The Greatest Performer on the Football Field

On November 23, the last two games of the 13th round of the Premier League began.

Chelsea were lucky enough to defeat Norwich 1-0 in an away game and win their eighth consecutive victory. The deadlock was not broken until the 88th minute. Hazard cut in from the left and shot a long shot. After two refractions, the ball slowly passed from the goalkeeper's hand. Rolled across the goal line.

To be honest, Chelsea's winning streak is largely due to luck. Although Hazard has maintained an excellent competitive state, it is impossible for him to take on the important tasks of breakthrough, organization, and shooting for a long time. Unfortunately, Conte Keep Salah firmly on the bench.

The other highlight is Manchester City playing against Liverpool at home.

Coutinho opened the scoring with a direct free kick. Sane cut in from the wing and stumbled past three people before leveling the score with an oblique shot.

The turning point came in the 78th minute, when Henderson overturned Vidal and got his second yellow card and was sent off. In the next ten minutes, Aguero, Sterling, and De Bruyne won three consecutive games. In the end, Manchester City won 4 at home. Defeated Liverpool 1-1 and won 13 consecutive games.

Jurgen is so stupid! Sun Wu couldn't help complaining while sitting in the office after watching the game: Henderson even got a yellow card and didn't make a substitution... It's not like Liverpool didn't have a successor. The waist can be used, Emre Can is on the bench, and Delph can also make a cameo.”

13 consecutive wins, undefeated so far this season, only tied with Sevilla... Rolf swallowed, Manchester City this season...

Don't worry, they can't win 19 consecutive victories. Sun Wu snorted.

The last round of the league in the first half of the season, round 19, is the Manchester City Derby.

The British media are very hotly discussing the form of the Premier League this season. Manchester City has won 13 consecutive games, Manchester United has won 11 consecutive games, and Chelsea has won 8 consecutive games. This kind of winning streak is not a big deal in any season or any league, but it is not a big deal in the same season. A league, in the same season is a bit scary.

In fact, even the German and Spanish media have reported this. Manchester City's 13-game winning streak is the highest record in major leagues this season. Even Manchester United's 11-game winning streak ranks tied for second with Bayern Munich and Barcelona.

At present, some media have begun to speculate on whether Manchester City may replicate Arsenal's undefeated season and win the championship.

However, the media also knows that if they want to win the championship undefeated this season, Manchester City needs to pass a hurdle, Manchester United led by Best.

On November 26, Manchester United ushered in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage at home, and the challenge was Roma.

Anyway, the qualifying spots have been locked in advance.

Sun Wu continued to rest players on Sver's roster and even rested himself.

Double matches in one week are too physically demanding. There is the league game three days later and the League Cup quarter-finals in the middle of next week.

Herrera and Rojo, who returned this month, both started. Milner played as a left back to give Lucas a rest. Rashford, Lingard and the returning Shaqiri formed a trident in the frontcourt. Even Kante They all got a rest, and Fabinho made his first Champions League start of the season.

Manchester United's start was very smooth and very unexpected. Roma goalkeeper Szczesny received a back pass in the 5th minute, made a fake move with a wide kick and then spiked the ball...

Laughter suddenly sounded in the stands. Not to mention the fans, even Sun Wu on the sidelines couldn't help but complain... Faced with Rashford's pressing, Szczesny obviously panicked and smashed the ball with his right foot. It actually hit his left foot and bounced back.

Although Rashford didn't notice at all... He overshot, but Szczesny didn't notice either. He didn't even know where the ball went, and the ball rolled slowly across the goal line.

Gee, this scene will definitely be included in any future Ten goalkeepers' bizarre goals.

But then the situation slowly changed. After all, it was Manchester United's second team that played, and Roma was forced into a desperate situation. Although they were ranked second, they only had 4 points. They could not score points from Manchester United, and it was difficult to qualify from the group.

Pjanic and Nainggolan suppressed the combination of Herrera and Fletcher. Although Fabinho tried hard, he made several mistakes in the attack. Of course, the most important thing is that Manchester United's front three was unable to give a try. Roma's midfield and backfield pose a threat.

