Chapter 387 Theme: Bloodbath

On the first weekend of November, the 11th round of the Premier League begins one after another.

Manchester City, who took the lead in the battle, was the first to suffer a minor upset. In a 1:1 draw with Middlesbrough at home, former Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes made several saves, Aguero broke the deadlock, and Deron equalized in stoppage time. Manchester City has three consecutive draws at home in the Premier League. After 3 league rounds, Blue Moon has only achieved a record of 11 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. With 2 points, they have dropped to fifth place in the Premier League standings. In this case, they are 21 points behind Manchester United at the top of the table.

However, Chelsea, who played subsequently, did not repeat the same mistakes as Manchester City. In a strong dialogue, they bloodbathed Toffees Everton 5:0 at Stamford Bridge.

After a short period of confusion, Conte's team regained its strong fighting strength. In the first 11 league rounds, it achieved an excellent record of 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, rising to second place in the standings.

At noon on Sunday, in the North London Derby at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal and their arch-rival Tottenham tied 1:1. The two teams were ranked with 7 points with 3 wins, 1 draws and 24 loss respectively, and 5 points with 6 wins, 21 draws. Fourth and sixth in the standings.

Although Tottenham is the only team in the Premier League that has not suffered a defeat, too many draws have prevented them from getting a good ranking.

Liverpool, who played immediately, staged a massacre at Anfield. Coutinho and Firmino passed and shot, new aid Mane scored twice, Emre Can and Wijnaldum each scored, and the Red Army swept Watford 6:1 at home.

With this big victory, Liverpool tied with Chelsea in points and only ranked third in the standings with a goal difference disadvantage.

Chelsea and Liverpool won successively, and both beat their opponents by 5 goals, which put a lot of pressure on Manchester United in front of them. Although the Red Devils are still 2 points ahead with one game in hand, the aggressive red and blue teams let the Manchester United people know that they are not resting easy.

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Before the game starts, the visiting team's dressing room at the Liberty Stadium in Wales.

"Swansea's current situation is very bad. They only scored 10 points in the first 5 rounds, and they are 5 points away from leaving the relegation zone. However, the more such a team is, once the situation is unfavorable, once it loses , but it will collapse in the short term.”

"I only have one request for this game, win the game!"

"Come up, come up, kick the Yankee's ass for me," Mourinho shouted, pointing to the locker room door.

Meanwhile, in the home team's locker room.

"The team is in difficulty, and we need a stronger will to change our current situation! Manchester United is very strong, but judging from the recent games, they have only won 1:0, and their state has gone far. Not as good as the beginning of the season.”

"Boys, victory is not impossible!"

"Let our road to relegation start today! Win the game and kill Manchester United!" Bob Bradley is not actually a coach who is good at passionate pep talks, but when he said these words today , the mood is high, full of enthusiasm, and the words are always exciting.

The game has started and Mourinho is sitting on the coaching bench, studying Swansea's starting lineup today.

Swan Sea's starting goalkeeper today is Fabianski. This did not go beyond Mourinho's expectations. This former Arsenal goalkeeper never made his mark with the Gunners. He was first suppressed by veteran Lehmann, who retired. Later, he was suppressed by Szczesny, and he has been Swansea's main goalkeeper until he joined Swansea two years ago.

In defense, Mourinho is focusing on Swansea's young Dutch defender Van der Horn. This 24-year-old defender was introduced by Swansea from the Dutch giant Ajax this summer and joined. Good performance after Swansea.

In addition, in the midfield and frontcourt, Swansea player Ki Sung-yong is also the target of Mourinho's attention. This Korean has good skills. His excellent skills make him very distinctive when intercepting. His intercepting movements It's not big but the effect is very good. This makes Ji Chengyong rarely get cards. In addition, when Ji Chengyong presses, he also has organizational skills. He is good at defense and has a long-range shot. This player is very good at both offense and defense. Difficult.

In addition, the Icelandic Sigurdsson in the frontcourt is also very good, and the Spanish striker Llorente on the front line is also in very good form recently, so be careful.

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Regarding this game, Liverpool and Chelsea are also paying attention.

Conte said he would like to see Manchester United lose on the road, but even a draw would be good.

Liverpool head coach Klopp previously refused to predict the outcome of the game in an interview with the media. He said that he was not very interested in this game and that Liverpool just had to be themselves.

At this moment, on the Liverpool side, Liverpool head coach Klopp summoned the entire team to watch the game.

Well, Klopp has no interest in this game, he is only interested in Mourinho.

After the game started, Swansea played very actively at home.

"What do you think?" Klopp asked his coaching staff.

"Bradley wants to replace defense with offense." Assistant coach Peter Kravitz said. "His purpose is very clear. He uses the offense to compress Manchester United's space and keep the threat away from his own goal."

"However, Manchester United's quick counterattack is very sharp. I don't think this is a good strategy." Another assistant coach Pep Lijnders said.

At this moment, the commentator's excited voice shouted: "Counterattack, counterattack!"

Everyone looked up.

"goooooooooooool! Bruno! Bruno! Bruno! Beautiful, I want to applaud this goal. The whole goal process was very exciting, the counterattack was very fast, Rooney sent a through ball, and Bruno passed two Swansea players in succession. The shot was successful and Swansea's defense was completely penetrated."

"Peter, what do you think?" Klopp asked Peter Kravitz.

Kravitz is the assistant coach who has been with Klopp the longest. He has been playing alongside Klopp since Uncle Zha coached at Mainz 05 and Dortmund.

The Liverpool coach is known by his nickname "The Eye", which reflects his attention to detail. A lot of his work is done behind the scenes, focusing on analysis, scouting and set-pieces.

"Manchester United has a strong offensive ability, so they dare to attack their opponents, but -" Kravitz paused, "The most difficult thing for this team to deal with is when they insist on defensive counterattacks."

Klopp asked: "So?"

"Now Manchester United leads 1:0, they can defend and counterattack with more confidence. Bradley is not Mourinho's opponent." Peter Kravitz said.

"I don't think so," Lijnders said. "Bradley's team defends very well and has a bright offense. I'm optimistic about their comeback at home."

Some other members of the coaching staff support Lijnders, while others agree with Kravitz. But no one knew that Manchester United's goal kicked off another bloodbath in this round of competition.