Chapter 180: Crazy October
At the moment when Dai Zhiwei scored, the entire Anfield stadium was stunned, and Klopp on the sidelines couldn't believe it.
On the other side of the Manchester United bench, from Mourinho down, all the Manchester United soldiers jumped up and cheered, and Mourinho also waved both, as if he had returned to the madman style of the first Chelsea period!
However, Klopp naturally will not admit defeat easily, stubbornly he keeps waving his right hand, signaling the team to press all up, ready to start the madness of the last minute of the game.
At this time, Mourinho replaced Martial with Fellaini at the back, and the team's formation changed to a 4-3-2-1 shameless defensive formation, ready to meet Liverpool's subsequent crazy counterattack with an iron bucket formation.
Dai Zhiwei is still on the field, which can give Liverpool a great threat, at least the Liverpool backline, which has suffered from its counterattack, will not dare to press it with all its might.
In the final moments of the game, Liverpool once again showed the Reds' tenacity, and wave after wave of attacks made United's goal look like it was in the middle of a storm.
But even in such huge waves, the gate guarded by De Gea is unmoving, rain and rain, and Liverpool can never cross the thunder pool.
In the 83rd minute, Firmino passed the ball and Sturridge's powerful shot from 25 yards went just wide of the right-hand post.
In the 87th minute, Pogba misplayed the ball and Milner made a left-footed volley from 25 yards after a steal in front, and De Gea flew to save the ball.
Seeing that the game time is getting less and less, and the chances of equalizing are getting slimmer and slimmer, the players on the Liverpool field are irrepressibly more and more frizzy, and their mentality is becoming more and more impatient, which also leads to bigger and bigger actions.
In the 90th minute, Wijnaldum finally stopped stealing, and was sent off for a second yellow card for a foul on Matic during the aerial battle, and Wijnaldum's red card was out, which also seemed to take Liverpool's last breath.
In the final moments of the game, there was a controversial scene on the pitch when the fourth referee on the sidelines gave a long six-minute injury time.
This also caused Mourinho to roar almost close to the fourth referee, but fortunately, the referee's decision today was more attentive to the away team and did not expel Mourinho from the red card.
However, the long stoppage time did not translate Liverpool into an equaliser.
The whistle for the end of the England national derby was finally blown after the United players repeatedly reminded the referee on duty to look at their watches that the six-minute stoppage time was at the end of the six-minute stoppage time.
Manchester United defeated Liverpool 3:2 at home, Dai Zhiwei won his first heavyweight victory since coming to Manchester United, and Dai Zhiwei also proved that he is not a "kitchen knife" with a hat trick!
The so-called kitchen knife refers to strikers like Dai Zhiwei who can only score goals against weak teams, and Dai Zhiwei can not only score goals on weak teams, but also score goals in strong dialogues.
So far this season, Tai has played in all eight Premier League games of the new season since joining Manchester United, scoring 14 goals, including a hat-trick against Liverpool today, and is the only player in the Premier League's current scorers list to reach double figures.
It's so fierce!
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After winning the English derby, the Reds were exhausted by an English derby, but they had just one day off before heading to Portugal to prepare for the third round of the Champions League group against Benfica.
Jose Mourinho was clearly ready to end the suspense of the game as soon as possible, and the multiple offsides of Dai Zhiwei and Marcus Rashford in the first half showed that the team wanted to play fast, but the timing of the pass was always a little bit worse.
In the second half, Manchester United took the initiative to speed up and strengthen the pressing, Dai Zhiwei got more heads-up opportunities, his advantages in speed and heads-up skills were brought into play, and finally relied on a direct free kick in the 68th minute of the game to score, and it was effective, scoring his sixth goal in the Champions League this season.
Manchester United won 1-0 away from home and won three consecutive Champions League group stage games to qualify.
Throughout the game, Manchester United's best performance was in the early stages of the second half, while the rest of the team looked tired, and even Dai Zhiwei was somewhat out of form.
Thanks to a surprise goalkeeper error from their opponents' starters, the Red Devils claimed an economical victory, which was an excellent result in a busy schedule.
