Chapter 786 Great Victory

Eddie Howe knew he couldn't hesitate at this time, so he made a decision immediately: Continue! Attack!

The goal just lost was just an accident. The opponent caught Bournemouth off guard.

Of course, the more crucial reason is that Bournemouth’s current situation is very bad. They have only got 27 points and are currently ranked 19th in the Premier League. The pressure to avoid relegation is very high.

Of course, Bournemouth's hopes of staying in the league are not small, as they are only 17 point behind Watford in 1th place and may escape the relegation zone at any time.

In this round of matches, their relegation rival Aston Villa will face Liverpool away, and another relegation rival Watford will challenge Chelsea away at Stamford Bridge. This is an excellent opportunity for Bournemouth to escape the relegation zone.

"Adam." Eddie Howe called the name of the team's right back Adam Smith, "Keep attacking! We have to take advantage of their relaxed mentality after scoring a goal and try to equalize the score as soon as possible!"

"I understand, coach!" Adam Smith said with a gloomy face.

The root cause of the goal lost just now was that his pass was intercepted, and he is very angry now.

"Tell Jefferson (Lerma) to be careful of their counterattacks!" Eddie Howe did not forget to remind his players, "They are very fast!"

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After the game resumed, Mourinho soon noticed that Bournemouth did not shrink their defense but continued to attack.

The only change is that their defensive midfielder Lerma did not press too close like before, but stayed in the midfield as an intercepting barrier.

Mourinho sneered, how stupid! Manchester United's attack in today's game was mainly to fully utilize the speed of the two wings. You only rely on a defensive midfielder, not to mention whether this player can defend the center, even if he can, what can he do?

Most importantly, Bournemouth's right-back Adam Smith did not learn any lesson at all. He continued to frequently make assists and even pressed further forward than before.

Mourinho walked to the sidelines, blew a whistle, and saw the team captain Bruno looking at him, so Mourinho raised three fingers.

This is the signal for an all-out attack!

After receiving Mourinho's instructions, Manchester United suddenly exerted force and began to attack Bournemouth's goal.

At this time, if Bournemouth head coach Eddie Howe chose to retreat and survive, perhaps his team could still hold on. However, Eddie Howe misjudged the situation. Instead, he was very happy about Bournemouth's massive pressure. He believed that after Manchester United attacked, there would be large spaces in their backcourt, which was a good opportunity for Bournemouth to score.

Therefore, what the audience saw next was that both teams seemed to completely ignore defense and began to fight aggressively.

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After a big press, there will indeed be a large space, and indeed there will be goals.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Manchester United once again seized the gap left by Bournemouth's massive attack on the left and launched another quick counterattack.

This time, after a high-speed breakthrough from the left, Rashford cut inside and pretended to take a long shot, but instead passed the ball beautifully to Mbappe who was running in from the right.

The French winger deftly dribbled past Bournemouth left-back Rico and made a cross. Bruno faced the defender and pretended to receive the ball, but cleverly let it go. Harry Kane in the middle leaned against the defender, held his body and sent the ball to the left again, and Rashford followed up with a shot.

It was a low shot, and the ball went through the small door of Bournemouth goalkeeper Ramsdale and into the goal.

More than half an hour into the first half, Manchester United launched another quick counterattack and extended their lead to two goals.

"2:0! Beautiful! Rashford scored a goal, a very smart shot, the goalkeeper had no way to stop it!" said Martin Taylor.

"Manchester United's attack this time once again showed us their counterattack speed! In fact, Bournemouth's return to defense this time was already fast, but the cooperation between Manchester United players was very tacit, all of them passed the ball with one foot, pa pa pa, at a very fast speed, and Bournemouth was completely exhausted from defending!"

"Manchester United has completely taken the initiative. They are two goals ahead of Bournemouth! This is definitely something that Eddie Howe did not expect before the game. His team was completely led by Manchester United from the beginning of the game. Manchester United showed their strength as the overlord of the Premier League and beat Bournemouth without any chance of fighting back!"

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Bournemouth, trailing by two goals, began to collapse.

This was an attack by Manchester United. Lerma fouled Harry Kane in his own backcourt and was shown a yellow card. Manchester United got a free kick opportunity in a good position.

Bruno ran up and shot, the football passed the wall, made a beautiful arc, passed through the fingers of Bournemouth goalkeeper Ramsdale, and flew into the upper right corner of the goal.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!!!!" Andy Gray stood up and shouted, "A world wave! A very exciting free kick directly scored! 3:0! Manchester United has secured the victory!"

