If you put it aside in previous seasons, the 16th round of the Premier League match between Manchester United and Manchester City will definitely not have the attention of this time, although it is a major event.

Because this season, the two teams are like hanging up, with the same unbeaten record of 14 wins and 1 draw in the first 15 rounds, leaving the third-place Liverpool far behind.

Even now, when it is not yet halfway through, the managers of most Premier League teams have to admit that this season's Premier League title must belong to Manchester, and the only suspense is whether the champion will be blue or red?

Manchester City, for their 13-game winning streak, equalled Chelsea's record for winning in a single Premier League season set last season, and are just one step away from Arsenal's 14-game winning streak in 2001/02.

In their previous seven league away games, they won all of them, scoring 18 goals and conceding just four.

Although Manchester United was broken by Chelsea, they have been at the top of the table since the first round of the new season, and they are still the best team in the Premier League today!

In the face of Manchester City, Mourinho changed his formation again, and it was rare for Anthony Martial and Rashford to start at the same time, obviously preparing to "eat" the opponent with the advantage of home stadium.

The only thing that upset Mourinho was that Pogba's stupid red card in the last round of the league had him absent from the battle at the top of the table.

Pep Guardiola is playing steadily, and the thickness of the lineup that makes everyone's eyes hot is enough to make him sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Manchester United starting line-up: David De Gea; Valencia, Smarin, Rojo, Ashley Young; Nemanja Matic, Herrera; Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial; Dai Zhiwei

Manchester City starting line-up: Ederson; Volcker, Otamendi, Kompany, Delph; Silva, Fernandinho, De Bruyne; Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Sane

"Phew! I love this jersey! In the pre-match tunnel of the players, Dai Zhiwei looked at Manchester City's blue shirt and was quite excited.

If you want to say that his favorite opponent to meet, it is definitely Manchester City, there is no one.

Last season, he scored two hat-tricks against Manchester City in two legs in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, which made his adrenaline "boil" as soon as he saw Manchester City's blue!

When he warmed up before, Dai Zhiwei found that his feet were very smooth, how to kick.

"Dai, what's wrong?" Herrera saw Dai Zhiwei smiling strangely there, and asked in a low voice in Spanish.

"Oops, I feel like I'm going to hurt the City fans again today." Dai Zhiwei replied pretendedly.

After all, it was the battle for the top spot, and the competition between the two sides after the opening was very fierce, and they were very cautious in defense.

Manchester United were the first to attack, Rojo's long pass, Rashford's anti-offside pass back, and Lingard's powerful shot from 20 yards out in the box was parried away by Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson.

However, Ederson's big foot was again possessed by Nemanja Matic and a kick was played to Anthony Martial in front, who failed to break through at the first time and then knocked back to Herrera in the back.

Herrera ran a few steps with the ball before Manchester City's midfielder Fernandinho pressed on, handed the ball to Rashford not far away, and ran forward quickly.

Mourinho was very clear in the dressing room just now, taking advantage of the opponent's carelessness after the opening kick-off to give them a warning.

The Red Devils were on full effect on the coach's intentions, and as soon as he got the ball, Rashford immediately rushed along the touchline towards the opposition's baseline.

Delph on the opposite side didn't expect Rashford to be so violent, and he didn't pay attention to let Rashford easily break through from his side.

Unexpectedly, Delph let Rashford rush over so easily, and Blue Moon central defender Otamendi was so shocked that he could only rush towards Rashford in an attempt to make up for the defense.

Dai Zhiwei in the middle also quietly went hand in hand with Rashford, and had come to the hinterland of the other party, and Fernandinho, who realized it later, waited until he turned around to chase Dai Zhiwei, and there was at least two positions away from Dai Zhiwei.

Seeing that there was a gap in front of Dai Zhiwei, Rashford did not mean to force Otamendi at all, and a diagonal pass handed the football to Dai Zhiwei's feet, and with an acceleration, he threw Otamendi behind him.

As his team-mates burst forward, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial were quick to get in front of the City defenders, but their movements were very different.

