As soon as the news of Manchester United and Yang Xiaozhuang renewal came out, all Manchester United fans were completely relieved. Although the specific content of the contract was unknown, the four and a half seasons of long contracts were enough to show the club's determination to keep the players and also enough to prove the players' loyalty to the team.

Chinese fans are even happier. There are even countless fans suggesting that the national team summon Yang Xiaozhuang. Unfortunately, the power of the national team is now in the hands of Italian legendary coach "Silver Fox" Lippi. He doesn't call Yang Xiaozhuang, and it's useless for others to say anything.

After renewing the contract, Manchester United began to plan to open a second store in China. Before, only Macau had an official store in Manchester United, which also limited Manchester United's development in the Chinese market.

But now...the opportunity is here!

Woodward's current plan is to open a specialty store in the Beijing, Shanghai and Yangcheng, three cities with the largest population and most economically developed cities in China, to form a sales network, and then use China's world's number one express logistics power to initially create a sales network that can cover the entire China.

On October 21, Manchester United ushered in the ninth round of the league at home, and its opponent was West Ham United. With Manchester United's current strength and condition, there is naturally no pressure to face the "Harves" who has fallen to the last place.

The final score also proved this...3:0, Manchester United won a complete victory at home!

During the game, Yang Xiaozhuang received a cross from Luke Xiao in 4 minutes, stopped with his right foot and left foot, and scored the ball neatly.

Afterwards, Ashley Young scored a goal in 14 minutes and Rashford scored a goal in 41 minutes. At the end of the first half, Manchester United had already achieved a huge advantage of 3:0, completely killing the suspense of the game.

The problem is that the reason why West Ham United is called the "Harves Gang" is not only because of their origin and logo, but also because of their tenacious fighting spirit and rough style!

With three goals behind, West Ham still did not give up in the game. Their risky tactical style is really too threatening on the field, and it is easy to cause injuries!

At 71 minutes, West Ham United's central defender Paul Huntington and Lukaku were entangled while competing for a corner kick. One of the two was 191 and 94 kg of "Little Warcraft" and the other was 194 and 84 kg of tower. When the two of them were entangled and fell, the scene... was a disaster!

Then... Lukaku sprained his ankle, and Huntington's wrist was crushed into a bone crack while supporting him!

The two big knights left together!

It seems that neither side of the game took advantage of it, and each suffered a small loss, but in fact... Mourinho was so angry that he was about to curse!

Lay a trough!

With Lukaku's physique, you can even get him injured. What a rough team is West Ham United?

Well, we didn't suffer any losses!

But the key is... a week later, Manchester United will go to the city stadium to play the "Manchester City Derby" with the group of damn guys next door!

After winning this game 3:0, Manchester United continued to top the list with an unbeaten record, but the situation on the standings has also changed a lot. Bournemouth, who had followed Manchester United, has fallen behind, and they fell directly to the sixth place in the standings.

Now, the second place in the standings is... "Blue Moon" Manchester City!

This is actually the case in any country's league. What kind of ranking can be achieved basically depends on the team's own strength. Although the quality of the state also has an impact, if you don't have the strength... it is still difficult to play the role of the "dark horse" until the end.

It was not a coincidence that Guardiola's team was able to rise to the second place in the standings. "Blue Moon" is now capable of competing for the championship, and their lineup is even second to none in England and even the entire European football world.

De Bruyne, Aguero, Jesus, Bernardo Silva, David Silva, Stones, Otamendi, Sane, Kompany, Valk, Laporte, Mendy, etc. Each name means a star!

If there is an All-Star lineup in European football today, even the lineup of giant teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, there are some positions where there are irreplaceable veterans fighting.

Only "Blue Moon" Manchester City's lineup is almost all stars in their year of playing, which is the guarantee of their overall combat effectiveness!

This time, Manchester United injured its main center with only one week left before the "Manchester City Derby". This... is really a disaster!

After the game, Mourinho always had a gloomy face, as if it was not Manchester United who won the ball but the opponent. It was really... Lukaku was so important!

For Manchester United now, if they hurt Rashford, Pogba, and even Yang Xiaozhuang and Mourinho can have backup candidates. Even if the effect is worse, it will not affect the team's tactics too much.

Only Lukaku was injured...that would be really difficult!

This season, the old demon Ibrahimovic has never been able to find his brave state after being injured last time. Not only does he play for less time, but his efficiency is completely disappointing. He failed to score a goal after several substitutes. He only scored a goal in the League Cup.

How can Ibrahimovic in this state be competent as Manchester United's center?

How can you make a debut in a critical battle like the "Manchester City Derby"?

A week later, Manchester United's away match with Manchester City is not just a "Manchester City derby battle". It is even related to the competition for the Premier League championship this season. Manchester United is now 3 points ahead of Manchester City, but if they lose the game at the city stadium, the two sides will be evenly divided, and they can continue to rank first by relying on the advantage of goal difference.

But... there are still twenty-eight rounds of league games left after that!

Once you lose, the advantages that Manchester United has accumulated through hard work before will be gone, and it will definitely affect the team's morale and fighting spirit!

Back at the Carrington base, the players dispersed. Lukaku had been taken to the hospital by the team doctor for examination. It was confirmed that Lukaku would have to rest for at least two weeks, but Mourinho took the coaching staff to a meeting...

"Guys, Romelu's inspection results are out. It's at least two weeks off, but in a week we're going to play with Manchester City...Farke! Damn West Ham! You guys...what should we do now?"

As soon as Mourinho finished speaking, Rui Faria said: "Jose, I have been considering this issue before, but Manchester City... gave me an inspiration! Guardiola did not have a real center when coaching Barcelona. Do you think we can imitate it?"
Chapter completed!