Chapter 514 Manchester United at Its Strongest

Rashford was sprinting, the ball fell in the air, and Newcastle's central defender Florian Lejeune came out to defend.

The strong French central defender bumped into Rashford, preventing him from stopping the ball comfortably.

Rashford, who was originally planning to stop the ball, saw this and immediately changed his mind. He immediately jumped up and headed the ball out!

Header ferry!

Harry Kane was in the middle, with his back to the goal, holding off another central defender Ciaran Clark.

The English center forward pointed his forehead forward and passed the ball to Mbappe, but Mbappe ran away directly.

Pass error?

Then people saw Bruno running over, and he pushed the ball lightly. This push was very exquisite, stopping the ball well in the air and setting up a turret for Rashford!

Rashford rushed over, and Bruno's ball was very comfortable, which allowed Rashford to have a very stretched shot!

The football suddenly jumped up, Harry Kane lowered his head smartly, the football passed over his head, flew directly to the goal, and finally passed over the head of Newcastle goalkeeper Elliott, then hit the bottom of the crossbar and bounced into the net!

The ball went in!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLL!!!!!!!!!!" Lineker shouted while pulling the headset, "What a wonderful goal! Marcus Rashford! Manchester United quickly equalized the score, and this goal immediately extinguished Newcastle's hope!"

"One minute and fifty-three seconds!" Andy Gray couldn't help shouting, "Just less than two minutes after Newcastle scored, Manchester United quickly scored to equalize the score! A goal told their opponents that they were just a newly promoted team, but Manchester United was the Premier League overlord!"

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"Damn it!" Newcastle coach Benitez stood up angrily, waved his hands randomly, venting his anger, what happened? Lost the ball just two minutes after scoring a goal?

"Not bad." Mourinho nodded with satisfaction. He made the most correct on-the-spot response. The players realized his tactical intentions by scoring goals, which made him feel very accomplished.

And seeing Carrick's admiring eyes, this sense of accomplishment was even better.

"The accident ends here." Mourinho sat back in the coaching seat and said lightly, "We can take over the game!"

Carrick wanted to ask why he was so sure, but he didn't ask after all. He was afraid that asking would show his low ability. He felt that the gap between him and Mourinho was getting bigger and bigger. He felt that he had worked hard to learn and improve, but now he was more and more worried about whether he could keep up with Mourinho.

Carrick was a little inferior. Is it really as this guy said, some people are born to be head coaches, and some people are born to be assistant coaches?

Carrick fell into thinking about life.

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After the score was tied, Newcastle began to retreat. They finally realized that although the result of retreating was that they might not be able to hold on in the end, they could at least hold on for a while.

What if God opened his eyes and they really held on to the 1:1 draw?

Mourinho had already responded to Newcastle's adjustment. As a result, in the 21st minute of the game, they fouled Bruno in their own half, and Manchester United got a free kick in the frontcourt.

This was a free kick opportunity in a very good position.

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes kicked a high-quality arc ball, the football bypassed the wall, hit the inside of the post, and bounced into the net.

2:1!

Manchester United overtook the score!

The cheers at Old Trafford reached their peak since the start of the game.

Bruno, who turned 23 just two months ago, ran to celebrate, and the long lens was broadcast: 27-year-old Gundogan, 24-year-old Harry Kane, 19-year-old Mbappe, 26-year-old N'Golo Kante, 23-year-old Cancelo, 22-year-old Luke Shaw, 26-year-old Van Dijk, 23-year-old Lindelof... and 27-year-old De Gea...

Beside and behind Bruno, his young teammates jumped, danced, ran and cheered with him.

In the distance, their head coach was watching them, smiling and applauding.

Beside Mourinho, on the bench were 26-year-old Mahrez, 24-year-old Maguire, 20-year-old McTominay...

This scene was later found by some reporters and fans, screenshots, and made into posters to recall that classic and unforgettable period.

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Ten minutes later, Gundogan made an assist, Rashford successfully countered the offside, dribbled into the penalty area, and faced the attacking Newcastle goalkeeper Elliott, he scored a beautiful goal.

3:1, Manchester United extended their lead to two goals.

In the injury time of the first half, Cancelo broke through from the right at high speed and sent a fast rolling ball to the front of the goal.

This caused chaos in front of Newcastle's goal. The offensive players tried to shoot, and the defensive players held their defensive targets tightly... In this situation, no one touched the ball in the middle. In the end, Rashford, who inserted from the back point, scored with a shovel shot!

