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Chapter 945 Keane and Shaqiri
On November 11, the last two games of the 23th round of the Premier League kicked off.

Chelsea defeated Norwich 1-0 in an away game and won eight consecutive victories. The stalemate was not broken until the 88th minute. Hazard cut in from the left and took a long shot. The ball slowly passed the goalkeeper after two deflections. Roll across the gate line.

To be honest, Chelsea’s winning streak has a lot of luck. Although Hazard has maintained a very good competitive state, it is impossible for him to undertake the heavy responsibilities of breakthrough, organization and shooting for a long time. It is a pity that Conte Press Salah firmly on the bench.

Another highlight is Manchester City vs. Liverpool.

Coutinho scored the first goal with a direct free kick, and Sane cut in from the side and stumbled past three players to equalize the score with a diagonal shot.

The turning point came in the 78th minute when Henderson shoveled Vidal and got a second yellow card and was sent off. In the next 10 minutes, Aguero, Sterling and De Bruyne scored three consecutive cities. In the end, Manchester City played 4 games at home. Beating Liverpool 1-13 won [-] consecutive victories.

"Jurgen is so stupid!" Sitting in the office and watching the game, Sun Wu couldn't help complaining: "Henderson even got a yellow card and didn't make a substitution...Liverpool is not without talent The waist can be used, Emre Can is on the bench, and Delph can also make a cameo."

"13 consecutive victories, unbeaten season so far, only tied by Sevilla..." Rolf swallowed, "Manchester City this season..."

"Don't worry, they won't win 19 consecutive victories." Sun Wu snorted.

The last round of the league in the first half of the season, the 19th round, is the Manchester Derby.

The British media has very hot discussions on the form of the Premier League this season. Manchester City has won 13 consecutive victories, Manchester United has won 11 consecutive victories, and Chelsea has won 8 consecutive victories. One league, one season is a bit scary.

In fact, even the German and Spanish media have reported on this. Manchester City's 13 consecutive victories are the highest record in major leagues this season, and even Manchester United's 11 consecutive victories are tied for second with Bayern Munich and Barcelona.

At present, some media have begun to move around, speculating whether it is possible for Manchester City to replicate the miracle of Arsenal's unbeaten season that year.

However, the media also know that if they want to win the championship undefeated this season, Manchester City needs to pass a hurdle, Manchester United led by Best.

On November 11, Manchester United ushered in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage at home, and it was Roma who came to challenge.

Anyway, the qualifying quota has been locked in advance, and Sun Wu continues to let the players on Swell's list rest, and even rest himself.

A week of double matches consumes too much energy. There will be a league game three days later, and the League Cup quarter-finals in the middle of next week.

Herrera and Rojo, who came back this month, both started the game. Milner played as a left back to let Lucas rest. The frontcourt Rashford, Lingard and the comeback Shaqiri formed a trident. Even Kanter They all got a rest, and Fabinho started the Champions League for the first time this season.

United got off to a good start, but also a surprise, as Roma goalkeeper Szesini received a return pass in the 5th minute, faked a kick and smashed the ball...

Laughter suddenly sounded in the stands, not to mention the fans, even Sun Wu on the sidelines couldn't help but spit... Facing Rashford's pressure, Szesny obviously panicked, smashed the ball with his right foot, and the ball It actually hit his left foot and bounced back.

Although Rashford didn't notice at all...he rushed over the head, but Szesny didn't notice either, he didn't know where the ball went, and the ball rolled slowly across the goal line.

Tsk tsk, there will definitely be this scene in "Top Ten Goalkeepers Conceding Goals Bizarrely" in the future.

But then the situation slowly changed. After all, the second team of Manchester United played, and Roma had been cornered. Although they ranked second, they only had 4 points and could not get points from Manchester United.

Pjanic and Nainggolan suppressed the combination of Herrera and Fletcher. Although Fabinho worked hard, he made several mistakes. Of course, the most important thing is that Manchester United's front three cannot give Roma poses a threat in the midfield.

In the 27th minute, Roma equalized the score with a very routine goal. Pjanic made a cross from the right, and Dzeko jumped up and shook his head to attack the goal. The ball flew into the dead corner without any suspense.

