Chapter 139: It only took eight minutes
Chapter 139 took only eight minutes
After winning against Arsenal, United are still 13 points clear of second-place United.
With eleven games left in the league, United only need to win seven of them, and even if Leicester City win the next eleven in a row, the title will be Manchester United's.
Now Manchester United fans are eager to announce the title, and in Manchester, fans are starting to talk seriously about how to celebrate when the team lifts their 20th Premier League title.
For Manchester United, winning the Premier League title is the primary goal of the season, and it now looks like it's close to being there – as long as they don't tumble in the gutter.
Carlo Ancelotti doesn't think they'll turn the aircraft carrier over, the next is the March schedule, the whole March is still very easy for Manchester United, they only need to deal with three league games and one FA Cup game, because the Champions League quarter-finals will be played in April, therefore, March gave Manchester United some time to rest, one game a week, with the depth of Manchester United's squad, it can be easily handled.
Manchester United host Watford at Old Trafford on March 3.
Watford is now ranked tenth in the league with 37 points, there is no pressure of relegation, and the possibility of them getting a European place next season is also very small, in fact, many Premier League teams are not too interested in competing in the Europa League, first of all, the competition in the Premier League is quite fierce, even some mid-table teams, if they are dragged down to the league because of participating in the European competition, they may even be in danger of relegation, compared to the Europa League that little bonus, for those small teams, it is much more cost-effective to stay in the Premier League - As long as they don't relegate themselves, the Premier League will have at least nearly £100 million in revenue every year, which is a lot of money.
And the most concerned thing about this game is, of course, whether Li Qingshan can score in this round of the league and dominate the Premier League's single-season goal record.
From Watford's point of view, of course, they don't want Li Qingshan to get this honor on them, otherwise, whenever people mention this matter, Watford always has to use it as a background board - no one wants to be a background board for other people's glory, and Watford is no exception.
Watford head coach Flores told his pre-match press conference: "We know it's difficult to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, but my team isn't here to travel to Manchester and we're going to do everything we can for that. And we're going to do everything we can to stop Li Qingshan, and he doesn't think he'll be able to score on our head easily. ”
Watford captain Deaey, who also attended the press conference, also shouted to Li Qingshan: "I know how hard Li Qingshan is, in my opinion, the Premier League single-season goal record is none other than him after the end of this season, but I don't want him to complete this achievement on our head!" ”
Deeney said with a serious face, as a striker, he certainly admires Li Qingshan very much, but he definitely doesn't want his team to become a stepping stone for the opponent.
When Ancelotti was asked about this topic, he said: "I know that many people are paying attention to this record that has been sealed for more than 20 years, and I think this record must belong to Li Qingshan after this season, as for when it will be, let's wait patiently and see, maybe this game, maybe the next game, in short, it won't be long." ”
Ancelotti said with a smile that he didn't want such a discussion to put too much pressure on Li Qingshan.
In fact, Li Qingshan didn't feel much pressure, for him, don't look at the single-season goal record, the British media discussed it so hotly, but in Li Qingshan's heart, it is really difficult to make any waves for this kind of record.
After all, his goal is not here, and when your goal is ambitious enough, this kind of achievement is only a small step on the way forward for him, although such a small step seems to others to be a mountain.
Watford's side hopes that this topic will be hyped up, at least let Li Qingshan's mentality have some waves, so that they can fish in troubled waters.
After all, such examples are not uncommon, when the striker begins to be a little paranoid in the pursuit of a goal, often the mentality will be unbalanced, resulting in abnormal play.
Flores is also not counting on beating their opponents at Old Trafford and taking three points or anything – which is not very realistic for Watford. Therefore, in this game, Flores is aiming for a draw, preferably a 0-0 draw, with Li Qingshan not scoring and Watford taking a point.
Flores has already figured out that the whole Manchester United team will definitely create opportunities for Li Qingshan in this game, and all the balls will eventually go to Li Qingshan, so they only need to do a good job in this game - strangle Li Qingshan to death!!
However, the trend of the game was indeed expected by Flores, and the Manchester United players did spare no effort to feed Li Qingshan, but his arrangement did not play a role - even if he arranged two players to target Li Qingshan.
Manchester United scored in the eighth minute of the opening game, and the scorer was naturally Li Qingshan!!
"Thirty-fifth league goal !!!!"
Live DJs at Old Trafford yell!
"The Premier League's single-season goal record now belongs to ..............."
"Lee.... Green.... Mountain!!!! ”
The Manchester United fans who stood and applauded Li Qingshan in unison shouted in unison with an accent of Manchester.
"Here we are!! Thirty-fifth league goal!! Now the single-season goal record of this league belongs to Li Qingshan!!! ”
"It's really no surprise at all, Li Qingshan's condition is still so good!!"
"He's going to conquer the !! of this league"
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The commentators are using various rhetoric to describe the great significance of Li Qingshan's goal, in fact, this goal process is not a beautiful goal.
Li Qingshan stood in the penalty area, and after protecting the ball with his body, he forcibly turned around and shot, and the football hit the defender's leg and luckily rolled into the goal.
A typical centre-forward's handling in the box is, in terms of appreciation, far from pretty.
But the goal was televised over and over again because it was given a special meaning.
For Li Qingshan, this goal was just an ordinary goal, and after hugging and celebrating with his teammates, he returned to his own half and asked the opponent to kick off quickly.
And Watford also seemed to be beaten after conceding the goal, one of their most important goals in this game was to prevent Li Qingshan from scoring, which Cheng thought that the opponent only took eight minutes to break his own goal.
The final score was 2-0, with second-half substitute Wayne Rooney netting as United moved one step closer to the Premier League trophy with a soft win over Watford at their home turf.