"Bruno! Manchester United captain scored twice! This is Bruno's 39th Premier League goal this season. He is very likely to break the Premier League single-season goal record of 2017 goals he set in the 2018-41 season!"

"Bournemouth was completely stunned! They lost their temper after being beaten by Manchester United!"

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At the end of the first half, the score was Manchester United 3:0 Bournemouth at home.

"3:0! Manchester United ended the first half with a three-goal lead. Look at Mr. Eddie Howe, he looks deathly pale. Obviously, Mr. Howe, who won the English Football League's best coach of the decade, knows very well that if Bournemouth loses today's game, their relegation prospects will be very bleak." Martin Taylor said.

At this time, the camera captured a scene where there seemed to be an argument between Bournemouth head coach Eddie Howe and the team's No. 20 player Brooks, and then the latter waved his hand and left.

Mourinho took a look and saw this scene, and he smiled happily.

On the road, Bournemouth were three goals behind at halftime and there seemed to be conflicts within the team. It was extremely difficult for them to turn the tables.

Other people’s bad luck is good news for us and is worth celebrating.

As soon as the second half of the game started, Mourinho smiled and said, "It's going to be fun."

He noticed a change in Bournemouth. No one knew what happened in the Bournemouth locker room during the half-time break. Bournemouth head coach Eddie Howe made a substitution before the start of the second half, replacing No. 14 Brox with No. 20 Groenveld.

The player who came on as a substitute was a striker. It was obvious that Eddie Howe was going to go all out and fight Manchester United away from home.

However, Bournemouth, which increased its strength on the offensive end, did not pose much threat to Manchester United. Instead, Manchester United's wave after wave of attacks put tremendous pressure on Bournemouth's defense.

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In the 53rd minute of the game, Luke Shaw used his speed to eat Adam Smith on the left, then made a cross from the bottom, and Harry Kane shot in front of the goal. The ball was saved by goalkeeper Ramsdale and bounced up, but Mbappe was quick-eyed and quick-footed, and kicked the ball into the Bournemouth goal before the Bournemouth defender cleared the ball.

Although they were already 4 goals behind, Eddie Howe, who was blood-thirsty, refused to accept his fate.

In the 66th minute of the game, Bournemouth made three more substitutions. Billing replaced Solanke, Gosling replaced Stanislas, and Harry Wilson replaced Lewis Cook.

There were three substitutions, all in the midfield and frontcourt. Eddie Howe obviously wanted to make one last desperate effort.

After the league resumed, the Premier League also had new regulations on the number of substitutions, which increased from the previous 3 substitutions to the current 5.

Mourinho was also making substitutions, but he replaced the main players to conserve their energy when he believed the team had already won, while giving the players on the bench a chance to play.

Under such circumstances, all the offensive players in the midfield and frontcourt, including Bruno, were replaced by Mata, Mahrez, Greenwood, Fred and McTominay.

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Although the main attacking players were all withdrawn, Manchester United's scoring goals did not end there.

Greenwood, who came on as a substitute, was very active. He made Bournemouth's central defender uncomfortable and soon received a yellow card.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Mata made a through pass and Greenwood's shot was saved by the goalkeeper. Manchester United got a corner kick opportunity. Mata took the corner kick and Greenwood jumped high and scored with a header.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!!!!"

"5:0! Greenwood scored for Manchester United and they are now leading Bournemouth 5:0!"

In the end, the result of the game was 5:0, and Manchester United won a big victory over Bournemouth at home.

However, Manchester United failed to expand its points advantage in the standings because Liverpool quickly adjusted after the crushing defeat to Manchester City and beat Aston Villa 2-0 at home, continuing to maintain a tie with Manchester United.

In other matches of this round, strong teams basically won. Leicester City beat Crystal Palace 3:0 at home, Arsenal beat Wolves 2:0 away in a strong dialogue, Chelsea beat Watford 3:0 at home, and Tottenham also beat Everton 1:0 at home.

The only surprise was that Manchester City, who had just swept Liverpool 4:0 in the last round, actually lost 0:1 to Southampton away from home!

This has become the biggest microcosm of Manchester City this season. Their performance is very unstable. They can beat Liverpool 4-0, but they can also lose to relegation teams such as Norwich and Southampton.

This instability was also the key factor in Manchester City's early elimination from the Premier League title battle this season!