Chapter 654: 49 Undefeated Matches

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea tried to equalize the score as soon as possible and launched a fierce offensive, but just like the scene in the last stage of the first half, facing Manchester United's midfield strangulation tactics, Chelsea found it difficult to launch a truly threatening attack.

Kante's midfield coverage is very large, and most importantly, he has a helper in Herrera today.

Kante is the main player and Herrera is the auxiliary player. The two of them complement each other in midfield sweeping and intercepting.

Moreover, if the situation is urgent, Mbappe will even return to the position of full-back, and Luke Shaw will move to the midfield to participate in the strangulation.

This is very difficult for Chelsea.

Especially Bruno, as the new World Footballer of the Year, this kid is just crazy: when defending, he actively counter-robs, and even retreats all the way to his own half. Then when attacking, he tries his best to press forward.

Which world footballer would work so hard?

He's totally a blue-collar midfielder!

Then, five minutes later and in the 65th minute of the game, Luke Shaw made a cross from the flank, Rashford's header was saved by Kepa, Mbappe's shot was blocked by David Luiz, Harry Kane passed the ball to Herrera, who passed it across the goal, and Bruno shot with his left foot.

Bruno's second goal went into Kepa's goal, and Manchester United led Chelsea 3:1 away.

"This is Bruno's 10th goal in the league! The crazy World Footballer of the Year is constantly refreshing our understanding of a talented all-around midfielder with his goals!"

"In the summer of 2016, Manchester United spent a whopping million euros to bring this super genius who broke the monopoly of the two great players on world football to Old Trafford. At that time, many people had doubts about the transfer! But in the past two seasons, Bruno has conquered Manchester United fans and the world with his impeccable performance!"

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Commentators from various countries were talking about Bruno and praising him.

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Trailing 1:3, Sarri could no longer sit still and started making substitutions.

Spanish striker Pedro came on as a substitute, replacing Brazilian winger Willian. French veteran Giroud came on as a substitute, replacing Lukaku.

Sarri's substitutions were still very effective.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Giroud's header was saved by De Gea and Chelsea got a corner kick. Pedro took the corner kick, and several Chelsea players ran to tear open the Manchester United defense. Rudiger, who was unguarded, scored with a powerful header in front of the small penalty area.

"2:3! Chelsea is only one goal behind."

There was cheers at Stamford Bridge. There was still time in the game and Chelsea still had time to turn the tables.

Mourinho was very dissatisfied with the goal. When Chelsea took a corner kick, Manchester United players were all attracted by Giroud, which led to the loss of German central defender Rudiger.

Mourinho decided to make a substitution, Herrera was substituted and Fred came on as a substitute. Harry Kane was also substituted and Mata came on as a substitute, and Manchester United changed to 442.

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In the 83rd minute of the game, Mbappe made a diagonal pass and Mata took the ball and pushed it forward.

Bruno is outside the penalty area and he is ready to receive the ball.

David Luiz rushed up to defend, and Bruno pretended to pass the ball horizontally, which made David Luiz believe it and he rushed forward to intercept.

At this moment, the World Footballer of the Year suddenly used his heel to knock the ball behind him. The ball stuck to Giroud's feet, rolled rapidly, and easily penetrated Chelsea's defense.

Rashford received the ball unmarked!

"So beautiful! This is Bruno!! This is the World Footballer of the Year!!!"

No one expected that Bruno, with Giroud between him and him, seemed to have eyes behind him and sent the ball clearly to the unguarded Rashford.

Rudiger rushed towards Rashford in a hurry.

Rashford did not give the opponent a chance to intercept him, he kicked the ball, the ball stuck to the grass, quickly rolled past Kepa who fell to the ground to save the ball, and went into the net.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!!!"

"The fourth one! Oh my God! It's incredible, Manchester United changed the score to 4:2! This almost helped Manchester United secure the victory, this may very well be a goal that sets a new record!"

The three stands of Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium fell into silence, only the Manchester United fans on one stand burst into huge cheers.

As the commentator said, this was almost the winning goal.

On the field, Manchester United players were celebrating wildly while Chelsea players stood still. This goal dealt a huge psychological blow to Chelsea players.

They played well today and kept fighting tenaciously, but in this situation, they still couldn't stop Manchester United from scoring goals, which was very frustrating.

In the home team's coaching booth, Sarri covered his face with his hands. The disappointment and frustration in the Italian's heart at this moment are difficult to describe in words.

If Chelsea want to break Manchester United's unbeaten streak, they need to score three goals in the remaining time, which is too difficult.

This goal was almost equivalent to announcing that Manchester United would step on Chelsea's corpse and tie Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record.

