1195 King of the Week!
May 5th.
The penultimate round of the Premier League has arrived.
Manchester United's trip to Brighton comes ahead of Chelsea's home game against Liverpool.
Manchester United will need to win their last two league games if they are to maintain their title hopes.
Then it will be interesting to see if Chelsea will make mistakes and drop points.
Just finished playing away from the Champions League, and next week will play a Champions League life and death match at home against Real Madrid.
Therefore, although the opponents in this league are not strong, the importance of having to take all three points still puts a lot of pressure on Manchester United.
Carrick gave the team a long mental massage before the game.
Ka Shuai has indeed matured.
In this context, not only did he not panic, but also helped the team to relieve pressure as much as possible.
And, after calmly analysing the situation, he said that Manchester United could not play too aggressively away from home.
It's easy to put pressure on yourself.
It is also not conducive to their home game against Real Madrid.
The team is still stable against Brighton.
Brighton are in the middle of the table, unable to go up or down.
In the Premier League, where there are many strong players, it is already very good to be able to get the middle of the league.
But Brighton certainly won't be as calculating as the relegation teams and then hoisting the white flag against Manchester United.
They put on a defensive counter-attacking posture at home, and Manchester United lined up a 433 formation, and to the surprise of the outside world, Ye Yifeng did not return to the attack, but continued to play as an attacking midfielder.
B Fee was pushed up front.
Partnering Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford.
Brighton are ready at home for United's stormy attack.
However, once the game started, Manchester United took the initiative in the situation, and the tempo of the attack was not fast.
Ye Yifeng organized and dispatched the offensive of flying on both wings in the midfield, and Manchester United played a board at a glance.
When Brighton launched a quick counter-attack, United's defensive encirclement from the centre of midfield had a cutting effect.
The combination of the midfielders and the defenders was able to contain one of Brighton's few counter-attacking attacks.
The quality of United's final kick was mediocre, and Mason Greenwood's form since returning from injury was a concern.
At least Carrick doesn't see what he has to do to handle the season's finale.
Even in today's game, Greenwood seemed to be in a bit of a hurry and failed to control the game well.
After all, I haven't played in half a year, and I want to perform and make key contributions to the team, but unfortunately my body and competitive state can't keep up.
Half time over.
Both teams are tied 0:0.
At half-time, Carrick made a number of individual adjustments to his players, with the focus on getting Greenwood to adjust his mentality to serve the attacking team.
At this stage, don't think about playing the C position, just be a good tool person.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Brighton weren't just defending either, they tightened their restrictions on Ye Yifeng after coming up in the second half.
Ye Yifeng originally planned to increase the frequency of impact on the penalty area.
However, the containment effect can give United's two wingers better space to cut inside.
So he served his teammates.
Fernandes and Greenwood's repeated in-cuts were hilarious, but it was thunder and rain.
In the 63rd minute of the game, Adams, who was inserted in the back, was fouled by the opponent in the front area of the penalty area and won a direct free kick opportunity.
Ye Yifeng stood in front of the football.
Brighton fans looked extremely nervous, and Red Devils fans also pinned their hopes on Ye Yifeng because of their impetuousness.
After taking a deep breath, Ye Yifeng ran and shot!
When everyone thought he would hit a trademark curling ball, Ye Yifeng blasted a blast straight into the far corner of the goal!
The goalkeeper blocked the far corner of the goal, but Ye Yifeng's burst shot still had an earth-shattering effect!
The lightning speed is not enough to cover the momentum, and the football is like a white rainbow sweeping straight to the dead end!
The goalkeeper made a save and didn't touch the football and declared the gate lost!
Red Devils fans were boiling in an instant!
At the critical moment, it still depends on the big demon king!
Ye Yifeng turned around and ran to the front of the away team fan stand with open arms.
As the captain of the team and the spiritual leader on the field, Ye Yifeng knew that he had to stand up at this moment.
He had already been prepared to switch positions with B Fee to go up front, but now this goal has made him change his mind.
"Wow! Ye Yifeng's free kick scored directly, and the powerful volley was simple, rough and accurate!
Brighton worked hard to defend their home dignity, but they still fell at the feet of Ye Yifeng.
Ye Yifeng scored his 49th Premier League goal of the season.
He set a new Premier League record for goals scored in a single season, though not a career-high for him.
But he is on track to lift the Premier League's goal tally to a terrifying 50 goals.
You must know that the Premier League's single-season scorer king, except for Ye Yifeng, has other records between 30-35 goals.
And Ye Yifeng has played in the Premier League for 5 seasons, and while winning the Premier League Golden Boot Award every season, he also refreshed the list of Premier League Golden Boot history, and the top five are all him!
Therefore, Fleet Street can question that Ye Yifeng may fall off the altar in the next two years, but the height he has reached here is unprecedented!
Even the pressure on those who come after it is a historic challenge.
Haaland wants to surpass Ye Yifeng in personal performance, and the first thing he needs to challenge is Ye Yifeng's record of 42 Premier League goals in a single season, then 44 goals, 45 goals, 46 goals, and now 49 goals!
