Chapter 1318 Almost Winning the Championship Ahead of Schedule

Glory's direct free-kick allowed United to concede just a minute into the second half, which was a heavy blow for United.

City play counter-attacking and their favourite thing is to play when they are ahead.

And the last thing United want is to put Manchester City ahead. That's why they tried their best to organise City's attack with a tough style of play in the first half.

And United were well aware of how good Glory's free-kicks were, so they were very mindful of where the foul was committed in the first half.

If you have to commit a foul, it's also in the front and midfield, trying to stay away from your own goal and the penalty area.

As a result, Manchester City's attack in the first half was awkward, as they had just won the ball and Manchester United's foul may have come.

But Manchester United never imagined that Glory would use the opportunity to kick off the ball and go straight to Huanglong.

The stunned United missed the chance to stop Glory in midfield, and when they reacted, a foul had already allowed Glory to move 33 metres from goal......

In the end, Rong Guang seized the opportunity of this free-kick and sent the football into the goal of Manchester United.

With City's style of work, that one goal could well have won the game.

That's what Man Utd fear the most.

Next, they have to start attacking more aggressively, but that also means there will be more holes in their backline......

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After Glory scored, the tempo of the game was in the hands of Manchester City, who were as fast as they wanted and as slow as they wanted.

They have the initiative.

Even if United equalis, they don't have to rush, a draw will work in their favour anyway.

The Manchester United players are starting to get impatient.

The difference in mentality determines that the players of the two teams are completely different.

The relaxed Manchester City players are playing more and more, while the Manchester United players are impatient and unable to perform at their best.

In the 75th minute, United conceded another goal.

This time, they were on the back after pressing heavily and then hitting back after being cut off by Manchester City.

Glory broke through with the ball and then passed the ball, Kaka then broke through with the ball, slotted into the box, and then finished shooting.

The ball rolled into the goal on the turf and De Gea couldn't get enough to watch it roll into the goal.

"Kaka! Kaka! 2:0! Manchester City sealed the win completely! John Mortensen shouted. There is no suspense in this game! There is no suspense this season! Manchester City will be the league champions! ”

A win for Manchester City would give them three points ahead of Manchester United with a game in hand.

Manchester City have three league games remaining, while Manchester United have two. Even if Manchester City lose one of the next three league games, it doesn't matter.

Moreover, in such a situation, how could Manchester City capsize in the gutter? The winds and waves have all passed, the rivers and seas have waded through, and the boat capsized in the gutter...... That's not City's style at all, or rather the style of City's central figures.

That's why John Mortenson came to this conclusion and came to a conclusion.

Even before this match, local media in the UK believed that this game would be the match that would decide the league title this season.

Everyone is a knowledgeable person, and the reason why they say this is naturally reasonable.

The City fans in the stands were already chanting: "We are the champions".

They were both celebrating and showing off, deliberately shouting to the United fans and players.

As a sworn enemy of the same city, Manchester City has been firmly pressed by Manchester United for the past few decades, so Manchester City fans have this deep hatred and resentment towards Manchester United.

Now, when they have a chance to vent, they will inevitably be as violent as a volcanic eruption.

Amid the cheers of the Manchester City fans, the Manchester United fans who came with the team were largely silent.

The Manchester United players on the pitch also appeared to be undermotivated and listless.

With two goals down, they felt they couldn't win the game even with fifteen minutes left – an equaliser meant nothing to them.

What they need now is victory, only victory.

But unfortunately, if they attack with all their might to win the game, they will reap the same result as this conceded goal.

City's quick counter-attacking is not vegetarian.

Ferguson stood on the sidelines, chewing gum in his mouth, but in the face of such a conceded goal, he did not make any physical movements or make any adjustments......

He's out of the question.

After being eliminated from the group stage of the Champions League this season, he wanted to give his all in the league and snatch the league title from Manchester City after losing it for two consecutive years.

He almost succeeded.

But in the end, it fell short......

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When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, the entire Manchester City Stadium was filled with joy, and the Manchester City fans were cheering, not for the victory, but for the league title.

After beating Manchester United at home, Manchester City's league title was largely gone.

Next, three days later, City will win the league title two rounds ahead of schedule, as long as City can beat Norwich City away in the replay. At that time, Manchester United only has a theoretical hope of winning the championship - in the last two rounds of the league, Manchester City lost two games in a row, and Manchester United won two games in a row, then Manchester United could win the league title with a goal difference advantage over Manchester City.

