Chapter 327: There doesn't seem to be much difference? (Part 2)

Although the visiting team's substitute striker Maloney then hit the crossbar with a shot from the left edge of Manchester United's penalty area, Villa still did not get an absolute chance to score and naturally did not score.

So Sir Alex Ferguson thought that in this match, he should not let Li Qi, who had been warming up in the second half and whose jersey was soaked by rain or sweat, play, and save his strength for the Champions League in the middle of the week.

In the 60th minute, after Vidic fouled Petrov and received his fifth yellow card of the season, confirming that he would miss the next game against Middlesbrough, Sir Alex Ferguson made two substitutions, with Carrick replacing Scholes and Hargreaves replacing Ferdinand.

This is because they are afraid that Ferdinand will also be suspended due to a card, and one of the two main central defenders must be protected, so O'Shea returns to the center to partner with Vidic as a central defender, and lets Hargreaves, who has just recovered from injury, play as a left back. After all, it has been tried before and the effect is quite good, and the visiting team has no ability to fight back.

Just ten minutes after Sir Alex Ferguson made the substitution, Manchester United players helped to prove Sir Alex Ferguson's judgment and the score was rewritten again.

Manchester United continued to score in the 70th minute. It was again Ronaldo who made a high-speed breakthrough on the wing and then made a straight pass and diagonal cut with Rooney.

Ronaldo's wonderful pass successfully found Rooney who was running diagonally near the 12 yards on the left side of Villa's penalty area. The latter carried the defender Mellberg who was defending him and shot low into the near corner!

Rooney hadn't scored in 7 games, but he scored twice in this game! This was Rooney's 16th goal of the season, his 10th in the league, and Manchester United led the visiting team 4-0!

And Ronaldo also performed an assist hat trick because of this direct pass! One goal and three assists, the man of the match is definitely there!

Sir Alex Ferguson on the sidelines was also relieved and told the assistant coach to call back the players who were warming up, especially Li Qi, so that he would not catch a cold.

But just when Sir Alex was about to tell Li Qi that Daju had already been selected for this game and that there was no need to arrange for him to play due to changes in plans, and that he should just prepare for the midweek match in Rome, something unexpected happened on the field...

After the game resumed, Giggs was injured during a quick start and stop due to the slippery ground in the rain and the interference of the opponent's defensive players!

So Sir Alex quickly changed the subject and asked Li Qi to take off his training suit and replace the veteran Giggs who was unable to continue the game.

At this time, Li Qi's mentality when he came on the court was very Buddhist. After all, four of his teammates had scored, and the visiting team did not have any threatening offense. Li Qi did not count the number of shots, but it was obvious that there was an egg on the scoreboard.

Moreover, our team's big brother Scholes continued to maintain a pass success rate of over 9%, and together with the little mule, he drove the entire field, making it impossible for the opponent's four fierce midfielders with speed, toughness and skills - Barry, Petrov, Abonlahor and Ashley Young to make any achievements.

In addition, Sir Alex Ferguson also warned Li Qi before he went on the field: "Slow down the pace and be careful not to get hurt!"

So Li Qi played very calmly when he came on the field, receiving the ball and passing it safely, and his defense was mainly to drive away and block. As for Rooney, he was still very active. After all, if there is a chance to score a hat trick, he will try to fight for it, especially when Li Qi, who has the most assists in the team, came on the field.

But Li Qi obviously disappointed Rooney. Although Li Qi would pass the ball to Rooney, it was not the kind of direct assist.

Of course, Rooney couldn't blame Li Qi after the game. After all, in the last ten minutes, Rooney still had two golden chances to score, but he wasted them both.

In the 78th minute, Leech, who had just come on the pitch, passed the ball to Hargreaves, who successfully broke through to the edge of the penalty area and made a cross, but Rooney, who was flanking in the middle, was too anxious and made an early forward shovel shot, but was ruled offside by the linesman.

In the 86th minute, Li Qi made the only through pass after coming on the pitch, successfully breaking through Villa's defense. But Rooney once again started half a beat early, and the referee blew the whistle again for his lob shot from the edge of the penalty area...

