Chapter 748 Arsenal career is over
Europa League, tenth goal.
This is a high number for the entire tournament.
Even in the last few Europa Leagues, this number was almost the ultimate top scorer.
Wang Giroud, the Europa League scorer last season, scored a total of 11 goals.
The previous top scorer, Adulis, only scored 10 goals.
Xia Xing, on the other hand, has only played six group matches and is already standing out from the crowd!
Even "The Times" asked: "Will this season's Europa League become a stage for Xia to shine again?"
There is a reason why many media say that Xia Xing is the standout, not Manchester United.
Because in the two Europa League tournaments they participated in before the summer trip, the team finally won the championship.
Once was with Leicester City in the 2014-2015 season, and once was with Manchester United in the 2016-2017 season.
But don’t forget, Xia Xing’s achievements are more than that.
In the Champions League seasons he participated in, he eventually won the league championship.
This is quite an honor.
Manchester United is now at the top of the Europa League odds list, far ahead of second-placed Arsenal and third-placed Sevilla.
Manchester United's intimidation is unstoppable.
At the end of six rounds, he scored 18 points and won six consecutive victories.
AZ Alkmaar, who lost to Manchester United 0-5 in the first round, was ridiculed by countless fans, but had the last laugh.
In the final battle, they drew with their rival Partizan Belgrade, successfully retained the second place in the group, and successfully broke through.
In other groups, there were almost no unpopular results this time.
Arsenal, Porto, Roma, Sevilla, Basel, Celtic and other strong teams have advanced.
However, for Manchester United, the strongest opponent may not be these teams, but the third place eliminated from the Champions League group stage.
Such as Inter Milan.
Inter Milan is in excellent form this season, winning consecutive victories in domestic competition.
However, due to fighting on multiple fronts, they narrowly lost in the Champions League and ultimately failed to retain the second place in the group.
In addition to Inter Milan, there are also many strong teams such as Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica, Ajax, Olympiacos, etc. that have entered the Europa League.
This made the next knockout round full of twists and turns.
In the first round, they will face the Spanish team from La Liga.
This opponent is not strong, which is a trivial matter for Manchester United.
But I didn't expect that two months later, these two rounds would become the most watched games in this Europa League.
Even more than the finals...
But for Manchester United now, it doesn't matter.
Anyway, no matter who the opponent is, just do it.
After all, they are now back to killing Europe.
This kill, of course, includes the league.
In this season's Premier League games, Manchester United is under a lot of pressure.
Because their bench is not deep enough, many young players in the team lack enough continuous experience.
Regardless of physical distribution or status adjustment, it is a great test for them.
But even so, Manchester United still blocks and kills gods and Buddhas!
At the beginning of the league, they even defeated Chelsea, Manchester City and Leicester City, and they were all big wins.
In the next few games, even in the double-match week of the Europa League, Manchester United played very well.
Facing Arsenal in the 10th round of the league, Manchester United once again scored a big victory.
Arsenal also played very actively in this game and scored the first goal.
Aubameyang is in excellent form this season. Until now, he has maintained a super high efficiency of one goal per game.
The same is true for this game.
After receiving Xhaka's pass in the middle, he suddenly accelerated and sprinted!
At this moment, he seemed to be possessed by Henry and rushed towards the Manchester United half!
At this time, neither Maguire nor Lindelof could prevent his swiftness!
Get out of the way on the penalty area line and shoot low!
The ball hit the net!
1 is better than 0!
Arsenal scores first!
Eight minutes later, it was Aubameyang's wonderful breakthrough again, but this time he chose to cross!
Center forward Lacazette received the ball in front of the goal, made a slight adjustment, and calmly pushed the ball! The ball hits the net again!
2 is better than 0!
With two goals in hand, Emery breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines.
Before this game, countless media had already started to spread the news.
If Emery loses to Manchester United, he will be fired directly.
Now, he has reached the edge of the cliff.
Whether you take a step back to save your life, or whether you are pushed directly by your opponent, it is today.
Now, the team is leading 2-0, which makes him feel good.
But soon, he couldn't be happy anymore.
In the 43rd minute of the game, Xia Xing passed a free kick from the right and accurately found Greenwood who was advancing.
Greenwood shot in front of the goal and into the net!
2 is better than 1!
Manchester United gets a goal back!
And just three minutes later, in the second minute of stoppage time, Manchester United had another good opportunity!
It’s also Xia Xing’s free kick assist!
Corner kick passed, Maguire headed the goal!
The ball hit the net hard!
2 is better than 2!
Manchester United equalized the score!
At this time, Arsenal's momentum was low.
In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Before they could adjust their mentality, they conceded the goal again.
It was Xia Xing who controlled the ball in the middle again and moved forward quickly.
This time he was not fast and was obviously waiting for his teammates to move.
The front tridents accelerated at the same time, and three arrows fired in unison!
Arsenal's defense is under great pressure!
But in the end, Xia Xing didn't pass it to the three of them, but suddenly hit him horizontally!
Fred, who was following behind, caught the ball, made some adjustments, and hit the goal with a heavy kick!
The ball hit the net!
3 is better than 2!
Excited Xia Xing hugged Fred tightly!
"Man, I discovered that you can shoot from a distance now!"
"Haha, I'm just lucky!"
“Luck is also a skill!”
Fred scored a goal due to good luck, but he was not the only one with good luck in this game.
In the 79th minute of the game, Xia Xing organized in the middle and distributed the ball to the right.
Wan-Bissaka dribbled the ball forward and made a cross!
But unexpectedly, the ball deflected a little, and instead of finding Greenwood in the middle, it turned in the air and hit David Luiz on the head.
bounced into the net.
Own goals!
4 is better than 2!
Manchester United expands its lead!
At this time, Emery's face looked very ugly on the side of the court.
But at this time, he had used up all the substitution quotas, and had no choice but to watch and worry.
With a two-goal lead, Solskjaer is constantly making adjustments.
In the 80th minute of the game, Lingard replaced Rashford.
And less than ten minutes after he appeared on the scene, he made a contribution.
In the 89th minute of the game, Lingard, who came on as a substitute, received a response from Greenwood and blasted a shot from outside the penalty area, hitting the net again!
5 is better than 2!
Manchester United has completely won!
Looking at the cheering Manchester United players on the field, the Arsenal soldiers were in extremely low mood.
Emery was no longer anxious on the sidelines at this time. He sat back on the coaching bench and even closed his eyes.
My Arsenal career is over... (End of chapter)
