The Greatest Performer on the Football Field

August 22, Old Trafford.

Standing at the front of the tunnel, Sun Wu chatted with the Tottenham players next door, shook hands with Pochettino who came out early, and lightly punched Miguel who was joking.

In Sun Wu's eyes, Tottenham and Manchester United, at least this season, are too close to each other.

Pochettino moved from Manchester United to Tottenham, and he took Lukaku and Januzaj with him at the same time, while Fellaini was purged from Manchester United to Tottenham by Pochettino.

In turn, Alderweireld, who was Pochettino's most trusted defense general, has now become the darling of the Dream Theater fans, but the Belgian is absent due to injury.

Of course, Harry Kane cannot be forgotten. Although he has not scored his first goal for Manchester United yet, he still started today.

By the way, there is Mata. He joined Manchester United last season, but after Sun Wu refused, Chelsea sold him to Tottenham.

Well, at the end of the count, Sun Wu counted himself. He also moved to Manchester United from Tottenham.

Okay, it's time.

The referee on duty, Clattenburg, took the lead to walk out of the tunnel with the ball in hand. On both sides of him were captains Sun Wu and Lloris.

They were greeted with thunderous applause. Although the record of one draw and one loss was unsatisfactory, Manchester United fans did not complain.

Pochettino, who entered the stadium early, felt quite complicated. There was no such warm applause when he entered the stadium just now... Obviously, the fans all know who brought Manchester United back to the top.

From the moment Sun Wu landed in the Bundesliga, he became the team's ace within a few games at Wolfsburg. The ace is often the last one to play.

After that, Schalke 04 and Tottenham were all like this, but starting from last season, Sun Wu, who took over the captain's armband from Ferdinand, was always the first one to play, and the last one was Griezmann.

However, today Griezmann was placed on the bench due to a minor injury in yesterday's training. The last one to walk out of the tunnel today was Van Dijk.

Compared with Sun Wu, Van Dijk's growth experience was more bumpy, although he did not suffer such serious injuries.

When he was 15 years old, Van Dijk was still working as a dishwasher in a restaurant, earning only a few pounds a day.

When I was 16 years old,

Van Dijk, who is only 163cm tall, is playing right back and was abandoned by the Willem II youth training camp because he was too slow.

But the 22-year-old Van Dijk became the best central defender in the Scottish Premiership. The 24-year-old Van Dijk came to Old Trafford and was the last one to walk out of the tunnel.

Van Dijk glanced at Sun Wu, who was walking at the front. It was the Chinese coach and captain who told him that he would be the protagonist in this game.

Clattenberg blew the whistle to start the game, and Manchester United kicked off first. Zhan Jun asked with interest: Pochettino returned to the Theater of Dreams soon after leaving Manchester United, and he still faced his former favorite general and... Assistant Sun Wu, what do Director Zhang think?

Hey, it's hard to say. Pochettino and Sun Wu know each other very well. Zhang Lu said with a smile: And Januzaj and Lukaku, whom Pochettino took away, both started... Januzaj broke It’s the ball!”

Pochettino chose to press high at the beginning, which Sun Wu expected, but the inexperienced Lucas passed the ball too lightly and was intercepted by Januzaj.

But Van Dijk accelerated and hit the Belgian winger from the side, and then quickly kicked the ball out of the baseline.

Beautiful defense. Mortensen exclaimed. Although there were some low-level mistakes in the first round of the league, Van Dijk's performance in the next three games was strong and stable. Best dug out another treasure!

Sun Wu gave a thumbs up to Van Dijk, who was directing everyone to defend the corner kick. With Kante and Van Dijk behind him, he really felt very safe!

Lucas, don't worry, Van Dijk is here! Sun Wu yelled at Lucas.

After saying this, Sun Wu didn't even enter the penalty area. After running a few steps towards the corner flag area, he suddenly turned around when Eriksen took the corner kick.

Corner kick... Van Dijk again!

Van Dijk beat Fellaini to clear the ball with a header... Oh oh oh, it's Manchester United's counterattack!

As soon as the camera turned, Sun Wu, who had completed the ball distribution and then received a through ball from Bernardo Silva, had already passed through the center circle!

Tottenham didn't expect the opponent's counterattack to pass the half court so easily. The left back Rose chased back at high speed, and the midfielder Dembele retreated step by step.

