Chapter 791 5 Kill

Chapter 791 Pentakill

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea took advantage of their first kick-off to launch an attack on Manchester United, and continued to exert pressure to take the initiative on the field.

Mourinho curled his lips. He really didn't realize that Lampard was not satisfied with the 1:0 lead and even wanted to score a goal. He looked down on his master so much.

Yes, although Manchester United is one man short, Mourinho is still confident in his team, and Manchester United with ten men is not something Chelsea can underestimate.

Chelsea's attacking tactics are very simple, they frequently use the side to cross the ball to find the middle. Chelsea's French center Giroud is 33 meters tall and has the best header ability in the world. Although he is years old, he is still a well-known aerial master in the world football today.

However, Mourinho is not worried about the team's air defense. Manchester United's two central defenders, Van Dijk and Maguire, are both of good height and have excellent heading ability.

In addition, Dutch defender Luke Shaw is also good at heading the ball, so even though Chelsea's attack from high balls on the wing was very lively, they were unable to really threaten Manchester United's goal.

"If it were me, I would focus on the middle," Mourinho said to his assistant Faria. "We only have Kante in the middle, and this could be a breakthrough."

Faria mused: "Why doesn't Frank do that?"

Faria, Mourinho's assistant for many years, is very familiar with Lampard and is somewhat puzzled by this.

"This is the difference between an average coach and a talented coach," Mourinho said with a smile. "An average coach will only use the fixed tactics he has developed for the team and will not come up with a better plan on the spot."

Faria ignored the shameless guy and asked, "What if Chelsea really does this?"

Mourinho said proudly: "Don't worry, we have Kante."

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Jorginho tried to pass the ball straight to William, but his passing intention was predicted by Kante and the pass was intercepted by Kante, and Manchester United took the opportunity to launch a counterattack!

Kante passed the ball to Bruno, but Bruno did not choose to dribble the ball himself, but made a long pass forward!

In the frontcourt, Harry Kane held off Chelsea defender Azpilicueta, he jumped high and headed the ball, which flew diagonally to the back.

There, Rashford is plugging in at high speed!

Chelsea were obsessed with scoring another goal, so they pressed very high. At this time, the only two players in Chelsea's backcourt were central defenders Zouma and Rudiger.

Chelsea goalkeeper Caballero was so angry that he jumped up and shouted for help.

He didn't notice it when Chelsea was pressing just now, but now that he reacted, he was very panicked: Why is our backcourt so empty?

"I'll go ahead." Zouma stepped forward and signaled Rudiger to stay behind as the last line of defense.

Zouma decisively chose to commit a tactical foul. After all, there was Rudiger behind him, so at most he would get a yellow card, not a red card.

Faced with Rashford's breakthrough, Zouma chose to slide, but the French defender underestimated Rashford's agility and technique. Before Zouma's sliding tackle touched the football, the ball was poked away by Rashford. Then the young Manchester United star jumped lightly and avoided Zouma's flying tackle.

"Pretty!"

"Breakthrough!"

Rashford drove the ball straight into the game, and Harry Kane was running. He raised his arm to signal Rashford that he could pass the ball.

Rashford, who had already dribbled into the penalty area, took a look at the situation in the penalty area and chose to sweep the ball out.

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"Manchester United's counterattack... Rashford is very fast! Beautiful, Zouma was broken through - Rashford, he passed the ball! Harry Kane, shot! It was saved... Follow-up shot!!" Andy Gray spoke very quickly, like a machine gun, and the audience's hearts were lifted.

Harry Kane held off Rudiger and shot in front of the goal, but Chelsea goalkeeper Caballero made a beautiful save. He stretched out his legs to block the ball, and it bounced up.

Before Chelsea could clear the ball, Mbappe rushed up quickly and shot the ball into the net with a shovel shot!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

On the sidelines, the players on Manchester United's bench cheered, and Mourinho also clapped loudly. His tactics were correct.

Lampard's face did not look good. He was still thinking about expanding the score and striving to defeat Manchester United by a large margin, but he did not expect that Manchester United would equalize the score now.

Lampard was also overwhelmed when thinking about Manchester United's sharp counterattack.

At this time, he finally came to his senses. He realized that even if one of their players was sent off early, Manchester United was still not someone that Chelsea could defeat in one fell swoop, as they were the overlords of the Premier League.

Pad decided to play it safe, and the score of 1:1 was also good. If the score remained at this level, the game would go into overtime or even a penalty shootout.

At present, Manchester United and Liverpool are competing fiercely for the league championship. Lampard believes that if it really comes to overtime, the situation will favor Chelsea.

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Following Lampard's order, Chelsea began to shrink their defense.

Manchester United became more and more courageous as the game went on, and began to attack Chelsea's goal frequently, and their offensive began to rise.

