Chapter 812: The Unbeatable Body is Broken

Chapter 812: The Unbeatable Body is Broken

Manchester United's away game against Burnley is the penultimate game of this round. The remaining game is Manchester City's home game against Aston Villa. According to the current situation, this game has been postponed.

The fact is that the Premier League originally planned to postpone the match between Manchester United and Burnley, but Manchester United took into account that the schedule of this season has been severely compressed and the subsequent schedule may be more intensive, so after consultation, it was arranged to be held on Monday night.

After the start of the game, Manchester United, who played away, also firmly grasped the initiative of the game in their own hands. Manchester United's ball possession rate reached 60% throughout the game, creating a total of 13 shooting opportunities, of which 7 hit the goal frame. Although Burnley also created 12 scoring opportunities through defensive counterattacks, Manchester United's defense did not give them any chances in this game.

Although Manchester United launched wave after wave of attacks during the game, it has to be admitted that Burnley goalkeeper Pope performed too well in this game. He made 6 wonderful saves in a single game and almost shut out the powerful Manchester United by himself.

Although Maguire helped Manchester United score the first goal in the first half, the goal was cancelled due to a foul. In the second half, Bruno received a pass from Rashford and shot a powerful shot that hit the defender and refracted before breaking through Pope's defense.

It can be said that Bruno's goal saved the team's front line. The individual form of Manchester United's front trident was very bad in this game. They wasted excellent scoring opportunities many times. Mbappe failed to seize the one-on-one shot in the final moments of the game.

This is caused by the lack of complete pre-match training.

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Although Manchester United club gave the players three weeks of vacation as required, the players basically did not get enough rest, because most of Manchester United players are international players of various national teams and participated in the national team matches in early September, which meant that Manchester United's main players basically only got about ten days of rest.

Before the start of the new season, the team had just played high-intensity games for more than two months, and the players were quite tired. They did not get enough rest and did not conduct any pre-season training. It was obvious that the team was in poor condition.

Fortunately, Bruno was strong enough. His goal helped Manchester United to complete the winning goal and win the victory, and also helped Manchester United get the 3 points as they wished.

In this round of the league, except for the postponed match between Manchester City and Villa, the other 9 matches were all decided. However, this also made Manchester United only ranked 7th in the standings after the victory, unlike the previous seasons, when they topped the standings from the beginning of the season.

Arsenal and Leicester City both won 3:0 in this round, and the two teams ranked first and second in the standings.

Chelsea and Liverpool also won. Among the BIG6, only Tottenham suffered a defeat at home, as they unexpectedly lost 0:1 to Everton, another traditional Premier League powerhouse.

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Due to the epidemic, the new season was forced to start in mid-September. Under normal circumstances, the Premier League would have played three to four rounds of games by this time.

And there will be the European Cup next summer, which means the Premier League must end before May next year.

In this way, all 38 rounds of the Premier League will be completed in just 8 months, with about 4 to 5 league games every month.

During this period, League Cup and FA Cup matches have to be arranged. Teams participating in European competitions also have to compete in European competitions. Manchester United even has to participate in the European Super Cup and Club World Cup.

According to past experience, Manchester United has more than 60 games every season, with an average of about 8 games per month. This means that Manchester United will almost always maintain a frequency of two games a week this season.

Look, the season has just begun and Manchester United has entered this high-frequency game rhythm.

Manchester United's schedule is stretched as they have the third round of the League Cup next week and the European Super Cup on Thursday night.

After coordination from multiple parties, Manchester United's second round match was brought forward to Friday night, which was the evening of September 9th local time in the UK.

Since this game is Manchester United's first home game in the new season, Manchester United attaches great importance to this game, and Mourinho also fielded most of the main lineup in the starting lineup.

The epidemic situation has not been alleviated at present, so this game will still be played in an empty stadium.

After the game started, although Manchester United played more actively, most of the players were obviously in poor condition.

In the 7th minute, Crystal Palace launched an attack from the left. Schlupp swept in front of the goal, and Townsend made a small-angle shot in front of the back post under the interference of Luke Shaw!

Manchester United 0:1 Crystal Palace!

Manchester United fought back, but instead of equalizing the score, they almost lost the ball again. In the 14th minute, Lindelof's pass was not strong enough, and De Gea's clearance was almost missed by Zaha.

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20 minutes into the game, Manchester United finally stabilized.

In the 20th minute, Bruno took the ball in front of the penalty area line, faked a shot and then fired a heavy shot at the goal, but Guaita leaned sideways to catch the ball.

