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

乌克兰当地时间10月23日晚上10点，2018-2019赛季欧冠第3比赛日F组一场焦点战在梅塔利斯特球场展开争夺，曼联作客挑战乌超豪门顿涅茨克矿工。

This is the second consecutive year that the two teams have met in the Champions League, but last season it was in the knockout stage and this season it is in the group stage.

When Manchester United visited the Metalist Stadium last season, the Shakhtar Donetsk caused some trouble for Manchester United. Manchester United midfielder Fellaini received a red card early in the game and was sent off, which almost led to Manchester United losing away.

It was also that game that confirmed Mourinho's idea of ​​cleaning out the Belgian midfield, and eventually he sold Fellaini to the midfield during the summer transfer window.

The Brazilian midfielder Fred, who performed well in that game, was brought to Old Trafford by Mourinho this summer.

Fred will also face his old club at the Metalist Stadium today.

As Manchester United had just fought a fierce battle with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last weekend, and had to travel long distances to away games, Mourinho made large-scale adjustments to today's starting lineup. However, Bruno still started the game, partnering with Mata and Fred to form a midfield three. Romero replaced De Gea to guard the goal. The back line was Ashley Young, Smalling, Phil Jones and Rojo, and the forward line was McTominay, partnering with Lingard and Mahrez.

Under Mourinho, McTominay has been completely positioned as a center forward and has become Harry Kane's substitute.

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Manchester United broke the deadlock in the 30th minute. Bruno passed the ball, McTominay's shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked and deflected, and Mahrez shot into the far corner from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area.

In the 35th minute, Bruno took a corner kick, Smalling headed the ball and shook the defender of Shakhtar Donetsk. Phil Jones headed the ball into the goal in front of the small penalty area, changing the score to 2:0.

Manchester United sealed the victory in the 70th minute. Mahrez passed the ball in a counterattack, and Herrera, who had just replaced Mata, broke into the penalty area and shot low. The ball hit the inside of the left post and went into the net.

In the first minute of injury time, Manchester United actually had a chance to change the score. Bruno intercepted the ball in the midfield and sent a straight pass, and Manchester United's happy boy Lingard got a single chance, but his shot hit the crossbar.

This 3:0 victory allowed Manchester United to lead Group F with three consecutive wins, but the other three teams all had two draws and were tied with 2 points.

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After three group matches, Manchester United had a 7-point advantage, laying the foundation for their qualification. As long as they beat Shakhtar Donetsk at home in the next group match, they can advance to the next round two rounds in advance, or even secure first place in Group F.

而在拿下这场比赛后，曼联在欧冠赛场已经取得16场不败，这在欧冠历史上可以排在第四位，仅次于曼联在2007年9月到2009年5月创造的欧冠25场不败，以及阿贾克斯在1994年9月到1996年4月创造的19场不败，以及拜仁慕尼黑在2001年3月到2002年4月创造的19场不败。

在欧冠历史上的不败记录中，曼联占据了很重要的位置。除了此前的25场不败和如今的16场不败之外，他们还有2次16场不败，分别是1998年3月到1999年10月，以及2001年10月到2002年10月，这都是排入欧冠历史前十的不败记录。

However, Real Madrid, known as the king of the Champions League, has only one unbeaten record in the top ten in the history of the Champions League. That was from April 1 to May 2016, when they played a 4-game unbeaten streak in the Champions League and eventually defended the Champions League title.

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Back in the Premier League, Manchester United immediately ushered in a new round of games, which is also a crucial game for Manchester United to challenge a new unbeaten record in Premier League history.

On the afternoon of October 10, Manchester United faced Everton at Old Trafford.

Old Trafford was packed.

Everton fans have no interest in stopping Manchester United from breaking Arsenal's 49-match unbeaten record, because the two teams have always maintained a friendly relationship. There is even a saying in the British football world that Everton is the number one Manchester United gang and a die-hard younger brother of Manchester United.

Of course, this is just a rumor, and the two teams have never responded directly.

But no matter what, it is well known that the relationship between the two teams has always been friendly.

If the 50th game had not been against Everton, some Everton fans might have hoped that Manchester United would set a record.

However, no one expected that Manchester United’s 50th unbeaten game would be against Everton at Old Trafford.

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"Dear viewers, you are now watching the focus battle of the 2018th round of the 2019-10 Premier League. The league leader Manchester United will play against Everton at their home stadium, Old Trafford." He Wei's voice rang out. CCTV was broadcasting this game live.

