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

Chapter 924: The First in History
格林尼治时间10月27日晚上19点45分，2021-2022赛季英格兰联赛杯第四轮一场焦点对决开打，卫冕冠军曼联对阵同城死敌蓝月亮曼城。

As both teams had league games to play on the weekend, both teams only sent out half of their main lineups in this game. The two teams drew 90:0 in 0 minutes. In the subsequent penalty shootout, Manchester United took the first penalty and scored all five, while Manchester City's first penalty kicker Foden missed. In the end, Manchester United won 5:3 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

This weekend, the 10th round of the Premier League kicked off.

Among the strong teams, Manchester City, who played first, suffered an upset at home, losing 0:2 to Crystal Palace. After being eliminated by Manchester United in the League Cup in the middle of the week, the Blue Moon, who were in a slump, did not show any improvement and suffered their second league defeat this season.

After the game, Guardiola himself admitted that the team did encounter a crisis.

Liverpool, who played next, also performed poorly. They were tied 2-2 at home by Brighton and suffered two consecutive league defeats.

One of the important reasons why the two strong teams performed poorly was that they both played in the League Cup in the middle of the week. In addition, the two teams also played in the Champions League in the middle of the week before. Playing two games in a row for a week, fighting hard in a row, given the exhaustion level of professional football games, is also a big challenge for athletes.

However, two London teams, Arsenal and Chelsea, both won in this round. The Gunners beat Leicester City 2-0 away, while the Blues beat Newcastle United 3-0 away.

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However, the focus of this round is Manchester United's away challenge to Tottenham at the new White Hart Lane Stadium.

At the beginning of the season, Tottenham won three consecutive league games and once closely followed Manchester United, ranking second only to the disadvantage of goal difference. But then the performance fluctuated. Before the match against Manchester United, the record of 9 league games was 5 wins and 4 losses, and the ranking dropped to sixth.

This has a lot to do with Ronaldo's declining form. The football king has not scored a goal in three consecutive league rounds.

In this game, Ronaldo's condition still did not improve, which caused Tottenham to continue to be silent.

Manchester United's situation is not good either. Bruno has suffered a goal drought for two consecutive games in all competitions. Manchester United's frontcourt offense has collectively failed to fire, but unexpectedly, McTominay stood up.

This Manchester United youth player, who has had an increasingly invisible presence in the Manchester United lineup this season, proved his tactical value in this game by scoring twice. Gundogan and Bruno each provided an assist.

Another Manchester United player, Mahrez, who came on as a substitute, also scored a goal, and Manchester United eventually won 3-0 against Tottenham away.

Manchester United's victory also received considerable recognition from the British domestic media.

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All fans know that no player or team can maintain a good state for a long time. There will always be ups and downs. This is true for the players and the same is true for the team.

But when evaluating a team's core competitiveness, a key point is whether anyone else on the team can step up when the status of the team's core players fluctuates.

Manchester City and Liverpool obviously didn't have it, so they lost. Arsenal and Chelsea were not in too bad shape, only Manchester United, all the offensive players in the frontcourt were obviously lacking in form, even Bruno didn't seem excited enough.

Everyone understood this.

Manchester United players will play Manchester City on Wednesday and face Tottenham on Saturday. There is too little time left for them to rest, so it is natural that their form will decline.

But just when the attacking combination in the frontcourt was silent, McTominay's two goals saved the team.

After the game, all British media reporters believed that Manchester United is still the team with the most potential to win the Premier League this season.

After the 10th round of the Premier League, Manchester United continued to lead the standings with 10 consecutive wins.

紧随其后的是切尔西，蓝军前10轮的战绩是8胜1平1负，落后曼联5分；曼城排名第三，6胜2平2负积20分；第四名是西汉姆联，铁锤帮和蓝月亮的战绩是一样的，仅仅以净胜球劣势屈居第四；利物浦排名跌至第五，5胜4平1负积19分，已经落后榜首的曼联11分。

In the Premier League scoring list, Bruno's advantage is even more obvious than Manchester United's advantage in the standings. He scored 10 goals in 14 league games, 4 more than Salah, who ranked second. As for Vardy, who ranked third, he scored 7 goals, exactly half of Bruno's.

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"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLL!!!!!"

"Oh God, my God!"

"Bruno! Bruno again!"

"Just three minutes into the game, Bruno quickly took the ball from the left, cut inside, and shot directly with his right foot, breaking Bruges' goal for Manchester United!"

“In just three minutes, Bruno scored to give Manchester United the lead. The Bruges defenders couldn’t stop him at all!”

