues lost to Manchester United in the championship battle, in the 34 rounds of the Premier League that have been played, Chelsea has won 25 wins, 3 draws, 6 losses and 78 points, locking in the Champions League seat.

The third place is Pochettino's Tottenham. Bai Baihe's performance is very stable. In the 33 rounds of the Premier League that have been played, they have won 22, drawn 8 and lost 3, ranking third with 74 points.

Klopp's Liverpool is currently ranked fourth temporarily. The Red Army has 19 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses in 34 rounds of the Premier League. With 64 points, Arsenal has been squeezed out of the familiar position.

Wenger's team has scored 19 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses in the 33 rounds of the Premier League, ranking fifth in the Premier League with 62 points!

The points of Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City are very tight. It seems that Klopp has the advantage in the ranking, but Arsenal and Manchester City still have no games to play. Once the make-up match is over, it is very likely to overtake Liverpool and enter the Champions League.

However, if you carefully consider the schedule of the three teams in the future, you will get different results.

Liverpool currently has only one league game and four games left, and the schedule is the most relaxed; Arsenal still has five Premier League games and one FA Cup final, and the schedule is much denser than that of Liverpool.

Manchester City's events are the most intensive, with 6 Premier League games and at least 2 Europa League games.

Do you fight for 6 Premier League games to compete for a Champions League seat, or fight for three Europa League games to compete for a championship honor and a Champions League seat?

This question seems to be easy to make a choice as long as you are not a fool.

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However, it is not so easy to make a decision to give up the Premier League, especially the next 26th round of the Premier League.

Because once they lose to Manchester United at home, it will not only mean that Manchester United will step on the corpse of Manchester City and create a new Premier League single-season points record, but also allow Manchester United to continue to write their own Premier League unbeaten record.

Since losing to the Hammers West Ham United in the 35th round of the Premier League last season, Manchester United has been unbeaten in the Premier League for 34 consecutive games!

This is the fourth record in the history of England's top league for more than 100 years. Before this, only Arsenal's 49 unbeaten records in the Premier League in the 2003-2004 season, and Nottingham Forest's record in 1977-1978 The unbeaten record of 42 games in the old League One created in the season, and the unbeaten record of 40 games in the Premier League created by Chelsea in the 2004-2005 season, tied with the unbeaten record of 34 games in the old League One created by Leeds United in the 1968-1969 season .

In any case, Guardiola has to treat this Premier League supplementary match with Manchester United seriously this week.

As rivals in the same city, even in those years when Manchester City was reduced to a Premier League lifter, they were not at all shy when facing the then Premier League overlord Manchester United. Now they have become a Premier League and even a top European team. There is no reason to voluntarily give up.

Guardiola has no doubt that once the fans think that he has voluntarily given up this world-renowned Manchester derby, he will be scolded by Manchester City fans for not looking up!