host must win

Chapter 83 Manchester Derby
Manchester United played 10 out of 4 devil games, and Manchester United's performance was terrible.They drew two games, lost one game by a big score, and the only victory was a narrow victory with a score of 3:2.

The only good news is that this disastrous defeat ushered in a respite for most of Manchester United's main players. During the five-week devil's schedule, they got a full week of rest time, and they can meet the next round in a better state. Down game.

Moreover, in the next 4 games, Manchester United does not need to leave Manchester to play elsewhere, because there are 3 home games in the middle, and the only away game is the Manchester Derby with Manchester City.

Although these 4 games will be played in just 11 days, without the travel between home and away games, it is barely good news for the players' physical fitness.

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Manchester United's first game after entering November is to sit at Old Trafford and face Saints Southampton in the 11th round of the Premier League.

Although Manchester United suffered an embarrassing two-game tie and a disastrous defeat in the Champions League, Old Trafford this afternoon still attracted nearly 68000 spectators to watch the game, which was almost full.

In the case of two consecutive draws in the league and the ranking dropped to 4th again, Manchester United can't afford to lose in this game.In the game, Ferguson also used his main force, got a rest in the middle of the week, and several players who did not go to Israel with the team all started.

Ferguson formed a 4231 formation in this game, with Butters at the goal, Gary Neville, Blanco, Ferdinand and Sylvester formed the back line, Scholes and Filipino, who ushered in the milestone of 200 Premier League games Neville formed a double defensive midfielder, Beckham, Yin Jun and Giggs lined up in the forward line, and Ruud van Nistelrooy single-arrowed forward.

Facing Manchester United, which is at its best and aiming to take all three points, Southampton does not intend to surrender without a fight, but is determined to use steely will to stop Manchester United, thus adding to the increasing tension of the Red Devils.

However, in the face of Manchester United's tide-like offensive, the Saints' resistance lasted only 15 minutes before the city gate fell.

In the 15th minute, after Van Nistelrooy and Yin Jun cooperated beautifully, Yin Jun made a cross from the left side of the penalty area, and 25-year-old Phil Neville scored a goal from 18 yards outside the penalty area.

Southampton have lost nothing in their previous 17 visits to Old Trafford, conceding 11 goals in their first two visits to Old Trafford.In today's game, they conceded the ball early again.

Southampton, who lost the city gate, knew that defense alone could not score any points, and they decided to give Manchester United a more active response.Just 3 minutes after Manchester United scored, Omerod passed the ball from the right to Fernandez, who curved the ball with his left foot from the right side of the penalty area, and Butters had no chance.

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Manchester United were naturally very dissatisfied, and then Manchester United launched a more powerful offensive, but Beckham's shot was cleared by visiting team defender Oakley with a header in front of the goal line.A corner kick opportunity, Van Nistelrooy missed a good opportunity in front of the goal, and then Yin Jun and Van Nistelrooy's shots missed the goal.

The visiting team showed no sign of weakness. Beatty received a pass from Marsden 10 yards in front of the goal but shot high, wasting a golden opportunity.Fernandez's free kick was slightly wide, and Omerode's long shot was also resolved by Barthez.

In the first half, the two sides were evenly matched, and entered the intermission with a score of 1:1.

Ferguson turned on his iconic hair dryer to the highest gear in the midfield, and all the Manchester United players who sprayed it were terrified and dared not breathe out.

However, the game state of the Manchester United players did not improve significantly with Ferguson's anger.Although they launched a fierce attack on Southampton's goal after the start of the second half, several excellent scoring opportunities created by Yin Jun were wasted by Scholes, Giggs and Beckham successively.

Seeing the three proud disciples squandering opportunities one after another, Ferguson on the sidelines was so angry that he almost exploded.But this does not change the situation of Manchester United on the field, let alone the poor shooting feeling of Manchester United players.

After Southampton defended Manchester United's tide-like offensive in a row, they began to threaten Manchester United's goal with quick counterattacks.

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Seeing that the team was unable to score a second goal for a long time, Ferguson, who couldn't bear it, began to make personnel adjustments.He first replaced Sylvester with Solskjaer to strengthen the offense, allowing Manchester United to return to the traditional 442 formation, and then sent Forlan to attack Southampton's goal crazily with three forwards.

However, the score on the field is still unable to change.

As the game entered 80 minutes, it seemed that when Manchester United was getting closer and closer to the league's three-game tie, Manchester United's second goal in the game came suddenly.

In the 85th minute, Manchester United counterattacked. Giggs broke through with the ball on the left and went straight into the Southampton penalty area.

Seeing that Giggs was about to break into the Southampton penalty area, the visiting team Fernandez had no choice but to foul and gave Manchester United a free kick very close to the penalty area line.

Scholes, who took the free kick, did not choose to shoot, but suddenly dialed the ball to Forlan in the middle.The Uruguayan striker volleyed a winning volley from the top of the penalty area, and the football flew into Southampton's goal with great speed.

2: 1!

The Uruguayan striker scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester United to help Manchester United keep 3 points at Old Trafford, and also helped the team rise to No.3 in the Premier League standings.

At the top of the list is still Manchester United's rival Liverpool. The Red Army sat at Anfield in this round and defeated West Ham United with a score of 2:0 in the cold wind and rain.

The victorious Liverpool continued to occupy the top spot with a 4-point advantage.Owen has scored 12 goals in 11 starts in 11 league rounds, and today's two goals are very beautiful, one reflects his flexibility and skills, and the other shows his speed and intelligence.

Liverpool is also unbeaten in the Premier League this season, which is the only one of the 20 teams. In fact, they have only lost 29 of the last 1 Premier League games.

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Three days later, Manchester United continued to sit at Old Trafford. In the third round of the League Cup, they defeated the visiting Blue Fox Leicester City with a score of 2:0 and successfully advanced to the fourth round of the League Cup.

Then, another game that Chinese fans have been looking forward to comes: the third Chinese derby in the Premier League this season, Manchester United played by Yin Jun will be away at Maine Road Stadium, and they will challenge Blue Moon Manchester City played by Sun Jihai!

(End of this chapter)