In the early morning of January 4, Beijing time, the 21st round of the Premier League this season ended a focus battle, Manchester United played wolves at home. In the end, Manchester United broke out of the big cold, lost the game 0-1, set a record of 4 major humiliations in the first game, and C Ronaldo club as the captain suffered the first defeat.
After Arsenal's defeat to Manchester City in this round, Manchester United had the opportunity to narrow the gap, based on to Theospur and West Ham United's wins, making it necessary for Manchester United to beat Wolves. Manchester United currently have 31 points in 18 rounds, ranking 7th, four points behind fourth-placed Arsenal in the second round of the junior rounds, and Wolves have 25 points in 18 rounds, ranking 9th, promising to impact an UEFA qualification.
The two teams have met 10 times in the past four seasons, with United having the upper hand with four wins, three draws and three defeats, including a 1-0 home and 2-1 away wins last season.
In this game, Manchester United coach Ronnick discharged a 4-2-2-2 formation, with C Ronaldo and Cavani pairing up as a double striker, and C Ronaldo as the captain of the field, which was the second time in C Roman United's career as captain.
Playing at home, Manchester United unexpectedly fell into passivity, only 4 shots on goal in the first half, wolves completed 15 shots on goal, which is the most shots made by Manchester United in the first half of the Premier League since the statistics of the 2003-04 season, and the score is still 0-0.
In the second half, the game was changed again, and in the 67th minute, B Fei's shot from the penalty area hit the goal frame. A minute later, Ronaldo's header was whistled offside.
In the 82nd minute, Matic was not far from the penalty area, Moutinho unloaded the ball on the outside of the box and volleyed directly into the goal to help Wolves lead 1-0, and Moutinho, who was 35 years old and 117 days old, became the oldest player to score the winning goal in the Premier League away to Manchester United.
A goal behind put United in a desperate situation, and in the last 10 minutes, they were still unable to equalize, and finally lost 0-1.
This loss has allowed United to set four major humiliation records, the first is to lose to Wolves again after a gap of 42 years, the second is that the team has lost so many games in the first 19 games of the Premier League since the 2001-02 season, the third is the first time to lose to Wolves at home in the Premier League, and the fourth is the first half by Wolves to complete 15 shots on goal, creating 18 years of humiliation.
After the loss, United stayed at 31 points, four points behind fourth-placed Arsenal in the first round of the game, and was narrowed by Wolves behind them by only three points