In fact, the Premier League broadcast this game live to more than 150 countries and regions around the world.

"Mourinho made a large number of rotations in the Champions League away game against Shakhtar Donetsk in the middle of the week. There were many predictions in the media before the game about how Manchester United would arrange their offense and what kind of offensive lineup Mourinho would arrange."

"We got Manchester United's starting lineup. Mourinho fielded the strongest lineup at home. The goalkeeper is De Gea. The left back is Luke Shaw, the right back is Cancelo, and the central defender combination is Maguire and Van Dijk. In the midfield position, it is still Bruno partnering with Kante and Gundogan. Then the three forwards are Mbappe, Harry Kane and Rashford."

"The game has started, let's watch it..."

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"We are not very lucky today!" said Faria.

"Shut up, Rui," Carrick said quickly, and he almost came over to cover Faria's mouth.

Mourinho gritted his teeth and said impatiently: "Can you two be quiet for a while? The game has just started, why are you in such a hurry?"

Just two minutes into the game, the score was already 0:1.

In Everton's first attack, Iceland's sniper Sigurdsson suddenly shot from outside the penalty area. Manchester United's goalkeeper De Gea made a low-level mistake, letting the ball slip through his hands, performing a "butter hands"

The Premier League Golden Glove and FIFA Golden Glove winner last season has been unstable since the start of the new season. Including today's game, he only kept two clean sheets in the first 10 Premier League games, which is in stark contrast to his performance of nine clean sheets in the first 2 rounds of last season.

Of course, Manchester United’s unstable defense cannot be blamed entirely on De Gea. Defenders including Maguire, Van Dijk, and even Kante all need to take the blame.

Perhaps because of the World Cup in the summer, Manchester United's defensive players generally did not get a good rest, and their pre-season preparations were also greatly affected.

After all, most of Manchester United's defensive players participated in the World Cup in the summer. Cancelo reached the final with Portugal. Maguire, Luke Shaw, Phil Jones and Ashley Young also participated in the third-place match. Rojo and Lindelof also entered the knockout stage.

The entire Manchester United defense line, that is, Van Dijk and Smalling, did not participate in the World Cup, got a relatively sufficient rest, and participated in Manchester United's pre-season training.

It can be said that although Manchester United players shined in this summer's World Cup and performed very well, the World Cup also seriously affected Manchester United's preparations.

What followed was Manchester United's performance on the field, which was worse than the same period last year in all aspects: in the first 9 rounds of the Premier League last year, Manchester United led the league with nine consecutive wins, scoring 40 goals and conceding 2 goals; in the first 9 rounds of this season, Manchester United had 8 wins and 1 draw, scoring 26 goals and conceding 11 goals. Although the points were only 2 points less than the same period last year, the performance on both offense and defense has obviously declined.

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Everton got off to a dream start thanks to Sigurdsson's goal, leading the home team Manchester United 1:0 away from home.

Everton head coach, Mourinho's Portuguese fellow countryman Marco Silva shouted with joy, clapped on the sidelines, and even looked towards Mourinho and raised his eyebrows.

Although both are Portuguese and have a good personal relationship, on the field, they serve their own masters and use their own means to win.

For example, last season, Mourinho led Manchester United twice against Marco Silva, who coached Watford, but he showed no mercy and gave his fellow countryman two painful 5:0 defeats.

Now that Marco Silva's team has scored a goal, he naturally wants to stimulate Mourinho. If he can make the opponent lose control or even lose the game in the end, he would be happy to see it happen.

Faced with Marco Silva's provocation, Mourinho was very unhappy and cursed inwardly: This country bumpkin, didn't he just score a goal?

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After conceding a goal at the start of the game, Manchester United did not panic.

Now this Manchester United is no longer a rookie team. The sweeping of Europe in the past two seasons and the rapid progress on all fronts this season have tempered Manchester United's muscles and ability to withstand pressure, and also allowed them to build up strong self-confidence.

Bruno got the ball in the frontcourt and Gueye was defending him.

In front, Mbappe dropped back from an offside position and Digne followed him.

Harry Kane is wandering around, with Zouma next to him.

At this moment, Rashford suddenly moved forward.

Bruno's upper body shook and his left foot lifted. Gaye immediately leaned over to block Bruno's pass. Then he looked at Bruno's back with a look of surprise as he passed by with the ball.

Just now, the World Footballer of the Year's left foot landed and lightly passed over the football. He changed the shape of his foot almost instantly, wiped the football, and at the same time turned sideways, half turned with his left foot as the axis, and wiped the football over.