Chapter 28 Christmas is coming!

Shaq's goal frenzy continues, and Manchester United's winning streak continues...

On November 30, Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3:1 at home, and Shaq scored twice.

In the quarterfinals of the League Cup on December 3, Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-1 at home, and Shaq scored two goals again.

On December 6, Manchester United beat West Brom 4:0 away, and Shaq scored a hat-trick.

On December 10, in the sixth round of the group e-group in the UEFA Champions League, Manchester United beat Stuttgart 2:0 away, and Shaq scored another goal. The number of goals in the UEFA Champions League this season has reached 15, and the total number of goals in the two Champions League games has reached 31, and the legendary German scorer Ged Muller, who is ranked tenth in the Champions League history, has three goals.

On December 14, Manchester United faced Newcastle at home, and with Shaq's hat-trick and Rooney's goal, they won 4:1 at home.

On December 21, in the 17th round of the English Premier League, Manchester United welcomed Manchester City at home...

In the past, the Manchester City derby battle was very popular. In recent years, as the strength of the "Blue Moon" has increased day by day, the intensity of the Manchester City derby has reached a white-hot level. Even the fans of the two teams began to attack each other early. There are fans in some families who belong to two camps. Every time this day comes, they become "disharmonious day" between father and son, brother and sister.

The fans are all like this, and the two teams should naturally set off the atmosphere. Pellegrini said in an interview with reporters: "Although we are only ranked fifth in the league and Manchester United is ranked first with an unbeaten record, the derby battle will inspire the fighting spirit of me and the players, and we will win at Old Trafford Stadium."

When a good reporter passed the message to Simon Grayson, the Manchester United leader smiled and replied: "This season, my team has played a total of 25 games in the league, Champions League, League Cup and other games, and we have won 25 games. Do you think... will there be an accident this time?"

Simon Grayson's words did not have any aggressive momentum, but the strong confidence revealed in his bones was based on Manchester United's victory in 25 games this season, and what he said was convincing.

Mourinho even sent a thousand miles away. He used the mouthpiece of the reporters to express his views on the Manchester City derby: "The achievements made by Simon Grayson and his Manchester United are frightening. They have won all the games this season. They are very strong, but they are not invincible. Their shortcomings are obvious, that is, all their offenses are based on Shaq as the core. Whether their passes or running positions are carried out around Shaq, and even if Shaq does not participate in the offense, his running positions can provide cover for his teammates, so as long as this problem is solved, Manchester United's offense can block it. I believe that with Pellegrini's wisdom, he will know how to use Red under his command!"

Mourinho's words were already very explicit, just reminding Pellegrini to use Red to defend Shaq in close proximity, and then keep going on this basis.

This is of course a very feasible solution, but... the Portuguese madman would be so kind!?

The answer...is actually yes!

Because of the revival of the "Red Devils" Manchester United this season, they have become the common enemies of the other nineteen teams in the entire English Premier League, and have won 48 points in the standings, leading Chelsea, who ranked second, with 11 points.

Mourinho's second season back to Stamford Bridge has really performed very well. The Blues' record of 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in 16 games is not bad at all. Unfortunately, he met the "Red Devils" that is the most powerful team in history this season, and he was pushed to the second place in the standings. Otherwise, such a record would have allowed them to be at the top of the list.

Because of this Manchester City derby battle, the entire Manchester became unstable, and even the entire English football world was brought in. Countless people were making moves to the "engineers", hoping to see them defeat Manchester United, even if they tied, it would bring hope.

Arsenal and Leeds United have lost in the first leg of the match. Now they can count on these three teams, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool. Not to mention who can defeat Manchester United first. Even the first team to tie Manchester United, that would be an amazing result.

But the fact is that the first Manchester City derby held at Old Trafford this year was far less intense than expected.

Just 6 minutes into the game, Shaq received a cross from Nani from the Manchester City small penalty area line. He carried his former good brother Red with his body and easily broke through Manchester City's goal with a right foot... 1:0!

After that, the game fell into Manchester United's rhythm. Manchester City rushed to the opponent again and again, but in exchange for a header shot from Nani in the 30th minute, and the score became... 2:0!

