Chapter 522 The last hurdle is gone!
After Manchester United defeated West Ham United away, they still maintained a double-digit 10-point gap against pursuers Manchester City in a game away, which also allowed many bookmakers to lower the odds of defending Manchester United this season.
As for the best scorer battle, the bookmakers have already closed the game, and even the Silver Boot Awards have also closed the game. Yang Xiaozhuang is currently ranked first in the scorer list with 48 goals, and he is really the one who can see the smallest in the mountains.
As for the second place in the scorer list, Haaland, the Norwegian talented center has played in 24 league games for Manchester City and scored 30 goals!
It can be said that Manchester City has always been behind Manchester United in the standings this season. This Norwegian genius has made great contributions. His performance is better and more efficient than when he came to Manchester City during the winter transfer period last season.
Among them, Guardiola adjusted the pass and control tactics he has always adhered to, but the progress of the "Demon" himself is also very obvious. Even this is the best season in his career, which is enough to prove that the potential of the Norwegian center has not been fully developed. His performance next season will inevitably be better, and he will make greater contributions to the "Blue Moon", thus threatening Manchester United's dominance.
There is basically no suspense about the Golden Boots and Silver Boots in the Premier League. However, the competition for the bronze boots in the Premier League has not yet decided. Lewandowski, who ranked third, currently scored 21 goals, and Martial, who ranked fourth, scored 18 goals, but Martial played three games less than Lewandowski. Considering the huge potential of the French winger, the competition for this bronze boots is still suspense.
On February 13, Manchester United won Burnley 4:0 at home. Yang Xiaozhuang still scored in this game, but the biggest contributor was Rayford. This young Manchester United right attacker not only staged a "scoring twice", but also gave Aliyu an assist.
The "Red Devils" won at home, and this result was not unexpected. Many people even confirmed early before the game that Manchester United would definitely win. There is no comparison between Burnley, currently ranked 14th, and Manchester United!
However, the accident came in the match the next Sunday... Manchester City lost!
In this round of league, Guardiola led the team to the away game against Leicester with the Royal Power Stadium. As a result, "Fox City" played at home defeated Manchester City at home with the goal of Ndidi and Dapur.
Moreover, if Phil Foden hadn't scored a free kick in the 85th minute, the "Blue Moon" would have been completely lost.
However, the impact of Manchester City's defeat in this round is not only on them, but also on the current trend and pattern of the Premier League!
In this round, the leader Manchester United won, but Manchester City, as the chaser, lost. The original 10-point difference between the two suddenly widened to 13 points. Even if Manchester City, which had one less game, won in the make-up game, the score difference between the two teams is still a double-digit gap.
There have been 27 rounds of the Premier League. With 11 rounds left in the league, it is really difficult to catch up with the score difference of at least 10 points...
"The Premier League championship battle has ended! Manchester City is lagging too much. In the remaining games of this season, unless Manchester United collapses by themselves, Manchester City will have no chance to catch up. Even if they can win the second leg of the season with Manchester United at Old Trafford Stadium, they still have no chance to catch up with their opponents. The last level that had previously stood on Manchester United's road to defending the title has lost its meaning!"
"If Manchester United finally achieves defending again this season, this result will not be unexpected at all. This team has performed so well this season. So far, they have only drew one game and lost one game! And Manchester United is the Premier League team that scored the most goals and conceded the least goals this season. Why can't a team that can't be a champion if it has such a performance? Even if the team with the strongest offense and the most stable defense cannot win the championship, then who is still qualified to be a champion?"
"There are eleven rounds left in the Premier League, but at present, there is no suspense to the title. The team with the most stable performance won the league championship, which is an eternal truth! This season, among the twenty Premier League teams, the team with the most stable performance is obviously Manchester United!"
"Under the leadership of China Yang, Manchester United's performance this season is extremely steady. Even when facing strong challenges from Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool, the Red Devils have never had any panic. They just won one game after another, and sat steadily in the lead position and constantly expanding their lead! The Manchester United team is now invincible, and they are the only ones who can defeat them."
Crash!
This is the only possibility that Manchester United will lose the Premier League championship this season, but this kind of thing...it is impossible to happen easily!
Especially, when Solskjaer, the Manchester United coach and Manchester United coaching staff, began to pay attention to this aspect, the possibility became even lower!
For Manchester United now, it is also a very simple thing to maintain the stability of the team. As long as they can ensure their "kings" are healthy, it is not likely that anyone else will have an impact on the team's performance if they are injured. Even if they are key players like the core B Fee of the midfield, if they are injured, there are others who can organize the team's offense on his behalf.
So... Solskjaer and Manchester United coaching staff have become more cautious about how to use Yang Xiaozhuang!
On February 20, Manchester United ushered in the 5th round of the FA Cup at home, and the opponent in this game... is Burnley again!
He played Burnley twice in a row. In theory, there was absolutely no suspense in this game. Once Solskjaer and the coaching staff combined, he simply did not let Yang Xiaozhuang play in this game...FA Cup, haha!
So in this game, Ronaldo reappeared in the lineup, and his position was the center position he was most familiar with in the previous few years, rather than the left winger who had just returned to Manchester United.
But in this game, only Adam Myers scored a 28-meter long shot at Manchester United, and there was no more achievements. Ronaldo, who played 90 minutes in the game, had no performance in the game. Not only did he not score or assist, he only completed three shots, and only once hit the goal frame.
Burnley, who played away, only had three shots in the whole game, but he scored a goal with a counterattack. In the end, the two teams actually tied 1:1, and the two sides will play a rematch in two weeks.
After this game, Ronaldo's performance was criticized by the entire English football world, and even Italy and Spanish media joined in. Everyone determined that the 35-year-old Ronaldo is not far from retirement, at least... he is no longer suitable to play in the mainstream leagues in European football.
Some people found Messi's performance at Barcelona this season to compare the conclusions, and many fans felt very sad... The era of "the two peerless heroes" has completely ended!
This season, Ronaldo performed well at Juventus in the first half of the season, but if you consider the current level of the Serie A, it is already the fourth and fifth place in Europe. Ronaldo’s good play in Italy does not mean anything. On the contrary, his performance after returning to Manchester United in the winter transfer period is more valuable, but his performance... failed!
As for Messi, even though he is two years younger than Ronaldo, the Argentine superstars’ requirements for him are not as strict as Ronaldo. That is, the tactical tendency of the entire Barcelona team are serving him, but his performance is not as good as his former competitors!
Chapter completed!