When United lost Stamford Bridge, the media reporters who had been celebrating United and Alex Ferguson a few days ago had once again begun their usual MMP selective amnesia behaviour, pointing the finger at United's lackluster attacking line and Alex Ferguson, who had "shutting out" David Beckham in the summer. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

'In front of Chelsea's solid overall defence, Alex Ferguson's side looked disorganized. Paul Scholes' absence from the game due to injury has completely exposed United's lack of attacking strength this season. The legacy of David Beckham's departure in the summer has been evident in Ruud van Nistelrooy this season. As Manchester United's attacking weapon in the past two years, the Dutch striker had one shot on goal in 24.9 minutes last season and one goal in 111.26 minutes. But this season, both numbers have dropped significantly, with 31.9 minutes and 123.75 minutes, respectively. It's not just a question of David Beckham's departure, it's a problem of United's attacking system as a whole. As Manchester United's manager, Alex Ferguson bears an inescapable responsibility for this, and his handling in the summer transfer window has been nothing short of terrible. Not only did they lose Beckham, but they also allowed Barcelona to snatch the ...... of Brazilian Ronaldinho" - The Times

"Manchester United were like flies without a head, hitting their heads in front of the big blue wall of Chelsea, and the Reds' dominance in the Premier League this season has been so lacking. ......" - The Mirror

"The ruble mercenaries of the Russians technically knocked out Ferguson's Red Devils, Ferguson was powerless and Manchester United's performance was unconvincing. ......" - The Daily Telegraph

"We lost our ...... at the Bridge" – Manchester Evening News

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Almost all of a sudden, the sports media across English football expressed a clearly negative view of Manchester United's prospects of Premier League action this season. The Red Devils have gone from being the object of praise a few days ago to being a "degenerate overlord".

In his post-match press conference, Ferguson himself refuted this view strongly, but it pale in the face of United's sluggish performance throughout the game. Even the Manchester Evening News, which is the tongue of Manchester United, has been on the side of mainstream opinion this time, offering a tactful criticism of Ferguson's move to sell David Beckham in the summer.

Under such circumstances, it is conceivable how much pressure from the outside world the whole Manchester United team is under at this moment.

In this series of reports about Manchester United, in addition to the part about Manchester United's attacking power and Ferguson, Li Lei, who sat on the bench throughout the game, was also forced to appear.

Although The Sun has received a poor reputation in England and even in Europe as a whole, it makes sense that it has been able to rank among the top newspapers in England in terms of circulation for a long time. Just like this time, when everyone pointed the finger at Manchester United's attacking line and Alex Ferguson, they took a different approach to focus on the main battle between Lee Lei and Howard. This made them really stage a surprising victory in this series of reports about Manchester United.

"While everyone is blaming Alex Ferguson for his mistakes in the United attacking line and in the summer transfer window, people forget about the indecision of the veteran Scotland boss in the goalkeeper position this season. Although Lee's performances so far this season have proven worthy of Ferguson's attention and development, United fans have completely forgotten the previous Barthez and Carroll. It was a brilliant excavation, but why didn't he be more daring to use Lee. Considering Lee's world-class saves in previous games, we have to suspect that if Ferguson could stick with Lee's use and decisively put him in the main position, I am afraid that the bitter fruit of Manchester United knocking Frank Lampard through the door in the opening three minutes of this game will not be ......

The Sun's report is undoubtedly a fallacy. Not to mention, the fundamental reason why Li Lei has not been able to take the position so far is not Ferguson at all, the Scottish coach has actually been conquered by Li Lei's performance a long time ago, and the pressure from Manchester United's top management and Howard's agent is the real source of the problem.

What's more, on the football field, whoever changes the field will definitely be able to make up for the mistakes made by the original players, seize the missed scoring opportunities, complete key saves, and so on, these assumptions are unscientific and untenable.

In the ever-changing field of football, no matter which player can guarantee that he will get a better result than before. After all, it goes without saying that you can remove anyone on the field, even if you transfer the position of individual players on the field, you may play a completely different game.

In the face of a completely different future, no one is sure to do better, even Li Lei, who is super self-confident, does not dare to make this guarantee.

Moreover, he also understands that "The Sun" is kind enough to cheer for him for free, obviously while increasing sales with novel ideas, he also wants to take the opportunity to provoke a number of contradictions in the Manchester United dressing room to add fuel to the fire.

As a result, he didn't hesitate to hang up a mysterious phone call from The Sun on the night after his game against Chelsea. He didn't hear anything, he didn't say anything. Before Ferguson gave him a gag order, he consciously began a period of "eternal isolation" from the media.

As for Howard, Li Lei felt that Ferguson had given clear instructions to the Americans. Otherwise, he could not believe that this stupid Yankee would not stand up for a public counterattack against the Sun's view.

