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Chapter 286 The battle for the top spot
Chapter 286 The battle for the top spot
In the second round of the Premier League, Manchester United finally beat their opponents [-]-[-] at home. Shen Peng scored a goal in this game.
The opening two big victories also allowed Manchester United to continue to lead the standings.
And Manchester City also experienced a four-to-one victory and ranked second in the league. After two rounds, the Manchester City duo who just changed coaches this season ranked in the top two in the league. Therefore, many people are looking forward to the Manchester Derby. In addition to various topics, it may still be the game that determines the final championship.
At 8:27 pm on August 04th, Manchester United challenged Hull City away.
Hull City has been hovering between the lower reaches of the Premier League and the upper reaches of the English Championship all year round. Since the 07-08 season, there have been five relegation and relegation experiences. It is really a weak team.
However, Hull City taught Manchester United's players a lesson. They held on until 10 minutes without letting Manchester United score.
It was not until the end of the game that Shen Peng assisted Fellaini to score and took three points in the away game.
After the end of the third round of the league, only Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea are the only three teams that are currently winning. Manchester United still ranks first with a goal difference advantage, followed by Manchester City.
It is worth mentioning that Chelsea's head coach also just came to the Premier League this year, the former head coach of the Italian national team Antonio Conte.
After the game, many fans exclaimed that this year's Premier League is dominated by these head coaches who have just arrived in the Premier League!
The next fourth round of the Premier League will usher in the first highlight of the Premier League this season, Manchester United vs. Manchester City in the Manchester derby.
The fourth round is on September 9th, and there are still more than ten days to go, but the head coaches of all the giants are not happy, because the World Cup qualifiers are in the middle, so many international players will leave the team, which will affect the team's preparations.
For example, Rooney, De Gea, Pogba and others in the Manchester United team will return to the UK, Spain, and the French national team respectively, and even Rashford will participate in a European Youth Football Championship qualifier during this period.
However, Shen Peng, the current top scorer with three goals in the team, has stayed in the team. This is a rare piece of good news for Mourinho.
Although he doesn't know the reason, he is still very happy. In this way, Shen Peng's state will definitely not be affected. At that time, the game against Manchester City will have a greater chance of winning. Compared with Martial who has left the team, Martial has also returned to the French national team.
But Shen Peng didn't think so.
In fact, he also wants to join the national team, but for some reason, the national team has not contacted him.
Of course, with his character of being safe when he comes, since he has not been contacted, he will practice at the club with peace of mind, and strive to complete the task of Lever in the next game against Manchester City.
For this task, Shen Peng expected in his heart that in the four games that meet the conditions this season, it would be very good to be able to complete it, so he did not have much hope for this game against Manchester City.
During this period, many of the main teammates left the team, and he could only do some simple individual exercises, or play simple games with the few remaining substitute players in the team.
For the media, in addition to reporting news related to the World Cup during this period, it is to hype the match between Manchester City and Manchester United.
For example, the grievances between Mourinho and Guardiola, the relationship between Ibrahimovic and Guardiola, the "fate" between Shen Peng and Guardiola, etc.
In addition, this game is also a "contest for the top spot". No matter who they win, they are very likely to occupy the top spot. After all, Chelsea's goal difference is not close to theirs. If they draw and Chelsea wins, then the top spot will fall to Chelsea.
In this regard, the media formed two factions. One side believed that Manchester City had the upper hand, because judging from the record of the past three games, Manchester City seemed to be getting better, while Manchester United was not as good as one game. In the last game, they were forced to be embarrassed by Hull City. If it weren't for Shen Peng's performance at the last moment, they would have won a draw.
And Shen Peng's performance in these games has also declined somewhat. In the first game, he had two goals and two assists, in the second game he scored one goal, and in the third game he had one assist. The total data of three goals and three assists is excellent, but Shen Peng only had one goal and one assist in the last two games.
At the same time, many people also listed some recent records of the two sides to explain. For example, in the six games of the league in the first three seasons, Manchester City had three wins, one draw and two losses, to prove that Manchester City is indeed dominant.
People on the other side believe that Manchester United has the upper hand, precisely because there is Shen Peng in the Manchester United team. Shen Peng has rich experience in dealing with Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. In Shen Peng's three seasons in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich's head coach happened to be Pep Guardiola.
Moreover, although Shen Peng's statistics in the last two games are not very good, he has participated in key goals, and his value is not small at all.
Coupled with Manchester United's home advantage, it will definitely have a violent impact on Manchester City.
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After this round of preliminaries, the players returned to the team one after another, and no one was injured. This made Mourinho feel relieved. In this way, he can send all the main players to participate in the game against Manchester City.
For this game, he really wants to win. Manchester City is the first strong team they face this season. If they can beat their opponents, in addition to suppressing Manchester City in the standings, it will also improve morale and help the team compete for the championship.
Although he was considered a "mess" when he took over Manchester United, and there are many rumors that he is good at playing in the second season of leading the team, but this season as long as he has hope to win the championship, he will try.
And for the game against Manchester City, the players no longer needed to be mobilized, and they were all gearing up and eager to try.
At 9:10 on September 11th, weather, light rain, Old Trafford Stadium, the fourth round of the Premier League, Manchester United vs. Manchester City at home.
The Football League game is scheduled at this time so that most countries in the world don’t have to stay up late to watch the game. For example, in East Asia, it’s only seven or eight o’clock in the evening, and Britain is in western Europe, so the entire Eurasian continent is between noon and night.
The reason why the Premier League is the most commercially successful league is evident from this.
After the players entered the field, Shen Peng found a person who made him remember a little bit.
That is the referee of the game - Clattenburg.
(End of this chapter)