I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Manchester United's last game in 2014 failed to end with a victory, which was a bit anticlimactic, and their first game in 2015 also failed to win.

On January 1st, Manchester United ushered in the third game in six days, and it was also the first game in the second half of the Premier League this season. It was a guest at the Britannia Stadium and challenged Stoke City, the city of sky.

Because Manchester United's next game is the third round of the FA Cup against Yeovil, the deputy squad leader of the League One. Although the time is only three days away, Ye Su has no plan to put in too much effort in the FA Cup , so in this game, Ye Su basically dispatched the strongest lineup in his hands.

Ye Su really hopes to win Sky City. After all, this is an opponent that Manchester United likes very much. In the past 15 encounters between the two teams, Manchester United only lost 1 game, which was the away game last season. The remaining 14 games had 13 wins and 1 tie. Stoke City have only won twice at home against Manchester United in the past 30 years.

However, Manchester United, who played with all their main players, encountered a nightmare start at the Britannia Stadium.

Stoke City, who played at home, launched a rush at the beginning and quickly won a corner kick. In the 2nd minute, Arnautovic took a corner kick on the right, and then point the unguarded Crouch to ferry the header from 14 yards. The unguarded Shawcross volleyed the goal with his right foot from 5 yards. Manchester United 0 : 1 Stoke City.

Sky City gave Manchester United a bad start, and also let Ye Su see the horror of Sky City's high-altitude bombing.

Stoke City ranked 11th in the Premier League after halfway through this season, with 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, accumulating 25 points, which looks very inconspicuous.

However, they are well-deserved killers of wealthy families. They beat Blue Moon Manchester City 1:0 at the Etihad Stadium, Tottenham 2:1 at White Hart Lane, and Arsenal 3:2 at home. In the away game at Old Trafford, Manchester United did not win easily, only barely winning with a score of 2:1.

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Manchester United, who fell behind, immediately launched a counterattack and created some opportunities, but they were a little far from the goal. It was Stoke City, who almost used the counterattack to break Manchester United's goal again. In the 19th minute, Diouf snatched the ball from Evans and then passed Evans and broke into the penalty area single-handedly, but his left-footed shot went flying.

However, when Manchester United reached the 26th minute of the game, they also used tit for tat to avenge themselves. Wayne Rooney took a left corner kick, followed by a Carrick header, and Vardy blocked the ball with his left foot from 5 yards. Manchester United equalized the score.

Manchester United continued to suppress Stoke City with its strength advantage, while Stoke City responded to Manchester United's offensive with tough confrontation and even rough moves. Under such circumstances, the smell of gunpowder on the field gradually became stronger.

In the 42nd minute, Begovic took the ball and made a scary kick in front of Rooney. conflict.

In the second half, Manchester United continued to suppress Stoke City on the scene, threatening Stoke City's goal many times. And Stoke City also threatened Manchester United's goal with long passes and high-altitude bombing.

With Januzaj's cross from the left at the last minute of the game, Rooney's header was ferried, and the unguarded Bruno Fernandez shot was saved by Stoke City on the goal line. After all, Manchester United was unable to reverse Stoke City. .

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This is the third consecutive away game where Manchester United has been unable to win. Manchester United, which suffered three consecutive away games, only increased by 1 point to 47 points.

However, after this round of the game, people were surprised to find that Manchester United had risen to the top of the Premier League standings, because Chelsea was defeated by Bai Lily 5:3 in a London derby and suffered their second defeat of the season.

Not only was Chelsea robbed of the top spot by Manchester United, it was even tied with points by Manchester City. This round at the Etihad Stadium 3:2 against the blue moon of the black cat Sunderland,

The points also reached 46 points. Moreover, both teams have a record of 14 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, scoring 44 goals and conceding 19 goals. In addition, the match between the two sides at the Etihad Stadium in the fifth round also drew 1:1. The record is exactly the same, Chelsea only has the advantage of the initials of the team name, ranking second in the Premier League standings.

In this round of another strong dialogue, or a direct dialogue for the 4th place in the Premier League, Arsenal lost to St. Mary's Stadium and were defeated by the Saints with a score of 2:0, losing the sixth round of the competition. At the same time, they lost the chance to enter the semi-finals.

In fact, the Premier League has progressed so far this season, and the situation has become very clear, at least the championship situation is very clear. Manchester United, who scored 47 points in 20 league rounds, and Chelsea and Manchester City, who also scored 46 points, will compete for the Premier League champions. The rest of the teams have fallen behind early in the championship.

And Ye Su, who is very likely to win the best coach of the month in the Premier League for the third time this season, has already disappeared from the top of Sky Sports' head coach dismissal list, and Mourinho, Pellegrini and others Tied at the end of the list, becoming one of the few head coaches who are least likely to dismiss get out of class among the 20 head coaches in the Premier League.

