An eight-goal win in the league and Manchester United's morale is high. In the middle of the week, the team ushered in the first round of the Champions League group stage and faced Qarabak, a weak team in the group stage, at home.

Although the opponent was weak, Manchester United still played with its full lineup. Goalkeeper De Gea, defense Cancelo, Maguire, Lindelof and Ashley Young. In the midfield, Kanter and Gundogan partnered as a double midfielder, and Bruno returned to his most familiar position as an attacking midfielder; on the front line, two new players, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe, partnered with Rashford. Trident.

Obviously, Mourinho intends to go all out against any opponent and not give Karabak any thought.

In the first ten minutes, Bruno received Cancelo's pass on the right and broke through Qarabag's goal, opening the scoring for Manchester United.

This is also Bruno's first goal in the Champions League this season. It is also the 32nd goal in the Champions League in his career. It is also his first goal in the Champions League after 525 days.

The last time Bruno scored in the Champions League was on April 2015, 4, when Udinese defeated Atletico Madrid 5:2 at home in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. In that game, Bruno Scored twice.

In the 2th minute of the first half, Rashford assisted Harry Kane to score, expanding the score to 0:.

This is the Champions League debut of Manchester United's talented youth training forward, and it is also his first assist in the Champions League.

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After changing sides in the second half, Bruno was still very active on the court.

In the 55th minute, Manchester United took an indirect free kick. Bruno passed the ball from the wing and assisted. Maguire headed the ball in the center of the penalty area and the ball went into the middle of the opponent's goal. Manchester United defeated Qarabag 3:0, which can be regarded as a victory in this game.

In the 3th minute, Mourinho replaced Bruno with Mata, and then replaced Kante with Fellaini minutes later.

Mourinho's move is obviously starting to save the team's energy for later games. After all, just this weekend, Manchester United will face Everton at home.

Although two core players were replaced, Manchester United's offensive did not stop there. They continued to besiege Qarabak.

In the 67th minute, after receiving a pass from Mata, Rashford shot hard from the left side of the penalty area and the ball hit the crossbar of the opponent's goal.

Rashford, who missed his first career Champions League goal, looked up and sighed, looking very disappointed.

Rashford did not wait for his goal, but Manchester United quickly ushered in their fourth goal of the game. Mata took a corner kick, Gundogan shot with his left foot from the center of the penalty area, and the ball went into the middle of the opponent's goal.

Mata and all his teammates worked hard to create opportunities for Rashford because the talent from Manchester United's youth academy was eager to score a goal.

Finally, in the 75th minute, with Mata planning and Gundogan assisting, Rashford scored the first Champions League goal of his career.

The Manchester United youth training youngster was so excited that he knelt down on the sidelines during celebration and refused to get up for a long time.

The arrival of Mbappe has made Rashford more active. Although he scored one goal in the game, Rashford was not satisfied and was still actively pursuing more goals.

In the 80th minute of the game, Mourinho used the last card in his hand and replaced Harry Kane with teenager McTominay.

Two minutes later, Manchester United scored another victory. Ashley Young sent an assist. Rashford shot with his right foot from the right side of the small penalty area. The ball went into the lower right corner of the opponent's goal. While scoring twice, he helped Manchester United lock the score at 6:0!

In another match in this group, Roma drew a goalless draw with Atletico Madrid at home.

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After playing the Champions League in midweek, Manchester United began to prepare for the fifth round of the Premier League at the weekend. This time they continue to sit at Old Trafford and face Everton, where veteran captain Wayne Rooney plays.

After selling core striker Lukaku in the summer, Everton's performance in the new season was not very good despite bringing back Rooney. In the first four rounds, they only achieved 4 win, 1 draw and 1 losses, and are currently ranked 2nd. 16th in the standings.

In the first round of the Europa League group stage, Everton suffered a 0:3 away defeat at the feet of Atalanta. Among the seven Premier League teams participating in the European war, they were the only ones to lose in the first round.

Although Ronald Koeman's team lost Romelu Lukaku in the summer, they also invested a lot in signings. In addition to bringing back Rooney at a small cost, they also spent 4500 million pounds from Swansea. Introduced Icelandic sniper Sigurdsson, hired goalkeeper Pickford from relegated Sunderland for 3000 million pounds, brought in Manchester United youth training product Michael Keane from Burnley for 3000 million pounds, and hired Aja from Aja for 2360 million pounds. Kekes introduced Klassen, 800 million pounds to sign Vaske, 680 million pounds to introduce Onyekuru, and 520 million pounds to introduce Ramirez. The total investment exceeded 1.5 million pounds, second only to Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea. , the team that invested the most money, surpassing powerful teams such as Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool.

