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Chapter 225 Winning Premier League Best of the Month Again

The second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage against Stuttgart was Manchester United's sixth match in the past 20 days. Compared with the full week of double matches, and during the previous international match day, most Manchester United players were running around. All over the world, fighting for their respective national teams, this has caused most of Manchester United's main players to encounter a certain physical crisis after entering October. This is also one of the main reasons why many Manchester United players are out of form in this game one.

Even Yin Jun himself felt a little tired in this game.Coupled with the tight marking of the Stuttgart players on him, he also failed to score.

However, Yin Jun still took advantage of his own points to create a penalty for Manchester United, which was scored by Ruud van Nistelrooy. Finally, his opponent did not shave his head.

Manchester United, which suffered their first defeat of the season, did not stay in Germany, and flew back to Manchester by plane that night.Just about 65 hours later, Manchester United will usher in their next opponent at Old Trafford: Birmingham City.

Under the leadership of Manchester United's meritorious captain Bruce, Bluenose has performed very well since the start of the season. It only conceded 7 goals in the first 2 rounds of the league. It is the best defensive team among the 20 Premier League teams.The excellent defense has allowed them to achieve a good record. With an unbeaten record of 4 wins and 3 draws, they rank fourth in the Premier League standings after Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea who also have 5 wins and 2 draws!

And Manchester United has the strongest offense in the Premier League. They scored 7 goals in the first 18 rounds of the league, which is 100 more than Chelsea, which spent more than 2 million pounds to buy almost a set of main players in the summer. ball.

It seems that this is a contest between the sharpest spear and the strongest shield.

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Before the start of the game between Manchester United and Birmingham City, this round of the Premier League has finished one game.At Anfield Stadium, Arsenal reversed Liverpool 2:1 in the away game after a bad start, temporarily extending their lead to 3 points.Kewell scored his first home goal since joining Liverpool, but Pires assisted Edu with a header to equalize.In the second half, he sealed the victory with a brilliant curling ball just outside the box.Irving left the field early due to injury and will undergo further examinations to determine the extent of the injury.

Cristiano Ronaldo and O'Shea, who performed poorly in the Champions League in midweek, lost their starting positions, but Ferdinand, who has been criticized, still has the trust of Ferguson.

After the opening, Birmingham's defense line recovered, leaving no room for Manchester United's offense. The strong wind on the stadium also affected the passing cooperation between the two sides.

The first half was not ideal, and only a penalty kick took the lead.

In the 38th minute, Scholes received a direct pass from Ruud van Nistelrooy and was thrown down by Birmingham goalkeeper Mike Wright. The referee Dean sent off Mike Wright and whistled a penalty kick. Substitute goalkeeper Bennett played , He failed to save Van Nistelrooy's penalty kick. After missing 3 penalty kicks in a row at the beginning of the new season, Van Nistelrooy scored 4 consecutive penalty kicks in 2 days.

After the start of the second half, Manchester United, who played one more player, aggressively attacked, but it was the visiting team Birmingham City who took the lead in threatening.With a quick counter-attack, they almost broke the goal of Manchester United.But Clapham's shot was saved by Howard, who was positioned accurately. After that, Clapham's long shot tested Howard again.

After a relatively poor start to the second half, the Manchester United players on the field took the initiative to make adjustments. Yin Jun took the initiative to take on more responsibilities on the wing, opening up Birmingham City's defense for the team.

In the 57th minute, Yin Jun sent a precise pass from the right, Scholes broke through the middle, and scored two low shots into the lower left corner, helping Manchester United rewrite the score to 2:0.

In the 66th minute, Manchester United suffered a blow. Captain Roy Keane was injured by Cunningham.Forced to make substitution adjustments, Ferguson made the radical decision to replace the injured Keane with Forlan.

Manchester United sealed the victory in the 77th minute. Ruud van Nistelrooy's shot was saved by Bennett, but Yin Jun grabbed the spot and scored an empty goal.

In the 82nd minute, Forlan, who came off the bench, passed the ball, and Giggs made another victory, locking the score at 4:0.

Manchester United, with a four-goal victory, once again caught up with Arsenal in the standings, and regained the top spot with a goal difference advantage.

Especially on the second day, after the Blues defeated Middlesbrough 2:1 away, Arsenal was squeezed to the third place in the league.

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Immediately, time entered the second international match day of the season.

During this international competition day, although the Chinese team did not arrange competition tasks, the team started training at the Haigen base in Caiyun Province in China to prepare for the Asian Cup next year.Yin Jun also flew back to China to train with the teammates of the national team to strengthen the tacit understanding.

After ten days of training camp, Yin Jun left China and returned to Manchester.

Yin Jun, who just returned to Manchester, received a big gift. He won the Premier League Player of the Month in September!
In September, Manchester United played 9 league games. Yin Jun played all the games and contributed 4 goals and 3 assists, helping Manchester United achieve an unbeaten record of 2 wins and 2 draws.

This is Yin Jun's second Premier League Player of the Month title in his career!
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At noon on October 10th, the 18th round of the Premier League kicked off. Manchester United was a guest at Elland Road Stadium, ushering in the first round of the Rose Derby this season.

Leeds United performed very badly after the start of this season. They only scored 8 points in 8 rounds of the league and are currently ranked 17th, only 1 point above the relegation zone.

Coupled with the fact that this is another game against rival Manchester United, Leeds United naturally do not want to lose at home.

On Manchester United's side, because they will go north to Scotland in the middle of the week to usher in the third round of the Champions League group match against Glasgow Rangers, Ferguson has carried out a certain rotation, and Yin Jun has been temporarily placed on the bench.

When Ferdinand stepped into Elland Road, the Leeds United fans who had worshiped him as a hero scolded him everywhere. This was also his first appearance since the "drug test incident".Previously, Leeds United fans were not allowed to come within 50 yards of the team car when it arrived outside the stadium, nor did the team car enter through the usual visiting team entrance.

After the opening, every time Ferdinand touched the ball, he would be booed by the fans. Manchester United cooperated more smoothly, but the home team also got 1 corner kicks in a row within 3 minute.

The two teams from the same city played very fiercely, but they failed to score a goal for a long time.

In the 70th minute of the game, Ferguson, who was still in a stalemate, made a substitution adjustment, and Yin Jun came off the bench.

In the 81st minute, Sacco dribbled the ball from the backcourt. Ruud van Nistelrooy actively countered and pushed the ball to the right. Gary Neville took the ball immediately. Then he flew into the lower right corner and scored the only goal of the game.

Manchester United beat Leeds United 1-0 away!
In the following game, Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 at home.So far, the Premier League continues to remain unbeaten, leaving only two teams, Manchester United and Arsenal.

(End of this chapter)