The Greatest Performer on the Football Field

On February 27, 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 games has been postponed. Everton’s opponent is Liverpool, and Manchester City’s opponent is Newcastle United. Therefore, the game between Manchester United and Watford has been affected by the outside world. The media has paid great attention to it, and Manchester United is likely to surpass Manchester City at the top of the standings again.

But because there were consecutive Premier League games on March 2 and March 5, and with such a dense schedule, Sun Wu chose to hide some of the main players, including himself.

Kante, Herrera and Milner partnered in the midfield, Harry Kane and Salah continued to start on the striker, and Lingard started in place of Griezmann.

The first half went smoothly. Harry Kane opened the scoring with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area during a counterattack, and then Salah extended the score with a left-footed curve ball from the corner of the penalty area.

But in the second half, Watford fought back, and Deeney caused enough trouble for Manchester United's defense. In the 67th minute, Deeney successfully challenged for the top twice in a row and assisted Iloha to score a goal and regain the victory.

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

Maybe just because he has played 4 fewer games, Best's goals and assists in the league have slipped to second place among midfielders. This has never happened in the past three years.

And the man who surpassed Best was 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 game in midweek, De Bruyne, who came off the bench, completed a hat-trick of assists in 15 minutes. This made many people think that he is not inferior to Best.

At this time, the live broadcast camera also showed Sun Wu sitting on the coaching bench. The meaning was obvious. Although Manchester United was still leading the score, the situation was not good. Sun Wu was the best solution to the problem.

The broadcasters knew this, and the fans knew it even better. When Sun Wu and his teammates came down and started to warm 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 once.

Sun Wu finally appeared,

He replaced Herrera. Zhan Jun said with a smile: Sun Wu wants 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 have not returned yet, Manchester United needs Rotate in the Trident, after all, we will play Arsenal in the next three days, and West Bromwich Albion in the next 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 once performed phenomenally in Serie A. Mario Suarez joined on loan because he couldn't get stable playing time at Atletico Madrid.

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

Only two minutes after completing the substitution, Rojo headed the ball to clear the corner kick. Sun Wu on the outside resisted Behrami's clever instep and rubbed the ball back. Falcao headed the ball to Griezmann who was inserted.

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

Griezmann's beautiful pass was so accurate that he just found Sun Wu who was penetrating forward!

Zhan Jun shouted: Sun Wuban's single-handed goalkeeper is attacking!

The next moment, after half a second of silence at Old Trafford, thunderous shouts suddenly rang out.

Best oooh, incredible!

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Lingard sealed the score for Manchester United, what a beautiful combination!

Still Best, always Best! Mortensen praised loudly: As long as Best is on the court, there will never be a shortage of such surprising or exciting scenes!

Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez, who is considered a Premier League veteran, 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 attack in front of the penalty area. Watford center back Britos blocked Sun Wu's passing route to the other side. Gomez attacked at high speed and tried to pass from Sun Wu's feet. Save the ball.

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

Sun Wu's feigned breakthrough move caused Gomez to move ahead of time. After he discovered that it was a fake move, it was too late to adjust his center of gravity again, and the completely unexpected center back Britos overran.

This fake move caused all three players to move to the right at the same time, but comically, the ball stayed where it was.

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

Watford head coach Flores looked dejected on the sidelines. He did not expect his team to beat Manchester United, but Sun Wu's ability to completely reverse the situation as soon as he came on the field, and even kill the game, made him feel To despair.

The song of Best in the stands became louder and louder, and Ferguson, who liked to watch football on weekends more and more, touched his red nose and smiled. Although he did not make a clear statement during the selection in April and May last year, In fact, he supported Sun Wu. He felt that he made the right choice.

After a short celebration, the game restarted. Sun Wu roared a few times to signal the team's front line to press forward and start pressing high.

Behrami, who had been relatively stable before, made a low-level mistake. His cross pass was intercepted by the advancing Herrera.

Manchester United pressed Herrera high and stole the ball!

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

Griezmann oh oh, volley directly!

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

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

After gently hugging Griezmann, Sun Wu signaled his teammates to stop celebrating. There was nothing to celebrate and let Watford kick off quickly.

It is a decision made by the Manchester United coaching staff to try to win the goal difference against the mid-to-lower teams. This season, the two Manchester City heroes are so inseparable that the goal difference is likely to be the winner.

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

Everyone was a little disappointed watching Sun Wu completely resolve the battle within three or four minutes of playing. Although Manchester City would play one less game because of the League Cup final, Manchester United ultimately led the standings by three points.

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 factor.

For example, does Best have eyes in the back of his head when he steps on the ball with his sole and uses this incredible method to let his teammates push into the empty goal? How did he see Lingard directly behind him?

But Guardiola also knows that these will only make De Bruyne more motivated, which is a good thing. It is better to recruit generals than to inspire them.

But everything that happened next made Guardiola deeply regret it. If he were a Chinese, he would say: I am so stupid, so stupid.