Chapter 0192: That Rainbow
When the ball grazed the near post and drilled into the corner, the Theater of Dreams was completely set on fire.
Manchester United are 2-0 up at home and it is all but certain that United can win this game.
And the game at Stamford Bridge is still 0:0!
Manchester United's 14th Premier League title and 21st top-flight title are already beckoning to the Red Devils!
And the goal had other implications: it was Rashford's 40th goal in the league and he had already equalled Suarez at the top of the European Golden Boot rankings!
In other words, even if the match ends with the current scoreline, Rashford is sure to share this year's European Golden Boot with Suarez.
However, with only 32 minutes of play now played, and more than an hour left in stoppage time on the commute, it was up to Rashford to rewrite his own tally.
Therefore, when the game is over, it is a high probability that Rashford will win the European Golden Boot exclusively this season!
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Just 30 minutes into the game, Bournemouth were already 2-0 down, which made Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe unbearable, and stood on the sidelines and shouted at the players who were cherry-bearing, asking them to cheer up.
After all, if the Cherry players continue their previous form at this time, they may be slaughtered by Manchester United in this game.
In Eddie Howe's view, Bournemouth can lose, but only by one or two goals. But if it is slaughtered, it is unacceptable.
Eddie Howe's reprimand played a role, and the attitude of the Bournemouth players immediately changed, they played more aggressively on the pitch and soon created a good chance to score.
At that time, Smalling stole the ball from Bournemouth at the back and dribbled the ball up front. Just as he was about to pass to Marcus Rashford in the middle, he made a mistake and passed the ball directly to the feet of the Bournemouth player, and he fell to the ground.
Bournemouth then launched a counter-attack and distributed the ball to the feet of No.7 Puf on the left. However, after Puff dribbled the ball up front, he was quickly intercepted by Manchester United, and he had to choose to pass back into his own half.
Bournemouth then reversed course and attacked from the left side of the United flank. Cook's long ball from the back was played to the left edge of the penalty area, and Jackson fell to the ground when he dubbed with Bournemouth's assisted full-back Francis, who had the assist from behind, and he Ritchie burst with the ball and sent a through ball from just outside the box line to break through the United defence.
Francis' low cross from the right was missed by Manchester United players in the middle and two Bournemouth players, and Puf got on the ball at the back post, but his shot from the left side of the box was blocked by Valencia.
In the 37th minute, Bournemouth almost pulled one back.
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Valencia's blocked ball was picked up by Jesse Lingard first. After taking a few steps forward, he spotted Marcus Rashford in front of him on the right and sent a through ball.
Marcus Rashford picked up the ball near the right-hand touchline and then slotted it forward towards the Bournemouth penalty area.
Bournemouth's counter-attack almost broke the Manchester United goal, and Rashford realised that the 2-0 score was far from enough to ensure that Manchester United had to score more goals in the shortest possible time to kill the game once and for all.
What's more, he still has to score goals and surpass Suarez to be able to fulfill his pre-match promise: to dominate this year's European Golden Boot!
At the moment, Bournemouth because of the attack just now, many players have not had time to return to the defense after going up, and Rashford has only one No. 3 central defender Cook defending him.
Cook's speed is obviously not as fast as Rashford's, and even if Rashford moves forward with the ball, he can only follow Rashford and eat dust.
However, it is impossible for Rashford to completely shake off Cook, after all, the distance is too short for his speed advantage to be revealed.
Cook followed Rashford's flank and the pair entered the Bournemouth penalty area almost simultaneously.
Rashford didn't continue to push forward after entering the penalty area, as it would have allowed him to shoot from a very tight angle, and with the goalkeeper defending the near corner, he had little chance of finding the back of the net.
Therefore, Rashford came to an emergency stop and dunked the ball, and Cook behind him was running forward at high speed, and was dodged by Rashford's sudden emergency stop smash, and rushed to two or three meters in front of Rashford.
Marcus Rashford didn't wait for Cook to stop and come back to defend, dunked the ball to his left and curled a left-footed curling shot into goal.
Although Rashford shoots more with his right foot, his left-footed ability is also very good, and he can be regarded as a player with a balanced left and right foot.
In addition, Rashford has increased his curling ball to level 5, and his ability is outstanding, only to see the ball be rubbed by his left foot into a rainbow, past Federici, who had just reached the near post and was rushing to the right side, almost from the middle of the goal into the goal, and flew the side net on the side of the far post.
In the 38th minute, Rashford made a quick counterattack and changed direction, and then hit the goal with a curling ball, scoring a hat trick and turning the score into 3:0!
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"Puff shoots! Valencia sacrificed herself to block the gun's eye! The ball bounced off and was picked up by Lingard! Lingard passes! Marcus Rashford receives the ball! Marcus Rashford broke through with the ball, he was very fast, Cook was a little out of his pace! Marcus Rashford made a sharp stop and deflected past Cook! He got up and hit the goal, curling the ball with his left foot! Pretty! The ball is in! Teacher Zhan, the commentator of China Xinlang Sports, shouted like a machine gun.
'Marcus Rashford scored a hat-trick! His league goal tally reaches 41 and he will dominate this year's European Golden Boot! ”
"In an interview two days ago, Rashford said that he has no habit of sharing honours with his opponents, except that it is easy to share with his team-mates. He did exactly what he said, and before half-time he scored three goals to overtake Suarez in the European Golden Boot rankings. This is an unimaginable kid! ”
'Manchester United are playing solid, they will definitely get the three points. At Stamford Bridge in London, the score of Leicester City's match against Chelsea is still 0-0 for the time being, and if it ends now, Manchester United will reverse Leicester City to win the 2015-16 Premier League title! ”
'It's hard to imagine that just three months ago, Manchester United fell to the Europa League and a lot of people said it was over. However, three months later, who would believe that they were on the verge of lifting the league title? ”
"No reversal of the non-Red Devils, this season, Manchester United have taken this statement to the extreme!" I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~