When running in front of the opposition defender Walker, Lingard suddenly slowed down and kept his distance from the opposition players while following him closely.

As a striker, Martial did not have any scruples, and surpassed Kompany in two big strides and came to the front of the opponent's penalty area.

After receiving Rashford's pass, Dai Zhiwei did not give Fernandinho a chance to break the ball behind him, without any stop, and with a knockback, the football was sent to Rashford again, who had surpassed Otamendi.

At this point, the ball has entered the area of 30 meters of the goal, and if it is fouled, it is definitely a very dangerous free kick opportunity.

And Manchester United now has Dai Zhiwei, the number one free kick player in today's football, on the field!

Otamendi, who was closely following Rashford, hesitated in his heart, but Rashford did not give him another chance to atone for his sins, and after a few quick steps to the football, the first touch of the ball, the football was lifted high and quickly sent to the front of the Manchester City penalty area.

By the time Rashford was racing towards the ball, the experienced Kompany had already stopped chasing Martial and left him in an offside position.

At the moment when the football flew up, the linesman was ready to raise the flag, but he suddenly saw that Anthony Martial, who was in an offside position, ignored the flying football, turned around and ran back to the midfield.

Manchester City's goalkeeper Ederson was also affected by Anthony Martial, thinking that the linesman would blow offside, so he did not attack in time.

But just when Manchester City's entire defense line put Martial in an offside position, Dai Zhiwei, who was still hiding next to the Manchester City defender just now, followed the football that was still flying in the air, like an arrow that had just left the string, and quickly ran towards the place where the football fell.

When Dai Zhiwei's figure appeared alone in the blank space between the defender and the goalkeeper, all the Manchester City players suddenly woke up, and several defenders instantly chased back to the past.

However, there is no one in today's world football who can catch up with Dai Zhiwei, who is running at full speed!

At this time, Edson's heart was very flustered, and when Dai Zhiwei had already got the football, he was still hovering between attacking and retreating.

Dai Zhiwei quickly approached the goal, and when he came to the front of the small penalty area, Ederson finally couldn't bear the pressure in his heart, and suddenly took a big stride and rushed forward.

Seeing that the goalkeeper who seemed to be in a daze finally began to move, Dai Zhiwei raised his right foot, and as soon as the arch of his foot turned, he made a move to shoot to the far corner.

Seeing Dai Zhiwei's movements, Edson didn't have time to judge the truth at all, and quickly lowered his center of gravity in a gambling way, and his tall body was instantly blocked horizontally in front of him.

But just as he fell to the ground, Dai Zhiwei twisted his ankle, retracted his toes to the bottom of the football, and gently provoked, the football passed over Ederson like an obedient pet, and then fell into the goal lightly under the desperate eyes of Manchester City players.

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！” The narrator in the live TV broadcast roared angrily, like a sudden thunder on the ground, which startled almost half of the fans.

1:0！

After scoring the goal, Dai Zhiwei ran towards the camera lens in the corner flag area, but the words he shouted made everyone except the Manchester City jersey stunned at first, and then burst into laughter, because he shouted -

"Manchester City, I love you to death!"

Yes, Dai Zhiwei really likes Manchester City too much now, after the first two hat-tricks, he is now opening the scoring against Manchester City, and it seems that Manchester City's goal is not defended against him at all.

You can get in as much as you want.

You can enter as much as you want.

Guardiola on the sidelines also depressedly circled the top of his grassy head.

"It's really weird." He didn't understand why his team didn't scare Messi or Ronaldo, but he didn't have anything to do with Dai Zhiwei.

Manchester United almost doubled the score three minutes later, Anthony Martial's cross from the left side of the penalty area, Otamendi missed the head, and the unguarded Dai Zhiwei was also a little surprised, and he was a little unprepared to shoot from 8 yards to brush the post, slightly out of the net, and fly off the line.

This time, Pep Guardiola was so angry that he smoked, and he even began to wonder if Dai Zhiwei was good at witchcraft, and the Manchester City players would not play normally as soon as they touched him.

