host must win

Chapter 128 Intricate
The excitement of winning the League Cup has not yet passed, and Manchester United's next game is coming again.This is a make-up match for the 29th round of the Premier League. The game was originally played on the weekend, but because Manchester United participated in the League Cup final, the game was forced to be postponed.The opponent in this game is another rival of Manchester United, Leeds United.

In a week's time, Manchester United will face two rivals in a row.

Because Arsenal, who played the game first, has won the game, which makes Manchester United 8 points behind the Gunners in the standings.If Manchester United loses points in this game, then Manchester United's hope of winning the championship is very slim, because the league has entered the 29th round. In the remaining 9 rounds, if they want to reverse the gap of seven to eight points, although it is not Impossible, but very difficult to say the least.Therefore, in this game, Manchester United cannot afford to lose.

Ferguson once again dispatched the strongest lineup in his hands, but the positioning of the players was a bit surprising. He had made it clear before that he did not want to play as a defender, but Roy Keane was still placed in the central defender position by Sir Alex Ferguson in this game. O'Shea, Ferdinand and Sylvester partnered, Bart and Scholes formed a double midfielder, Yin Jun formed an avant-garde line with Beckham and Veron, and Ruud van Nistelrooy advanced forward with a single arrow.

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Because of his transfer to Manchester United last summer, Ferdinand was regarded as a traitor by Leeds United. He was targeted by Leeds United fans who came to Old Trafford and was booed every time he touched the ball.

Manchester United's number one star Beckham was also treated the same way. This handsome guy was not punished for elbowing his opponent in the first round of the match between the two sides this season. He was highly dissatisfied with the fans of Leeds United. He came to take revenge today.

However, because it was an away game, the number of Leeds United fans was limited, so they could not create much momentum. On the contrary, the provocative effect was more obvious, which aroused the fighting spirit of Ferdinand and Beckham, and they were very active in the game.

Ferdinand first received a cross from O'Shea and forced a corner.After that, he played for Veron again, but the Argentine volleyed into the side netting.

Beckham even caused Leeds United's first conceded goal.

In the 20th minute of the game, Beckham made a precise pass from the right, Butt headed the goal vigorously, and goalkeeper Robinson struggled to save the ball. It bounced into the goal of the South African defender Radebe, and Manchester United led 1:0.

Beckham's active Yin Jun seems to have a lack of presence. Although he is a midfielder on the field, Yin Jun is more of a go-between and rarely has the opportunity to directly attack the opponent's goal.

However, Yin Jun's role on the field is still very important. It was his scheduling in the midfield that allowed Manchester United to completely suppress the visiting team Leeds United on the scene.

In the game after the first half, neither side could rewrite the score.However, when the game progressed to the 79th minute in the second half, Manchester United scored another goal to rewrite the score to 2:0.It was Silvestre who scored, the French defender's third goal in his 180th game for Manchester United.

In the end, Manchester United defeated their rivals Leeds United 2-0, narrowing the points gap with Arsenal to 5 points, retaining the hope of winning the championship.However, Manchester United also paid a big price in the game. Keane, Veron and Sylvester all suffered injuries of varying degrees during the game.

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With the end of two consecutive rival derby games, Manchester United finally ushered in a respite.Because this weekend is the FA Cup schedule, the league has made way for the FA Cup, and Manchester United has already been eliminated in the FA Cup.

Now that the time has entered March, a one-week rest period is very important for Manchester United.

In fact, the rest time for Manchester United's main lineup is not just one week, because in the Champions League in the middle of next week, Manchester United, which has already qualified two rounds in advance and is locked in the first place in the group, does not need to invest much time and energy at all.Therefore, in the fifth round of the group match against Basel, Ferguson sent almost a substitute lineup, only two main players, Gary Neville and Rio Ferdinand, played, and the main players, including Yin Jun, got a rotation rest .

In the end, Gary Neville equalized after United conceded a goal at Old Trafford.And this goal is Neville's fourth goal in 11 years playing for Manchester United!
Ferguson's big rotation won Manchester United a key rest time.Because just 63 hours after the end of this round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester United will be a guest at Villa Park Stadium to usher in the 30th round of the Premier League.Otherwise, if Manchester United's main force has a fierce battle with Basel and then ushers in another high-intensity game in just over two days, it will be difficult to predict what the game will look like.

Even if Manchester United's main force has a full nine days of rest, it is not easy for Manchester United to win the game at Villa Park.The Red Devils encountered tenacious resistance from the Villars in the away game, and finally won with a score of 1:0.

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The victory put Manchester United only 2 points behind leaders Arsenal in the standings.

Two and a half hours later, good news came from Ewood Park Stadium in Lancashire. Arsenal were beaten 0:2 by Violence in the away game!
In this game, Arsenal were exhausted.Because of poor performance in the second stage of the UEFA Champions League group stage, they only temporarily ranked second in the group, so they had to go shopping in Rome away, but the result was only a 1:1 draw. Although they kept the second position in the group, but If they want to qualify, they have to fight against Valencia in the last round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of next week.

In order to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Wenger had to hide two main players, Campbell and Vieira, in the game against Blackburn. As a result, Arsenal, with an unbalanced defense, not only failed to play beautiful offensive football, but made repeated mistakes on the defensive end , and finally lost 0:2.Blackburn player Duff showed great power, shot and passed, and almost sank the arsenal by himself.

This is Arsenal's first defeat in 2003, and the last time they lost was against Manchester United on December 12. After losing this game, Arsenal only led Manchester United by 7 points, and the situation of winning the championship became complicated.

而10月26日，布莱克本曾客场2:1战胜阿森纳，而在一赛季中两胜阿森纳的球队只有3年前的利物浦做到。

Duff, the Blackburn player who dominated the game, reported that he was favored by Ferguson after the game.Obviously, this is the beginning of hype by the British media, who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

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