Chapter 468 Crossing the barrier

The last time he faced Arsenal at home, he set a record for Manchester United, opening the prelude to the Red Devils' crazy goal performance. This time, as a guest at the Emirates Stadium, his goal defeated the Gunners, helping Manchester United retreat away from home and successfully took 3 points. He scored three consecutive goals, setting a new record in his career; he He performed positively and got something... Who is this? Manchester United No. 9 Li Yu is also!

Once again, facing a strong enemy, Li Yu showed a strong desire to win and continued her good luck with her goal.

Manchester United No. 9, which is favored by Ancelotti, also proved with practical actions that his efforts will eventually pay off: in the 27th minute, Li Yu, who did not get a good opportunity after the opening, got the ball in the counterattack and strode into Arsenal's penalty area with the ball. Unfortunately, he hurriedly shot in an unstable center of gravity. He finally deviated from the goal, which was also one of the few opportunities he had in the first half.

Coming to the second half, in the 64th minute, Li Yu took advantage of his opponent's mistake to get a single-knife opportunity. He barely hit the goal under the interference of goalkeeper Szesney. The slow rolling ball was finally relieved by Mertsack, who was chased in time. In the 67th minute, the straight ball in the middle of Mata's front court was accurately found. Li Yu, but the latter was unstable in the penalty area and lost a good opportunity. Until the 81st minute of the game, Valencia made a threat on the right side. His cross made Li Yu, who had already run to the position, calmly rise. The latter made a volley with his right foot and completely locked the victory for the team.

It is definitely not accidental to score three consecutive goals. At least it proves that Li Yu has gradually found the feeling of scoring in the new position and took on more responsibilities. Now Li Yu is more "stable".

Sky Sports scored the second highest 7 points for Li Yu after the game. The local media Manchester Evening News gave him a game-high 8 points, praising his "winning goal is the best reward for an afternoon's hard work".

At the same time, Manchester United's official website also pointed out that "Li Yu continues to start in important games of Manchester United. When Manchester United needs to score goals, he can always repay the team with energetic performance."

OPTA's post-match data also proves the excellence of Manchester United's new core: 4 shots, 3 shots in the whole game, 1 goal, 1 relief and 2 free kicks.

It is not difficult to see that Manchester United No. 9, which is the core of the attack, is aiming more and more in place, which can improve the efficiency of its goals to a certain extent. Former Manchester United's legendary striker Van Nistelrooy is a good example: the Dutchman's ability to score goals on the court has a lot to do with his superb shooting skills and the attitude of never shooting randomly.

This is Li Yu's 25th goal for Manchester United this season, and the number of goals scored in the whole season is almost certain.

It is particularly worth mentioning that Li Yu has a strong ability to fight hard and has scored goals against three strong teams this season. At 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur at home in the league, Li Yu first took the lead and dedicated one pass and one shot; defeated Arsenal 8-2 in the league, and Li Yu once again set the first record for Manchester United; in this league away 2-1 Arsenal, Li Yu dedicated the final; the FA Cup away beat Manchester City 3-2, Li Yu scored a beautiful goal.

Manchester United coach Ancelotti also expressed his affirmation of his beloved after the game: "Our No. 9 is simply unbelievable. He is very fast and mobile on the field, always around the defender, always ready to run for the goal. Today, he may have scored four or five goals and got several good opportunities, but unfortunately he was not very lucky. But his goal is still crucial, and it also continues the momentum of scoring in the first team. For a young man, he really did a good job.

Although it was once equalized, Arsenal still lost to its old rival Manchester United by 1-2. This season, it was double-killed by Manchester United and was scored 10 goals by the Red Devils in two games. The old hatred of 2-8 has not been avenged, but it has added a new hatred, but the technical statistics of shooting is 3-6 and the possession rate is 48.7%-51.3% show that Arsenal can't gain an advantage against Manchester United even at home, and it is not wrong to be double-killed by their opponents.