After failing to break through for a long time, Mourinho chose to give it a try. He replaced Cancelo with Mata, and Manchester United changed its formation to 333 and continued to exert pressure.

This substitution and gambling-style attack paid off. In the 86th minute of the game, Manchester United got a chance for a set piece in the frontcourt. Bruno took the free kick into the penalty area. Harry Kane headed the ball and the ball hit his back and bounced up. Chelsea defender Azpilicueta did not clear the ball completely, and Mata rushed up and kicked the ball. The ball suddenly jumped up and flew into the net over the goalkeeper's left hand.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"

"2:1! 2:1! Juan Mata! Juan Mata! This former Chelsea player helped his new club defeat his old club!"

"What's interesting is that it was Manchester United's head coach Mourinho who sold Mata to Manchester United. Now Mourinho is taking Mata with him and may be able to complete a five-kill against Chelsea in one season!"

"Mourinho's substitutions and adjustments have had a miraculous effect. Mata scored a goal and Manchester United reversed the score. This is really unexpected. Manchester United was one man short for nearly 80 minutes, but now they have reversed the score!"

On the sidelines, Mourinho raised his fists to the sky. Behind him, people in the coaching and substitutes' benches rushed out, fist pumping and cheering.

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The next day, The Guardian published a photo of Manchester United coach Mourinho raising his fists to the sky in celebration, with the excited Manchester United players running past him in the background...

"Nothing can stop them!"

The Guardian highly praised this victory. Thanks to goals from Mbappe and Mata, Manchester United reversed the game 2:1 and won despite being one man down for more than minutes, reaching the FA Cup final for five consecutive years.

At the same time, this is also the fifth time that Manchester United has defeated Chelsea this season. They have achieved a pentakill against Chelsea, the former nemesis of Manchester United, in the four events of the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and European Super Cup!

Although this game was won with great difficulty, it is precisely because we were able to win the game under such difficult circumstances that the Manchester United media and fans can proudly say: Nothing can stop Manchester United from moving forward!

However, the Guardian's bold words were soon slapped in the face by reality: in the 37th round of the Premier League, Manchester United failed to beat West Ham United at home!

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On the afternoon of July 7, a key match of the 22th round of the Premier League kicked off at the Millennium Stadium.

Since this game was less than 70 hours apart from the FA Cup semi-final, and the Premier League has maintained a high intensity of two games a week since the resumption, Mourinho had to rotate Manchester United's lineup in this game, but Bruno continued to start.

Manchester United launched an aggressive attack after the opening. Although winning this game does not guarantee Manchester United to win the league championship in advance, the Red Devils still hope to keep the three points at home. In that case, in the final round at the King Power Stadium, unless Manchester United loses more than a dozen goals, they will be able to win the championship smoothly.

Moreover, in everyone's opinion, West Ham United, which is deep in the relegation zone, cannot stop Manchester United's progress!

In the 3rd minute of the game, Bruno passed the ball, Mahrez's powerful shot from the right side of the penalty area was saved by Fabianski, and then Greenwood's follow-up shot from the edge of the penalty area was also saved.

Five minutes later, Manchester United's offensive came back. Bruno and Mata passed the ball, and Mahrez shot from 25 yards but missed.

Mahrez then passed the ball and Bruno's shot in front of the penalty area also went wide.

Until the first half entered injury time, although Manchester United had firm control of the situation, they were unable to take the lead.

During injury time, Noble took a free kick, Rice fired a heavy shot and hit McTominay's arm. The referee awarded a penalty kick, Antonio deceived De Gea and scored, and Manchester United fell behind 0:1 at home.

Although Manchester United equalized the score with a goal scored by Greenwood six minutes into the second half, facing West Ham United, who set up a solid defense and vowed to get one point away from home to avoid relegation, the Manchester United attacking group led by Bruno was at a loss.

In the end, Manchester United drew 1:1 with West Ham United at home, and the Hammers got 1 point as they wished and successfully avoided relegation one round in advance. However, Manchester United's wish to continue to maintain 3 points before the final round was shattered.

Manchester United's defeat at home gave Liverpool great motivation. Two hours later, they defeated Chelsea 5-3 in a strong match at Anfield, narrowing the gap with Manchester United to 1 point.

The battle for the Premier League title remains suspenseful until the last round!

In the last round, both Manchester United and Liverpool will play away games. Manchester United will be visiting the King Power Stadium to challenge Leicester City, which has performed well this season and is currently ranked fifth in the standings and still has hopes of competing for a Champions League spot. Liverpool will be visiting St. James' Park to challenge Newcastle, which is ranked 13th in the standings and has no desire at the moment.

We will have to wait for 4 days to find out who will win the Premier League title!