Manchester United returned to the top of the standings in real time.
But whether they can maintain their top spot will depend on whether they win the rest of the game and then the result of Chelsea and Liverpool. ”
At the most critical stage of the championship, Ye Yifeng naturally focuses on the overall situation.
After the score was ahead, B Fei's position retreated, Ye Yifeng gave up the position of attacking midfielder to B Fei, and he further retreated to the position of central midfielder.
Brighton are behind and will have to wait a little longer to give it a go at home.
Manchester United began to control the tempo and tried to seize the opportunity of the opponent's counter-attack to play on the counter-attack.
However, Brighton's attacking commitment is limited and they want to wait until the last minute to make a big comeback.
But United didn't give them that chance.
In the 74th minute of the game, Ye Yifeng opened.
Actively select the prize pool for defensive midfield players.
Van Bommel goes online.
At the same time, Carrick made a substitution.
Mason Greenwood was joined by Marcus Rashford.
Replaced by Fred and McTomininay.
Manchester United look like they still have strikers on the pitch.
But Ye Yifeng was playing in the midfield.
Instead, Fernandes was at the front, but they didn't go particularly deep into the opponent's defensive hinterland.
Brighton tried to launch a counter-attack, but United played very conservatively, and with the intensity of the midfield, even if Brighton won the ball, the attacking organization could not even enter the 30-yard area in front of the United goal.
It fully explains that if the strong team is shameless, the weak team can only turn in place.
When the full-time whistle blew, the Brighton crowd was extremely aggrieved.
has the intention to kill the thief, but has no power to return to the sky.
The Red Devils have done their job with a crucial win, and now it's up to Chelsea to take their destiny!
After the game, Carrick said that United can now forget about the league for a while and go all out to prepare for the Champions League semi-finals.
As for Chelsea?
Even if Chelsea win against Liverpool, there is still a chance for Manchester United in the final league game.
At this time, even Erdezi took the initiative to stand up for the team, to put it bluntly, because Fleet Street sang down Manchester United in midweek, and now Manchester United management wants to express its attitude.
They fully support Carrick's work.
Nitokuko said that the team's record this season is commendable.
Even if the league and Champions League failed to defend their title, they backed Carrick.
Aside from the fact that Fleet Street is making waves at the level of public opinion, Manchester United is actually very united and there are no discordant voices.
The next evening, Ye Yifeng watched Chelsea's Tianwangshan clash with Liverpool at Stamford Bridge at home.
With Manchester United's win over Brighton.
The immediate impact on this game is twofold.
The first is that a return to the top of the table puts pressure on Chelsea, who will only need to win games to maintain their top spotlight.
The second is to announce that Liverpool has basically withdrawn from the championship group!
Even if Liverpool win against Chelsea, they will be one point behind Chelsea and three points behind Manchester United.
Hoping that Chelsea and Manchester United will both lose in the closing game to send Liverpool to the top?
That only exists at the theoretical level.
Therefore, Liverpool's fighting spirit is in doubt in this game.
Fleet Street has also created conspiracy theories that Liverpool could send Chelsea a valuable three points to end the Red Devils!
As for the objective factors, Liverpool's Champions League reached the quarterfinals, and there was no consumption in midweek, and the preparation effect was better.
Chelsea played the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Manchester City in midweek, which was extremely costly and could have largely erased their home advantage.
Ye Yifeng watched the game at home, and Tang Mo and Ye Xiaoxian accompanied him.
This is probably the most nervous Ye Yifeng has ever felt when watching other teams play.
Although he was a bitter rival with the Reds, he always believed that the Reds' competitive will was respectable and that it was impossible for Chelsea to step on their corpses and dignity to end United's title defence.
When the game started, Ye Yifeng was convinced that his judgment was correct just by looking at the TV screen.
Liverpool played pragmatically at Stamford Bridge.
Obviously not a trick to release water.
Chelsea, on the other hand, patiently played steadily, allowing them to take the initiative to attack and press Liverpool, which was no different from killing themselves.
The competition was always intense and intense.
The two teams played to a goalless draw in the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool took the initiative and a wave of continuous fast attacks broke through the Chelsea defence.
Reds take a one-goal lead at Stamford Bridge!
I'm afraid that at this time, the Red Devils fans all over the world will cheer for their sworn enemies Liverpool!
Chelsea are on a tough streak.
It wasn't until the last 10 minutes that the boat broke.
Liverpool missed the chance to beat Chelsea, and in turn, in stoppage time, Haaland scored the equaliser!
1:1.
The red and blue battle ended in a draw!
Liverpool announced their complete withdrawal from the title race.
Stamford Bridge is filled with a sense of loss and regret.
Blues fans probably hate Liverpool more than they hate Manchester United at this moment!
Because the Reds gave them the most crucial draw of the season!
Chelsea have only been at the top of the table for a week!
37 rounds of league matches.
Manchester United are one point ahead of Chelsea.
As long as the final game is won, it will create an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title!