After playing 4 games in the 10-game devil's schedule, Manchester United's performance was terrible. They drew two games, lost one game by a large margin, and their only victory was a narrow victory with a score of 3:2.

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The only good news is that this disastrous defeat gave most of Manchester United's main players a chance to breathe. In the five-week devil's schedule, they got a full week of rest time, so that they can be in better condition to face the next game.

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Moreover, in the next four games, Manchester United will not have to leave Manchester to compete elsewhere, because there are three home games in between, and the only away game is the Manchester derby with Manchester City.

Although these four games will be played in just 11 days, the lack of travel between home and away games is barely good news for the players' physical fitness.

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Manchester United's first game after entering November was at Old Trafford to face the Saints Southampton in the 12th round of the Premier League.

Although Manchester United suffered two embarrassing draws in a row and suffered a disastrous defeat in the Champions League, Old Trafford still attracted nearly 68,000 spectators to watch the game this afternoon, which was almost full.

After facing two consecutive draws in the league and falling to fourth place again, Manchester United could not afford to lose in this game. In the game, Ferguson also used his main force and got a rest in the middle of the week. Several players who did not go to Israel with the team

All players started.

Ferguson arranged a 4231 formation for this game, with Butters at the goal, Gary Neville, Blanco, Ferdinand and Silvestre forming the back line, and Scholes and the Philippines, who celebrated the milestone of 200 Premier League games.

Neville formed a double defensive midfielder, Beckham, Yin Jun and Giggs lined up in the forward line, and Ruud van Nistelrooy's single arrow came forward.

Facing Manchester United, which has its elite team at its wits end and aims to take all three points, Southampton does not intend to surrender without a fight, but is determined to use its iron will to stop Manchester United, thus adding to the increasing pressure on the Red Devils.

However, in the face of Manchester United's overwhelming offensive, the Saints' resistance only lasted 15 minutes before the city gate was lost.

In the 15th minute, after a beautiful collaboration between Van Nistelrooy and Yin Jun, Yin Jun made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, and 25-year-old Phil Neville scored with a powerful shot from 18 yards in the middle of the penalty area.

Southampton had failed to score a goal in their previous 17 visits to Old Trafford, and conceded 11 goals in their first two away games. In today's game, they once again conceded an early goal.

Southampton, who lost their gate, knew that they could not score any points by relying on defense alone, so they decided to give Manchester United a more positive response. Only 3 minutes after Manchester United scored, Ormerod passed the ball to Fernandez from the right.

, the latter scored with a left-footed curve ball from outside the right side of the penalty area, and Butters had no chance.

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Before the excitement of taking the lead was over, the opponent quickly equalized the score. Naturally, everyone in Manchester United was very dissatisfied. Then Manchester United launched a more powerful offensive, but Beckham's shot was cleared by visiting team defender Oakley with a header in front of the goal line. A corner kick opportunity.

, Van Nistelrooy missed a good opportunity in front of the goal, and then Yin Jun and Van Nistelrooy's shots missed the goal.

The visiting team did not show any weakness. Beattie received a pass from Marsden 10 yards in front of the goal but shot high, wasting a golden opportunity. Fernandez's free kick was slightly wide, and Ormerod's long shot was also missed by Bart.

This is resolved.

The two sides were neck-and-neck in the first half and entered the halftime break with a score of 1:1.

Ferguson turned his iconic hair dryer on to the highest setting in the midfield, spraying all the Manchester United players with fear and fear of venting.

However, the game state of Manchester United players did not improve significantly with Ferguson's anger. Although they launched a fierce attack on Southampton's goal at the beginning of the second half, Yin Jun created several unique

The best scoring opportunities were wasted by Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Beckham.

Seeing three of his proud disciples wasting opportunities in succession, Ferguson was so angry that he almost exploded. But this could not change the situation of Manchester United on the field, nor could it change the poor shooting feeling of Manchester United players.

After continuously defending against Manchester United's surge of attacks, Southampton began to threaten Manchester United's goal with quick counterattacks.

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Seeing that the team was unable to score a second goal for a long time, Ferguson couldn't bear it and began to make personnel adjustments. He first replaced Sylvester with Solskjaer to strengthen the attack, allowing Manchester United to return to the traditional 442 formation, and then sent in

With Forlan, he used three forwards to attack Southampton's goal crazily.

However, the score on the field still could not be changed.

As the game entered the 80th minute, when it seemed that Manchester United was getting closer to three consecutive league draws, Manchester United's second goal of the game came out of the blue.

In the 85th minute, Manchester United counterattacked. Giggs dribbled the ball from the left wing and penetrated into the Southampton penalty area.

Seeing that Giggs was about to break into the Southampton penalty area, the visiting team Fernandez had no choice but to foul and gave Manchester United a free kick very close to the penalty area line.

Scholes, who took the free kick, did not choose to shoot, but suddenly passed the ball to Fran in the middle. The Uruguayan striker won the ball from the top of the penalty area and volleyed, and the football flew into Southampton at an extremely fast speed.

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2:1!

The Uruguayan forward used his first Premier League goal for Manchester United to help Manchester United keep 3 points at Old Trafford, and also helped the team rise to third place in the Premier League standings.

At the top of the list is still Manchester United's mortal enemy Liverpool. The Red Army played at Anfield in this round and defeated West Ham United with a score of 2:0 in the cold wind and rain, making the Red Army fans feel extremely warm in the cold weather of early winter.

The victorious Liverpool continue to occupy the top spot with a 4-point advantage. Owen has scored 11 goals in 11 starts in 12 league rounds, and today's two goals are beautiful, one reflects his flexibility and skills, and the other

Shows his speed and intelligence.

Liverpool is also the only one among the 20 teams to remain unbeaten in the Premier League this season. In fact, they have only lost 1 game in the last 29 Premier League games.

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Three days later, Manchester United continued to sit at Old Trafford. In the third round of the League Cup, they defeated the visiting Blue Fox Leicester City with a score of 2:0 and successfully advanced to the fourth round of the League Cup.

Then, another game that Chinese fans have been looking forward to has arrived: the third Chinese Derby in the Premier League this season, Manchester United played by Yin Jun visited Maine Road Stadium to challenge Blue Moon Manchester City played by Sun Jihai!
Chapter completed!