Three heroes rise together

Just two days after Manchester United ended Arsenal's 49 unbeaten matches, Manchester United ushered in the third round of the League Cup, away from the Champions League Krew.

Because the two games were only 50 hours apart, and this game was a very useless League Cup, Ferguson directly rotated, using first-team substitutes and several young people drawn from the reserve team and youth teams to temporarily form a team to participate in this game.

However, even Manchester United's second team still has a clear advantage against Kreu, which is in the middle and lower reaches of the English Championship. Manchester United substitutes defeated Kreu 3-0 away and advanced to the fourth round of the League Cup.

On the last Saturday of October, Manchester United headed south to Portsmouth, which was the 11th round of the Premier League.

After 10 rounds of the league, Portsmouth ranked tenth in the league with 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, scoring 14 goals and conceding 13 goals, making it a very typical mid-range team.

If such a team is not in shape, anyone can lose, but if they play smoothly, it will be a headache for anyone to encounter it.

Manchester United encountered a Portsmouth team in full swing today!

With the cheering of the home team fans, Portsmouth was not afraid of Manchester United at all and played against Manchester United at Flaton Park Stadium.

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Yin Jun received Giggs' pass in the 16th minute of the game and scored twice. Shortly after the second half, he received Ronaldo from the right.

Just when Manchester United thought they had secured the victory and were a little relaxed, Portsmouth suddenly strengthened its offense. Heinzer, who was the starting left-back in this game, sent a penalty kick in the penalty area, and then Onsworth, who only joined Portsmouth in the summer, scored a penalty kick.

Just when Portsmouth took advantage of the opportunity of his morale rising after the goal and launched a counterattack against Manchester United, Manchester United once again gave Portsmouth a heavy blow. In the 56th minute, Ronaldo made a cross in front of the goal, Yin Jun headed the ball into the net and bounced into the net, while scoring a hat trick, helping Manchester United lead Portsmouth 3:1.

This goal hit Portsmouth a big blow, and some Portsmouth players even had the idea that they could not defeat Manchester United.

Manchester United launched a siege against Portsmouth, but Ronaldo's close-range header hit the crossbar and bounced out of the baseline, and Rooney and Giggs' shots were also resolved.

Because the Champions League match between home and Sparta Prague will be held in the mid-week, Ferguson replaced Yin Jun with captain Roy Keane, who had just recovered from injury in the 65th minute of the game. On the one hand, Keane was asked to find the state of the game, and on the other hand, he was to retain his strength for the Champions League match in the mid-week.

Portsmouth scored another Nigerian striker Yakub scored a goal in the 72nd minute of the game, rewriting the score to 2:3.

The last 20 minutes of the game were completely in full swing. Portsmouth attacked heavily at home, while Manchester United basically lost control of the midfield and could only defend their own side to defend the third zone.

However, the Manchester United central defender composed of Ferdinand and Vidic performed well. Heinze did not make any mistakes at the critical moment. Manchester United finally maintained the advantage of one goal until the end of the game.

In the end, Manchester United narrowly defeated Portsmouth 3-2 away and scored 3 points in a difficult position.

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When Manchester United and Portsmouth fought at Flaton Park Stadium, Arsenal, who had just lost a crushing defeat in the last round, ending his unbeaten record, seemed to have lost his soul and was tied 2:2 by Southampton at Highbury Stadium.

At the same time, Chelsea beat West Bromvic 4-1 at Hawthorn Stadium.

So, after this round of game, a magical scene appeared on the Premier League standings: Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea all scored 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with points of 26 points!

It is not uncommon for three teams to score the same score, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the standings. However, it is extremely rare for three teams to score the same score in the top three teams to score the same score in the top.

However, Arsenal still topped Manchester United and Chelsea with 17 goals with a goal difference advantage accumulated at the beginning of the season. Manchester United, with 14 goals, ranked second, and Chelsea ranked third with 13 goals.

Although Chelsea was suppressed by Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League standings by goal difference, in the view of Chelsea coach Mourinho, the Blues are already the best team in the UK.

Mourinho said at a post-match press conference: "From the statistics of the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup, we are the teams that have scored more points. Today I can say such a different point because of the data, we won 12 of 15 games."

Mourinho is not saying anything. If you only consider the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup, Chelsea's performance is indeed the best.

Manchester United also played 15 games in these three events, with a record of only 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, which is worse than Chelsea, which has 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Arsenal also played 15 games, with 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

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In the middle of the week, the fourth round of the Champions League group stage started, with Manchester United facing Sparta Prague at home.

This game became a solo show for Van Nisstrui, who performed a big four in the game, helping Manchester United beat the Czech team with a score of 4:1 at home.

In the 14th minute, the Spartan defender dribbled the ball, and suddenly a return pass was passed to Van Nie who was running back. The Dutch forward dribbled the ball into a single shot, and the goalkeeper shot out and formed an empty goal. Van Nie easily scored the ball into the ball.

1:0, Manchester United took the lead by giving gifts from opponent defenders.

In the 25th minute, Ronaldo dribbled the ball and suddenly passed to the edge of the penalty area. Yin Jun dribbled the ball to the penalty area. Petras tackled Yin Jun from behind. The referee awarded a penalty kick. Fanny took the penalty and scored a penalty, 2:0.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, Sparta Prague scored a goal. Sparta controlled the ball in the middle and organized an offense. After a wonderful cooperation in the midfield, he passed directly into the penalty area. Zerenka deliberately missed the ball and quickly stepped forward. His teammate passed the ball with a clever pass. Sparta No. 7 scored a goal.

However, before Sparta Prague was happy for a few minutes, Manchester United quickly expanded the lead to 2 goals again.

In the 59th minute, Yin Jun made a straight pass in the backcourt, and the Spartan defender made a mistake but failed to clear the ball. Van Nie scored a goal and scored a hat-trick.

In the 90th minute, Manchester United attacked, knocked the ball from the left to the right, Yin Jun passed the ball to the penalty area, and Fanny had no one to defend, easily scored into the empty goal, sealing the victory for Manchester United.

Due to another game in this group, Lyon defeated Fenerbahce 4:2 at home. After 4 rounds, both teams won 3 wins and 1 draw, while Fenerbahce, the third in the group, only scored 1 win and 3 losses, 7 points behind Manchester United and Lyon. With only two rounds left in the group stage, it is no longer possible to catch up with the first two, and Manchester United and Lyon were able to advance to the knockout round two rounds ahead of schedule.
Chapter completed!