Manchester United, which had previously won four consecutive league victories, was beaten twice by Watford at the last moment and missed its fifth consecutive league victory. Mourinho's temporary management was questioned by a large number of media.

They believe that Van Carey, Manchester United's biggest threat, should not be substituted, even if his physical fitness has dropped significantly.

Mourinho has been famous for a long time and is the top coach in world football. He will naturally not care when faced with media doubts. Manchester United fans did not say anything. Van Kerry's physical condition is not very good, and any coach with a little bit of brains will replace him. After all, he is still just a seventeen-year-old boy.

The league is a long season, and there is absolutely no need to increase the risk of injury caused by Van Carey's declining physical fitness in order to win a league victory.

Manchester United drew with Watford as a guest, and the league ranking did not change. They only had one point advantage over Manchester City. Since Chelsea lost to Liverpool at home this round, the league ranking also dropped from the original second to fifth. What is interesting is that Everton from the Liverpool area ranks second with four wins and one draw, only four points behind Manchester United at the top of the list.ball.

The fifth round of the 2016-2017 Premier League season has come to an end, and the Premier League has entered the League Cup schedule. Due to the limited strength of Manchester United's third-round League Cup opponent Northampton, Mourinho sent a lineup with some main players leading the substitutes and youth teams. players.

Despite this, Manchester United, which has absolute strength, still won the away game 3:1 and advanced to the fourth round of the League Cup.

Key players such as Van Carey and Ibrahimovic did not even go to the away game. All their focus was on the league's home game against defending champion Leicester City.

Manchester United's home match against Leicester City is the first league match in this round and is destined to attract most of the attention.

In addition to the fact that the opponent is the defending champion, Manchester City, Everton, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal behind Manchester United are chasing closely in the standings.

The only event that is beneficial to Manchester United is that Chelsea will have a strong dialogue with Arsenal. Regardless of the results of the two teams, it will bring good news to Manchester United and other championship teams.

Of course, the best news is still worth one point each.

But this is based on the championship teams defeating their respective opponents, otherwise everything will be in vain.

Mourinho started preparing for the home game against Leicester City as early as the league draw with Watford. Obviously, there is no room for failure in this league.

Championship rivals Manchester City are visiting Swansea this round, and Tottenham's rivals are Middlesbrough. As expected, there is no problem in winning.

As the first league game of this round, there is a lot of pressure!

About an hour before the start of the game, the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the Premier League official website.

Fan Kerry and Ibrahimovic, who had performed well before, continued to start, Rooney was replaced by Mata, Lingard was on the right wing, Pogba partnered with Herrera in the double midfielder, and defenders Blind and Sri Lanka Morin, Bailly and Valencia, De Gea guards the gate of Manchester United.

Leicester City's starting lineup is similar to the Community Shield at the beginning of the season with eight points, goalkeeper Schmeichel, defenders Fuchs, Huth, Morgan and Simpson, midfielders Albrighton, Drinkwater, Armagh Tai and Mahrez, with Vardy partnering Slimani at the forward.

After winning Leicester City's starting lineup, Mourinho's lips were filled with confidence, as if he had a winning ticket.

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"Beep~"

Mike Dean blew his whistle, and the sixth round of the 2016-2017 Premier League season kicked off at the Old Trafford Stadium. Then, a huge roar like a tsunami broke out above the audience:"aoaooaoaoooooooo——"

Van Carey, who received a pass from Ibrahimovic, seemed to be in a state of shock. He did not choose to pass the ball to his teammates, but directly stepped forward to accelerate the ball.

How can the Leicester City players who have suffered enough losses from Van Kerry in the Community Shield allow him to break through easily?

Vardy was careless and was forced to break through by Van Carey. Central midfielder Marte stretched out his hand to pull Van Carey's jersey. Mahrez fell to the ground and shoveled. The football was obtained, and referee Mike Dean's whistle also sounded.

Although Fan Kerry's breakthrough did not have any practical effect, the Manchester United fans in the audience were very excited and immediately responded with loud shouts:"Kerry! Kerry! Kerry!"

Obviously, they enjoyed Fan Kerry's breakthrough with the ball..

Countless fans of the older generation seem to be transported back to the summer of 2003, that Portuguese boy with extremely fancy skills at his feet. Compared with Ronaldo, Van Carey's technical movements at his feet are more reasonable, giving people a very reassuring feeling.

In the limited playing time, he has always been able to contribute amazing offensive statistics, and so far he has not been intercepted without fouling when breaking through with the ball.

Mourinho applauded Van Carey on the court. Through his observation during this period, he realized that Van Carey's breakthroughs with the ball were basically very reasonable and maximized the offensive benefits, so he did not ask Van Carey during the training process. Reduce breakthroughs with the ball.

In the tenth minute of the game, Manchester United, who were at home, began to take the initiative in the game. Leicester City had to retreat to half-court defense, and Van Kerry, who needed space to break through, was reduced to a cross from the wing.

After receiving continuous passing opportunities, Van Carey had an idea and decisively activated his active skill [Fatal Pass] after receiving the ball from Pogba in the middle.

Facing Simpson's fake dunk, he made a high-quality cross with his right foot at a 45-degree angle. Ibrahimovic overpowered Morgan in the process of retreating to complete the header.

Perhaps because the passive 30% assist feature was not activated, Ibrahimovic's header was rejected by Schmeichel and Manchester United received a corner kick.

Mata walked slowly to take the corner kick. In order to cherish one minute of skill time, Van Carey directly took the football to the corner kick area and quickly kicked it to Mata.

Van Kerry never took a corner kick, and the Leicester City defenders did not approach immediately. By the time Mata got the ball, it was too late to pull him out to defend, and Mata was handed to the feet of Van Kerry, who was running back.

Since he ran back quickly after passing the ball, there was no offside.

Fan Kerry, who was facing the football, looked up at his teammates in the penalty area and passed directly.

The quality of this cross was as high as the previous one. The cross from the inside of the instep was flat and fast. Neither Morgan nor Ibrahimovic hit the ball. Pogba and Huth were in front of the ball. There was a mid-air collision, but no one hit the football. Smalling, who came up from behind, jumped high on the line of the small penalty area and directed the ball towards the upper left corner of the goal.

Faced with such a close header, Schmeichel had no time to react. All he could do was watch the football go into the net...

Mourinho was originally a little dissatisfied with Van Kerry's quick corner kick, but when he saw him Assisting Smalling to open the scoring, his tense face was instantly replaced by joy, and he even raised his arms and shouted.

Little guy, there’s something!

Smalling, who scored the goal, was extremely excited. He opened his arms and rushed towards Van Kerry who sent a high-quality cross.

Van Carey must have at least 80% of the credit for this goal!

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