Chapter 300: Title Contender

Wenger did not have any special expressions and movements because of this goal, one hand was in the trouser pocket of his suit, and the other hand was pointing at the players on the field, still looking elegant.

On the field, the losing Arsenal players also quickly adjusted and kept a closer eye on Shen Peng.

However, Shen Peng was in surprisingly good shape in this game.

In the 31st minute, Shen Peng received another pass from his teammate, shook Walket with just a button at his feet, and then ran forward with a big kick.

After the lesson of the previous goal, Arsenal did not dare to slack off on Shen Peng, and while Coquelin came to stop Shen Peng, right full-back Jenkinson also followed.

In the face of the attack between the two, Shen Peng pretended to break through, but with a horizontal knock at his feet, the ball came to the feet of Rashford, who was in the middle and had already been ambushed here.

Arsenal's defenders certainly won't miss Rashford.

Marcus Rashford's debut for United was nothing short of spectacular, with his first game for the Reds coming against Midtjylland in the Europa League, scoring two goals; His first Premier League game was against Arsenal, where he scored two goals to help United win 3-2.

So even if Marcus Rashford isn't a regular for Manchester United, Arsenal won't have anything to look down on him.

Elneny was close to Rashford, while Koscielny was up front to block Rashford's forward and shot path.

As a result, Rashford naturally couldn't continue, and his skills couldn't help him score goals under the two-man defence, so he didn't insist, and went straight to the ball with his feet, and the ball flew to the left again.

And here, Shen Peng, who was without the ball, took the lead, and under the interference of Coquelin and Jenkinson, he came to the ball first.

Now all the teams know that he is fast, so when he touched the ball this time, Coquelin and Jenkinson also came to the ball under his "drag".

Referee Maritt watched the behaviour of the Arsenal defenders, but he did not blow for a foul.

Because in many previous games, many teams will find fast players to defend in order to prevent Shen Peng's counterattack when attacking, and when the team does not have particularly fast players, they will rely on this way to defend.

This is an obvious foul action, but most of the time although Shen Peng was fouled, he still controlled the ball at his feet, so following the principle of "offense advantageous", the general referee did not blow the foul.

This time is no exception, Shen Peng has to grab the ball first.

Shen Peng glanced at the corner of his eye, and found that Rashford had been closely watched at this time, so it was impossible to pass back, and Coquelin and Jenkinson had been pestering him, if he delayed any longer, other players on the other side would also rush over, and then he could only pass back, and this counterattack would be over.

So, he has no extra options, in this position, directly kick up, and the thunder beast shoots!

The ball struck the ball lightning across the pitch and Cech didn't save it at all.

However, because the angle of Shen Peng's shot was not good, he pursued the angle too much in order to score a goal, resulting in even if the Thunderbeast shot with its own aiming, it hit the post because of a very small error.

The ball bounced off and landed at the feet of Arsenal left wing-back Monreal, who reacted and quickly passed the ball to a team-mate in front of him.

Seeing this, Mourinho immediately approached the fourth official, saying that two defenders defending Shen Peng at Arsenal had fouled and attempted to award another free kick.

Naturally, the fourth official will not pay much attention.

Mourinho didn't dwell too much, he tried it casually, in fact, even he knew that it was impossible to succeed.

The game continued, and Mourinho knew Arsene Wenger well, so Arsenal's attacks were basically blocked by Manchester United's players.

Towards the end of the first half, Alexis Sanchez had a good chance in front of goal, but his shot was blocked by a quick Reflex De Gea, and Ramsey, who grabbed the second point, had a follow-up shot blocked by Jones.

As a result, Arsenal were awarded another corner.

Thinking of Shen Peng's quick counterattack before, the player who took the corner kick this time learned to be obedient, and did not kick it directly into the penalty area, but sent a tactical corner kick and passed it to the teammate closest to him.

In the face of the flooded crowd in the penalty area, this attack naturally did not gain anything, so after a few passes, the first half was over.

In the second half, Arsene Wenger took the lead in changing the line-up, replacing Elneny with high striker Olivier Giroud, who played as a central striker, and the positions of the rest of the team were adjusted accordingly.

The purpose of his doing this, almost everyone can see, is that he is going to strengthen his head.

In the first half, they had two corner kick opportunities, one of which was counter-attacked by Shen Peng, and the other ended without a problem, so he had to strengthen the corner kick.

Although many complained that Wenger always made a substitution after 70 minutes, this time, he made the adjustment in time.

However, at the start of the second half, before Arsenal could get a corner, United capitalised on an Arsenal defensive mistake to score another goal.

Although Shen Peng was not directly involved in this goal, his running involved the opponent's two defenders and bought space for the goals of other teammates.

Two to zero.

Coupled with the solid defence of the current Manchester United players, the odds of Arsenal winning are slim to many.

Indeed, it was indeed true that in the 77th minute, Marcus Rashford's goal sealed the win for United.

In the 88th minute, Arsenal finally scored a face-saving goal through Alexis Sanchez, but it didn't matter by then, and in the end, United won 3-1 at home to Arsenal.

Mourinho, who won the game, was very happy and took the initiative to shake Wenger's hand, which was naturally a demonstration, and Wenger did not turn a blind eye to this old opponent, and walked directly into the passage and left here.

After this game, Liverpool fell to third in the standings because of the old mistake of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and drew with Southampton.

Chelsea and Manchester United took advantage of the opportunity to finish in the first and second places.

At present, Manchester United has eight wins, three draws and one loss and 27 points, while Chelsea has achieved a record of nine wins, one draw and two losses and 28 points due to this wave of six consecutive wins.

Due to Manchester United's performance against Arsenal, many have predicted that this year's Premier League title will be between Chelsea and Manchester United.

After all, in the Premier League, the most important thing is to look at the team's performance against many weak teams, Manchester United has a natural suppression effect on weak teams due to the presence of Shen Peng: the opponent can't hold it, and the offense can't hold it; Chelsea, on the other hand, have almost always won overwhelmingly against the weaker teams since the change of formation.

As for the other teams, Manchester City is now gradually unable to face the weak teams, showing fatigue, and there is no such suppressive force as at the beginning of the season, there is a feeling that they have been thoroughly studied; Liverpool, as always, has a high ceiling and a low ceiling, and can win Arsenal and Chelsea or lose to Burnley; Arsenal are similar, sometimes winning against strong teams, but also easy to draw against weak teams; Tottenham are more modest, and although Kane is good, the overall level is a little behind the other five teams.

After the win over Arsenal, Manchester United's main opponents in the first half of the season were Tottenham Hotspur.

Since he is now competing for the Premier League, Mourinho is also considering whether it is appropriate to give up some of the other FA Cup and League Cup.