Yu Liang, who benefited a lot from Sun Jihai, did not follow the team to London because of the ban. During his time with the team, he trained with the development team.

Manchester United, who traveled to London, visited the Valley Stadium on the evening of the 23rd, and with Saha's pass and Fletcher's goal, they won Charlton Athletic 3-0 away.

After a thrashing over Charlton, United headed straight to Watford, north of London.

On the night of the 26th, thanks to goals from Sylvester and Ryan Giggs, they won 2-1. Manchester United, who ended a week of double-ties, returned to Carrington with two wins in a row. After three rounds of the new season, he topped the list with a record of three wins. Defending champions Chelsea, United's biggest rivals in the title race, lost away to Middlesbrough in the second round.

After three rounds, the FIFA national team break began.

Most of the internationals in the team have returned to their respective national teams to report. Because the Chinese team did not arrange training camps and games during this time, Yu Liang was rarely idle. He used this time to fly to Belgium and spent a pleasant holiday in Antwerp and Deng Yu.

Of course, he also witnessed the naked running of journalist Jason, who bet with him last season, at the Bosuer Stadium in Antwerp.

As soon as the international break was over, United were down in training for the fourth-round tie against Tottenham.

At this time, Yu Liang also completely let go of that hanging heart, and Carrick was not able to join Manchester United as he wished. But on the afternoon of 9 September, Carrick caused United a lot of problems. His sweeping and ferocious pressing in midfield put a lot of resistance to United's attack. In addition, it was another game after the international break, and Manchester United, which was deeply affected by the FIFA virus, did not play very well, and finally relied on Ronaldo's free kick in the opening stage at home to score a narrow 1-0 victory over Tottenham, achieving four consecutive wins at the beginning of the new season, creating the best start in Manchester United's Premier League history.

With four consecutive wins, Manchester United ushered in the Champions League of the new season, hosting the Scottish Super League giants Celtic in the first game of the group stage.

Yu Liang, who has just returned from suspension in the Premier League, and Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs, who have been banned in the Premier League, are all in the team's squad. Cristiano Ronaldo, who was banned in Europe, missed the squad.

In last season's Champions League, Manchester United had its worst record in nearly 17 years, not only failing to qualify from the group, but also failing to enter the Europa League.

Such an ending made Ferguson very dissatisfied, so this game is a new starting point for the whole Manchester United team.

The two teams have not played each other in the Champions League, and this is the first time the two sides have met in the Champions League.

Although in the pre-season warm-up game, Manchester United had a comfortable 3-0 victory over Celtic.

However, the warm-up match is only a warm-up match after all, and the level and importance of the Champions League match are not the same.

Once the game began, although United were in control and patiently looked for opportunities through passing and linking, they conceded in the 21st minute of the first half.

The Celtic goalkeeper kicked the ball off and drove straight to the front, Leo Ferdinand made a mistake at the back, and the opposing striker won the ball and burst into the box and volleyed directly into the far corner to give Celtic a 1-0 lead over Manchester United.

After conceding the goal, United launched a counter-attack, starting Fletcher passed to Paul Scholes, who came straight from the middle and fired a long-range shot that went just wide of the post, shocking the Celtic in a cold sweat.

After Manchester United played an attacking game, Celtic's dominance didn't last long.

In the 30th minute, Ryan Giggs burst into the box on the left and was knocked down by the onrushing Celtic goalkeeper, but before being knocked down, Giggs passed the ball and Saha, who was inserted in the middle of the box, pushed it into the net in front of the goal to score the first Champions League goal of his career. It was also his third goal of the season for United in all competitions.

Saha, who was in hot form, received a direct pass from Scholes in the middle in the 40th minute, burst into the penalty area and stabbed into the net in the face of the opponent's goalkeeper, helping Manchester United expand the score, 2-1!

But the good times didn't last long, in the 43rd minute, Celtic took a free kick in front, and Shunsuke Nakamura's free kick went straight to the dead corner, Van der Sar didn't react at all, 2-2!

It was the first goal for the Japanese in the Champions League!

The first half ended with a draw, and the second half changed sides and the Reds took the lead again less than two minutes into the game.

Gravisen's misplaced pass at the back was met by Scholes and Saha's shot from an offside position was saved by the goalkeeper and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fired into the net.

After coming on in place of the injured Ryan Giggs, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was once again on the bench.

At 3-2, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's goal gave United the lead.

The Celtic, who were behind, frequently made a fuss in the middle in the following time, trying to play behind Ferdinand and Brown.

When Ferguson saw the situation, he made a decisive choice to make a substitution.