In the 27th minute, Roma equalized the score with a very routine goal. Pjanic made a pass from the right. Dzeko jumped high and shook his head to attack the goal. The ball flew into the blind corner without any suspense.

In the 44th minute, Roma completed a 2-1 reversal. Although the counterattack failed, Dzeko controlled the ball behind the penalty area to resist Michael Keane's return pass. Nainggolan's long-range shot went straight into the blind corner.

Sun Wu spat hard and turned back to Mike Phelan and said: Tell Leuthard that Michael's training content needs to be adjusted and focus on increasing his confrontation ability. Premier League center backs can be squeezed away so easily. !”

Mike Phelan nodded repeatedly, In addition, Michael's upper tackle also needs repeated training and lacks aggressiveness...

Back in the locker room, Michael Keane was obviously frustrated. Even Mike Phelan's comfort was of no avail. He seemed to have seen his future... Like his predecessors Smalling and Evans, he was sold off. You must know that once he is sold, It is almost impossible for a wealthy club like Manchester United to become the best player.

Over the years, among the players purged by Manchester United, only Diego Forlan could produce a convincing performance, but he only briefly played for Inter Milan, which is no longer considered a wealthy club, at the end of his career... Snam, Beckham Tom and Ruud are not included. They were not purged because of their abilities.

But what is surprising is that Sun Wu did not replace Michael Keane, but replaced Fabinho, let Lingard return to the midfield, and replaced Bernardo Silva.

This adjustment had a very good effect in the second half. Manchester United's high pressing tactics disrupted Roma's deployment, and the very fast offensive and defensive transition rhythm caught Roma off guard.

Lingard's deliberate large-scale running made De Rossi very uncomfortable, while Pjanic was not strong defensively, and Nainggolan was more interested in offense.

In the 65th minute, Sun Wu replaced Shaqiri with Falcao.

In the 69th minute, Manchester United found an opportunity in the middle. Lingard got rid of De Rossi during a horizontal run and lost the ball under Nainggolan's pressure. However, Bernardo Silva immediately successfully counterattacked and sent it out. After a pass, Falcao stopped the ball with his chest in the penalty area and scored with his left foot to tie the score.

This score lasted until the end of the game. Roma did not try to attack aggressively at the last moment, because Sun Wu replaced the extremely fast Mane in the 80th minute.

However, Roma, who scored one point, already had their destiny in their own hands. In another game, Wolfsburg defeated PSV Eindhoven 2-1.

If Roma can draw with Wolfsburg in the last round, they will qualify. Of course, they will be second in the group.

Manchester United, with three wins and two draws in five games, has secured first place in the group with 10 points.

In the post-match ratings, Manchester United's highest ratings were Lingard and Falcao, while the lowest ratings were Michael Keane and Shaqiri.

Regarding this rating, Sun Wu said that it was very correct. He could vaguely feel Shaqiri's dissatisfaction with him.

Michael Keane at least has no problem with his attitude, and the central defender position is already very experienced. If the subsequent training methods are proper, Keane is qualified to at least become Manchester United's main rotation player.

But Shaqiri... This Swiss winger came to Manchester United during the winter transfer period last season. Because he could not play in the Champions League, he played a lot in the league. However, two injuries in the new season resulted in very little playing time, even after returning from injury. It is also difficult to get a starting opportunity.

Among the current trident of Manchester United's frontcourt, Griezmann will definitely lock in a starting position if he is not injured or suspended. The center is Falcao and Harry Kane rotate, and the remaining position is Bernardo Silva. Compete with Mane.

Under special conditions, Sun Wu may let Lingard and Milner make guest appearances. Shaqiri also sees clearly that it will be difficult for him to stand out at Manchester United.

But what makes Sun Wu unbearable is Shaqiri's attitude. Griezmann, Bernardo Silva and even Falcao and Harry Kane all need to assume defensive tasks, but Shaqiri is indifferent to returning to defense. Even if Sun Wu and Mike Phelan yelled loudly from the sidelines, he was just pretending at most.

Mike Phelan has reminded Sun Wu that although you are a very special head coach, and although you try to maintain a parallel rather than confrontational situation between yourself and the players, you also need authority.

Sun Wu agrees with this, and he doesn't mind killing the chicken if Shaqiri continues.