Manchester United legend

Chapter 246 Ranieri

In other games, Newcastle and Chelsea scored a goalless draw, Arsenal and Leeds United were also tied by their opponents, and Liverpool narrowly beat Manchester City 3-2 at home.

Manchester United ranked first in the standings for the first time, and surprisingly, Leicester City beat Southampton 1-0 at home and rose to second place.

The dark horse Leicester City has 11 points with the leader Manchester United, and like Manchester United, they are the two undefeated teams in the league so far.

After 5 league rounds, Manchester United ushered in the first game of the Champions League group stage. After defeating their opponents, they returned to the sixth round of the league to play Everton away.

In the face of the cheers from the Toffees' home fans, Manchester United was still unstoppable, and they defeated Everton with a fierce offensive at the beginning.

Despite the lack of captain Jost, defender Stam, forward Cole and Yorke and many other main players, Manchester United still won three consecutive cities in 11 minutes of the first half and easily won their fourth league victory this season.

In the 27th minute, Scholes passed the ball to Norwegian striker Solskjaer, and Solskjaer picked it up for midfielder Bout, who blocked the ball into the goal with his body.

After only 3 minutes, veteran Sheringham's shot was saved and Giggs pushed the ball into the net.In the 38th minute, Solskjaer received a long pass from Beckham and expanded the score to 3-0.

Not only that, Manchester United's firepower was astonishingly ferocious. After Everton's Gravesen pulled back a point in the second half, Solskjaer and Sheringham also wasted consecutive opportunities to expand the score.

The only concern for fans is that Barthez suffered a back injury towards the end of the game, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seems to have injured his ankle, Butt also injured his back, Johansen strained his groin, and Gary Neville injured his ribs. It seems that Manchester United's injury problems continue to worsen.

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Before the start of this round of the league, big news broke out in the Premier League: Chelsea announced the firing of their coach Vialli!
After two and a half years as Chelsea manager, Vialli became the first Premier League coach to be sacked this season.

After five league rounds, Chelsea had one win, three draws and one loss with only 6 points, ranking tenth in the Premier League standings. This ugly ranking became the biggest reason for Vialli's dismissal.

Before the start of the season, Chelsea was regarded as a member of the Premier League's first group that could compete with Manchester United, but now it has been reduced to the point of being bullied by a big team like Bradford.

Vialli's agent Steele said: "Vialli's dismissal has nothing to do with the team's performance. The real reason is that he lost the trust of the players and was abandoned by the boss."

Chelsea, which was affected by the coaching change, was defeated 2-0 by the second-placed Leicester City in the sixth round of the league. Ranieri, who was about to take over as coach, witnessed the team's entire defeat process from the stands.

After 6 rounds of the Premier League, Manchester United ranked first in the standings, with a record of 4 wins and 2 draws. Leicester City and Manchester United ranked second with 14 points, Arsenal ranked third with a difference of 3 points, and Liverpool ranked fourth.Chelsea, Leeds United have been left far behind.

Ferguson said, "It is not easy for us to rank first. This is a long league. We are now leading at the start and have maintained a good momentum. We also believe that we will win the final victory."

"We have full confidence in that."

United's seven-match unbeaten run was short-lived, and Ferguson soon found himself mired in injuries.

The tight and difficult schedule added to Manchester United's bad luck.

The main players have been injured one after another, and it is difficult for the returning players to get rid of the downturn. Manchester United has begun to break into a journey full of thorns.

After entering September, the Premier League and the Champions League group stage are crossed, and Manchester United begins to deal with the tight schedule of double matches a week.

After playing Everton, Manchester United went to Kiev, Ukraine for the second group match.Although the expedition to Kiev was a long way away, no one would have thought that the Manchester United players had little power to fight back in the away game and their performance was extremely sluggish.

The playing field became extremely slippery due to the rain, and the unfamiliar environment became another difficult challenge for Manchester United.

Ferguson let Cole and Yorke play forward together, "Black Wind Shuangsha" became the starting lineup again, but Barthez and Stam were both absent due to injuries, Ferguson had to use Van der Gould and Sylvester on top, and Scholes was put away in the midfield.

United soon fell into a passive position, scrambling to find themselves on the opponent's slippery pitch.Dynamo Kiev almost started a half-court attack around Manchester United, constantly shooting in Manchester United's penalty area and hitting the goal frame twice!
Manchester United shrank across the board, only sporadic counterattacks were a bit threatening.In the 24th minute of the first half, Yorke ran out of the penalty area, and his teammate's through pass was also inserted in time, but he did not adjust well and finally shot the ball wide-this was the only threatening opportunity for Manchester United in the game.

In the end, the two sides shook hands and made a 0-0 draw.After the game, the media commented bitterly: "Manchester United is really lucky, or it can only be said that the door frame is really a good friend of Manchester United, and the opponent's attack group is really too extravagant."

After returning to Manchester, Ferguson's team ushered in a tough battle against Chelsea, which had defeated him in the Charity Shield.This is the seventh round of the league, and Manchester United is at home.

Chelsea performed extremely poorly in the first 6 rounds of the Premier League. After losing 0 to 2 at home to Leicester last week, they fell to the fourth from the bottom of the standings, only 3 points away from the bottom of the list.For this reason, the club fired Vialli and invited Ranieri to coach.

This game is Ranieri's first game after coaching.Unlike the media who were unanimously optimistic about Manchester United before the game, Ferguson attached great importance to the opponent. "Chelsea does not lack talented players. The team is extremely strong. If you underestimate them, you will be punished."

Ferguson continued to let van der Gooed start to guard the goal, while Irwin, Gary Neville, Johnson, Sylvester were deployed in the defense, and Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, Jost, Cole and Sheringham were arranged in the midfield.

Ferguson gave up York as the starter, mainly because he was in poor condition and had a problem with his attitude-the star from Central America has begun to enjoy life, and he has no longer devoted himself to training and competition.

Chelsea's appearance at Old Trafford surprised United fans from the start.

No one imagined that Ranieri could transform the team in just 5 days. Ranieri, who only officially took office on Monday, changed the spirit of the team and made the Blues' combat effectiveness soar.

The Blues started the game vigorously, while Manchester United were a bit tired and listless.Hasselbaink started the game with a near-post header that almost succeeded, leaving the Manchester United team in a cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)