346 Who Can Stop?
Soon after the Community Shield, the Premier League kicked off.
In Europe, the Premier League is always the first to start. On August 18, the Premier League was already the first to start.
Blackburn Rovers face Derby County away. Derby County have had good luck in recent seasons and have always managed to survive relegation in the final stages. However, the strength is weak, and it takes a bit of luck to stay in the Premier League.
Although it was a three-month break and then restarted, the Blackburn players did not feel uncomfortable in the slightest.
Away from home to Derby County, they won 2-0 against Derby County thanks to a brace from Andreas Pire.
Against Derby County, Blackburn were a complete strong performer. Although they only won by two goals, Derby County only had two shots on goal in the whole game. And neither of these two shots was in goal.
However, the opponent is too weak, so there are no surprises.
Arsenal even beat Middlesbrough 4-0 away. Manchester United also won 3-2 at home to Fulham and Liverpool to beat West Ham 2-1.
On August 23, the Premier League had just started with a major event.
Blackburn Rovers face Manchester United at home.
Manchester United's squad has also changed a lot this season. The loss of the Premier League title last season left Alex Ferguson a little annoyed. Or in the face of Blackburn, a new team, very dissatisfied.
So this season Ferguson spent a lot of money and bought a lot of players.
These include the £13 million purchase of Woodgate from Leeds United, the £19 million purchase of Ruud van Nistelrooy from PSV Eindhoven, the £28 million purchase of Wizard Veron from Lazio, and the £6 million purchase of Forlan from Argentina.
A series of actions, Ferguson spent Manchester United a full 70 million pounds.
Ruud van Nistelrooy has been rumored to be with Manchester United for many years. Last season, Manchester United almost got Ruud van Nistelrooy, but because Ruud van Nistelrooy was injured, he couldn't make the trip.
Ruud van Nistelrooy is a sharpshooter and a goal machine in the Eredivisie. In PSV Eindhoven, it's almost a one-goal goal rate. There are many European giants who are interested in Ruud van Nistelrooy, but Ferguson has just taken the lead.
As for Veron, it is even more needless to say.
Veron is one of the best midfielders in the world. Especially in Lazio, Veron has grown into a world-class superstar. Otherwise, Ferguson would not have paid 28 million British to buy Veron. With Veron's arrival, it is widely believed that Manchester United's midfield will improve a little bit.
The biggest star to leave Manchester United is Dutch defender Stam. Stam has also revealed some secrets about the United dressing room after he claimed in his autobiography that Alex Ferguson had illegally made private contact with him when he bought him from PSV Eindhoven.
This angered Ferguson.
In a fit of rage, Ferguson sold Stam to Lazio.
Stam didn't even know he had gone to Lazio. It wasn't until the transfer was finalized that Stam found out he wasn't a Manchester United player. It may seem ridiculous, but it's true.
Selling Stam away, Ferguson didn't even consult with Stam or tell him.
Instead, he went directly through Stam's agent, and then negotiated with Lazio, and Stam's transfer was finalized in a short period of time. Stam's agent is also very strong, and he didn't discuss it with Stam at all, and he got his transfer done.
It was only after the sale of Stam that Ferguson discovered that he was missing a centre-back. So in a hurry, he bought Woodgate from Leeds United. Woodgate has been in poor form at Leeds United since the injury incident with Bowyer.
But Woodgate was still England's best defender at this time.
Had it not been for the injury, Woodgate would have been able to join the national team long ago. It is even possible to compete with Ferdinand for the position of the main player of the national team.
As for Forlan, Ferguson has historically been acquired in the winter of this season. But now it's half a season early.
If you look at the cards alone, Manchester United has grown a lot.
At Ewood Park, Ferguson again lined up in a 4-5-1 formation. In midfield, Veron, Keane and Paul Scholes were placed, and the two flanks were a combination of Ryan Giggs and David Beckham. And there is only one Ruud van Nistelrooy in the forward line.
Keane and Veron are slightly behind, with Scholes up front.
The backline combination is Gary. Neville, Brown, Woodgate, Sylvester.
On the cards alone, Manchester United are really strong. Except for a slightly weaker backline.
Manchester United's backline is indeed very shaky. Barthez is not the best goalkeeper either, or rather an inconsistent goalkeeper. In the first round, they already showed their defensive instability.