In the 44th minute, Roma completed a 2-1 reversal. Although the counterattack failed, Dzeko held the ball with his back on the penalty area line to resist Michael Keane's return pass.

Sun Wu spat hard, turned back to Mike Phelan and said: "Tell Reuthard that the content of Michael's training needs to be adjusted, focusing on increasing his confrontation ability, the central defenders in the Premier League are so easy to be squeezed away !"

Mike Phelan nodded again and again, "In addition, Michael's tackle also needs repeated training, lacking aggressiveness..."

Back in the locker room, Michael Keane was obviously very frustrated, even if Mike Phelan comforted him, he seemed to have seen his future... being sold off like his predecessors Smalling and Evans, you must know that once you are It is almost impossible for Manchester United to become the best player in a cleansing of giants at this level.

Over the years, among the players who have been purged by Manchester United, only Diego Forlan can show a convincing performance, but he only played briefly at the end of his career for Inter Milan, which is no longer considered a giant... Snam, Beckham Mu and Fanny are not counted, they were not purged because of their ability.

But surprisingly, Sun Wu did not replace Michael Keane, but replaced Fabinho, allowing Lingard to return to midfield and replacing Bernardo Silva.

This adjustment had a very good effect in the second half. Manchester United's high-position pressing tactics disrupted Roma's deployment, and the very fast offensive and defensive transition rhythm caught Roma off guard.

Lingard's deliberate large-scale running made De Rossi very uncomfortable, while Pjanic was not strong in defense, and Nainggolan was more interested in offense.

In the 65th minute, Sun Wu replaced Shaqiri with Falcao.

In the 69th minute, Manchester United looked for an opportunity from the middle. Lingard threw away De Rossi in a lateral run and conceded the ball under the pressure of Nainggolan, but Bernardo Silva immediately successfully countered and sent it out. Picking a pass, Falcao stopped the ball in the chest in the penalty area, hooked with his left foot and scored to equalize the score.

This score lasted until the end of the game. Roma did not try to overwhelm the offense at the last moment, because Sun Wu replaced the extremely fast Mane in the 80th minute.

However, Rome, which scored one point, has already taken its fate into its own hands. In another game, Wolfsburg defeated PSV Eindhoven 2-1.

If Roma can draw with Wolfsburg in the final round, they will be able to qualify, of course, they will be second in the group.

Manchester United, which has five games, three wins and two draws, has secured the first place in the group with 10 points.

In the post-match ratings, Manchester United's highest ratings are Lingard and Falcao, and the lowest are Michael Keane and Shaqiri.

For this score, Sun Wu said that he was very correct, and he faintly felt that Shaqiri was dissatisfied with him.

At least Michael Keane has no problem with his attitude, and the position of central defender is already very experienced. If he trains properly later, Keane is qualified to at least become Manchester United's main rotation player.

But Shaqiri... the Swiss winger came to Manchester United during the winter transfer period last season. Because he could not play in the Champions League, he played a lot in the league. However, he was injured twice in the new season and played very little time, even after returning from injury. It is also difficult to get a starting opportunity.

At present, in the front trident of Manchester United, if Griezmann is not injured or suspended, he will definitely lock a starting position. The center forward is Falcao and Harry Kane. The remaining position is Bernardo Silva Compete with Mane.

Under special conditions, Sun Wu may let Lingard and Milner play guest roles. Shaqiri also sees it very clearly that it is difficult for him to make a difference in Manchester United.

But what makes Sun Wu unbearable is Shaqiri's attitude. Griezmann, Bernardo Silva and even Falcao and Harry Kane all need to take on defensive tasks, but Shaqiri is indifferent to returning to defense. Even if Sun Wu and Mike Phelan yelled loudly on the sidelines, he was at most faking.

Mike Phelan has reminded Sun Wu that although you are a very special head coach, although you try to maintain a parallel rather than confrontational situation between yourself and the players, you also need authority.

Sun Woo agrees and doesn't mind killing the chicken if Shaqiri continues.

(End of this chapter)