Chapter 347: Your Lin Huang is not rampant enough
"You, gotta keep an eye on that Gnabry, don't let him take the ball or rush in so easily, got it?"
Louis van Gaal called Lingard to the sidelines and gave him a face-to-face lecture.
In his opinion, the goal conceded this time was entirely due to Lingard's failure to notice Gnabry's movement, which allowed the opponent to successfully counter offside, and finally caused his own goal to be lost.
With the Dutch coach extremely upset at the moment, his attitude towards Lingard is certainly not much better.
"If you let him slip behind our backline so easily, you can obediently watch the water cooler in the future!"
It's a reprimand for the young players who don't perform well, but it also smacks of a half-threat.
Louis van Gaal has always done what he said.
The main reason is that the contrast between Gnabry and Lingard today is too strong.
They are all young players, they are all not getting too many opportunities to play in the first team, and they are also coming off the bench in today's game, just a left winger and a right midfielder, completely opposed.
Lingard, on the other hand, is two years older than Gnabry and should be more technically and psychologically mature.
But judging by the goal just now, Gnabry seems to have blown up Lingard.
Gnabry is so clever in his movements, and Lingard is like a fly without a head!
As a result, Louis van Gaal is already reflecting on whether he wants to give Jesse Lingard a chance to play today.
If Lingard's performances don't improve in the upcoming games, perhaps his future at Manchester United will be over.
Don't blame Louis van Gaal for being ruthless, because professional football is so ruthless.
Every year, every month, every week, how many Academy players from Premier League teams are growing up to compete for the meagre opportunities to perform, and then for the only twenty or thirty first-team places.
And how many young players have no chance of getting into the first team at all, but are slowly relegated to lower leagues, or even away from professional football.
A player like Lingard who has the opportunity to play in a big team can already be said to be one in a hundred, one in a thousand.
But since Manchester United is a giant team, they will also be more demanding on their players.
As a result, there were many players who managed to squeeze into the first team and get a chance to play, but they failed to show their ability and potential in the limited playing time, and they were decisively abandoned.
Their end is a transfer, a loan, and even a termination......
In fact, Dong Fangzhuo, the former striker of the Dragon Kingdom, is almost like this.
After he did well on loan and was put on the first team by Manchester United, he actually had a chance or two to perform.
But in those games or two, one of which was against Chelsea, he didn't put in much of a spectacular performance.
So, will Manchester United give him more time and games? 10, 20?
No, it won't.
Teams all have requirements for their own results, and it is impossible to give you so much time for trial and error, especially for big teams.
In a team with a striker of the caliber of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez, you have so few chances that you have to take as soon as you get on the pitch.
Can't catch it? I'm sorry about that.
Of course, it is not only Dong Fangzhuo, like the young De Bruyne and Salah during the Chelsea period, they have encountered similar situations.
Sometimes it's not because the player's ability is not good, maybe it is not compatible with the coach's tactics, the rhythm of his teammates, he was too nervous on the field at that time, and he was NTR by his girlfriend the day before the game...... It's all possible.
It's just that a lot of times the team just looks at your performance on the pitch and doesn't care too much else.
There are also some players who seized the opportunity in those games or two, and also won the trust of the head coach, and slowly began to play, even the main team;
But as long as there are a few games that are not good, it is likely that they will be back on the bench until they are abandoned......
Just like Paddy McNair, the main central defender in Manchester United's squad today, who is deeply appreciated by Van Gaal.
He can start at Manchester United, why is he not famous later? There shouldn't be many fans who know this person.
It wasn't long before he was out of the picture, and then he was sold by Manchester United.
Playing in a big club, the competition is so cruel!
Therefore, after Lingard's performance did not meet Van Gaal's expectations, Lin Huang's rating in the eyes of the Dutch coach has dropped another level.
For the next half hour or so of the second half, it was Lingard's last chance to prove himself!
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Lingard is of course nervous at the moment.
In fact, he was okay when he first came on the field, his mentality was still relatively relaxed, and he was ready to perform well when the team was behind today.
But after being scored by Gnabry and given a lecture by Louis van Gaal, he was a little panicked.
In fact, Lingard felt that he was a little wronged.
First of all, Manchester United's formation today is to let him play as a right wing-back, which is not something he is familiar with.
He prefers to play as a midfielder, or as a shadow striker, which is closer to the goal, or as a winger.
Secondly, Van Gaal has made him perform more of a defender's duties on the pitch, which is not something he is good at.
Although Lingard is indeed very good on the field and is very active in scrambling, he is not a defender after all, and he is not that strong.
