host must win

Chapter 94
As Manchester United's strongest competitor in the Premier League era, Arsenal has been a very troublesome team for Manchester United in recent years.

Manchester United lost three games to the same opponent in one season. I believe many people feel unbelievable. In fact, Manchester United did lose to Arsenal three times last season, including 1:3 away in the league, 0:4 in the League Cup, and even In the penultimate round at home, they sent Arsenal to the league championship with 0:1.

The three consecutive victories against the Red Devils also made the British media eager to talk about the subversion of the Red Devils dynasty and the rise of the arsenal.

Due to the poor record at the beginning of this season, Ferguson once thought that they would miss the league championship this season. However, after consecutive victories over Newcastle and Liverpool, Ferguson saw the hope of winning the championship again, because as long as they beat Arsenal, their The gap between them will be reduced to 3 points.This is quite beneficial for Manchester United, who are good at grabbing points and usurping the throne during Christmas.Therefore, in addition to paving the way for Manchester United's revenge, this game was also shrouded in a shadow of life and death.

For Manchester United, fighting with such a mentality will put them under considerable pressure, including Keane, Beckham, Ferdinand and others sitting in the stands, although they have all re-entered the training ground, but It is obviously impossible to play in this game.

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What troubled Ferguson the most was that this was a must-win game, for which he had to decide which players to use.

Although Manchester United played very well in the past four games, they won all three battles, and their youth team also defeated Newcastle 3:1 in the FA Youth Cup.

However, the lineup that has been relatively stable and performed well in many consecutive games may also undergo major changes in this game, which also makes this game more unpredictable.

The problem on the defense line is relatively the biggest. In the battle against Newcastle, Brown and O'Shea partnered, in the battle against Liverpool, Sylvester and Brown partnered, and in the battle against Burnley, Brown and May partnered.What is certain is that Brown will occupy a place, and Ferguson has not yet figured out who he will partner with. It may be the comeback Blanco, or it may let Rio Ferdinand risk an early comeback, because Ferguson's Personality loses to anyone and refuses to lose to Wenger.

Facing Arsenal whose injury situation is obviously better than Manchester United, Ferguson is under great pressure, otherwise he would not have started to think carefully about Yin Jun's injury situation and released a smokescreen to the outside world.

Of course, this can also show Ferguson's trust in Yin Jun. After all, if he is an insignificant player, there is no need to use these small tricks at all.

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Yin Jun's performance at Manchester United has indeed attracted the attention of many Premier League teams, including Arsenal.

In the game against Liverpool, Yin Jun was injured and left the field. According to the smoke bombs released by Ferguson before, Yin Jun will miss this crucial duel because he is on the injured list.

In an interview, Arsenal coach Wenger was also asked by reporters about his opinion on Yin Jun's inability to play due to injury.

Wenger said that Yin Jun is a real genius, and he had a fantastic performance during this year's World Cup, which also made him very concerned about Yin Jun, and he was very close to signing Yin Jun.But due to certain problems, Arsenal failed to get this genius in the end.

Wenger also said that after Yin Jun joined Manchester United, he has been paying attention to the performance of the Chinese teenager.For Yin Jun's injury and unable to participate in the game, Wenger said he felt very sorry and hoped that Yin Jun could recover as soon as possible and get rid of the trouble of injury.But Yin Jun's injury is good news for Arsenal, because they have lost a strong opponent, and even Manchester United's combat effectiveness has been greatly weakened.

The reporters all know what some of the issues Wenger mentioned are the core issues in player transfers - money!

Arsenal and Arsene Wenger have missed out on many players in recent years because of this problem.

In fact, most of the people in the long list of "temperature difference visas" in people's mouths are because of this problem, but only a few people are because of Wenger's misjudgment.

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Wenger expressed regret for Yin Jun's injury, which reflects the warmth before the game, but this is not the main theme between the players and coaches of the two sides before this weight match. attack each other.

Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy said in an interview with the media that the team will rely on its strong defense in this round of the Premier League match against Arsenal to cut off the link between Arsenal's midfield and its powerful striker, and borrow This wins the battle.

When Ferguson was interviewed by reporters before the game, he also said: "Arsenal has a strong strength, especially their lineup has always been complete. Henry is a great striker. He can pose a threat to many teams. Arsenal Nana is indeed ahead, but only for now. The reason we are behind is bad luck. We have lost a lot of main players, but we are getting stronger and stronger. When our main players come back after Christmas, we are still there. There is plenty of time to fight for titles, not to mention our subs have been as strong as of late, we are high spirited and united, we are fighting at Old Trafford, here we will have strong support and we can be ourselves anything you want."

Faced with the provocation of the Manchester United general, Arsenal is naturally not to be outdone.

Wenger sneered at Ruud Van Nistelrooy: "Yes, Arsenal are not as big as Manchester United when buying players. We do often miss some excellent players because of the financial budget, such as Yin in Manchester United. A real talent. But we also miss some players who should be missed because of the budget. Van Nistelrooy is one of them. To be honest, I have never regretted not buying him, even I And often glad to miss him. Looking at the Wiltord we bought, I think the answer is really obvious."

Regarding the upcoming game, Wenger only implicitly expressed his ambition: "What I want to say is that we are in good shape. Of course Ruud van Nistelrooy is a good player, but he is just a player who can only go on a rampage, and we Thierry Henry is an omnipotent genius and I'm sure they all played well because I'm not worried about the result."

Arsenal midfielder Pires also quickly responded. Pires said in an interview with French radio: "In my opinion, because of what happened last season, Manchester United are very afraid of us now. We are confident now, the game The form is also good, and that's the most important thing."

(End of this chapter)