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

As the end of 2020 approaches, Manchester United will face their most difficult schedule of the season. From late November to the end of December, in just 11 days, Manchester United will have 12 games in the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup.

This is because this year's Club World Cup has been scheduled to be held in February next year, otherwise Manchester United's schedule would not be arranged at all!

On the evening of November 11, Manchester United faced West Bromwich Albion at home in the 21th round of the Premier League, which marked the beginning of this devilish schedule.

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In terms of personnel, Manchester United continued to send out the attacking combination of Mbappe, Harry Kane, Rashford and captain Bruno Fernandes, Fred and Gundogan partnered as double defensive midfielders, and the defense line was a combination of Cancelo, Maguire, Van Dijk and Luke Shaw. West Bromwich Albion used a 541 formation, with former Blues player Ivanovic leading the defense, Blues loanee Gallagher in the midfield, and Ahern Grant as the single striker.

Less than 2 minutes into the game, Manchester United created a threat with a header from Mbappe.

In the 16th minute of the game, Manchester United missed a good opportunity. Rashford made a cross pass from the left, Bruno passed the ball to Mbappe, who met the ball in the middle and shot from close range, but was saved by West Brom goalkeeper John Stones.

The game then fell into Manchester United's rhythm, but Manchester United, who had more than 0% of the ball, failed to create many good scoring opportunities. At the end of the first half, the two sides were tied 0:.

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and less than 2 minutes into the game, Gallagher fell to the ground after a slight contact with Bruno in the penalty area. The referee David Coote immediately awarded a penalty kick, but the video referee team gave a prompt. The referee changed the decision after personally watching the video replay on the sidelines and cancelled the penalty kick. Manchester United escaped a disaster.

In the 53rd minute, Manchester United got a penalty kick. Rashford's cross from the left hit the arm of West Brom defender Fran, and referee David Coote awarded another penalty kick. Bruno's penalty kick was saved by Knickers goalkeeper Johnstone.

Just when Bruno thought his streak of scoring from the penalty spot would end today, the referee, after VAR intervention, determined that Johnstone's two feet were completely off the goal line before saving the penalty, and decided to retake the penalty. Then Bruno scored the second time.

This was the only goal of the game. Neither side made any progress in the subsequent games and the score of 1:0 remained until the end of the game.

In another strong dialogue in this round, Liverpool beat Leicester City 3-0 at home, which extended Manchester United's lead in the standings to 4 points.

What is noteworthy is that in another focus match, Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 2-0 at home. This is the second defeat of the Blue Moon this season.

With one game less, Manchester City currently has only 12 points and ranks 13th in the standings. The gap between them and the top team Manchester United has also widened to 12 points.

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In the middle of the week, Manchester United faced the fourth round of the Champions League group stage against Serie A powerhouse Atalanta.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle at the Millennium Stadium.

Since Manchester United will be in an extremely intensive schedule of playing two games a week for a long time in the future, Mourinho will make moderate rotations in the lineup.

Bruno created a threat on the right in the sixth minute of the game and got a corner kick opportunity.

This time, he took the corner kick himself and assisted Harry Kane to score with a header.

This lead was maintained until the second half.

Mourinho replaced Bruno in the 61st minute to save his energy for this tough match. But after the 80th minute, Manchester United's players' physical strength gradually failed to keep up, and coupled with the defensive problems caused by the absence of midfielder Kante, the team lost two goals in the last ten minutes and was reversed by Atalanta at home.

1:2，曼联自从2018年4月24日在老特拉福德球场开启的欧冠连胜记录，终于在今天画下了句号，这一项记录也就此停留在30场。

At the same time, another record was ended, that is, Manchester United's unbeaten record in the Champions League since the beginning of the 2017-2018 season was also ended after three years, and the number of games in this record also remained at 40.

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Although Manchester United lost the game, the media was quite tolerant of the team. After all, Manchester United's record in the past three years has been so outstanding.

Whether it is 30 consecutive wins in the Champions League or 40 unbeaten games in the Champions League, these are things that no one dares to imagine.

You know, before this, Manchester United's 25-game unbeaten record in the Champions League was considered a record that could not be broken.

But now, Manchester United not only broke the record they once held, but even refreshed it to the terrifying number of forty games.

Under normal circumstances, a team would at most participate in thirteen Champions League matches in a season. To remain unbeaten in forty games would be more than three full seasons!

This is indeed the case. Manchester United won three consecutive Champions League titles during this period!

