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

Confidence is a really elusive thing, and hard to build up, but once you have it, it makes a real difference.

After the team eliminated Barcelona with a total score of 7:1, Manchester United defeated Everton 4:0 away in the subsequent th round of the Premier League.

Mourinho has tasted the sweetness of the rotation system and continues to rotate the team's lineup. Eight people including Harry Kane, Mbappe and Rashford sat on the bench, but Bruno, Maguire and De Gea still started.

Greenwood, Mahrez and Lingard formed a forward trident, the midfield was a combination of Bruno, Mata and Herrera, and the defense line was Maguire, Smalling, Ashley Young and Dalot.

Such a Manchester United team, whose players were mostly substitutes, was in high spirits and achieved another resounding victory at Goodison Park.

The two sides fought hard in the first half and the score ended in a 0:0 draw, but at the beginning of the second half, Bruno assisted Rashford to score in just four minutes, opening the scoring for Manchester United.

After that, Bruno's middle position kept suppressing Everton's defense. In the 56th minute, Mata assisted Rashford to score again from the middle.

In the 71st minute, Manchester United scored again. This time it was still Bruno who instigated the attack. In the end, Mata's pass broke through Everton's defense and found Harry Kane, who easily headed the ball into the goal.

In the 88th minute, Manchester United scored the fourth goal of the game. Bruno passed the ball to the right, Mbappe rushed forward, passed the defender and goalkeeper, and sent the ball into Everton's goal.

In the end, Manchester United beat Everton 4-0 away.

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On the evening of April 4, there will be two more games in the Premier League, namely Arsenal away challenge against the dark horse Wolves, and Manchester United home game against Manchester City.

These are two make-up matches in the 31st round of the Premier League, and are also seen as key battles in the Premier League title race this season.

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If Manchester United can beat Manchester City at home, they will basically lock in the league title this season in advance, because with only three rounds left in the league, they are 3 points ahead of Liverpool and have a goal difference advantage.

For Manchester City, this is their last hope to reverse Manchester United, because they are currently 7 points behind Manchester United. If they cannot win, then with only 3 rounds left in the league, there will only be theoretical hope.

Even if they lose away from home, they will say goodbye to the race for the league title ahead of time.

In addition, in the Premier League quarter-finals of the Champions League, Manchester City was eliminated by Tottenham and has missed out on competing for the Champions League title this season.

Although they have won the League Cup and reached the FA Cup final, for the Abu Dhabi consortium that has invested huge amounts of money in the past few years, one or two domestic cup championships cannot satisfy their requirements.

So for Manchester City and Guardiola, this is a real do-or-die battle!

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With two consecutive 4-0 wins and an -game unbeaten streak in all competitions, Manchester United, with its home advantage, is poised to defeat Manchester City in one fell swoop and lay the foundation for winning the league title this season.

But when the referee blew the final whistle after 90 minutes of the game, Bruno could only raise his head helplessly and clearly felt a chill.

Manchester City, which has won ten consecutive Premier League games, is facing the desperate situation of being eliminated from the league championship, forcing the Blue Moon to take the initiative in the next few games.

Mourinho also anticipated this, so he focused on defensive counterattacks.

Manchester United launched a wave of attacks after the opening. If they could score a goal, they would be able to play defensive counterattacks more easily.

Bruno frequently created threats on the right side. Once, Bruno made a cross to the back post, and Rashford headed the ball from close range, which just brushed the post and went out of the bottom line.

But in the 15th minute, Manchester City seized a counterattack opportunity and broke into Manchester United's penalty area for the first time in the game. Pogba passed the ball, and Bernardo broke into the penalty area on the right side facing Luke Shaw and shot low into the near corner.

After the goal, Manchester City players celebrated wildly, especially Pogba, who provided the assist, who even provoked Manchester United fans in the corner flag area and almost caused a riot.

This was also the only goal of the game.

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After breaking the deadlock, Manchester City firmly controlled the ball under their feet, making it very difficult for Manchester United to even gain possession of the ball, let alone score a goal.

Bruno was once again frozen by the opponent throughout the game. Apart from a good pass to Rashford in the opening stage, he did not provide any threatening offensive highlights.

In this game, he faced the defensive midfield combination of Fernandinho and Pogba, as well as the defense line of Kyle Walker, Kompany, Laporte and Zinchenko.

After Bernardo scored a goal, Manchester City adopted a ball possession tactic. It was difficult for Manchester United to snatch the ball, and Bruno could hardly find even a slight gap, and he didn't get any chance.

