Although the new United took a one-goal lead thanks to a pre-match scheme, Brighton were clearly angered by the fact that their attack intensified rather than weakened, forcing all three of their midfielders and centre-forward Kitson to drop back to defence.

'We can see that the new Manchester United defence is very organised, they have a very high occupancy of space, and once the squad is withdrawn, their defence is very orderly, both in terms of width and depth, and Brighton's attack is very strong, but it is difficult to break down the new United defence.

It was only half an hour of play, but Taylor had completely changed his opinion of the new Manchester United and he found the team to be astonishing, not just in terms of tactics, but also in terms of the execution of the players on the pitch.

The lower the team, the weaker the execution of tactics, but the new Manchester United manager has been able to get his players to twist together on the pitch, which has to be said to be a reflection of his ability.

"If I hadn't made a change, I would have seen Brighton have been a bad game!" Taylor changed his pre-race predictions.

Developments on the pitch also seem to support Taylor's predictions, especially as the new Manchester United players are getting stronger defensively and Brighton can't even threaten the new Manchester United goal at all, despite controlling the initiative on the pitch.

So what? Mourinho sneered at his opponent, who seemed to be a little impatient.

Brighton's players couldn't attack for a long time, and their mood became impatient, and their movements became bigger and bigger, especially when they were faced with some five-to-five balls, and they even did not hesitate to increase their actions to fight, which made the situation on the pitch start to become tense.

In the 39th minute, Brighton defused a counter-attack from the new United and sent a long ball straight to their high striker, but Curtis, who had been outstanding in the game, once again left them in vain, as he got stuck early and headed the ball over to his team-mate Essien, who was pressed and immediately crossed to team-mate Arau Diarra.

But at this moment, the opponent's No. 6 back suddenly stabbed diagonally from behind, and shoveled Arau Diarra to the ground with a very vicious sliding tackle, then got up from the ground and kicked the ball forward, without looking at Arau Diarra, who fell to the ground with a painful face.

Curtis once again defused the opposition's attack, his header was deflected to Patrice Evra on the left, and as soon as he landed, he immediately chased after him, pushing away the number six midfielder and getting in front of Arau Diarra.

"What's wrong, Arau?" Curtis asked with concern.

Aarau Diarra hugged his calf with a painful face, obviously there were faint traces of blood on his shoes and socks, obviously the opponent's sliding shovel was not clean just now, and the shoe spikes hurt Aarau Diarra's calf.

"Shit, bastard!" Curtis saw that the opponent had made frequent big moves before, and this time he even injured his teammates, and immediately wanted to get up, just at this time the referee also came, and Juninho Jr., who was following, immediately hugged Curtis.

"Don't be impulsive, Curtis, don't be impulsive!"

"Ribeiro, look at Arau's legs, those bastards did it on purpose!" Curtis lost his mind.

"I know, I know, Curtis, but that's professional football!"

As soon as he heard this, Curtis was immediately stunned, and he recalled that Bruce had taught him that once he couldn't stop his opponent, he would foul and foul fiercely, so that the opponent would be afraid.

But looking at Arau Diarra lying on the ground, a teammate who has a good relationship with him, he was seriously fouled, why is he so angry?

The referee called over on a stretcher and carried Arau Diarra to the sidelines for treatment, but because the team doctor had determined that Arau Diarra would definitely not be able to continue the game, Mourinho could only replace Aarau Diarra with De Rossi with a gloomy face.

He suddenly missed Paulsen a little, if this Danish tough guy was here, maybe the other party would not dare to be so arrogant.

You know, Poulsen is recognized as the first dirty person in the new Manchester United team, but in private, the player has a very good relationship with him, because he is dirty because he works the pitch, and he is only dirty to opponents, and he is very friendly to his teammates on his own team.

Curtis was annoyed when he saw Aarau Diarra being carried off the pitch in pain, apparently to be sent for treatment, he just couldn't get used to seeing the opponent's recklessness, this is the venue of the new Manchester United!

Terry didn't see Curtis's eyes and tapped him on the shoulder, signaling for the game to resume.

Curtis retreats to the backcourt and the game resumes!

Brighton's throw-in was thrown directly to the new Manchester United, which was a tacit understanding, but their action on the field was still very large, especially their No. 6 midfielder, who was full of energy and fought fiercely, especially against Juninho Jr., obviously they were going to use it to hit the new Manchester United attack.

Curtis felt more and more that something was wrong at the back, and many of his players seemed to be frightened by the opponent's ferocious style, and some of the five-to-five goals were not daring to fight, so the new Manchester United would only be more passive.

