Chapter 936 The Sharpest Knife

On October 1st, after playing the Champions League away game, the entire Manchester United team immediately flew back to the UK. They did not even return to Manchester but went directly to Liverpool.

On October 3rd, they will challenge "Toffees" Everton away from home. It will be another tough battle.

However, Manchester United is no different now than it was two years ago. The team's personnel reserves are very sufficient. Even Shaqiri and Milner, who have just come back, rushed to Liverpool from Manchester and they will all be included in the squad for this game.

Everton has been poached frequently in recent years. Coleman, Baines, Fellaini, Stones, and Lukaku have left one after another. Although they bought Lennon, Barry and other powerful players, the overall strength of the team The decline was dramatic.

But tough stuff is tough stuff. Although he has no experience coaching a wealthy club, Martinez can be considered a leader among the younger generation of coaches in the Premier League. Of course, this younger generation does not include Sun Wu, who is only 25 years old.

"boom!"

Sun Wu, who was standing on the sidelines, couldn't help shouting loudly. Everton midfielder Osman knocked Pavard away during this collision. This was a complete foul on the person and not the ball.

Although Osman received a yellow card, Pavard was obviously much more cautious in his forward assists.

Pavard and Coleman have completely different styles. This kind of collision is common for the latter, but the former hopes to bypass this roadblock. It's hard to say who is right and who is wrong. The key is to see the effect.

In this game, Sun Wu made major changes to the starting lineup, including Griezmann, Mane, and himself.

Martinez did not press forward and try to take advantage of the home court advantage to score the first goal, but insisted on a defensive counterattack style. Once the ball was intercepted, he sent it to the wing for Lennon and Deulofeu to use their speed and personal ability to attack. Barkley in the middle stepped in at the right time to look for a shooting opportunity.

The style of play was simple but very effective. Manchester United had the advantage in possession but it was difficult to break down the Toffees' defense. Instead, they frequently lost ground in the backcourt.

In the 55th minute of the second half, Sun Wu finally replaced the mediocre Milner, and at the same time replaced Falcao with Harry Kane.

In the 58th minute, Sun Wu took the ball in the middle and passed it back to Fletcher. On both sides of him were Barry and Osman.

But Sun Wu suddenly turned 180 degrees on the spot, forced a breakthrough between Barry and Osman, and then drew out Jagielka and then lightly poked the ribs.

Kante moved forward and pumped the ball into the small penalty area. Unfortunately, Lingard wasted this opportunity.

His shot was confiscated by American goalkeeper Howard.

In the 65th minute, Sun Wu moved forward to the right side of the penalty area and received a pass from Shaqiri. He volleyed directly and hit the far post. Harry Kane tried to make up the shot but was cleared by Jagielka in advance.

In the next 10 minutes, Sun Wu created no less than five good opportunities, but Shaqiri, Lingard, and Fletcher wereted them one by one. Sun Wu also had two shots, both of which were blocked by Osman and Barry. .

At the end of the 76th minute, Sun Wu finally used the last substitution.

"If you can't score quickly, it may be difficult for us to get 3 points in this game." Sun Wu said without hesitation: "Martinez has a back-up, and we can't always maintain this." offensive……"

Mike Phelan on the side agreed with Sun Wu's view, "In the last ten minutes, he is likely to replace McCarthy. Although he is a midfielder, he has a strong ability to move forward and look for shots."

Griezmann said nothing and only made an OK gesture.

"Manchester United replaced Shaqiri with Griezmann. The Swiss winger's condition after his return was very average. He basically did not pose any threat. His only header shot was close at hand but it went high." Zhan Jun was a little anxious. "The match between Manchester City and Newcastle United that started early has ended. Sterling scored a hat-trick, Sane made two passes and two shots. Manchester City won 6-1."

"Manchester City has really played like crazy this season. So far, they have won all competitions." Zhang Lu marveled.

In the first two rounds of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City beat Juventus 1-0 away from home, and beat Monchengladbach 3-0 at home.

Zhan Jun suddenly raised his voice and said, "Look at the sidelines... That's the camera team sent by the domestic CCTV. Sun Wu mentioned this on Weibo. They were filming next to the Manchester United bench."

The live broadcast gave a close-up shot of the working camera. The cameraman was wearing a jacket with a red star on the front and the pattern of Manchester United's No. 7 jersey on the back.

The camera turned back to the field.

"Look at this ball first... Griezmann... cutting inside... Sun Wu... hitting the wall to cooperate..."

"Griezmann...long shot!"

"The goal went in!"

"In the 79th minute, Griezmann, who had just come on as a substitute, opened the door to victory for Manchester United!"

In the replay footage, Griezmann dribbled the ball all the way from the right wing and then passed it diagonally. The ball was touched by Osman, and Sun Wu had to slow down to pick up the ball with his back like a center.

But even if he is not good at picking up the ball with his back, or even if one arm is firmly held by Barry behind him, Sun Wu can still do some tricks.

His eyes fell on the empty right wing. Everton's left back had been taken away by Griezmann, and there, Pavard was cutting in at high speed.

Just when the Everton defender discovered the loophole, Sun Wu made a gesture and walked to the right with the ball, but he used a movement similar to riding a bicycle to feint the ball, and then tipped his toes slightly to the other side.

Griezmann took advantage of the situation and took the ball, and before Jagielka could block it, he kicked out a tricky low-to-the-ground chop with his left foot. This time Howard was powerless, and the ball flew past his fingertips and flew into the far corner of the goal.

As soon as this goal was scored, Everton's pre-match plans were completely in vain. Even if they were unwilling to give up, even if they might lose the ball again, they could only press it out.

But Sun Wu strongly directed Manchester United to carry out a high-intensity frontcourt press. Kante, Fletcher and Pavard all received yellow cards in a short period of time.

It works great though.

In the 85th minute, Lingard intercepted the ball in the frontcourt, and Harry Kane crossed the ball diagonally to the left. Lucas, who penetrated forward, immediately sent a wide arc pass. Griezmann met the ball at the back point and ejected with his right foot. Scored twice.

In the 89th minute, Everton made a big clearance from the backcourt, but Phil Jones pushed forward and headed the ball back. Jagielka accidentally missed the ball on the line of the penalty area. Harry Kane reluctantly stopped the ball and pushed the ball and hit the far post. But Griezmann followed up and easily pushed into the empty goal.

"again!"

"Griezmann scored a hat trick in two consecutive games, crazy French striker!"

Mortensen shouted: "Although Falcao performed amazingly when he first arrived, although Harry Kane proved Best's vision with goals.

But Griezmann proved with two hat tricks that he has always been Manchester United's sharpest knife! "