Manchester City's ball possession is so terrible!

It's so scary that it makes people feel despair!

This is the world's top ball control formation trained by the world's top ball control master Guardiola using a group of world's top ball control players!

This is the culmination of the tikitaka tactics in today's world football!

In addition, these Manchester City players have an extremely strong desire to win. Every Manchester City player is running tirelessly on the field and passing the ball continuously, giving Manchester United players no chance to double-team and rob the ball.

Throughout the game, Manchester City's ball possession rate was as high as 69%!

Bruno accepted defeat sincerely!

The only good news is that even if Manchester United loses this game, they still have a 3-point lead in the standings.

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"Hey, man, are you okay?" Bernardo Silva walked over and looked at Bruno with concern.

"It's okay." Bruno shook his head.

How could it be okay?

Bernardo Silva also knew in his heart that losing was not a pleasant feeling at all.

Bernardo Silva gets along very well with Bruno. He understands Bruno and knows that although Bruno appears to be very humble and low-key on the surface, he is actually very strong inside, even competitive.

"Brother, this is none of your business. You have tried your best," Bernardo Silva advised.

"I know." Bruno nodded. The Manchester City team in front of him was not inferior to Manchester United in terms of player strength or coaching ability. The odds of winning and losing were 50-50, and any outcome would not be a surprise.

But even though he understood this, Bruno still felt uncomfortable.

He doesn't like losing, he even hates losing, he wants to win.

The more natural Bruno behaved, the more Bernardo Silva felt the heaviness and depression in his heart, but he had no way to help with this kind of thing and could only rely on Bruno himself to adjust and resolve the situation.

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After losing the game, Bruno was not in the mood to reminisce with Bernardo Silva because he saw that many Manchester United players were very upset.

Losing this game is a very painful thing for Manchester United, because it means the team's unbeaten record at home has come to an end!

Since Mourinho took over Manchester United in 2016, Manchester United has not lost at home in a 90-minute game.

The team's unbeaten streak of 84 home games came to an end, and the players themselves felt bad.

Losing 0:1 to Manchester City not only caused Manchester United to suffer its second defeat of the season, but also allowed Manchester City, which was about to be eliminated, to rejoin the championship race. Manchester United had to face the competition from two strong rivals, Liverpool and Manchester City, in the next three Premier League games.

Bruno was also very depressed. He hated losing more than anyone else, but he had to accept this reality.

"Okay, don't be sad." Bruno walked over and extended his hand to Maguire who was sitting on the ground.

In this game, the England center back was responsible for marking Aguero and performed well. The Argentine center forward basically had no good chances. Unexpectedly, Luke Shaw, who had been performing well, failed to freeze Bernardo Silva.

Maguire grabbed Bruno's hand, got up from the ground, his eyes red.

"Be strong. Losing is not scary. The most important thing is to learn from experience. If we are not as skilled as our opponents, we will continue to practice and try to come back next year for revenge," Bruno encouraged.

Maguire nodded vigorously.

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Bruno turned his head and saw Luke Shaw, who was looking frustrated. At this moment, the English left-back did not have the usual relaxed smile on his face. Instead, he was filled with shame and guilt.

"Don't be like this, it's not the first time we lose." Bruno smiled casually.

"Actually... I was a little anxious at the time, I..." Luke Xiao's voice was choked and he couldn't go on.

He didn't cry, but he looked miserable.

It is entirely conceivable that he will be criticized by many media and fans after the game.

Bruno patted his shoulder vigorously and comforted him, "It's okay. If you didn't do it well this time, then try again. The most important thing now is not the pain and discomfort. We don't have time to stop and slowly lick our wounds."

After hearing this, Luke Xiao took a deep breath and nodded heavily.

As we enter the end of April, Manchester United's schedule becomes more and more brutal. They will face Chelsea at home this weekend, then play two rounds of the Champions League semi-final against Ajax, and the last two league games, followed by the FA Cup final. If possible, there will also be the Champions League final.

Therefore, it is useless to say anything now. The most practical thing is to cheer up and play hard.

Bruno turned and walked towards Van Dijk, Gundogan and others.

On the sidelines, Mourinho watched the scene on the field silently. Like Faria and Carrick, he was very happy to see Bruno's maturity.

They all understand Bruno's character and know that at this moment, Bruno's mood must be worse than all the Manchester United players present, but he can still endure the inner discomfort and comfort his teammates one by one. This is progress.