The evil fire in his heart soared, Curtis grabbed an opportunity, and when the opponent's No. 6 back waist rushed along the middle with the ball, he suddenly accelerated, and with a fierce sliding tackle, the opponent even took the ball and completely overturned it, and the whole person fell to the ground heavily.

Standing up from the ground and seeing the opponent holding his calves and falling to the ground and screaming bitterly, Curtis innocently stretched out his hands and signaled to the referee that he was just grabbing the ball and had no intention of hurting anyone.

The referee first ran to the opponent's No. 6 and looked at the injury, there was no direct injury, at least not as bleeding as Aarau Diarra, but it seemed to be more painful than Aarau Diarra.

Brighton's players rushed to play Curtis, but the new United players were desperate to protect him at the back.

"We saw that the players on the field almost got into a fight!"

Taylor smiled, "In the lower leagues, this happens almost every day, but from the TV replay, Curtis's tackle is indeed towards the ball, he tackles the ball first, but he can't close the momentum, shoveling the opposing player, of course, we can't deny that his kick is really fierce, obviously wanting to avenge his teammates!" ”

"The injured man was taken off the pitch and Curtis was called over by the referee and showed a yellow card, the first yellow card he received in his career, and also a punishment for his irrational revenge!"

"But we can see that after the game restarted, Brighton's players' movements began to become restrained, and we can see that Curtis frequently shouted at his teammates on the field at the back, looking at his appearance, as if telling his teammates, don't be afraid, the opponent is not terrible, they are ruthless, we are more ruthless than them!" Taylor joked.

But indeed, judging from the scene, the new Manchester United, which was still ruthless and docile just now, seemed to be completely inspired at this time, and the action began to get bigger, especially in the midfield, whether it was De Rossi or Essien, they were both young people, and they couldn't stand being bullied, and they all had a sense of anger in their hearts.

Patrice Evra and Bosingwa were even more frequent and over-the-top plays, for which Evra also received a yellow card.

However, in this way, Brighton was shocked by the new Manchester United on the field!

"This is momentum, that is, the role of the leader!" As an Englishman, Taylor admires Curtis's fierce blood, which is rarely seen in the new generation of players.

Maybe Liverpool's Steven Gerrard still has it!

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After finishing the first half with a score of 1-0 and returning to the dressing room, Curtis, who had calmed down, was a little scared, fearing that Mourinho would punish him for this, because he applied for a yellow card for himself for no reason.

He waited for a while before Mourinho pushed the door in, and sure enough, he had a cold face, which made the players feel bad.

"Good news, bad news!" Mourinho said in a deep voice.

The players looked at each other and speculated, wondering who was going to be unlucky.

"Aarau Diarra is sure he's okay, he's just had a little skin injury and he'll be back on the pitch after a few days off, that's good news!" Mourinho was still very scary, saying that the good news was like the executioner's execution speech.

"The other bad news is that Brighton has a serious fracture in the back and will be out of action for at least half a year!"

As soon as the players heard it, they immediately didn't know how to react to Mourinho's two pieces of news, and they looked at it one by one, obviously confused.

'From the standpoint of a professional coach's work ethic, I have to feel sorry for the injury of the Brighton player, because it was one of our players who accidentally injured him in the process of tackling because he was too persistent and committed, and I am sorry that I will also express this in the post-match interview with reporters, and I will ask the club staff to go to the hospital to condole.

Mourinho's tone was slow when he said this, which was clearly the atmosphere he was deliberately trying to create.

"But if you look at it from the standpoint of the new Manchester United manager, I have to say, well done, guys!"

Curtis and others, who were worried about Mourinho's punishment just now, suddenly couldn't believe their ears, and the head coach actually praised them for doing a good job? Did they really hear it right?

"I'm not asking you to always play with the mentality of attacking the surname, but if our opponents don't have that kind of thinking either, otherwise, I don't mind you teaching them a lesson, but be careful, especially Patrice and Curtis, you both have a yellow card, and in the second half the opponent will definitely catch you and chase you hard, absolutely never get another card, okay?"

When the players heard this, they all burst into laughter and shouted in unison, "Good! ”

"Don't worry, sir, we'll help them keep their positions, and if they need to foul, we'll do it!" De Rossi smiled and stood up to make a statement.

The players are unanimous in agreeing on this.

Mourinho smiled with relief to see his players come together in this way, knowing that whether he won the game or not, at least he had won it, and that winning something was more important than winning the game.

Many years later, when people look back on this game, they will know that Mr. Mourinho has not only won three points in this game, but also ushered in a leader!

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