Chapter 662: Manchester City Duo

The good form of the substitute players gives Mourinho more confidence in his bid for a third consecutive Premier League title and to defend his Champions League title.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the fact that Shakhtar Donetsk had one player sent off at the start of the game and did not pose any challenges to Manchester United's defense throughout the game.

In any case, this is a very rare experience for young Greenwood.

In fact, Mourinho has always believed that for young people, the confidence boost brought by such stable games is far more suitable than taking on tasks in times of crisis.

For young people, being entrusted with a task in a crisis and turning the tide is definitely not a good opportunity to show off, and it may even ruin a young person.

Four days later, Manchester United faced their city rivals Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in the 12th round of the Premier League.

This is another extremely difficult game!

Although Manchester United adopted a comprehensive rotation policy in the Champions League match in the middle of the week, allowing Manchester United's main players to get a good rest, Manchester City defeated Juventus 2:1 after a hard battle at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, catching up with the Zebras in the standings. This caused some physical problems for Manchester City's main players, but such consumption was not fatal at the beginning of the season.

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Etihad Stadium.

When the game reached the 71st minute, Manchester United intercepted the ball in front of the 30-meter area in their own half, and Bruno made a long pass over the top to launch a quick counterattack.

Mbappe sprinted forward at a very fast speed on the left.

"Manchester United launched a counterattack."

"The referee didn't blow the whistle, Mbappe successfully made an offside move!"

Thousands of Manchester United fans throughout the Etihad Stadium cheered and shouted Mbappe's name.

Mbappe quickly caught up on the field and stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area.

Manchester City's right-back Kyle Walker is also very fast in returning to defense. In this game, he has been keeping a close eye on Mbappe.

The two were going one-on-one inside and outside the penalty area.

Facing Mbappe who was approaching with the ball, Kyle Walker treated him as a formidable enemy and took a defensive stance.

However, Kyle Walker still failed to defend and was eaten alive by Mbappe's speed.

As soon as Mbappe rushed into the penalty area, he kicked the ball directly!

"Mbappe shoots straight away!"

"The ball went in!!!"

"In the 91st minute, Manchester United launched a counterattack after Bruno intercepted the ball in the midfield. Mbappe quickly dribbled the ball from the left and rushed into the penalty area. Facing Kyle Walker's defense, Mbappe calmly chose to shoot directly."

"Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson reacted but was unable to stop the ball from going into the net."

After scoring the goal, Mbappe excitedly rushed out of the stadium, ran all the way to the bottom of the stands, and opened his arms towards the fans who supported him in the stands, as if he wanted to hug the fans in the stands.

This earned Mbappe even more enthusiastic applause and cheers.

The teammates behind him also rushed forward and surrounded Mbappe.

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"This was the sixth goal of the game and the third goal of Manchester United. The two sides tied 3:3."

"It can be said that this was a wonderful game. From the beginning of the game, both sides played not conservative at all."

"Mourinho is obviously aware that Manchester United's defense is not solid in the new season. Even if they defend tightly, they may not be able to stop Manchester City's attack, because before this game, Manchester City had scored 11 goals in 33 Premier League games, making it the most powerful offensive team among the 20 Premier League teams."

"So Mourinho chose to go head-to-head, and he is obviously confident in the state and strength of the Manchester United attacking group led by Bruno."

"In the new season, although Manchester United's defense is a bit unstable, the front attack group is still in good shape. In the first 11 league games, they scored 32 goals, only one goal less than Manchester City."

"Bruno lived up to the coach's trust. In the first half, he made a breakthrough on the left and assisted Harry Kane in the middle of the penalty area with a low shot, which hit the goal and equalized the score for Manchester United."

Manchester City took the lead in the 12th minute. Sterling made a cross from the left, Bernardo passed back from the far post, and David Silva shot into the net in front of the small penalty area, scoring the first goal for Manchester City.

In the end, the two sides were tied 1:1 in the first half.

After the start of the second half, Manchester City quickly took the lead. In the 48th minute, Lingard was intercepted by Fernandinho in the midfield, and Aguero and De Bruyne played a wall pass and then shot into the top corner from the top right corner of the small penalty area. De Gea had no reaction.

This was the Argentine striker's ninth goal in a Manchester derby.

Ten minutes later, Manchester United equalized the score again. Bruno sent a penetrating pass from the middle, Harry Kane got the ball on the left side of the penalty area and was tackled by Ederson, and Bruno scored the penalty kick.

