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

Chapter 883 Low point or peak?

2021年5月23日，英国当地时间16点，2020-2021赛季英超联赛第38轮10场比赛同时开战。

Since this season's Premier League champion and runner-up, as well as the relegated team, have all been locked in before this round, the biggest highlight of this final battle is the competition for European qualification.

Due to Leicester City's 37:1 loss to Chelsea in the head-to-head match in the 2th round and Liverpool's recent four-game winning streak in the league, the ranking in the standings has changed a lot starting from third place.

切尔西的战绩是19胜9平9负，打进57球失36球，净胜球21个，积66分；
利物浦的战绩同样是19胜9平9负，打进66球失42球，净胜球24个，积66分；
莱斯特城的战绩则是20胜6平11负，打进66球失46球，净胜球20个，积66分；
The three teams have the same points. Liverpool has risen to third place due to the highest goal difference. Chelsea is ranked fourth with a disadvantage of 3 goals. Leicester City has been stable in the top three of the standings for almost the entire season, but has been sadly squeezed out of the Champions League zone due to unstable performance in the last few rounds of the league.

Of course, because there is still one round left in the league, the ranking has not been finalized. All three teams still have a chance, but they may also be squeezed out of the top four.

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In the final match of the league, Manchester United, who had already won the championship one round in advance, challenged Wolves away.

As the Champions League final was just a week away and the league title had already been won, Mourinho did not hesitate to send out a full substitute lineup for this final league match. The main players, including Bruno, were either on the bench or not even on the match roster.

Bruno was also given a rest in this game, and Mourinho didn't even take him to the away game.

However, Manchester United, who played with all substitutes, performed very well away from home.

In the 13th minute, Manchester United had a dream start. Williams made a cross from the left, and Elanga headed the ball into the goal in the penalty area. The 19-year-old Swedish rising star scored his first goal in the Manchester United first team and Manchester United led 1:0.

In the 39th minute, Wolves made a straight pass from the frontcourt, Silva on the right dribbled the ball into the penalty area and made a cross, Semedo in the middle pushed the ball into the net in front of the goal, and Wolves tied the score 1:1.

In the first half stoppage time, Bellingham was tripped by Saiss when he broke through the penalty area with the ball. The referee checked the VAR after being reminded by the video assistant referee and confirmed that Saiss had committed a foul, and awarded Manchester United a penalty. Mata took the penalty and scored in the lower left corner of the goal, and Manchester United took the lead again 2:1.

下半场双方再无建树，曼联以2:1客场取胜狼队，最终27胜8平3负积89分夺冠，本赛季联赛客场不败收官，成绩是13胜6平。

In comparison, Manchester United's home record is somewhat embarrassing, with only 14 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, which is the worst home record in Mourinho's era.

In the days without fans, Manchester United's home stadium seemed to have lost its magic, thus setting many embarrassing records.

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During Mourinho's time as Manchester United coach, the Red Devils' home record has always been excellent.

In the 2016-2017 season, Manchester United's record at the Theatre of Dreams was 16 wins and 3 draws, remaining unbeaten.

In the following 2017-2018 season, Manchester United achieved a terrifying record of 18 wins and 1 draw at home, and the Theatre of Dreams once again became a nightmare for all visiting teams.

In the 2018-2019 season, Manchester United's unbeaten record at home in the league was ended by Manchester City. This season's home record is 15 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, which is still very outstanding.

However, in the 2019-2020 season when the epidemic began to affect football, Manchester United's home record improved and they once again achieved an unbeaten record of 16 wins and 3 draws.

That is to say, Mourinho coached Manchester United for five seasons, and Manchester United remained unbeaten in three seasons, and won at least 5 points at home in each season, and a maximum of 44 points.

Even in this worst season, it is still a very impressive performance compared to most teams.

But Manchester United is Manchester United, and they are different from other teams. 44 home points is already the worst.

Due to the poor home record, Manchester United's final points this season were not high, only 89 points.

However, this is the normal winning points for the Premier League in history.

Before Mourinho entered the Premier League, the highest championship score was only 92 points, and there were 22 Premier League teams at that time, with a total of 42 games in the season. After the number of Premier League teams stabilized at 20, the highest championship score in the league was only 91 points. 89 points is already the third highest score.

It was Mourinho's first time in the Premier League that opened up the history of the Premier League's high-point championship. He led Chelsea to 2004 points in the 2005-95 season, a record that remained for 12 years.

In the 2016-2017 season, Mourinho's first year as Manchester United coach, he led the team to tie this record. A year later, he led Manchester United to win the championship with a record of 104 points in the top five leagues, shocking the world of football.

