Chapter 851: Manchester City's Crazy Chase

"It's unbelievable!"

"At this moment, we don't even know what words to use to describe Bruno, because any praise for him tonight will inevitably be a little pale, because he is really too amazing."

"Before the game, everyone, including me, thought that he should have given up and despaired. But unexpectedly, instead of giving up, he became more and more courageous. Facing setbacks and difficulties, he chose to meet them head-on. He used a brace to prove his determination and fighting spirit, as well as his strength, to everyone."

"Mourinho is right. Bruno will never admit defeat. Maybe he will lose the top scorer competition, but he will fight to the last minute. This is Bruno!"

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After scoring two goals in a row, Bruno did not feel satisfied at all. On the contrary, he felt that he still had infinite power and wanted to score more goals.

With just one more goal, he would tie Gignac's goal tally and retain the title of top scorer at the Club World Cup.

But the Tigers obviously do not intend to fulfill his wish because they also have their own dignity.

0:4, this was a complete and utter defeat for the Tigers.

At the same time, the players of the Tigers also hope to help their top scorer, Frenchman Gignac, retain the Golden Boot of the Club World Cup.

The Tigers' head coach also wanted to stop the loss in time and immediately made substitutions to stabilize the team's defense. Bruno, in particular, was closely guarded by the opponent.

Everyone knows that at this time, keeping a close eye on Bruno is equivalent to freezing Manchester United's attack.

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Especially after Harry Kane was replaced by Ganacchio, a young player temporarily promoted from the youth team, the Argentine boy also intended to help Bruno.

The Argentine kid, born in 2004, joined Manchester United U18 from Atletico Madrid's youth training system last summer, and then quickly rose in the Manchester United youth team to become the number one star of Manchester United U18.

However, in Ganacho's eyes, Bruno is his most admired idol, even his Argentine compatriot Yosi is not as good as Bruno. After all, since he can remember, it has been the era when Bruno dominated the European and even world football.

This time, Ganacho was able to be called up to the first team and even participate in the Club World Cup with the team, only because the team was fighting on two fronts and the personnel gap was too big.

Although Ganacho is the top star in Manchester United U18, he is nothing in the talented Manchester United first team. Mourinho transferred him here just to make up the numbers and did not really think about giving him playing time.

However, Manchester United secured victory early in the Club World Cup final, which made Mourinho think of saving his strength for the subsequent league games, so he replaced Harry Kane. In addition, there were no other reliable striker candidates on Manchester United's bench, so he replaced Ganacho, who played as a winger.

As a result, Bruno was pushed to the center position.

But Ganacho will not be 7 until July after all. He is too young. In many cases, he is not as experienced as Harry Kane in handling the ball. In addition, he is young and has no advantage in physical confrontation...

Due to various reasons, Manchester United failed to score again in the end, and Bruno missed the fourth Club World Cup Golden Boot in his career.

Bruno was a little disappointed because he tried very hard in the last half hour but still failed to score.

But no matter what, he scored twice and he had tried his best.

It takes something of a miracle for anyone to score a hat trick in a game.

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With Manchester United's 4-0 victory over Tigres UALPGA in the Club World Cup final, it also means that the Red Devils have won three consecutive Club World Cup titles.

Although Bruno, who scored twice, failed to win the fourth Club World Cup Golden Boot in his career, he still won the Golden Ball Award of this Club World Cup and was named the best player in the final for his outstanding performance in the game.

This is Bruno's fourth Club World Cup title in his career, and also his fourth Club World Cup Golden Ball Award in his career.

The Tigers of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León won the runner-up of this Club World Cup, and their main striker Gignac won the Golden Boot Award of this Club World Cup.

After a simple celebration, Manchester United did not even spend the night in Qatar, but instead rushed back to the UK on the team's special plane overnight.

It is mid-month and the Champions League knockout round is about to begin, and Manchester United's devilish schedule continues.

