Chapter 267 Four Little Swans? No, a Quadruple Magic Sound!

Scholes' injury before the Champions League away game was very unfortunate. The ginger head sprained his knee during the training on the eve of the game. After returning to Manchester, Scholes immediately underwent an MRI scan, but the situation was not optimistic. Scholes had injured his meniscus in the pre-season training camp, and this time it was a recurrence of the old injury. Although there is no way to determine the length of his absence in a short time, it is conservatively estimated that the ginger head will not be able to return in a short time.

A week later, Manchester United will face Arsenal in a Premier League top battle. Sir Alex Ferguson is thinking of good generals. Fortunately, Carrick and Hargreaves, who were injured before, have recently resumed training, especially the latter. Before the weekend's game against Middlesbrough, Sir Alex Ferguson officially announced that Owen Hargreaves has recovered from his injury and will appear in Saturday's home game against Middlesbrough.

The English midfielder has only made three appearances since being bought from Bayern Munich for £1800 million this summer before leaving the field due to a knee injury, but it is clear that missing the game was not his purpose in coming to Manchester United.

In fact, Ferguson said in early October that Hargreaves had resumed training and might return to the game. Now it seems that Hargreaves has indeed fully recovered, because Sir Alex announced in advance the starting midfield for this weekend's game against Middlesbrough: "Hargreaves will form a midfield with Brazilian Anderson, Ronaldo and Li Qi."

With Hargreaves, Frosin seems to have become more confident, and he said the team is confident of regaining the top spot in the standings. This week, Arsenal will play away against Liverpool, which is a good opportunity for Manchester United, which is only two points behind, to return to the top of the table.

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Before the weekend league match, Ricardo privately met with the other three of the Four Little Swans to discuss the plan...

Tevez actually thinks the Four Little Swans sound good?! Damn! What kind of aesthetics is that...

Rooney actually has no objection?! Damn! Is Winnie the Pooh so Buddhist?

Cristiano Ronaldo actually thinks he should change his name to Four-Headed Monster?! Still so impressive?! Damn it!

What's wrong with this world? Is it because I woke up in the wrong way?

Well, besides the annoying name of the Four Little Swans, Ricardo has also been feeling very uncomfortable recently. Since Julian returned to Chicago, Sarafina has not come for more than a week because of the away games. And this weekend, Sara has to participate in the school's Halloween event, so she also wants Ricardo's little monk to continue fasting...

So the hot-blooded scumbag Li felt like there was always a fire burning in his lower abdomen, oh no, it was burning in his chest...

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However, Middlesbrough fans are not afraid of the devilish home ground of Old Trafford, because they have visited the Theatre of Dreams 02 times in the league since 6, with 2 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss, which makes them the nemesis of the Theatre of Dreams. But now the times have changed. Only 11.5% of fans on Sky Sports are optimistic that Middlesbrough can get points from Manchester United; the predictions of the Manchester Evening News and the BBC are both 3-0. The Red Devils' victory is not a suspense, and everyone is more concerned about how many goals Ferguson's disciples can score, because it is related to a record that has been dormant for a century.

Facing a mid-table team like Middlesbrough and a high-spirited team atmosphere, Sir Alex Ferguson boldly adopted a new midfield combination as he said in an interview before the game: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lizzie, Anderson and Hargreaves who returned from injury started, and three of the four midfielders were newcomers who joined this summer.

Because of the injury of veteran Scholes, Sir Alex Ferguson also specially considered the use of another veteran Giggs, so Giggs, who started the Champions League game last week, started from the bench in this game.

Manchester United still lined up the classic 4-4-2 parallel starting eleven:

The goalkeeper is No. 1 Van der Sar;

The back line from right to left is No. 6 Wes Brown, No. 5 Ferdinand, No. 15 Vidic, and No. 22 O'Shea;

The central midfield combination from right to left is No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo, No. 4 Hargreaves, No. 8 Anderson and No. 17 Li Qi;

The two strikers are still No. 10 Rooney, who is in hot form recently, and No. 32 Tevez.

