Beijing time, February 13: In the Premier League last night, Manchester United drew 1-1 with Southampton. Manchester United fans who have watched this game have the impression that this game is similar to the previous game. United took the lead in the first half, but were forced to draw shortly after the start of the second half. Then fell into the suppression of the other side, the scene of this game is roughly like this.
United had plenty of chances to score in the first 20 minutes before the opening, and Cristiano Ronaldo even had an empty chance after swinging past the goalkeeper. Unfortunately, the Portuguese were a bit careless and did not look up to observe the opponent's defenders chasing back, so a sloppy push did not score. In addition to Ronaldo's chance, Rashford, Sancho and others also have a lot of threatening offense. In the end, United took a 1-0 lead in the first half, Marcus Rashford crossed the middle and Sancho pushed the shot. It is worth mentioning that near the end of the first half, United's hidden dangers began to be exposed, and Southampton had three threatening attacks.
At that time, many fans expressed their concern about the trend of the second half, and sure enough, the second half just opened, And adams equalized for the team in the counterattack. From that moment on, United basically lost the initiative in this game. But they also scored two goals in the second half, both offside. Although Southampton said to have controlled the initiative in the second half and played a lot of threatening attacks, after all, they are not considered to be Strong in the Premier League, so their ability to seize opportunities is relatively average. Being able to create chances doesn't necessarily translate into goals. So in the second half they never scored again, and eventually the two sides shook hands and made peace.
After this game, the situation for the Premier League's competition for four has changed again, and Manchester United's momentum of chasing points some time ago has been temporarily alleviated. And like Arsenal Tottenham, this is very good news, not to mention that Manchester United now has a West Ham United in front of them, and it should be unrealistic to try to carve out a top four place from these three teams. Because next Manchester United will face a more brutal schedule.
The next game will be Manchester United against Brighton, and this game will be played on the 18th of this month. Then they will play Leeds United in the league, and for Manchester United, these two games are the last chance they can grab points. Because the Champions League and league fixtures against other giants are coming. In terms of United's current squad and overall condition, they have no chance of winning. After playing Leeds United, Manchester United will face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. In any case, Simeone's team is not easy to mess with. Although they are also in poor form, United are in a similar situation to them. The match between the two teams is generally between Bo Zhong.
After playing Atletico, they will face Watford in the league. The performance against Watford in the last game seems to be vividly remembered, and this one Manchester United players can not take lightly. After these two games, United will be on the most devilish schedule of the season. On March 7 they will face Manchester City in the league and on March 13 they will be at home to face Tottenham Hotspur.
Meanwhile, on March 16 they will face the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Atletico Madrid, followed by liverpool, the biggest sufferer of the season, on the 21st. This level of schedule is rare, what do you think about it?