While Arsenal in London were devastated and licking their wounds at the end of their treble dreams, Lee Lei and the rest of the Manchester United squad in Manchester were walking in simple clothes after getting a full rest and recuperation.

Whoever the opponent is, in terms of the importance of the game, United will actually have only one big game for the rest of the season, and that is the FA Cup final against Millwall at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff at the end of the season.

Apart from the final of the season's only trophy title, the rest of the season in the league isn't really that important.

Although United face Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea in the remaining eight league games, the three top four teams in the Premier League this season, have a difficult schedule, but the actual pressure on the Reds is not great. Judging from the current situation in the Premier League standings, as long as Manchester United does not short-circuit, even if these three tough games are lost, it is not difficult to maintain its current third position in the Premier League standings and ensure a place to directly participate in the Champions League, and it can even be said to be very easy.

And the actual situation is indeed the case, without the pressure of a heavy schedule, Li Lei and the whole Manchester United team have shown excellent competitive form in the next league games.

After the FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal, the first opponent they will face is Birmingham, the opponent in the 32nd round of the Premier League.

At Birmingham's St Andrews Park, Manchester United turned the game into a half-time drill. The tone was set after Ruud van Nistelrooy and Saha scored goals in the 19th and 35th minutes of the first half to give United a two-goal lead away from home.

It can be said that after the whole game, Li Lei was almost under little pressure from Birmingham in front of goal. But the final score of this game was not 2:0, but 2:1.

Although the whole game was very leisurely, Li Lei kept his concentration very attentive and did not allow Birmingham's few chances on goal in this game to achieve any results. But just when he thought he was going to get another easy clean sheet in the end, he was suddenly attacked from his team-mates in the back.

In a Birmingham corner kick five minutes before the end of the game, a desperate Birmingham player caused chaos in the United penalty area, which directly caused Brown to accidentally push the ball in the direction of his own goal during the header.

In this regard, Li Lei never expected that in the case of negligence, no matter how strong his dynamic vision, physical fitness and reaction speed were, he would not have time to react at all, and could only watch the football fly into the goal from his hand.

This unexpected own goal was the most turbulent moment of the game.

Affected by this goal, Birmingham, who are playing at home, also raised their hopes of an equaliser. Amid the deafening cheers of the home fans, the Birmingham players collectively charged Manchester United defence like mad bulls, and also successfully caused a brief period of chaos in the United defence.

However, in the end, Li Lei, who was depressed because of this own goal, still gave full play to his technical strength on the goal line, and killed Birmingham's dream of equalizing with two impeccable direct saves to save the score, and saved the 2:1 victory for Manchester United.

But no matter what, the own goal in this game still made Li Lei depressed for a while after the game. He didn't expect that his streak of clean sheets in the Premier League for a while so far would come to an end with such a goal.

However, he was unhappy and he managed to express any dissatisfaction with Brown, who scored an own goal.

First, compared with him, who lost the goal, Brown, who scored an own goal, obviously has a greater responsibility, and the degree of depression about this alone is definitely not lower than Li Lei. Therefore, just from the perspective of uniting teammates, Li Lei can't do anything to ask for an apology from Brown.

Second, he is uncomfortable with this, and he also knows that the goalkeeper will score an own goal, which is the same as the central defender scoring an own goal. This is a purely sky-watching thing, no one can blame anyone, and if you want to complain, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck and encounter this kind of bad luck. Nothing can be done at all.

Therefore, Li Lei can only take this frustration and vent it to Manchester United's opponents in the next game.

In the next 33rd round of the Premier League at home against Leicester, Li Lei, who played with all his might, let the Blue Foxes see what it is like to sigh at the door.

In this game, it was no surprise that Manchester United, playing at home, once again dominated the game, but the lack of attack this season was once again exposed. With Saha and Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting line-up not really integrated into the team, Manchester United were in a state of inability to score until the 80th minute of the game. The situation was not resolved until Giggs received an assist from Paul Scholes in the 81st minute of the second half and knocked on Leicester's goal with a push from inside the box.

Before that, Leicester City, who were playing away, were honest, and at one point used bold attacks in the opening stages of the second half to keep Manchester United scrambling for a while.

But this time, Li Lei didn't leave them any chances, and his mature and steady performance in front of goal completely made Leicester City's idea of taking the opportunity to steal a goal come to naught.

Among them, in the 47th minute of the second half, facing Leicester midfielder McKinley took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to make a world-class save from outside the penalty area, which attracted bursts of applause from the Manchester United fans in the stadium.

"Oh, Lee! Oh, Lee! Oh, Lee! ......”

In the loud singing of the Manchester United fans in the stadium, the depressed mood in Li Lei's heart that he couldn't let go of for a long time because of the own goal finally dissipated at this moment. Excited, ignoring the slight pain in the middle finger of his right hand because of the save, he got up directly from the ground and raised his head to the sky and howled twice.

In the end, the score remained 1:0 until the end of the game, and Li Lei's consistent goalmouth performance once again brought Manchester United three league points.

With two wins in a row, Manchester United did not face much challenge in the next away game against Portsmouth, easily winning the opponent by three goals and playing a slightly hearty attack this season.

And Li Lei completely became a spectator in this game, it can be said that he was almost free for a full 90 minutes, and he didn't sweat as much as he did in the pre-game warm-up.

However, he is well aware that his easy game time is about to come to an end for the time being, because next a bitter enemy who has a deep grudge against him and Manchester United is about to come to the door.

This is not Liverpool, the old feud that United will face in the 35th round, but the rematch of Manchester United's 31st round of Premier League in Highbury in midweek, three days later, against Arsenal, who single-handedly extinguished the treble dream.

"Lee, what do you think of the midweek replay against Arsenal?"

"What do you think of the Arsenal fans' view that you are the culprit in defeating their treble dreams?"

"Say a few words, Lee!"

"Say a few words!!"

......

When Lee was once again surrounded by reporters' microphones and flashing lights at the entrance to the players' tunnel at Portsmouth's home stadium at Fayton Park, he smelled the pungent smell of gunsmoke.

The Great War is here again!

The gaze in his eyes suddenly blaze!

Hot!!

Even crazy!!