On November 24, in the fifth round of the Europa League group stage, Manchester United hosted Feyenoord.

There was no suspense in the game, and at Old Trafford, United won 4-0 even though they fielded most of their substitutes. In this way, Manchester United has also qualified steadily in the group stage, and there is still a group stage that can be used as training.

At half past four in the afternoon of November 27, in the thirteenth round of the English Premier League, Manchester United hosted West Ham United.

Shen Peng did not score in this game, but assisted Ibrahimovic to score, and finally drew 1-1 with the opponent at home.

It was not a satisfactory result for United's players and coaches.

Manchester United's other title rivals have won this round, except for Tottenham, who lost to Chelsea.

As a result, United dropped to third place, level on points with Manchester City, three points behind first-placed Chelsea and two points behind second-placed Liverpool.

After this round of matches, the situation in the Premier League slowly became clear, and the top six teams gradually opened up a gap with the rest of the team.

On November 30, in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, Manchester United met West Ham United again, this time Manchester United learned the lesson of the previous game, 4-1 bloodbath West Ham United, and advanced to the semi-finals.

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At four o'clock in the afternoon on December 4, in the 14th round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged Everton away.

In this game, Mourinho did not let Rooney play, but let Pogba take his place, and now Rooney's competitive state is slowly not meeting his requirements, so he is ready to correct Pogba.

Everton, like most teams, are looking for someone to specifically target Shen Peng.

However, Shen Peng, who has now fully adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League, found an opportunity to score even though he was being marked, scoring a brace and finally helping the team win 4-1 against Everton.

So far, Shen Peng has once again topped the scorer list with thirteen goals.

The first three seasons were all Golden Boots in the Bundesliga, and after coming to the Premier League this season, this pattern has continued, leaving many people amazed by Shen Peng's goalscoring efficiency.

In this round, because Liverpool lost to Bournemouth, Manchester United once again moved to second place in the league, the first is Chelsea, who just beat Manchester City.

Now Chelsea is gradually opening up the gap with other teams, and there are more and more people who believe that this year's championship is already Chelsea's, according to the past pattern, the team that won the league halfway through the league basically won the league title.

There are still five games to go before the halfway point of the league, and in those five games, Chelsea must lose one game to be caught up by Manchester United, and this is still with Manchester United winning all of them - so according to the current form of both teams, Chelsea have won the league halfway through the season, which is almost secure.

On top of that, Chelsea were knocked out of the Carabao Cup early this season by West Ham United, and due to last season's poor results, they now have neither the Champions League nor the Europa League, so they just need to concentrate on the league and play in the FA Cup at the same time, which is a factor that many fancy them to win the title.

Unlike Manchester United, now Manchester United is in the League Cup, FA Cup, Europa League go hand in hand, plus the league, it can be said that it is a four-line battle, and if you are not careful in the second half of the season, if the injury wave hits, it will have a great impact on Manchester United.

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On December 8, the final round of the Europa League group stage, Manchester United challenged Luhansk Dawn away, in this game Manchester United in order to ensure the competitiveness of the league, lightly loaded, used an almost full substitute lineup, and finally lost 0-1 away, but they have already qualified, and this result is acceptable.

On the other hand, Fenerbahce is at the top of the table with four wins, one draw and one loss, one point more than Manchester United's four wins and two losses, and Manchester United can only qualify as second in the group.

Next, it is the fifteenth round of the Premier League against Tottenham Hotspur.

This round of the league is crucial for Manchester United.

Tottenham, as one of the top six in the Premier League, has no doubt about its strength, and this is also the last difficult opponent Manchester United faced in the first half of the season.

The reason why I say the key is because on the other side Chelsea have no strong opponents in the first half of the season, so if nothing else, they can win at least four games, even five wins are not impossible, and if Manchester United lose to Tottenham, then by the end of the league halfway, Manchester United and Chelsea will be at least six points apart.

Six points is not a huge difference, but in the second half of the season, Manchester United are fighting on multiple fronts, and if there are any injuries, then it is impossible to catch up with Chelsea in the league.

In order to remain competitive for the title, Manchester United also had to give up some games in the second half of the season.

Now that they have reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, they naturally will not give up easily; The Europa League is not as good as the Champions League, but it is still a European competition, and now is the perfect time for United to win the Europa League that they have never won.

Then the only thing to give up is the FA Cup, but the FA Cup is still a relatively important competition in the UK, and if you give up like this, it is not what most people want to see.

But before Christmas, Manchester United don't have to worry about that, all they need to do is play well in the league.

In addition to the battle for the league standings, there is also the battle for the golden boot between Shen Peng and Kane.

At present, Shen Peng has scored 13 goals in 14 games, while Kane has scored 12 goals in 14 games, with the level of the two, the difference between one goal is not big, as long as the two of them are in good shape, it is not uncommon to score two or three goals in a game.

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"According to the previous rules, Shen Peng always won the Golden Boot in the Bundesliga in the first three seasons, no matter what the team's results were, can he continue this rule this season?"

"Kane was the Premier League Golden Boot last season, and after Shen Peng came this season, maybe Kane also felt the pressure, and his goal efficiency is higher now than last season."

"This season's battle for the Golden Boot is more intense than the battle for the league title!"

Looking at the gimmick of the media, Shen Peng smiled helplessly, his philosophy is that as long as the team wins, then he himself can not score a single goal, he has always done this, in the game, once his teammates have a better chance to score than him, then he will not hesitate to pass the ball.

However, Delia had a sentence that made him smile bitterly: "You didn't deliberately brush the goal to win the Golden Boot, how do you let others live?" ”

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At 2.15pm on December 11, Manchester United hosted Tottenham Hotspur.

Chelsea have beaten West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the previous game, so the pressure is now on Manchester United.