Manchester City took the lead again in the 86th minute. Bernardo made a diagonal pass from the right, and De Bruyne, who successfully made an offside, stopped the ball on the edge of the small penalty area and calmly pushed the ball into the net.

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After celebrating the goal with Mbappe, Bruno walked towards the center circle while thinking about the game.

Judging from the one and a half hour game process, Manchester City is indeed stronger.

The midfield composed of De Bruyne and David Silva firmly controlled the ball and had an obvious advantage.

In Manchester United's first 11 league games of the new season, except for the third round where their possession rate was slightly lower than Tottenham, the other 10 games were all around %, including the one against Chelsea.

However, Bruno had anticipated the situation of being at a disadvantage in ball possession in the match against Manchester City. After all, Guardiola's team has never lost in terms of ball possession.

However, this Manchester United team is not bad. The players are active in running and, most importantly, have solid technical skills.

More running means more support and connection, plus Bruno and Gundogan are both technical midfielders, and although Kante is a bit of a workaholic, his footwork is not bad at all, and his passing is also quite thoughtful. In this way, Manchester United's midfield is full of creativity.

With Harry Kane in the front, Rashford on the left and Mbappe on the right, Manchester United's entire midfield and frontcourt attack is quite outstanding.

If we have to point out the shortcomings, it is that the defense is not stable enough. In the new season, the defense, including Maguire and Van Dijk, have all made low-level mistakes.

But precisely because of this, Mourinho resolutely chose to gamble and go out to fight Manchester City.

Such a game is very exhausting, so after 442 minutes, Mourinho replaced Rashford with Lingard and changed the formation to , strengthening the interception and defense in the midfield, but the overall formation remained unchanged.

Sometimes football games are like this, you have to gamble and take risks.

Although Mourinho has always been regarded as the representative of conservative football, he never lacks the spirit of fighting to the bitter end when it comes to taking risks.

However, Manchester United was unlucky this time. When the game was about to end in a 2:2 draw, Manchester City scored again in the 86th minute and took the lead for the third time in the game.

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When Manchester City took the lead for the third time and there was little time left in the game, Mourinho once again showed the courage to fight to the death. He first replaced Gundogan with Mahrez and continued to strengthen the offensive force.

On the field, Manchester United took the initiative, pressing forward and launching a crazy attack.

In this case, there is really no difference between losing 1 goal and losing 2 goals.

Under the powerful offensive of Manchester United, Manchester City's defense line failed to hold and was breached in the first minute of injury time. Bruno assisted Mbappe to score, and the score on the field was rewritten to 3:3.

Manchester United equalized the score almost at the last minute, but Manchester City was unwilling to give up and started a massive counterattack, increasing the intensity of the attack and even pushing up the back line.

However, there was too little time left for Manchester City and they did not have enough time to take the lead for the fourth time.

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When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, everyone in Manchester United breathed a sigh of relief.

The last two minutes of injury time were indeed a bit embarrassing, but fortunately everyone in the team gritted their teeth and held on.

The scoreboard at the Etihad Stadium showed the final score of the game, 3:3.

The home team Manchester City is in front and the visiting team Manchester United is behind.

Although the Manchester City team was mentally prepared to let Manchester United remain unbeaten after Manchester United equalized the score for the third time, when the whistle sounded and Manchester United extended their unbeaten record to 52 games, the Manchester City players were still very frustrated. Many players even hung their heads, looking very painful and sad.

They took the lead three times in the game, but failed to convert the lead into victory, which made them very painful.

Before the game, the whole world believed that Manchester City was the team with the greatest hope of ending Manchester United's unbeaten record. They almost did it in the game, but ultimately fell short.

Manchester United was extremely excited. Their team had once again withstood the test and continued to maintain their unbeaten record.

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Manchester United shockingly fell behind three times and equalized three times, extending their unbeaten record in the Premier League to 52 games. As soon as the game ended, the news quickly spread from Britain to the world.

If Manchester City can't stop Manchester United's progress, who else can end Manchester United?

Is Manchester United really going to break AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten record in the top five leagues again?

In fact, in an interview, Mourinho said: "We do have the strength to challenge AC Milan's record, but every Premier League team is not easy to play, we need to go all out."

Bruno also said in an interview: "We won't think too much, we will just play every game as a final. We have made history by going 52 Premier League games unbeaten, but we are not satisfied, because every step we take next is making history, which will bring unprecedented motivation and courage to me and my teammates."