Just four days after winning the Club World Cup, on the evening of February 2, Manchester United will face West Bromwich Albion in the 15th round of the Premier League.

At noon on February 2, in the 20th round of the Premier League, Manchester United played against Newcastle at home.

On the evening of February 2, Manchester United will face Paris Saint-Germain in their first knockout match of the Champions League.

On the last afternoon of February, Manchester United will once again visit Stamford Bridge to challenge Chelsea in the 2th round of the Premier League.

The series of tough battles is undoubtedly very difficult for Manchester United. This is why Mourinho replaced Harry Kane and other attacking players for rest after securing the victory in the Club World Cup final.

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After returning to the cold UK from the distant and warm Qatar in the Middle East, Manchester United players seemed a little uncomfortable for a while, which led to their inability to find their form in the away game against West Bromwich Albion.

West Bromwich Albion, under tremendous pressure to avoid relegation, appeared to be very proactive from the beginning of the game.

Just one minute into the game, West Bromwich Albion made a cross from the right side of the frontcourt, and Diagne headed the ball into the goal from the edge of the small penalty area. West Bromwich Albion got off to a dream start and led Manchester United 1:1 at home.

Manchester United, who were behind in the score, launched a counterattack, but Harry Kane, Fred, Mbappe and Rashford missed scoring opportunities one after another. On the contrary, West Bromwich Albion, who were well-rested at home, almost expanded the score through a quick counterattack.

In the 23rd minute, West Bromwich Albion took a free kick from the left side of the frontcourt into the penalty area, and Diagne headed the ball again but it went wide.

Three minutes later, West Bromwich Albion made a comeback. Snodgrass headed the ball after receiving a cross from his teammate, but De Gea hit the ball out of the baseline with one hand.

However, before the end of the first half, Manchester United finally equalized the score.

In the 44th minute, Luke Shaw made a cross from the left bottom line, and Bruno volleyed the ball into the goal near the penalty spot, Manchester United 1:1 West Brom.

This is Bruno's 29th Premier League goal this season. He continues to lead the Premier League scorer list, far ahead of his teammate Harry Kane. The Manchester United center currently has 16 goals, 13 goals behind Bruno.

Interestingly, Harry Kane's current assist number is exactly 13, that is, Harry Kane's number of goals plus the number of assists is exactly equal to Bruno's number of goals.

However, Harry Kane is also ranked second in the assist list, and ahead of him is Bruno. The Manchester United captain has made 20 assists, which is also a large lead.

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The goals scored by both teams in the first half were the only two goals in the game. In the second half, neither team scored anything and the score remained 1:1 until the end of the game.

In another match that ended earlier, Manchester City beat Tottenham 3-0 at home.

In this way, taking advantage of Manchester United's two consecutive draws in the league, the Blue Moon will narrow the gap with Manchester United from double digits to 6 points.

The race for the Premier League title has become more suspenseful.

This weekend, the 25th round of the Premier League continued.

In a match that kicked off at noon on Saturday, Manchester United played against Newcastle at home.

Because Manchester United will travel to challenge Paris Saint-Germain in the middle of the week, Mourinho made many rotations in this game, but Bruno still started.

Before the game, Newcastle head coach and former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce held a pre-match meeting.

"The biggest advantage for us in this game is our physical fitness."

Bruce analyzed the situation between the enemy and us in front of the team members.

"Manchester United will go to Paris to play in the Champions League next week, so their focus will definitely be on that game. This will be our chance to get three points away from home."

The Newcastle players all nodded in unison, obviously understanding what the head coach meant.

As the dominant team in the Premier League and one of the top clubs in Europe, Manchester United’s goal is not just to win the Premier League, but to win the Champions League. Especially as Manchester United has won the Champions League three times in a row, their interest in the Champions League will definitely be even greater.

As Newcastle is a relegation team with limited strength, under such circumstances, Manchester United will certainly not pay much attention to Newcastle, which gives them an opportunity to steal the spoils.

