host must win

Chapter 509 Failed Season

Yin Jun did quickly understand when manpower is limited.

Less than 70 hours after the UEFA Champions League semi-final with AC Milan, Manchester United ushered in the 37th round of the Premier League and faced West Brom, the Premier League deputy squad leader, at Old Trafford.

Despite ranking last in the Premier League standings, West Brom did not relegate early.

After 36 league rounds, both West Brom and Norwich have 30 points, while Crystal Palace and Southampton have 31 points.These four teams are likely to be relegated, but they are also likely to succeed in relegation!
It is said that those who are arrogant are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of dying. Under the huge temptation of relegation, West Brom is desperate.In addition, Manchester United has just fought a fierce battle with AC Milan, and 70 hours is not enough for Manchester United's main players to recover. At this time, when they encounter such a desperate opponent as West Brom, the result can be imagined.

Although Yin Jun broke West Brom's goal with a beautiful free kick in the first half of the game, helping Manchester United to take the lead, he also increased his league goals this season to 26 goals, continuing to expand his Dominance in the scoring charts.

However, the West Brom players still relied on hard work to equalize the score in the second half of the game.

In the end, the score was fixed at 1:1. Since Chelsea beat Charlton 1:0 at home, the points rose to 91 points, leading Manchester United by 3 points.

The goal difference of the two teams is also 55. In this regard, there is no gap between the two sides.

Under such circumstances, the 33rd round of the Premier League between Manchester United and Chelsea, which is about to start in the middle of the week, has truly become the battle of Tianwangshan that will determine the ownership of the Premier League champion this season.

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At 5:10 pm local time on May [-]th in the UK, the game that will determine the title of the Premier League champion will start at Old Trafford.

If Manchester United wants to win the Premier League championship this season, they need to beat Chelsea at home, so that they can tie Chelsea in points and rise to the top of the standings by virtue of their goal difference.

But once Manchester United makes a mistake, it means surrendering the initiative in the championship, or even personally sending the opponent to the top at their home court.

Under tremendous psychological pressure, Manchester United launched a mad attack on Chelsea's goal in the opening game and took the lead in the 8th minute of the game.Chelsea cleared the corner kick, Scholes' long-range shot was blocked by Huth, Rooney shot from the left edge of the penalty area to the goal, Cudicini failed to block the angle, Ruud van Nistelrooy left 4 yards in front of the goal Knock on the empty door.

The Chelsea players complained that the Dutchman was suspected of being offside, but replays confirmed that the linesman's decisive judgment was correct.It was Chelsea's 14th goal conceded this season.

This goal released the psychological pressure of the Manchester United players, while Chelsea was forced to a disadvantageous situation.Because if the game ends according to this score, the Blues will be in second place with a goal difference disadvantage.

The fighting power of this Chelsea team is indeed extremely strong. The Manchester United people were still in the excitement of taking the lead. In less than 10 minutes, Chelsea quickly equalized the score.

In the 17th minute, Makelele passed the ball to Thiago. The Portuguese midfielder volleyed with his right foot from 30 yards.

1: 1!

This time, the pressure returned to Manchester United's side again.

The Manchester United fans in the stands and in front of the TV all had their blood pressure raised by the sharply changing score.

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Afterwards, the game fell into a stalemate. Although both sides created threats, especially Yin Jun's free kick in the 19th minute of the game, which almost caused Chelsea's own goal, neither side scored a goal in the end.

Under tremendous psychological pressure, the scene became more and more explosive. Rooney had a dispute with Gremi during the fight and was verbally warned by the referee Ball. Ruud van Nistelrooy was also knocked down by Carvalho.

The first half of the game ended in a tie, and the two sides entered the intermission with a score of 1:1.

The second half of the game was still going on at a fast pace. Although Yin Jun used a ground-breaking long shot to help Manchester United surpass the score again in the 56th minute, Chelsea showed super resilience and scored a single-handed goal in the 61st minute. , equalized the score for the second time.

In the 81st minute of the game, Chelsea scored the third goal of the game.Brown's diagonal pass from the backcourt to Gary Neville was cut off by Lampard. Lampard broke into the left side of the penalty area and made a cross. Joe Cole blocked the ball into the net 3 yards in front of the goal.

Manchester United protested the goal, arguing that Joe Cole, who scored it, was in an offside position.But after the referee communicated with the linesman, he insisted that the goal was valid.

This penalty caused great dissatisfaction from Manchester United, and the slow motion also showed that Joe Cole was in an offside position when Lampard passed the ball!
Although Yin Jun scored a goal in stoppage time to tie the score at 3:3, it didn't help.

With one round left in the game, Manchester United trailed Chelsea by 3 points and almost lost hope of winning the championship.

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A week later, the final 10 games of the Premier League were played as scheduled.

This is not only a game to decide which three teams are relegated, but also a game to decide who will win the league championship this season!

However, the only way Manchester United wants to reverse Chelsea's championship is when Manchester United wins and Chelsea loses away to Newcastle United.

If it was Newcastle United in previous seasons, it was possible to beat Chelsea, who had a strong desire to win the championship, at home, but Newcastle United this season is obviously not enough.

In the end, Manchester United did beat the Saints 2:1 at St. Mary's Stadium, but Newcastle failed to beat Chelsea.The two teams drew 1-1 at St James' Park.

So far, this season's Premier League has come to an end.With 28 wins, 9 draws and 1 loss, Chelsea scored 93 points, beating Manchester United with 28 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses. With 91 points, they won the first Premier League championship in team history and the second in the history of the Blues. A top league champion.

And Manchester United, after two consecutive years of success in winning the Premier League and the Champions League, finally fell from their peak.

For Manchester United's sudden fall, almost everyone did not expect it.After all, a month ago, Manchester United was still in a three-tiered parallel, and it was likely to become the first in the history of England's top league to win the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup Grand Slam in one season.

However, in just three weeks, Manchester United has collapsed in the third line, and has been eliminated in the FA Cup, Champions League and league competitions.

Although Yin Jun once again won the Champions League Golden Boot and assists with 14 goals and 8 assists, he also won the Premier League Golden Boot again with 28 goals in the league, and even defended the PFA Player of the Year, PFA Young Player of the Year, FWA Player of the Year and the Premier League's Official Player of the Year, but for Yin Jun, it was undoubtedly a failed season.

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