Chapter 771: Extreme Joy Leads to Sorrow (Continued)

Fortunately, De Gea quickly redeemed himself for his mistake.

This unexpected goal loss dealt a heavy blow to Manchester United's morale, while Everton's morale was greatly boosted and they launched a fierce attack on Manchester United.

Two minutes later, former Manchester United center back Michael Keane made a long pass and De Gea made up for his mistake by saving Calvert-Lewin's shot from 10 yards.

Manchester United, having gained a foothold, launched a counterattack.

In the 8th minute of the game, Fred cut into the penalty area from the left and his cross was blocked. Bruno's shot from 20 yards hit the crossbar.

Although the ball did not go in, it still made tens of thousands of Everton fans at Goodison Park sweat.

Manchester United continued to attack, but Rashford, Kante and Mbappe missed opportunities consecutively, and Everton struggled to maintain its lead.

Manchester United equalized in the 31st minute. Kante passed the ball and Bruno shot into the bottom left corner from 30 yards on the left, changing the score to 1:1.

The second half of the game was in a stalemate. Although both sides created some opportunities, neither side was able to seize them.

Everton almost scored a winning goal during injury time.

In the 92nd minute, Calvert-Lewin's shot from the right side of the penalty area hit Maguire's body and deflected into the lower right corner, but Sigurdsson, who was lying on the ground, interfered in an offside position and VAR ruled the goal invalid.

Everton head coach Ancelotti expressed his dissatisfaction with the fourth referee and his words were somewhat disrespectful. He was shown a red card by the referee.

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In the end, Manchester United tied Liverpool in points after playing two more games, and temporarily surpassed Liverpool with a goal difference advantage, rising to the top of the standings.

However, Manchester United only stayed at the top of the table for less than four hours.

With Liverpool's 26-1 away win over Norwich in the 0th round of the Premier League, Liverpool has regained the top spot in the standings with a 3-point advantage and one game less than Manchester United.

After returning to the top of the Premier League standings, a large number of Liverpool fans went to Everton's official website to leave messages, thanking their city rivals for blocking Liverpool's number one rival, and said that if Liverpool could eventually win the Premier League title this season, Everton would definitely be the number one contributor to Liverpool's victory.

This made Everton fans very depressed, as they could not feel the joy of drawing with the powerful Manchester United at home at all.

Of course, many Everton fans also retorted, saying that Liverpool players should not be too cocky. It is only February and there are still almost three months until the end of the season. They should be careful not to be too excited and end up being reversed by Manchester United.

It is still unknown whether Liverpool will be overjoyed and then be reversed by Manchester United, but something that made Liverpool fans feel that joy would turn into sorrow did happen.

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On the evening of February 2th, local time in Europe, Liverpool challenged Atalanta away in the Champions League knockout round. Just four minutes into the game, Atalanta captain Gomez's long-range shot was extremely threatening and slightly higher than the crossbar.

Four minutes later, Pasalic's solo shot once again tested Liverpool's goalkeeper.

At the beginning of the game, there was a lot of panic in front of Liverpool's goal.

In the 16th minute of the game, the score was rewritten. With the assist from Atalanta captain Gomez, Hartbauer scored in front of the goal, helping the home team to lead 1:0.

At the end of the first half, Pasalic assisted Ilicic to score a world-class goal, and Atalanta entered the halftime break with a 2:0 advantage.

After the change of sides, Atalanta's offensive continued. In the 57th minute, Froyler performed a Robben-style cut inside and shot a curved world wave near the corner of the penalty area, which goalkeeper Alisson could not reach.

Just 6 minutes later, Pasalic assisted Hartbauer to score his second goal. Atalanta led by 4 goals at home and almost had one foot in the door of the Champions League quarterfinals.

In the 66th minute, Salah helped Liverpool pull one back, but with a three-goal deficit, it would be hard to reverse the situation even if Liverpool returned to their home court.

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This was a big upset that shocked Europe and even the world of football!

You know, the two teams in the game are Liverpool, which is invincible in the Premier League, has won 26 games in 25 league games and created the longest 17-game winning streak in team history, while the other team is Atalanta, which is only ranked fourth in Serie A and luckily advanced at the last minute in the group stage.

Before the game, public opinion was almost unanimously in support of Liverpool. After all, Liverpool was too strong this season. Even Manchester United was suppressed by them, not to mention Atalanta, who was defeated twice by Manchester United in the group stage.

But when the results came out, I was so shocked that my glasses fell to the ground.

Even the Everton fans who warned Liverpool players before the game to be careful of excessive joy and tragedy were a little dumbfounded. They really didn't expect that their words would come true and Liverpool really suffered a devastating defeat.

This week, not only did Liverpool suffer a defeat in the Champions League, but another Premier League team, Tottenham, also lost 0-1 at home to Juventus led by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Liverpool and Tottenham, who were dominating the Champions League last season and performed very well in the group stage, both suffered defeats in the first round of the knockout stage. This was really surprising.

But this was actually foreshadowed.

The extremely inward-looking Premier League has caused a lot of internal friction. Although Liverpool has performed very strongly in the Premier League, winning 26 consecutive games in 25 rounds, which is invincible, they still have not been able to establish an absolute advantage in the standings. Manchester United is still biting them tightly, which makes them look very tired after going to the European arena. The loss is not surprising, the only surprise is that they lost so badly.

As for Tottenham, their performance this season has been very sluggish. Although their performance rebounded around Christmas, they are currently only ranked seventh in the Premier League standings. Facing the Serie A powerhouse Juventus, it was not surprising that they lost.

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On the evening of February 2, the first match of the 21th round of the Premier League was played, with Manchester United hosting the Hornets Watford at home.

Watford is in a very bad situation at the moment and they are deep in the relegation zone.

Away from home, Watford played very conservatively, hoping to take away 1 point from the Millennium Stadium through defense.

Although Manchester United's attack was fierce, it was not until the 42nd minute that Manchester United took the lead. Bruno broke into the left side of the penalty area and was tackled by Foster. He took the penalty kick himself and shot low into the bottom right corner of the net.

This was Bruno's 33rd goal in the Premier League this season and his 10th penalty kick in the Premier League this season.

Manchester United extended the lead in the 58th minute. Bruno made a straight pass and Rashford faced three people blocking him on the left side of the penalty area and shot into the empty goal from a small angle, 3:2.

Manchester United sealed the victory in the 75th minute. Greenwood, who came on as a substitute, made a wall pass with Bruno in a counterattack and shot into the top left corner from 14 yards, making it 3:0.