Chapter 183: The Golden Body is Broken
This time, apart from Thibaut Courtois and Cesar Azpilicueta, as well as Eden Hazard, who was about to take a corner, the other eight players were packed into the United penalty area, and it was clear that they were determined to win the corner.
Eden Hazard repeatedly placed the ball around the corner flag area, while the red and blue in the box were a mix.
Hazard's left-hand corner was the result of Moratt and Andreas Christensen in front of him?
Bailly and Nemanja Matic, who were also at the front post, were shaken up, but it soon became clear that Hazard's pass was not aimed at Morat, let alone Cesar Azpilicueta, but the forgotten Marcos Alonso at the back post.
In fact, Hazard has long seen Marcos Alonso's movement and knows what he is going to do.
When Marcos Alonso started to run, there was chaos in the United penalty area, and no one was dedicated to guarding the guy who didn't have a strong presence in the game.
However, Marcos Alonso is also 1.88 meters tall and at the top level of physical fitness, as a defender, he has perfectly inherited the Blues' tradition of knife-carrying defenders, and has now become the Premier League's No. 1 knife-carrying full-back, and can even play a cameo as a central striker.
In the midst of the negligence of the Red Devils players, football finally came to Marcos Alonso, and the timing was just right!
Marcos Alonso stepped forward very hard with every step of the gliding football, and then he used all his strength to jump!
This player, who has been inconspicuous in this game, is finally going to be the protagonist again!
"It's ...... Marcos Alonso! The commentator at Stamford Bridge shouted loudly.
In the midst of his shouts, Marcos Alonso's head hit the ball hard, and the ball "slammed" and smashed into the goal!
It was perhaps Marcos Alonso's highest quality header this season.
De Gea reacted quickly and immediately took to the air, stretching his arms.
However, after all, De Gea's attention was mostly on the front point, and the Spanish goalkeeper was really powerless to do anything about this late shot.
The ball got past De Gea's fingers and hit the inside of the far post, almost grazing the post and bouncing into the net!
1:1!
The Stamford Bridge pitch, which had been silent before, seemed to be boiling a pot, and suddenly burst out, endless shouts and cheers!
No one expected Marcos Alonso's first shot of the game to blast open the door for David De Gea!
Dai Zhiwei stood not far from the back point, in fact, this conceded goal has something to do with him, he was the closest Manchester United player to Marcos Alonso just now, but for defense, he is really not very good at it, one step slower, and he lost the whole game.
Although no one and no one will blame him, it is good to be able to come back and participate in defense as a striker.
But he still felt that the cheers of the Chelsea players and fans were particularly clear and harsh......
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”
"Alonso! Alonso! Marcos Alonso! ”
After the goal, Marcos Alonso did not run wildly, but turned and clenched his fists with both hands, and roared in the sky.
He really did it!
He blasted through the Manchester United goal!
Soon he was overwhelmed by his teammates, who slapped him on the shoulders and on the head. It hurt, but he felt like he was dreaming.
The 1-1 situation was not good for Manchester United, although the draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge did not seem like an unacceptable result, and even Jose Mourinho had been prepared for an away win.
However, the impressive record of winning all of their previous season, coupled with the fact that they were equalised by their opponents in the final stages of the game, made the Manchester United players uncomfortable.
Dai Zhiwei is also extremely aggrieved in his heart!
It's always been your own reversal of the game, how can it be the opponent's turn to reverse yourself?
With this in mind, United did not hold back at the end, but threw themselves into the attack, hoping to score another leading goal in the final minutes.
Dai Zhiwei took the ball in the middle to find a link-up, and just then, Kante came up again.
Throughout the game, Kante has been fighting with Dai Zhiwei, although he is at a disadvantage, he will never make Dai Zhiwei feel better.
"Hmm, are you coming again?" To be honest, Dai Zhiwei had a bit of a headache, and his stalking tricks were useless to him before, but today he ran into Kante, which made him feel extremely painful.
The passable hurdles, the unpassable Kante, Kanter made Dai Zhiwei nervous.
Even without the ball, he doesn't give Dai Zhiwei enough distance and opportunity to sprint, and every time he follows him if he is close or not far away, Kante will rush up as soon as there is a sign of activation.
