Chapter 825 Record End

After the last international match day of 2020, Bruno returned to England and started preparing for Manchester United's new game.

As the end of 2020 approaches, Manchester United will face their most difficult schedule this season. From late November to the end of December, in just 38 days, Manchester United will face 12 games in the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup.

This is because this year's Club World Cup is scheduled to be held in February next year, otherwise Manchester United's schedule will not be arranged at all!

On the evening of November 21, Manchester United played against West Bromwich Albion at home in the 9th round of the Premier League, which was the beginning of this devil's schedule.

At present, Manchester United has won 7 and lost 1 in the first 8 rounds of the league, leading the standings with a three-point advantage. West Bromwich Albion has not won its first game since the start, ranking third from the bottom with 3 draws and 5 losses and 3 points.

In terms of personnel, Manchester United continued to send out the offensive combination of Mbappe, Harry Kane, Rashford and captain Bruno Fernandes, Fred and Gundogan partnered as double defensive midfielders, and the defense line was a combination of Cancelo, Maguire, Van Dijk and Luke Shaw. West Bromwich Albion used 541, with former Blues player Ivanovic leading the defense, Blues loan player Gallagher sitting in the midfield, and Ahern Grant single arrow forward.

Less than 2 minutes after the start, Manchester United made a threat with a header by Mbappe.

In the 16th minute of the game, Manchester United missed a good opportunity. Rashford sent a cross from the left, and Bruno passed the ball to Mbappe, who met the ball in the middle and pushed it at close range, but was saved by West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Johnstone.

The subsequent game fell into Manchester United's rhythm, but Manchester United, with a possession rate of more than 60%, failed to create too many scoring opportunities. At the end of the first half, the two sides were tied 0:0.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Less than 2 minutes after the start, Gallagher fell to the ground after a slight contact with Bruno in the penalty area. The referee David Coote immediately awarded a penalty kick, but the video referee team gave a prompt. The referee personally went to the sidelines to watch the video replay and made a change of judgment. The penalty kick was cancelled and Manchester United escaped.

In the 53rd minute, Manchester United got a penalty kick opportunity in turn. Rashford's cross from the left hit the arm of West Brom defender Fran, and the referee David Coote awarded a penalty kick again. As a result, Bruno's penalty kick was saved by the harem goalkeeper Johnstone.

Just when Bruno thought that his record of consecutive penalty goals would end today, the referee determined that Johnstone's two feet were completely off the goal line before saving the penalty kick after the intervention of VAR, and decided to re-award the penalty kick. Then Bruno scored the second time.

This was the only goal of the game. Neither side made any achievements in the subsequent games, and the score of 1:0 was maintained until the end of the game.

In another strong match in this round, Liverpool beat Leicester City 3-0 at home, which expanded Manchester United's advantage in the standings to 4 points.

It is noteworthy that in another focus game, Tottenham beat Manchester City 2-0 at home. This is the second defeat of the Blue Moon this season.

With one less game, Manchester City currently has only 12 points, ranking 13th in the standings, and the gap with Manchester United, the top of the list, has also been widened to 12 points.

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In the middle of the week, Manchester United ushered in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, and the opponent was the Serie A powerhouse Atalanta.

The two sides launched a fierce battle at the Millennium Stadium.

Since Manchester United will be in a super-intensive schedule of two games a week for a long time in the future, Mourinho will moderately rotate the lineup.

Bruno created a threat on the right in the sixth minute of the opening and got a corner kick opportunity.

This time, he personally took the corner kick and assisted Harry Kane to score a header.

This lead was maintained until the second half.

Mourinho replaced Bruno in the 61st minute to save Bruno's energy in this devilish schedule. But after entering the 80th minute, Manchester United's players' physical fitness gradually failed to keep up, and the defensive problems caused by the absence of midfielder Kante led to the team losing two goals in the last ten minutes and being reversed by Atalanta at home.

1:2, Manchester United's Champions League winning streak since it opened at Old Trafford on April 24, 2018 finally came to an end today, and this record has stopped at 30 games.

At the same time, another record was ended, that is, Manchester United's unbeaten record in the Champions League since the beginning of the 2017-2018 season, which was also ended three years later, and the number of games in this record also stayed at 40 games.

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Although Manchester United lost, the media's attitude towards Manchester United was quite tolerant. After all, Manchester United's record in the past three years has been too brilliant.

Whether it is 30 consecutive wins in the Champions League or 40 unbeaten games in the Champions League, it is something that no one dares to imagine.

You know, before this, Manchester United's record of 25 unbeaten games in the Champions League was considered an unbreakable record.

But now, Manchester United not only broke its own record, but also refreshed it to the terrifying number of 40 games.

