On August 20, 2012, the 2012/2013 Premier League season finally ignited the fire under the great expectations, as the current number one league in the world, the Premier League has attracted extraordinary attention.

In the first game, last season's defending champions Manchester City sat at home, thanks to Sergio Aguero's brace and David. Silva's stunner, the final 3:2 victory over the promoted Saints Southampton, the game can be clearly felt, Manchester City's offensive firepower is strong, but defense is still their big problem, two goals conceded, both because the midfield and the back line are disjointed, the opponent seized the opportunity to shoot long, this problem, when Mancini coached Inter Milan, often appeared, it seems that after so many years, Mancini still has not made much progress.

In another game at the same time, Tottenham's city rival Arsenal finally drew 0:0 with Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium at home, lacking the attacking core Van Persie, Arsenal can only rely on the midfield's long-range shot to threaten the opponent's goal, this completely unreliable way of attacking, to defeat Sunderland, which is known for its tenacity, is obviously not easy.

In another game, Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea finally broke free from the slow heat of recent seasons and won 2-0 away at Wigan Athletic.

The two most surprising games were Swansea's 5-0 win at Queens Park Rangers and Fulham's home win over Norwich City by the same scoreline.

Those two games were indeed surprising, but the real surprise came later when United travelled to Everton, just two days before this game, Robin van Persie finally completed his transfer from Arsenal to Manchester United, and at the press conference after the signing ceremony, the Dutchman also spoke about the transfer, with Van Persie explaining that he chose Manchester United because he felt the Red Devils were a perfect match for him.

Manchester City and Juventus have also expressed strong interest in Robin van Persie this summer, but the Dutchman only wants to come to Manchester United, explaining: "Why Manchester United? Because they live on football, I made a choice very quickly, you can look at the players, the stadium, the manager, everything is very good, it's always difficult to find a perfect match, but I think Manchester United is a perfect match for me. ”

Van Persie also said he wants to fight for Manchester United: "I'm proud to be here at Manchester United, I'm looking forward to achieving something big at Old Trafford, it's a big challenge for me and I want to be a part of it, Manchester United have done it in the past and now I want to help them do it again. ”

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney also welcomed Van Persie's arrival: "We play for Manchester United, so there is always something to expect, in the last two or three years I was the main goalscorer, but without the assists of my team-mates it would not have been possible, the only thing that will change is that we may spread out a little bit more and if we can score more goals it will be better because in fact, we lost the league title last season and Van Persie is obviously a good thing for the team to come. For the players and the fans alike, it's good to have a team-mate like that as a striker, it's always exciting to sign a new player of this calibre and it's going to be very competitive, so we're going to try to get to that in the next couple of weeks and hopefully that will happen soon, we can form a good partnership and now we're all looking forward to the first game against Everton.' ”

Robin van Persie came to the team and the biggest hit was England striker Welbeck, coach Alex Ferguson said: "Welbeck is still very young, as we know, he has grown up very much in the last few years, playing with Van Persie, Wayne Rooney, Hernandez, he will learn a lot, I firmly believe he will be a phenomenal player, now we have a good forward combination, which makes me very excited, it will be difficult for me to pick who to play, but it is good for the team as a whole." ”

Ferguson also joked that Wenger's bargaining power during the Van Persie transfer process was amazing: "Coach Wenger can open a poker school, his sensitivity to value is amazing, he knows that Van Persie wants to leave and wants to come to Manchester United, which makes the transfer relatively easy, but it is not easy at all in terms of bargaining, but we are very happy to finally sign Van Persie." ”

For the sale of Van Persie, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has his own explanation, he said: "Van Persie played for Arsenal for eight years, he is twenty-nine years old, there is one year left on the contract, so we have to be realistic, we wanted to keep him, but we could not reach a contract extension with him, and when there is only one year left on the contract and the player wants to leave, we can only choose to let him go, we regret losing a good player, but no way, this is football, we expected this to happen, so we bought Podolski and Giroud, Of course we were ready to keep Robin van Persie, the worst would be to sell him, selling to Manchester United was not what we wanted, but there weren't many options. ”

Van Persie's switch to Manchester United made Manchester City, who once wanted to get him, also a little jealous, Manchester City coach Mancini publicly said that Manchester United is now the world's No. 1 in the forward line of Roonega van Persie.

'Manchester United have the best forward line in the world, so to defend the league title we need to work harder, and without Robin van Persie they were two yards ahead and now with him they are five yards ahead.

After the introduction of Robin van Persie, Manchester United's forward line has indeed reached a point of fear, but when the 90 minutes of play are over, I am afraid no one would have imagined that Manchester United would welcome the new season with a defeat.

