The Premier League has already begun the second half of the battle, with The 20th Round, Manchester United's home game against Burnley in the spotlight. Manchester United have welcomed back the world's top superstar C Ronaldo, who are eager to break the 4-year championship drought in the team's history, and Burnley is fighting for relegation, and both teams are extremely strong, which is a bayonet decisive battle.
After the opening, the dominant Manchester United team took the lead, only in the 8th minute, Manchester United played a delicate cooperation in the front, Greenwood took the ball on the right side of the penalty area, slightly adjusted his foot to shoot, the result was played by the defender with his foot, but the ball fell at Greenwood's feet again, he returned to C Ronaldo, in the front of the big penalty area, C Ronaldo fake shot real pass cleverly followed the ball to McTominay, who rushed to the right foot before the defender destroyed, the ball went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal, the goalkeeper whip was out of reach, Manchester United made a fantastic start 1-0.
After the goal, United played more freely, patiently guiding the pass in the midfield when the opportunity was not good, and using the counter-attack point in the front to quickly advance at the first opportunity. In the 27th minute, United scored again. On the counter-attack, Luke Shaw dribbled the ball all the way to Sancho on the flank, he accelerated all the way to shake off the defense, then cut inside the box and pushed his right foot into the far corner, the ball hit Burnley defender Benjamin's leg in the middle of the way and then rolled into the net, giving United a 2-0 lead.
The all-powerful Manchester United did not stop there, and after only 8 minutes, they made a comeback. McTominay's long-range shot bounced off the neutral post and Ronaldo astutely grabbed the second penalty and pushed the goal to extend the score to 3-0. However, in the 38th minute, Lennon scored a goal for Burnley to set the first half at 3-1. However, due to the huge advantage, neither team was able to create another scoring opportunity in the second half, so the whole game ended, and Manchester United won 3-1 at home to Burnley.
Throughout the game, Manchester United's advantage was still very obvious. In terms of possession, it leads Burnley by 16 percentage points and has as many as 18 shots on goal, compared to 11 for Burnley. With this victory, Manchester United surpassed Tottenham Hotspur in points and returned to the top six. They are currently four points behind fourth-placed Arsenal with only one game less, and hopes of hitting the Champions League are reignited. The good news is that Chelsea and Liverpool have been in terrible shape recently, and they have both conceded points in this round, which gives United hope of catching up.
What is even more pleasing to Manchester United fans is that Ronaldo contributed a goal and an assist in this campaign, and his form quickly picked up, ending the previous four-game ball drought. After the game, Manchester United star Ferdinand excitedly said that C Ronaldo can maintain such a hot goal feeling at the age of 36, he is a great player, compared to Messi has gradually changed back into an ordinary player. His words may also make Messi very angry, but from the perspective of efficiency in the league, Ronaldo is indeed better than Messi, C Ronaldo currently scores 8 goals, while Messi only has 1 goal, and his ball famine has lasted for five games.