Chapter 944 Leicester City’s Weakness

"Manchester United secures first place in the group ahead of schedule, Best's coaching ability is again recognized"

"Manchester United, lacking Best, has struggled to win this season"

Just by looking at the title, it’s really hard to tell whether the media is praising or belittling Sun Wu...

However, the media also pointed out key points, but it is impossible for Sun Wu to play every game of the season. You must know that Manchester United claimed at the beginning of the season that they would not give up any event this season.

The most practical question is, what if Sun Wu is injured?

Once Sun Wu is injured and absent for a long time, Manchester United has no candidate to replace him, or even a second plan.

Sun Wu sneered at these problems. Unless someone comes up with a super brutal foul system, who in the world can hurt me?

"I guess Wenger really can't hold on this time." Mike Phelan was a little gloating. He followed Ferguson and fought against Wenger for a long time.

Sun Wu raised his head and thought for a while, but he really couldn't remember when Wenger got out of class, but judging from the current situation, it was really dangerous.

Of the four Premier League teams participating in the Champions League this season, Manchester United secured first place in the group one round ahead of schedule. Manchester City still needs to compete with Juventus for first place in the group, but they have also qualified early.

Liverpool was previously slaughtered by Bayern 0-3 in an away game, but returned to Anfield and gave Bayern a 3-0 victory. As long as they don't lose to Olympiacos in the final round, they can qualify.

And Arsenal is miserable... they were beaten twice at home and away by their old enemy Barcelona, ​​and were tied at home by Leverkusen. They had one win and one draw against Borisov. They currently have 7 points, while Leverkusen has 8 points. As long as If they don't lose to Arsenal in the final round, Leverkusen will qualify for the group stage, while Arsenal will miss the Champions League knockout rounds for three consecutive seasons.

Arsenal's league ranking is also embarrassing, currently ranked seventh, let alone Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea. Their arch-rival Tottenham is ranked fifth, while Leicester City has quietly won a wave of four consecutive games. After the victory, Arsenal was ranked sixth with a 1-point advantage.

Sun Wu has paid close attention to Leicester City these days, not only because of the miracle of Yuan Shikong this season, but also because Manchester United's opponent in the next round of the league will be Leicester City.

Compared with the Fox City team that created miracles in history, Leicester City only lacks Kante, but Ranieri, the tinker, still came up with the best plan. Andy King, who has good organizational skills but defensive The somewhat weak midfielder replaced Kanter. Although the defense was somewhat weak, the offensive strength also improved.

At the beginning of the season, they were winless in six rounds.

But after getting on track, Albrighton, Mahrez, and Vardy all performed well, and Ranieri's training ability is really not weak.

"Manchester United comes to the King Power Stadium again." Zhan Jun saw players from both sides walking out of the tunnel. "Manchester United lost here last season. That was the most dangerous moment for Manchester United to defend their title."

"Last season only Leicester City and Manchester United had a tie, with one win and one loss." Zhang Lu added: "Vardy scored five goals in two games..."

"Vardy is still very good this season. There are many outstanding forwards like him who have climbed up from lower leagues, but there are very few who have performed well in the Premier League for two consecutive seasons like him."

Taking the caddy's hand and walking out of the tunnel first, Sun Wu stopped and shook Ranieri's hand. Vardy, who was the last to appear among the Leicester City players, patted Sun Wu on the shoulder.

Although there is no longer a record of scoring in 11 consecutive games, after the losing streak at the beginning of the season, it was Vardy who used goals to get Leicester City back on track.

Leicester City defeated Arsenal and Liverpool consecutively last month. Vardy scored 5 goals in these two games and was in the limelight for a while.

In this game, Sun Wu played all the main players except for injured players. Falcao, Griezmann and Mane formed a trident. Behind him were Sun Wu, Herrera and Kante. The defense was a combination of old and new, Phil. Jones and Alderweireld, Lucas, Pavard.

After the game started, Sun Wu keenly discovered Ranieri's tactical thinking. He compressed the space in the backcourt to prevent Morgan and Huth from being penetrated behind, and tried to use Vardy's speed advantage during the counterattack.