With nine points from all three wins, Manchester United is in sight of qualifying and will return to their home stadium to continue to face Benfica in the next round, and Benfica, who lack the core of the back, may be more difficult to stop the Red Devils, and Manchester United is also expected to qualify for the Champions League group stage.
After returning to Manchester, Mourinho also noticed the fatigue of the team's main lineup, especially Dai Zhiwei, who played the last 2 games of Manchester United, was sleepy-eyed when he got off the plane.
In view of this, Mourinho deliberately gave the team a day and a half off to allow the team's main players to recover as soon as possible.
It's not that Mourinho doesn't want to give his players more time to rest, because it's already noon on Thursday and they have to travel away on Friday night to prepare for the ninth round of the Premier League.
At the John Smith Stadium, Manchester United players were not excited enough during the warm-up, and Mourinho also rotated Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard, Jones and Ashley Young according to the physical fatigue of the players, and the only one who did not dare to rotate was Dai Zhiwei.
Because now he is really indispensable to Manchester United.
In order to take care of the Asian fans, Manchester United's match was scheduled for 12:30 noon, but it was definitely a terrible thing for the players and the fans watching the game.
It is worth mentioning that this match is the first meeting between Manchester United and Huddersfield since 1972.
Given the team's form, Mourinho once again gave up the face of the giants and opted for a defensive counter-attacking tactic away from home.
It just so happened that Huddersfield was also good at defensive counter-attacks, so the game became extremely ugly, and both sides chose to shrink and defend, which was a pity that the ticket was more expensive.
It wasn't until the 77th minute that United had a precious chance when Marcus Rashford cut inside from the right and crossed for Dai Zhiwei to break the deadlock and score from the edge of the six-yard box, the only goal of the game.
It's not that it's ugly, it's important that United remain at the top of the table after all three points.
After a comfortable 1-0 game, Dai Zhiwei can finally breathe his breath, even though United still have an eighth-eighth final of the English League Cup to play on Wednesday, but he can watch his team-mates perform from home.
In order to give Dai Zhiwei a full rest, Mourinho left him out of the squad for the first time.
Swansea were not strong enough to threaten Manchester United, who qualified for the next round of the Carabao Cup thanks to a brace from cup youngster Jesse Lingard.
After getting enough rest, Dai Zhiwei finally adjusted his state completely and showed his power in the 10th round of the Premier League on the 28th.
Although Tottenham Hotspur is already a powerhouse in the Premier League, Manchester United at home is no less than worthy. Eric Bailly returned from injury, with Marcus Rashford and Mkhitaryan alternating. Harry Kane is out through injury, and Son Heung-min starts the lone.
Manchester United broke the deadlock in the 29th minute, when Jesse Lingard, who has been in excellent form recently, crossed from the right, and Dai Zhiwei opened the scoring with a stabbing shot from 10 yards ahead of Alderweireld, taking his league goal to 16, a full double that of Morat, the third scorer in the list!
Manchester United extended their advantage in the 81st minute, De Gea kicked off with a big foot, Dai Zhiwei's header was ferried, and Anthony Martial grabbed the ball from 10 yards to push into the net before Vertonghen sealed the tackle, 2:0!
After 10 rounds of the Premier League, Manchester United won 10 consecutive victories, leaving Manchester City, Liverpool and other strong teams far behind, and the record is proud enough!
In the fourth round of the Champions League group stage on October 31, Manchester United ended their October with a beautiful victory.
Manchester United at Old Trafford welcomed Portuguese giants Benfica, with Jose Mourinho in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Dai Zhiwei continuing to push forward, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial in ambush behind him, and Nemanja Matic and Scott McTominay in midfield. At the back, Eric Bailly and Chris Smalling partnered in central defence, Blind and Darmian on the left and right, and De Gea in goal.
So far this season, United's main squad has been changing, but it has also formed a relatively stable central axis: Dai Zhiwei - Pogba - Nemanja Matic - Bailly - De Gea, and others are currently struggling to take away their absolute main position.
Once the game started, Manchester United took the initiative and completely suppressed Benfica.
