Chapter 822: Kill Chelsea first and then Arsenal

For Bruno, this is a very unfamiliar opponent because he has never met it before. But for Rashford, he has good memories of Midtjylland.

On February 2016, 2, in the second leg of the Europa League round of 25 knockout match between Manchester United and Midtjylland at home, Rashford made his Manchester United first-team debut and scored two goals for the team, helping Manchester United beat Midtjylland 32-2.

For Manchester United, Midtjylland is the weakest team among the three opponents in the Champions League group stage, so the goal is to ensure that they get all six points in these two rounds of matches.

However, since the team had just fought a fierce battle with Chelsea three days ago, and will face Arsenal in less than four days, Mourinho had to make a significant rotation of Manchester United's starting lineup. Bruno and Rashford got the chance to start, but the other nine players, including goalkeeper De Gea, were rotated. Romero guarded the goal, Dalot, Lindelof, Tuanzebe, and Brandon Williams formed the back line, Bruno partnered with Fred and Mata in the midfield, and the front line trident was Rashford, Greenwood and Mahrez.

This game became another masterpiece of Rashford. He performed a hat trick in the game, helping Manchester United to slaughter the Danish team 5:0 at home. The other two goals were scored by Bruno and Greenwood respectively.

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In another group match, Atalanta drew with Ajax at home, and Manchester United, with two consecutive wins, topped the group standings.

After winning this group match, Manchester United's unbeaten record in the Champions League has been extended to 39 games!

And their winning streak has also been extended to 29 games!

The Red Devils have already taken a commanding lead in the UEFA standings!

In the same round of group matches, Premier League teams still appear to be very strong in the European arena.

In the Champions League, Manchester City beat Marseille 3:0 away, Chelsea swept Krasnodar 4:0 away, and Liverpool defeated RB Leipzig 2:0 at home. The four teams participating in the Champions League won all the games, and all of them were big wins and complete wins.

In the Europa League, Arsenal beat Dundalk 3:0 at home, Leicester City beat AEK Athens 2:1 away, and only Tottenham lost away, losing 0:1 to Belgian team Antwerp.

However, with 7 teams participating in the competition and 6 wins and 1 loss, the Premier League teams are still the best performing in the European arena among the top five leagues, and they are worthy of their status as the first league.

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Manchester United slaughtered Midtjylland with most of its substitute lineup, and all of Europe was exclaiming that the invincible Red Devils are back.

However, Manchester United still had no time to cheer and celebrate, because their next opponent was on the way.

On October 10, Manchester United will face Arsenal, the last opponent of the month. If they can win at home, the team's record in October will be very good: seven consecutive wins in all competitions!

Mourinho continued to rotate the team, and most of the starting players in the match against Chelsea returned to the starting lineup. Goalkeeper De Gea, defenders Cancelo, Maguire, Van Dijk and Luke Shaw, midfield trio Kante, Fred and Bruno, and the front trident is Mbappe, Harry Kane and Rashford.

For Arsenal, Arteta deployed a 343 offensive formation, with Leno guarding the goal, Tierney, Gabriel and Holding as the three central defenders, Saka, Elneny, Thomas Partey and Bellerin as the four midfielders, and Aubameyang, Lacazette and William as the three forwards.

Due to consecutive losses to Manchester City and Leicester City in the 5th and 6th rounds of the league, Arsenal, which had previously ranked at the top of the standings, had dropped to 12th place in the standings before the start of this round, which put Arteta under considerable pressure.

Although Arsenal's starting lineup looked like 343, when the game actually started, people found that the Gunners' real lineup was 541. Arsenal was very conservative away from home, with 9 players involved in defense most of the time, leaving only one striker in front.

In the first half, the two sides played very tense, but the scene was very dull. Although Manchester United kept trying to launch attacks, they basically had no good shooting opportunities in front of Arsenal's iron bucket formation.

Although Arsenal occasionally counterattacked, they found it difficult to threaten Manchester United's goal because they had too few players.

Both sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0:0.

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After the second half, Manchester United stepped up their attack, but suffered a setback before they could score a goal.

Manchester United's midfielder Kante got the ball in the midfield and was tackled to the ground by Arsenal's Ghanaian player Thomas Partey.

After Kante fell to the ground, he screamed in pain. Bruno ran over to check and immediately made a gesture for substitution.