Facing Fulham, a promoted horse, it turned out to be two goals conceded.
But fortunately, we won the game, so no one said anything.
But when he arrived at Ewood Park, George made Manchester United's paper-based backline completely leak in front of everyone.
Perón is strong, there's no doubt about that. But Veron has just arrived in the Premier League and is still very new to the rhythm of the Premier League. In the face of Blackburn's attack in midfield, there was simply no way to follow. Coupled with the problems of Manchester United's backline, Manchester United simply could not stop Blackburn's flood of attacks.
Just eight minutes into the game, last season's Premier League goalscorer Klose received a cross from Sagnol and scored the first goal of the game ahead of Brown.
But that's just the beginning.
Twenty-two minutes later, Duff received a pass from Miku and went straight in to score the second goal of the game.
On the 37th minute of the game, Miku shook Woodgate in the box and scored the third goal of the game.
At the end of the first half, Blackburn had a 3-0 lead over United at Ewood Park. This score left everyone stunned. Even Mortensen, who was commenting on the game, was very surprised when he commented.
So much so that at the end of the first half, Mortensen sighed: "I don't know if Blackburn is too strong, or Manchester United is too weak." Or maybe the world is crazy. ”
Blackburn's strength didn't end there, though.
Twelve minutes into the second half, Campbell, who had just joined Blackburn, scored his fourth goal of the game with a header from a corner.
Manchester United were stunned by Blackburn.
Or that Ferguson didn't get up at all in the second half, but sat in his seat with a blank face. But it's still his signature move, chewing bubbles in his mouth.
The fans at Ewood Park are going crazy.
Last season was the Premier League title though. But in the penultimate round of the championship, Blackburn actually didn't play well. If it weren't for Miku's breakthrough shot at the end of the day, it would have been impossible to force Manchester United to equalise.
This is always a thorn in their throat for them.
Now that they are leading Manchester United by such a large margin, Blackburn fans are about to faint with happiness.
Manchester United have lost face this time. Four goals were scored by Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. This is a humiliating record that has never been seen in the history of Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United. And this is the first time since George and Ferguson faced off that it was the first time that Ferguson had won so freely.
In the 27th minute of the second half, Klose received a pass from Miku and successfully countered offside and scored his second goal of the game.
Fortunately, before the end of the game, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had just transferred, scored a face-saving goal. However, United were beaten five to one by Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.
Five to one, the score of blood Lala.
Ferguson's face was a little ugly, but he didn't lose his temper. The game was lost like this, and he still came over to shake George's hand before leaving the court.
Seeing Ferguson, George still admired it in his heart. Compared to his performance after being beaten eight goals by Arsene Wenger, Ferguson is much calmer. This is the psychological quality. But looking at the dejected Manchester United players, George smiled gloatingly.
Ferguson's name as a "hair dryer" is not fake. In the dressing room, Ferguson will be furious.
Five to one, after this game, all the media coverage focused on this game.
It was so unexpected.
Everyone admits that Blackburn Rovers are stronger this season. But what kind of team is Manchester United? It was the first team to win five Premier League titles in nine seasons since the inception of the Premier League, and the only Premier League club to have won the Champions League since its inception. It is a well-deserved hegemon of the Premier League.
But it turned out to be five balls beaten by Blackburn.
However, Blackburn Rovers have not yet celebrated and are about to face the third round of the Premier League.
Just two days later, on 25 August, Blackburn will face Tottenham Hotspur at home.
Blackburn, who beat Manchester United two days ago, continued their good form.
And George didn't give Daniel any face. Playing Tottenham at home, he played Tottenham by four goals. It turned out that after Graham, Tottenham had a good defense, but now the defense is full of holes. This has to do with the departure of their captain Campbell from Tottenham this season.
Campbell has been a fixture in Tottenham's backline.
Now that Campbell is gone, their defense is too leaky.
George won't stay at all, and he has seized such a defensive hole. Although he was half the main player and half a substitute, he still played Tottenham in disgrace.
2-0, 5-1, 4-0, the eye-catching record of the three games stunned everyone. All the media in English football were taken aback. In the past half a month, half of the football news in the media has been about Blackburn.
It's really Blake's terrible form since the start of the season. Brilliant to surprise everyone.
The Telegraph ran a big headline on the football page: Who can stop Blackburn?
(To be continued)