I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

The Premier League enters a two-week break after Manchester United beat Liverpool as the first international break of 2015 arrives.

During this period, the Carrington base seemed very deserted, because there were too many international players of all ages in Manchester United's various echelons.

Especially Manchester United's first team. With Manchester United's high-profile performance this season, more and more first-team players have been called by national teams from various countries.

The England national team alone has recruited 7 players including Rooney, Vardy, Phil Jones, Smalling, Maguire, Luke Shaw and Kyle Walker in this issue, almost occupying the 23-member England team. a third of the list.

Especially the back line, almost directly hollowed out Manchester United's back line.

In fact, if Carrick hadn't announced his withdrawal from the England national team early to concentrate on Manchester United, he would have been called up by the England national team. Then Manchester United will really account for more than one-third of the England national team.

Due to his outstanding performance at Manchester United this season, Vardy has contributed 27 goals and 7 assists in all competitions. Among them, 16 goals and 4 assists in the Premier League, temporarily ranked fifth in the Premier League scorer list, second only to club teammate Rooney, as well as Aguero, Harry Kane and Diego Costa.

During this international match day, Vardy, who was called up by the England national team for the third time, finally made his debut in the national team, partnering with Wayne Rooney and Tottenham's popular fried chicken Harry Kane to form England Up front for England's Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania. Moreover, both of them performed very well, each scoring a goal to help England beat Lithuania 5:0.

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After two weeks of international breaks, the Premier League is back on fire.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on April 4th, British local time, Manchester United played against Aston Villa at Old Trafford. As a result, Rooney's goal and De Bruyne's brace helped Manchester United beat Villa 3:1 at home.

Bruno, Vardy and Mata assisted three goals.

In the last game of this round on Monday night local time, Manchester City was defeated by Crystal Palace 2:1 away. In the case of also completing 31 league rounds, Manchester United, which is behind the top of the list, has reached 14 points, and there is only hope of reversing Manchester United in theory.

The second round of the Manchester City Derby this season, which took place a week later, almost shattered Manchester City's last theoretical hope of reversing Manchester United.

At 4:00 pm local time on April 12th in the UK, Manchester United sat at Old Trafford to face their city rivals Manchester City.

The two teams have faced each other 167 times before. Manchester United has the upper hand with 68 wins, 50 draws and 49 losses. In the Premier League, Manchester United has 18 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses 35 times, including 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at home. The derby was won.

Manchester United's advantage over Manchester City in the Premier League looked great, but that changed after Sheikh Mansour became City's boss in the summer of 2008. After the summer of 2008, Manchester United had 6 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in 13 Manchester City derby games in the Premier League. It seems to be a balance of power, but it should be noted that Manchester United achieved 5 wins and 1 tie in 6 games in the 3 seasons of 2008-2009, 2009-2010, and 2010-2011.

In the first round of the confrontation between the two sides this season, the Blue Moon gave Yesu their first league defeat since coaching Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium, and it also caused Ye Su's Manchester United to fall into the first trough of the season.

But then Manchester United bottomed out and rebounded, surpassing Chelsea with a wave of six consecutive victories, and returned to the top of the Premier League standings.

But now they met again, and it was Manchester City who fell into the trough.

The Manchester City people also hope that the result of the game will also be reversed, so that Manchester City can retain a glimmer of hope for a reversal, and then it may be another Jedi reversal in the 2011-2012 season.

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Manchester United's starting lineup for this game is exactly the same as the one they beat Liverpool before the international break. Manchester City changed to a 4231 formation.

The game is played in the rain. Manchester City turned against the guest and took the lead in attacking.

In the 6th minute, Demichelis made a long pass from the backcourt. Navas surpassed Carrick on the right and broke into the penalty area single-handedly. He shot low with his right foot from 10 yards from the right rib and De Gea saved it.

In the 7th minute, Navas made a bottom pass from the right. The Manchester United defender made a clearance not far away. Yaya Toure faced an empty goal from 12 yards.

In the 8th minute, Milner slanted from the left, Silva inserted into the penalty area and made a cross from the left side of the penalty area. Aguero blocked the ball into the empty goal in the small penalty area. Manchester United 0: 1 Manchester City.

After scoring the goal, Aguero ran excitedly in the Old Trafford stadium. He saw the possibility of bringing the team to beat Manchester United in the Old Trafford stadium.

However, the Manchester United did not make the Manchester City happy for long, and they evened the score in just 6 minutes.

In the 14th minute, due to the heavy rain, Kanter did not have a good grasp of the power of the ball, and the power of the return pass was not enough. De Gea rushed out of the penalty area with a big foot to clear the siege. De Bruyne took the ball from the left and made a pass. Vardy 8 yards Every shot was blocked by Clichy, and he scored another shot from 6 yards, Manchester United 1:1 Manchester City.

