Chapter 855 The world is impermanent
On the evening of March 3, the first round of the 3th round of the Premier League was played, and Manchester United was tied 0:0 by Crystal Palace away.
Originally, the 29th round of the Premier League was scheduled to be held on the first weekend in late March, but because of the FA Cup, the matches of several related teams were moved forward to this midweek.
Crystal Palace is currently ranked 13th in the standings, only 10 points above the relegation zone, a typical mid-table Premier League team. However, Manchester United only had an advantage on the field in the game, but was unable to turn this advantage into a winning advantage.
Even with their sharp counterattacks, Crystal Palace threatened Manchester United's goal several times and almost broke through De Gea's goal. Fortunately, De Gea's performance was still very stable, and the score of 0:0 was maintained until the end of the game.
Because a day ago, Manchester City had defeated West Ham United, which had been in great form recently, 2:1 in the game, achieving their 1th consecutive victory in the Premier League and only point behind Manchester United in the standings.
Now that Manchester United has drawn again, with the two teams playing 27 rounds together, Manchester United's advantage has been eroded to only 2 points!
Coincidentally, the next game between the two sides is the second round of this season's Manchester derby, with Manchester United visiting the Etihad Stadium to challenge Manchester City.
Therefore, this Manchester derby is also considered to be the decisive battle in the Premier League, which will determine the final ownership of the league championship this season.
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Looking back to early February a month ago, the powerful Manchester United slaughtered Southampton 2:22 in the 9nd round of the Premier League, and led the standings with a huge advantage of 0 points, with a tendency to leave the others far behind and win the Premier League title for the fifth consecutive time.
But who could have imagined that Manchester United would soon encounter a slump, with 5 win and 1 draws in 4 league games, and the 10-point advantage was gone.
Now, when the two teams meet, the situations are completely different.
Manchester United, although still 2 points ahead in the standings, has performed very poorly in the recent league, losing 5 points in 8 games and losing 1:4 in the Champions League, showing a complete defeat.
Manchester City, on the other hand, is making great strides. Not only has it won 13 consecutive games in the Premier League, it has also been invincible on other fronts, having won 21 consecutive games in all competitions. It is definitely the best performing team in Europe at the moment.
Under such circumstances, no one would think that Manchester United could beat Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
But football games are magical!
Just when everyone thought that Manchester City would beat Manchester United at home, overtake Manchester United in the Premier League standings and end Manchester United's long-term monopoly on the Premier League, this unexpected Manchester derby produced a result that no one expected.
Just 35 seconds into the game, Mbappe made a lateral breakthrough in the penalty area and created a penalty!
Manchester United captain Bruno took the penalty and scored it steadily!
Manchester United beat Manchester City 1:0 away!
In the 49th minute, Manchester United extended the lead! De Gea threw the ball to Luke Shaw, who rushed into the penalty area with all his might and shot directly after a brief cooperation. Manchester United led 2:0 away from home!
In the end, Manchester United defeated Manchester City 2:0 away from home, not only ending their opponent's 5-game winning streak in the Premier League and -game winning streak in all competitions, but also expanding their advantage in the standings to points!
It’s so unpredictable that the big intestine wraps up the small intestine!
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On March 12, the 28th round of the Premier League, Mourinho rotated the team, with Bruno, Mbappe, Harry Kane and Rashford all resting on the bench.
In the first half, Greenwood's shot hit the frame, and Manchester United was tied with West Ham at halftime 0:0. In the second half, Bruno, who came on as a substitute, scored the winning goal for Manchester United, and Greenwood hit the frame again, completing his second goal.
In the end, Manchester United defeated West Ham 1-0 at home, achieving two consecutive league victories and continuing to lead the Premier League standings with a 2-point advantage.
Four days later, Manchester United will host the second round of the 2020-2021 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals between Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain at home.
In the first leg, Manchester United lost 1:4 away from home. In the eyes of many media and fans, Manchester United had been eliminated early and there was no possibility of a comeback. The second leg could be said to be just a formality. Paris Saint-Germain had already booked a place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
On March 2021, 3, half an hour was left before this world-renowned competition began.
Today, the Manchester United team arrived at the stadium half an hour earlier than usual, and they completed the warm-up fifteen minutes earlier than usual.
In the home team locker room at the Millennium Stadium.
The players were surprised to find the doors and windows closed, the blinds drawn, and the lights dimmed.
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At this moment, the dim lights went out and the projector projected images on the white screen.
"It's our game against Paris Saint-Germain!" someone shouted.
The edited match footage briefly recaps the game, highlighting the four goals scored by Paris Saint-Germain and the huge cheers outside the Parc des Princes.
This is the live video footage from the local TV station of Paris Saint-Germain that Mourinho arranged for his staff to obtain, from the perspective of Paris Saint-Germain as the home team.
Although the game was still played in an empty stadium, many Paris Saint-Germain fans spontaneously gathered outside the stadium to celebrate the team's victory as soon as possible.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"This is Paris Saint-Germain! This is the strength of the powerful Paris Saint-Germain!" The local commentator of Paris Saint-Germain said excitedly, "Manchester United's resistance collapsed in the face of the continuous attack of Paris Saint-Germain stars! This is our Paris Saint-Germain! The great Paris Saint-Germain! We can now say that we have entered the quarterfinals!"
At the end of the video, there is the commentary shouting of Paris Saint-Germain's local commentator.
In order to make it easier for the players to understand, Manchester United's subtitle team also thoughtfully provided Portuguese, French and German text translations for the last part of the commentary.
The picture freezes, with flags flying and cheering crowds at the Parc des Princes in the background.
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There was a brief silence in the meeting room.
"Turn on the lights!"
The lights come back on.
"After losing to Paris Saint-Germain, I forbade you to talk about Paris Saint-Germain, and forbade you to watch the video and news of this game. Do you know why?"
Mourinho walked slowly through the aisle between the players' seats, speaking as he walked.
"The media said that I was hit hard and was even more afraid that this defeat would affect the team, so I chose to remain silent and escape!"
Mourinho suddenly raised his voice: "Shit! Bullshit! Am I such a fragile person? Are you the kind of weaklings who can't stand the blow?"
"answer me!"