"Bruno looked very excited tonight and he looked very active."

"This is Bruno's 7th goal in the Champions League this season, assisted by Gundogan!"

"According to reliable sources, Bruno won the European Ballon d'Or voting which ended 10 days ago, winning the award for four consecutive years. In the voting for the FIFA World Player of the Year which will begin next Monday, Bruno is still the biggest favorite to win the award."

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On November 11rd, at 3pm local time in the UK, in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester United played against Club Brugge at home. Just three minutes into the game, Bruno scored a goal for Manchester United. This quickly ignited the enthusiasm of the entire new Old Trafford Stadium. 4 home fans rushed out of their seats, shouting Bruno's name crazily, and all Manchester United players also rushed forward to celebrate Bruno's goal.

Scoring a goal within three minutes of the start of the game showed Bruno's outstanding competitive form.

Head coach Mourinho on the sidelines was so excited that he danced with joy.

He has really discovered now that as long as Bruno is in good condition and plays smoothly, Manchester United will be unfavorable.

And the facts also confirm his view.

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After Bruno opened the scoring, Manchester United continued to press forward. Bruges organized a tight defense, but it only lasted for fifteen minutes.

In the 18th minute of the game, Bruno passed the ball back to Cancelo from the right, the Portuguese right-back made a large transfer, and Dalot assisted Harry Kane to score the second goal of the game.

Manchester United expanded the score 2:0.

Bruges lost two goals in a row, and the team's morale suffered a severe blow.

Sixteen minutes later, it was Rashford who scored, assisted by Harry Kane, to further expand Manchester United's lead.

3: 0!

With a three-goal lead in the first half, Manchester United's morale was high.

During the half-time break, head coach Mourinho was full of praise for the team's performance and repeatedly encouraged the players to keep up the good work and strive to secure victory in the game as soon as possible.

Because in another match in this group, Paris Saint-Germain led the home team RB Leipzig 2:1 in the first half, so in the current live standings, Manchester United is already 8 points ahead of the third team in the group, which is Manchester United's opponent Bruges. They will advance to this season's Champions League knockout stage two rounds in advance.

In fact, no matter what the result of the game between RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain is, as long as Manchester United wins today, they will advance in advance.

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In the second half, Bruges' defense only lasted fourteen minutes.

In the 59th minute, Gundogan picked up the ball at the front of the penalty area and passed it behind him. After Bruno inserted his chest to stop the ball, he turned and volleyed with his left foot and hit the goal, giving Manchester United another victory and scoring twice.

4: 0!

Manchester United fans are completely crazy!
All the fans at the scene were shouting Bruno's name.

But just when everyone thought that Manchester United would stop there, in the 67th minute, Bruno suddenly appeared in the empty space in the middle. After getting the ball, he dribbled all the way to the front of the penalty area, suddenly kicked the ball and scored again.

5: 0!

As the saying goes, a defeat is like a landslide. Bruges has been completely defeated!

Bruno once again scored a hat trick, letting everyone see his excellent competitive state with three goals.

In the 70th minute, Mourinho replaced Bruno with young player Bellingham.

At this moment, all the Manchester United fans in the stadium stood up, cheered for Bruno and gave him thunderous applause.

After Bruno left the field, Manchester United slowed down their offensive and the score of 5:0 was maintained until the end of the game. Manchester United thus won four consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage.

In another game that ended at the same time, RB Leipzig scored a goal in the second half to tie the score to 2:2.

As a result, the points situation after four rounds in Group A is as follows:
曼联4连胜积12分领跑，排名第二的巴黎圣日耳曼取得1胜2平1负，仅仅拿到了5个积分；布鲁日1胜1平2负，积4分排名第三，莱比锡红牛1平3负，积1分小组垫底。

Under such circumstances, Manchester United not only advanced to the knockout stage two rounds in advance, but also secured the first place in the group two rounds in advance because RB Leipzig drew with Paris Saint-Germain.

In this way, Manchester United can fully use the remaining two group matches to train their players and focus on the Premier League to continue to expand their advantage in the standings.

And their next opponent in the Premier League is their city rivals Manchester City!

Head coach Mourinho stated in a high-profile manner at the post-match press conference that Manchester United is in very good shape and the team is confident to win all games and defeat all opponents, no matter who they are.

As for Bruno, who scored 4 goals and provided 9 assist in 1 group matches, Mourinho said that he could no longer use any adjectives to describe his admiration for Bruno, because any praise would seem extremely pale and powerless in the face of his outstanding performance.

"I always believe that he is the best in football history!"

(End of this chapter)