Chapter 474 tends to be clear
With 1 world wave and 1 assist, Li Yu turned Ewood Park Stadium into his own stage. In the face of Blackburn, who tried his best to avoid relegation, Manchester United played very hard in the first 80 minutes. The game seemed to be in the direction of a draw as Manchester City coach Mancini expected before the game, but Manchester United No. 9 did not agree. He broke out like a god, passing and shooting to help Manchester United in the scoreboard. Successfully got rid of Manchester City by 5 points, and also tied the top David Silva with 12 assists. Valencia deserves to be the first wing of the Premier League today!
In this game, Blackburn adopted a solid defensive strategy. Manchester United has not found an effective offensive method. The scene is slightly dull, and Ancelotti on the sidelines is also anxious.
Until the 81st minute of the game, Li Yu detoured to the right to get the ball. When Blackburn defenders thought that Manchester United No. 9 would break through the cross according to the usual practice, Li Yu unexpectedly chose to shoot directly and vigorously at a very small angle. The ball flew to the goal like lightning, Blackburn goalkeeper Robinson It can't be stopped at all.
This shocking shot also awakened the Red Devils from their sleep, and the nervous nerves of the players were also released because of this goal. Ancelotti even rushed out of the coach's arm and cheered at the moment of scoring, which shows that this ball is worth a lot of money!
When asked whether the goal was a pass or a shot after the game, Li Yu also jokingly said, "Half and half!"
Manchester United's performance No. 9 is not over yet. In the 86th minute, Li Yu once again broke through on the right side and attracted three people and passed it across. Mata, who came on as a substitute, turned around in front of the penalty area and shot into the dead corner, completely killing the suspense of the game, and Manchester United 9 gave another assist.
This is the 12th time that Li Yu has helped her teammates score in the league this season. In the assist list, she has tied with David Silva of Manchester City and become the current king of assists in the Premier League!
It is worth emphasizing that Silva, as the offensive core of Manchester City, took 30 games to achieve this result, while Li Yu is the core of Manchester United halfway. At the same time, he also has to plug in more tasks to complete the goal in the game. Manchester United No. 9 is obviously more efficient.
In addition, due to the decline in the state of homesickness, Silva has failed to get assists in eight consecutive games, while Li Yu has dedicated a total of 4 goals and 3 assists in three games against Wolverhampton Wanderers, which is in amazingly good condition. Ancelotti also regards Valencia as a key link in Manchester United's championship sprint.
In fact, in the slightly dull first 80 minutes, Li Yu was the best player on the offensive line of Manchester United. Unexpectedly, he was almost unsolved in the breakthrough cross on the right side, creating many scoring opportunities for his teammates.
In the 11th minute, Li Yu passed the ball from the right side, and Hernandez' front shot was taken by Robinson from the goal line. In the 35th minute, Scholes scored the ball, Valencia passed accurately from the right side, and the unmarked Phil Jones's header in the penalty area missed.
In this game, Manchester United No. 9 has a total of 4 threat passes and an amazing 21 cross. In the post-match scoring session of Sky Sports, Li Yu got the highest score of 8 points. In the hearts of fans, Manchester United 9 is also a well-deserved MVP. The fans gave him a high score of 9.3. On this night, Li Yu's performance was perfect, which was simply a super bug!
Before this game, because Manchester City was forced to draw 3-1 at home by Sunderland and lost the initiative to fight for the championship, Mancini had to hope that Blackburn would hold back Manchester United's progress. If Manchester United draws in this game, the two teams will only be 3 points away, and Manchester City still has the hope of turning over. However, Li Yu's wonderful performance made Mancini's wishes fail. It was Manchester United No. 9 that expanded Manchester United's lead to 5 points with his own strength.
Last season, Manchester United was crowned as the league champion at Ewood Park Stadium. If the victory in this game can finally help Manchester United win the 21st championship as they wish, then Manchester United No. 9 will definitely have its own strong mark on the credit book.
Manchester United's biggest gain is not only Li Yu. The goalkeeper question that once troubled Manchester United seems to have given a good answer in this game.
