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Manchester United increased their unbeaten streak in the league to 63 games, surpassing Celtic in the Scottish Premiership and becoming the second longest unbeaten record in the European League. Manchester United fans all over the world felt proud and cheered.

Mourinho was not satisfied with this. He used the broken records to warn the players:"We can set a series of records, which means that we have dominance in the Premier League! In this case, why can't we move towards the first place in Europe? ? Believe in yourself! We can definitely create more undefeated games! 102 games unbeaten? 43 consecutive wins? Why not?"

The players were as excited as they were excited.

Mourinho was very satisfied with the players' reaction.

The time has come to 2018, which means that the double-header against the wealthy teams is coming soon. The players must continue to be stimulated, otherwise it will be difficult to win the game in difficult competitions, especially against Bayern next month. Played the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals.

Manchester United has put Celtic's unbeaten record in the league behind them. European mainstream media and world sports media have reported in detail. Van Kerry, as Manchester United's leading shooter and star, is the headline background of all major physical media.

As a result, his popularity grew even further around the world.

However, since Manchester United had four wins and one draw in the Top 6 matches in the first half of the schedule, if Achraf's red card hadn't caused the situation to get almost out of control, Manchester United would have had a high probability of winning all the Top 6 matches, which would have caused Manchester United to surpass Celtic's record. The unbeaten streak is not as sensational as it seems.

Manchester City defeated Watford 3:1 in the league later in the day and continued to maintain pressure on the top team Manchester United.

The last kick-off game of this round was the London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, the two teams finally tied at 2:2. The result was that the gap between 3rd and 6th place was very subtle.

At the end of 22 rounds of the 2017-2018 Premier League season, Manchester United ranked first with 21 wins, 1 draw and 64 points, Manchester City ranked second with 19 wins, 3 draws and 60 points, Chelsea ranked third with 13 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses and 43 points, and Liverpool ranked third with 12 wins. Ranked fourth with 42 points with 7 draws and 3 losses, Tottenham ranked fifth with 41 points with 12 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, and Arsenal ranked sixth with 39 points with 11 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses.

Starting from seventh-ranked Burnley, this season's Premier League is divided into another level, continuing to deputy squad leader Swansea.

It is equivalent to saying that Manchester United and Manchester City are the championship group, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal are the second group competing for the Champions League qualification for next season. Burnley to last place Swansea are all trying to stay in the Premier League next season. And struggle for survival group.

With the conclusion of this round of league games, the 2017-2018 Premier League season has ushered in a two-week intermission, which is only about ten days for those teams with FA Cup tasks, while those with FA Cup tasks and League Cup The semi-final tasks of Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea are equivalent to no intermission.

Manchester United's first opponent in the FA Cup in the new season is Derby County from the English Championship. Considering that five days later it will be the first leg of this season's League Cup semi-finals to challenge Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Mourinho's plan The formation tends to be dominated by substitutes.

Despite this, Manchester United, sitting at Old Trafford, still defeated their opponents 2:0 and advanced to the next round.

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In the third round of the 2017-2018 FA Cup, Manchester City, who also played as a substitute, defeated Burnley 4:1 and advanced to the fourth round. Coach Guardiola's focus returned to the home game against Manchester United in the League Cup semi-finals. First round.

Manchester United stole the show last season and won all the championships in England. This season, Guardiola wants to replicate the achievements of his arch-rival Mourinho last season, so this direct confrontation becomes important!

Win the game!

Beat Manchester United!

This is not only the goal of Guardiola, but also the goal of the entire Manchester City team.

In the 16th round of this season, they were supposed to win a victory when they visited Old Trafford, but instead, the brilliant Van Kerry led Manchester United to a home defeat.

It's simply a shame that the ducks in their mouths are run away!

Defeating Manchester United at home has become an important way for Manchester City players to save their face.

At the same time, Manchester United head coach Mourinho and his players were concentrating on preparing for the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals. Van Kerry and many main players were in excellent condition, which also allowed Mourinho to see that the team was in the away game. Hopes of beating Manchester City.

As the Manchester City Derby in the League Cup semi-finals draws closer, the focus of England's domestic media and European mainstream media has come to Manchester.

The first confrontation between the two teams this season was in the 16th round of the league. At that time, Manchester United and Manchester City tied 4:4. Will the round-to-round contest provide fans with a more exciting showdown?

Fans of both Manchester City teams feel varying degrees of nervousness. While Manchester United fans are nervous, they have more expectations. Van Kerry's recent form has been as good as ever. They firmly believe that they have a chance of defeating Manchester City even if they are a guest at the Etihad Stadium.

No matter how bad it is, you can still escape unscathed.

Four days passed quickly, and soon came the day of the first leg of the League Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Manchester United at home.

The game started at 8pm, and around 6pm, a large number of Manchester City fans and Manchester United fans gathered in the square outside the Etihad Stadium. Fans of both teams were in high spirits and refused to accept the other. If security had not intervened in time, the game would have ended. Before the game even started, fans from the two teams started fighting in the outer square.

As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and there is no room for two bosses in a city. Manchester United has more Premier League titles than any other Premier League team, so they naturally want to consolidate their advantage.

Manchester City is an emerging giant built by a consortium. It dreams of competing with its big brother Manchester United. With its strong overall strength and world-class coach Guardiola, Manchester City fans have enough confidence in the team to break Manchester United's dominance of the English arena!

When the players from both sides of the match entered the stadium to warm up, the Etihad Stadium, which can accommodate 55,000 fans, was already full, and the sky blue almost occupied the entire stadium.

"aooaooaoaooaoaoooooo——"

Overwhelming cheers swept the entire stadium. Excited Manchester City fans held fan scarves high and sang the team song"Blue-Moon" in unison to cheer up the upcoming Manchester City derby and create a fanatical atmosphere for the game.

At this time, the starting lineups of both sides of the game also appeared on major live broadcast platforms.

Manchester City's official lineup is 433, goalkeeper Ederson, defenders Zinchenko, Otamendi, Stones and Kyle Walker, midfielders Gundogan, Fernandinho and De Bruyne, Sane , Jesus and Sterling are at the forefront of the striker.

The formation given by Manchester United is also 433. Compared with the Manchester City Derby in the first round of the league, this League Cup championship match has made five adjustments. Goalkeeper Romero, defenders Luke Shaw, Van Dijk, and De Ligt. and Valencia, midfielders Matic, Pogba and Van de Beek, forwards Van Kerry, Lukaku and Rashford.

Guardiola, who has been given the starting job at Manchester United, is feeling more and more pressure. Although Pogba is not the key player for Manchester United, his role in the midfield is comparable to that of Kevin De Bruyne of his own team, and he can bring great benefits to Manchester United's offense. Creativity, coupled with Van Carey's terrifying scoring efficiency, the first round of the League Cup at home is really troublesome.

The Manchester City players who were warming up seemed to feel the difficulty of the League Cup semi-finals, and they all had heavy faces.

In sharp contrast, the Manchester United players were calm and prepared actively for the game.

Against the background of this difference, the first leg of the 2017-2018 League Cup semi-finals begins!