"F**K!" Mourinho couldn't help but swear.

Not only because of the injury of his own players, but also because the referee Marina only gave Thomas Partey a verbal warning and did not play a card.

This caused strong dissatisfaction from Manchester United. A small-scale conflict broke out between the two sides, and the referee showed yellow cards to Manchester United's young player Bellingham and Arsenal's young player Saka.

Mourinho was forced to make a substitution and replaced Kante with Fred.

Not long after the game resumed, it was Thomas Partey again, this time he knocked Luke Shaw to the ground.

This time, the referee Marina finally gave Thomas Partey a yellow card warning, but this still could not satisfy Mourinho, because Luke Shaw was injured again due to this foul.

"That guy should be sent off!" Mourinho roared on the sidelines.

"Please calm down, Mr Mourinho," the fourth official warned him.

"Am I wrong?" Mourinho said with a bad look.

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After Ashley Young left, Manchester United was actually stretched thin in the left-back position. Luke Shaw was the only reliable left-back, and young player Brandon Williams was also a left-back, but his ability was really average, and it was difficult for him to play for Manchester United, let alone take on the heavy responsibility.

Although Cancelo can play as a guest player, he also lacks a reliable substitute at the right-back position.

Fortunately, there was a contingency plan during normal training. Mourinho moved right-back Cancelo to the left-back position and replaced him with another Portuguese, the young Dalot, as a substitute and played as right-back.

Thomas Partey's two serious fouls ignited the anger of Manchester United players, and the actions of both sides on the field became more and more intense.

Throughout the game, both sides were angry and there were frequent falls on the field. Referee Marina issued a total of eight yellow cards and one red card.

The red card was given to Thomas Partey, the Ghanaian finally being sent off due to accumulated yellow cards.

In the second half, both sides scored a total of 3 goals. For Arsenal, Aubameyang won a penalty for the Gunners, and he took the penalty himself and scored, helping Arsenal take the lead.

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But after gaining the numerical advantage, Manchester United finally scored consecutive goals. Bruno assisted Mbappe and Harry Kane twice, which allowed Manchester United to reverse the game 2:1 and win five consecutive league victories.

The second place is Manchester United's old rival Liverpool.

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Despite winning the game, Mourinho had no intention of letting things go in the press conference after the game. He strongly criticized Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey for his rough foul. At the same time, Mourinho also questioned the referee's enforcement, believing that the referee was not able to control the game well.

"Mr. Marina is a contradiction. He turned a blind eye to such a rough foul at first, and then when he saw the situation was out of control, he played crazy cards."

"No, no, no, I didn't mean to criticize the referee, I was just talking about a proposition, which is that if Thomas Partey had been punished earlier, the game would have been more harmonious."

Mourinho went crazy again, which made the reporters on the scene very excited.

He is the king of topics in the Premier League. Not only can he lead the team to achieve excellent results and attract worldwide attention, but his off-field topics are also highly watched, just like Ferguson, the former meritorious coach of Manchester United.

After the game, Mourinho's behavior of firing at the referee was widely hyped by the media.

The English Football Association quickly made a statement, saying that it did not think there was any problem with the referee Marina's officiating in this game.

At the same time, the English Football Association verbally warned Manchester United head coach Mourinho to control his temper and not make trouble.

Of course, the English Football Association did not just give him a verbal warning, but also issued him a fine of 20,000 pounds.

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Manchester United fans were not sad about the team's head coach being fined. They were in a good mood and celebrated happily.

After winning the game against Arsenal, Manchester United achieved five consecutive league victories, with a record of 6 wins and 1 loss in the first seven rounds, firmly maintaining its top position in the standings.

Ranked second is Manchester United's old rival Liverpool. Klopp's team achieved a record of 7 wins, 5 draw and 1 loss in the first 1 rounds, closely following Manchester United with a difference of 2 points.

Only in the 7th round, the Premier League has returned to its usual situation: two traditional powerhouses competing for the championship!

The fact is, since the chaotic 2015-2016 season, except for the traditional BIG teams, it has been basically difficult for the rest of the teams to compete with the top giants for the league championship during the long season due to the huge gap in strength.

This is also the real reason why Leicester City's championship in the 2015-2016 season was called a miracle, because such a situation is difficult to see again in the Premier League!