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"The first 45 minutes will be crucial. I can tell you with certainty that Manchester United will attack and they will try every possible way to break our goal in the first 45 minutes."

In order to save strength for the crucial Champions League match four days later, we must finish the battle when our physical strength is still sufficient.

It can be said that Manchester United had no other choice but to press forward from the start.

As the team's head coach, Bruce is very clear that Newcastle's overall strength is definitely far inferior to Manchester United. If they really want to go head-to-head with Manchester United, they will definitely not end up well.

"In the first half our task was to defend well and not give Manchester United any chances to score. At the same time, the second half would be our chance."

As long as the game entered the second half, Newcastle had the advantage in physical strength, and Manchester United could only surrender due to lack of physical strength, but this was also under ideal conditions.

"There is one person everyone must pay attention to."

As soon as Bruce said this, a photo of a player immediately appeared on the big screen at the back, and it was Bruno.

"His name is Bruno."

In the conference room, all Newcastle players nodded, and everyone knew him.

"Everyone should be familiar with him. Not long ago, he scored twice in the Club World Cup and helped Manchester United win the championship. Four days ago, he scored another goal in the league match against West Bromwich Albion. His league goal tally has reached 1 goals, which is 29 more than our team's total! He has been in very good form recently and is getting stronger with each game."

For players playing in the Premier League, Bruno is already a well-known star.

Bruce was obviously very afraid of Bruno. He clapped his hands vigorously and said, "Remember, he is Manchester United's most dangerous player and the most terrible killer. Don't give him any chances and don't expect him to make mistakes."

In the conference room, Newcastle's players were all facing a formidable enemy and did not dare to be careless at all.

How could a player who surpassed the two greatest players, dominated the world of football, and created an era that belonged to him alone be simple?

What's more, in the Premier League, Bruno has led his team to slaughter Newcastle several times. The players of the Magpies understand the danger of Bruno better than anyone else!

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"In theory, Bruno is a front midfielder, but in reality, his position is becoming more and more erratic. He will appear in any area that is threatening and can create threats, on the right, in the middle, on the left. In short, he is very dangerous."

"No matter where he appears, our defensive players must immediately restrict him, not let him get the ball, not let him shoot, not give him the slightest chance."

Whether in the previous training or in today's tactical meeting, Bruce has given the players enough reminders to let them know the danger of Bruno, hoping to attract the players' attention.

Of course, with the war imminent, Bruce doesn't want to encourage his opponent's morale and destroy his own prestige.

Afterwards, he told the players: "This is not a match with a huge disparity in strength as we have stereotyped. Manchester United has to save its strength for the Champions League in the middle of the week, so it will definitely rotate some of its main players and its strength will definitely be discounted. And we are not lambs to be slaughtered by our opponents. This is a decisive battle between two evenly matched players."

"Our fans are waiting for us to send back the news that we have won 3 points!"

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Newcastle wore yellow away jerseys and played in a traditional 433 formation. The goalkeeper was Darlow, and the back line from right to left were Kraft, Russells, Clarke and Lewis.

The midfielders are Warnock, Hayden and former Liverpool player Shelvey.

The front trident is Joelinton, Almiron and Saint-Maximin.

Manchester United made several rotations in this game. After all, they will go to Paris to challenge Paris Saint-Germain in four days.

De Gea was arranged to start as goalkeeper, and the defense line was a combination of Luke Shaw, Van Dijk, Maguire and Cancelo. The midfield was arranged to be a double defensive midfielder Fred and Kante, Bruno rushed forward, and Greenwood, McTominay and Mahrez formed a front trident.

It is not difficult to see from the fact that Mourinho still arranged two defensive midfielders that he is still quite wary of Newcastle's counterattack ability, especially the Spanish striker Almiron. He repeatedly reminded the players to pay attention before the game.

Arranging Fred and Kante as double defensive midfielders is probably also intended to restrict Almiron.