The game against Manchester United is the most interesting game since the start of the Premier League, even more than the opening game, the two teams have a lot of new hatred and old hatred, the focus of the game is quite a lot, Pogba vs Griezmann, the transfer incident in the summer, the confrontation of national team teammates, Pogba vs Nzunzi, the entanglement between the two on the field in the FA Cup final, Pogba vs Weigel, the direct result of the red card...... Why is it all Pogba, no way, it was him who Li Haolong designed last time, and who called him is now the number one topic of conversation in Manchester United and even the Premier League. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the pre-match press conference, Mourinho vaguely expressed his concern about Villa, believing that this team can no longer be underestimated by any Premier League opponent, while Petrov maintained the humble attitude of the small character he has always been, insisting that Manchester United is the big brother, and the Villa team is here to learn from the Premier League, and the two are harmonious with each other at the press conference. Mourinho, who has gradually settled down in recent years, has lost his original unruliness, at that time he had a strong personality, a strong desire to control, often broke up with the club owner, he was outspoken, liked to attack colleagues, blame referees, sarcastic players, very aggressive. Li Haolong has not despised Mourinho for his outrageous words and deeds, on the contrary, he believes that this is a person with great wisdom, and those appearances are actually his means, using attacks to make opponents uneasy, influencing opponents, and deflecting the pressure on his players by the way. However, in recent years, probably because of the precipitation of age, he has become much more sleek, no longer like a straight knife, more like a soft sword that can be folded and bent, and it is still enough to kill people inadvertently.

Because of the presence of Lukaku and Ibrahimovic, Manchester United rarely played a rare two-center forward tactic in the Premier League, both of whom are even above 1.9 meters, with terrifying header ability, and both foot skills, especially Ibrahimovic can play flowers. Lukaku has always given the impression of a rough brother before, in fact, after a few years of training at Everton, whether it is archery or various small skills have been developed, and Chelsea even staged a good show of solitary Longtan, in the early years he liked to pull the side, and later was transformed by Koeman, and the technique of the pillar center forward was also developed. Under Mourinho's anti-trend two-centre-forward play, Manchester United has also won all of them.

In this game, Mourinho still lined up with 442, De Gea, Rodriguez, Rojo, Bailly, Valencia, Pogba and Herrera, Mata on the left, Mkhitaryan on the right, and Lukaku and Ibrahimovic in front. Villa, on the other hand, still opted for the 4231 formation, with Jordan Pickford, Amavi, Benkovic, Van Dijk, Henrichs, Nzonzi, Weigl, Isco, Griezmann, Dembele, and Alario. Considering the opponent's height advantage, Li Haolong did not captain Vallejo, but chose Benkovic, compared to Vallejo's outstanding abilities, the ability to compete for the top is indeed not too strong, but at 1.83 meters, his bounce is still very good, and the heading ability of many top central defenders is developed later.

The addition of left-back Rodriguez perfectly makes up for Manchester United's defensive shortcomings, this Swiss footballer with Chilean and Spanish ancestry, can attack and defend well, for a while Bundesliga experts even thought that he surpassed Alaba, and his joining this summer can be called a seamless connection, Li Haolong has always felt that such a player 30 million euros can win is incredible, but according to later media revelations, in fact, his worth is far more than 30 million, if all the supplementary terms and conditions are met, He can be worth 45 million euros. This is also the practice of many clubs, and some implicit terms are generally not published to the public.

The Manchester United team, which has been holding its breath, opened with an anti-guest and played a positional attack, especially Pogba, who nominally played at the back, he ran all over the field, which was particularly eye-catching, especially his new hairstyle, in fact, it was not a hairstyle, it was nothing more than a change of color, the green spinach head in the FA Cup final was still vivid, but at the moment it was replaced by a girl's pink heart on the field. The two-centre-forward tactics did put unprecedented pressure on the Villa team's backline, the captain of the field, Van Dijk, fell into hand-to-hand combat with Lukaku again and again, Ibrahimovic was quite clever back and forth, with Mata, Mkhitaryan's intersperse, several threats to Pickford's door, in fact, not only the central defenders, but also the two wing-backs Amaoui and Henrichs were also under tremendous pressure, because there were two high points, Valencia and Rodriguez desperately hit the wings, Whether it's a cross that falls to the bottom line or a cross at a 45-degree angle, there is a lot of threat. Unconventional rushing, but not exactly English because they have a large number of technical players and a variety of possibilities, the only thing to be thankful for is that the second point of protection of the Villa team is not bad.

Manchester United are not invulnerable, their two-back tactics are a failure, at least for now, neither of them is an orthodox defensive midfielder, lacking the absolute defensive ability of the front, not to mention that Pogba is not at ease with the back position, jumping up and down, Manchester United's lack of protection is also under great pressure, whether it is Griezmann or Dembele Lightning, they are assassins waiting to give you a fatal bite, not to mention that there is an Arario who is always entangled with you.

The whole first half of the two sides formed a similar situation, if only on the possession of the ball Villa still have a slight upper hand, in terms of the level of offensive threat, the Villa team is more concise and effective, in fact, it also proves this, because the Villa team took the lead in the 42nd minute, Griezmann took the lead in scoring, the typical center and shadow striker connection, Alario's subtle back, Griezmann King left foot curling ball, long arms and long face De Gea can not reach the dust, The Frenchman, who could have been Manchester United, has once again poured salt into the wounds of Manchester United fans.

Will history play out again? No, at least one person wouldn't think so, and at the start of the second half, Mourinho made the first substitution, and he clearly saw the weakness of the team, replacing Juan Mata with Carrick, who was a few months older than Ibrahimovic and 36 years old, and pushed Pogba up front, leaving him and Herrera in the last line of defense in midfield.

Michael Carrick will always be the most special of the Reds squad because he comes on to ensure that the midfielders stay calm and in control, and he can get the next level of play from his team-mates, specifically by allowing Pogba to get the ball in the attacking zone more often, in a position that is more suited to his dribbling ability, rather than being surrounded by two or three people after the halfway line and turning around and then attacking. Think about Pogba's career, when he was at Juventus, he also had the all-round big brother Vidal and the elegant master Andrea Pirlo to play at the highest level, and now he needs a player like Pirlo and Carrick to share the pressure on him.