This defeat also caused Arsenal to suffer a three-game losing streak in the Premier League. This is the third time Arsenal has suffered a three-game losing streak in the Premier League during Wenger's tenure. The first two were in December 2005 and March to April 2007.

After five years, Arsenal suffered another three-game losing streak in the Premier League, and only achieved 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 7 rounds of the league (0-1 Manchester City, 2-1 Aston Villa, 1-1 Wolves, 1-0 Queen's Park Rangers, 1-2 Fulham, 2-3 Swansea, 1-2 Manchester United ).

The Premier League has finished 22 rounds this season. Arsenal's points are only 36 points, 5 points away from Chelsea ranked fourth, 10 points away from North London Derby rival Tottenham Hotspur, 15 points away from Manchester United, and 18 points away from Manchester City at the top of the table.

Nowadays, a rather embarrassing reality is in front of Arsenal - the score gap between the Gunners behind Manchester City is as much as their advantage over Wolverhampton Wanderers, which is second to last in the table.

Before this game, Arsenal captain Van Persie once vowed: "Since I played for Arsenal, I have never experienced such a failure as (2-8) before. It's really painful to lose with that score. But now that has become history. In the football circle, you will always get new opportunities to correct the past. For the spirit of the team, and more importantly, for the fans, we want to complete the task of (defeat Manchester United). We will never forget how great the support of the fans is. Even after that 2-8 game, they still support us, and we want to compensate them. We know that to get 3 points from this game, we must play at our best, and everyone at Arsenal is focused on winning this game. As an individual, you must play well and beat Manchester United through tacit teamwork. I won't give up entering the Champions League at all. I hope we can prove it to everyone by defeating Manchester United.

However, although Van Persie worked very hard and scored a goal to equalize, due to the overall strength of the team, his wonderful goal was still in vain.

Arsenal coach Wenger also targeted club chairman Hill Wood before this game. "From a financial point of view, not being able to qualify for the Champions League will indeed be a serious blow; but we prepare for not being able to participate in the Champions League every year, so this will not be a disaster"

"For me, that's (disaster), because I want to compete with the best team. We have to be in the top four and qualify for the Champions League. Nothing else is good enough."

Arsenal have been in the Champions League for 14 consecutive seasons, but after losing to Manchester United in this game and suffered a three-game losing streak, Arsenal's hope of competing for the fourth place this season and qualifying for the Champions League has become increasingly slim. Wenger also admitted after the game: "We are in a very difficult position after this game, because we can't afford to lose anymore."

However, it is not easy for Arsenal to avoid unnecessary losing points and overtake Chelsea.

It can be seen that Arsenal's lineup thickness can't be compared with that of Chelsea. In this game against Manchester United, it was even replaced by 18-year-old reserve player Yanneris. Moreover, the rich Chelsea has signed England international Gary Cahill to strengthen the team's relative shortcomings in the central back position. It is also possible to further strengthen the team's strength by investing money in the transfer market. In contrast, Arsenal's courage is dwarfed.

It is obvious that the team's lineup needs to be strengthened, but with only 10 days left in the winter transfer window, Wenger still did not make a signing statement after losing to Manchester United, but said: "Spend money is not the goal. Buying excellent players is the real goal. We need our players to come back from injury. People didn't realize that we had 10 players (injured) absent. As you can see, we still created a good opportunity in the second half of the game when those injured could not play, and it is very important for those injured to return.

This also seems to imply that Arsenal, which put its hopes on the return of the wounded, is not going to invest money to attract aid.

The poor record and the worrying prospects have raised the public opinion that asked Wenger to be dismissed.

Steven Howard, a famous football expert of The Sun, wrote a few days ago that although leaving Wenger out of class is a kind of blasphemy for the meritorious French coach, the reality is very cruel. Although Wenger can guide the team to play pleasing football on the court, he is also very good at training young players. Vision, but these are not enough. Due to years of uncrowned and tight transfer policies, Arsenal has now fallen into a vicious circle where it can't keep its core players or buy good players.