He was silent without saying a word, but it brought a lot of pressure to Dai Zhiwei.
"Damn, I can't believe it!" As soon as Dai Zhiwei gritted his teeth, he was about to start and want to seek a breakthrough.
Kante immediately rushed over.
Dai Zhiwei's heart flashed, and he immediately denied the idea of passing, and he was never afraid to fight alone!
He began to pedal his bicycle to confuse Kante's judgment, but the other party looked indifferent.
Facing the calm Kante, Dai Zhiwei's heart suddenly gave birth to unwarranted irritability, usually only white backs with high tactical literacy can be so calm, black players have always been irritable representatives.
"Niang Xipi, come on!" Dai Zhiwei still decided to come hard, and the rhythm of his feet suddenly changed.
Kante's heart moved, and he immediately understood what Dai Zhiwei wanted to do.
With Dai Zhiwei's movements, Kante made a judgment and was stuck directly in front of Dai Zhiwei.
It's a pity, who knew that Dai Zhiwei twisted his body violently, knocked the heel of his right foot, pushed the arch of his left foot, and the football immediately drilled between Kante's legs.
"Good chance!" Dai Zhiwei stepped hard, and instantly drilled past Kante's side.
At this time, Kante's disadvantage as a passive defender was completely exposed, although he wanted to follow Dai Zhiwei back to the defensive ground, but his feet were no longer obedient because of the inertia of his previous movements.
But how can a dangerous man like Dai Zhiwei burst into the Chelsea penalty area?
Just past Kante, I didn't expect Kante to have a kick in the back, and directly put Dai Zhiwei to the ground.
The move earned Kante a yellow card and his second of the game.
After two yellows and one red, N'Golo Kante was sent off.
However, the game was already in the 93rd minute - the last minute of stoppage time, and the referee had already started to look at his watch, and if this free kick was not scored, then the game would be over.
"Whew!" Dai Zhiwei stood in front of the football, and the free kick was in a good position, completely within the range of his curved shot.
Dai Zhiwei stepped on the point, and his right foot was slammed on the stationary ball, and the moment he kicked it, the football was even deformed.
"Bang!"
The soccer ball leaps high over the jumping wall, and a banana-shaped arc runs from the right side of the goal to the left, while the ball keeps falling downward.
Courtois on the goalline moved two steps sideways, then leaped up and pounced towards the ball in the air!
"Will it kill you?" After the shot, Dai Zhiwei also leaned forward to his neck, and he felt good about this kick, but he was only sure that he would score about six or seven goals.
After all, Dai Zhiwei is not the kind of cartoon character who kicks a free kick as a penalty, and generally two people can score one to be considered a good player.
"Shhh After Dai Zhiwei saw the trajectory of the falling football, he suddenly squatted down, because he had already noticed that the football was falling a little later than usual, and it was difficult to fall into the range of the goal in time, so he subconsciously squatted.
Unfortunately, it was in vain, and the shot grazed the top edge of the crossbar.
After Courtois kicked the ball in goal, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
In the end, Chelsea drew 1:1 at home with the Red Devils, who have been invincible recently, breaking Manchester United's golden body of winning all the games since the new season!
After this game, Manchester United and Manchester City are both on 31 points, and the Red Devils are ahead of their city rivals on goal difference, and the top spot can be described as precarious.
But it didn't take long for United to prove that being held to a draw by Chelsea wasn't the start of their decline, it was just that the opposition was strong enough and their luck wasn't good enough.
In the 12th round of the English Premier League, Manchester United, who returned to Old Trafford, faced Newcastle United, an old powerhouse in England.
Pogba finally returned from injury, Lindelof, Juan Mata and Anthony Martial rotated into the starting line-up, and Ibrahimovic, who had been recovering from injury, also entered the bench for the first time, but unlike last season's situation, this season's Ibrahimovic can only get occasional opportunities as a substitute for Dai Zhiwei.
Manchester United started the game a little slowly, but it was Newcastle who took the lead in the 14th minute, Yedlin crossed from the right, Lindelof intercepted but slipped and fell, Gayle pushed the shot into the inside of the left post from 10 yards, 0:1.
