host must win

Chapter 323 Man Contact

A day later, good news came from London, Arsenal were blocked by Tottenham at White Hart Lane.Although Arsenal took a 2-0 lead with goals from Vieira and Pires in the first half, goals from Redknapp and Robbie Keane helped Tottenham equalize in the second half .

After encountering this draw, Arsenal scored 34 points less in 2 games with Manchester United and only scored 82 points.

The pressure on the Gunners intensified.

Gun King Henry also failed to score a goal in this game, failing to become the fifth Premier League player to score 30 goals in a single season after Yin Jun.

On April 4th, Manchester United local time on Tuesday night, Manchester United sat at Old Trafford to face Charlton.This is a make-up match for the 27st round of the Premier League. At that time, Manchester United and Arsenal competed for the FA Cup final qualification, which led to the postponement of the league.

Yin Jun, who just scored his 30th Premier League goal of the season in last weekend's double red meeting, continued to play well in this game. First, he received a pass from Berlyon in the 28th minute of the game to help the team break the deadlock , and then in the 65th minute, the midfielder pierced through Charlton's defense and assisted Gary Neville to score.

In the end, with Yin Jun's one shot and one pass, Manchester United beat Charlton 2-0 at home, and the points rose to 87 points. In the case of an extra round, they led Arsenal by 5 points.

After contributing one shot and one pass in this game, Yin Jun has scored 31 goals and assisted 19 times this season. He is only one step away from replicating the miracle of double 20 goals and assists created by Henry last season. .

Even if Yin Jun gets another assist, he will complete the miracle of scoring 30 goals and assisting 20, which is a step further than Henry!
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On May 5, when people in China ushered in the fifth May Day Golden Week, the Premier League ushered in the 1th round of the game.

Under the huge pressure of being 5 points behind Manchester United, Arsenal performed a little abnormally at Highbury Stadium. They were blocked by Birmingham City led by former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce.

Although Arsenal's unbeaten record has continued to 36 games, becoming the second longest unbeaten record in the history of England's top league, but Arsenal are 3 points behind Manchester United with only 4 games left in the league. Very small.

In the post-match press conference, Wenger was emotional and criticized Birmingham City for playing negatively and only thinking about scoring one point.

This is considered to be a sign that Wenger and Arsenal have collapsed.

After the game, many Manchester United fans flocked to the official website of Birmingham City, thanking the old captain Bruce for leading the team to block Arsenal, which laid a solid foundation for Manchester United to win the 9th Premier League title and the 16th top league title in team history.

In the British media circles, the theory of Mann's contact is even more rampant.

At the critical moment when Manchester United and Arsenal compete for the league title, Tottenham, Leicester City, Birmingham City, Portsmouth and other teams that do not have much risk of relegation, and at the same time do not have many teams competing for European qualification, have sent Manchester United one after another. 3 points.For example, Steve's Birmingham City first gave Manchester United 32 points in the 3nd round, but as soon as they turned around, they blocked Arsenal at Highbury Stadium and played a dull 0:0.

In this regard, whether it is Steve Bruce, or the old Redknapp, and other relevant parties have expressed that these claims are extremely absurd and are deliberately fabricated by some media.All teams will actively strive to win and will not deliberately handicap points.The inability to win Manchester United is entirely due to strength, and there is no conspiracy theory at all.

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However, in the face of the advantages brought to Manchester United by the former captain, Manchester United failed to keep it.

Not long after Birmingham City's draw with Arsenal at Highbury Stadium, Manchester United's away game at Ewood Park, where they challenged Blackburn Rovers, also blew the whistle.

Because he will go to Spain next week and usher in a life-and-death match against Deportivo in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday night, Ferguson hid many of his main players including Yin Jun in this game, almost playing as a substitute , In the end Manchester United sent 4 defensive midfielders.

Blackburn only scored 35 points after 39 rounds, and currently needs 1 point to determine relegation.

Although Manchester United played quite conservatively in the away game, almost aiming at the goal of scoring 1 point, they failed to even score 1 point in the end.

In the 82nd minute, Gallagher, who came off the bench, turned and got rid of twice in a row on the edge of the penalty area. He sent a straight pass with his left foot. The ball passed through the gap between Wes Brown and Gary Neville. Inserting a small angle shot from the left side of the penalty area, this is his sixth goal after joining Blackburn during the winter break.

In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Ryan Giggs took a free kick from the right side. Forlan, who came off the bench, missed the last chance to equalize with a header that was close to the back post.

In the end, Manchester United lost 0:1 away.Failed to seize the situation where Arsenal was tied to expand the advantage in the standings.

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However, Manchester United didn't pay much attention to this game.On the one hand, it is because even if Manchester United wins this game, they will not be able to lock in the Premier League championship in advance.On the other hand, it is because the Champions League semi-final will usher in the life-and-death battle in the middle of next week.

There is still a chance to compete for the Premier League title. Manchester United is still 4 points ahead of Arsenal. Even if Arsenal wins the make-up match against Portsmouth, they are still 1 point behind Manchester United.As long as Manchester United can win the next two games, the championship will still belong to Manchester United.

But the Champions League semi-final against Deportivo will determine whether Manchester United can advance to the Champions League final.

Once Manchester United makes a mistake in this game, it will definitely be eliminated and miss the Champions League final.

Under such circumstances, which is more important, how to choose, as long as you have a little sense, you will make a decision to temporarily abandon the league to ensure the promotion of the Champions League.

Of course, in the eyes of many caring people, the fundamental reason why Ferguson is so calm is because Arsenal’s make-up opponent is Portsmouth, a team in the southern port city, whose head coach is Harry Redknapp, Is a good friend of Ferguson.

At the critical moment, Lao Lei will definitely help Manchester United to stop Arsenal at Highbury Stadium like Bruce did.

However, such speculation will not get any feedback from the parties.

Just after losing the game and returning to Manchester, the whole Manchester United team entered the preparations for the second round of the Champions League semi-final against Deportivo Deportivo.

On Monday afternoon, the whole Manchester United team took a charter flight to A Coruña, a port city in northwestern Spain, a day early.

The life-and-death battle of the second round of the Champions League is about to start!
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