Chapter 525 The Manchester City Derby is coming again!

Manchester United returned to England and received unanimous praise from football media. Among the four Premier League teams that went to the Champions League this season, Tottenham Hotspur failed in the group stage, and there were only three teams that reached the Champions League quarterfinals, namely Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.

In the first round of the knockout round, all three Premier League teams were playing away, and... they won all!

Manchester City scored 1:4 against the Ukrainian Miners away. Guardiola's team's overall strength is still very strong, especially now with the frequent goals of the "Demon" Haaland to protect it, and its combat effectiveness is even more overwhelming. After the first round, he can almost announce his advance to the quarterfinals like Manchester United.

The "Blue Army" Chelsea's luck was a little bit bad. After entering the Champions League knockout round, they directly encountered the European "rich" goal that was not enterprising in the group stage... Paris Saint-Germain!

I don’t know what Mourinho thought. It is obvious that the strength of Paris Saint-Germain is one of the top players in European football, but he led this team with superstars such as Mbappe, Neymar, Isco and only scored 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the group stage. In the end, Barcelona in the same group was pushed to the second place in the group. Then, just as they entered the knockout stage, they met their old club Chelsea, who is very strong.

Mourinho knew Chelsea well before, but now... this "Blue Army" is completely different from when he was coaching. Jaldiim has created a team with stronger attack power and more emphasis on integrity.

So at the Princes Park Stadium, Paris Saint-Germain, whose game rhythm is always slow, is overturned!

Lewandowski took the lead for Chelsea away with a corner kick just 18 minutes into the game. He replaced Morata, who appeared on the field in the second half. He dribbled the ball from the right and cut from the right in 68 minutes and scored a long shot. Chelsea, who played away, scored two goals.

On the contrary, Paris Saint-Germain, who played at home, didn't know if it was Mourinho's tactical arrangements. He didn't seem very excited throughout the game, and even failed to launch a decent counterattack when the team was behind. In the end, he lost 0:2 to Chelsea at home.

All three Premier League teams won, but the teams that can ensure that they enter the quarterfinals... are currently Manchester United and Manchester City!

With the strength of "Blue Moon", it is natural to defeat the Miners, although they only have three goals, it is enough to ensure that Manchester City advances to the quarterfinals.

On the contrary, the "Red Devils" defeated the "Old Woman" five goals away from home, which made English football very excited. Manchester United's performance is enough to prove that the level and strength of the Premier League are now far beyond the Serie A of the former "Small World Cup"!

Without having five goals and five away goals, it is already a foregone conclusion that the "Red Devils" eliminated the "old woman"!

As for the game between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, it is difficult to make a conclusion at the moment. After all, in Mourinho's coaching career, the Jedi's turnaround has happened many times. And the more desperate it is, the more Mourinho dares to be bolder in tactics, it will cause greater trouble for his opponents.

The "Blue Army" does have the advantage of two away goals at present, but the final result is too early. After all, Paris Saint-Germain has many superstars. Once someone shines in the second round of the two sides, the result of the game... is unpredictable!

After returning to England, Manchester United immediately faced a tough battle... They went to Goodison Park Stadium and played away against Everton!

Speaking of which, the relationship between Manchester United and Everton has always been well maintained, after all, both sides have a common enemy... "Red Army" Liverpool!

In the previous season, if Manchester United and Liverpool were competing for the league championship, Everton would definitely "handed" in the game, but it is unlikely now. After all, Manchester United has a very big lead in the standings, and the competitor is not Liverpool, but Manchester City.

In this case, after leaving Tottenham Hotspur, Pochettino, who accepted Everton, still wanted to score some results to prove himself.

However, even Pochettino, the Argentine coach who is very good at coaching team offense, still uses tactics to counterattack in his home game against Manchester United, and... very extreme!

In Everton's home game against Manchester United on weekends, Pochettino arranged a 5-2-2-1 tactic for the team. Five defenders and double midfielders were clearly made into a "iron barrel formation"... I defend you and attack, and I can use whatever skills I have!

It has to be said that Pochettino still has the ability to train the team. Although Everton set up a "Iron Barrel Formation" to play defensive counterattacks, it is very different from other teams who blindly defend. After successfully defending, they will not kick the ball to the frontcourt with a long pass to counterattack, but will slightly control the rhythm through passing, and then look for opportunities to counterattack.

But... it's all the same!

Although Manchester United, who played away, was very shaking his head against Everton's defense, at 35 minutes of the game, Yang Xiaozhuang received a header from Martial through a free kick opportunity, and shot two meters in front of the goal to score the ball!

This goal... is also the only goal of both sides in the whole game!

In the end, Everton, who played at home, lost 0:1 to Manchester United!

After this round of game, Manchester United still maintained a 13-point lead in the standings with one more round. As a competitor, Manchester City is really harder to catch up with Manchester United!

But when "Blue Moon" competed with the Gunners on the weekend to win the League Cup championship, Haaland's "two-scoring" and Koeman's goal, he defeated his opponent 3:1 at Wembley Stadium and won the League Cup championship this year.

Although the League Cup actually has no value for the Premier League teams, in the era when the "Red Devils" dominate in recent years, the League Cup and the FA Cup have become the "ceiling" of honors that many Premier League teams can win!

On Wednesday, March 3, Manchester United went to the 5th round of the FA Cup rematch with Burnley away. This time, the "Red Devils" did not hold back. It was really the result of the last game between the two sides... It was so shameful!

As for the reason... it is actually very obvious!

This time, Solskjaer played the first half with his team's main offensive lineup. Yang Xiaozhuang put on a hat, Martial scored twice, Rayford scored, and three people scored six goals. The final score of this game was...0:6!

In the second half, Ronaldo still got another chance to play, but his performance was still the same, and his condition had never improved significantly, but he still had no shortage of opportunities to play, because Yang Xiaozhuang would be replaced and rested in many games.
Chapter completed!