In the 22nd minute, Rashford dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left, took a step sideways and suddenly shot a cold arrow into the far corner. The ball hit the far post and flew out of the bottom line.

Manchester United's attack became more and more fierce, and they suppressed Crystal Palace on the field.

In the 39th minute, Bruno was brought down from behind by the opponent in the penalty area, but the referee did not award a penalty after listening to the opinions of VAR.

This caused great dissatisfaction among Manchester United, because from the video replay, the opponent did kick Bruno's ankle, but they didn't understand why the VAR referee did not make a penalty.

Mourinho was so angry that he swore on the sidelines, and then received a verbal warning from the referee.

At the end of the first half, Manchester United trailed Crystal Palace 0:1 at home.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United fought back with all their might, but their forwards were obviously not in good shape. Their attack was very weak, and they were threatened by Crystal Palace's counterattacks again and again. Manchester United's goal was in a state of panic.

Finally, in the 70th minute of the game, Manchester United lost the ball again. It was a counterattack by Crystal Palace. Ayew shot in the penalty area and the ball hit Lindelof's hand. The referee made a penalty after confirmation by VAR.

Crystal Palace had a penalty kick opportunity. Ayew took the penalty kick himself and shot into the lower left corner of the goal. De Gea jumped in the opposite direction and blocked the ball with one hand, but VAR determined that De Gea was off the line early and Crystal Palace got a chance for a heavy penalty kick.

Mourinho was so angry about the penalty that he cursed loudly, but it was of no avail and instead earned him a yellow card.

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Crystal Palace had its second penalty kick. Zaha took the penalty and kicked the ball towards the upper left corner of the goal. De Gea dived in the right direction again but failed to touch the ball!

Manchester United 0:2 Crystal Palace!

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Seeing the situation was not good, Mourinho made substitutions. He directly replaced all three starting forwards. Harry Kane, Rashford and Mbappe were all replaced, and Mahrez, Greenwood and McTominay came on as substitutes.

After Manchester United made three substitutions, their attack finally showed some threat.

In the 80th minute, Cancelo sent the ball into the penalty area with a 45-degree cross from the right. The Crystal Palace defense made consecutive mistakes, and Bruno took advantage of the chaos and shot into the far corner!

After the start of the new season, Bruno scored in two consecutive rounds, Manchester United 1:2 Crystal Palace!

This was also Bruno's 163rd goal in the Premier League, tying him with Liverpool legendary striker Robbie Fowler and rising to seventh place in the Premier League's historical scorer list.

Ahead of Bruno is Arsenal legendary striker Thierry Henry, former Premier League best player and best foreign player in Premier League history. During his eight-year career at Arsenal, Henry always maintained a high goal efficiency, scoring a total of 8 Premier League goals, ranking sixth in the Premier League's all-time scorer list.

The top five are Chelsea legend Lampard with 177 goals, Manchester City striker Aguero with 180 goals, Manchester United star Andy Cole with 187 goals, another Manchester United star Rooney with 208 goals, and Premier League historical top scorer Alan Shearer with 260 goals!

Of the six players ahead of Bruno, except Aguero who is an active player, the other five have retired, which means that their number of goals will not increase anymore.

Even Aguero, the Argentine striker, has now entered the twilight of his career. He has been plagued by injuries since last season and has only scored 16 league goals. He is still recovering from his injury this season and it is unknown when he will be able to return.

According to Bruno's scoring efficiency of almost 40 goals every season, after the end of this season, he is very likely to surpass Andy Cole, who is ranked third, and enter the top three of the Premier League's historical scorer list.

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Bruno's goal helped Manchester United narrow the gap to 1 goal, and including injury time, there were still about 15 minutes, which gave Manchester United hope of equalizing the score or even turning the tables.

In the remaining time, Manchester United pressed forward on all fronts, hoping to equalize the score in the shortest time possible.

However, Manchester United did not wait for their second goal. Instead, the defense made another mistake, allowing Crystal Palace to score the third goal of the game.

In the 85th minute, Crystal Palace made a cross pass from the left, Lindelof intercepted the ball and sent it to Zaha. Zaha turned and dribbled into the penalty area and suddenly shot the ball into the lower left corner of the goal!

Manchester United 1:3 Crystal Palace!

In the end, Manchester United lost 1:3 to Crystal Palace, suffering their first home defeat of the season, which was a shocking upset.

This defeat also means the end of Mourinho's unbeaten home record.

Since taking over Manchester United in the summer of 2016, Manchester United has never lost at home in all competitions in the past four seasons, which extends their unbeaten home record to 114 games!

However, the record came to an abrupt end in Mourinho's first home game of his fifth season as Manchester United coach.