On January 2, 2017, in the 20th round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged West Ham United away.

In the first half of the season, Manchester United were held to a draw at home by West Ham United, but this time they did not give their opponents another chance, but took the tempo of the game throughout the game, and finally took three points away 2-0.

On the other hand, there was good news for Manchester United: Chelsea lost 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur in this round after 13 consecutive wins.

In this way, the two teams have the same number of points, and Manchester United has once again topped the standings by virtue of a large margin of goal difference!

Although Liverpool, who were originally in third place, were still in third place, they drew with Sunderland in the relegation zone in this round, so the difference with Manchester United and Chelsea has been stretched to five points, and they have gradually lost the possibility of competing for the title.

Of course, Manchester United's return to the top of the table will not let them relax, one is that they are currently fighting on the fourth line, and the only thing that makes them breathe a sigh of relief is that the League Cup has reached the semi-finals and is about to end; The second is that Chelsea's opponent in this round is Tottenham, which is considered to be playing against the top six teams, while Manchester United's opponent is a team in the bottom ranking, and there will be five remaining "top six" teams later.

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January 7, FA Cup, Manchester United against Reading club in the Championship.

Given that the league is now at a critical juncture, Manchester United, despite being the reigning FA Cup champions, have rotated a large number of players, with only a handful of key players in the squad that have been rotated before.

In the end, Manchester United won 1-0 at home and advanced to the next round.

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On January 10, in the League Cup semi-finals, Manchester United hosted Hull City.

The Carabao Cup semi-finals are played over two legs, home and away, unlike any other fixture, so after this game, United will play Hull City away to see who advances to the final.

Now in the semi-finals, Mourinho also sent most of the main team, and finally won 2-0 against the opponent, achieving a two-goal advantage.

After this game, it will be the 21st round of the Premier League against Liverpool.

In the first half of the season with Liverpool, the two teams played a 1-1 draw, when Manchester United lacked the main team, or an away game, so this result is acceptable for Manchester United's players, but Liverpool's players can't bear it, this game is also gearing up, wanting to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Chelsea had already beaten Leicester City 3-0 in the previous fixture, so if United don't win this game, they will fall back to second place.

So there's a lot of pressure on the Manchester United players.

The league is like a long-distance race, sometimes it is supported by one breath, and once you are discouraged, then it is likely that you will not be able to hold on anymore.

In addition to the rest of Manchester United's players, Shen Peng is also under pressure, he has to complete a hat-trick in this game, and also help the team lead by three goals, which is no less difficult than he helped Dortmund beat Barcelona to win the Champions League.

Since this game was at Old Trafford, and Manchester United's attack was quite sharp during this time, Mourinho did not defend it, but planned to attack against Liverpool.

Seeing Manchester United's plan, it immediately aroused heated discussions in the outside world, and some people believe that Manchester United is now in good shape and can suppress Liverpool at home; Some people also believe that Manchester United made a wrong decision to do so, after all, Liverpool in the first half of the season, against the remaining five teams in the Premier League top six has a record of three wins and two draws without losing, so if Manchester United does not defend and counterattack, it is likely to be overwhelmed by Liverpool's attack.

No matter what the outside world said, the game started on time.

On Liverpool's side, Philippe Coutinho was on the bench, having suffered a period of injury and now looks to be back to playing the full game, although he is back in the game.

Manchester United, on the other hand, are playing their best and now the situation is reversed when the two teams play in the first leg.

At the beginning of the game, the two teams played the momentum of the "Double Red Club", and the scramble in the middle was quite intense, and there were often people on their backs, but this was a normal thing for both teams, so the referee did not play a card except for blowing the whistle to signal a foul.

In this game, Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United's retired meritorious manager, also came to the scene, sat on the sidelines to watch the game, and after the camera found out, the camera also frequently pointed the camera at him.

Shortly after the start of the game, it seemed that Lady Luck was on Liverpool's side, and in the 11th minute, Liverpool's players organized an attack, and Firmino fired a long-range shot that hit the post and bounced into the back of the net.

Firmino was very excited after the goal, obviously he didn't expect it himself.

Liverpool scored first and Tuchel had a smile on his face.

At this time, the camera was not surprising, and it was given to Ferguson's face, only to see Ferguson's face blue at this time, chewing gum in his mouth, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Jose Mourinho also rushed to the sidelines to command, and the ball was actually a defensive mistake by a Manchester United player that gave the opponent a chance to get up.

The Manchester United players, who knew that they had made a mistake, also quickly focused their attention, and the series of wins did make some players careless.

Slowly, the field returned to a close match.

In the fifteenth minute, after Liverpool's Wijnaldum got the ball, he immediately found that his teammates' positions were not good, so he was ready to take a few steps before talking, but at this time, he found that Shen Peng ran over.

Because of Shen Peng's control of the court on his side now, many teams will not stay for too long when passing and receiving the ball here, most of them are touching the ball with one foot, after all, the "Shen Peng Corridor" is famous, once the ball is sticky, if Shen Peng grabs it and then plays a counterattack goal, it will be light to go back and be scolded.

Wijnaldum was in a dilemma at this time, because his teammates were not in a good position and were all defended by Manchester United's players, so the pass was likely to be disrupted; If you don't pass the ball, you have to face Shen Peng's defense.

As soon as he gritted his teeth, he made a decision.

Although the "Shen Peng Corridor" is very popular, he has not seen it with his own eyes, and the videos in several videos look very ordinary, in his opinion, it is the player who holds the ball who does not pay attention to the ball that is broken by Shen Peng, and Shen Peng rarely has one-on-one direct defense of the opponent's player, so Shen Peng's defensive ability is exaggerated.

And now, he is ready to take a little further and maybe find a good opportunity to pass to his teammates and even form an assist!

Thinking of this, he moved his feet and gently walked a short distance to Shen Peng's side......