Chapter 832: Chaos in the Premier League (Happy New Year)

At the moment when Bruno scored the penalty, the Manchester United fans in the main stand of the Millennium Stadium completely exploded. Although there were less than 2,000 people, they created a huge wave of noise.

After scoring the penalty, Bruno knelt down in the penalty area, raised his head, and accepted the cheers of the fans.

This feeling is too exciting!

The teammates behind him rushed up and surrounded him. Everyone was screaming in his ears, interweaving into one, so that Bruno couldn't hear clearly what they were shouting.

The only thing he knew was that no one could be calm and rational now, and they were all crazy.

At the moment when Bruno scored the penalty, the game was actually over.

After the restart, although Manchester City also tried to attack, the players were obviously exhausted. On the other hand, the morale of the team was extremely low, and they finally failed to create any threats.

Considering the impact of the penalty, the referee added four minutes of extra time, but this didn't have much practical significance. When the time was up, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Manchester United finally won 1:0 at home against Manchester City with a penalty kick created and scored by Bruno, achieving ten consecutive league victories.

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Due to the impact of the epidemic, the Premier League this season has a very dense schedule. The 12th round of the game just ended at the weekend, and the 13th round of the league started again from Tuesday afternoon.

With the schedule too dense, various situations frequently occurred.

In the first game of the 13th round of the league on the afternoon of December 15, Chelsea was upset again. They lost 1:2 to Wolves away and suffered two consecutive league defeats.

In the standings, Chelsea is currently ranked eighth with 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, and 21 points, and has not even entered the European war zone.

You know, the Blues spent more than 200 million euros in the summer transfer window to recruit players, aiming for the league championship. But when they went through one-third of the schedule, they didn't even enter the European war zone. It would be strange if the media and fans were satisfied.

Compared with Mourinho, his mentor, who won ten consecutive league victories and made great progress, Lampard's life was very hard. The master and apprentice were like ice and fire.

As if it was contagious, Manchester City, who played next, also overturned at home again. They were tied 1:1 by West Bromwich Albion, the second-to-last team in the standings.

At the end of the 13th round of the league, Manchester City, who had one round less, only had 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, ranking 12th in the standings with 19 points, creating the lowest record since Guardiola took over Manchester City five years ago.

Of course, due to the poor performance of traditional strong teams this season, Manchester City is only 5 points behind Southampton, the third place in the standings, and Leicester City, the fourth place.

However, problems in two consecutive league games put Lampard and Guardiola under considerable pressure.

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It's not just Guardiola and Lampard who are in the same situation. Arsenal's head coach Arteta is not much better. After spending a lot of money on signings in the summer, the Gunners management had high hopes for Arsenal in the new season.

However, in the 13th round of the league, Arsenal was tied 1:1 by Southampton at home. This was the 9th consecutive round that Arsenal failed to get all three points. The last time the Gunners won in the Premier League was in the fourth round of the league, when they beat Sheffield United 2:1 at home.

However, in the following 9 league games, Arsenal lost 0:1 to Manchester City away, 0:1 to Leicester City at home, 1:2 to Manchester United away, 0:3 to Aston Villa at home, 0:0 to Leeds United away, 1:2 to Wolves at home, 0:2 to Tottenham in the North London Derby, 0:1 to Burnley at home, and now 1:1 to Southampton at home.

If we only look at the standings, Arsenal's 1:1 draw with Southampton at home is already a good result. After all, Southampton is currently ranked third in the standings, while Arsenal is ranked 16th, only 2 points and 2 places higher than the relegation zone, which is completely the face of a relegation team.

However, in terms of Premier League history, Southampton is completely incomparable to Arsenal. The Gunners are three Premier League champions, have long been a strong contender for the league championship, and are a world-famous giant team; while Southampton is a Premier League elevator.

Under such circumstances, the media and the Internet are full of voices about Arteta's dismissal, and Arteta's position is in jeopardy.

Guardiola and Arteta, the master and apprentice, felt a sense of sympathy for a while.

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In comparison, Klopp's recent days are much better.

After a short downturn at the beginning of the season, Liverpool's performance has also improved greatly.

After defeating Tottenham 2:1 at home in this round of the league, Liverpool has achieved 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the first 13 rounds of the league, ranking second in the standings with 28 points.

Although there is a 5-point gap with Manchester United, the top team, they can at least see Manchester United's taillights.

However, Manchester United still has one less round to play. As long as the Red Devils can beat Sheffield United, the last team in the standings, away from home, Manchester United will once again expand their lead to 8 points.

