Chapter 654: Forty-Nine Undefeated Games

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea tried to equalize the score as soon as possible and launched a fierce offensive, but just like the scene in the last stage of the first half, facing Manchester United's midfield strangulation tactics, Chelsea found it difficult to launch a truly threatening offensive.

Kante's midfield coverage is very large, and most importantly, he has a helper Herrera today.

Kante is the main player, and Herrera is the auxiliary player. The two complement each other in the midfield sweep and interception.

Moreover, if the situation is more urgent, Mbappe will even return to the position of full-back, and Luke Shaw will be pulled to the midfield to participate in the strangulation.

Chelsea is very uncomfortable.

Especially Bruno, as the new World Footballer of the Year, this kid is simply crazy: when defending, he actively counter-grabs, and even retreats all the way to his own half. Then when attacking, he can press forward like desperately.

Which World Footballer of the Year would be so desperate?

He is completely a blue-collar midfielder!

Then, five minutes later, in the 65th minute of the game, Luke Shaw made a cross from the wing, Rashford's header was saved by Kepa, Mbappe's shot was blocked by David Luiz, Harry Kane passed the ball to Herrera, the latter crossed the ball in front of the goal, and Bruno shot with his left foot.

Bruno scored the second time to score in the goal guarded by Kepa, and Manchester United led Chelsea 3:1 away.

"This is Bruno's 10th goal in the league! The crazy World Footballer is constantly refreshing our understanding of a talented all-around midfielder with goals!"

"In the summer of 2016, Manchester United spent 200 million euros to bring this super genius who broke the monopoly of the world football of the peerless duo to Old Trafford. At that time, many people had doubts about this transfer! But in the past two seasons, Bruno has conquered Manchester United fans and the world with his impeccable performance!"

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Commentators from various countries are talking about Bruno and praising him.

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After falling behind 1:3, Sarri could no longer sit still and started to make substitutions.

Spanish striker Pedro came on as a substitute, replacing Brazilian winger William. French veteran Giroud came on as a substitute, replacing Lukaku.

Sarri's substitutions were still effective.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Giroud's header was saved by De Gea and Chelsea got a corner kick. Pedro took a corner kick, and several Chelsea players ran to tear open Manchester United's defense. Rudiger, who was unguarded, headed the ball into the goal in front of the small penalty area.

"2:3! Chelsea is only one goal behind."

Cheers broke out at Stamford Bridge. There was still time in the game, and Chelsea still had time to turn the tables.

Mourinho was very dissatisfied with the loss of the ball. When Chelsea took a corner kick, the Manchester United players were attracted by Giroud, which led to the omission of German central defender Rudiger.

Mourinho decided to make a substitution, Herrera was replaced, and Fred came on as a substitute. Harry Kane was also replaced, Mata came on as a substitute, and Manchester United changed to 442.

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In the 83rd minute of the game, Mbappe passed the ball diagonally, and Mata pushed the ball after receiving it.

Bruno was outside the penalty area, and he was ready to receive the ball.

David Luiz rushed up to defend, and Bruno made a cross pass, which made David Luiz believe it and went to intercept.

At this moment, the World Footballer suddenly knocked the ball behind him with his heel. The ball was close to Giroud's feet and rolled rapidly, and it easily penetrated Chelsea's defense.

Rashford received the ball without being marked!

"So beautiful! This is Bruno! This is the World Footballer!!!"

No one expected that Bruno, separated by Giroud, seemed to have eyes behind him, and sent the ball clearly to Rashford who was unguarded.

Rudiger rushed to Rashford in a hurry.

Rashford did not give the opponent a chance to intercept closely, and he kicked the ball. The football stuck to the grass, rolled past Kepa who fell to the ground to save the ball, and went into the net.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"The fourth one! Oh my God! It's incredible, Manchester United changed the score to 4:2! This almost helped Manchester United lock in the victory, and this is likely to be a record-breaking goal!"

The three stands of Chelsea's Stamford Bridge fell into silence, and only the Manchester United fans on one stand burst into huge cheers.

As the commentator said, this was almost a winning goal.

On the court, Manchester United celebrated wildly, while Chelsea players stood still. This goal brought a great psychological blow to Chelsea.

They played well today and have been resisting tenaciously, but in this situation, they still couldn't stop Manchester United from scoring continuously, which was very uncomfortable.

In the home team coaching bench, Sarri covered his face with his hands. The disappointment and frustration in the Italian's heart at this time were difficult to describe in words.

Chelsea needed to score three goals in the remaining game time to break Manchester United's unbeaten record, which was too difficult.

