Chapter Twenty-Eight: Christmas is Coming!

Shaq's goalscoring spree continues, as does United's winning streak......

On 30 November, United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 at home, with Shaq scoring a brace.

In the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on 3 December, United beat Arsenal 3-1 at home, with Shaq scoring twice again.

On 6 December, Manchester United beat West Brom 4-0 away, with Shaq scoring a hat-trick.

On December 10, in the sixth round of Group E of the Champions League group stage, Manchester United defeated Stuttgart 2:0 away, and Shaq scored another goal, the number of goals in the Champions League this season has reached 15, and the total number of goals in the two Champions League has reached 31, far from the legendary German goalscorer Gade, who ranks tenth in the Champions League all-time scorer list? Muller has three goals in the end.

On 14 December, Manchester United hosted Newcastle and won 4-1 at home thanks to Shaq's hat-trick and Wayne Rooney's goal.

On December 21, in the 17th round of the English Premier League, Manchester United welcomed Manchester City at home......

In the past, the Manchester City derby was very popular, in recent years, with the strength of the "Blue Moon" increasing day by day to become the champion team, the intensity of the Manchester City derby has reached a white heat, and even the fans of the two teams began to attack each other early, and there will be fans belonging to two camps in the family, and every time this day comes, it becomes a "day of disharmony" between father and son, brother and brother, sister and sister.

With the fans like that, both teams should bring the atmosphere to the table, with Manuel Pellegrini telling reporters: "We are fifth in the league and Manchester United are unbeaten at the top, but the derby will motivate me and the players and we will win at Old Trafford. ”

Is there a good news reporter to pass on to Simon? Grayson's time. The Manchester United boss replied with a smile: "My team has played a total of 25 games in the league, Champions League, League Cup and so on this season, and we have won 25 games, what do you think...... Will there be an accident this time? ”

Simon? Grayson's words are not aggressive, but the strong confidence in his bones is based on Manchester United's 25 wins this season, and his words are also convincing.

Mourinho is even more of a thousand-mile sound. Using the mouthpieces of journalists, he gave his opinion on the Manchester City derby: "Simon? Grayson and his Manchester United have achieved frighteningly, they have won all the games this season, they are very strong, but they are not invincible, their shortcomings are obvious, that is, all their attacks are based on Shaq at the core, whether it is their passing or running, it is all around Shaq, even if Shaq is not involved in the attack. His movement is also able to provide cover for his team-mates, so as long as this problem is solved, United's attack can be blocked. I'm sure with Pellegrini's wisdom he will know how to use his Red! ”

Mourinho's words are already very explicit, which is to remind Pellegrini to use Red to defend Shaq closely, and then stick to it.

It's certainly a very viable approach, but it's just ...... How can a Portuguese madman be so kind!?

Answer...... It turned out to be a yes!

Because of the revival of the "Red Devils" Manchester United this season. They have become the common enemy of the other 19 teams in the English Premier League, with 48 points from 16 wins in the table, 11 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea.

Mourinho's second season back at Stamford Bridge has really been very good. The "Blues" 16 games, 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss with 37 points is not bad at all, but it is a pity that they met the strongest "Red Devils" in history this season, which was pressed into the second place in the standings, otherwise such a record would have allowed them to sit at the top of the table.

Just because of this Manchester derby, the whole of Manchester has become unstable, and even the whole of English football has been involved. Countless people are making moves for the "Engineers" in the hope of seeing them beat Manchester United, and even a draw will give people hope.

Arsenal and Leeds United have already lost the first leg, and now it is Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool that can be counted on, not to mention who can beat Manchester United first. Even if the first team to draw against Manchester United would have been a remarkable result.

But the fact is that the first Manchester derby of the year at Old Trafford was nowhere near as intense as expected.

Just 6 minutes into the game, Shaq received a cross from the right side of Nani on the line of Manchester City's small penalty area, carried his former good brother Redder with his body, and easily broke through the Manchester City goal with a sweeping shot with his right foot...... 1:0！

Then the game fell into the rhythm of Manchester United, and City frantically attacked their opponents again and again, only to be rewarded with a header from Nani's corner on 30 minutes, and the score became ...... 2:0！

Then, in the 55th minute of the second half, Manchester United got the opportunity to send a free kick on the right side, Shaq personally took the penalty, but did not choose to shoot directly, but sent the ball to the small penalty area on the left side of Manchester City, Papadopoulos rushed up, the ball "swished" into the goal, Shaq kicked out the ball too fast, even Papadopoulos's header reduced the speed of the ball, Joe Hart, the England international, still failed to save the ball...... 3:0！

This score, a team maintained until the end of the game, Manchester United once again proved how strong they are this season, 3:0 victory over the "Blue Moon" Manchester City score is not a shot, but the whole process of the game is Manchester United from the beginning of the lead relying on Shaq's goal, and then as if the Buddha dealt with the Monkey King, the Manchester City was held in their hands, no matter how fierce Manchester City's counterattack was, it was always impossible to escape their palms.