"Yu Liang, Yu Liang came out and replaced Scholes! This is the first time that a Chinese player has appeared on the stage of the Champions League, Yu Liang, he has created a new record for Chinese players to stay abroad! Please remember this moment, at 9:02 p.m. local time on September 13 in England and 4:02 a.m. Beijing time on September 14, Chinese player Yu Liang played in the Champions League for the first time! ”

In the squad announced by Manchester United before the game, Yu Liang's name was prominently listed.

Although it's the middle of the week, many people have to go to work the next day. However, in order to witness the demeanor of Chinese players in the first leg of the Champions League, there are still a large number of fans who choose to stay up late.

After 57 minutes of hard work, Ferguson finally lived up to the fans' wait and replaced him with Yu Liang.

Yu Liang, who stepped on the Champions League for the first time and played in the Champions League for the first time, carried the expectations of many people.

However, he was excited, and he made a mistake in the first touch of the ball after coming on the field.

Stop big!

The football was tackled directly by a Celtic player.

However, this time Yu Liang did not give them a chance to form a counterattack, and directly made a foul, put down the opponent's player, and gave the opponent a free kick in the front court.

Shunsuke Nakamura's free-kick found his teammate, but it was not able to threaten.

Van der Sar confiscated the ball and threw it quickly.

Yu Liang, who had his back to the attacking direction, immediately passed it back to Fletcher, who was inserted forward on the side, after unloading the football.

After making his Premier League debut, he took the advice of Andy Gray and spent the time intensifying his passing and receiving training, intending to improve his passing and receiving speed.

And this match is the time to test the results of his training for so long!

After splitting the ball, Yu Liang quickly completed the turn. As soon as he finished his turn, he saw a Celtic player charging towards Fletcher.

"Whew, it's dangerous!"

If you don't get the ball out quickly, the results speak for themselves.

Fletcher watched the opposing player rush towards him, and immediately pushed the ball to Yu Liang.

Yu Liang, who received the football, did not immediately launch a counterattack with a long pass, but passed the ball to the feet of O'Shea on the other side.

Yu Liang, who occupied the middle, began to play the role of a commander, directly signaling O'Shea to pass the ball back to Brown behind him.

Yu Liang's intention is very obvious, which is to slow down the offensive rhythm and begin to control the rhythm of the game, so as to effectively save the physical energy of the players. After all, there is still a tough battle against Arsenal at the weekend.

O'Shea, who understood Yu Liang's intentions, immediately passed it back to Brown behind him.

United started to kick down at the back, slowing down the tempo and tightening their control over the tempo of the game, but that didn't mean they had given up on attacking.

After a few back-to-back passes, the Celtic players began to press forward again.

After splitting the ball with his back and Ferdinand making a wall-hitting cooperation, after avoiding the pressing of the opposing player, Yu Liang passed the ball directly to Fletcher on the right side.

Fletcher dribbled some distance down the right and then crossed directly.

Saha in the penalty area faced the football and shook his head directly to attack the goal, but was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Manchester United, who missed the goal, came back a few minutes later, and this time it was Saha who created the chances.

Saha, who was very active in this game, received a direct pass from Yu Liang at the edge of the penalty area, and then dodged the angle and hit the goal directly.

The ball, which rolled rapidly against the turf, went straight off the post after bypassing the hands of the opposing goalkeeper.

Two consecutive offenses threatened the Celtics' goal, allowing the Celtics' players to restrain themselves when attacking.

Facing Celtic who had relented in attack, United then slowed down the tempo again.

The game remained deadlocked until the 80th minute. Rooney, who didn't have a bright spot in the whole game, was in a hurry, and retreated directly to the vicinity of the center circle, "Yu Liang, give it to me!" ”

Faced with Rooney's sudden retreat to ask for the ball, Yu Liang was a little unprepared.

But thinking that Rooney has taken such good care of himself during this time, Yu Liang is ready to pass it on to him!

But just as he was about to pass the ball, he spotted a hole for the Celtics.

After Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came on, United played a front three. Saha was up front, with Wayne Rooney and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on either side.

Rooney's retreat led to changes in the entire Celtics defense.

One of Celtic's centre-backs was pressed forward with Wayne Rooney, and there was a lot of space behind him. At the moment, Saha is moving towards this position.

Yu Liang, who discovered this opportunity, of course would not let it go, and directly sent the ball over with a long pass.

Saha, who moved to this position, faced the football, swung his header, directly crossed the ball to the side, turned and immediately cut forward. Gary Neville, who plugged in, caught up with the ball and crossed directly.

The half-high ball was crossed and flew straight into the box.

Saha, who was cut forward at the front point, didn't touch the football, shook the Celtic defender in the middle, and the ball flew straight to the back post.

Solskjaer, who had already been interspersed in place, faced the arch of the ball at one end, and the ball flew straight into the goal.

4-2！

With ten minutes remaining, United doubled their lead. (To be continued.) )