In the end, Manchester United won a big victory with 4-0, sending the visiting team Villa to three consecutive defeats. At the same time, with six rounds left in the league, they are five points ahead of Chelsea, who won Middlesbrough 1- in this round, and six points ahead of Arsenal, who received a red card in this round but still managed to come back from - to stage a miracle comeback.

Arsenal played a thrilling match. They fell behind in the away game in the 14th minute. Diaby was given a red card for a flying tackle in the 31st minute. The Gunners were forced to play with one less player. Arsenal lost the second goal before the end of the first half...

However, in the second half, the technically oriented Arsenal showed a rare burst of bloodiness, scoring two goals in the 63rd and 67th minutes, and completing a stunning comeback in the 90th minute!

This exciting scene made Newcastle, who also reversed a 4-1 away game against Tottenham Hotspur, pale in comparison.

But it can only be said that the miracle of Arsenal's first win in 6 rounds came too late! With 4 draws and 1 loss, they lost 11 points, and went from leading Manchester United by points to trailing Manchester United by points. With rounds left in the league, it is obviously unrealistic to expect the experienced Sir Alex and Manchester United to make mistakes.

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At the press conference after the game, the media first congratulated Sir Alex Ferguson on his 700th victory as the Red Devils coach, and that the initiative in the championship race was one step closer to Sir Alex's 10th Premier League title.

Sir Alex was naturally in a good mood: "Manchester United showed amazing energy today. Many players just played in the national team warm-up match in the middle of the week, and the conditions of the field today, I am very satisfied with the team's performance.

I said last week that Manchester United players have reached their peak, and they continued this state today. Especially Ronaldo, I always thought that the first player in the team to assist a hat trick this season would be Li Qi, after all, he has been playing very steadily and likes to pass the ball.

But today Ronaldo showed us a different side of him, a side that can do everything, and I think he is likely to break Manchester United’s season goal record by the end of the season…”

Sir Alex took the initiative to compare the two hottest players in the team - Cristiano Ronaldo and Li Qi. This made the media, which loves to create topics, like sharks, smell blood. Even Rooney who scored twice and Tevez who was back in form were automatically ignored.

Immediately, a reporter who was not sure if he was a fan of Arsenal or Henry, or just a pure fan of Li Qi, followed the clues and raised a topic that everyone in the audience was looking forward to:

"Yes, Sir! We can see that after replacing Giggs, Ricky didn't perform well. It seems that Manchester United doesn't make much difference with or without Ricky. Can it be said that Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt are too strong, which allowed Ricky to catch up with Henry's assist record by chance?"

When Sir Alex heard this question, a very strange or playful smile suddenly appeared on his face: "This reporter's perspective is very unique. I hope our next opponents will think the same way, especially Roma in the middle of the week. I believe Ricardo will not mind..."

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"He must be a fan of Henry, and he's jealous that I'm about to break Henry's assist record, so he's deliberately slandering me. I don't bother to pay attention to these brainless opinions." When Ricardo sent Sarafina to the train station to return to London, he also comforted the little princess who was worried about him.

But as Sir Alex said, the little thief Ricardo really wants all opponents to see him this way. His 26 goals and 33 assists this season are all luck and fluke. Just treat Ricardo as a nobody. Don't use special people to mark him, don't use multiple people to double-team him, and don't commit lethal fouls...

Everyone must keep a low profile! Enter the village secretly, don't shoot! Oh, bah! It was Qiao Mi's goal assist, don't cheer!

Wait until Ricardo continues to develop and becomes the World Footballer of the Year. Oh no, he becomes the World Footballer of the Year for two consecutive years. Then we can take stock of whether there is any difference!

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[The author finally understands why other novels and authors only update small chapters of around 2k...

It’s easy!

I was thinking I could finish the second update in the morning!

While watching Arsenal get another red card and fall behind by two goals again, the second update is already finished!

However, according to the author's original outline and plan, if I were to update a big chapter today, I should be able to start writing about the Champions League.

But Xiao Zhang, it seems that the pace of progress is a little slower.

I hope my readers don’t mind.

Unfortunately, at the time of publication, the Gunners were unable to pull off the miracle of a three-goal comeback this time...]