Under normal circumstances, a team will only participate in 13 Champions League games in a season. 40 unbeaten games has exceeded three full seasons!

In fact, this is also true. Manchester United won three consecutive Champions League titles during this period!

In three full seasons, no team in Europe can beat Manchester United!

Everyone knows that Manchester United's winning streak and unbeaten record in the Champions League will end one day. No one expected that this record would end with Atalanta, which had suffered three consecutive defeats against Manchester United.

You know, just three weeks ago, at Atalanta's home, Manchester United slaughtered Atalanta 5:0!

Unexpectedly, after returning to the home court, Manchester United was reversed by Atalanta in the last few minutes after leading for almost the entire game and lost the game.

The media criticized that Mourinho was a little too arrogant. With the score leading by only one goal, the team's offensive core and spiritual leader Bruno was replaced just after 60 minutes of the game.

You know, before Bruno was replaced, Manchester United suppressed Atalanta on the field and maintained the lead in the score.

Despite the unexpected upset by Atalanta, Manchester United still leads the group standings with a 2-point advantage. Behind them, Ajax and Atalanta both had 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and got 7 points. Ajax ranked second with a goal difference advantage, Atalanta ranked third, and Midtjylland ranked last with four consecutive defeats, and was eliminated two rounds in advance.

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On the afternoon of November 29, Manchester United visited St. Mary's Stadium. This was the 10th round of the league.

Before the game, both sides had a moment of silence to commemorate the king of football Maradona who passed away not long ago.

The unexpected reversal in the Champions League in the middle of the week still dealt a big blow to Manchester United's morale. In this away game against Southampton, Manchester United was unable to find their form in the first half, while Southampton frequently threatened Manchester United's goal through sharp counterattacks.

In the 23rd minute, Southampton took a corner kick. Bednarek jumped high and looked back at the moon at the front point. The ball went into the net and Southampton took the lead, 1:0!

In the 27th minute, Southampton passed the ball from the left, Peters made a low shot from the right into the penalty area, the ball hit the far post after deflection and bounced out of the bottom line, Manchester United almost lost two goals in four minutes.

In the 33rd minute, Southampton had a free kick in front of the penalty area, Prowse took a curved shot and went straight to the upper left corner of the goal, De Gea was out of reach, Manchester United fell behind by two goals 0:2!

This is Prowse's fourth direct free kick this season. Currently in the Premier League this season, only Bruno, Newcastle's Jacob Murphy, West Brom's Pereira and Crystal Palace's Eze have scored free kicks, and all of them are 1.

In the entire history of the Premier League, Ward Prowse is also one of the players with the most direct free kicks. He has currently scored 9 direct free kicks, tying Lampard and Redknapp Jr., second only to Bruno's 15 and Beckham's 18, becoming the second English player to score the most direct free kicks in the Premier League.

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Such a bad first half naturally made Mourinho very angry. During the halftime break, he severely criticized the Manchester United players in the locker room.

After the start of the second half, Mourinho made two substitutions. Goalkeeper De Gea, who made a big mistake in defense in the first half, and Greenwood, who missed many opportunities in the frontcourt, were replaced. The substitute goalkeeper Romero and the striker Mahrez were replaced.

These two substitutions played a very good effect. Romero performed well on the defensive end and ensured that Manchester United's goal did not lose the third goal in this game. On the offensive end, Mahrez also became the key figure in determining the final outcome of the game.

In the 59th minute, Cancelo passed the ball with the outside of his foot, Mahrez knocked the ball horizontally from the right, Bruno stopped the ball in the penalty area and adjusted it, and pushed the ball into the goal. Manchester United scored a goal and changed the score on the field to 1:2!

In the 73rd minute, Manchester United got a corner kick from the right side of the front court. Rashford took the corner kick, McCarthy lifted the ball with one hand, Bruno's long shot changed direction, Mahrez leaned over and headed the ball into the goal, Manchester United equalized the score, 2:2!

In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Bruno passed the ball in the midfield, Rashford made a cross from the left side of the front court, and Mahrez, who appeared like a ghost in front of the goal, volleyed and kicked the ball into the dead corner, Manchester United completed the lore, 3:2!

Because in another game of this round earlier, Liverpool tied 1:1 with Brighton away, Manchester United's lead in the standings expanded to 6 points.

However, after 10 rounds of the league, the standings returned to normal. Manchester United led the way with 27 points, Liverpool ranked second with 21 points, Chelsea ranked third with 19 points, and Tottenham ranked fourth with 18 points.

As for the other two teams in the BIG6, Manchester City ranked 11th with 15 points after one round less, and Arsenal ranked 14th with 13 points!