He relies more on his dexterity and movement to make up for his lack of strong confrontations, so as to achieve his contribution to the team's offense and defense.
In the end, the goal just now was indeed scored by Gnabry, and Gnabry was indeed defended by himself.
But the whole process of scoring goals was the result of Chelsea's tightly knit machine.
Marcos Alonso, Joao Cancelo, Romelu Lukaku and Gnabry all had a perfect cross-run between them, completely confusing United's defenders – including Jesse Lingard, of course.
When Gnabry started running down the middle and made a detour, Lingard didn't even know if there was an order to keep running with him in his tactical instructions.
After all, Gnabry's range of movement this time was still relatively large, and he had already reached the defensive area of Smalling and McNair when he received the ball.
In this case, should the two centre-backs defend, or should Lingard continue to follow?
After all, Lingard's main defensive area is still his right wing.
And it's the same for Smalling and McNair.
They were equally puzzled, now that Gnabry was starting to intersperse, should I follow him? Or is it actually Lingard's job to let Lingard continue to follow?
A "chain of suspicion" is created between the two parties, and cooperation between them will be problematic.
This is actually what Chelsea often play now, by interspersing a wide range of runs to confuse opposing players in their defensive areas, so as to find more holes.
In some places, there is an overlap in personnel, and in other places, there will naturally be a shortage of personnel.
This was even more evident today when Chelsea used two centre-backs to insert at the back.
It can also be said that the goal just conceded is indeed for Lingard to take the blame, but the underlying reason is that Manchester United's defensive system cannot really adapt to Chelsea's new tactical play.
Therefore, when it comes to the field, Manchester United's players are still being moved everywhere by Chelsea's style of play, exhausted, and the defense is often misaligned and extremely difficult to play.
In the 60th minute, Chelsea launched another attack from the left flank of the centre.
This time it was Cesar Azpilicueta who detoured to the left to pick up the ball and the Reds let him empty again in that instant.
Lingard saw that Azpilicueta had entered a dangerous area and rushed forward to cover the defense.
Azpilicueta, on the other hand, made a dummy move, and after seeing that there was no way to shake off Lingard's defense directly, he did not love to fight, and passed the ball to Cancelo, who was inserted in the back.
The Portuguese got the ball and stepped into the left side of the box to try to break through, but Smalling was stuck in a good position.
Cancelo didn't choose to force Chris Smalling, so he turned around as soon as he could, skillfully defended the ball, blocked the United centre-back with his body, and knocked the ball back.
At this time, left central defender Marcos Alonso stepped forward again, got the ball and cut inside.
This time, Manchester United's defensive attention was more concentrated, with McNair and Herrera two defenders at the same time.
Marcos Alonso was about to kick the goal, but McNair was so scared that he quickly blocked it sideways.
However, Marcos Alonso suddenly crossed the ball to the right of the penalty spot behind McNair.
I saw that Gnabry didn't know when he had run to this position, and suddenly cut in from behind Herrera, met Marcos Alonso's pass, and shot straight away!
Lukaku, who was standing in the center of the field, was also going to grab the ball, but when he saw Gnabry plug in, he quickly turned sideways to avoid blocking Gnabry's shooting lane.
He is no longer the future pestle king!
And Gnabry's angry shot also swept right in front of Lukaku and went straight to the right side of the goal.
De Gea simply couldn't do anything about a shot like this.
"The ball is in again!!!"
'In the 60th minute, Chelsea scored again!'
'Oh my God, now Chelsea are four goals ahead!'
"It's Gnabry again! It was a wonderful back plug-in volley from Gnabry! He scored twice on his first appearance for Chelsea and it really couldn't have been a better debut! ”
'Chelsea were really aggressive tonight and Manchester United's defensive problems were very exposed.
'When Chelsea's centre-backs come forward, a lot of times there is no one to defend the first time. It was youngster Jesse Lingard who went up to defend Azpilicueta, but missed Gnabry on the flank. Manchester United is a bit of a stumbling concern right now. ”
'If Gnabry had a perfect debut, it would have been a nightmare for Lingard.
'To be fair, he can't be blamed for conceding such goals, but it was Gnabry who defended it on both occasions and it was bound to make the United fans angry with him.
"When Pan Yi sees Lingard's performance like this, will he change his mind and stop asking for him? To be honest, I don't really see anything special about the 22-year-old......"
At this time, Stamford Bridge was already jubilant.
While Chelsea have beaten Manchester United by five goals on the road before, there's nothing better than witnessing the slaughter of traditional giants on the spot.
