green showman

Chapter 981 Klopp Weeping Faintly in the Toilet
The annoying League Cup has finally passed, but the FA Cup has already begun.

The final of this competition will have to wait until late May. The Premier League teams will play from the third round. During this period, there will be a total of seven games. Because most of the games will start after the Champions League in the second half of the season, so the FA Cup has become Those hotbeds of upset teams in the middle and lower reaches.

Generally speaking, the rich teams only pay attention to the FA Cup after being eliminated from the Champions League. This is why the FA Cup is called the "insulation cup". Arsenal have been in the eighth-finals in recent years and get out. .

But this year, the Gunners didn't even qualify for the group stage, so Wenger naturally paid more attention to it.

On January 1, just three days after the end of the League Cup semi-final, the fourth round of the FA Cup started. Manchester United was the first to play. They challenged Derby County away.

As soon as the starting lineup was announced, public opinion began to criticize Sun Wu habitually again, criticizing him for not paying attention to the FA Cup and criticizing him for his contempt for Derby County.

In this game, Griezmann and Harry Kane did not enter the squad, Sun Wu and Salah did not enter the starting lineup, Van Dijk and Alderweireld did not even return to Carrington when they were still in their hometown for vacation Base check-in.

It is basically a second-tier lineup plus a few main rotation players who have just come back. Rojo, who has been recovering for a long time, has returned, and Milner and Lucas, who have minor injuries, have also recovered.

The process of the game was uneventful. The midfield composed of Fletcher, Fabinho and Herrera firmly controlled the rhythm, and the strength gap between the two sides was too great.

Although the frontcourt trident Lingard, Rashford, and Milner lacked tacit understanding and inspiration, they have not been able to play a threatening offensive, but Rojo and Michael Keane scored twice in the set-piece tactics.

Sun Wu watched this scene with satisfaction. This is one of the changes for Manchester United this season. Manchester United scored a lot of goals from set kicks last season, but they were all direct free kicks. Rolf brought more indirect free kick changes. He learned a lot of good things from Rannik.

An easy 2-0 victory over Derby County to advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup, and in a very economical way, most of the main players have been rested, such as Van Dijk and Griezmann have been on vacation for more than half a week , This loosened the tension in the minds of many Manchester United players.

On January 1st, all the players returned to the team, and the coaching staff arranged a comprehensive physical examination. The inspection sheet produced by Dr. Swell and the analysis report handed over by the psychological counselor made Sun Wu feel at ease, although he did not know what effect it would have. effect, but at least, on paper, it's not bad.

Carrington training ground.

Midfielder Fabinho stretched out his long legs to poke the ball away, then accelerated and slammed Sun Wu hard. Fletcher took the opportunity to steal the ball, and then immediately sent a long-distance oblique ball.

Salah took the ball from the right and started cutting all the way in. First, he slowed down and suddenly accelerated to pass Michael Keane, and then faced Van Dijk with two consecutive false moves and sent a cross. Mane pushed and scored from the penalty spot.

"Papa..." Applause rang out from different parts of the training ground.

Mike Phelan clapped and said: "The Egyptian and Mane form the perfect two wings."

Uh, Klopp fainted in the toilet...

Sun Wu is now looking forward to the double red meeting next season, when Van Dijk, Fabinho, Mane and Salah will all start...

Rolf hesitated and glanced at Sun Wu on the field, "Best prefers to use Bernardo Silva."

"Hey, he often changes teams." Mike Phelan clicked his tongue twice, "However, he is the head coach, he chooses, of course, he also needs to be responsible for the wrong choice."

Sun Wu on the field also felt this, but he was not worried about it. Although Mane and Salah have strong breakthrough abilities, there is a difference between the two.

Salah's breakthrough with the ball is better, and he has a stronger desire to shoot inside. Moreover, he pays more attention to skills in breakthroughs, and fakes are very frequent.

Mane's breakthrough is more dependent on speed. Although the inside shot is also good, his goals are not only counterattacks, but also come from scoring in the penalty area. He has a strong ability to grab points.

So although the two types of people are very similar, they can be separated in Sun Wu's tactical system.

Mane and Salah can coexist, so Sun Wu is not worried that the Egyptian will lack playing time after Mane's comeback.

The problem is mainly Bernardo Silva, the Portuguese is difficult to play as a left winger, he lacks the ability to accelerate.

In the following training, Sun Wu arranged for Salah to switch to the left, but the Egyptian's performance immediately dropped a notch. After accelerating, it was difficult for him to score under the close marking of Coleman and Alderweireld. In the restricted area, you can only choose to accelerate and pass.

But if Salah is inward, he will perform well, Sun Wu pondered slowly in his heart.

"Best!" Mike Phelan shouted from the sidelines, "Come to accept the award!"

The FA staff handed over the best of the month trophy, and Sun Wu tried his best to show a shy smile and looked at the reporters opposite.

The Manchester United players who were resting were all grinning at this scene. In January, Sun Wu didn't play a few games at all. Of course, there is no reason to win the Premier League Player of the Month...he won the Premier League Coach of the Month.

At the age of 25, he took charge of the Premier League overlord Manchester United, swept a record 21 consecutive victories, and won the best coach of the month at the age of 26... It is certain that there is no one before, and the latecomers are estimated to be able to catch up. There are countless records waiting for Sun Wu break.

Many people are thinking, maybe at the end of a month, Sun Wu will be able to win two awards of the best player of the month and the best coach of the month at the same time.

Maybe in the future there will be a scene where the best player, best coach, best midfielder and assist king of the Premier League season will be combined into one.

On February 2, the 3th round of the league kicked off. There were two highlights in this round. Manchester City challenged the Red Army Liverpool away, and Chelsea faced Arsenal at home.

Manchester City is 2 points behind Manchester United, and Chelsea is 4 points behind. They are both strong opponents of Manchester United this season, so after the training in the afternoon, almost all Manchester United players watched the live broadcast, and their game will be played tomorrow.

"Black whistle!" Herrera yelled.

Phil Jones, De Gea, and Lingard responded one after another, "It's a black whistle, how much did Marina charge Manchester City!"

On the screen, the victory took away three points, and Guardiola, who temporarily climbed to the top of the standings, shook hands with the referee Marina with a smile on his lips, while Klopp angrily accused Marina of a penalty error with his hands behind his back.

Indeed, Sun Wu also felt that Marina was too partial to Manchester City. After only a quarter of an hour in the first half, Henderson was sent off with a red card for a foul on Jesus. This red card is very controversial.

The deadlock was not broken until the 70th minute of the second half, when Jesus was tripped by Matip in the penalty area and Marina awarded a penalty.

Sun Wu felt that in the Manchester Derby in the second half of the season, he needed to pay attention to Jesus. This is a good acting school.

However, Liverpool's counterattack at the last moment was ruled invalid twice, and there was nothing to say about one offside. The other time, Marina awarded a penalty to Piszczek before the ball passed the line, but the slow motion of the replay showed that the ball was not completely out of bounds.

Klopp on the sidelines... Heck, he had to cry and faint in the toilet again.

Sun Wu sighed, Manchester City is really lucky this season, similar things have happened more than once or twice.

In another important game, Chelsea took revenge. In the first half of the season, Conte lost 0 to 3. This time Hazard made two passes and two shots. Chelsea swept Arsenal 4 to 1, only one point less than Manchester United.

Tomorrow will be the turn of Manchester United. Sun Wu looks around at the players who have been resting for most of the week. Although Manchester United cannot win forever, Stoke City tomorrow will not be able to stop Manchester United from advancing.

(End of this chapter)