Chapter 665 Tang Monk's Flesh

After losing the ball again, Lyon seemed a little impatient and began to try to counterattack. After all, they had created danger in front of Manchester United's goal many times in a row, and they were only one step away from scoring.

Manchester United began to stabilize their defense and focus on counterattacks.

Less than six minutes after the second goal, when Lyon attacked the frontcourt, the pass was intercepted by Herrera, and Bruno directly found McTominay in the frontcourt with a long pass.

The Scotsman dribbled forward, and the Manchester United trident started at the same time, quickly forming a three-on-three frontcourt, especially Mahrez on the right. After Mendy stepped forward to participate in the attack, his side was basically empty.

McTominay knew that he was slow to dribble the ball, so he immediately sent the ball to the right. Mahrez quickly dribbled the ball to the right side of Lyon's penalty area, attracted the defensive players, and suddenly knocked it back to McTominay who was unguarded in the penalty area. The latter stopped, adjusted slightly, and shot a low shot with his right foot, sending the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.

3:0!

The entire Olympic Park Stadium was dead silent.

"Lyon's overall strength is indeed inferior to Manchester United. The players of the Premier League giants are slightly better in terms of experience and strength. The most terrifying thing is that today's Manchester United is actually just Manchester United's second team. It can be seen that they were able to break Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record in the Premier League, end Real Madrid's three consecutive Champions League titles, and even remain unbeaten in all competitions last season. It is not a fluke."

"For two consecutive seasons in the Champions League, this group of young players from Manchester United have shown amazing strength. For a long time in the future, European football will probably tremble in front of this Manchester United."

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When Manchester United's unbeaten record accumulates longer and longer, Manchester United people do not want their record to be broken, while their opponents all hope to end Manchester United's unbeaten record and write their team's name into history.

Manchester United has almost become Tang Monk meat in the eyes of opponents!

In this case, every team is completely full of fighting spirit when facing Manchester United, just like Manchester United's next opponent, Saints Southampton.

Moreover, Southampton, which is currently in a bad situation, also urgently needs points to escape the relegation zone.

After the first 13 rounds of the league, Southampton only got 1 win, 5 draws and 7 losses, ranking 19th in the Premier League standings with 8 points, which is in sharp contrast to the situation last season when the Saints got 16 points in the same period and ranked tenth in the standings.

Therefore, in today's game, Southampton can no longer afford to lose.

After the start of the game, Southampton also entered the state very quickly.

In the 13th minute, Obafemi passed the ball, and the unguarded Armstrong shot into the far corner from 12 yards on the right side of the penalty area, helping Southampton take the lead.

Southampton expanded the score in the 20th minute, and Cedric shot directly into the upper left corner from a free kick from 20 yards, rewriting the score on the field to 2:0.

This also completely woke up Manchester United. The Red Devils realized that if they didn't get any news, their unbeaten record might end at St. Mary's Stadium.

The awakened Manchester United was obviously not something that the weak Southampton could resist.

Manchester United scored a goal in the 33rd minute. Bruno made a straight pass, Rashford broke through and passed the ball. Harry Kane followed up and shot the ball into the net from 11 yards, changing the score to 2:1.

Manchester United's morale was boosted after scoring a goal. They continued to suppress Southampton on the field and scored the second goal in just 6 minutes.

In the 39th minute, Bruno split the midfield, Rashford made a cross from the bottom right of the penalty area, and Gundogan's close-range heel shot was blocked and then went into the net, changing the score to 2:2.

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After equalizing the score, Manchester United continued to strengthen their offensive, hoping to overtake the score in the first half. However, until the end of the first half, the score between the two sides was still 2:2.

Southampton lost two goals in just 6 minutes, which made them realize that it was not an easy task to end Manchester United's unbeaten record, so they began to become conservative, hoping to keep the score of 2:2 until the end of the first half, or even the end of the game.

Manchester United had the advantage, but they were slow to launch threatening attacks, let alone score goals. The two flanks were severely suppressed by the opponent, and it was difficult for midfielder Bruno to make a difference alone.

Double defensive midfielders are a safe tactic, and Mourinho should not move unless it is absolutely necessary, so during the halftime break, it depends on how Mourinho adjusts the team's offense on the two flanks.

After the second half, Manchester United made appropriate adjustments.

Luke Shaw, the left-wing back, was released to attack and was more active on the left, but Southampton quickly made defensive arrangements against Manchester United's left and adjusted the focus of defense to their right.

In addition, although Harry Kane had an advantage in grabbing the first point, he failed to follow up on the second point, which made Manchester United's offense still failed to improve.

Fortunately, the double defensive midfielders ensured the stability of Manchester United's defense, and Southampton's counterattacks were difficult to create threats.

As a result, the situation on the field seemed to be stalemate, and the score of 2:2 has not been changed.

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Southampton can accept a draw, but Manchester United cannot.

Earlier, Manchester City had defeated Bournemouth 3:1 at home, thus surpassing Manchester United with 36 points and 35 points. If Manchester United cannot win this game, they will drop to second place in the standings.

Although it is not unacceptable to temporarily drop to second place, it is not a good thing for Manchester United to lose points against a weak team like Southampton.

The previous plan did not work. As the captain and the team's midfield commander, Bruno had to change his mind and run patiently, looking for opportunities.

Soon, after receiving the pass from Gundogan on the right rib, he dribbled past the defender and sent the ball to Harry Kane with his left foot.

Harry Kane received the ball in the arc top area in front of the penalty area, but the first kick failed to stop, resulting in the subsequent turning and shooting action not being able to be performed, and even the ball was lost.

After all, he is not Ibrahimovic and does not have such good ball control skills.

Bruno raised his right hand towards Harry Kane with apology and took the initiative to take responsibility for the mistake.

Soon, Bruno got another chance. After retreating to receive the pass from Kante, he shook off Southampton's defender Valeri and passed the ball diagonally behind Southampton's defense with his left foot.

But Mbappe failed to understand Bruno's intention and did not get in in time, causing the ball to go directly out of the baseline.