In the early morning of April 29, Beijing time, the Premier League played a 37th round of matches in advance, and Manchester United sat at home to face the powerful opponent Chelsea.
Today's Manchester United is in a state of collapse, and many media are also asking, where is the lower limit of Manchester United?
In the past 5 league rounds, Manchester United have only achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats, away losses to Liverpool and Arsenal are not counted, even Everton, who are in the relegation quagmire, Manchester United have surrendered. The only opponent the team won was Nowic at the bottom.
Ahead of this game, United are temporarily sixth, six points away from fourth-place Arsenal, and with one more game, Lonnick has announced that the team has no hope of entering the top four.
Compared with Manchester United, Chelsea have no desire in the league, 15 points behind Manchester City at the top of the table, 5 points ahead of fourth-place Arsenal and 7 points behind Fifth Tottenham. After leaving the Champions League, Chelsea have quickly adjusted their form.
After the opening, the pace of the game between both teams was quite fast, and Manchester United was unstable in possession of the ball, and was soon taken advantage by Chelsea.
In the 5th minute, James passed directly, Werner took the ball with his back, turned and shot in one fell swoop, which was confiscated by De Gea.
In the 10th minute, Tres crossed from the flank and B Fee's retreating header was too straight and easily won by Mendy.
In the 12th minute, United were given a corner kick and Cristiano Ronaldo's barbed shot went high over the crossbar.
In the 25th minute, Havertz broke through at high speed without passing the ball and his shot hit the side-netting.
In the 27th minute, Kante sent a superb pass, and Havertz's shot was shattered by De Gea's chest. In the first half, although the score was 0-0, the shooting ratio between the two teams was 3-11, and Manchester United were at an overall disadvantage.
After the start of the second half, Chelsea continued to attack and United continued to struggle defensively.
In the 59th minute, Chelsea finally scored, James passed the ball to the middle, Havertz rubbed back, Alonso scored with a strong shot, Chelsea took a 1-0 lead,
Chelsea were happy for less than a minute before United turned the score to 1-1.
Adversity also depends on Ronaldo, Nemanja Matic's pass is quite exquisite, C Ronaldo's textbook stops and shots, calmly helpEd United equalize.
In the end, Manchester United struggled to draw with Chelsea after shooting 6-21 on goal and 35%-65% possession.
Desperate situation also depends on C Ronaldo, after the game, C Ronaldo was elected the best player of the game without suspense. In addition, Ronaldo also set several records:
First, this is the first time in Ronaldo's career that he has scored a Chelsea goal in the Premier League.
Second, with the goal of this game, Ronaldo tied Son Heung-min with 17 goals in the Premier League top scorer list, behind Salah, who scored 22 goals.
Third, Cristiano Ronaldo is the first player to score 17 goals in a single Premier League season at the age of 37.
Fourth, this season against the top five teams in the Premier League table, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a total of 8 goals, the top of all players, and the tie for second place was Salah, Mane and Jota, all scoring 4 goals.
Fifth, United's last five goals in the Premier League, all scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, the first time since Van Persie in April 2013 that red eyes have appeared.
Sixth, Manchester United's nearly 9 goals, 8 scored by Ronaldo, the only non-Ronaldo goal, is a 1-1 draw with Leicester City, Fred scored, that game C Ronaldo did not play.
After Cristiano Ronaldo scored, ESPN could not help but ask: "Without C Ronaldo, how many places will Manchester United rank this season?" ”