Rashford looked at Mata in confusion and asked, "I said Uncle Mata, what's going on with you today?" So fond of fouls? You can't have a grudge against Darren, do you? ”

The last time Juan Mata was ready to foul Darren Fletcher, this time again, and Rashford couldn't help but think about it.

Mata smiled bitterly: "Marcus, there is no such thing, I have no entanglement with Darren, in fact, our relationship was not bad at the beginning." Maybe I'm a little too impatient today. ”

Rashford looked at Juan Mata and said: "I hope so, then you take care of yourself and don't leave us alone." West Brom played a thief today and without your organisation we could lose. ”

Mata patted Rashford and said: "Thank you, Marcus, I've calmed down now and believe that nothing like that will happen. ”

Juan Mata was genuinely apprehensive as he thought that just three minutes earlier, he had almost been booked for blocking a free-kick. If Rashford hadn't come over and pushed him away, I'm afraid he would have been sent off by two yellows and one red.

As a professional footballer in his mid-thirties, Juan Mata knows very well that if he blocks that free-kick, he will be 100 per cent booked.

And if he is really sent off for receiving a red card, the team may really lose the game and he will become the team's sinner.

As Rashford said, West Brom played too much of a thief today. Not only did they keep a close eye on Marcus Rashford, United's main point of attack at the moment, but they even tried to intercept the ball passed to him as much as possible.

Marcus Rashford is being targeted, and there is one less person on his side, and losing is a high probability thing.

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For the rest of the race, Mata did pay attention to his movements.

However, he was out of trouble, but West Brom took the initiative to find him. One is because Juan Mata is not good at defending, and the other is that he has already carried a yellow card. If you break through him and cause him to foul, it is likely that the referee will send him off. And if he holds back, West Brom will use him as a breakthrough point to tear apart United's defence.

But Juan Mata is not stupid either, in fact he has a very high ball quotient, and he was aware of the tactics of the West Brromwich Albion after the West Brom player lunged at him twice in a row.

He immediately switched positions with Jesse Lingard, moving from a midfield position to the left winger, and became a winger.

In this way, coupled with Marcus Rashford, who had already completed the switch with Martial and advanced the position, Manchester United inadvertently completed a big change, from the previous 4231 to the current 433, Martial, Rashford and Juan Mata formed the attack, Herrera, Lingard and Carrick partnered in midfield.

The formation quickly became apparent.

In the 32nd minute, after West Brom had completed an attack, David De Gea opened the scoring. The two sides battled in midfield, but Jesse Lingard eventually controlled the ball and after passing an opposing player, he immediately passed to Herrera, who was further down in the centre circle.

Meanwhile, the front three moved quickly, with Juan Mata on the left, Anthony Martial in the middle and Marcus Rashford on the right, all three of them into the West Brom half.

In such a situation, it is naturally impossible for West Brom to put heavy troops on the right flank, and can only retreat as a whole.

However, Herrera has never been a dragger, as he is not good at dribbling, so after receiving a pass from Jesse Lingard, he just took a step, adjusted his tempo, and immediately got up and sent a long diagonal pass in front of Rashford.

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When Herrera received the ball, Rashford was still at the back of the halfway line. He immediately began to rush forward, and in front of him was only West Bromwich Albion left wing-back Craig Dawson. Behind him, West Bromwich Albion's left midfielder No.18 Belasino was chasing back quickly to keep Rashford at bay.

Marcus Rashford's speed on the ball, with an 80 dribbling and 85 speed, making him one of the best players in the Premier League today. So, before Dawson and Belasino were about to finish closing the door, he had already gone straight into the big penalty area from the gap between the two.

At this time, there were only five people in West Brom's big penalty area, plus goalkeeper Ben Foster, West Bromwich Albion's two central defenders Macaulay and Olsen, as well as his team-mate Anthony Martial, and then Rashford himself. On the left, Juan Mata is also joining West Bromwich Albion's right-back Chester in the penalty area.

Seeing Marcus Rashford break through two of his players into the box, West Bromwich Albion's two centre-backs were shocked. The two looked at each other, leaving Olsen in the middle of the alley, and McAulay quickly pounced on Rashford.

In the middle, Anthony Martial was standing about ten yards from goal and was opening his hand to Rashford for the ball.

Marcus Rashford looked that way and with a push of his right foot towards the middle, the ball rolled down the middle.

Macaulay, who was pounced, immediately changed direction and threw his body out to clear Rashford's pass.

However, what happened in the next moment left Macaulay dumbfounded. I saw Rashford take a big step forward with his left foot, just intercepted the ball heading to the middle, knocked it forward, and the ball went into the small penalty area.

Rashford, meanwhile, followed with his right foot, and with a push against the ball, rolled towards the near corner.

In the middle of the goal, West Brom goalkeeper and former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster, who was preparing to defend Anthony Martial's shot, was in a desperate mood to save the shot from the sideways.

However, Rashford's shot was too angled and before the tip of his finger touched the ball, it was slid inside the near post and into the back of the net.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Rashford broke through two West Brom players, drove straight in, and in the upper right corner of the small penalty area, he shook off West Bromwich Albion's defenders with a fake pass, which was actually a croquette, and scored with his right foot into the dead corner of the near post.

Manchester United 1:0 West Brom!

For a moment, the noisy Hawthorn Stadium fell silent, and then there was a burst of applause and shouts from the corner of the stadium stands, which were the more than 3,000 United fans who had travelled with Manchester United to applaud Rashford.

And the commentary area is also lively at the moment.

Originally, they all thought that West Brom had done a good job of freezing Rashford today, and they felt that it would be difficult for United to win this game. Unexpectedly, Rashford switched positions with Anthony Martial without being reminded, and immediately revived the situation, and finally broke the deadlock through his breakthrough shot.