If it is a positional attack, Brother Drinkwater and Mahrez will become the core figures, and Albrighton's cross will also play a key role.

In the 19th minute, after several trials, Sun Wu received a cross pass from Kanter while running horizontally. Andy King and Drinkwater noticed Herrera's intervention with vigilance.

But at this moment, Sun Wu, who was stopping the ball, slightly applied force with his left foot, and the ball suddenly bounced out. Sun Wu immediately accelerated and forced a breakthrough between Andy King and Drinkwater.

Speed ​​and confrontation have never been Sun Wu's strengths. Football all over the world recognizes Sun Wu as a typical player who uses his brain to play football.

It looked like he used his speed and body to force a breakthrough, but in fact it was a typical example of using his brain to kick the ball.

"Oh... Leicester City is too careless, Best breaks through..."

"Morgan...this is a foul!"

"Favorable for offense... Herrera passed the ball, it's Lucas!"

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!"

"Lucas Hernandez scored his first goal since coming to Manchester United. This is also the first goal of his career!"

Half a year ago, Lucas, who was still at Atletico Madrid, met Sun Wu on the training ground. That meeting completely changed Lucas' career.

With Luke Shaw recuperating from a long-term injury and Ashley Young leaving the team, Lucas took on the important task of Manchester United's left wing. He has sharp assists, solid defense, strong up and down running ability, and a beautiful cross.

Both Griezmann and Mane can pull wide, but they don't pull wide often. In this case, Lucas became Manchester United's first man to guard the left.

He started every game from the first round of the league and did not take a break until the last round of the Champions League group stage, but Lucas has been waiting for his first goal for nearly three months.

After receiving a direct pass from Herrera and entering the penalty area, Lucas specifically turned his head and glanced, followed by Simpson. At this time, Lucas volleyed vigorously from a small angle, and the ball went out of the hands of Schmeichel. Drill into the narrow gap between the doorpost and the doorpost.

Sun Wu, who was overturned by Morgan, just got up and was knocked down again by Lucas who was rushing towards him.

Manchester, Elihad Stadium.

The game just ended. Manchester City successfully defeated Southampton 3-1 at home. Sterling opened the scoring and De Bruyne passed and shot.

In the locker room, the coaching staff and players are watching the game between Manchester United and Leicester City. It was not only Manchester United that lost to Leicester City last season, but also Manchester City.

"Forced a breakthrough..." Jingdongan blinked in confusion and looked at David Silva, "I've never seen it before."

"Yes." Sterling said with a sneer: "He often breaks through in the penalty area!"

Well, since the second Manchester City derby last season, among those who hate Sun Wu the most, Sterling will definitely rank at the top. The difference between blood and tears is the difference between Manchester United and Manchester City...

Guardiola said nothing but glanced at Patrick, who shrugged helplessly.

Manchester City will face Leicester City in the next round, which is why we are watching the live broadcast of the game today. Of course, the Manchester City coaching staff will study Leicester City's tactics.

Coaches at the level of Guardiola and Patrick can certainly see that Leicester City's weakness lies in the defense in the middle.

Although the fighting spirit of Morgan, Huth, and Schmeichel is admirable, and although players from Manchester United's youth training such as Drinkwater and Simpson have an urgent desire to perform, Fox City's defense in the middle is indeed not very good. They failed to find Kante's replacement.

Ranieri certainly knew that, so Drinkwater and Andy King held their positions as much as possible after the start.

But after nearly 20 minutes of testing, Sun Wu deliberately and frequently distributed the ball to the two wings, and Leicester City's center door gradually became loose.

Therefore, Sun Wu's bold breakthrough had a very good effect. After leading Morgan, Manchester United's goal came naturally.

Guardiola sighed. Even though Manchester City has won 14 consecutive victories, they are actually only 5 points ahead of Manchester United. They can't get rid of them no matter what!

The biggest reason why they can't get rid of them is of course Sun Wu, but it's not just Sun Wu's outstanding performance on the court, but also Sun Wu's coaching ability.