It will also be a tough game for Manchester United against Chelsea, as Pogba is not expected to fully recover from his injury until after this game.

At Stamford Stadium, though, Jose Mourinho doesn't seem ready to play on the counter-attack anymore and wants to beat Chelsea head-on.

After all, judging by the previous games, Chelsea are not as dangerous as Liverpool.

The only thing to note is that Chelsea's last two games have been reverted to a relatively unusual 3-4-3 formation after a 3-0 defeat to Arsenal, with a 2-0 win over Hull City in the seventh round and a 3-0 win over defending champions Leicester City in the eighth round.

Of course, these two teams are relatively weak teams at this stage, and defeating these two teams does not say too much, and watching the video because there are only two games, it can only be seen that their attack is indeed better, as for the specific performance against the strong team, no one knows.

Jose Mourinho is still familiar with those players at Chelsea, so he has also made some adjustments to the tactics of this game, such as how to defend against Costa.

On the other hand, Conte is also looking forward to this game.

'We've won two games and it's going well in terms of the course of the game, but they're just two teams in the bottom of the pack, so it's important for Manchester United to win, as long as we win, it means that our new formation can beat any strong opponent and we will be a strong contender for the title!'

After mobilizing with the players, the next thing to do is to study how to defend Shen Peng - this is what all teams in the current Premier League except Manchester United have to do.

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The match against Chelsea comes before Manchester United have a Europa League fixture, hosting Fenerbahce on 20 October.

In the match against this Turkish Super League team, Manchester United showed their strong strength, and then won 4-1 at home, completing three consecutive wins in the group stage of the Europa League and firmly sitting at the top of the table.

Now, regardless of the other teams' records, they only need one more win to guarantee group qualification, which is good news for Manchester United, which means they can temporarily set aside the Europa League and focus on the league – after all, with Manchester United's quality, there is not much difference between first and second place in the group in the Europa League.

Of course, the Europa League title is also the goal of Manchester United this season, and if they win the Europa League, they will become the fifth team to win a Grand Slam in Europe.

The Grand Slam here generally refers to the "three major European cups", namely the Champions League (Champions Cup or Champions League), the Europa League (and the predecessor UEFA Cup), and the European Cup Winners' Cup (no longer held). Only four teams, Ajax, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Chelsea, have won all three major trophies.

So as long as it comes to the knockout round, Manchester United will still go all out, and when the time comes, it will be a test of the team's staffing.

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At 3pm on 23 October, at Stamford Bridge, Manchester United took on Chelsea away.

It was Mourinho's first time in this place since leaving Chelsea – as an away manager.

It was a tight affair that saw Chelsea win 3-2 against Manchester United after a total of five yellow cards from the referee, ending in their first defeat of the season.

After the win, Conte celebrated passionately on the sidelines.

Shen Peng scored a goal in this game, and also created a scoring opportunity for his teammates, but now Chelsea's attack is stronger, they are now three strikers Eden Hazard, Costa, Pedro with strong support from four midfielders, full of firepower, under their round bombardment, Manchester United was finally scored three goals.

After this round of matches, Manchester United dropped to fifth place in the standings.

In this round of games, Manchester City, which was drawn 1-1 by Southampton at home, is also ranked sixth, and the Manchester City duo, who were favored before the game, are ranked fifth or sixth in the league at this time, and are at the bottom of the top six in the Premier League.

Of course, just looking at the ranking may be a little biased, and if you look at the points, Manchester United Manchester City is 18 points, the first and second Arsenal Liverpool are 20 points, and the third and fourth Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea are 19 points, and they are still very anxious, no one can say who will shoot the first place after the next round of the league with these six teams.

So now the six of them have to be cautious when facing any opponent, and once they lose to a weak team, they are likely to be slowly left behind by the other five teams.

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On October 26, in the League Cup, Manchester United met Manchester City again.

Originally, the league was anxious enough, so both sides were substitutes in this game.

Shen Peng asked the system before the game if he could complete the task in this game, and the answer was no, and the system also told him that only the tasks completed in the league and the Champions League knockout rounds are counted, not even the Champions League group stage.

This also made Shen Peng's wishful thinking of going on the field in this game and waiting for the opportunity to complete Lival's task come to naught.

In the end, the substitutes on United's side seemed to be a little stronger, beating Manchester City 1-0 to advance to the next round.

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At 2pm on 29 October, Manchester United host Burnley.

In this game, Pogba also returned from injury.

With Pogba in midfield, Manchester United's midfield passes and receives the ball smoothly, and the defensive intensity is also much stronger.

Burnley fought back on the counter-attack, but United didn't give them any chances and won 2-0 cleanly.

Since the top six of the Premier League in this round have all won except Tottenham, in addition to Tottenham's ranking dropped to sixth, the other five teams are in the top five in the order of the previous round, followed by Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, the first Arsenal and the sixth Tottenham Hotspur are still only three points, a matter of one game.

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On November 3, in the fourth leg of the Europa League group stage, Manchester United challenged Fenerbahce away.

Now the league is a tense time, so Manchester United have most of the substitutes in this game.

Fenerbahce, as a Turkish super team, also maintained their dignity at home, defeating Manchester United 2-1.

After four rounds of the group stage, both teams are three wins and one defeat, dominating the top two positions in the table, while Manchester United are in first place on goal difference.

In addition to the other two teams losing to Manchester United and Fenerbahce, there is another draw between them, so Feyenoord, who are now third, have only four points with one win, one draw and two losses, six points less than Manchester United.

In other words, Manchester United only need one more draw to guarantee group qualification!

Feyenoord will also be a guest at Old Teford, and it will be fairly easy for United to secure at least one draw at home by then, so the pressure on the Europa League has now been completely relaxed.