Sheffield United can be said to be the worst team in the Premier League this season.

Last season, Sheffield United, which was in the top half of the standings as a newly promoted team, lost its main goalkeeper Dean Henderson, and the other players in the team were in poor condition. They were bullied by everyone in the Premier League.

In the 12 rounds of the league that have ended, Sheffield United has not won a game, with 1 draw and 11 losses and only 1 point. Their forwards only scored 5 goals in 12 league games, but they lost 21 goals on the defensive end.

With Sheffield United's current state, it will be extremely difficult to stop Manchester United.

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But just when everyone thought that Manchester United could win a big victory away from home, the trend of the game was beyond everyone's expectations.

In the 5th minute of the game, Sheffield United scored the first goal!

Manchester United made a mistake in controlling the ball in the penalty area. De Gea passed the ball and was intercepted by Burke. Then Burke passed the ball back while falling to the ground. McGoldrick followed up and easily shot. Sheffield United led Manchester United 1:0 at home.

The home team got off to a dream start.

This was also the 12th goal Manchester United lost in the league this season, almost one goal per game.

Although De Gea's performance was trustworthy most of the time, he was repeatedly inattentive in some games and made very low-level mistakes.

However, Sheffield United's luck was really bad. Seven minutes after they took the lead, they suffered a blow. The team's defender Berge was unable to continue the game due to injury. The home team had to passively make substitutions, and former Everton veteran Jagielka came on the bench.

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After Manchester United lost the ball early, they quickly launched a crazy counterattack under the leadership of Bruno, continuously threatening Sheffield United's goal.

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After missing several good opportunities in a row, Manchester United finally scored a goal and equalized the score.

In the 26th minute of the game, Bruno's long pass from the backcourt broke through the defense, Rashford took advantage of the situation and unloaded the ball in front of the penalty area. After a slight adjustment, he shot the ball into the net, Manchester United 1:1 Sheffield United.

Manchester United, who equalized the score, was in high spirits and continued to besiege Sheffield United's goal, and scored again 7 minutes later to overtake the score on the field!

Bruno's freehand pass in the frontcourt found Mbappe, and the French winger easily pushed the ball into the net, Manchester United led Sheffield United 2:1!

Manchester United, who overtook the score, attacked like a tide, but they were always a little short of the team's third goal.

After the change of sides, Manchester United continued to suppress Sheffield United on the field.

In the 51st minute of the game, Manchester United expanded the score on the field!

Bruno made a straight pass in the frontcourt, Mbappe stopped the ball a little too much in front of the penalty area but accidentally assisted, Rashford followed up with a low shot, Ramsdale saved it, but couldn't stop the ball from entering the net, Manchester United 3:1 ahead of Sheffield United.

Bruno was replaced by Mata in the 79th minute of the game, but Sheffield United quickly scored a goal.

In the 87th minute, Fleck's corner kick from the right was lifted into the penalty area, and McGoldrick scored with a header from the back point, and Sheffield United 2:3 Manchester United.

This goal gave Sheffield United the opportunity to score points at home, and they launched a fierce attack towards Manchester United's half in the following time.

The two sides started to strangle on the field. Although Manchester United's goal was threatened continuously, they finally did not lose the third goal. This made Manchester United finally hold the victory in their hands.

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The 13th round of the Premier League has ended, and the schedule has gone through one-third, but the standings are very unfamiliar.

The top two rankings in the standings are not surprising.

Manchester United has 12 wins and 1 loss, ranking first with 36 points; Liverpool has 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, ranking second with a difference of 8 points.

But starting from the third place, it is no longer the teams that everyone is familiar with.

The third place is Southampton. The Saints have a record of 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, ranking third with 24 points.

The Foxes Leicester City ranked fourth, with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses. With the same points as Southampton, they ranked fourth due to the goal difference disadvantage.

The Toffees Everton ranked fifth. Ancelotti's team currently has 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, and has 23 points.

Aston Villa ranked sixth. Villa had 7 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the first 13 rounds, and was closely following Everton by 1 point.

Ranked seventh is Tottenham. The White Lily currently has 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, the same points as Villa, but the goal difference is at a disadvantage.

Then there is Lampard's Chelsea, the Blues ranked eighth with 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.

Sheffield United started the new Premier League season without a win in 13 games, 1 draw and 12 losses, and only got 1 point to rank last.

According to OPTA statistics, Sheffield United's points after the first 13 games are lower than any other team's points in the same period of a single season in the history of the English top league.