I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

On the penultimate weekend of March, the 31st round of the Premier League kicked off. Manchester United will usher in a focus game in this round, as a guest at the Etihad Stadium to challenge Blue Moon Manchester City.

This is already the fourth Manchester Derby of the season!

It's one of the last two games of the round, with Tottenham taking on Bournemouth.

This is also the last Premier League game before the national team match day. After this game is over, it will enter a two-week national team match day.

Before the start of the game between Manchester United and Manchester City, all other games in the Premier League this round have ended. Among them, several teams at the top of the standings have won one after another. Arsenal defeated the Toffees 2-0 at Goodison Park, and Leicester City also beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at Selhurst Park.

The game kicks off at 4pm local time in the UK on Sunday.

Since the League Cup final at the end of February, Manchester United has maintained the rhythm of double matches a week, so even though the next international match day, Ye Su still carried out a large-scale rotation of the lineup, but ranked the last in the midfield. Strong lineup: goalkeeper De Gea, Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk and Kyle Walker at the back, Kante and Carrick in midfield, Rashford, Mata and Martial In the forward line, Harry Kane shot forward with a single arrow.

For Manchester City, Demichelis and Mangala replaced the injured Kompany and Otamendi, and Sterling entered the starting lineup in rotation.

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Although the possibility of winning the championship has been lost in fact because they are 22 points behind Manchester United, and there is only hope of reversing Manchester United in theory, but this is a city derby after all, and Manchester City will not be tied at home. They took the initiative to attack Manchester United's goal after the opening.

But Ye Su adopted a late-strike strategy, first based on the defense, and then took the opportunity to fight Manchester City's counterattack.

The aggressive Manchester City got two shots at the beginning of the game, but their first shot was blocked by Manchester United players, and the corner kick was cleared by Manchester United. Yaya Toure took a long shot from the outside. , failed to hit the target.

Sterling passed the ball to Aguero, but Kyle Walker made a clearance error and Navas missed again in the penalty area.

Maguire frequently pulled Aguero fouls and was given a yellow card. Sterling passed the ball with his heel, Silva made a pass from the left side of the penalty area to a far point, and Navas volleyed from 10 yards, but De Gea blocked the near corner with his legs.

After paying the price of a yellow card for the starting central defender to block Manchester City's opening onslaught,

Manchester United began to counterattack.

Manchester United's counterattack has always been known for its high speed and efficiency, and this game is no exception.

In the 16th minute, Manchester United played a high-speed counterattack. Mata passed the ball, and Rashford made a single-handed shot from 11 yards from the left rib of the penalty area behind Demichelis.

Facing the super-fast Rashford, Demichelis looked clumsy. The Argentine Marshal, who was once regarded as the all-powerful Argentine, looked very embarrassed at the moment.

With a fatal blow, the young Manchester United supernova instantly silenced the previously noisy Etihad Stadium.

At 18 years and 141 days, Rashford became the youngest player to score in the Premier League Manchester Derby!

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Rashford's single-handed goal broke the balance of the field. Manchester City, which had been pushed to the foot of the wall, had no way out. They can only bite the bullet and attack Manchester United's goal.

However, the current Manchester City team is obviously not in the best condition. Their offense has momentum, but it has no effect. On the contrary, it was Manchester United's counterattacks again and again, which frightened the Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium.

In the 21st minute, Manchester United once again played an efficient counterattack. Carrick found Martial with a long pass, and Martial dribbled the ball. A shot from the top of the penalty area was bravely saved by Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

However, Manchester City's offense was not without chances.

In the 23rd minute, Manchester City's offense gave them a free kick in the frontcourt. David Silva's free-kick cross, Demichelis almost made amends, his header missed the right post.

However, Manchester City's offense had just improved, but it was hit again immediately. Sterling was injured and unable to persist, and Fernando replaced him.

Navas broke through from the right and passed back. Yaya Toure's arc shot from the front of the penalty area missed the left post.

Yaya Toure's free kick in front of the small penalty area strafes wide.

In half-time stoppage time, Rashford was knocked down by Demichelis on the left side of the penalty area. The Argentine defender questioned the opponent's flop and caused a conflict between the two sides.

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If it is said that on Manchester United's side, Rashford, who broke the youngest derby scoring record, is the focal point, then for Manchester City, their Argentine central defender Demichelis is undoubtedly the focal point.

However, Rashford is the positive focal point and Demichelis is the negative focal point.

The Argentine central defender first lost the confrontation with Rashford in the first half, which caused the team to concede a goal, and then almost caused a conflict on the field between the two sides at the end of the first half. In the second half, Demichelis did nothing. Played the trick of pitting teammates.