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What makes the Red Devils even more helpless is that even the die-hard fans of Manchester United can't make any excuses for the defeat after watching this game.

Everton, who played at home in this game, was indeed better, pressing very much in attack and emphasizing integrity in defence. On the other hand, Manchester United, although Shinji Kagawa and Robin van Persie have two new signings, it is clear that the whole team is not on the same level, and some players have played very poorly, especially the starting right midfielder Nani.

The Portuguese barely posed any threat on the flanks, not even showing his usual good crosses and dribbles, and although Nani has always earned Ferguson's trust, the Portuguese has let the boss down this time.

In the game, Nani seemed to be in a hurry, and seemed to be in a hurry, just two minutes into the game, Frei played a long pass from the back, Nani turned and smashed into the penalty area at high speed, but the ball was destroyed by the returning Everton defenders.

Nani obviously thought that this should be a corner kick, but the linesman ignored it, so Nani roared and complained to the linesman, in fact, the game has just begun, Nani has no need to anger the referee because of such a goal, let alone away, such an irrational move will not only make the referee particularly "take care" in the next game, but even his own mentality will be affected.

Contrary, a minute later, Nani made too big a move when tackling the ball near the right sideline, and was caught by the referee, and decisively showed Nani a yellow card.

I don't know where Nani came from, and the Portuguese should have focused on the game because he wasn't in good shape.

In the 20th minute, Nani made a mistake with a close-range pass, which directly allowed United to easily lose possession and give Everton a chance to fight back.

A minute later, Nani's long-range shot from outside the box grazed the post and was the only eye-catching shot of the game.

In the second half, Nani's performance still did not improve, in the 72nd minute, Nani took the ball on the left and tried to pass to Evra, but the Portuguese's pass was obviously too powerful, so that Evra could not get the ball at all, and even the Everton fans at the scene booed Nani's mistake.

In the 74th minute, Nani broke through on the left and crossed, but the ball flew straight out of the bottom line.

In the seventy-eighth minute, Ferguson, who couldn't bear it anymore, finally decided to use Ashley. Young replaces Nani and the Portuguese goes off amid a flood of boos from Everton fans.

In the post-match scoring session, Nani also scored only 5 points, the worst of all the starters on both teams, and the opinions of various media outlets were surprisingly unanimous this time, all of them agreed that Nani did not contribute much substantially on the field, and this is indeed the case.

Nani, who plays as a right-sided midfielder, is even less helpful to the team's attack than right-back Valencia, whose breakthrough and cross were one of the few bright spots for United on the right side of the game today.

In fact, Nani's position in Manchester United is a little awkward now, after Van Persie, Shinji Kagawa and others joined, Manchester United's front-court attackers are very sufficient, under normal circumstances, Rooney and Van Persie will occupy two starting positions, the right side belongs to the new No. 7 Valencia, Nani can only and Ashley. Young is competing for a role on the left, and Welbeck is often available in that position, which has significantly reduced Nani's playing time.

Ferguson has a lot of trust in Nani, and in this game, the old man put Valencia at right wingback, in addition to being uneasy about Rafael, but also hoping that Nani and Valencia can form a smooth right corridor to add a firepower to Manchester United's attack, but from a practical point of view, the effect does not seem to be good, which is directly related to Nani's absence.

United's 2010/2011 Player of the Season, Nani's form had clearly slipped last season, and despite a shocking long-range strike at home to Chelsea, Nani was mediocre for much of last season, with rivals Valencia completely overshadowing the limelight and the Ecuadorian firmly in the right midfield.

But fortunately, Nani has won the trust of manager Alex Ferguson, and even though there are many doubts and criticisms from the outside world, Ferguson has been giving Nani a chance.

However, judging from this game, Nani did not show a performance that satisfied the old man, once the backline personnel returned one after another, Valencia was liberated to the front, then Nani's appearance order will also be delayed.

With a lot of changes and competition up front, Nani will have to perform better if they are to make a difference.

Nani's poor performance also reflects the poor state of Manchester United as a whole, last season's dream of winning the championship was shattered, of which the home draw by Everton was the most critical game, and this season's first league game met Everton, simply won directly by the opponent, looking at Moyes, Ferguson should have a sense of crisis of being "slapped on the beach by the back waves".

But Manchester United at least give hope on one point, the two new signings have played their due role, although General Fan has only played about 25 minutes and has not shot a shot, but his habitual wandering to the side, as well as the reasonable distribution of the ball in the sports battle, makes people feel qualitatively different from Welbeck who rushed in the penalty area with his head stuffy.

