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Although in the eyes of a small number of fans, the term is somewhat ambiguous and dark, symbolizing the English referee's favoritism towards Ferguson's Manchester United, more or less ironic. But in the minds of all Manchester United fans, this is the best description of the Red Devils' bloody nature and unyielding will to fight.

Because it symbolizes the Red Devils' last-minute goal-scoring in difficult games. Among them, Manchester United's Champions League final at the Camp Nou in 99 scored two goals in three minutes of stoppage time to beat Bayern's Camp Nou miracle, which is its most famous masterpiece.

For the vast majority of the time, when Ferguson time came along, the outside world and people always gave Ferguson and Manchester United loud applause and cheers, which were too numb to be good. But this time, there was an accident.

At 4:3, the Toffees played a respectable game at Goodison Park, although they were defeated. Sir Alex Ferguson's side seem to have lost the magic of the past, they used to be reversed, but this time they were almost reversed by others. The Reds' consistency deserves a big question mark. -- The Times

'Despite another three points, United's performance in the second half was unsatisfactory. The loss of Leao's backline is depriving them of their all-important consistency, and it looks very likely that it will see them fall out of the three-team title race this season. - Daily Mail

"Manchester United in this game is like a broken ship that is about to run aground and needs Sir Alex Ferguson's repairs urgently." - The Sun

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In addition to this series of reports that were not favourable for Manchester United, even the Manchester Evening News, which has long been the loyal mouthpiece of Manchester United, was a rare and veiled critic of United's performance, writing in their report: "Sir Alex Ferguson's side are in trouble, and this is not a big problem. But the problem is that we don't see exactly where the problem is right now. After all, this is already the best lineup we can play, oh no, maybe there's a better goalkeeper on the bench than the American on the pitch. Although the current problem cannot be solved by changing the goalkeeper, it is always easier to solve the problem by replacing it with a better goalkeeper first. ”

The Manchester Evening News is not alone, and his proposal was made to the grim-faced Ferguson at the post-match press conference, after all, no matter how you look at this game, Howard's performance is difficult to compare with Li Lei, who has been maintaining a magical performance and keeping clean sheets against opponents some time ago.

Such a question immediately made Ferguson's face look better. A series of bombarded questions from reporters questioning Manchester United's strength just now are about to make the grumpy Scottish coach can't hold back the anger in his heart. And this problem, although not friendly, has the insidious intention of stirring up harmony in the United dressing room, but it is much easier to deal with than the previous one.

At the same time, it is also in harmony with Ferguson's mental activities and thoughts at this time. Everyone including Li Lei didn't know that at the moment when the game had just ended, the old coach had indeed moved his mind to immediately let Li Lei take the position.

But Ferguson didn't have the idea of implementing it immediately, because he felt that now was not the right time for Li Lei to take the throne. Given what the United hierarchy has done in recent times, he feels it is necessary to wait for a strong enough reason for him to be able to withstand the pressure from management to remove Howard as the starting agent.

It is precisely because of this that Ferguson said a few good words to the Americans at this press conference, when all reporters pointed out Howard's poor performance, saying that he is an excellent goalkeeper and cannot completely dismiss him because of a mistake in a game.

This time, although Li Lei did not succeed directly because of Howard's poor performance, he was unprecedentedly supported by his voice in the media, which was a huge step forward and success for him towards the position of Manchester United's starting main goalkeeper.

But he himself was not very happy about it, as he found that his original plan to replace Howard as the starting goalkeeper without compromising United's results seemed to be getting further and further away from success.

It would have been fine if he had just come out of the ghetto, but he has developed a feeling for Manchester United by now. Li Lei is a selfish person, but he is by no means selfish to the extent of caring only about the individual and ignoring the collective team.

But things are not always as good as they were planned, and his inner uncertainty and anxiety about the team's prospects this season are getting worse. This is not his meaningless nonsense, but a judgment based on facts.

Although he has not been playing professional football for a year, he already has a unique and deep understanding of the goalkeeper position. In his opinion, as the last and most important line of defense of the team, the goalkeeper must remain exceptionally calm and calm throughout the game.

It's not like the striker's position on the field, the striker may be anxious and anxious for the whole 89 minutes of the game, as long as he can grasp the goal in that calm minute, which is extremely forgiving. This is the same even for the nearest central defender to the goalkeeper, as long as the remedy after the mistake does not lead to the three capital punishments such as conceding the goal, a penalty and a red card, it will not have much impact on the whole team, and it is within the tolerable range.

But the goalkeeper position is different, and it is a position where a single mistake often means that a goal is conceded with the lowest margin for error, or even close to zero.

To meet such high requirements, composure and calmness are naturally essential key elements.

But on the contrary, Li Lei did not see any signs of calmness and calmness in Howard at this moment. If nothing else, this alone is an extremely ominous precursor for Manchester United.

As for why the Americans are like this, Li Lei is also clear. This is by no means because of the bad performance in the last game or any bullshit, but it was stimulated by the recent voices from the outside world supporting Li Lei to replace him.

To put it simply, the Yankee is now in fear of his own job.

God assured, Li Lei never imagined that he would worry about Howard's poor state one day. If it weren't for the fact that the Americans would not believe it, but would have angrily thought that they were provoking and humiliating him, he would have wanted to comfort and appease him.

What the hell is this bullshit and how did I get to where I am today...... Every time he thought of this, Li Lei couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and he felt a deep feeling of being by a dog in his heart.

At this time, Manchester United was preparing for the 25th round of the Premier League at home in Carrington, and Li Lei, who was a hopeless substitute for the main team for the time being, was not as busy training as the main players. With most of United's coaching staff focused on the starting XI, he also had a rare break in training. Except for the training matches played within the team, there is basically no training plan with a lot of exercise.

It is precisely because of this that he has the time and effort to watch Howard train at the moment.

The save was made too soon......

React too quickly......

Judging sloppily......

No!

Looking at it, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Just now, he had just watched a few sets of Howard's training, and he could detect his restlessness in the American's movements.

"Humph!" As if hearing Li Lei's sigh on the side, Howard immediately turned his head and snorted viciously at Li Lei.

Seeing this, Li Lei couldn't say anything about his suffering at this time, he wanted to go up to Howard and say that he was really worried about his state, but would this American believe it, this is the answer that all fools know.

If he does this, I'm afraid no one will not think that he is not taking the opportunity to fall into the trap and humiliate and provoke Howard.

Well, I'd better go away and save him from irritating him even more.

Holding that even he was speechless, Li Lei walked away, but he kept thinking about it in his heart.

Our next opponent is Middlesbrough, but we won the opponent with all the substitutes not long ago, if we lose......

That's a big problem!

Big trouble is coming!!