The Premier League is different from La Liga, in the case of the same point, they do not look at the relationship between the two sides, and directly compare the goal difference.

If it is a matter of winning or losing, then Manchester United does not even have the theoretical possibility of winning the championship.

But even so, the theoretical probability of Manchester United is very low.

Because now Manchester City has played 35 league games, they have scored 96 goals and conceded only 23 goals. Goal difference is seventy-three.

And what about Manchester United, who have played 36 games? Eighty-six goals scored, thirty-four conceded, and a goal difference of 52.

If they want to rely on goal difference to reverse Manchester City, even if they can't win by an average of 10 goals per game in the next two games, that would still be one less than the current Manchester City goal difference.

So even the theoretical chances of Manchester United winning the title are very, very low......

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After the game, the media was also full of comments about Manchester City's victory, as if Manchester City had already decided to win the title ahead of schedule.

No one thinks United will be able to complete the comeback, which is an absolutely impossible task for them.

Manchester City's third consecutive league title is about to become a reality, and it is already a foregone conclusion.

In addition, Rongguang's personal honor is also the focus of everyone's attention.

In the second leg of the Champions League semi-final in midweek, Glory scored twice to help Manchester City beat Barcelona 3-2 away.

Combined with a goal in the Manchester derby, Glory has now reached 66 goals in all competitions this season, just one goal shy of Gerd Muller's record and equalling Messi's current tally for the season.

Both men were just one goal away from the old bomber's record.

So who will be the first to break the record?

On the second night of the Manchester derby, in the 36th round of La Liga, Barcelona's away match against Rayo Vallecano began.

After being eliminated from the Champions League, Barcelona have actually lost the league title in the league.

But Barcelona didn't intend to give up.

Especially Messi.

In the two legs of the Champions League semi-finals, he was knocked out of the tournament without scoring a single goal, and he was also under a lot of pressure. Some people think that Messi always loses to glory in key games, and it is useless to score more goals before, and his table is too soft. There are also those who believe that Messi is destined to not be the leader of the team like Maradona, because he has no leadership temperament at all.

In this league, Messi seems to be trying to prove himself, and he has been very active since the beginning of the game.

So in the sixteenth minute, Messi equaled Gerd Muller's record with a goal.

"Messi! Sixty-seventh total goal of the season! "The Catalan commentator was excited." Messi's performance is enough to make people forget that he was eliminated from the Champions League, and it is also the response to all his attacks for half a week! ”

However, Messi is not satisfied with just equalling Gerd Muller's record, and he is still looking for his own scoring opportunities after the goal.

It's just a pity that luck always makes him miss the goal.

Ten minutes later, Rayo Vallecano's players scored an own goal to give Barcelona a 2-0 lead.

In the 38th minute, Keita doubled the lead for Barcelona.

Just two minutes into the second half, Pedro made it 4-0.

In the 77th minute, Thiago scored, 5-0.

In the eighty-seventh minute, Pedro scored twice, 6:0!

Barcelona have gone completely crazy and it is no surprise that this is the case.

But Messi was slow to score.

There wasn't much time left for him. If Messi can't break the record in this game, Glory could be the man to break Gerd Muller's record when the replay between Manchester City and Norwich City begins.

But Messi won't let that happen.

In the ninetieth minute, he finally scored!

"Messi! Messi! Messi! Brace! Sixty-eighth ball! He surpassed Gerd Müller! This is a historic moment! Messi became the player with the most goals in a single season! ”

After the goal, Messi was surrounded by his teammates to celebrate the historic goal.

And Messi's face finally bloomed with a smile.

It was the first time he had a laugh since Barcelona were eliminated from the Champions League.

He was not happy when he scored in the sixteenth minute of the game.

But now, the smile is finally on Messi's face.

In the Champions League, Messi lost to Glory, and he was left behind by Glory in both the game and the number of individual goals.

But in terms of total goals scored in the season, he can still compete with Glory!

His smile may not be because he is ahead of Glory, but because he has found a "battlefield" that can compete with Glory.

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PS, I'm sorry, I forgot to set up automatic updates in the second chapter yesterday, so I didn't update it in time...... To make up for everyone, add a new chapter today! So today is the third watch! The additional chapters will be updated at nine o'clock in the evening~