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On January 4th, Manchester United went south to Somerset to play in the third round of the FA Cup this season.

Manchester United's opponent is Yeovil, the deputy squad leader of England's third-tier league.

Ye Su continued to play this game with a complete substitute lineup.

Although Yeovil and Milton Keynes, who eliminated Manchester United in the League Cup, are both League One teams, the situation of the two teams is completely different. Milton Keynes is the championship team in League One, while Yeovil is the bottom team. The biggest goal at present is to avoid relegation.

Of course, to have the chance to play against a super giant like Manchester United, Yeovil doesn't mind performing better. It's not that I hope to beat Manchester United in an upset, but I hope to draw with Manchester United at home, and then go to Old Trafford to play a make-up match.

For the big teams in the Premier League, they will routinely give the ticket revenue to their opponents for games against low-level teams, which can be regarded as helping the weak.

For Yeovil, who has not been doing well recently, playing a game at Old Trafford means millions of pounds. This money is nothing more than a trivial matter for the super giant Manchester United, but it is enough for them to introduce several good players, which may play a vital role in the team's relegation.

However, even if Manchester United played on the bench, Yeoville did not have any chance at home, and was defeated cleanly by Manchester United with a score of 2:0. Professor Young and Valencia played well in this game, scoring a goal each.

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After playing this FA Cup game, Manchester United finally ushered in a week of rest. This kind of weekly game is rare during the time period with intensive schedule.

Even the main players of Manchester United did not play in the FA Cup. These main players of Manchester United actually got a full 10 days of rest. It was not until four o'clock in the afternoon on January 11th, British local time, that the 21st round of the Premier League was ushered in.

This is a strong dialogue. Manchester United, who is second in the standings (Chelsea will play first this round and overtake Manchester United after winning) will face Southampton, who is fourth in the standings.

But perhaps this long period of rest caused Manchester United's main players to disrupt the rhythm of the previous game, and they seemed a little out of shape after the start of the game. Southampton, on the other hand, took advantage of the home court and frequently launched offensives towards Manchester United's goal.

However, Southampton had not had time to turn their advantage into a victory, but they were hit first.

In the 18th minute, Odwild sprained his thigh when he made a clearance without pressure. He immediately signaled that he could not hold on, and Southampton was forced to make an early personnel adjustment.

After half an hour in the first half of the game, the game state of the Manchester United players finally improved and quickly broke the deadlock on the field.

In the 38th minute, Manchester United counterattacked and won a 3-on-3 chance in the frontcourt. Bruno Fernandez made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. The ball bypassed the goalkeeper and also bypassed Southampton's defenders, and found Vardy who inserted from the left.

Despite the good shot chance, Vardy unselfishly passed the ball to Rooney who was in a better position. Then Lu Xiaopang easily pushed the empty goal on the line of the small penalty area, rewriting the score on the field to 1:0.

Three minutes later, Manchester United made a comeback and it was Rooney's turn to reciprocate. Rooney broke through the middle and scored the ball. The unguarded Vardy shot with his left foot from 14 yards from the left rib. The ball rushed into Southampton's net. 2:0, Manchester United scored two goals in three minutes to expand the score.

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At the beginning of the second half, Southampton once again took the initiative to attack Manchester United's goal, hoping to score as soon as possible and even equalize the score.

In the 49th minute, Prouss took a right corner kick, and Pellet headed the goal from 10 yards, which was slightly wide of the goal.

Manchester United immediately fought back. In the 53rd minute, Rooney dropped a free kick into the penalty area from the midfielder. Maguire scored a header from 8 yards, and the ball flew out of the bottom line against the crossbar.

Maguire has a high winning rate in header duels, which allowed him to get a lot of shooting opportunities. But so far, he has only scored one goal, and his efficiency is a bit worrying.

In the 69th minute, Southampton made a long pass from the backcourt. Pellet gave it to Tadic. Odd 14 yards left foot shot an empty goal, Southampton pulled one back.

But United again put the score beyond in the 78th minute. Vardy made a pass from the left, Foster did not hit the ball far, and then De Bruyne shot an empty goal with his right foot from 7 yards. Manchester United 3:1 Southampton, almost securing the victory.

One minute later, Manchester United almost scored their fourth goal of the game. De Bruyne made a pass from the left, and the unguarded Mata blocked the shot with his left foot from 6 yards, and unexpectedly fired an anti-aircraft gun!

In the end, Manchester United defeated Southampton 3:1 at home and once again snatched back the top spot in the Premier League from Chelsea.