After spending a lot of money in the off-season to strengthen the Premier League giants Red Devils Manchester United, after the start of the new season, they were quickly beaten by cruel facts, the team's poor performance made them withdraw from the league title battle early, after the new head coach Lonnick took office, striving for the top four in the league to qualify for the Champions League, becoming the most important target of the Red Devils at the moment! But in the last two rounds of the league, Manchester United's performance is far lower than expected, respectively, by the bottom Burnley and the desireless Southampton forced to equalize, will be the initiative to fight for the fourth, in the eighteenth round of the midweek, Manchester United sat at home to meet Brighton, this campaign has not scored in six consecutive games C Ronaldo, finally scored his first goal in 22 years, ending his embarrassing goal drought, the president's Portuguese compatriot Bruno Fernandez also made a long-distance attack in injury time. Killing the suspense of the game, Manchester United finally relied on the Portuguese double star to shine, beating Brighton 2-0 at home, and after winning the match, temporarily climbed to the fourth place in the table!
For the Manchester United generals, not being able to qualify for the Champions League is absolutely unacceptable, under great pressure, they also broke out their strongest fighting power in this game, the Red Devils created as many as 20 shots in the whole game with equal possession rate and opponents, of which 7 shots hit the target, and Brighton completed 7 goals in the game, 3 hit the goal frame, after Ronnick took charge of the team's coaching seal, Attack weakness has always been a problem for United, and the Red Devils' performance in this game has allowed fans to see their changes.
Brighton, the away game, the threatening attack is mainly concentrated in the first half, Modell's two very threatening attacks, both let De Gea make wonderful saves, the last round of the league staged an aircraft carrier U-turn Maguire sat in the defense is still not stable enough, De Gea is the real thigh of Manchester United, but also became the ridicule of the Red Devils fans in this battle.
Ronaldo, who has not scored a goal after 22 years, when can he usher in his first goal after the age of 37, which has become the biggest highlight of the new year, in this game, C Ronaldo finally broke the goal drought that lasted for 6 games, in the 50th minute of the second half, C Ronaldo won the ball in the front of the box, after the bag of three defenders, he shook the defender directly to attack the goal, and the powerful shot almost made the Brighton goalkeeper have no reaction, and Manchester United took a 1-0 lead at home.
In addition to this goal, Ronaldo also created very good offensive opportunities for his teammates many times, the 37-year-old president proved with his performance that he is still the most trusted player on the Red Devils offensive line, in the final stages of injury time, Pogba quickly issued a free kick at the back, Bruno Fernandez ran all the way with the ball, and scored from a small angle after swinging the goalkeeper in the penalty area, ending the suspense of the game 2-0 Manchester United.
After winning this game, Manchester United temporarily ranked fourth in the table with 43 points, but arsenal behind them only 4 points behind Manchester United in the case of two games less, it can be said that this season's Premier League battle has entered a white-hot stage, Manchester United want to get what they want to do, must play a more dominant performance in the next game!