However, too many new players have also damaged Everton's combat effectiveness, and their current performance is not good.

However, the large investment and Ronald Koeman's coaching ability make people not underestimate Everton's strength. Especially in this game, Rooney will return to the Dream Theater as an opponent, which also makes people full of expectations for this game.

Will Manchester United, who have been scoring goals in recent times, continue their victory tour in the new season, or will Rooney, who returns to Old Trafford, lead the team to stop the decline?

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In the fifteenth minute of the game, Manchester United played a beautiful offensive cooperation. Kanter and Gundogan teamed up to steal the ball, and then Gundogan quickly hit the ball to find Bruno.

Bruno had a good vision and thought about what to do when he received the ball. He directly tore apart Everton's defense with a diagonal kick.

Manchester United's counterattack was very fast. This sharp counterattack made Everton very uncomfortable.

When Rashford and Cancelo passed the ball continuously and finally cut horizontally into the penalty area, Everton's defense had completely collapsed.

The last thing was simple. Cancelo sent in a ground ball. With his back to the goal, Harry Kane squeezed out the defender and knocked the football. Then Mbappe, who received the ball, was unguarded at this time. In this case, it was no longer difficult for Mbappe to score a goal. Facing the half-empty goal, he pushed lightly and the football rolled into Everton's goal...

"Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful goal! Manchester United leads 1:0. This is not the point." Lineker said, "The point is, this ball is very beautiful. Manchester United's counterattack is very fast. The whole goal process, It was almost a single pass, and Everton's defense was torn apart by a few passes. Everton seemed to have no way to deal with this kind of attack. "

Andy Gray was also full of praise for this goal: "Everton's players were as if they had been hit on the head with a stick. They were dizzy and had no idea how to defend. They could only passively follow and run, but in the end The result is - concede the ball."

Mourinho applauded from the sidelines and cheered for the team's goal.

He was satisfied with scoring so early.

As long as they seize the opportunity to score another goal, Everton's determination to resist will be greatly reduced.

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Although Mourinho was confident in the strength of his team, he did not expect the team's second goal to come so quickly.

Ten minutes later, Bruno's breakthrough in the frontcourt caused a foul and Manchester United got a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt. He personally took the set kick and entered the penalty area. Harry Kane's header caused Everton goalkeeper Pickford to save the ball. Everton defender Jagielka made a hasty clearance. Gundogan did not wait for the ball outside the penalty area. After landing, the long-range shot hit the defender and changed direction. Harry Kane reached out his foot before the defender could clear the ball and knocked the football into the net.

"2:0!"

"Harry Kane scored his fourth goal in the league. He is now continuing to catch up with Bruno in the scorer list." Andy Gray shouted.

"Manchester United's goal came again. Facing Manchester United, Everton had almost no power to fight back. Manchester United this season is terrible, 5:0 West Ham United, 5:0 Swansea, 2:0 Rice Special City, 8:0 Stoke City. In the first four rounds, they scored 20 goals without conceding a single goal. Now they lead Everton by two goals early. We have never seen such a powerful team. This is all brought by this Portuguese coach, who single-handedly built such a Manchester United..." Lineker spoke very fast, like a machine gun.

Harry Kane and his teammates celebrate excitedly.

The English young man is very satisfied with his current state. He came to Manchester United from Tottenham. He entered the state quickly and is fully displaying his football talents.

He didn't expect that his career would progress so smoothly after joining Manchester United.

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Manchester United, which was leading by two goals, did not stop, but launched an offensive frenzy. In the 3th minute of the game, Gundogan assisted team captain Bruno to score a goal, rewriting the score to 0:.

Before the end of the first half, Mbappe cut in from the right and shot into the far corner, scoring twice and helping Manchester United expand the score to 4:0.

Manchester United took a 4-0 lead in the first half, which made commentators Lineker and Andy Gray lament that the suspense of this game no longer existed.

"Manchester United completely destroyed Everton with their devastating attack."

After the start of the second half, Everton had no way to deal with Manchester United's fast and tough offensive.

In the 66th minute of the game, Bruno's long shot caused chaos in the Everton penalty area. During the chaos, Harry Kane held off the Everton defender and half-turned to volley. The ball was saved by goalkeeper Pickford. After a moment, he still flew into the net resolutely.

5: 0!


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