Failed to retain Ashley Cole, Adebayo, Krishna, Fabregas, Nasri and other main players, and let Jose Enrique, Scott Dane, Gary Cahill and other strong aids slip away from their hands; if they can't enter the top four this season, then they are as loyal as Van Persie, but after all, they are eager to participate in Europe. The trump card of the championship may also be poached by teams that can provide Champions League opportunities and higher salaries at the end of the season. If that happens, Arsenal may even be excluded from the first-class team in the Premier League.

And Wenger himself once said in an interview with Team News that he would evaluate his coaching performance at the end of the season and decide whether to stay in office. According to an interview with Team News, many British media pointed out that if Wenger can't lead Arsenal to the top four in the Premier League table at the end of this season, he may "resign" due to the pressure of public opinion and his guilt.

To avoid this "disaster", Arsenal needs to seize the last period of the transfer window and use a wave of targeted and courageous consecutive signings to strengthen the team's lineup, just like the last time they lost to Manchester United. Only in this way can Arsenal have enough confidence and capital to launch a strong impact on the top four in the Premier League in the next 16 rounds.

Arsenal lost 1-2 to Manchester United in the key game. The media revealed that the Gunners targeted a person after the game. He is Russian player Ashavin, and his prospects for Arsenal have been overshadowed.

According to the Daily Mirror, after losing, Ashavin became the "number one public enemy" in the locker room, and many players were dissatisfied with his attitude on the court. In the game against Manchester United, Ashavin replaced young player Chamberlain, but the 30-year-old Russian tsar can hardly find his former style.

The newspaper said that the players stayed in the locker room for a long time and discussed the reason for the loss. Some people angrily accused Ashavin of his performance this season and questioned the Russians' unwillingness to come back to defend. In addition, Ashavin was also asked to speak less to the Russian media, because some of his criticism of Arsenal's words can often give feedback to the UK and make an impression on the team.

In this locker room discussion, Van Persie and Szezny spoke the most. In the end, the players said that they should work harder in the future and strive to get out of the trough.

According to the Daily Mirror, Ashavin's downturn this season is very obvious. Arsenal may consider selling him before the transfer window closes, while St. Petersburg Zenit is very interested in buying back Ashavin. In public, head coach Wenger has always supported Ashavin, hoping that he will regain his form, but the newspaper said that the professor has gradually lost patience with the Russians.

Arsenal's former midfielder Palol believes that there is something wrong with Ashavin's attitude. Arsenal should give Chamberlain more opportunities and abandon the Russians. Palor said, "I don't like Ashavin."

"In the game, Ashavin looked listless and didn't seem to be interested in playing football. I don't know if it's because he didn't get much opportunity or didn't have enough time to play. I don't know what's going on in the team, but the sooner Ashavin leaves the team, the better for Arsenal, and maybe the better for himself. He can't play the main force now. He must feel depressed. Even if he gets the opportunity on the court, he can't seize it. He was replaced by Manchester United and doesn't seem to be interested in the game. If I don't replace him, I'm not the head coach.

"Zhmberly Chamberlain is very excellent, completely different. After the game, I met Henry. He told me that Chamberlain is different. For Arsenal and England, he is a future genius that can be expected."

The good news for Arsenal is that Henry and Arteta are about to make a comeback and can participate in the FA Cup against Aston Villa on Sunday. The two were absent from the battle against Manchester United due to injury. Henry's injury was fine, but his physical fitness was less than 100%. Wenger decided to let him take a break, while Arteta had a calf injury, but he should be able to play this weekend. In addition, full-backs Sarnia and Gibbs are expected to resume training this week, but Wilshere still needs to recuperate.

Manchester United's next league opponent, Stoke City, is a veritable "Sky City". Stoke City's average height of 1.87 meters is the highest average altitude team in the Premier League. The team has 9 players who are 190+ tall. Don't forget the horrible "Drap grenade".

Under the background of the prevailing ground technology flow throughout Europe, Stoke City has done the opposite way, fighting "high-altitude bombing", which can definitely be said to be a strange flower in the European arena.

