From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 1022 Trouble
Liverpool's tricks did cause Manchester United a lot of trouble in the next game.

At 5:17 pm on May 33, a make-up match of the rd round of the Premier League kicked off at the new Old Trafford Stadium, with the Red Devils Manchester United facing Norwich, nicknamed the Canaries.

Because in the 37th round of the Premier League three days ago, Manchester City was tied 2:2 by West Ham United away, and is 1 point behind Manchester United with one more round played. At the same time, Liverpool is 1 points behind Manchester United after 36 rounds of the same game as Manchester United. This means that as long as Manchester United beats Norwich, which has been relegated in advance, at home today, they can win this season's league championship one round in advance and become the first team in Premier League history to win six consecutive championships.

The new Old Trafford Stadium was packed with 100,000 Manchester United fans waiting to witness the birth of the sixth consecutive championship.

Since Manchester United would definitely win the championship in advance if they won, the Premier League brought the championship trophy to the new Old Trafford Stadium so that an awards ceremony could be held after Manchester United won the championship.

Before the game, Norwich manager Dean Smith said in an interview that they would fight for honor: "... We have had a bad season, (early relegation) is difficult to accept for every Norwich person. I am not happy to see Manchester United lose the championship, but for the honor of Norwich, we will definitely do our best at the new Old Trafford..."

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Under the temptation of winning the championship early at home, Manchester United launched a fierce attack on Norwich's goal from the beginning of the game.

Although Norwich has been relegated early, as their head coach Dean Smith said, they do not want to become the background board of Manchester United's championship celebration, so they played very actively away from home and fought fiercely with Manchester United on the field.

I don’t know if it was influenced by the FA Cup final, but in this game, the referee’s whistle was very strict, especially against Manchester United. He would blow the whistle for the slightest foul. It looked like Manchester United was not playing at home at all.

Despite this, Manchester United took the lead in the seventh minute of the game.

Norwich made a mistake in handling the ball in the backcourt, Elanga intercepted the ball and crossed it, and Bruno followed up and shot into the empty net. Manchester United 1:0 Norwich.

"The person who scored the goal was Bruno--" the host on the scene shouted loudly with a long voice holding the microphone.

"Fernandes!!!!" And 100,000 Manchester United fans responded to him with a unified roar.

"Beautiful! Bruno gave Manchester United the lead! Just seven minutes into the game! Manchester United had a very good start! It seems that Norwich will find it difficult to cause trouble for Manchester United in this game... Before the game, everyone was worried that the desire for the league championship would make Manchester United unable to concentrate and would be unable to get into the game state. But now it seems that they got into the state earlier than Norwich!" said Martin Taylor.

When Bruno scored, it was as if an earthquake had occurred in the new Old Trafford. Everyone was jumping and the camera lens was shaking.

"1:0! Great! Manchester United had a fantastic start! As long as they can keep up this momentum, they can win the league title! And no matter what the results are for Liverpool and Manchester City, it can't be changed!"

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Bruno's goal gave Manchester United the advantage in the rest of the game. They bombarded Norwich's goal, but were unlucky and failed to score.

But even so, the score of 1:0 was enough for Manchester United to win the championship.

Norwich looked very embarrassed under Manchester United's fierce attack.

In the 16th and 20th minutes, their midfielder McLean and defender Grant Hanley received yellow cards respectively.

It can be said that Norwich had basically no ability to fight back and could only rely on fouls to stop Manchester United's offensive.

However, it was in such a passive situation that Norwich unexpectedly equalized the score.

In the 31st minute of the game, Norwich finally reached the frontcourt, but their offensive power was weak and they were quickly intercepted by Manchester United defenders.

But just when Manchester United players were about to take advantage of the situation to launch an attack, the referee blew the whistle, penalizing Luke Shaw for a foul in his attempt to get the ball, giving Norwich a free kick in a very good position in the frontcourt.

Such a penalty naturally made the home team very dissatisfied. The new Old Trafford stadium was filled with boos. Bruno also protested to the referee, but was unable to change the referee's decision.

"This foul was a bit forced. From the slow-motion replay, Luke Shaw did not make any obvious foul moves... It is hard to say that Mourinho's remarks after the FA Cup final three days ago had an impact on today's referee Robert Jones..." said Jin Xiangkai.

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Norwich started to take a free kick. Giannulis made a short pass from the left to Pukki, who passed the ball to the back post. Dowell followed up with a header and scored. Norwich was tied with Manchester United 1:1.