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Manchester City, who wanted to take away a victory at Old Trafford and continue the possibility of winning the league title, immediately launched an attack.

However, facing a strong team like Manchester United, it is very dangerous to attack with all strength. No, Manchester City soon paid the price.

Kanter completed the steal in the backcourt, and Manchester United played a quick counterattack. De Bruyne drove straight in with the ball, and then sent a 45-degree cross from the left. Clichy came off the top, and then Rooney scored with a header from 5 yards. Manchester United overtook the score 2:1.

Manchester City, who played more and more impatiently, became more passive on the scene and frequently used fouls to prevent Manchester United from counterattacking. Milner, David Silva and captain Kompany received consecutive yellow cards.

Moreover, Kompany was injured again in the defense. Although he returned to the field after treatment, it may be difficult to last for a long time judging by his limping appearance.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Pellegrini replaced the injured Kompany with Mangala.

Losing Kompany's pinnacle, Manchester City's defense became more and more tight.

In the 52nd minute, Manchester United won a free kick from the left side of the front field 25 yards from the goal. Rooney took the free kick and shot directly. Hart struggled to save it. Vardy took the ball from the left side of the penalty area and passed it. Launet's shot from 12 yards was blocked, and Mata's shot was still blocked.

However, Manchester United's continuous shooting in the frontcourt still caused huge psychological pressure on the Manchester City team. Then, in the 59th minute of the game, United's defense collapsed.

Mata crossed from the right, completely through the Manchester City defense. After getting rid of Manchester City's defenders, Vardy made a quick forward move and headed the goal 7 yards away from the goal. He easily broke through the unguarded Manchester City goal and rewritten the score on the field to 3:1!

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Unwilling to fail, Pellegrini chose to replace Nasri to strengthen the offense. However, the loopholes in Manchester City's defense could not be filled, but became more obvious.

In the 67th minute, Rooney made a straight pass, and Mata single-handedly inserted into the left rib of the penalty area and shot from 7 yards. The ball passed between Hart's legs and rolled into the goal. Manchester United 4:1 Manchester City.

Only 6 minutes later, Ashley Young, who had just come off the bench, took a free kick on the left. The unguarded Smalling scored with a header from 6 yards. Manchester United 5:1 Manchester City, completely sealing the victory.

Manchester City was completely defeated at this time, but Ye Su did not take the opportunity to beat the dog in the water. Instead, he chose to withdraw from the army and replaced the veteran Carrick with Phil Jones.

This is also Manchester United's third substitution adjustment in this field.

Manchester City made substitution adjustments at the same time, and Lampard replaced Navas.

Because Manchester United took the initiative to slow down the offensive, Manchester City finally gained a firm foothold and began to have some offensives.

In the 82nd minute, Lampard passed the header, and Aguero volleyed directly from 14 yards from the right rib and missed it. This was Manchester City's first shot in the second half.

Manchester City almost pulled back a victory before the end of 90 minutes of regular time. Lampard went straight, Zabaleta made a pass from the right, Aguero advanced to control the ball, and shot with his right foot from 10 yards. The foot shot did not fully exert power, and the ball was saved by De Gea on the goal line.

In the end, Manchester United swept their rivals in the same city 5:1 at home. While kicking their opponents into the abyss of despair, they also avenged their first-leg loss.

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In this way, with only 6 rounds left in the league, Manchester City is 17 points behind Manchester United, and it is really the only theoretical possibility of winning the championship.

For Manchester City, with the FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League being eliminated one after another, this season is destined to be empty.

On the contrary, Mourinho's team is full of resilience. The Blues, who were a guest at Queens Park Rangers, beat their opponents with Fabregas' goal in the 88th minute of the game. Chasing Manchester United with a difference of 5 points.

Originally, the next weekend would be the battle of Tianwangshan between the two championship teams. However, because Manchester United will play the FA Cup semi-final with Reading, this Premier League Tianwangshan battle had to be postponed.

In the UK, in order to show respect for the FA Cup, the oldest event in human football history, when encountering conflicts between the league and the FA Cup, the league will make way for the FA Cup.

However, taking advantage of this opportunity, Chelsea can make up for their previously postponed games. If they win the Blue Fox away, they will reduce the difference with Manchester United to 2 points.

As for this game, it is currently scheduled to take place on the evening of April 29, local time in the UK, which is the middle of the week after the 34th round of the Premier League.

This season's Premier League championship battle at Tianwangshan will really come at the end of April.