After the seventeenth round of the English Premier League, the most important Christmas in Western countries is also coming, with 17 games and 17 wins, 51 points, 57 goals and 8 goals conceded by Manchester United, who topped the table, this time they can spend Christmas happily, this time last year, they all fell into the middle of the league!

Simon? Grayson may have been nicknamed "Brutal Simon", but this is only because of his ruthless tactics in the transfer market. In fact, he was still very humane when he led the team.

Considering that there will be a day off after the match day, and then the club will have a Christmas party on the evening of the 23rd, the soldiers of the "Red Devils" this season are really desperate to restore the glory of the past, Simon? Grayson simply made the decision with a big wave of his hand, and directly gave the team a three-day vacation, and did not start official training until the 25th. On the morning of the 26th, he went to Liverpool to play an away game against the "Red Army".

Simon? Grayson's decision made his players happy with joy, and everyone looked at the head coach with a smile in their eyes...... What an empathetic approach!

Giving players three days off and then training for a day away against Liverpool sounds a bit indulgent, but Simon? Grayson, however, has a lot of confidence in his team, and he still has blind trust in his confidant Shaq, who firmly believes that as long as Shaq is there. With the current strength of this Manchester United team, they can beat Liverpool away from home if they can play 60% of their fighting power.

Simon? Grayson's trust in Shaq was a rational choice, as would any other manager, and Shaq has been even more "perverted" this season than last season, when he played 61 games for Leeds United and scored 73 goals to become Europe's Golden Boot winner.

Shaq has now scored 31 goals in 17 league games and 15 goals in six Champions League games this season. Eight goals have been scored in three Carabao Cup matches, for a total of 54 goals in 26 games. More than two goals per game!

Such an efficient performance, can no longer be simply said to be outstanding or in hot form, this is simply Shaq's personal ability is too outstanding, if you continue to play like this, Shaq may be able to score more than 100 goals this season, modern football is no longer Pele's era of only attacking and no one defending. Scoring goals is not as simple as eating, but even so, Shaq's goal statistics are still so terrifying, which is enough to prove how strong his individual ability is.

Thinking of this, Simon? Grayson couldn't help but think of Tevez, and the "Beast" was also "perverted" in his first two seasons at Leeds United. With 64 goals in 55 games in his first season and 47 goals in 53 games last season, Shaq's goalscoring ability was far less than it is now, and the "Young Guards" at that time relied on Tevez to keep scoring goals to push the team forward.

But this season, after Van Gaal became the owner of Elland Road, the "Beast" was still very eye-catching at the beginning of the season, and then because of the mood with Van Gaal, the state was affected, and now he has scored 14 goals in 10 league games, played a total of 11 games for Leeds United, started 5 substitutes, and scored 17 goals.

Simon? Grayson has already scolded Van Gaal countless times in his heart, the Dutch old, a live star under his own hands has been used like this, leading the team to achieve miserable results, buying a lot of unknown players, and now the league rankings have fallen to sixth, 8 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses, 28 points, behind the fourth-ranked Tottenham Hotspur, are as many as 6 points.

This year's English Premier League is difficult to play, even if the "Red Devils" are so strong that they can push everything, the "Blues" Chelsea has also entered the second season of Mourinho, but the "Young Guards", as the defending champion of the Champions League, was squeezed to third place by AC Milan and Benfica in the group stage, which is really miserable, even Simon? Grayson, the former Leeds manager, can't even look at it, you have lost both the league and the Champions League, even if you win a Community Shield this season and get back a Club World Cup, and become a bullshit "six crowns", what kind of bullshit is that!?

Van Gaal, who was praised as a world famous coach by Bierhoff at the beginning of the season, has a reputation for his performance in this small half season at Leeds United!

It's been a year, and there are many things to catch up with one by one, and the fat man also knows that it is impossible not to owe the debt, but please rest assured, the minimum is guaranteed 2 more every day, the monthly pass is 10+1, and the fat man who owes it will be repaid! Credibility issues, character guarantees, this will not be ambiguous! (To be continued......)