At the end of the first half, Manchester United led Newcastle 4:1 at home. Marcus Rashford, who had just celebrated his 20th birthday less than three weeks ago, performed his first hat trick in Manchester United!

In the home team's locker room, Mourinho gave Rashford a strong hug.

"Oh, Marcus, if you were a beautiful woman, I would kiss you." Mourinho said with a smile.

Rashford blushed immediately, but he was black, so it was hard to tell.

The players all laughed.

After everyone finished laughing, Mourinho clapped his hands, and the locker room immediately became quiet. Mourinho then leaned his hands on the table, looked at everyone and said: "I am very satisfied! Less than two minutes after Newcastle scored, no, to be exact, one minute and fifty-three seconds, we scored! This directly hit the arrogance of the visiting team that had just started to flame."

Mourinho waved his hand and continued: "Then, we used continuous offensive pressure to completely collapse the opponent! Tell our guests that this is our territory, they are here to deliver food!"

The players laughed again.

Mourinho himself was also happy. He laughed with everyone, and then waited until everyone quieted down before he continued: "I am very satisfied with the first half of the game. Now, let me talk about the second half of the game. I hope it will be a perfect game!"

The locker room was quiet, and everyone looked at their coach, watching him write and draw on the tactical board, calling names, and making targeted deployments.

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In the sixth minute of the second half, Bruno sent a lob pass, and Harry Kane's header was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Elliott, and Manchester United got a corner kick on the right.

Bruno's corner kick, in the penalty area, Van Dijk jumped at the front point and did not touch the football, but this also interfered with the goalkeeper's judgment.

At the back point, Lindelof jumped high, overpowered the defensive player and hit the football with his head. The football suddenly flew towards the goal and flew into the net between the hands of the somewhat embarrassed goalkeeper Elliott!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLL!!!!!!"

"Lindelof! He scored!" Dolores shouted, "This can be regarded as the Swedish defender's compensation! Shortly after the start of the first half, it was because of his mistake that Manchester United fell behind."

"5:1! Manchester United completely locked the victory!"

In the home team's coaching booth, Mourinho rushed out of the coaching booth, raised his arms, applauded, and cheered for this goal.

"Coach Mourinho was very excited and celebrated passionately." Andy Gray said, "He was not so excited for Manchester United's third goal before, but he was very excited for the fourth goal and the fifth goal this time!"

"The goal when Manchester United won 4:1 was Rashford's third goal, which was his first hat trick for Manchester United; the goal when Manchester United won 5:1 was Lindelof's first goal for Manchester United. This is very important for the players. This will be a glorious moment that they will remember for a long time. As a coach, he obviously knows this and he is happy for his players!"

"I heard that Coach Mourinho is very supported and liked by the players at Manchester United. I think this is the reason why he can lead the team to win continuously."

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In the 72nd minute of the game, Mourinho made a substitution. He first replaced Harry Kane with Ibrahimovic. Da Fengxian finally returned after half a year of injury.

Three minutes later, Mourinho replaced Rashford with Mata, which was a courtesy for Rashford, who performed a hat trick, to receive the cheers of the fans at Old Trafford.

Rashford left the field amid the cheers of the crowd. He clapped three times in a row on the sidelines to thank the fans for their cheers and applause.

Mourinho laughed as he watched this scene, then he high-fived Rashford, rubbed Rashford's head, and encouraged him: "Well done!"

Mourinho did not continue to stand on the sidelines and stare at the field. It was 5:1, and this game was basically like this. Ibrahimovic and Mata were substituted. The former was to let Ibrahimovic find his feeling after recovering from a long illness, and the latter was to let Rashford accept the applause. These were not tactical substitutions to deploy new tactics to strengthen the offense, but routine substitutions.

But Manchester United's goal-scoring pace did not stop because of this.

In the 77th minute of the game, Mbappe made a cross from the bottom, and Ibrahimovic scored in front of the goal, 6:1!

Scoring in the first game after recovering from injury, the Swedish veteran had a perfect comeback.

Three minutes later, Bruno and Mata made a wall-to-wall cooperation and knocked the ball horizontally. Ibrahimovic missed the ball, and Mbappe turned half-turned and shot the ball into the goal!

In the 88th minute of the game, Manchester United won a free kick on the left side of the front court. Bruno's free kick caused chaos in front of Newcastle's goal. In the chaos, Ibrahimovic scored a goal with a shovel shot, setting the score at 8:1!

A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Manchester United beat Newcastle 8:1 at home!

At the moment the whistle sounded, the players started running and cheering in the field, and there was a huge wave of sound in the stands, like a volcanic eruption.