In Mourinho's first four seasons at Manchester United, Manchester United's points were 95, 104, 98 and 96 points respectively. In comparison, this season's 89 points are really not impressive.

Of course, all this is understandable considering the impact of the epidemic and the fact that Manchester United did not have pre-season training.

………………Manchester United has hit its worst record in nearly five years this season, and Bruno has also reached his lowest point since joining Manchester United.

This season, Bruno has only played in 34 league games, while the figures for the previous four seasons were 4, 36, 38 and 36 games respectively, almost full attendance, so he also won the title of Premier League Iron Man.

The last player to receive this title was Chelsea's midfielder Frank Lampard.

In the history of the Premier League, there is a record that is like a shining star and is difficult to be surpassed by future generations. That is the record of 164 consecutive Premier League appearances created by Lampard. This record lasted from 2001 to 2005, spanning four seasons. During this period, Lampard never missed a game, so he earned the title of "Iron Man".

In this respect, Bruno cannot be compared with Lampard. After all, although he was called full attendance in the first four Premier League seasons, he actually missed 4 games.

This season he missed four games at once.

而布鲁诺本赛季的个人数据，同样跟前四个赛季有些差距。在34场比赛里，他一共打进了35球，明显低于之前四个赛季的38球、41球、39球和43球。

However, in terms of assists, Bruno's performance is good. His 25 assists are only less than the 2018 in the 2019-26 season, and more than the 21, 23 and 23 in the other three seasons.

Bruno's goal data hit a low point, mainly because of Manchester United's overly intensive schedule at the end of the season, which not only reduced his number of appearances, but also caused his game state to fall into a slump.

By the 25th round of the Premier League, Bruno had scored 31 goals and provided 21 assists.

That is to say, in the last 13 rounds of the league, he only scored 4 goals and had 4 assists.

Granted, he only made 10 appearances.

10 goals and 4 assists in 4 league games are excellent performances for most players, but for Bruno, who had previously averaged two goals per game, it couldn't be worse.

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It seems that from the data, Manchester United and Bruno have fallen into a slump in this season which was deeply affected by the epidemic and even somewhat chaotic. However, they have once again won all three championships of the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. In addition, they also won the Community Shield, European Super Cup and Club World Cup during the season. In addition, they also reached the Champions League final and are very likely to win seven championships in the season. This seems to be another peak for the team.

You know, although Manchester United has won seven annual titles before, it has never won seven titles in a season.

In the 2016-2017 season, because this was the year of Manchester United's rise, they missed the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup; in the 2017-2018 season, Manchester United missed the Club World Cup; in the 2018-2019 season, Manchester United was eliminated early in the League Cup; in the 2019-2020 season, they lost in the FA Cup final again.

This season, Manchester United seems to have the potential to set a new record.

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In the other game, Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at home, completely securing the third place in the league.

Chelsea lost 1:2 to Aston Villa away, but fortunately their rivals Leicester City also lost, so they were lucky enough to retain their fourth place in the standings and advance to next season's Champions League.

Of course, even if they are squeezed to fifth place, there is still hope that they can qualify for the Champions League next season by winning the Champions League.

The most tragic team is Leicester City. In the last round, they played against Tottenham, who had a poor performance this season, at home. They had a chance to win and qualify for the Champions League, but they were overshadowed by Gareth Bale's double goal. In the end, they lost 2:4 and lost their last chance to advance to the Champions League.

Manchester City lost all the championships of this season in advance, but in the last round, they slaughtered Everton 5-0 in a venting manner. Aguero scored a goal in the game, thus fixing his Premier League goal number at 184.

最终，曼城5:0血洗埃弗顿，本赛季英超战绩定格在27胜4平7负积85分。

After the game, Manchester City received the Premier League championship trophy and held a farewell ceremony for Aguero.

In addition, West Ham United ranked sixth, Tottenham ranked seventh after the victory, and Arsenal ranked eighth.

In this way, Leicester City and West Ham United will participate in the Europa League next season, while Tottenham will participate in the new UEFA Europa League.

Arsenal, ranked eighth and seemingly not qualified for the European Cup, still has hope of participating in the Champions League next season, as they have reached the final of this season's Europa League and will compete with Villarreal, known as the "Yellow Submarine" of La Liga, for the championship.

If the Gunners can sink the submarine, they will directly advance to next season's Champions League as the Europa League champions.

In this way, the Premier League will once again obtain 5 Champions League qualifications.

(End of this chapter)