A win at home to Chelsea changed the gap between Manchester United and Chelsea in the league table from seven to four, rekindling their hopes of winning the league title.

If United lose this game, the gap between them and Chelsea will widen to 10 points, and United will essentially say goodbye to this season's league title.

Chelsea had gone 40 games unbeaten in the league before being ended by Manchester United, just as Arsenal ended their 49-game unbeaten run last season.

When victory was needed most, Ferguson's side did it.

'It's incredible, Chelsea have at least 20 good chances to score in this game, right? I didn't even get a foot in. The goddess of victory has always been on Manchester United's side. Even if it was a draw, Mourinho and his players would not look so ugly. Now, they can only watch as United's youngsters celebrate their victory. ”

"Smith lifted the champagne award for the best player of the game ......"

"Even though he only played for sixty minutes."

Before the Chelsea game, when United were in an unprecedented slump, the media blasted Smith: "What the hell can Smith do? He only knew how to run up and down, as if he was lost, and he didn't know what he was doing! ”

This is the media's evaluation of Alan Smith, I don't understand how this hairy boy was positioned as Keane's successor. However, in the 1-0 win over Chelsea, Smith surprised people, and it was not the goal-scoring Dong Fangzhuo who stole the limelight, but Smith held up the waist of Manchester United, and he deserved to be the best of the match.

A trick is eaten all over the world, Beckham became Manchester United's signature star with a curveball, Smith is far inferior to Xiaobei in terms of strength, status and influence, but he also relies on the best move - tackle, and has become an alternative protagonist today. Speaking of which, Ferguson asked him to switch to midfield, which was also inspired by a tackle, and in the away game against Fulham last season, Smith as a striker scored after a tackle in the opposition penalty area, which amazed Ferguson, and since then the idea of developing Smith into another Keane.

United made 25 tackles and Smith alone accounted for 11! You can imagine how much trouble this Manchester United man is in the eyes of Lampard and others, only 10 minutes into the game, Smith told Frank Lampard with a back tackle, today I am with you, in his personal 11 tackles and 5 fouls, a considerable proportion of which were given to Chelsea midfield manager Frank Lampard, in a sense, Smith became a tactical offset card for Ferguson, and the instruction he received was to destroy the opponent's organizational center in midfield.

In the second half, Manchester United was in turmoil, and Smith and his teammates fought hard to withstand it. In the 50th minute, he kept out Frank Lampard's volley in front of goal, and in the 60th minute, he deflected off Del Orno in front of the empty net, before being forced to replace him because Ferguson feared he would receive a red card.

After the game, Sky Sports gave Smith a game-high 9 points......

When he received the best champagne in the show, Smith sighed: "I think everyone knows where the motivation comes from,"

'As a player you don't just enjoy the accolades and you have to accept the criticism and I think the best place to defend yourself is on the pitch and everyone at Manchester United should do that. But today's victory is obviously not my own credit, our whole team is doing our best, if the captain at the front is desperate to defend, what reason do I have not to rush? And Park and Fletcher around me, each of them is as ...... as I am."

Smith wasn't stupid enough to take all the credit for himself.

However, in the post-game press conference, Ferguson still praised Smith, who he needed most when Keane was far away from the main line-up, could not poach Ballack, and others were not enough to play in the midfield.

Ferguson believes Smith's performance is a microcosm of United's spirit, and the team played well today: "There's nothing wrong with giving Smith the best of the match, but there are three or four people who are worthy of it, and it's hard to pick one with so many people playing so well. ”

A slump followed by a flash of light, and Smith gave Ferguson hope and confusion: "That's the way the young players are, what they need is more consistency and it's been the youngsters who have been playing the key these weeks. Their desire and passion today is outstanding, they have a very remarkable attitude and they need to continue like this. ”

'Smith is a typical example of Manchester United's youngsters, motivated by a certain circumstance to be able to rise in a game but lacking a season of consistent consistency, in a tough game like beating Chelsea, Smith showed how high he can be, but it's harder to try to maintain that level, it's a question and a challenge for Smith and the young people at Manchester United, and the time will tell.'

No matter how much United have shown to be unsatisfactory in this game, Ferguson couldn't have been more critical.

As Mourinho later said at his press conference: "Today Chelsea lost to luck, but also to a group of energetic kids, who were young, who wanted to win and who had a championship heart. I think the transformation of the team is reaping the benefits of the rapids. ”

"He succeeded, at least today."

"We all know that we have to take our chances and score in the game, but we didn't score a single shot with as many as 25 shots, so I really have to think about talking to him in the winter transfer window about whether we should sell China Dong to us......

Jose Mourinho has said before that he needs a striker like Dong Fangzhuo who can score goals. Before the game, he made a fairly tight deployment of the defensive line, but Dong Fangzhuo still seized a chance that was not a chance to score.

There was nothing technical about it, it was completely blindfolded, but it was also the only goal of the game......

"And how much are you going to offer?"

Although Mourinho lost the game, he was not in a bad mood to the extreme, and he raised his eyebrows: "If it was before the start of the season, I think Dong's value should be around 15 million pounds - 20 million pounds, but now Dong? Excluding factors other than the household register, I don't think it should be lower than Rooney, right? ”

"Actually, if I do, I will award this game to Dong, he is a competent captain. If you don't watch the whole game, you don't know exactly what position he's playing. ”

Mourinho's evaluation of Dong Fangzhuo is getting higher and higher, from looking down on him at the beginning last year, to being surprised by him later, and then being helpless to him, and now, not only recognizing him, but also seems to have been conquered.