This seems to be a "science fiction film"!
On the evening of February 12, Beijing time, Manchester United's home match against Southampton replicated the moment of the previous round. Both were in the 47th minute when the opponent equalized. Both were 1-1, with United facing two consecutive draws.
In the most critical stage of the impact of the top four, Manchester United slammed the brakes and stagnated.
Manchester United, which is worth 879 million, drew at home to Southampton, ranked 10th, with a total value of 246 million. In the last game, Manchester United drew with Burnley, who was the bottom of the ranking and the total value of the team was only 131 million.
Behind arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, in front of the tough hammers to help West Ham United, manchester United to promote next season's Champions League?
In fact, Southampton's combat effectiveness is objectively very limited, the team is in a position of no up and down, the will to fight is not so strong, before the game is still generally optimistic that Manchester United can easily win.
Lonnick changed sides again, this time 4-1-4-1, with B Fee and Pogba in midfield, Sancho and Rashford raiding on the flanks and Ronaldo single-arrow forward.
Judging from the first 20 minutes of the game, Lonnick's new team still received obvious results on the offensive end. Pogba and B Fee received the ball and distributed it to the wing as soon as Sancho and Rashford looked for opportunities to pass the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo, and it worked simply.
But on the defensive end, the single back in 4-1-4-1 became United's life goal. McTominay was alone, and Southampton's attack was quite clear, that is, to hit the ball to the sides of McTominay and let him lose sight of the other.
Director Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun both found this loophole when explaining, southampton was happy to catch this point and attacked, while Lonnick should have seen the problem, but did not make any adjustments.
It is no exaggeration to say that Lonnick has once again dug a hole for the team!
In the 20th minute of the game, B Fei sent a direct pass, Rashford did not greedily after breaking through, assisted Sancho's goal, and Manchester United took the lead.
The goal also became a watershed in the game, after the lead Manchester United will not play, the possession is given to Southampton, in the last 25 minutes of the first half, Southampton attacked wildly, De Gea again and again bravely saved, trying to save the goal.
Just two minutes into the second half, Southampton tied the score. At the end of the game, the two teams attacked and defended each other, and Manchester United, which played at home, could not see obvious superiority.
Shooting 12-13, 52%-48% possession, the game has just entered stoppage time, and the fans at Old Trafford have begun to leave.
At the final whistle, United's home fans responded to the team's performance with boos. This is also the second consecutive round of Manchester United's 1-0 lead in the first half, being equalized by their opponents.
The last time United faced such a dilemma was in December 1998. 22 years later, Manchester United set an embarrassing record, and Manchester United, coached by Lonnick, scored only one goal in one game, becoming the standard!
Finally, let's take a look at Ronaldo's performance, in this game, C Ronaldo faced a one-handed opportunity, the shooting power was insufficient, and was released by southampton defenders.
In the second half, although Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal, many United players, including him, were in an offside position, and the goal was invalid.
When Sancho drove straight into the ball without passing and chose to shoot, Ronaldo raised his hand to show his attitude.
When Dalot's small-angle shot was saved by Foster, C Ronaldo, who was inserted in front of the goal, spread his hands and was a little helpless.
The clock enters 2022, and Ronaldo has opened a long goal drought, which is too much of a contrast compared with the goals scored at the beginning of the season.
With the end of this game, Ronaldo has failed to score in 6 consecutive club games, which is also the longest goal drought in Ronaldo's club competition in the past 13 years. Cristiano Ronaldo suffered the embarrassment of not scoring in seven consecutive club matches in the 08-09 season.
Manchester United, who can only move in and out in the winter window, under the leadership of Lonnick, will there be any hope of reaching the top four this season and participating in next season's Champions League?