Before Van Persie came out, Manchester United had an almost blank performance in one area, that is, attacking on the left side, Nani didn't feel right, facing a bunch of Premier League "old fritters", he couldn't get into it at all, and Welbeck was stuck in the middle of the impact, which may have been a little effective at the beginning, but turning over Everton's group of defenders' resumes, it was okay to let Welbeck be active in the small half, after eating through the routine, whether Nani or Welbeck, the attack on the left side was immediately suppressed to death.

After General Fan came out, it would be an exaggeration to say that the situation changed immediately, as long as he did not score and did not penetrate Everton's iron wall, it was not suitable to hold too high.

However, it is true that Van Persie's appearance has made the frontcourt more and more stiff and stiff a lot, and Manchester United has shown a kind of cooperation mode that if the frontcourt players can really play sparks, they will inevitably play a gorgeous game.

There was no strict distinction between left, centre and right, with Van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Kagawa's new trident running out of the way, forming small groups between them to block and cooperate, while the rest of the team played a peripheral role of traction support.

In this way, Manchester United's attacking combination was activated, and the arrival of Van Persie did what Welbeck, Little Pea and other young players could not do, and cured Manchester United's offensive problems in recent seasons.

A good goalscorer should also be a good sendler, this law is very suitable for Van Persie, he pulls outside the penalty area, brings out the opponent's defensive strength, and when the opponent will think he will take the ball to impact, but suddenly chooses to send the ball to the player who really cuts into the attack, a very simple trick, Van Persie all succeeded.

The biggest highlight appeared in the 79th minute of the game, Van Persie first received the ball on the right side with his back to the right, and after a gorgeous 180-degree turn to receive the ball, he chose to cross the low flat ball, which was facing the characteristics of Kagawa Shinji's rapid shooting in the penalty area, Kagawa also understood Van Persie's idea for the first time, and took advantage of the situation, but his Bundesliga rhythm seemed to be a little slower than Howard's Premier League pace, and was intercepted by the latter in advance.

In the 85th minute, Van Persie chose to pass the left rib straight to Rooney, but this time the opposing defenders were already on guard and combined to defuse the impact of Xiaofat.

Although it failed, Lu Xiaopang was expecting this kind of cooperation, he said before the game: "In the last two or three years, my task was to score for Manchester United, but no one gave you an assist, you can't score more, now maybe we can share more goals, because we can play more efficiently in the front." ”

The cooperation between the offensive players that the opponent can't figure out may be able to create the frontcourt efficiency that Chubby said.

After the game, Van Persie covered his face and looked up to the sky and sighed, because of this unexpected defeat of Manchester United, of course, this can't be blamed on him, if you want to blame him, blame him for being too late.

Giggs, who did not play today, is very optimistic about Robin van Persie, and in his opinion, Van Persie can quickly change the way Manchester United attack, Giggs said: "He can not only change the way Manchester United players shoot, but also change the way they run and play. Welbeck and Hernandez have learned a lot from Wayne, and there is no doubt that they will continue to learn a lot of useful skills from Robin as well. ”

Although people still have unlimited expectations for Manchester United, it is still surprising that Manchester United, who is in the limelight, has actually broken out the biggest upset of this round, and it is obviously a little embarrassing for Van Persie, who ushered in the debut of the Red Devils.

Van Persie played 20 minutes in this game, but unfortunately, the short 20 minutes could not make Van Persie turn the tide.

After the game, Van Persie was clearly not happy with his debut: "I was a little rushed on the pitch and Sir Alex Ferguson said to me, let me play, to activate the efficiency of the front court, I think I did a good job, it's a pity that the time is too short, but I am still full of expectations for the future, I think I can do better!" ”

Van Persie's outstanding performance last season was also considered by various media to be a strong contender for Degan's top scorer in the league this season: "I'm a striker, of course my task is to score goals, but compared to personal honors, I look forward to the team's breakthrough in results, whether it's the league, the Champions League, or the FA Cup, the League Cup, all competitions, we have to show enough ambition to do it, Deegan is very good, he is the most dangerous striker in world football at the moment, but I have to compete with him not only on the scorer list, In other respects, we will not be less competitive! ”

Robin van Persie's debut at Manchester United has come to an end, and the final game of the Premier League first round will be played the next day, with the much-anticipated Tottenham Hotspur heading to face Newcastle United away.

In the past, such a competition would not arouse the interest of too many people at all, but because of Degan, everything is different, and people want to see if Degan can be as successful as ever on a new battlefield.

"We're ready as a team and now I'm looking forward to it!"