Chapter 488 Mahrez

After returning to Manchester from Monaco, Bruno immediately started preparing for the next game.

This Saturday night, Manchester United will face the third round of the Premier League at home against Leicester City.

In this game, Bruno continued to play as a winger. Compared with the away game at Swansea Liberty Stadium, Mourinho only made one adjustment to Manchester United's starting lineup, which was to replace Rashford with Lingard.

When the game reached the 53rd minute, the score on the field was still 0:0.

Facing the powerful Manchester United, the Foxes were very pragmatic away from home and resolutely responded with a defensive counterattack tactic.

They didn't want to become the dead souls of the Red Devils like West Ham United and Swansea.

Leicester City attacked Manchester United's half, and when Mahrez tried to pass the ball into the penalty area, Maguire completed a beautiful defense and intercepted the ball.

Blind took the ball on the left and quickly moved forward. He made a long pass and quickly sent the ball behind the Leicester City defense line.

Bruno quickly jumped out from between Leicester City's left back Fuchs and left center back Huth, chasing the ball at a very fast speed.

"Leicester City's defender raised his hand to indicate offside, but the referee did not blow the whistle. This is a quick counterattack by Manchester United!"

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Bruno cut diagonally to the left side of the arc top area, caught up with the ball, and waded into the penalty area.

At this time, Leicester City's center back Huth chased all the way back to the penalty area and blocked Bruno's shooting line in the left corner of the small penalty area.

"Now there is a one-on-two in the penalty area, Bruno is facing Leicester City's two center backs Morgan and Huth alone."

Bruno is very clear about his situation at this moment. Leicester City's other center back Huth is a little behind Morgan, but as long as he stops and cuts in, he can immediately assist in close defense and block all his shooting angles.

The two players cooperated well in defense, and with the goalkeeper's position behind him, Bruno's choice is actually very small. But at Bruno's current level, even if there is no angle, he has to rely on his personal ability to force a passage.

In a one-on-one situation at the left corner of the small penalty area, Bruno suddenly stopped, pretending to dunk the ball and cut inside, and shot with his right foot. This made Morgan stop quickly, adjust his center of gravity, and rush to block, and even his teammates behind him rushed up to help defend at the first time.

Everything was as Bruno expected before, and the two cooperated very well.

But at this moment, Bruno suddenly dunked the ball with his right foot, and Morgan felt a figure in front of him flashing, and Bruno had passed him.

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Bruno quickly cut inside and dunked the ball to the bottom line. In the extremely narrow range of the penalty area, in a very short moment, he used his own feints and dunks to make a slight loophole on Morgan's right side.

If Bruno could only use his right foot, he would have no use for this loophole, but Bruno's left foot was not inferior to his right foot at all.

After shaking Morgan, he spotted the gap between Leicester City goalkeeper Schmeichel and the left post of the goal, and shot quickly with his left foot!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"GOAL!!!!"

"In the 53rd minute, Manchester United finally broke the deadlock! Bruno relied on his personal ability to fool two central defenders and the goalkeeper in Leicester City's penalty area and broke through the Blue Foxes' city!"

"This is a very high-level goal, which fully reflects Bruno's outstanding personal ability. Whether it is receiving Blind's long pass or the subsequent continuous shaking and dribbling, Bruno's entire action is connected smoothly."

"Leicester City's defense today was very tight. Although Manchester United created many scoring opportunities in the first half, they failed to break the opponent's goal. But now Bruno stepped up again and scored his sixth league goal this season!"

"More than 70,000 Manchester United fans in the stadium were shouting Bruno's name. He is the new king of the Theatre of Dreams!"

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When Bruno helped Manchester United surpass the score, Leicester City suffered a heavy blow.

In fact, from the beginning, Manchester United firmly locked the initiative of the game. The home team's high-pressure tactics caused a lot of trouble for Leicester City, which made them very uncomfortable.

Especially the midfield composed of Gundogan, Mata and Kante made it difficult for Leicester City to send the ball to the front court, let alone create threats.

However, Leicester City never thought of defeating Manchester United at Old Trafford. Their tactics today were defensive counterattacks, with the goal of taking a point away from Old Trafford.

Of course, if they could win, they would not be polite.

So, the Foxes played very conservatively at Old Trafford today, and most of the time they were defending their own half.