After all, the Premier League has basically been dominated by Manchester United over the past two decades.
During this period, Ferguson also fulfilled his promise, allowing Manchester United to surpass Liverpool in the number of Premier League titles.
It was also during this period that most of the Premier League teams met Manchester United, and many times they were beaten and humiliated.
Therefore, for all Premier League teams, it can be said that it is a long-cherished wish to pull Manchester United down;
And this is especially true for newcomer Chelsea.
The big win over Manchester United is a feeling of "a new generation for the old", and it is also more refreshing.
On the pitch, Annabry, the Chelsea youngster who had just scored, was running desperately while a frenzied group of Chelsea players chased him......
Obviously, the players wanted to catch Gnabry and knock him down again, but Gnabry was obviously frightened by the "big man" just now, and he was dodging with his dodge skills.
Don't look at this guy who has only been with Chelsea for a few days, but he has already mingled with everyone.
And when the newcomer scored consecutive goals, the old people did not hesitate to congratulate him with the most intense celebration.
On the sidelines, Chelsea's substitutes rushed out and shouted and cheered on.
Pan Yi was also very happy, but the teaching assistants felt even more excited.
Scaloni even hugged Pan Yi and shouted: "He can really score, he's really good!" I haven't seduced him in vain during this time! ”
Then, he suddenly paused and tilted his head to look at Pan Yi: "Anyway, how did you know that this little guy who can't play at Arsenal will be a talent?" ……”
On the other side, it's a very different scene.
United's bench was deadly silent.
Van Gaal's face turned red, and the old man's expression was even a little hideous.
It's four to zero, it's four to zero again!
It's only one goal away from 5-0!
I feel like something is going to happen again, it's a big deal!
At this time, he looked at Lingard with a little viciousness.
What's the matter, and you didn't keep an eye on Gnabry?
This time the misposition was even more serious, and he completely let go of the shot!
"It seems that my substitution was completely wrong...... Van Gaal thought bitterly.
On the field, the Manchester United players were also dumbfounded.
To be scored twice in a row in just a few minutes was too devastating.
Of course, what was even more striking was that both goals were scored by the blackface kid who had just come on in the second half from Chelsea.
A lot of people can't even name Gnabry.
Even if anyone knew, they probably heard that he had just moved from Arsenal, but that was all.
If it were Romelu Lukaku, Bench B, or even N'Golo Kante and David Luiz, they might have been a little more receptive.
But, Gnabry?
Who is this? ——
The game turned out to be a bit of a surprise to everyone.
Of course, this "surprise" does not mean that Chelsea are now four goals ahead of Manchester United.
After all, this Chelsea team, who once beat Manchester United by five goals away at Old Trafford, and it seems reasonable to go back home and score four or five more goals.
Everyone was surprised, but it was just that Manchester United "only" conceded two goals in the first 45 minutes, but used up the "indicators" of two goals in just a few minutes of the second half.
Of course, the bigger surprise is that the Gnabry that Pan Yi replaced in the second half really has two brushes.
Although for the time being, I can't see more of his performance in the winger position, such as dribbling, speed and so on;
But with his two runs and shots alone, he was definitely worth five million pounds.
And he is still a 19-year-old child this year, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped, and the development is really limitless!
On the other hand, Manchester United also came on the bench with Jesse Lingard......
Tsk, people are more angry than people, and people are angry.
In fan forums around the world, Manchester United fans and Chelsea fans agree on this point:
"This is the crown prince we have high hopes for? Forget it, it was blown up by Gnabry on the other side. ”
"All I can say is that Arsene Wenger still has a very poisonous eye and brought Gnabry from Stuttgart to Arsenal two or three years ago. But Pan Yi's vision was even more poisonous, and he bought him directly from Wenger. ”
'Now that Chelsea have such a strong Gnabry, do they need Lingard? Let's sell it cheaper, not 12 million, not 6 million, just 2.99 million. You can't buy 2.99 million and suffer a loss, and you can't buy a fooled ......"
"I'm sorry, we at Chelsea don't take garbage."
"Indeed, I can't see what level this Lingard has at all, and I don't know why our boss Pan Yi bought him. What's even more ridiculous is that Manchester United actually offered him 12 million pounds......"
"It's all Van Gaal, why did you send him on today? Originally, if you flickered, maybe 8 million would be sold. But now? If the inspection fails, you can't send it out! ”
"Now that the game is suspended, everyone will sit down and talk about the transaction immediately, maybe 1 million can still be traded. If we wait until the end of the game to talk about it, we may have to pay for it......"
