Chapter 0071 - Lock in the Victory
After Marcus Rashford took a 2-0 lead with an out-of-the-box volley, United consciously controlled the game with possession and slowed down their attack.
Rashford was a little unhappy about this, and now West Ham United was dizzy by his two blows, and their morale plummeted, and it was a waste of opportunity not to take this opportunity to score more goals and seal the win.
Perhaps, in the eyes of the rest of the team, and even coach Louis van Gaal, a 2-0 lead is already a very safe scoreline, and the team can take this opportunity to slow down and retain some physical strength or something.
However, in Rashford's view, 2:0 is not a safe score, because as long as the opponent recovers a point, it means that the team has a high probability of being equalized or even reversed.
In his previous life, as a fan, he didn't see many teams that relaxed and played health after taking a 2:0 lead, and finally lost the game. The reason for this is that after the opponent pulled 1:2, the morale soared and the offensive became more and more aggressive, while the leading team was worried about being equalized or even overtaken, the more they played, the more they were less confident, the more impatient they played, and finally lost the game.
Well, in fact, Manchester United in memory of the past few years is like this, not leading by more than three goals, fans are worried about watching the game, for fear of when the opponent will equalize and reverse.
However, Manchester United in this period has led by three goals only a handful of times. In other words, Red Devils fans are almost always on the lookout.
As a Manchester United fan who has gone through this dark phase, Rashford has this state in his heart. So, no matter how many goals the team leads, he is fully focused, and if he can score three goals, he will never score more than two. His tireless pursuit of goals was not just for the sake of the mission, but also for the fear of a possible equaliser or even a reversal.
However, today's Manchester United players don't think the same way as him. Whenever the team takes the lead, they are content and stop working so hard and play well.
And when the team conceded the goal, they fell into worry and fear, and the result was that they were in disarray, playing worse and worse, and finally being equalized or reversed.
That's how it was in today's game.
It's just that his teammates don't want to make progress, Rashford can't help it, and he can't solve Manchester United's attacking problems alone.
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However, Manchester United were in the lead, and with more than 70,000 fans at home, they were able to hold West Ham down on the pitch.
During this period, United also won a couple of chances on goal, but none of those chances had anything to do with Rashford. Because he has scored two goals in a row, West Ham have made him highly vigilant, with two or three defenders around him at all times.
However, the Manchester United players who got the chance to hit the goal, whether it was Anthony Martial or Jesse Lingard, didn't seem to be wearing shooting boots today, and the shots were more and more outrageous.
In particular, Jesse Lingard's shot in the fifteenth minute almost caused Rashford to burst into foul mouth.
At that time, Rashford moved laterally on the line of the penalty area, taking away three West Ham defenders and opening up space for Lingadra. Manchester United's right-back Barella's cross also found Jesse Lingard.
Jesse Lingard took a few steps to give the West Ham defenders a chance to come and defend. Then, with the interference of the defenders, he hurriedly got up and shot from distance, and an anti-aircraft gun kicked the ball into the stands.
Such a delay in the fighter plane, such an outrageous goal, so that Rashford can't help but scold, are you helping West Ham United to solve the siege, or to help them solve the siege?
Of course, that's not to say that Rashford didn't get a chance to get his feet at all.
For example, in the 17th minute, he had a shot from around 12 yards. It's just that when the four West Ham United defenders were surrounded by four defenders from front to back, left and right, his hurried volley failed to suppress it, and the football flew directly into the stands.
However, during this period, Manchester United did brush the possession to a terrifying height. Real-time statistics show that in the thirtieth minute of the game, Manchester United had 81% possession, and West Ham United were beaten in the box by Manchester United.
This can no longer be described as a half-court offensive and defensive drill, but an offensive and defensive tactical drill in the penalty area.
It's just that they are innocuous punches and kicks that don't add any scars to West Ham.
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It can be said that Rashford is no threat to West Ham United during this period, because West Ham United put a bus in the box, so that he can defend with three or four players around him at any time, and with his current body, he simply cannot play in such a muscular jungle.
However, I have to say that Manchester United have really good luck. In the thirtieth minute of the game, Anthony Martial's shot on the edge of the penalty area was met by West Ham's clearance, and their centre-back Ogbonna's clearance bounced off Noble at the back.
Suddenly, there was chaos in the West Ham penalty area, but Rashford took the lead in the crowd and sent the ball into the door of West Ham United.
Marcus Rashford scored another hat-trick to extend his tally to 20 goals across all fronts this season and extend United's lead to 3-0.
This time, Manchester United fans are finally no longer worried. Although Manchester United's defence is no longer stable, it has not yet been reversed by their opponents with a three-goal lead.
They cheered wildly from the stands, chanting Rashford's name, and gradually, the name merged into a torrent of sound, flowing through the sky of the Theatre of Dreams:
"Marcus Rashford!"
"Marcus Rashford!"
"Marcus Rashford!"
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Anthony Martial was a little jealous of the fans' love for Rashford so much, and when he celebrated the goal with Rashford, he leaned into Rashford's ear and whispered: "Marcus, I'm a little jealous of you!" ”
Rashford grinned and said: "Antony, don't be jealous of me, when you can help the team every game, you can enjoy that kind of treatment. ”
Anthony didn't say anything, just gave Rashford a pair of white eyes.
Nima, what is this? Is it a show-off of the red fruit?
Marcus Rashford was overjoyed by Anthony Martial's reaction, and he was in a very good mood to help the team seal the win.
Of course, what made him even more in good spirits was that before the game, his personal assistant Catherine Gloria told him that if he scored three goals in today's game, he would be paid £60,000 a week when he signed a permanent contract with the club tomorrow.