Against Stoke City, which has a simple and rough playing style, Lindegaard, who has more experience, may be a better choice than the thin De Gea, but it can be said that he is really afraid of. Lindegaard was injured and left the field in training, which means that De Gea will face the series of high towers in Stoke City tonight. Test.

According to the Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and other British media reports, Lindgaard injured his ankle during training and screamed on the spot. The Manchester United team doctor was worried that Lindgaard would hurt his ankle ligament. They put protective boots on the right foot of the Danish, and Lindgaard was also supported by a crutch. Carrington Training Base returned to his home.

No matter how reluctant De Gea is to face Stoke City, he must replace Lindgaard to keep the goal for Manchester United tonight, who may even miss Manchester United's consecutive Premier League match against Chelsea and Liverpool due to injury. Whether the young Spaniard can come out of the shadow of poor performance and defeat his heart will be a highlight of this game.

In the FA Cup match in Manchester United's 1-2 loss to Liverpool, the Reds have developed a novel corner kick tactic against De Gea's weakness in dealing with high-altitude balls. Carroll, Skrell and Martin Kelly erected a human wall in front of De Gea that can only be seen in football games, blocking the Spaniard. The strike route allows Agel to easily head the ball to the goal. After the game, De Gea was criticized by the media. Former captain Roy Keane, who has been complaining about Ferguson's reusing young people, severely criticized the Red Devils' goalkeeper De Gea in the transfer window last summer. He even thought that Manchester United was likely to lose to the goalkeeper this season: "De Gea looks a little nervous. If you have a timid goalkeeper, he will affect the performance of the whole team. You can recall the days when Manchester United had Schmeichel and Van der Sar, who were the key to the team's league championship. Joe Hart seems to be exerting a favorable influence on Manchester City, and the goalkeeper may be the difference between the two teams.

Since Manchester United lost 2-3 at home to Blackburn on New Year's Eve, De Gea was started by Ancelotti, which is a big blow to young people's self-confidence, but Ancelotti, who has always been good at training young players, still chose to give De Gea a chance in the focus battle with Liverpool. Although De Gea did not show the best performance.

But Ancelotti still supports the Spaniards. He said in an interview with The Mirror: "We all know that De Gea has little experience in the Premier League and he is slowly adapting. De Gea is only 21 years old, and we should take a long-term view of him. In the recent games, we need more experienced goalkeepers, so I chose to let Lindgard start.

Now that the Danes are injured and can't play, An Shuai can only support De Gea unconditionally. In the previous confrontation between the two teams, De Gea received high and low gears and performed very well, helping Manchester United get 1 point away from home. Maybe his performance in the first round can give him some confidence. Manchester United has not allowed any more mistakes in the process of chasing the leader Manchester City, especially in the position of the goalkeeper. It is no exaggeration to say that Manchester United's game against Stoke City will be De Gea's redemption battle.

However, the opponent Stoke City does not intend to give up this good opportunity to score points away from home. Shawcross, who has been playing in the Manchester United Youth Training Camp for six years, said in an interview with the Mirror: "As a guest of Old Trafford, we are just nobody, but we hope to strive for 1 point. Our record against Manchester United (7 games, 6 losses and 1 draw) is not good, but we have tied Liverpool away from home, and I hope we can do the same at Old Trafford.

In the face of aggressive opponents, the Red Devils need to be prepared for the challenge. Lindgard's injury has increased the injury list of Manchester United's first team to 12. The only good news is that Ferdinand is ready to play. According to the Mirror, Ferdinand's back injury has just recovered. He is on the bench in the game against Liverpool and is likely to appear in tonight's game.

The winter transfer window is about to be closed. Although the team is currently full of wounded, Manchester United is still not able to enter the transfer market. There is still no progress in the renewal of the contract of midfielder new star Ravel Morrison, who has been rumored to have a transfer. According to the Daily Mail, the head coach of the Championship team West Ham United, Allardyce, is eager to sign Morrison, and West Ham United is trying to persuade Manchester United to let him go.