From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 551: No Reversal, Not the Red Devil

When Cancelo headed the ball into the empty goal, the local commentators in Manchester went crazy. When Arsenal's attack gradually increased, Manchester United players were a little panicked. No one expected that the team could secure the victory so quickly.

"Great Manchester United!" Rio Ferdinand shouted. "As soon as Arsenal's attack started, they scored again! This is the goal that sealed the victory!"

"Mourinho's adjustment was very effective, with Rashford and Mahrez's lateral coordination." Lineker praised, "Mahrez's pass was beautiful, Ospina made a misjudgment, and Cancelo's insertion at the back point was very timely."

The commentators had to shout loudly because the cheers were so loud.

Manchester United fans were extremely excited. Cancelo's goal gave everyone peace of mind. The team was leading by three goals. Arsenal was doomed!

Mourinho raised his right arm, waved it vigorously and cheered to celebrate the goal.

"Good job!"

"Well done!"

There was also jubilation on Manchester United's bench.

Mbappe, who left the field due to injury, rushed to the sidelines excitedly, waving his fists and shouting loudly.

"That's it! Keep going! Don't stop!"

On the Arsenal side, it was a different story. Wenger was furious. He rushed to the sidelines and roared at the field: "Did a dog bite your eye?"

He was very dissatisfied with goalkeeper Ospina. In Wenger's view, Ospina's attack was obviously very reckless.

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Cancelo's goal brought chaos and impact to both sides of the field. Arsenal was a little impatient, they had to go all out. Manchester United was a little too excited, and looked a little embarrassed under Arsenal's fierce attack.

Mourinho shouted loudly on the sidelines, urging the team to pay attention to defense. Don't relax too much, the game is not over yet.

Wenger shouted loudly on the sidelines. He was very dissatisfied with the team's offensive chaos and was also a little annoyed.

It's not that he didn't notice that the team played a little impatiently just now, but Wenger didn't make any adjustments because he saw that Manchester United was also a little flustered. The professor weighed the pros and cons and thought that in this kind of impatient chaos, his team would be more powerful and more advantageous.

Unexpectedly, Manchester United was still leading 3:0 after minutes of the game.

After four minutes of injury time, referee Mike Dean blew the whistle to end the game.

The moment the whistle sounded, the huge new Wembley Stadium erupted in huge and crazy cheers.

Mourinho was very excited. He waved his fists, shouted, and jumped three times like an excited rabbit. Finally, he clenched his fists and danced several times with a humming and hawing.

"Game over, game over! A wonderful game, 3:0! Manchester United defeated Arsenal and won the sixth League Cup in their history. They also surpassed Aston Villa and Chelsea to become the second team with the most League Cups, second only to Liverpool, which won 8 times. Arsenal lost 8 of their 6 League Cup finals, becoming the team with the most League Cup runner-up titles."

The players on Manchester United's bench rushed into the field shouting and celebrating the victory with their teammates on the field.

Mourinho did not celebrate with his players. He straightened his clothes and walked towards Wenger first.

The French old man had a gloomy expression. When shaking hands with Mourinho, he looked at Mourinho with a complicated expression and said, "Congratulations."

"Thank you." Mourinho replied with a smile.

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After a simple championship celebration, Manchester United returned to Manchester without any celebration activities, because just three days later, Manchester United would face the challenge of Chelsea at Old Trafford.

This is the make-up match of the 28th round of the Premier League. This match was postponed due to the League Cup. Arsenal is in the same situation and their match with Manchester City has also been postponed.

Although they had just fought a fierce battle with Arsenal three days ago, Mourinho still sent out all the main players for this game. Except for Mbappe, whose ankle injury has not yet healed, and De Gea who returned to the starting lineup, the other nine players who started the League Cup final all continued to start.

After the game started, Chelsea, who had rested and recovered, took the lead at Old Trafford and performed very strongly.

Chelsea almost scored in the 4th minute. Alonso made a volley pass from the left edge of the penalty area. Maguire missed the ball in front of the goal. Lukaku's shot from the edge of the small penalty area hit the crossbar and bounced back. Hazard's follow-up shot was saved by De Gea over the crossbar.

After that, the game fell into a stalemate. Manchester United gradually got into the rhythm of the game and gained more time with the ball, but neither side could create any more scoring opportunities.

Chelsea broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute. Willian launched a counterattack, Hazard made a straight pass, and Willian shot into the far corner from 11 yards on the right side of the penalty area.

Manchester United equalized in the 39th minute. Kante and Mahrez made consecutive passes forward, Bruno leaned on the defense and made a cross pass, and Harry Kane followed up and pushed the ball into the lower left corner from 10 yards.

In the second half, Lukaku's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked, and Alonso and Bruno's shots from outside the penalty area were also blocked.

After the change of venue, the sunlight facing De Gea also caused trouble for his saves, and he barely saved Drinkwater's rebound shot from 30 yards.