The same opponent, completely different performance. Manchester United's Spanish goalkeeper De Gea made several magical saves against Blackburn on the road against Blackburn at Manchester United this morning. Manchester United finally won 2-0, expanding the lead over Manchester City to 5 points and taking a step towards the goal of defending the Premier League champion.
On December 31 last year, when Manchester United played against Blackburn at home, De Gea made a series of low-level mistakes, resulting in Manchester United's 2-3 defeat. De Gea was immediately abandoned by coach Ancelotti. If it hadn't been for the injury of substitute goalkeeper Lindgaard during training in mid-January, De Gea might have played this season on New Year's Day this year. It's over.
Manchester United's veteran goalkeeper Van der Sar retired last summer. Former coach Ferguson signed De Gea, who was only 20 years old at the time, from Atletico Madrid for 18.3 million pounds. Ancelotti accepted and made him the main goalkeeper of Manchester United.
Although De Gea's performance as a newcomer is not satisfactory and he is used to blocking the opponent's shot with his legs, Ancelotti still supports De Gea and entrusts him with heavy responsibilities.
However, De Gea is still in a hurry in front of the goal. The opponent can't catch the pass, the opponent's shot is not accurate, and the ball will roll into his door from under his body. In early December last year, Manchester United played away from the Champions League against Switzerland's weak team Basel. De Gea's mistake led Basel to take the lead in the goal. Manchester United finally lost 1-2 and was unexpectedly out of the group stage.
In the end, what made Ancelotti unbearable was the series of mistakes in the battle between De Gea and Blackburn, and Manchester United was broken through the door three times. Ancelotti criticized De Gea after the game and used substitute goalkeeper Lindgaard. However, Lindgaard was injured in mid-January, and De Gea returned from Manchester United's away game against Chelsea in early February after missing four games. It is not easy for De Gea to guard the door for Manchester United in the key battle again.
In the first game of De Gea's comeback, he saved Chelsea player Lampard's threatening free kick in stoppage time to defend the draw for Manchester United. De Gea then started the field, with more and more mature performance and fewer mistakes. Even in his weak high-altitude ball defense, he gradually became the best goalkeeper in the Premier League this season.
In the away game against Blackburn this morning, De Gea played bravely. If it hadn't been for his several magical saves, Manchester United might have been broken through the gate four times. Before the end of the half, De Gea held his opponent's long shot out of the crossbar with one hand, which can be regarded as one of the best saves in the Premier League this season. Then, De Gea used his fingertips to disintegrate the opponent's header.
Although Manchester United finally defeated their opponents with the goals of Li Yu and Mata, Manchester United would have lost long ago without De Gea's previous magical save.
De Gea's performance also condenses Manchester United's game this season: suppress first and then rise, the more brave you fight, and sprint to their 21st Premier League title.
Manchester City coach Mancini, who asserted two days ago that his opponent "cannot win", must be extremely disappointed. In the 31st round of the Premier League on the 2nd, Manchester United defeated Blackburn 2-0 away with two extremely difficult and shocking goals, expanding the lead to 5 points with a magical victory.
Blackburn, who fought for relegation, was united in this battle. He not only defended steadily, but also counterattacked sharply. The number of shots and shots in the whole court was almost the same as the "Red Devils", but he was defeated in the last 10 minutes.
In this way, with 7 rounds left in the Premier League this season, Manchester United, with 76 points, beat Manchester City, which is a draw in this round, leading at a high speed. Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, which have nothing to do with the championship, are behind.
After Manchester City drew with Sunderland at 3-3 on March 31, Mancini boldly asserted that "Manchester United can't win in the next game. They have to play one or two games! We still have a chance to score points." But seeing today's result, I'm afraid Mancini will have to sigh that he is out of luck.
The next round of the two teams will start on the 8th, but Manchester United will play two and a half hours in advance. If the "Red Devils" wins the Queen's Park Ranger at that time, it will undoubtedly put pressure on Manchester City, and the top advantage will be temporarily expanded to 8 points. In that case, in Mancini's words, Manchester City's championship is "basically useless".
The championship battle of the Premier League this season is basically the match between Manchester and Manchester. Manchester City's attack power in the first half of the season was amazing, topped the list, but after the winter break, they lost a few times away from home. Experienced Manchester United has seized almost every good opportunity to chase points and overtake step by step. Until now, they have firmly taken the initiative in their own hands.
