From the man behind the football king to the football king

Manchester United defeated Burnley 3-0 at home, which was able to stop the decline of losing to Liverpool at Anfield. However, they failed to close the gap with Liverpool, because one day later, the Red Army lost at Molineux They beat Wolves 2:1 on the pitch and reopened the gap with Manchester United.

The Red Army is in a very good state this season. With 23 wins and 1 loss in 24 league rounds, they lead the Premier League standings alone.

However, Manchester United's performance is not bad either, with 21 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the first 24 league games, trailing Liverpool by 4 points.

Behind the two red teams, other teams could not even see the taillights of the two teams.

Ranked third is Manchester City. Blue Moon achieved 16 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in the first 24 rounds, scoring 51 points, averaging more than 2 points per game. Their performance is not bad, but compared with the top two teams in the standings. The gap is really big, trailing Manchester United by a full 14 points.

This means that if Manchester City wants to catch up with Manchester United this season, in the remaining 14 rounds of the league, they have to average 1 point more than Manchester United per game!

As for Liverpool, they are 18 points ahead of Manchester City!

Following Manchester City is another blue team-Leicester City! The Blue Fox's current record is 15 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, with 48 points, making them the biggest dark horse in the Premier League this season.

Lampard's Chelsea are currently in fifth place with 40 points. Due to Chelsea being affected by the transfer ban, there were no reinforcements in Lampard's first season in charge. Faced with the recruitment dilemma, Lampard chose to vigorously explore new players. Although they were beaten 4-0 by Manchester United in the first round, the Blues' performance quickly improved. In the Premier League in October 2019, Lampard led Chelsea to victory in three games, 4:1 Southampton away, 1:0 Newcastle at home, and 4:2 Burnley away. This allowed Lampard to win 10 The best coach of the month also brought Chelsea closer to the Champions League.

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The following weekend, Manchester United will face the fourth round of the FA Cup. Mourinho played with a full substitute lineup, and even Bruno did not travel with the team to the away game.

Because Tranmere is a team that has been in the lower leagues all year round, Manchester United does not play against them much. In history, the two sides have only met once, and that was in the 1976-1977 season, when Manchester United beat their opponents 5:0 in the League Cup.

In today's game, Manchester United, playing with a pure substitute lineup, slaughtered Tranmere 6:0 away from home and advanced to the fifth round of this season's FA Cup.

But in another stadium, a big upset was revealed. Liverpool was held to a 2:2 draw by Shrewsbury in an away game, and the two sides will replay at Anfield in early February.

Although Shrewsbury's chances of advancing are still slim, they have won a lot. This team in the middle and lower reaches of English League One currently has almost no hope of promotion in English League One, so the FA Cup competition has high hopes. However, they encountered the powerful Liverpool, which was undoubtedly a very bad result.

However, their draw with Liverpool at home gave them an opportunity to earn big money. Because according to the tradition of British football, if a Premier League team encounters a team in a lower league, the ticket revenue will be given to the lower league team, which is considered to support the lower league team.

At Shrewsbury's home ground, ticket revenue is very limited due to limited stadium capacity. But the replay will be different at Anfield Stadium. Not only will Shrewsbury's players get more exposure, but the ticket sales will also make them a fortune.

Anfield Stadium is a large stadium that can accommodate more than 50,000 fans. The ticket revenue for a game is basically more than one million pounds. This is a huge revenue that many low-level league teams do not have in a season. It is very important for improvement. There are huge benefits to team operations.

However, for Liverpool, this is a bloody deal. Because not only will they lose a fortune in ticket revenue, but the team will also be involved in more energy from the game. For Liverpool, who are fighting on multiple fronts and aiming to defeat their arch-enemy Manchester United and win the first Premier League title in team history, this is undoubtedly a loss of their wives and soldiers. It is worse news than losing directly to Shrewsbury. .

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Manchester United's last game in January was a visit to the Etihad Stadium on the evening of January 29 to challenge local rivals Manchester City. This was the second leg of this season's English League Cup semi-finals. The winner of the two Manchester City teams will advance to this season's League Cup final.

In another semi-final that ended a day ago, Aston Villa defeated Leicester City 2:1 at home, thus eliminating the Blue Fox with a total score of 3:2 and taking the lead in entering this season's League Cup final.

Due to a 3:3 draw with Manchester City at home in the first leg, Manchester United is undoubtedly in a disadvantageous situation.

What makes Manchester United even more dilemma is that three days later, Manchester United will face Wolves at home again. This is the 25th round of the Premier League.

Currently, Manchester United is 4 points behind Liverpool in the league and is in a very bad situation.

Under such circumstances, Mourinho decided to focus mainly on the league. After all, compared to the league championship, a League Cup champion is completely useless!

However, Mourinho did not arrange for Bruno to rest again. He still wore the captain's armband and led the team to play.

At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester United lined up a 4321 Christmas tree lineup. Goalkeeper Romero, four defenders Dalot, Phil Jones, Lindelof, Williams, three defensive midfielders Fred, Bellingham, McTominay, Bruno and Mahrez as forwards, Greenwood single striker forward.

At the beginning of the first half, in the first 6 minutes, the two sides went back and forth, attacking and defending each other, but the game was always stalemate, and no one got the ball. In the 7th minute, Pogba made a right-footed pass into the penalty area from the frontcourt center, Aguero entered the penalty area and leaned over to head the ball, but the ball was bravely saved by Romero.

Then, Mahrez cut in from the right frontcourt and broke into the penalty area, dodged the angle and shot with his left foot, the ball was blocked by Ederson with his legs, then Manchester City quickly counterattacked, Aguero got the ball in the frontcourt center and passed it diagonally, De Bruyne broke into the penalty area on the left side and shot with his left foot, the ball was higher than the crossbar.

After 27 minutes, Manchester City made a long pass from the backcourt. Pogba stopped the ball on the right side of the penalty area and made a cross with his left foot. Aguero made a shot in the middle of the penalty area, but the ball missed the left post.

In the 35th minute, Fred took a free kick from the left side of the frontcourt to the penalty area. Bernardo Silva headed the ball to the other side. Bruno shot from the right side of the penalty area and scored with his left foot. Manchester United unexpectedly took the lead.

After the change of sides, Manchester City finally got into the state and launched a fierce attack. Sterling and Aguero scored successively but were both called offside and the goals were invalid.

In the end, Manchester United unexpectedly won 1:0 away from home, eliminated Manchester City with a total score of 4:3 and advanced to the final.