Then William and Bruno's shots from outside the box went wide.

Mourinho made a personnel adjustment and Rashford was replaced by Lingard.

Manchester United took the lead in the 76th minute. Bruno made a straight pass, Harry Kane made a diagonal pass from the upper right corner of the penalty area, and the unguarded Lingard headed the ball into the near corner from 10 yards in front.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2:1.

A day later, in another make-up match, Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-0 away and continued to closely follow Manchester United with a difference of 8 points.

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On the evening of March 3, Manchester United faced Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in the 5th round of the match.

As the team had faced two strong rivals, Arsenal and Chelsea, in the previous week, and would face the Red Devils again on Saturday at noon, Mourinho rotated multiple positions for this game, and several main players, including Bruno, sat on the bench.

Crystal Palace took the lead in the 11th minute. Benteke passed the ball and Townsend shot from the edge of the penalty area, hitting Lindelof and deflecting into the net.

This was the only goal in the first half. Although Manchester United made some counterattacks afterwards, they were unable to break through Crystal Palace's goal.

Soon after the start of the second half, Manchester United suffered another blow. In the 48th minute, Fellaini, who finally got a chance to start in this game, committed a foul. Schrup quickly sent a free kick and passed it straight. Van Aanholt broke into the penalty area from the left side and shot into the near corner from 12 yards. The score on the field became 2:0.

Mourinho was very angry on the sidelines and immediately made personnel adjustments, with Bruno and Mbappe, who had returned from injury, taking the field.

Manchester United's substitutions soon showed results. In the 55th minute, Manchester United won a corner kick. Bruno's corner kick was cleared by Crystal Palace. Valencia made a diagonal pass and Smalling scored with a header from the edge of the small penalty area. The score on the field was rewritten to 2:1.

Manchester United continued to attack Crystal Palace after scoring a goal. The side guarded by the young right-back Wan-Bissaka of Crystal Palace became the focus of Manchester United's attack. The 20-year-old talented right-back has a special skill of tackling, which makes it difficult for him to be directly broken through. But Bruno, who is familiar with the characteristics of this player, knows that he has a fatal flaw, that is, his poor sense of position and he often loses his position.

Taking advantage of Wan Bissaka's weakness, Bruno frequently passed the ball behind the player, directly tearing the Crystal Palace's defense into pieces.

Manchester United equalized the score in the 76th minute. Bruno passed the ball again to the empty area behind Wan Bissaka. Mbappe, who came on as a substitute and played as a left winger, shot from the edge of the penalty area but was blocked and deflected. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back. Bruno made a low shot from 10 yards and scored his 34th league goal of the season while helping Manchester United equalize the score.

Manchester United reversed the situation in the 92nd minute. Mahrez's shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked, and Bruno's half volley from 25 yards into the upper left corner locked the score at 2:3.

International practice is that the home team goes first.

In the end, Manchester United scored three goals in a row and defeated Crystal Palace after falling behind 0:2 away from home.

This is the second consecutive game in which Manchester United reversed the score and won!

Bruno, who came off the bench and scored twice, brought his league goals to 35.

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On March 3, Saturday at 10:12 noon, the first match of the 30th round of the Premier League will be played, with the Red Devils Manchester United facing the Red Army Liverpool at Old Trafford.

As the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Shakhtar Donetsk will be held in three days, Mourinho continued to rotate his players in this game. Ashley Young, who successfully locked down Sanchez in the League Cup final, started as left back, while Mata started and played as a double attacking midfielder with Bruno.

Klopp also made several rotations in Liverpool's lineup. Liverpool's top scorer Salah returned to the starting lineup, while Chamberlain, Robertson and Arnold took turns to appear on the field.

Both sides appeared cautious after the opening, and Liverpool possessed the ball for nearly 10% in the first minutes.

Manchester United took the lead in the 14th minute. De Gea kicked the ball, Harry Kane headed the ball in the frontcourt, Rashford broke into the penalty area on the left side, dribbled past Arnold and shot into the far corner from 12 yards.

Manchester United extended the lead in the 24th minute. Harry Kane passed the ball to Mata, who was tackled by a Liverpool defender and deflected. Rashford shot into the far corner from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area, and the score on the field was rewritten to 2:0.

As the score widened, the game became more competitive and tense, but Manchester United's solid defense left no chance for the Reds and maintained the score of 2:0 until the end of the game.

In this game, Mourinho had a very careful deployment against Liverpool's top scorer Salah. One person pressed the ball, and the other helped defend. Salah hardly got too many chances in this game.

Ashley Young on the left controlled him quite tightly, while Manchester United maintained a very good formation, compressing Liverpool's offensive space and leaving Salah and Mane no room to use their speed advantage.

After the game, the Daily Mail gave Ashley Young a high score of 8 points, believing that he locked down Salah, Liverpool's top offensive player, which meant that the defense was half successful.