Chapter 996 Luck
Old Trafford.
Although Manchester United led 1-0, the situation on the field was not good. Aston Villa's crazy counterattack in the second half made the Manchester United midfielder almost out of control.
Aston Villa have booked a relegation spot with the season ending in two months, but they now have only 14 points and have won only three games in total.
But it is precisely because of the team's relegation that Aston Villa is united and united. There is no way. Whether they can stay in the Premier League next season depends on their performance in the next two months. If they perform well, maybe they will. The team was interested, but their performance was poor, so they could only follow Aston Villa to play in the English Championship.
Therefore, after the first half was calm, after Griezmann broke the deadlock in the 58th minute of the second half, Aston Villa, who was barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, began a crazy counterattack. They did not necessarily care whether the team could snatch the food from the tiger's mouth. One point, but he cares about whether his competitive performance will be positively evaluated.
In the 67th minute, Clark's ferocious midfield tackle knocked over both Herrera and Lingard. Although they received a yellow card, both Manchester United players had to go to the sidelines to receive treatment from the team doctor.
"If Aston Villa can maintain such strong fighting spirit in the first half of the season, relegation will not be difficult for them." Zhan Jun commented: "Unfortunately, it is too late now..."
"In fact, Aston Villa is the only Premier League team that has defeated Manchester United this season." Zhang Lu lamented: "But the two heroes of that game, Delph and Benteke, both transferred before September. It made Aston Villa collapse in almost every game in the first half of the season."
"Lingard and Herrera are both on the sidelines for treatment..." Zhan Jun changed the topic, "Let's see if Sun Wu will play... Although the Manchester United official website and Sun Wu himself insisted that he was not injured, the situation depends on the situation. It doesn’t look right.”
"There may be minor injuries." Zhang Lu guessed with a solemn expression, "At least it won't affect walking."
Mortensen, who was commentating on the spot, had different opinions than his colleagues in China. "Hahaha, Best still hasn't come down from the coaching bench... He walked into the locker room during halftime today and has been sitting there the whole time!"
Dr. Swale made an OK gesture to the coaching bench behind him, indicating that there was no big problem between the two of them.
Sun Wu was relieved. There were no midfielders on the bench. If someone was injured, Phil Jones or Bernardo Silva would have to play as a central midfielder.
Because of previous national team matches, Sun Wu boldly made rotations in this game, such as Mane, Salah, Alderweireld, Falcao, and Kante, who played all 180 minutes in the previous national team games. None of them were able to start, and they were not even included in the squad.
Of course, the most important thing is that Sun Wuxue hid himself and kept his butt firmly pressed on the coaching bench.
He believes that although Guardiola did not come to Old Trafford today, he will definitely send someone to keep an eye on him.
This is indeed the case. During halftime, the stadium management entered the locker room and told Sun Wu that Arteta, the former Arsenal captain and a member of Guardiola's coaching staff this season, appeared in the stands.
But now, although Sun Wu has suppressed his impulse to play, he has to make adjustments. The situation on the court is too passive.
"Sun Wu still didn't get up, but Manchester United made a substitution." Zhan Jun was a little disappointed, "Salah replaced Harry Kane.
Mane replaced Bernardo Silva, and the two speedy wingers came on at the same time and pushed Griezmann into the center position. "
Sun Wu stretched out his hand and high-fived Harry Kane and Bernardo Silva. Although their performance was average, they all completed their tasks. Throughout the season, the team needs to use the most economical way to win at certain moments. 3 points below.
Sun Wu's adjustment is very targeted. Aston Villa's central defender combination is Lescott and Clark. This pairing is very good, but the two wings are much worse. Mane and Salah can tear apart from the two wings. Big mouth.
In the 75th minute, Salah forced an outside breakthrough on the right and was pulled down by the opponent's left back Sissoko on the penalty area line. The latter turned two yellows and one red and was sent off.
In the 78th minute, Salah passed the ball with his left foot after unsuccessfully challenging Lescott on this side. Although Griezmann missed the landing point, Mane stopped the ball in the chest and volleyed with his left foot to score.
"This is Mane's fifth league goal this season. The Senegalese winger is in good shape after his return." Mortensen praised: "Guardiola must be disappointed. Best did not play, but Manchester United still scored 3 points. "
As soon as the goal was scored, there was heavy gasping from the Manchester United bench and coaching bench. It would be really unacceptable to lose points to Aston Villa.
Sun Wu considered that he was facing Aston Villa, the deputy squad leader of the league and had been relegated early, so he made the decision to hide himself, but he did not expect that the opponent was not timid at all...
If he loses points by playing tricks, then Sun Wu will really be embarrassed.
In the 90th minute, Mane forced a breakthrough on the left side of the penalty area and was tripped by Clark. Griezmann took a penalty kick and fixed the score at 3-0.
This is Griezmann's 20th league goal this season. He and Harry Kane are currently the top scorers in the Manchester United league, and they are tied for second place on the scorer list after Diego Costa.
It was a risky game, but in the end luck was on Manchester United's side. Sun Wu was still frightened when he shook hands with the opponent's head coach. If he continues to stay in the position of Manchester United head coach, he will probably have to learn from Ferguson thirty years later. I had to get a pacemaker installed...
After passing this level, Sun Wu walked into the locker room and his eyes fell on the schedule on the wall. The next two periods and six games will largely determine where Manchester United can go this season.
There are two Champions League knockout matches against Bayern Munich on April 6 and April 13, and there is a Manchester City derby before that.
The FA Cup semi-finals will be against Liverpool on April 24, followed by two Champions League semi-finals on April 27 and May 4.
If they want to win the Triple Crown, these six games...I dare not say they have won all of them, but Manchester United cannot afford to lose a single game.
In the office at the Manchester City training base, Guardiola squinted and stared at Sun Wu walking freely on the screen... Was this guy injured? ?
"Anyway, when I went to see him, my ankle was wrapped around..." Patrick said expressionlessly: "But the specific situation is unknown. Rolf and Mike Phelan were very dissatisfied when they saw me..."
"It's hard to say." Torrent smacked his lips, "Best likes to play these little tricks the most."
Seeing that Patrick remained silent, Torrent said in turn: "The situation was so passive just now, Best didn't let himself play... At least it should be a minor injury."
"It's hard to say." Patrick retorted at this time: "It wasn't until after the 3-0 lead in stoppage time that Manchester United used the last substitution. They replaced Mane and Salah before, but Best always left a substitution. The spot...that's probably reserved for himself."
Guardiola, who was already suspicious, became even more confused after listening to the discussion between his two assistants...
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