From the man behind the football king to the football king.

One day after Bruno and the Manchester United team returned to Manchester from London with a full load, Manchester United had another game at home against Derby County, the Championship team led by Chelsea legend Lampard.

This is the third round of the League Cup this season. Due to the limited strength of the opponent and the fact that Manchester United has a relatively busy schedule in the next period of time, Mourinho has made a comprehensive rotation of Manchester United's starting lineup to give the main players a rest.

Even if they played with a purely substitute rotation lineup, Manchester United still had a considerable advantage in strength over Derby County. In addition, playing at home, they took the advantage on the field and took the lead shortly after the start of the game.

In the third minute, Mahrez broke through on the left and made a low pass, McTominay missed the ball, Lingard passed the ball, and Mata shot into the bottom left corner from 15 yards.

Derby County equalized the score in the 59th minute. Ashley Young fouled Nugent and Harry Wilson took a free kick from 30 yards and the ball flew into the lower left corner.

Derby County took the lead in the 85th minute. Mount's powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area was barely saved by Grant, and Marriott, who successfully made an offside, headed the ball but was blocked and went into the net.

After 6 minutes of injury time, Manchester United equalized in the 95th minute. Dalot made a cross from the right, and McTominay headed the ball from close range, but it was blocked by Carson and went into the net.

Since there is no extra time in the League Cup, the two sides went directly to the penalty shootout after the regular time draw. As a result, after both players scored in the first 7 rounds of the penalty shootout, Phil Jones missed the penalty in the 8th round, while the opponent player scored. Manchester United eventually lost the penalty shootout 8:7 and was eliminated from the League Cup.

This defeat also means that Manchester United will not be able to win all domestic competitions in England for the third consecutive year after winning all the championships for two consecutive years.

Not only that, this also means that Manchester United's 78-game unbeaten record in all competitions has come to an end.

At the same time, this is the first time that the Red Devils have lost at home since Mourinho took over Manchester United. Before that, they had remained unbeaten in 65 consecutive home games.

The most important thing is that Derby County proved to the world that Manchester United is not really invincible and they still have the possibility of losing!

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Manchester United have no time to be sad about being eliminated from the League Cup because they are about to face a new game.

At noon on September 9th, local time in the UK, the 29th round of the Premier League kicked off, with Manchester United visiting the London Olympic Stadium to challenge the Hammers West Ham United.

Three days ago, Championship team Derby County eliminated Manchester United in a penalty shootout at Old Trafford, ending Manchester United's 78-game unbeaten streak in all competitions and 65-game unbeaten streak at home. This greatly encouraged West Ham United and gave them hope of ending another unbeaten record of Manchester United, that is, Manchester United's 46-game unbeaten streak in the Premier League.

At the beginning of the game, West Ham United took advantage of their home advantage and launched a fierce attack on Manchester United's goal. They got the right to kick off and used this opportunity to continuously attack Manchester United's goal.

At a time when Manchester United had just shone brightly at the FIFA Awards Ceremony, and when the whole world was hyping up Manchester United's unbeaten record, actually defeating Manchester United would undoubtedly be something that would attract worldwide attention.

After all, although Derby County defeated Manchester United, they only did it in a penalty shootout, and it was a somewhat useless League Cup, so the impact was not that great.

If West Ham United can beat Manchester United in the Premier League, the impact will be incomparable.

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Felipe Anderson, the midfielder introduced by West Ham United in the summer transfer window for a record fee, was particularly active in the game. He frequently raised his hand to ask his teammates for the ball. Once he got the ball, he would use his sharp breakthroughs to threaten Manchester United's goal.

Not long after the game started, Anderson received the ball on the left. Instead of passing it to anyone, he made a fake move to break through the baseline, suddenly changed direction and dribbled sideways, and then took a long shot from outside the penalty area.

De Gea tried his best to save the ball.

This shot won cheers from tens of thousands of Hammers fans at the scene and made Anderson even more confident.

Bruno knows this Brazilian midfielder well, having played against him many times in Serie A. He knows that he is a very emotional player. When he is in good form, he is definitely a top player and very difficult to deal with.

However, Bruno also knew that instead of trying to stop Anderson from playing, it would be better to try to let Manchester United score first.

As the new World Footballer of the Year, Bruno's strength has long been recognized by coaches all over the Premier League and even the world, and his role in Manchester United is also very obvious. In this game, Pellegrini asked West Ham United's midfielders to strictly guard Bruno and not let him move freely in the midfield.

When Bruno got the ball, he faced the tight defense of West Ham United. West Ham United's captain Mark Noble is a midfielder who can play both offense and defense, but his main task in this game was to defend Bruno.

West Ham United fielded five midfielders in this game, with Noble, Obiang and Declan Rice forming the three defensive midfielders. Noble will defend Bruno, and Obiang and young player Rice will also assist him.

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Bruno and Mark Noble battled with each other in midfield.

When Bruno got the ball, Mark Noble came up to press. Bruno turned around and protected the ball in front of him, and Mark Noble pressed him from behind to prevent him from turning around easily.

Then Rice ran up from the front and tried to complete a front-and-back double play with Mark Noble.

Bruno did not compete with the two men in footwork, but passed the ball horizontally to the side.

But Anderson had already guessed the intention of his pass. He moved in advance and intercepted the ball before Harry Kane could receive it.

Harry Kane was a little surprised. He was still waiting for the ball, ready to turn around and break through. But Anderson was so quick and stole the ball first.

Bruno didn't have time to complain to Harry Kane, he turned around and ran back, his target was Anderson.

Anderson certainly knew what Bruno would do after losing the ball, he would definitely chase after him. The two had played against each other for three seasons in Serie A and knew each other's habits very well. So Anderson did not show off his skills in front of Bruno and passed the ball before Bruno caught up.

West Ham United then launched an attack, and Arnautovic's shot was caught by De Gea.