Manchester United lost to Tottenham Hotspur away, but their position in the standings has not changed, and even their lead in the standings has not changed.

In this round, Manchester City also suffered a Waterloo away. They were beaten 3:0 by the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium. Aubameyang had no goals in four consecutive league rounds before, but this round was staged with a "second score" and only one goal was less than Yang Xiaozhuang on the scorer list.

However, after losing two consecutive games in the league, Manchester City not only lost to its direct competitor Manchester United at home, but also missed a good opportunity to catch up with Manchester United in this round.

The next two weeks are international match days. With the recovery of "Little Warcraft" Lukaku, Manchester United's tactics have been adjusted by Mourinho...4-2-3-1!

Manchester United players don’t understand what Mourinho wants to do. Didn’t they say that the team will continue to play defensive counterattacks? Why did they instead practice reducing one midfielder and adding an arrow center?

But soon everyone knew what Mourinho wanted to do!

After the tactical adjustment, Mourinho turned the original three midfield into a double midfield, and the person who was withdrawn was... Pogba!

Mourinho gave Herrera, Matic’s task is to stabilize the offense and defense of the midfield. They are responsible for organizing the team when attacking, and when the team defends, they have to provide the first barrier for the defense line.

Since one person is missing in the midfield, the team's control will decline. Mourinho's method is to... move the winger position backward into a wing forward!

Martial and Rashford were still separated from left and right, and Yang Xiaozhuang was still in the middle, but his position was behind Lukaku. He was no longer just a "pseudo-center", but became a shadow striker in the actual sense.

No one expected that Mourinho would do so well and directly took out the team's new captain from the lineup.

Pogba himself was also confused. He had previously felt that with his importance at Manchester United, even if he had made some mistakes before, he would not have even lost his position after going to the French national team to play a transfer, right?

After all, there are not many people available in Manchester United's midfield now, just Fellaini, Lingard, Carrick and others... what combat power do they have?

However, Mourinho really chose to fight hard this time!

The old captain Carrick clearly saw that Mourinho already knew that the initiator of changing the tactics was Pogba, so he pulled Pogba off the lineup. Instead, he took the blame by himself and wanted to take the blame... he didn't do it!

As for completely abandoning Pogba...it doesn't exist!

Not to mention Pogba's personal abilities are there, even if the club spent so much money to buy him, it wouldn't be necessary to put him on the bench!

Manchester United will usher in Southampton at home in the 12th round of the league. The opponent's strength is not on the same level as Manchester United. As long as the team can play 80% of the normal level, the game will be won.

What's more, there are Lukaku who has recovered from the international game day on Manchester United's attack line, and Yang Xiaozhuang who is not as good as the national team. This attack power... is still guaranteed!

For Pogba, Mourinho must have just picked him up. If he can be obedient in the future, it will be a scene between the generals and the generals.

On November 18, at the pre-match press conference where Manchester United played against Southampton at home, Mourinho announced the team's roster, among which... there really is no Pogba's name.

What's more, Mourinho even gave a open reason: "After Paul left the French national team, his physical fitness has not recovered. He now needs rest to recover."

God is resting!?

Martial also went to the French team to play games, and because of his position, he ran more than Pogba. Isn't this game still the same?

But many people still guessed the reason why Pogba didn't, but no one was worried about this.

The result of this game was 2:0. Manchester United, who played at home, easily relied on Lukaku at home, and Martial won the game with two goals.

However, Manchester United's opponents are weak in this game, and Mourinho can win without Pogba, but... what about the next game!?

Four days later, Manchester United will go to the Madrid Metropolitan Stadium to play the fifth round of the Champions League group stage with Atletico Madrid. Now there is only 6 points behind the two teams. Atletico Madrid has not yet locked in the right to qualify in the group, so they will definitely strive to win at home. Once Atletico Madrid wins, they will have the chance to compete for the top spot in Group C next time.

This time...what will Mourinho choose?

Everyone is waiting to see if Mourinho risked his chances of losing the top spot in the Champions League group, just not Pogba!

But this time Mourinho's attitude towards Pogba...that was really tough!

Before he was about to lead the team to Madrid, Mourinho excluded Pogba from the 18-man roster and did not take him to Madrid at all.

When Manchester United arrived in Madrid, a reporter asked Pogba, and Mourinho's answer was also clear: "Paul's physical fitness has recovered a little, but we have already locked in the right to qualify in the group two rounds in advance. Do we still need to waste our energy in the group stage? I think we should concentrate more on dealing with the domestic league."

And the final result of this game is...6:2!

Atletico Madrid, who played at home, faced Manchester United, who was not in full form, and started a big fight at the Metropolitan Stadium and finally won the key battle. But even so... Simeone's team has not yet confirmed the qualifying in the group. There is only a 3-point gap between them and Besiktas, and it still depends on the result of the last round.

Back in England, Manchester United went to the away game against Brighton in the 13th round of the league. As a result, Mourinho found another reason for Pogba... and we took the second to last, so we took turns.

But if you rotate, why don’t you leave China Yang, who consumes more physical energy, and why just leave Pogba in Manchester?

On the away game, Manchester United finally defeated Brighton with four goals with goals from Yang Xiaozhuang, Lukaku, Matic and Rashford, and continued to maintain a six-point advantage over the second place in the standings "Blue Moon".

With the guarantee of achievements, the English media did not dare to point fingers at Mourinho's strategy, and neither Pogba nor his agent spoke out. They... were just waiting.

Because in the next round, Manchester United will play Leicester at home and ranked in the middle. If Mourinho doesn’t use Pogba in this game, then in the next game... it really has to be used!
Chapter completed!