After all, although the opinion of "The Sun" is unreasonable after careful consideration, and the logic does not make sense at all, it can't bear the fans to buy it. Whatever the original intention of the "Sun" article, it made Li Lei, who had already been on the bench for two games, and seeing that the attention had dropped a lot, to reappear in front of the public, especially Manchester United fans.

If the Champions League victory against Rangers made the joyful Manchester United temporarily forget the existence of Li Lei. The report of the "Sun" undoubtedly made Li Lei's status and importance forcibly rise in their hearts again.

It can't be said that fans are stupid and blindly obedient, but when facing the team's victory or defeat, as fans, they are often too emotional and lack the rational thinking ability of a true professional football practitioner.

For example, this time, under the guidance of The Sun, Manchester United fans have seriously set their sights on Manchester United's goalkeeper position for the first time.

Originally, although the affairs of Carroll and Barthez were full of turmoil, under Li Lei's excellent actual performance, they have accepted the young and talented, yellow-skinned young goalkeeper. But it is only support, far from the extent that Li Lei is already an important part of Manchester United and the main force that cannot be beaten.

Moreover, compared to Manchester United's attacking line, which has been worrying this season, the goalkeeper, who is naturally the least concerned position on the field, naturally they are rarely concerned.

To be more precise, although the English media has hyped up a main battle between Lee Lei and Howard, the attention it has attracted among Manchester United's fan base has been very limited.

Until the report from The Sun, most Manchester United fans had the same mentality, Lee is a good young man, Thiem is experienced, there is no problem with these two in the goalkeeper position at Manchester United, the two are not in rotation at the right time, we don't need to worry about it at all.

Therefore, in their bones, most Manchester United fans still recognize Howard, who is older and more experienced, as Manchester United's main goalkeeper.

But now, that has changed. In fact, there was nothing wrong with Frank Lampard's opening goal, or at least most of the blame was not on him, due to the instability of United's defensive system brought about by Rio Ferdinand's absence.

It's just that the report of "The Sun" has successfully deviated from the rhythm, making many Manchester United fans look at the American goalkeeper with doubts. In this way, Howard unfortunately became the target of venting in the eyes of Manchester United fans who were unhappy because of the loss.

Li Lei was blessed by this, and the call to support him as Manchester United's main goalkeeper began to sound for the first time in the Manchester United fan community. Although such a call is not loud enough, it is a qualitative breakthrough for Li Lei.

However, this does not come without a cost.

At this time, Li Lei, who was nervously preparing for the League Cup at Carrington Base, could always feel the cruel gaze from Howard during daily training. This idiot is too obvious. Thinking of Howard's behavior and attitude towards himself that suddenly became obvious today, Li Lei unconsciously felt that his brain hurt.

He wasn't afraid of Howard, he was afraid of what to do if Howard really provoked his bottom line and he couldn't help but make a move on the Americans. After the fight with Carol, Ferguson's stern warning and majestic solemnity are still vivid in his mind.

However, what Li Lei didn't expect was that just when he was praying that Howard would not go too far and make trouble for him, Carol, the old man he had done with his hands, had already taken the lead in finding him.

Perhaps after Carroll left Manchester United, Li Lei had completely forgotten about this person. But God is a bad old man who likes to watch the excitement, Li Lei only knew that Manchester United's opponent in this round of the League Cup was the London team West Ham United, but he didn't remember that it was this Championship team that Carroll joined after he left Manchester United.

"That Asian kid is a dirty gangster, and I don't know what he is better than me. Why did you leave Manchester United? The reason is simple, I was persecuted! Sir Alex Ferguson is nowhere near as fair as I thought, he is just a selfish old man!! What do you think of this Carabao Cup fixture? There is no doubt that I will make Manchester United and Alex Ferguson regret their stupid choice! West Ham are a great team, I've got a good group of team-mates and we're going to teach United a lesson!! ......”

By the time Lee saw Carroll's video of the interview on TV, he had already travelled with the rest of the United squad to Newham, home to West Ham United, in the outer east of London.

Carroll's impassioned speech on the TV screen made the whole Manchester United team look a little weird, after all, when Li Lei and Carroll did it openly in the bathroom, they were all eyewitnesses. Although Howard was not on the team at the time due to injury, he heard about it afterwards.

You can say that again! Look at you, yellow-skinned monkey, you are still proud! At this moment, he who doesn't have a good relationship with Carol, watching the other party smear Li Lei on TV, he can't help but shout loudly in his heart, and he feels physically and mentally smooth.

But when he cast his gloating malicious gaze on Li Lei's face, he couldn't help but shudder.

He found that at this moment, looking at the TV screen with a sneer, Li Lei's gaze was so cold!

It's so scary!!

It's like a beast about to hunt!

Cold-blooded!!

Hideous!!!