In the last seven rounds of competition, the direct dialogue between Manchester City and Manchester United on the 30th will be a decisive battle.
In the remaining six games, most of Manchester United's opponents are weak, but Manchester City still has two hard battles with Arsenal and Newcastle United. It is inferred that Manchester United has a good chance of defending their title this season. If they win the cup again, it will be their 21st Premier League championship, just like their 20th championship last season, which is still unprecedented.
Come to the key 32 rounds, penalty kick plus red card! A game full of suspense changed its taste because of a referee's misjudgment. At Old Trafford in the Dream Theater, the players of both Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers failed to become the protagonists of the game. Instead, Lee Mason and his referee team stole the limelight and joined hands to send a gift to Manchester United that they did not want. I don't know what Manchester City coach Mancini will feel after seeing this penalty.
Manchester United kicks off earlier than Manchester City in this game. Once they win, Manchester United can temporarily get rid of Manchester City by 8 points, which will put great pressure on Mancini's team.
The Red Devils are naturally well aware of this. They occupy the absolute initiative of the game at the beginning of the game, and the possession rate in the first 10 minutes of the game reached 75%.
Just as Manchester United besieged the Queens Park Rangers in an orderly manner, a referee's decision directly changed the direction of the game. In the 15th minute, Mata was pulled down by Delhi in the penalty area. The referee Lee Mason not only awarded a penalty, but also showed Delhi a red card and expelled him!
However, according to the slow-motion replay, Mata was already offside when taking the ball, and the lineman's position was excellent, and it was reasonable to make an offside penalty. The referee, Lee Mason, did not find the borderline's mistake. He regarded Delhi as the last person on the defensive line, and the penalty with a red card seemed reasonable. However, former Liverpool striker Colimore raised three questions about this penalty: first, Mata is offside first; second, Delhi's foul is debatable; third, the red card is too harsh. Collimore's views also represent the opinions of most experts and fans.
Then Li Yu scored the penalty. The Queens Park Rangers faced a situation where they were one goal behind and one person missing just 15 minutes after the game. It can be said that the suspense of the game was over at this moment.
This is Manchester United's 10th penalty this season, the first in the Premier League, including 8 at home. Previously, Manchester City's football development director Vieira bombarded Manchester United for being taken care of at home, which seems to be not unfounded.
After Olson got a red card in the game against West Brom and Fulham Carrick escaped the penalty near the end of the game, this is Manchester United's three consecutive home games to profit from the referee's decision.
In fact, even without this penalty, Manchester United can win the game. Scholes' 68th goal allowed the Red Devils to score 3 points.
Manchester United shot 28 times in the whole game, with a passing success rate of 90.5% and a ball possession rate of 72.5%. The Queen's Park Rangers made 9 shots without a single shot, and De Gea had almost no room for performance.
Of course, the referee's penalty in the 15th minute made the data seem meaningless. The Queen's Park Rangers near the relegation circle wanted to steal a point from Manchester United, which can be seen from their steady strategy after the opening, but the referee's decision completely lost this hope. Now they only have 28 points after 32 rounds, ranking fourth from the bottom, but they are the same as Wigan and Blackburn's points behind them, and the situation of relegation is worrying.
After the game, Queens Park Rangers head coach Hughes expressed his anger at the referee Lee Mason in an interview with Sky Sports: "His whistle sounded too fast. I think the referee gave a penalty when Mata was still rolling on the court. He hardly gave the assistant referee time to raise the flag offside. We will appeal for Delhi's red card.
Phil Beard, CEO of Queen's Park Rangers, even blasted Mata fake fall on Twitter, believing that he could team up with the British diving prodigy Daly to participate in the London Olympic diving competition, which shows how angry the Queen's Park Rangers' team is at Lee Mason's penalty.
Honest Manchester United fans have sent condolences to the Queens Park Rangers on Twitter. They also think that the penalty ruined the whole game. Tony Fernandez, the owner of the Queens Park Rangers, said on Twitter: "I received more than 150 messages from Manchester United fans. They said it was not a penalty but a mistake. Judge, thank them for their honesty.
