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Chapter 989 I'm Stupid

On February 2, the 27th round of the Premier League kicked off.

Because Everton and Manchester City will play the League Cup final two days later, this round of match was postponed. Everton's opponent is Liverpool, and Manchester City's opponent is Newcastle United. With great media attention, Manchester United is likely to surpass Manchester City again to reach the top of the standings.

But because there will be consecutive Premier League games on March 3 and March 2, Sun Wu chose to hide some of the main players, including himself, with such a dense schedule.

Kanter, Herrera and Milner partnered in midfield, Harry Kane and Salah continued to start on the front line, and Lingard replaced Griezmann in the start.

The first half went smoothly. Harry Kane opened the scoring with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area in a counterattack.

But Watford counterattacked in the second half, and Deeney created enough trouble for Manchester United's defense. In the 67th minute, Deeney successfully scored twice in a row and assisted Iloha to score a goal to win a victory.

"Isn't Best still playing?" Mortensen commented with great interest: "This season, Best's playing time is 4 games less than the same period last season. Perhaps this is the biggest disadvantage of Best as the head coach. "

"Maybe it's 4 games less. At present, Best's goal and assist data in the league has slipped to second place among midfielders. This has never happened in the past three years."

"And the one who surpassed Best is Kevin De Bruyne."

"Best has scored 7 goals and provided 10 assists in the league this season, while De Bruyne has scored 8 goals and provided 12 assists."

"In the Champions League match in the middle of the week, De Bruyne, who came off the bench, completed a hat-trick of assists in 15 minutes, which made many people think that he is not inferior to Best."

At this time, the live broadcast footage was also given to Sun Wu who was sitting on the coaching bench. The meaning was obvious. Although Manchester United still leads the score, the situation is not good, and Sun Wu is the best solution to the problem.

The live broadcaster knew this, and the fans knew better. When Sun Wu and his teammates walked down to start warming up, there was a burst of applause from the stands.

In the 72nd minute, Manchester United completed the substitutions, and used up three substitutions at one time.

"Sun Wu finally played, he replaced Herrera." Zhan Jun said with a smile: "Sun Wu is trying to kill the game as soon as possible."

"Yes, Falcao replaced Harry Kane, who opened the scoring, and Griezmann replaced Salah." Zhang Lu nodded and said, "Mane and Bernardo Silva haven't come back yet. Manchester United needs to rotate in the trident, after all, it will play Arsenal in three days, and West Bromwich Albion in three days."

To be honest, Watford’s midfielder is really not weak. This team spent a lot of money in the winter transfer window. Capoue is a famous player in the Premier League. Behrami has played phenomenal performances in Serie A. Mario Suarez joined on loan because he could not get stable playing time at Atletico Madrid.

But Sun Wu, who observed most of the game from the sidelines, completely disintegrated the opponent's defensive system with his keen tactical vision and scalpel passing ability.

Just 2 minutes after the substitution was completed, Rojo cleared the corner kick with a header. Sun Wu on the periphery resisted Behrami cleverly rubbed the ball back with his instep, and Falcao headed the ball to Griezmann.

Griezmann knew that there was no need to break through with the ball in this counterattack. He turned around on the spot to let Capoue who returned to the defense, and then sent a precise pass with his left foot.

"Griezmann...beautiful rubbing pass...so accurate, just found Sun Wu who went forward!"

Zhan Jun shouted: "Sun Wuban single-handedly... the goalkeeper is attacking!"

The next moment, after half a second of silence at Old Trafford, there was a thunderous shout.

"Best... oh oh, incredible!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKOOOOOOOOALAAL!"

"Lingard locked the score for Manchester United, what a beautiful cooperation!"

"It's still Best, always Best!" Mortensen praised loudly: "As long as Best is on the court, there will never be such unexpected or exciting scenes!"

Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez, who can be regarded as a veteran of the Premier League, sat on the lawn depressed and looked up at the big screen.

In the replay on the big screen, Sun Wu formed a semi-single shot in front of the penalty area. Watford central defender Britos locked Sun Wu's passing route to the other side. Gomez attacked at high speed and tried to pass from Sun Wu's feet. Pounce.

After Sun Wu made a move to the right to break through the goalkeeper, he suddenly stepped back with the sole of his left foot, firmly stomping the ball on the lawn.

Sun Wu's feigned breakthrough action made Gomez move ahead of time. After he found out that it was a fake action, it was too late to adjust his center of gravity again, and the central defender Britos, who had never expected it, rushed over his head.

The feint moves all three to the right at the same time, but hilariously, the ball stays where it is.

The next step was simple. Lingard, who was inserted in the back row, pushed the ball into the empty goal with his arch.

On the sidelines, Watford coach Flores looked sad. He didn't expect his team to beat Manchester United, but Sun Wu could completely reverse the situation as soon as he came on the field, and even killed the game. to despair.

The "Song of Best" in the stands is getting louder and louder. Ferguson, who likes to watch the game more and more on weekends, touched his red nose and smiled. In the selection in April and May last year, although he did not make a clear statement , but actually supported Sun Wu, he felt that he had chosen the right one.

After a brief celebration, the game restarted, and Sun Wu roared a few times to signal the team to press forward and start a high-position press.

Behrami, who had been performing fairly steadily before, made a low-level error, and his cross pass was cut off by Herrera who advanced forward.

"United are going to press high...Herrera steals the ball!"

"Cross pass...Sun Wu...pass the ball directly to the penalty area without stopping the ball."

"Griezmann... oh, volley directly!"

"Another one!" Zhan Jun roared: "The second goal in 2 minutes, Griezmann's shot from a small angle pierced the near corner!"

"This is Griezmann's 14th league goal of the season and 26th in all competitions. He is Manchester United's most consistent scorer since Ruud van Nistelrooy. The total number of goals in three seasons has never been lower than 25."

Gently hugging Griezmann, Sun Wu signaled to his teammates not to celebrate, there is nothing to celebrate, let Watford kick off.

It is a decision made by the Manchester United coaching staff to try to get a goal difference from the middle and lower teams.

At the Manchester City training base, Guardiola and Patrick, De Bruyne, David Silva and others are all watching the live broadcast of the game.

Seeing that Sun Wu completely settled the battle within three or four minutes, everyone was a little disappointed. Although Manchester City will play one less game because of the League Cup final, Manchester United will lead the standings by three points after all.

Guardiola glanced at De Bruyne out of the corner of his eye. He didn't think the Belgian midfielder was much worse than Best, but he had to admit that sometimes, De Bruyne lacked Best's mysterious x-factor.

For example, the one who stepped on the ball with his foot and used this unimaginable way to make his teammates push the empty goal... Does Best have eyes in the back of his head?How did he see Lingard who was plugging in directly behind?

But Guardiola also knows that these will only make De Bruyne more motivated, which is a good thing.

But what happened later made Guardiola deeply regret. If he was a Chinese, he would say: "I am so stupid, so stupid..."

(End of this chapter)