Facing Middlesbrough, a team of average strength, this was the best test for Manchester United at Old Trafford. From the beginning of the game, the home team had been taking the initiative.

Less than a minute into the game, Li Qi sent a straight pass from the wing to Tevez, who received the ball with his back to the goalkeeper at the front of the penalty area and then made a cross pass. Ronaldo broke through to the top of the penalty area and fired a powerful shot with his left foot. However, his first shot was blocked by Middlesbrough defender Woodgate, and his second half-volley shot was blocked by teammate Rooney...

However, Manchester United got off to a dream start in the 3rd minute.

Hargreaves passed the ball from the middle to the side. Li Qi, who was furious, felt that he had to make a move to vent his anger, so he took the ball from the left wing and started with a sprint, dribbling inside at high speed and changing direction, directly dodged O'Neal's sliding tackle, and then facing Cartermore in the middle, he made a shoulder fake and rushed forward with a lateral pass.

Then, Li Qi faced the Middlesbrough goal head-on, and his attack brought out momentum and state, directly triggering the explosive point. It seemed as if the Middlesbrough defenders, goalkeeper, Rooney and Tevez between the goal and the goal did not exist. There was only himself, the ball under his feet, and the rainbow-shaped path to the blind spot in front of him...

So Li Qi decisively shot the ball with his right foot from 25 yards away from the goal! The ball came out of the gun like a cannonball, slid past the ear of Lu Xiaopang who ducked his head, and went straight into the upper left corner of the Middlesbrough goal without a single spin!

Middlesbrough goalkeeper Schwarzer's sight was blocked by the defender in front of him. He did not react the moment Li Qi kicked the ball, so he could only watch the ball pass through the crowd in front of him and directly into the goal behind him, as if he was under a spell of immobilization...

Yeah! Cool! This shot was so fucking cool!

Li Qi, who scored the goal, wanted to cover his ears to celebrate, but Tevez suddenly pulled him back: Oh, right! Magic Sound Quartet!

Quickly change to a ten-finger piano-playing celebration move...

In the following game, Manchester United continued to press aggressively throughout the game, but Middlesbrough equalized the score three minutes later.

In the 6th minute of the game, Woodgate made a long pass from the backcourt, and the ball just passed over the heads of the Manchester United defenders who were pressing forward. Sanley rushed forward at high speed, saved the ball before it went out of bounds, and then met O'Shea, who was playing as a left back, with a curved cross.

The cross landed perfectly between Manchester United's central defenders Vidic and Ferdinand. Aliadiere made a quick counterattack and got in position 11 yards in front of the goal and headed the ball. Van der Sar was unable to save it and the ball went straight into the far corner of Manchester United's goal.

1-1, the two sides are back to the same starting line again. However, the eyes of the home team Manchester United players are full of bloodthirsty magic, as if they want to eat the visiting team alive after the kick-off...

However, Middlesbrough almost scored again in the 12th minute with another long pass from the backcourt, and then Sanley replicated the first goal and sent a diagonal pass from the right. This time, Downing, who successfully got out of offside, headed the ball from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area, but unfortunately the ball hit the far post and went slightly wide.

However, this goal was the last time the visiting team Middlesbrough directly threatened Manchester United's goal in this game.

In the 18th minute, Wes Brown made a cross pass after making a forward run, and Li Qi received the ball and shot it 28 yards in front of the goal, but he failed to replicate his earth-shattering first goal, and this time the ball went out of the baseline.

In the 25th minute, Li Qi did not work alone after receiving the ball. Maybe the two shots before let him vent all the anger in his heart. Rooney received Li Qi's diagonal pass and then passed it to the empty space on the other side. Ronaldo took the ball and rushed into the left side of the penalty area in two steps. Then he faced the defense and shot at a small angle. Unfortunately, the ball slipped past the goal and hit the far post.