This made Sarri and Chelsea players feel very bitter and uncomfortable.

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Before kicking off again from the center circle, Mourinho made his team's last substitution. Mbappe was replaced by veteran Ashley Young to play as a full-back.

Luke Shaw moved to the left center back position, forming a three-man defense with Maguire and Van Dijk. In front of them were the double defensive midfielders with strong sweeping abilities, Kante and Fred.

Manchester United's formation also changed to 541.

Rashford was alone in the front, with Bruno and Mata organizing the attack behind him and supplying him with ammunition.

Chelsea pressed forward on almost all fronts. They no longer expected to stop Manchester United from equalizing the record. All they wanted now was to score more goals. This was Chelsea's last bit of stubborn dignity.

Chelsea scored another goal in the 96th minute. Azpilicueta made a cross from the right, David Luiz headed the ball from the left side of the penalty area and hit the far post and bounced back. Rudiger's close-range header was barely saved by De Gea, and Barkley scored from close range, changing the score to 2:4.

However, this no longer affects the outcome of the game.

Half a minute later, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

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When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Manchester United fans in the away stands burst into crazy and excited cheers.

On Manchester United's bench, the players also rushed into the field shouting "Ulala" and began their celebration.

"Game over, game over!" He Wei shouted. "Manchester United beat Chelsea 4-2 away from home thanks to a brace from Bruno, the FIFA World Player of the Year, and goals from Harry Kane and Rashford. They set a -game unbeaten streak, tying Arsenal's record. This is a record night for Manchester United, Mourinho and Bruno!"

"Chelsea didn't play badly today, but Manchester United was even better, especially Bruno. The World Footballer of the Year was in great form, scoring two goals and making one assist. Congratulations to Mourinho, he has engraved his and his team's names in the history of the Premier League! When Arsenal created the 14-game unbeaten streak, people in England were exclaiming that this was a record that could never be chased. years later, Mourinho's Manchester United did it!"

Mourinho did not celebrate with the players, he walked towards Sarri.

Despite losing the game and letting the opponent tie the longest unbeaten record in Premier League history, Sarri must feel very uncomfortable inside, but he still remains very graceful.

"This is a result that makes me uncomfortable." Sarri shook hands with Mourinho, "But it was a wonderful game, congratulations, you set a record."

"Just tying a great record," Mourinho said with a smile.

Mourinho patted Sarri on the shoulder and stopped saying any useless words of comfort.

Watching Mourinho turn and leave and be surrounded by Manchester United players, who grabbed their head coach and threw him into the air to celebrate, Sarri shook his head, smiled bitterly, and also walked into the stadium. He wanted to comfort his lost players.

In the stands of Stamford Bridge, Chelsea fans were leaving one after another. In the away stands, Manchester United fans held up a banner that read: 49!

The camera swept over and saw Manchester United fans cheering and celebrating, while the owner of the stadium left the field dejectedly.

King's return!

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At the press conference after the game, the media focused on Mourinho, who led Manchester United to tie Arsenal's 49-match unbeaten record. He was showered with compliments and flattery.

This left Sarri, the head coach of the home team Chelsea, in the cold.

Sarri had a calm expression and watched all this with great composure.

Mourinho was thoughtful and turned the topic to Arsenal, the predecessor of this record, praising the glory of Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record that they created that year.

"I saw the news on TV and was shocked," Mourinho said with a smile. "I thought it was incredible."

After praising Arsenal, Mourinho began to praise Chelsea today. He praised Chelsea for their excellent play today. If it weren't for the lack of time, Chelsea might have equalized the score.

Although some reporters curled their lips, even if Chelsea equalized the score and Manchester United's three points became one point, they would still tie Arsenal's 49-game unbeaten record.

But no matter what, Sarri, who lost the game, behaved very well, and Mourinho, who won the game and tied the record, was also very graceful.

At the end of the press conference, Mourinho and Sarri shook hands and hugged, looking harmonious. As for what the two parties were thinking, there is no way to know.

After the press conference, the entire Manchester United team left the stadium and returned to the hotel to rest.

The media has learned that Manchester United has prepared an internal dinner at the hotel where they are staying to celebrate the team's record equaling that of Arsenal.

Almost all the headlines in the newspapers published the next day were about Manchester United, which had remained unbeaten in 49 league games.

Bruno, who scored 2 goals and assisted 1, and head coach Mourinho, these two people's photos are the most frequently used photos on the front page.

Although they only tied Arsenal's record, in today's Premier League, Mourinho and his team were able to tie this record, which was once thought to be difficult to catch up. This is enough to make everyone admire and look at them with new eyes, and no amount of praise is too much.