Shortly after the start of the second half, Demichelis chose to pass the ball back to his goalkeeper under the close pressure of the Manchester United players, but he passed the ball back casually, and his strength was obviously weaker.

Martial moved forward astutely and almost made a steal.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart was frightened, and he tried his best to attack and was injured when he tackled the siege ahead of Martial. The England goal was fixed on a stretcher and carried out. Caballero came off the bench.

Demichelis's clumsy performance made his fans can't stand him. There were even Manchester City fans booing Demichelis at the scene to express their dissatisfaction.

And there are many fans who are dissatisfied with Demichelis on the Internet.

Of course, there will be no less dissatisfaction among Manchester City fans for the Manchester City coach and Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini who reused Demichelis.

Originally, some Manchester City fans were dissatisfied with the team's early announcement that Pellegrini would be dismissed after the end of the season. Seeing that he still stubbornly used Demichelis when Demichelis was obviously out of form, many fans also disliked Pellegrini.

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The poor performance of Demichelis also made Pellegrini look down on it.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Pellegrini replaced the Argentine with Boni.

This is Manchester City's third substitution in this game, and Pellegrini used up all the substitutions in his hands early. And replacing a central defender with a striker, Pellegrini and Manchester United's intention to fight is obvious. Although on the surface Pellegrini let Fernandinho retreat to the back line, it is obvious that Manchester City's defensive strength is weakening.

Of course, on the other hand, it also showed that Pellegrini was really disappointed with Demichelis. He would rather use the Brazilian away defender than give Demichelis any more time to perform.

When Demichelis was replaced, he looked very disappointed.

Manchester City's personnel adjustment did not bring about a fundamental change in the situation. Even though Manchester United took the initiative to give up the ball, they still used continuous and quick counterattacks, threatening Manchester City's goal time and time again.

In the 54th minute, Manchester United once again played a quick counterattack. After a continuous pass, the ball came to Mata's feet. Immediately, Mata sent a precise through ball, and Martial succeeded in anti-offside, and got the chance to face the Manchester City goalkeeper single-handedly. However, there was something wrong with Martial's shot selection this time. He shot hard from the edge of the penalty area and was saved by Caballero.

One minute later, Manchester United made a comeback. Kyle Walker made a pass from the right edge of the penalty area. Rashford made a push from the edge of the small penalty area and was blocked by Fernandinho in time.

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Manchester City almost equalized in the 66th minute. Yaya Toure made a cross from the right. Aguero grabbed the header before Maguire and hit the outside of the near corner post.

Ye Su began to make personnel adjustments, and De Bruyne replaced Mata.

The game reached its climax after 70 minutes, and the two teams played beautiful attacks consecutively, posing a huge threat to the opponent's goal.

In the 71st minute, David Silva made a cross, Aguero hit the goal with a header from close range, and Boni's header in the melee from a corner kick went wide again. Navas shot high from the right side of the penalty area.

Manchester United immediately fought back. De Bruyne's 45-degree pass tore through Manchester City's defense and allowed Harry Kane to get a shot. However, because the shooting angle was small and Caballero's defense was also very stable, it was barely preventing Manchester United from scoring the second goal of the game.

Manchester United continued to attack, and Manchester City faced more and more defensive pressure, especially Manchester City defender Mangala, who was heavily attacked by Manchester United. Gallas is booked for a foul on Kevin De Bruyne.

However, Manchester United also encountered a crisis. Maguire, who was carrying a yellow card in their defense, became the key attack area of ​​Manchester City's striker. This made Maguire almost get a second yellow card for a foul on Aguero. Manchester City fans booed to express their dissatisfaction .

Although there were not many goals in the game, the intensity of the game was extremely high, especially the confrontation between the two sides was extremely fierce, basically it was hand-to-hand combat. This caused Van Dijk to cramp twice and fall to the ground.

Seeing that there was a problem with Van Dijk's physical condition, Ye Su also quickly adjusted his personnel, and Coulibaly came off the bench.

Because the players of both sides often fell to the ground in the second half, the medical team also entered the field many times to treat the players of both sides, which made the stoppage time as long as 6 minutes.

Manchester City missed the last chance in the 92nd minute. Silva made a precise oblique pass from the right. After Aguero stopped the ball in the chest, he flashed past Valencia, who had just come off the bench, 12 yards from the left side of the penalty area, and shot wide.

In the end, Manchester City lost 0:1 at home to Manchester United. With only 7 rounds left in the Premier League, they fell behind Manchester United by 25 points and theoretically withdrew from the competition for the Premier League title.