In the 14th minute, Anthony Martial burst into the penalty area and fell, the referee determined that Douglas was fouled for handball in the penalty area and awarded a penalty, and then Dai Zhiwei took the penalty, although the football was touched bravely by the 18-year-old young goalkeeper Svillar, but it was too insignificant for the strength of the Tigers' shot, 1:0!
After the goal, Dai Zhiwei also took the initiative to hug Martial and express his gratitude, no matter what, 80% of the credit for this goal went to Martial, who created the penalty.
In the 45th minute of the game, Dai Zhiwei passed, Matic shot from the top of the arc, the ball hit the right post and popped up, but it hit the goalkeeper Svilar who made the save and bounced into the net, Manchester United led Benfica 2:0.
In the 77th minute, this time it was Rashford who burst into the box and was brought down by Samaris, and the referee awarded a penalty again, but Dai Zhiwei has been substituted, and then Blind took the penalty in one fell swoop.
In the end, Manchester United defeated Benfica 3-0, won four consecutive wins in the group stage, continued to rank first in the group, and basically confirmed the promotion.
So far, Manchester United has ended the October schedule, and so far, has achieved a proud record of winning all the games in the new season, including 10 consecutive wins in the Premier League, 4 consecutive wins in the Champions League, 2 consecutive wins in the League Cup, and also won a European Super Cup!
Subsequently, in the Premier League's official announcement of the winner of the best manager and best player for October, coach Jose Mourinho and player Dai Zhiwei were both elected, and the last time Manchester United won these two awards was nearly seven years ago, when Ferguson and Berbatov were elected.
It took nearly 7 years for Manchester United to win both of these awards again, which can be said to be very difficult, the last time was in January 2011, when Ferguson led the team to four wins and one draw, and "dashing brother" Berbatov scored 5 goals, after which Manchester United was not elected as the best coach and best player for many years.
It is worth mentioning that Mourinho won the best coach of the month and is also the first Manchester United coach to win this award after Ferguson, and fans also joked that after so many years, there were still the best coach and best player awards in the Premier League, Manchester United was almost forgotten, and the double award was also seen as a manifestation of the Red Devils' glory inheritance and team recovery.
Mourinho has led United to three league wins over the past month, including an away win over Liverpool and a home win over Tottenham Hotspur.
Now Manchester United has also bid farewell to the shadow of the past, has returned to the right track, Mourinho is an indispensable contributor to it, and it is well deserved to win the manager of the month in January, although there are many celebrities who question his tactical conservatism, and many media have revealed that there are players in the Manchester United squad who are very dissatisfied with their playing time and the role they play, but in competitive sports, victory can hide everything, and the current Mourinho is still the "only" of the Red Devils.
Compared to Jose Mourinho's mixed reputation, Dai Zhiwei has conquered all the Premier League media and commentators, and he has won the Premier League Player of the Year in September and October.
He scored seven goals in five games in October, including five in the Premier League, scoring crucial goals for the team.
Since the beginning of the new season, he has scored 23 goals and 3 assists for Manchester United in the Premier League and Champions League, which can be said to be very comprehensive.
Almost all Manchester United fans believe that after Ronaldo's departure, the team finally has a real leader to conquer the team, and the legendary No. 7 has become more and more legendary!
His outstanding performances have also won the love of fans, the most obvious of which is his jersey sales.
Since Dai Zhiwei joined Manchester United, Manchester United and Adidas have sold 1.02 million Dai Zhiwei jerseys, and Neymar, who joined Paris Saint-Germain almost at the same time. Of these, 40,000 were sold through Manchester United and Adidas stores, 1 million were sold through online stores, and 520,000 were sold in Greater China.
You must know that in 2016, Manchester United won the world club jersey sales chart, selling a total of a staggering 2.85 million jerseys, and Dai Zhiwei only joined the team for 3 months to sell nearly half of Manchester United's total team sales in 2016, while Pogba, Martial and Rashford combined sold less than half of Dai Zhiwei's jerseys.
Dai Zhiwei, who has become Manchester United's "popular king", will face the Blues Chelsea next.
Unlike Liverpool's England national derby and Manchester City's city derby, Chelsea is now just one of Manchester United's many title rivals, just because of Mourinho, there are a few more highlights, and Dai Zhiwei is ready to destroy another strong opponent!
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