Watching the team send the football to the front again and again, but wasting opportunities again and again, as the time of the game became less and less, Guardiola's heart began to become anxious, at first he could still sit in the seat, and in the end, he came to the edge of the field in an anxious mood, frequently walking back and forth, waving his arms exaggeratedly, and constantly making pressure gestures to the players on the field.

Pep Guardiola's rare start to roaring the players on the sidelines also successfully inspired the fighting spirit of Manchester City's players on the pitch, and after Ederson's goal kick, he set off a sea of blue at Old Trafford!

Under the influence of the manager, Manchester City's players gradually let go of their hands and feet, overwhelmingly pressing towards Manchester United's half, and the four defenders began to step forward to varying degrees.

But fortunately, they also paid attention to Dai Zhiwei's defense, no matter what, Dai Zhiwei always kept at least one person by his side.

In the 38th minute, City finally got a great chance to get a breeze from the football and Sane plunged into the position set up by the Manchester United players.

Watching his teammates fall backwards behind him one after another, Sane, who tried to soar with all his might for the first time in this game, wanted to yell at the sky in his heart.

Seeing that the other party dared to rush over single-handedly so blatantly, Ashley Young was the first to rush to the front and block the front of the other party.

Ashley Young had just stabilized his centre of gravity and before he could make any moves, Sane quickly flicked the ball with his right foot and rushed past the unresponsive Ashley Young.

A gust of wind blew, and Ashley Young's hair was fluttering, but it was empty, and Sane was long gone.

If Ashley Young was only thrown away in a daze, then Nemanja Matic behind him really enjoyed the pain of being overtaken.

Seeing Ashley Young being thrown away so easily, Matic, who was about to make up for the defense behind him, suddenly had a familiar feeling, as if he was back on the training ground at this moment, and the terrifying scene of being easily broken through by Dai Zhiwei with the ball appeared uncontrollably in his mind.

Fortunately, Matic adjusted his mentality in time, and after not having the slightest contempt, he turned around decisively and ran back one step ahead of the other party.

After a lot of abuse, all of United's defenders have come up with a less effective but best way to deal with a player of the likes of Dai Zhiwei.

That is, when this kind of extremely fast player has his speed set in, only before he reaches his side, it is wise to run back early, and then use the foul to keep him when he passes you.

With the sound of footsteps coming from behind the right of his body, Nemanja Matic began to tilt his head and watch Sane's position with the rest of his eyes, hoping to find the best moment to break the ball.

But it's a pity that his simple wish was also disappointed.

Seeing that Matic actually started to run back so early, although Sane didn't understand what he meant, he had a heart in his heart.

When they were about to get close to Nemanja Matic, a sudden stop quickly widened the distance between the two, and after controlling the football, a sharp turn moved laterally on the edge of the United penalty area.

Seeing that Sane had alertly dodged the trap laid by Matic, Manchester United's defenders were suddenly shocked at this time, and Smarin near Sane and Herrera, who was chasing back quickly, were desperately rushing towards Sane.

There is only one purpose, that is, the foul cannot let the opponent burst into the penalty area.

Seeing the opposing two players surrounding him one after the other, Sane knew that he was a few pounds and taels to break through with the ball, and he did not continue to force a breakthrough into the penalty area, but suddenly poked his toes during the run, and the football brushed against David, who ran outward, and quickly drilled into the penalty area like a poisonous snake.

And the direction in which the football rolls is the unguarded Jesus.

Seeing that the football unexpectedly rolled in front of him, this slightly immature Brazilian striker, faced with the best shooting opportunity of the game, his brain was blank.

Leroy Sane's pass didn't just deceive the United players, even his team-mates didn't expect it.

At the moment when Jesus was fluctuating, Nemanja Matic, who had been fooled by Sane and ran into the penalty area, did not leave him more chances when the goal was in danger, and after two strides, he flew and jumped, and then stretched his legs, hoping to destroy Jesus' shot as much as possible.

Is it in time?

(End of chapter)