Chapter 551: No Reversal, No Red Devil

When Cancelo headed the ball into the empty goal, the local commentators in Manchester went crazy. When Arsenal's offensive gradually increased, Manchester United players were a little panicked. No one thought that the team could completely lock the victory so quickly.

"Great Manchester United!" Rio Ferdinand shouted, "When Arsenal's offensive began, they immediately scored again! This is the goal that locked the victory of the game!"

"Mourinho's adjustment is very effective, Rashford and Mahrez's horizontal response." Lineker praised, "Mahrez's pass was beautiful, Ospina misjudged, and Cancelo at the back point inserted very timely."

The commentators had to scream loudly because the cheers on the scene were so enthusiastic.

Manchester United fans were very excited. Cancelo's goal gave everyone a reassurance. The team led by three goals, and Arsenal was dead!

Mourinho raised his right arm, waved it vigorously, and cheered to celebrate the goal.

"Well done!"

"Good job!"

The Manchester United bench was also jubilant.

Mbappe, who left the field due to injury, rushed to the sidelines excitedly, waving his fist and shouting.

"That's it! Keep going! Don't stop!"

On the Arsenal side, it was a different scene. Wenger was furious. He rushed to the sidelines and roared at the field: "Did a dog bite your eyes?"

He was very dissatisfied with goalkeeper Ospina. In Wenger's view, Ospina's attack was obviously very reckless.

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Cancelo's goal brought chaos and influence to both sides of the field. Arsenal was a little impatient, and they had to go all out. Manchester United was a little too excited and looked a little embarrassed under Arsenal's fierce attack.

Mourinho shouted loudly on the sidelines, telling the team to pay attention to defense. Don't relax too much, the game is not over yet.

Wenger shouted loudly on the sidelines. He was very dissatisfied with the team's offensive chaos, and he was also a little annoyed.

It's not that he didn't notice that the team played a little impatiently just now, but Wenger didn't make any adjustments because he saw that Manchester United was also a little flustered. The professor weighed it and thought that his team was more powerful and more advantageous in this impatient chaos.

But he didn't expect that Manchester United was still leading 3:0 until the 80th minute of the game.

After four minutes of injury time, the referee Mike Dean blew the whistle to end the game.

At the moment the whistle sounded, the huge new Wembley Stadium erupted in huge and crazy cheers.

Mourinho was very excited. He waved his fists and shouted, like an excited rabbit, jumping and hopping three times. Finally, he clenched his fists and danced vigorously for several times.

"The game is over, the game is over! A wonderful game, 3:0! Manchester United defeated Arsenal and won the sixth League Cup in their history. They also surpassed Aston Villa and Chelsea and became the second team to win the League Cup, second only to Liverpool, which won 8 times. Arsenal lost 6 of their 8 League Cup finals, becoming the team with the most League Cup runner-up."

The players on the Manchester United bench rushed into the stadium and celebrated the victory with their teammates on the field.

Mourinho did not celebrate with his players. He tidied his clothes and walked towards Wenger first.

The French old man had a gloomy expression. When shaking hands with Mourinho, the old man looked at Mourinho with a complicated expression and said, "Congratulations."

"Thank you." Mourinho replied with a smile.

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After a simple championship celebration, Manchester United returned to Manchester without any celebration, because in just three days, Manchester United would face Chelsea at Old Trafford.

This is the make-up match of the 28th round of the Premier League. This match was postponed due to the League Cup. Arsenal also had the same situation. Their match with Manchester City was also postponed.

Although they had just fought a fierce battle with Arsenal three days ago, Mourinho still sent out all the main players in this match. Except for Mbappe, whose ankle injury has not yet healed, and De Gea, who returned to the starting lineup, the other 9 players who started the League Cup final all continued to start.

After the start of the game, Chelsea, who had been resting up, turned the tables at Old Trafford and performed very strongly.

Chelsea almost scored in the 4th minute. Alonso volleyed the ball in the first time from the left edge of the penalty area. Maguire missed the front point. Lukaku's shot from the edge of the small penalty area hit the crossbar and bounced back. Hazard's supplementary shot was saved by De Gea.

After that, the game fell into a stalemate. Manchester United gradually entered the rhythm of the game and gained more ball possession time, but neither side could create scoring opportunities.

Chelsea broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute. William launched a counterattack, Hazard passed the ball straight, and William shot into the far corner from 11 yards on the right side of the penalty area.

Manchester United equalized in the 39th minute. Kante and Mahrez passed the ball forward continuously. Bruno leaned on the defense and knocked it horizontally. Harry Kane followed up and pushed the ball into the lower left corner from 10 yards.

In the second half, Lukaku's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked, and Alonso and Bruno's shots from outside the penalty area were also blocked.

After changing the venue, facing the sun also caused trouble for De Gea's saves. He barely saved Drinkwater's rebound shot from 30 yards.

Then William and Bruno's shots from outside the penalty area were deflected one after another.