This goal was almost equivalent to announcing that Manchester United would step on Chelsea's corpse and tie Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record.

This made Sarri and Chelsea's players very bitter and uncomfortable.

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Before the second kick-off in the center circle, Mourinho made the last substitution of his team. Mbappe was replaced and veteran Ashley Young came on as a full-back.

Luke Shaw's position has moved to the left center back position, forming a three center backs with Maguire and Van Dijk. In front of them is a double back midfielder with strong sweeping ability composed of Kanter and Fred.

Manchester United's formation also changed to 541.

Rashford was alone at the front, with Bruno and Mata organizing the attack behind him and delivering shells to him.

Chelsea is pressing almost all the way. They no longer expect to organize Manchester United to tie the record. All they want now is to score more goals. This is Chelsea's last stubborn dignity.

Chelsea scored another goal in the 96th minute. Azpilicueta made a pass from the right. David Luiz's header from the left side of the penalty area hit the far corner post and bounced. Rudiger's header from close range was missed by De Herbert. Ya barely saved, and Barkley scored from close range, rewriting the score to 2:4.

However, this can no longer affect the outcome of the game.

Half a minute later, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

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When the final whistle blew, the Manchester United fans in the away stands burst into wild and excited cheers.

On the Manchester United bench, the players also rushed into the court with shouts and began their celebration.

"The game is over, the game is over!" He Wei shouted, "Manchester United defeated Chelsea 4:2 in the away game with Bruno's brace as World Footballer and goals from Harry Kane and Rashford. Created a record of 49 unbeaten games, tying Arsenal’s record. This is a record night that belongs to Manchester United, Mourinho and Bruno!”

"Chelsea didn't play badly today, but Manchester United was even better, especially Bruno. The World Player of the Year was in great shape, contributing two shots and one pass. Congratulations to Mourinho, who has engraved his name and the team's name on it. In the history of the Premier League! When Arsenal created a 49-game unbeaten record, everyone in England exclaimed that this was a record that could not be chased. 14 years later, Mourinho's Manchester United achieved it. !”

Instead of celebrating with his players, Mourinho walked towards Sarri.

Although he lost and let his opponents step on him to tie the longest unbeaten record in Premier League history, Sarri must be very uncomfortable inside, but Sarri is still very graceful.

"This is an uncomfortable result for me." Sarri shook hands with Mourinho. "But it was a wonderful game. Congratulations, you set a record."

"Just tying a great record." Mourinho said with a smile.

Mourinho patted Sarri on the shoulder and stopped saying any useless words of comfort.

Seeing Mourinho turn around and leave, surrounded by Manchester United players, the Manchester United people grabbed their coach and threw him into the air to celebrate. Sarri shook his head and smiled bitterly. He also walked into the stadium to comfort himself for those losses. of players.

In the stands at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea fans were leaving one after another. In the away team stands, Manchester United fans held up a banner that read: 49!

The camera panned over, and the Manchester United people were cheering and celebrating, while the owner of the stadium was leaving the field sadly.

The king is back!

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At the post-match press conference, the media's focus was on Mourinho, who led Manchester United to tie Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record. All kinds of compliments and compliments came to him for free.

This snubbed the home team Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri.

Sarri's expression was calm and he was observing all this calmly.

Mourinho was still thoughtful about the issue. He shifted the topic to Arsenal, the predecessor of this record, and praised the glory of Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record that year.

"I saw this news on TV news and was very surprised." Mourinho said with a smile, "I thought at the time, this is amazing."

After praising Arsenal, Mourinho began to praise Chelsea today. He praised Chelsea for playing well today. If not for the lack of time, Chelsea might have tied the score.

Although some reporters curled their lips, even if Chelsea equalized the score and Manchester United's three points became one point, they would still tie Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record.

But no matter what, Sarri, who lost, performed very well, and Mourinho, who won and tied the record, was also very graceful.

At the end of the press conference, Mourinho and Sarri shook hands and hugged each other, looking harmonious. As for what the two parties involved were thinking, there is no way of knowing.

After the press conference, the Manchester United team left the stadium and returned to their hotel to rest.

The news obtained by the media is that Manchester United has prepared an internal dinner at the hotel to celebrate the team's tying Arsenal's record.

In the newspapers published the next day, almost all the headlines belonged to Manchester United, which was undefeated in 49 league games.

Bruno, who scored 2 shots and 1 pass, and head coach Mourinho, the photos of these two people are the most frequently used photos on the front page.

Although they only tied Arsenal's record, in today's Premier League, being able to tie this record that was originally considered difficult to chase again is enough for Mourinho and his team to make everyone admire and admire them. , I can’t praise it enough.