Then, in the 55th minute of the second half, Manchester United got the opportunity to make a free kick from the right. Shaq took the penalty himself, but did not choose to shoot directly, but sent the ball to Manchester City's small penalty area on the left. Papadopolos rushed up and the ball went into the goal "whirlwind". Shaq's ball kicking was too fast. Even Papadopolos' header slowed down, and Joe Hart, the English goal, still failed to save the ball... 3:0!

This score, one team maintained until the end of the game, and Manchester United once again proved how strong they are this season. The score of Manchester City 3-0 was not enough to shoot, but the whole process of the game was that Manchester United had relied on Shaq's goal from the beginning to take the lead, and then it was like Tathagata Buddha dealing with Sun Wukong, holding Manchester City tightly in his hands. Even if Manchester City's counterattack was fierce, they could never escape their palms.

After the seventeenth round of the English Premier League, the most important Christmas in Western countries has come. Manchester United, which ranked first with 17 wins, 17 points, 51 points, 57 goals, conceded 8 goals, this time, we can have a happy Christmas. At this time last year, they all fell into the middle of the league!

Although Simon Grayson is nicknamed "Brutal Simon", this is just because of his cruel and ruthless strategy in the transfer market. In fact, he is still very humane when leading the team.

Considering that one day of vacation will be on the game day, and the club will hold a Christmas party on the evening of the 23rd, the soldiers of the "Red Devils" have really fought their best to restore their past glory this season. Simon Grayson simply waved his hand and made a decision, giving the team three days off, and it will not start formal training on the 25th. On the morning of the 26th, they will go to Liverpool to play away games with the "Red Army".

Simon Grayson's decision made his players happy and happy. Everyone looked at the head coach with a smile. This head coach... is so understanding!

It sounds like a bit indulgent to give players three days off and then go to play against Liverpool in one day of training, but Simon Grayson is very confident in his team. Speaking of which, he still has blind trust in his confidant Shaq. He firmly believes that as long as Shaq is there, with the current strength of this Manchester United team, he can exert 60% of his combat effectiveness, he can beat Liverpool away.

Simon Grayson trusts Shark, that is just a rational choice. Any other head coach will do this. Shark's "perversion" this season is even worse than last season. Last season, he scored 73 goals for Leeds United in 61 games, becoming the winner of the European Golden Boot.

This season, Shaq has now scored 31 goals in 17 games in the league and 15 goals in 6 games in the Champions League. He scored 8 goals in 3 games in the League Cup, and 54 goals in 26 games. The average number of goals per game exceeds two goals!

Such efficient performance can no longer be simply said to be excellent or in a hot state. This is simply because Shaq's personal ability is too outstanding. If you continue to play like this, Shaq might have scored more than 100 goals this season. Modern football is no longer the era when Pele only attacks and no one defends. Scoring goals is not as simple as eating, but even if Shaq's goal data is still so terrifying, it is enough to prove how strong his personal ability is.

When Simon Grayson thought of this, she couldn't help but think of Tevez. The performance of the "Beast" in the two seasons that first arrived at Leeds United was also "perverted". She scored 64 goals in 55 games in the first season and scored 47 goals in 53 games last season. At that time, Shaq's goal ability was far inferior to that of now. At that time, the "Youth Guards" relied on Tevez to continuously score goals to push the team forward.

But this season, after Van Gaal took over Elland Road, the "Beast" performed very well at the beginning of the season. After that, due to the emotional disagreement with Van Gaal, he has now scored 14 goals in 10 league games, and has played 11 games for Leeds United and scored 17 goals.

Simon Grayson has already cursed Van Gaal, the Netherlands, countless times. A living star under his command has been used in his hands. The team's results are terrible. He has bought a lot of so-called players. Now the league rankings have fallen to sixth, with 8 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses and 28 points behind Tottenham, which ranked fourth, are all 6 points.

It would be fine if the English Premier League is difficult to play this year. The "Red Devils" are so strong that they can push everything. The "Blue Army" Chelsea has also entered Mourinho's second season. However, the "Youth Guards" were squeezed into third place by AC Milan and Benfica in the group stage. This is really a bit miserable. Even Simon Grayson, the former Leeds coach, can't stand it anymore. You lost both sides of the Champions League. Even if you won a Community Shield Cup this season and got a Club World Cup back and became a bullshit "six-champion". What's the use?

Van Gaal, who was praised as a world-famous coach by Bielhof at the beginning of the season, was simply famous for his performance at Leeds United in this small half season!
Chapter completed!