The game on the field continues.
But for Manchester United, the scene is getting ugly.
After Chelsea scored the fourth goal, Van Gaal really didn't have a good solution, so he could only arrange the players on the field to try to stabilize the defense, and the defensive formation was relatively narrow, and the whole team remained more compact.
Manchester United were looking to settle their ground for the time being, but Chelsea's attack continued in waves.
It is clear that Chelsea are better than Manchester United in terms of fitness and form.
In the 70th minute, Chelsea attacked from the right.
Branislav Ivanovic stepped forward and after getting the ball down the flank, he tried to break forward, but was targeted by Ashley Young and Herrera was running over to help.
Ivanovic had no choice but to pass the ball to Bench B on the edge of the right-hand corner at the edge of the box.
After the B seat got rid of Luke Shaw's entanglement, he began to take the ball towards the top of the arc.
After McNair came in in the middle to intercept, he suddenly changed direction and dribbled forward in an attempt to force a break through McNair.
McNair is only a young man under 20 years old, and he has struggled to maintain a balanced mentality after his team has fallen behind by four goals, and now seeing the B seat ready to break through himself is even more tense.
He didn't rush to press his position forward to grab the ball, because it would be easy to break through.
He can't make mistakes like Lingard!
So he just fought and retreated, so that even if something really went wrong, the pot would not be thrown on his head.
But this kind of treatment also gives seat B more processing space and time to play the ball.
Seat B glanced up and sent a diagonal pass to the other side.
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As the B bench raced towards the United penalty area, Lukaku's position was constantly torn between McNair and Smalling, the two United centre-backs.
He was very alert not to allow himself to be in an offside position, always moving with the movement of United's two centre-backs.
In this half-season with Chelsea's first team, he has developed a set of skills and habits to counter offside.
And when McNair decided to grab the B seat, Smalling, another central defender of Manchester United, also pressed forward at the same time.
If Lukaku doesn't react in time, then he has fallen into an offside trap.
At this time, if the B seat passes the ball again, then Lukaku will definitely be offside, and the attack will end in nothing.
However, it was surprising that Lukaku did not follow Smalling forward after he pressed forward.
He was so alone in an offside position!
What's going on?
Is it Hanhan's sudden short circuit in his head?
And when the ball from seat B came over, everyone understood.
The ball wasn't passed to Lukaku!
It's behind Lukaku, the winger on the other side!
And this winger is none other than Gnabry!
I saw that Gnabry had already shaken off Valencia's defense behind him, and Lingard was still desperately chasing back, clinging to him.
As a result, Gnabry struggled to find a direct shot, so he lifted his left foot and swept the ball straight to goal.
At this time, Lukaku is standing right in front of the door!
Since Gnabry took the ball from behind and was not offside;
And when Gnabry passed the ball to Lukaku, the two were also in a parallel position, so Lukaku was not offside at this moment!
Then, the big opportunity is in front of Lukaku.
All he had to do now was stretch out his long, thick black legs and block in front of the goal......
The ball just rolled over the goal line.
At this time, Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea was still following the pass of seat B and running in the direction of Gnabry to block his shot from a small angle, where did he have time to prevent Lukaku's close shot?
"The ball went in again!!!!!"
"Five-to-0 !!"
"It's 5-0 again!!"
'Manchester United was a real defeat tonight, with Chelsea completely in control.
'Louis van Gaal's side were slaughtered by Pan Yi's Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
"We saw that not only the possession of the game, but also the threatening attack and the goal scoreline, Manchester United were in an absolute disadvantage."
Lukaku also rushed to Gnabry with excitement after scoring the goal, gave him a thumbs up and then celebrated the goal together.
He finally gave his first thumbs up of the day!
Gnabry was of course happy, too.
Not only because he scored today, but also assisted.
In this team, he was not only able to get playing time, but also to get the support and recognition of his teammates in such a short period of time.
What's more, around him, a group of team-mates who are better than they were at Arsenal have gathered, and they have created more scoring chances.
And he has also become one of them, he can help the team score goals and also create chances for his team-mates.
Joining Chelsea, he's really coming to the right place!
'5-0, now it's even worse for Manchester United.'
'It's a shame for United to have scored 10 goals so far against Chelsea twice this season!'
"I don't know what else Van Gaal can come up with...... Is there anything you can do to avoid conceding more goals? ”
'If this continues, tonight could not only be a massacre, but probably a real chance of breaking United's record for the biggest defeat in history......
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PS: Thanks to Zhuge for the incompetent 5000 tip!