However, Manchester United's wave of attacks, one higher than the other, finally paid off in the 33rd minute. Downing made a mistake in clearing the ball in the backcourt under Li Qi's close pressure, and Li Qi guessed the route of his half-turned through ball, who flew to tackle and blocked it to Rooney who had been lying in ambush nearby.

The latter made slight adjustments after receiving the ball, and shot from 15 yards on the right side of the penalty area. The ball went into the far corner of the goal like a frightened hare.

This is Rooney's 7th goal in the last 8 games! Manchester United once again leads the score, 2-1!

This time Rooney learned from Li Qi's experience in the previous goal and did not use his usual celebration action, but instead made a violin-playing celebration action...

Manchester United, who took the lead again, did not stop their attacking momentum, just like in the previous games, and continued to speed up and rush forward.

In the 35th minute, Anderson passed the ball straight to the left, and O'Shea, who was running in from the side with Li Qi's cover, passed the ball back from the edge of the penalty area. Ronaldo's low shot from 15 yards in front of the goal was confiscated by Schwarzer, and he missed a good chance to score.

In the first half stoppage time, Manchester United was still attacking. Rooney received a direct pass from Leeds and rushed to the bottom line of the penalty area to send a low cross pass to the goal. Schwarzer rushed to hit the ball before Tevez. Then Leeds intercepted the ball outside the penalty area and sent it back to the goal! Unexpectedly, Ronaldo missed the ball again. He did not head the ball directly into the empty goal, but chose to stop the ball first, but accidentally stopped it too far, and directly stopped the ball to goalkeeper Schwarzer who was still doing the floor action...

Li Qi couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Whoa whoa whoa! He said he wanted to be the top scorer in the Premier League, but that's it? It's better for me to do it!

In the third minute after the kick-off of the second half, Tevez, Anderson, Lizzie and Rooney passed the ball continuously, which stunned the midfield and backcourt of Middlesbrough and made them unable to react at all. However, this time it was Lizzie's turn to miss the ball, as if the world-class shot in the first half had used up his shooting luck in this game.

This wonderful forward cooperation was finally handed over to Li Qi for the shot, but he fired a cannon directly at 15 yards in front of the goal in the middle of the penalty area without being marked, and hit the plane...

C Ronaldo even came over to comfort Ricardo: It's okay, we are almost the same...

I already scored a goal! Ricardo refused to admit that they have similar smelly feet!

However, the fact that Ronaldo and Li Qi are not in good form does not mean that the other two players in Manchester United's offensive combination are also not good enough.

Manchester United extended the lead again in the 55th minute, this time with the cooperation of two other players, Rooney and Ronaldo.

Li Qi knew that he seemed to be feeling a bit off in the last few minutes, so he passed the ball directly to Anderson in the middle. Anderson stopped the ball and made a quick pass, and Tevez, who cut into the penalty area, passed the ball to Rooney in the middle. Rooney then cleverly kicked his heel back and played a mid-air wall-collision with the Argentine beast, which was very cool!

Tevez then got a one-on-one chance 14 yards in front of the goal in the middle of the penalty area. Unlike the other two Hong Kong-footed players, he calmly pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal. 3-1!

After Tevez scored, he changed his previous celebration action and performed a live flute in front of a group of big men. Oh no, it was a celebration action imitating the flute...

Seeing that the magic quartet was about to finish the performance, and he was only one goal short, Ronaldo was anxious. In this situation, scoring is not a big deal, but it would be embarrassing if someone is missing...

As Ronaldo's new best friend, Li Qi, whose friendship level is temporarily reduced to two, naturally saw Ronaldo's anxiety, so he frequently passed the ball to him, even if there was one on the left and one on the right, even if Ronaldo was surrounded by multiple people, for the sake of his good friend, the righteous Li Qi stepped in and risked losing the ball, and forced several extremely difficult balls to Ronaldo.