For three full seasons, no team in Europe could beat Manchester United!

Everyone knows that Manchester United's Champions League winning streak and unbeaten record will end one day. No one expected that this record would end at Atalanta, which had suffered three consecutive defeats against Manchester United.

You know, just three weeks ago, at Atlanta’s home ground, Manchester United slaughtered Atlanta 5:0!

Unexpectedly, after returning to their home court, Manchester United was reversed by Atalanta in the last few minutes and lost the game after leading for almost the entire game.

The media criticized Mourinho for being too arrogant. With the team leading by only one goal, he replaced Bruno, the team's offensive core and spiritual leader, just after 60 minutes of the game.

You know, before Bruno was substituted, Manchester United had suppressed Atalanta on the field and maintained the lead in the score.

Despite the unexpected reversal by Atalanta, Manchester United still leads the group standings with a 2-point advantage. Behind them, Ajax and Atalanta both have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 7 points. Ajax ranks second with a goal difference advantage, while Atalanta ranks third. Midtjylland ranks last after four consecutive losses and has been eliminated two rounds in advance.

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On the afternoon of November 11th, Manchester United visited St. Mary's Stadium for the 29th round of the league.

Before the game, both sides held a moment of silence to commemorate the football king Maradona who passed away not long ago.

The unexpected reversal in the Champions League in the middle of the week still dealt a big blow to Manchester United's morale. In this away game against Southampton, Manchester United was unable to find their form in the first half, while Southampton frequently threatened Manchester United's goal through sharp counterattacks.

In the 23rd minute, Southampton took a corner kick. Bednarek jumped high in front of the goal and looked back at the moon. The ball went into the net and Southampton took the lead, 1:0!

In the 27th minute, Southampton passed the ball from the left, Peters cut into the penalty area from the right and made a low shot. The ball deflected and hit the far post and bounced out of the bottom line. Manchester United almost lost two goals in four minutes.

In the 33rd minute, Southampton had a free kick in front of the penalty area. Prowse took the penalty and a curved ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal. De Gea was out of reach and Manchester United fell behind by two goals 0:2!

This was Prowse's fourth direct free kick goal this season. So far in the Premier League this season, only Bruno, Newcastle's Jacob Murphy, West Brom's Pereira and Crystal Palace's Eze have scored free kicks, and each of them has scored one goal.

In the entire history of the Premier League, Ward-Prowse is also one of the players with the most direct free kicks. He has currently scored 9 direct free kicks, tying Lampard and Redknapp Jr., second only to Bruno's 15 and Beckham's 18, becoming the second English player to score the most direct free kicks in the Premier League.

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Mourinho was naturally very angry at the poor performance in the first half, and he scolded the Manchester United players in the locker room during the halftime break.

After the second half started, Mourinho made two substitutions. Goalkeeper De Gea, who made a big mistake in defense in the first half, and Greenwood, who missed many good chances in the frontcourt, were replaced by substitute goalkeeper Romero and striker Mahrez.

These two substitutions played a very good effect. Romero performed well on the defensive end and ensured that Manchester United's goal did not lose the third goal in this game. On the offensive end, Mahrez also became the key figure in determining the final outcome of the game.

In the 59th minute, Cancelo passed the ball with the outside of his foot, Mahrez made a low pass from the right, Bruno stopped the ball in the penalty area, adjusted it, and pushed the ball into the goal. Manchester United scored a goal and changed the score to 1:2!

In the 73rd minute, Manchester United got a corner kick on the right side of the frontcourt. Rashford took the corner kick, McCarthy lifted the ball with one hand, Bruno's long shot from the outside changed direction, Mahrez leaned forward and headed the ball into the goal, Manchester United equalized the score, 2:2!

In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Bruno passed the ball in the midfield, Rashford made a cross from the left frontcourt, and Mahrez, who appeared in front of the goal like a ghost, volleyed the ball into the dead corner, and Manchester United completed the lore, 3:2!

As Liverpool drew 1-1 with Brighton away in another match earlier in this round, Manchester United's lead in the standings expanded to 6 points.

However, after 10 league games, the standings have returned to normal, with Manchester United leading with 27 points, Liverpool second with 21 points, Chelsea third with 19 points, and Tottenham fourth with 18 points.

As for the other two teams in the BIG6, Manchester City is ranked 1th with 15 points after one game less, and Arsenal has 13 points and has dropped to th!