Chapter 650: Firm forward

Although Manchester United won the game, they still had no choice but to take second place, because Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur, who performed very well this season, with one more round of games, and occupied the top spot in the standings.

In another strong conversation, Arsenal, fifth in the standings, beat Liverpool, third in the standings, 2:1 at Highbury Stadium.

Liverpool, who lost, is already 19 points behind Manchester United, who has one round less, and is as high as 20 points behind Chelsea, who is the top player.

Manchester United continued to play in the middle of the week, facing the Hammers Gang West Ham United at Old Trafford Stadium.

Since it was a one-week double game, Ferguson made some adjustments to the starting lineup. Dutchman Van Nie returned to the main lineup and served as captain, partnering with Rooney on the front line, Yin Jun entered the substitute lineup. Giggs and Mr. Neville did not start either. Fletcher and Pique replaced their main position.

West Ham United is currently in the middle of the standings and has the hope of competing for a ticket to the European game, so they played very proactively in this game, while Manchester United suffered a tough battle. However, the team still defeated their opponent 1-0 with a goal before the end of the first half.

In the 45th minute, Pique shot from a long shot outside the penalty area and hit the opponent. He immediately jumped up and fought for the header point for Park Ji-sung. The Korean broke through Konceski in the penalty area and knocked back accurately. Fanny scored a goal from 6 yards in front of the goalless goal. The Dutch scored his 20th goal of the season, surpassing Henry and rising to the second place in the scorer list, second only to Yin Jun.

At the end of the half, the Dutch specifically applauded Park Ji-sung for thanking him when he left the game.

Winning this game, Manchester United once again overtook Chelsea and rose to the top of the standings after 29 rounds of the same game.

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Manchester United continued to play on the weekend and went to the Hawthorn Stadium to challenge Bloomers West Brom.

Van Nistruy's mother-in-law passed away and only took the plane from the Netherlands to the Hawthorn Stadium on the morning of the match day, but was still told to wait for an opportunity on the bench. Richardson also replaced South Korean winger Park Ji-sung who returned home due to the death of his family. The former helped West Bromwich successfully relegation last season.

West Bromwich's last victory over Manchester United in the league dates back to 1982.

Manchester United took the lead in the 16th minute, Giggs took a corner kick from the left, Yin Jun headed the ball from 9 yards in the front point to the near corner. This is Yin Jun's 29th league goal this season, and it is only one step away from breaking through the league's 30-goal mark again!

Manchester United expanded the score in the 64th minute, Ronaldo cleverly made a pass in the middle, and Yin Jun flew his left foot from 12 yards in the middle, which was Yin Jun's 30th league goal this season. For other players, the seemingly unattainable 30-goal mark is just that in front of Yin Jun. He has been with Manchester United for four seasons and has scored in two seasons in the league goal!

Recently, Henry and Van Nisstruy have performed well, breaking through the 20-goal mark in the league, but the gap is a bit big compared to Yin Jun, who has already scored goals and scored 30-goal mark.

If Henry and Fanny were able to compete with Yin Jun in the first two seasons, as Yin Jun gradually grew and matured, it would be difficult for the two to pose too much threat to Yin Jun.

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A day later, Chelsea was unpopular in the league. They lost 0:1 to Fulham at Craven Farm and suffered their third defeat of the season.

With the loss to Fulham, when the league reached 30 rounds, people found that Chelsea had already 5 points behind Manchester United in the standings!

This surprised everyone.

After all, Chelsea has been eliminated in the Champions League. Many people believe that the Blues, who are focused on the domestic arena, will make great strides in the league and leave Manchester United behind. After all, Manchester United will soon usher in a death schedule of multi-line combat.

But the result is that Manchester United has made rapid progress in this death schedule and continued to win, quickly widening the gap in points with Chelsea.

Chelsea lost 0-1 to Fulham, the first time the Blues lost to the opponent in 26 years. Mourinho was planning to use a victory to smash rumors that he would leave Stamford Bridge in the summer, but what he waited for was the third Premier League defeat this season.

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Mourinho divided the game into two, and the watershed was his substitution in the 25th minute.

"Although the final score is 0:1, the performance after 30 minutes is different. According to the performance in the first 30 minutes, we should lose, but according to the performance after 30 minutes, we should win."

The data seems to be on Mourinho's side, and Chelsea failed to win the score, which seems to be just a matter of luck.

In terms of ball possession rate, Chelsea reached 60.2%, Fulham was compressed to 39.8%, and the scene was one-sided, and the corner kick ratio was 16 to 0, which was absolutely advantageous. However, a careful analysis of the game process, Chelsea's "ball possession advantage" contained moisture. The shot ratio between the two sides was 9 to 6, and Chelsea only had 3 more times. As for the number of threatening shots, Fulham was not much worse than the Blues. In addition to the goal, Collins John's single shot was saved by Cech, and Pembridge's free kick also hit the post.

Chelsea's situation changed in the second half, but the threats came from Duff and set pieces on the left. The Irishman was one of the few people in the Blues in this game. He created an excellent opportunity in front of the goal, but unfortunately the latter shot high.

This game exposed Chelsea's fatal problem, that is, there is less effective ball control in the midfield and a low pass rate.

In terms of personnel configuration, Chelsea's midfield is mainly intercepting and destroying, and Marklele and Essin are representatives of this. Lampard's long passes are accurate and can have excellent passes and direct passes in counterattacks. However, in positional offense, the lack of control and belting ability limits his power. Once the opponent gets stuck, Chelsea's lack of creativity in the midfield will be exposed, and it is difficult to have smooth passes and penetration. The 60% possession rate mostly comes from the invalid downs in the backcourt.

Many times last season, Chelsea had to rely on wingers to show off in the face of positional battles, especially Robben. His breakthroughs are often the source of threats. However, this season, the Dutchman's condition has declined, and Joe Cole's rise has made up for the losses to a certain extent. However, Duff has also had a gap compared with last season. Wright Phillips has adapted to this day. The power of the winger group has declined overall, which has affected the sharpness of Chelsea's offense.

This season, Chelsea scored more and more set pieces, but the total number of goals was basically the same as last season (58), which shows that in sports battles, the Blues' attack line is not as active as before, and the lack of midfield pass control and penetration capabilities is their fatal lack.

To improve this, Mourinho needs to adjust from personnel matching. It is said that Mourinho has told Abraham that if Chelsea wants to continue to compete with Manchester United in the Premier League, make a breakthrough in the Champions League, or even win the championship, they must bring Yin Jun to Stamford Bridge in the summer.
Chapter completed!