Manchester United equalised in the 37th minute when Paul Pogba crossed from the right side of the penalty area and Anthony Martial headed home from the edge of the six-yard box to make it 1-1.
Manchester United took the lead in stoppage time at half-time, Ashley Young crossed diagonally from the left in a corner kick melee, and Smalling scored with a close-range header from the right side of the small penalty area, 2:1.
Manchester United extended the score in the 54th minute, Dai Zhiwei crossed from the right side of the penalty area, Rashford nodded the ball back from afar, and Pogba pushed it into the net from close range, 3:1.
In the 70th minute, Dai Zhiwei finally opened the paste, and the right side cut inside and cooperated with Mata to kick the wall and shot into the upper corner in front of the small penalty area, 4:1.
Dai Zhiwei, who scored his 18th Premier League goal of the season, was then replaced by Ibrahimovic and the fans gave the crowd a standing ovation – both to Dai Zhiwei who came off the pitch and to last season's hero Ibrahimovic.
It's just a pity that Ibrahimovic is no longer the hero of Manchester United in the new season after the injury, and after he replaced Dai Zhiwei, it is obvious that it is difficult to fill the vacancy after Dai Zhiwei is off the field.
In the end, Manchester United beat Newcastle 4-1 and continued to occupy the top spot in the table on goal difference.
However, Manchester United were really lucky in November, and after the league win was broken, their Champions League gold was not guaranteed.
In the 5th round of the Champions League, Manchester City hosted Villarreal.
Manchester United will finish first in the group with a draw, Mourinho has made a big rotation in this game, and there are as many as 7 rotations compared to last weekend's league game against Newcastle United, and there are many substitutes, Pogba continues to start and captain, Rojo, who has been absent for 7 months, also starts, and Ibrahimovic is on the bench.
In the 31st minute, Manchester United won a free kick from 25 yards in front of the goal, Dai Zhiwei took the free kick, this time did not repeat the mistake against Chelsea, and the curve shot hit directly, 1:0!
After the goal, Dai Zhiwei clenched his fists with both hands, very excited, the last time he failed to beat Chelsea with a free kick was also quite annoyed, this time in the face of a free kick again, he did not have a soft foot, proving that he is still the world's top free kick master!
In Manchester United, Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford have been coveting the position of Dai Zhiwei's first free-kick in the team, and this time he told the two guys: You guys are still out of play!
However, no matter how excited he was, he still did not choose to celebrate, did not sprinkle more salt on the wounds of his old club.
After all, it's his duty to score goals, but he shouldn't celebrate without any scruples.
However, Villarreal, which has gradually come out of the slump at the beginning of the season, is also very competitive, in the 89th minute, Wu Lei crossed from the left rib of the penalty area, and blocked the ball into the door from 6 yards in Bakambu, and successfully drew Manchester United away.
It is worth mentioning that this is Wu Lei's 5th assist after joining Villarreal, in addition to 3 La Liga goals, which have been basically integrated into Villarreal.
After this round, Manchester United's all-win gold body in the new European season has also been broken, but with 13 points, they have locked the first place in the group in advance and successfully qualified, while CSKA Moscow has 9 points and Villarreal has 7 points in this group, all of which have the possibility of qualifying.
However, the defeat of all European victories did not affect Dai Zhiwei's mood, and after the game, he specially invited Villarreal's former teammates to have a meal at the Han Dynasty Chinese restaurant.
Han Dynasty Chinese Restaurant is one of the largest Chinese restaurant chains in the UK, with branches in Leicester, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester. The restaurant mainly deals in Sichuan cuisine, as well as self-service hot pot and barbecue, which is very cost-effective, and the portion of the dish is also very large, and Dai Zhiwei thinks that the taste is also very good, if it is ten, it can score at least 8 points.
Compared with the French meal, the Chinese food is really quite cost-effective, this meal for twenty people does not cost him less than a thousand pounds, if it is changed to a French meal, it will be at least two or three times, and Dai Zhiwei still doesn't think it is so delicious.
As for the drink, it was Dai Zhiwei who specially bought Moutai, except for him and Wu Lei, the other big men in Villarreal were drunk.
"It's still affordable for our Chinese food!" That's the only feeling Dai Zhiwei had at checkout.
(End of chapter)