But now, Manchester United used the offense to break through their defense, and the blow to Leicester City can be imagined.

After the restart, Manchester United took advantage of the victory and continued to press Leicester City. The visiting team was a little confused, and only two minutes later, Manchester United seized the opportunity again.

After Lingard formed a cooperation with Blind on the left, he passed the ball to the front of the penalty area, and Mata followed up and finished it in one fell swoop.

2:0!

This is the third consecutive goal scored by the Manchester United warm-hearted man at the start of this season!

After Mata scored, he was so excited that he shouted loudly.

Just like the Mata that Bruno knows, he looks very low-key and introverted on the surface, but in fact, he is very strong in his bones, hiding a dull and restless heart!

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In the end, this focus game ended with Manchester United defeating the visiting Leicester City 2:0 with the goals of Bruno and Mata, and the Red Devils continued to lead the Premier League standings with three consecutive wins.

After the game, Mahrez was the first to walk towards Bruno. The two exchanged polite greetings and exchanged jerseys.

The two were teammates of Udinese, but after only playing together for a year, Mahrez transferred to Leicester City and quickly became the core of the Blue Fox midfield. He was the number one contributor to Leicester City's miracle win of the Premier League championship.

That season, Mahrez scored a double-double of 17 goals and 11 assists, and was the only player in the Premier League that season who could hand over double-doubles of goals and assists. In addition, Mahrez averaged 3.5 dribbles per game, ranking second among all Premier League players.

With his outstanding performance, Mahrez was elected PFA Premier League Player of the Year.

Last season, the Blue Foxes' record declined significantly due to the loss of Kante, the core of the defense, but Mahrez's performance was still very good. He played 48 games for Leicester City in various competitions, including 43 starts, scored 10 goals and sent 6 assists, including 6 goals and 3 assists in 36 Premier League games, and 4 goals and 2 assists in 9 Champions League games.

Mahrez has continued to perform well for three consecutive seasons. He has become a hot midfielder in the Premier League. Many giants, including the Manchester City duo, are eyeing Mahrez and want to recruit him.

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However, Leicester City has no intention of selling several core players including Mahrez and Vardy. The reason for selling Kante last summer was that the French midfielder had a strong intention to leave, and Kante was not an indispensable core player in the eyes of Leicester City management, so they let Kante transfer to Manchester United.

However, as Kante helped Manchester United win the championship last season, while Leicester City's performance plummeted, Leicester City's management regretted letting Kante leave.

And this summer, although Manchester United, Manchester City and other Premier League giants have made high offers to Leicester City, they did not let Mahrez leave.

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When Mahrez was about to leave, Bruno suddenly said: "Riad, are you interested in coming to Manchester United?"

Mahrez was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Is this what you mean? Or your team's idea?"

Bruno laughed and said: "I am the captain of Manchester United, what do you think?"

Mahrez hesitated for a moment, but still said: "I am very happy in Leicester City, and I have no plans to leave for the time being."

Bruno said: "Think about it carefully. With the strength of Leicester City, even if their management has ambitions, it is difficult to go further with their strength. Manchester United is different. Our goal is not just the Premier League, our goal is the stars and the sea!"

A trace of sadness flashed in Mahrez's eyes.

Although he also led the team to achieve good results after joining Leicester City, he actually regretted it in his heart, because if he stayed in Udinese, he would have won more championships and honors.

Take Kante, who left a year later than him. The French midfielder who joined Udinese with him won one more Serie A championship and one Europa League championship in Udinese.

And Kante, who left Leicester City to join Manchester United last summer, won a few more championships than him last season.

Even Kante, who has played for three teams in the past three seasons, has set a record, that is, he won three top league championships with three different teams in three seasons!

Mahrez knows that with Manchester United's current strength, their goal is indeed not only to compete for the Premier League championship, but they are also a strong contender for the Champions League championship.

And the person who gives Mahrez the greatest confidence is Bruno. This guy is simply the guarantee for the team to win the championship. Wherever he goes, the team will not lack championships.

Novara was the first, followed by Udinese, and Manchester United is still the same now, and even the Portuguese national team is the same.

As long as a team has Bruno, it will never be a champion!

"Should I really leave Leicester City?" Mahrez couldn't help but ask this question.