But Sun Wu suddenly stopped suddenly and turned around. Rose's face changed just as he breathed a sigh of relief. He saw Sun Wu's heel hitting the ball hard.

Sun Wu slowed down...heel...Mane!

Mane got the one-on-one goal!

No problem, shot diagonally into the far corner and the ball went in!

As soon as Sun Wu returns, Manchester United will be able to play such a pleasing and efficient offense. This is Sun Wu's first assist in the league this season. Zhan Jun waved his hand, It looks very relaxed. Dembele didn't expect Sun Wu at all. The way Wu passes the ball.”

Mane pointed at Sun Wu and ran over and knocked the latter down. In the third round of the league, he finally found the feeling he had last season.

Bernardo Silva, who sent Sun Wu a through ball, also patted Sun Wu's head excitedly. This Portuguese midfielder with high football intelligence discovered countless possibilities at that moment. He and this position Thomas Muller, the main player this season, is a completely different type. He can form a closer coordination with Sun Wu in interspersed movements.

The live broadcast camera found Pochettino, who was expressionless on the sidelines. He succeeded in a high-position press soon after the start. Everything was going according to plan, but he did not expect that Manchester United's defense collapsed with a counterattack, which made Pochettino extremely frustrated.

By returning to defense, Pochettino also discovered the key point. Ali, who was originally placed on the outside, failed to follow Sun Wu, but in fact Ali made no mistake.

Sun Wu made an early move, and he started before the ball even flew into the penalty area... as if he knew that the corner kick would be cleared.

By the time the ball cleared by Van Dijk flew towards the center circle, Alli could no longer catch up. Sun Wu happened to get the ball between Alli and Dembele. He immediately passed it to Bernardo Silva, and then he It's a matter of course.

Pochettino's eyes fell on Van Dijk. Well, he used private means to recruit Lukaku and Januzaj, and Best is not a good bird either...

After losing the ball, Tottenham continued to press at a high position, but Sun Wu retreated very deep, passing and cutting the ball smoothly in the midfield and backcourt, and deliberately increased the lateral movement. Once Fellaini and Dembe When the two defensive midfielders found a gap in protecting the ribs, Sun Wu immediately sent a through ball.

Why has no one heard of Van Dijk before this! Mortensen shouted excitedly: They all say that the Netherlands has declined, but now they have Van Dijk... Oh, look, short pass, long Everything is excellent!”

Mane crosses, damn Harry Kane, he wasted a great opportunity to expand the score!

Best can dig out valuable players like Van Dijk, but he also blindly buys mediocre forwards like Harry Kane... 20 goals, I think 2 goals at most!

Sun Wu didn't go to comfort Harry Kane again, you will believe it next year.

The effect of Pochettino's training on Tottenham seems to be average. The frontcourt offense is a bit chaotic, Eriksson's movement is a bit rigid, Ali has difficulty getting in touch with the center on the left, and Lukaku frequently pulls out of the penalty area, but Fei El Jones followed closely.

After withstanding Tottenham's counterattack, Sun Wu slowly began to establish his position, and the continuous passing cooperation between him and Bernardo Silva was as smooth as clouds and water.

In the 35th minute, Bernardo Silva passed a cross from the right rib and inserted into the penalty area. Sun Wu in the middle immediately picked up the pass. Vertonghen and Dembele turned back to chase the B seat before they had time to block the pass. .

But the next moment, the ball flew to the left side of the penalty area.

Oh, Best's No Look Pass!

Lucas... Kane Kane Kane, you can't get in like this!

Harry Kane held his head in despair, and Lucas, who missed the first assist in his career, was also regretful.

Sun Wu grinned. He didn't expect that he wouldn't be able to score like this. It was almost an empty goal, but Harry Kane kicked the ball on Lloris's shoulder.

But in the next corner kick, Van Dijk once again became the protagonist.

For the first goal, he overpowered Fellaini and became the starting point of the attack.

For the second goal, he overpowered Fellaini and headed the ball into the dead corner!

Goooooooooooooooooooooooal!

New aid Van Dijk scored his first goal since coming to Manchester United. As long as he doesn't make any more mistakes in back passes, he will definitely be the MWP of this game!