As those Manchester United fans apologized to the Queen's Park Rangers, it is also what Manchester United team does not want to see to win the game in this way, because the referee's decision erases their efforts to win the game. For Lee Mason, Manchester United can only say thank you helplessly, but the Red Devils do not need such help to win the 21st championship.
In the next two weeks, Manchester United will challenge Wigan Athletic one after another away, and then play against Aston Villa and Everton at home. If Ancelotti's team can win these three games, then on April 30, they only need to get 1 point at Etihad Stadium to ensure that Celebrate the championship in advance on the territory of the same city's sworn enemy.
Of course, the premise of this is that Manchester City will also win in the next three games (home against West Bromwich Albion, away against Norwich and Wolves) in a row.
But it may be difficult for the Blue Moon, which will lose peace and low morale, to do this. In the last five rounds, they have only achieved a bad record of 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses, and their away record of 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in the league this season also indicates their chances of winning consecutively at home against Wolves and Norwich. It is very slim. That is to say, it is not easy for Manchester City to get 7 points in the next three rounds.
In this case, if Manchester United scores all 9 points in the next three rounds, Ferguson and his disciples can even win the championship three rounds ahead of the Manchester derby, revealing the biggest suspense of the Premier League this season. At that time, when they enter the Etihad Stadium, they will receive the applause of Manchester City players as champions, which will undoubtedly be the cruelest blow to their sworn enemies in the same city.
Today, there is not much suspense about the ownership of the Premier League champion, and Manchester United has achieved another season reversal after ranking second in the league for a long time, just as they have done to Newcastle, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea.
Ancelotti once publicly declared that experience is the key to the team's back-up, but seeing the continuous internal quarrels in Manchester City, An Shuai did not forget to take the opportunity to satirize the noisy neighbors, and pointed out that unity is a necessary gene for the champion team. If a team wants to win the league, it must be a united team.
Looking at the details of Manchester City in the game, when Balotelly walked off the field dejectedly, Mancini rushed to the sidelines and kept waving to let Ba Shen leave as soon as possible, so as not to waste the team's last precious minutes.
At this moment, Manjo should not even have the anger of beating Ba Shen - Ba Shen really does not belong to the earth. Man Qiao's painstakingness and trust alone are not enough to make him grow even a little. At the moment Atkinson took out a red card at him, Manjo should regret that he should have shake hands with Tevez earlier.
What is the most difficult to control? Thoughts are the most difficult to control.
It is in vain for Mancini to let Ba Shen follow the rules to finish a game. In the 89th minute, just as Tevez had just replaced the unplayed Aguero, Mancini was thinking about making the well-being Ba Shen and the Beast make the final counterattack, the most worried thing happened - the anxious Ba Shen shoveled Sarnia, who took the ball forward from behind, and was sent off. Similar to Stoke City and Sunderland, the scene of a general coming forward to rescue never happened again, and the Blue Moon Legion's dream of winning the league is like a mirror.
Judging from the number of yellow cards obtained, counting the 2 yellow cards in this game, Ba Shen has won 8 yellow cards in the Premier League this season, which is the most "yellow" striker in the Premier League, which is also quite appropriate for his recent lace with the prostitute Thompson.
In addition, since joining Manchester City, Ba Shen has received 4 red cards. At the same time, only Sunderland's Lee Catmore can be "compared" to him in the Premier League. In fact, red and yellow cards are not a problem. The key is his professional attitude towards football. At the beginning of the season, Mancini was optimistic about Ba Shen's football talent and compared his former Manchester United character emperor Cantona with Roy Keane. "He can become a world-class player in two years." Obviously, this is a mistake.
Mancini overestimated Ba Shen's professional quality, and his personality determines his fate. Ba Shen's unexplained attitude towards football made him definitely not reach the height of the two personality superstars.
No wonder the two Manchester United legends Cantona and Roy Keane got rid of their relationship with him as soon as possible. The former sent "whyalwaysme" to the world as early as Ba Shen. At the time of the declaration, he clarified, "I'm unique. Balotheli is in a grandstanding." Roy Keane also said after the last round of Ba Shen and Kolarov's free kick, "If I were the coach, I should get rid of him this summer!"