Chapter 0089 - Kissing Sneakers
In the stands, Ferguson, who was sitting with a group of Manchester United executives, his heart was beating violently at this moment, and an unnatural flush appeared on his face.
He thought of the scene at Old Trafford five years ago, the most unforgettable fiasco of his life.
He has led Manchester United for more than 20 years, and has met opponents from home and abroad, and has never lost 5 goals in a single game!
If before that, the team he hated the most was Liverpool, after that game, it had become the nouveau riche noisy neighbor.
From that day on, there was not a day that he did not think about revenge. However, whether it is during his tenure, or Moyes and Louis van Gaal, he has always hoped for revenge, but unfortunately, Manchester United still lost more and won less, and it is really an old revenge that has not been avenged and a new hatred.
Watching Manchester United decline and sink day by day, Ferguson feels that in his life, I am afraid that he really can't see the revenge of that arrow.
However, witnessing that little guy score 4 goals in less than five minutes today made him feel extremely excited, or to describe it in another word, that is, to relieve his anger!
At this moment, the old man wanted to stand up and dance and celebrate, but thinking of the doctor's advice and his identity, he still held back this thought.
Feeling some abnormal beating of his heart, Ferguson shook his head secretly, his body is getting worse and worse, and he doesn't know if he can see Manchester United return to its former glory in his hands?
But when he set his eyes on the immature face of the spirited, the old man's shadow involuntarily appeared in front of his eyes.
Although these two people, both in terms of style and playing position, are completely different, the old man has a feeling that these two people are the same kind of people in terms of soul.
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Just as Ferguson was thinking, things changed on the pitch. After an initial period of stunnedness, the United players rushed towards Rashford in a frenzied manner.
Although Manchester United's number one rival in England is Liverpool, for most of this group of Manchester United players, it is the city rivals Manchester City who have left them with the most pain.
Whether it was a 6-1 defeat at home five years ago or a subsequent snatch of the league title on goal difference, several of the players present experienced it firsthand. For example, goalkeeper David De Gea, defender Chris Smalling, midfielder Michael Carrick.
Even other players who have not experienced these two most painful experiences, after joining Manchester United, everyone has not bargained against Manchester City, and has always lost more and won less.
In particular, the two 1-4 and 0-3 defeats in the 2013-14 season made them feel even more humiliated.
You must know that these two heavy defeats, except for a few players such as Blind, Martial, and Rojo, most of the people in the Manchester United team have experienced it personally.
This naturally made them hold a fire in their hearts for Manchester City.
Now, in the 20th minute, the team led the city rival by 4 goals, which made everyone's hearts stir. As a result, not only the Manchester United players on the field, but even the Manchester United players on the bench couldn't help but stand up and pounce on Rashford.
After throwing Rashford to the ground and doing a bit of work, everyone pulled him up.
At this time, Martial made a surprising move. He got down on one knee, lifted Rashford's left foot, which he had just shot, and kissed his boots.
This action not only made Rashford a little confused, but even other Manchester United players couldn't think of it.
However, they all reacted quickly, with Jesse Lingard taking the lead in pushing Martial aside and taking Martial's place himself, kissing Rashford's boots.
Of course, young players like Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard, as well as bigwigs like Mata and Carrick, will naturally not. Although they admired the youngest guy in the team, they still couldn't pull their faces when they kissed Rashford's boots in public.
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Looking at the Manchester United players celebrating wildly, the dejected local players, and the helpless Pellegrini, Mubarak was secretly glad that the team had found Pep Guardiola to replace him early.
In addition, although the game was still 70 minutes away, Mubarak still made a decision that the team really wanted to give up the league and go all out to fight for the Champions League.
Because as things stand, Manchester City's hopes of securing a Champions League place through league points are infinitely slim, because none of the four main rivals are easy to mess with.
At this time, the live director switched back and forth between Demichelis on the field, Kompany watching from the wall in the box, and coach Manuel Pellegrini, which was self-explanatory.
In the Champions League game in midweek, Manuel Pellegrini continued to play at home despite a 3-1 win away from home, only to be rewarded with a 0-0 draw with the visitors, but the consequences were unbearable: key centre-backs Vincent Kompany and Otamendi were both injured and missed the game.
And in this game, Demichelis and Mangala, who partnered the central defenders, performed completely disastrously. Especially Demichelis, the four goals conceded by Manchester City are all related to him.
The first goal conceded was a reckless tackle that led to an easy run past Marcus Rashford and a one-on-one shot.
The second goal was also a big mistake when he made a big mistake to keep Martial out of action, allowing Martial to shoot hard, causing Joe Hart to save the ball and allowing Rashford to make a stoppage.
Demichelis was equally to blame for conceding the third goal, as he missed Anthony Martial in a key position, allowing him to play the ball with ease, which led to Marcus Rashford's solo effort and the eventual goal conceded by Manchester City.
As for the fourth goal conceded, Demichelis's performance was even more like a clown. In his panicked defense, he actually hung on Joe Hart's feet and fell, not only made Joe Hart, who was about to get up and chase back, fall to the ground and couldn't get up, but even blocked Mangala's return defense, which is completely undercover!
If this match, Kompany was on the field, with his defensive ability, then I'm afraid the result would be completely different, right?
Even, Otamendi's defense is much more reliable than Demichelis and Mangala.
Therefore, the first culprit of this game's fiasco is Demichelis, and the second place is probably on the head of coach Pellegrini.