Mourinho made personnel adjustments and Rashford was replaced by Lingard.

Manchester United took the lead in the 76th minute. Bruno made a straight pass, Harry Kane made a diagonal pass from the upper right corner of the penalty area, and Lingard, who was unguarded, headed into the near corner from 10 yards in front of the goal.

In the end, Manchester United reversed and defeated Chelsea 2:1.

A day later, in another make-up match, Manchester City defeated Arsenal 3:0 away and continued to chase Manchester United by 8 points.

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On the evening of March 5, Manchester United ushered in the 29th round of the game and challenged Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Due to the continuous confrontation with Arsenal and Chelsea, two powerful rivals, in the previous week, and the Reds meeting on Saturday noon, Mourinho rotated multiple positions for this game, and many main players including Bruno sat on the bench.

Crystal Palace took the lead in the 11th minute. Benteke passed the ball and Townsend shot from the edge of the penalty area and hit Lindelof and deflected into the net.

This was the only goal in the first half. Although Manchester United made some counterattacks afterwards, they failed to break the goal of Crystal Palace.

Soon after the start of the second half, Manchester United suffered another blow. In the 48th minute, Fellaini, who finally got the chance to start in this game, committed a foul. Schrup sent a quick free kick and passed it straight. Van Aanholt broke into the penalty area from 12 yards on the left side and shot into the near corner, and the score on the field became 2:0.

Mourinho was very angry on the sidelines, and immediately made personnel adjustments, Bruno and Mbappe, who had returned from injury, took the field.

Manchester United's substitutions soon showed results. In the 55th minute, Manchester United got a corner kick. Bruno's corner kick was cleared by Crystal Palace. Valencia made a diagonal pass, and Smalling scored a header from the edge of the small penalty area, and the score on the field was rewritten to 2:1.

Manchester United, who had scored a goal, continued to attack Crystal Palace. The side guarded by Crystal Palace's young right back Wan Bissaka became the area that Manchester United focused on. The 20-year-old talented right-back has a shovel stunt, which makes it difficult for him to be directly broken through. But Bruno, who is familiar with the characteristics of this player, knows that he has a fatal flaw, that is, his poor sense of position and he often loses his position.

Seizing Wan Bissaka's weakness, Bruno frequently passed the ball behind the player, directly tearing the Crystal Palace's defense into pieces.

Manchester United equalized the score in the 76th minute. Bruno passed the ball to the vacuum area behind Wan Bissaka again. Mbappe, who was a substitute and played as a left winger, shot from the edge of the penalty area and was blocked and deflected. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back. Bruno made a low shot from 10 yards and scored his 34th league goal of the season, and also helped Manchester United equalize the score.

Manchester United reversed the lore in the 92nd minute. Mahrez's shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked, and Bruno volleyed from 25 yards into the upper left corner, locking the score on the field at 2:3.

International practice, the home team is in front.

In the end, Manchester United scored three goals in a row after falling behind 0:2 away from home and defeated Crystal Palace.

This is the second consecutive game in which Manchester United reversed and won after falling behind!

Bruno, who came off the bench and scored twice, has scored 35 goals in the league.

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On March 10, Saturday at 12:30 noon, the first game of the 30th round of the Premier League was played. The Red Devils Manchester United played against the Red Army Liverpool at Old Trafford.

As the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals with Shakhtar Donetsk will be held in three days, Mourinho will continue to rotate in this game. Ashley Young, who successfully locked Sanchez in the League Cup final, started as a left back, and Mata started as a double front midfielder with Bruno.

Klopp also made many rotations in Liverpool's lineup. Liverpool's top scorer Salah returned to the starting lineup, and Chamberlain, Robertson and Arnold rotated.

Both sides were cautious after the start, and Liverpool's possession rate in the first 10 minutes was close to 80%.

Manchester United took the lead in the 14th minute. De Gea kicked the ball with a long kick, Harry Kane headed the ball in the frontcourt, Rashford broke into the penalty area on the left side, dribbled past Arnold and shot into the far corner from 12 yards.

Manchester United expanded the score in the 24th minute. Harry Kane passed the ball to Mata, who was intercepted by the Liverpool defender and deflected. Rashford shot into the far corner from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area, and the score on the field was rewritten to 2:0.

As the score expanded, the game confrontation escalated, and the gunpowder smell became stronger, but Manchester United's solid defense did not leave the Red Army any chance, and the score of 2:0 was maintained until the end of the game.

In this game, Mourinho had a very careful deployment against Liverpool's top scorer Salah. One person pressed and the other person helped defend. Salah hardly got too many opportunities in this game.

Ashley Young on the left controlled him very tightly, and at the same time Manchester United maintained a very good formation, compressing Liverpool's offensive space, leaving Salah and Mane with no space to play their speed advantage.

After the game, the Daily Mail gave Ashley Young a high score of 8 points, believing that he locked down Salah, Liverpool's top offensive player, which meant that the defense was half successful.