Fengba Greenery

Chapter 491 Lost

Chapter 71 lost
On December [-], Manchester United played against visiting Norwich at home.

Perhaps because of too many injuries, Manchester United was upset at home and was tied by Norwich.

The trend of this game was not too favorable for Manchester United from the beginning.In the 207th minute of the game, central defender Rojo was sent off for a handball in the penalty area, and Norwich won a penalty.

Manchester United suffered a cruel penalty from the red dot package.

Norwich striker Raymond made a steady penalty to help Norwich take the lead away from home.

Then Manchester United made substitution adjustments, Rooney was replaced by Phil Jones, and the pair of Phil Jones and Smalling played together again.

Manchester United, who played one less player, equalized at the beginning of the second half. Li Qingshan's powerful header in the scenic area opened the gate of Norwich.

However, in the 705th minute of the game, Norwich made a quick counterattack, and Smalling fell to the top when he cleared the siege. His mistake was caught by the extremely fast Norwich forward Jerome. Go ahead and lead the score again.

In the 80th minute of the game, after Li Qingshan grabbed a shot in the scenic spot and was saved by the goalkeeper, the football hit Norwich defender Bennett's knee and bounced into the goal. Manchester United relied on the opponent's own goal to equalize the score.

Two to two!
Manchester United's second draw of the season!

The draw reduced Manchester United's lead slightly.Manchester United is now undefeated with 47 wins and 37 draws, ranking first in the league with [-] points, and currently ranked second in the league is Leicester City. After losing to Manchester United, Leicester City has scored [-]-[-]. They defeated Swansea, Chelsea [-]-[-], and Everton [-]-[-]. A three-game winning streak brought their points to [-] points, [-] points behind Manchester United.

Manchester City, which performed quite strongly at the beginning of the season, encountered Waterloo in the last few rounds.

They have two wins and two draws in the last four rounds of the league, and the ups and downs of the state are very obvious, especially when Manchester City lost to Arsenal in the 4th round away, their league ranking was overtaken by Arsenal and fell to No.36 in the league, while As a result, Arsenal surpassed Manchester City by three points and ranked third in the league with [-] points.

If the ten-point gap still makes Manchester United confident, then the results of the next round of the league will make Manchester United fans nervous.

On December 26, Manchester United came to the Ribo Stadium on the banks of the Lantrent River to challenge the city of Stoke in the sky.

Stoke City is regarded as the second oldest football club in the world after Notts County, having been established in 1863 as a founding member of the Football League.

But when it comes to the strength of the team, it has nothing to do with how old their team is.

Stoke City In the 20s and 70s, Stoke City has been wandering in the lower leagues. Before being promoted to the Premier League, Stoke City has never appeared in the top league since 80-1984.

The 2008-09 season was the first time Stoke City appeared in the Premier League.After this, they never left the Premier League again.

Because of their traditional English football style, Stoke City's players are generally tall and good at heading, which earned them the title of "City in the Sky".

However, in the past two seasons, under the leadership of head coach Mark Hughes, Stoke City has gradually added more elements of mainland football. The Swiss Messi Shaqiri and the former La Masia's famous youth training product Bo Yang have joined. It has greatly improved their ground ball ability in the front court.However, in their lineup, there are still many elders.

Forward Anautovic, midfielder Jeff Cameron, central defender Walscheid, and goalkeeper Butlan are all over 190 centimeters tall. Except for Shaqiri and Bo Yang, other starting players are also generally taller. Above 180 five centimeters.

Although the city of the sky has lowered some heights, their sky is still clear.

As for Manchester United, Hummels returned from injury, but Ancelotti did not take the risk of putting him in the starting lineup, and Rojo got a red card in the last game and was suspended.Coupled with the absence of Mata, Herrera and Fellaini, as many as five players from Manchester United's main lineup at the beginning of the season were unable to play in this game.

The central defender combination of Smalling and Phil Jones has always been difficult to reassure fans.

This time too.

Although Li Qingshan scored twice and scored two goals in this game, Manchester United's defense failed to defend against the impact of Arnautovic, Shaqiri and Bo Yang. The attackers each scored a goal and defeated Manchester United [-]-[-] at home, giving the opponent their first defeat of the season!
When the game ended, the fans in the stands couldn't be more excited. This season, Manchester United defeated White Stoke in the Premier League.

Li Qingshan walked off the stage with a sullen face.

He played quite uncomfortable in this game.In other words, he has felt this way in the last few games.

He can only get support from Di Maria on the left, and Rooney's side can hardly pass him any good balls.Because Rooney plays differently from Mata in the game, Rooney is always used to wandering from the side to the center, so he squeezed Li Qingshan's space.

Sometimes Li Qingshan wants to drop back to catch the ball, but he sees Rooney's figure, while Valencia on the right side is afraid to make an assist under the pressure of the opponent.

The two goals Li Qingshan scored were assists from the left. Di Maria and left-back Sandro respectively gave him crosses to allow him to score two goals.

It’s no wonder that Li Qingshan is uncomfortable playing. If it was Rooney at his peak, it would be fine. When the crowd in the middle is crowded, Rooney at his peak can hold the ball, which may be helpful to Li Qingshan, but today Rooney stops the ball and takes The ability of the ball is not as good as before.

Two of Manchester United's three goals conceded were related to Wayne Rooney conceding the ball in midfield.

Manchester United's excellent record this season is actually related to Ancelotti's establishment of Li Qingshan as the only offensive core. Both Di Maria and Mata are Li Qingshan's wingmen.After Mata was injured, Rooney replaced Mata.

Rooney has always been a core player in Manchester United's frontcourt, so his way of playing is different from Mata.He is more accustomed to frequently going to the middle, catching the ball in the frontcourt, and participating in the team's goal organization.

However, the current Rooney's ability is naturally not comparable to the peak Rooney, nor can it be compared with the current Li Qingshan. The result of this is that Manchester United cannot suppress Stoke City on the scene.

This loss is a warning to Ancelotti!

(End of this chapter)