This goal had a significant impact on Manchester United. In the rest of the first half, many Manchester United players were obviously emotional and their movements were much more exaggerated.

This kind of game state is naturally not good, and even two Manchester United players received yellow cards for this.

The home fans began to hate the referee Robert Jones. Whenever he called a foul on a Manchester United player, there would be harsh boos from the stands.

The only thing that brought some satisfaction to the fans was that Manchester United managed to regain the lead before the end of the first half. During stoppage time, Manchester United earned a corner kick. Luke Shaw delivered the ball into the box, and Bruno Fernandes rose high to head the ball into the net, making it 2-1 for Manchester United against Norwich.

At the end of the first half, the score remained at 2:1.

At the same time, in another make-up match at St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton temporarily drew 1-1 with Liverpool at home.

As they walked off the field, the Manchester United players were talking and laughing, looking very relaxed.

However, when the close-up shot was given to Bruno's face, he looked a little different from his teammates. He scored twice in the first half and had a very eye-catching performance, but he lowered his head and walked hurriedly. You could not see any sign of relaxation on his face at all.

"...Bruno didn't seem very satisfied with the first-half result," Jin Xiangkai said. "That's understandable, though. Apart from Bruno, the other Manchester United players didn't perform well in the first half. If it weren't for Bruno's incredible brace, Manchester United might have already fallen behind. He must be a little worried about this situation..."

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Jin Xiangkai guessed right. In the locker room, every Manchester United player who came in seemed very relaxed and happy. They were talking and laughing loudly, and were already discussing the Champions League final.

Mourinho was the last one to come in. He had just come in and hadn't even closed the door when he saw Bruno suddenly stand up and walk to the middle of the locker room.

Mourinho, who was about to speak, shut his mouth.

"Hey! Hey! Guys!" Bruno clapped his hands and shouted.

When everyone saw that Bruno had taken the initiative to stand in the middle and had something to say, they gradually quieted down and looked at Bruno.

"I don't want to disturb everyone's interest, but I feel that there are some things that must be said - do you think we are sure to win?" Bruno asked straight to the point without any nonsense.

His words caused silence in the locker room, and no one answered his question.

"In the last game, we scored a goal within five minutes of the start, but we didn't win until the last minute. In the game before that, we also scored first, but what was the result? We tied with Chelsea in the last seconds... I want to say, this has happened twice in a row, we can't let it happen a third time, right?" Bruno looked around at his teammates and asked.

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Everyone understood what Bruno meant.

Harry Kane nodded and said, "Yes, we can't do this anymore!"

"A 2-1 scoreline is not safe, especially for a team fighting for honor," Bruno continued. "If we don't take the lead quickly in the second half, it will give Norwich more hope and make them think they can beat us. It is our responsibility to give them such illusions."

In the first half of the game, it seemed that Norwich was far inferior to Manchester United. The fact that they were able to score a goal seemed to be due to problems with the referee's officiating. Norwich was lucky enough.

But in Bruno's opinion, that was not the case. Norwich played very tenaciously in the game, blocking wave after wave of Manchester United's offensive. Otherwise, they would have collapsed in the face of such a powerful offensive from Manchester United.

Some people thought that Norwich had already been relegated and that they had no fighting spirit. However, when they had to fight for honors and fans, they would burst out with great energy.

This kind of energy almost caused Manchester United to fail.

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It was the result of the first half that kept Bruno on his toes. He kept creating chances for his teammates, hoping they could secure a bigger lead in the first half and completely destroy Norwich's fighting spirit.

But the actual result was not what he had hoped for. His teammates were overly optimistic, squandering opportunities without realizing it. Then, after the referee's controversial call, their mentality collapsed and their performance was extremely poor.

When walking off the field at the end of the first half, Bruno kept frowning and thinking about this problem. He didn't know what the head coach would do, but he had something to say to his teammates.

He wanted to remind them that Norwich was definitely not a weak team that could be bullied at will.

"Pa pa pa." Applause suddenly broke out in the locker room. Everyone turned their heads to look at the source of the sound and saw Mourinho clapping.

"Bruno said it well," Mourinho said. "I wanted to say that to you, too, but I don't need to now. I just want you to remember one thing: don't make every game so nerve-wracking. This old man's heart is almost breaking."

Mourinho made a joke at the end, but no one laughed.

(End of this chapter)