And Ronaldo lived up to expectations, with two consecutive difficult shots outside the penalty area being blocked by Middlesbrough's defenders. After all, even a fool could see that Ronaldo wanted to score...

Sir Alex Ferguson on the sidelines had nothing to worry about. With a two-goal lead and firm control of the situation, he just let the Four Little Swans have fun. It looked like one of them would score a goal sooner or later.

But Sir Alex Ferguson did take action. In the 67th minute, he replaced Hargreaves, who had just returned from injury, with Fletcher. The latter was still looking for his rhythm in this game and his performance was not outstanding. It was obvious that he was trying to find his form and accumulate strength for the big battle against Arsenal next week.

Then, in the 73rd minute, Sir Alex Ferguson replaced Ferdinand with Pique, apparently tacitly approving the front four to continue messing around, letting the newcomers adapt to the rhythm in the backcourt and giving the tired main players a break.

Not only Li Qi was passing the ball to Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez were also helping, but the more anxious they were, the less effective it was, because Middlesbrough also found out about it, and they wanted to surround Ronaldo and prevent him from scoring. It's hard to defend against four people, but can't they defend against just one?

In the 78th minute, Sir Alex used up his last substitution and replaced Anderson with Giggs. It seemed that he wanted to help the Four Little Swans score another goal, mainly to help Ronaldo.

In the end, God finally opened his eyes, but only half of them, because although Manchester United scored the fourth goal and successfully broke the record of consecutive goals in the English top league that had been dormant for a hundred years, the goal was not scored by Ronaldo...

C Luo: MMP! Leave me alone!

Manchester United sealed the victory in the 85th minute. Li Qi intercepted the ball in the midfield and sent a straight pass. Rooney dribbled the ball from the wing and drove straight into the Middlesbrough penalty area. Then he stopped and dribbled the ball in the corner of the penalty area and passed it to the middle.

After receiving the ball in the middle, Tevez pulled the ball and turned around, dribbling past the defense of Middlesbrough defenders, and then faced the goal alone. However, Tevez still wanted to make a move for Ronaldo, and decisively knocked the ball 10 yards in front of the goal on the left side of the penalty area, but the goalkeeper Schwarzer guessed the ball!

The latter blocked the ball, but unexpectedly the ball changed direction and bounced into the empty goal behind Schwarzer...

The Argentine striker scored twice in this game! Tevez's 4 league goals this season were all at home.

Just when Ronaldo was feeling depressed, Li Qi quickly reminded Tevez to do the last celebration move, which was originally reserved for Ronaldo, but unfortunately, he was not there on the record-breaking night. Even the Magic Quartet's celebration move had to be done by Tevez - the last celebration move was playing the guitar!

Ronaldo's face became even darker when he saw that the coolest of the four celebration moves in the Magic Sound Quartet, which he had fought so hard for, was actually performed by the Argentine beast.

Li Qi was very good at dealing with people at this time. He stepped forward and patted Ronaldo on the shoulder to comfort him: "It's okay, Cristiano, what belongs to you is yours, don't force it..."

Ronaldo smiled and responded with a polite greeting: Dove House, eh…

In the remaining minutes, Ronaldo still struggled symbolically. But it was in vain, and Ronaldo was finally nailed to the embarrassing pillar of shame. The score of this game was finally fixed at 4 to 1. Although Manchester United did not score 5 goals in the fourth game, it was enough, enough to break the record that had been sealed for a hundred years!

With four or more goals in four consecutive games in 21 days, and a total of 4 goals, Manchester United this season has surpassed the record of four consecutive four-star games set in the Meredith era in 19, and its offensive power has been the best for a whole century!

Manchester United got the result they wanted most and won 8 consecutive games in the league; Middlesbrough suffered 4 consecutive defeats, which is also the worst record since Southgate took office.

As long as Arsenal cannot beat Liverpool away at Anfield tomorrow, Manchester United will top the list with the advantage of goal difference!

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