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Chapter 0018 The end of the nightmare

In the visiting team locker room at St. Mary's Stadium, Ye Su affirmed the team's performance in the first half.

Overall, the team made almost no mistakes in the first half, and the only mistake was the time when Vidic was plotted against. Ferdinand and Evra should not have stopped to protest without the referee's suspension.

If Ferdinand could continue Vidic to entangle Lambert, Evra would also quickly retreat until the danger was lifted and then protested, and there would be no Southampton's goal.

However, Ye Su did not get into this matter much, but just mentioned it. This incident involved the three elders in the back defense, all experienced veterans, and they will leave after the end of the season.

Ye Su did not change the tactics of the second half. The team performed well in the first half. As long as they continued to play like this in the second half, Southampton would not be able to hold on sooner or later, and the victory would definitely belong to Manchester United.

Ye Su has this confidence because he knows very well that Manchester United, who is now in full swing, will definitely be stronger than Southampton. In addition, he has cards to play on Manchester United players. As long as nothing unexpected happens, it is expected to overtake the score and win the final goal.

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Ye Su's judgment is correct, because shortly after the second half, Manchester United overtook the score.

Although Southampton still took the lead in the second half and got his first shot in the second half. However, Lambert's long shot outside the penalty area did not pose much threat to the Manchester United goal guarded by De Gea, and was easily saved.

In the 54th minute, Nani, who dribbled the ball, was violated by Wan Yama again, helping Manchester United win a free kick opportunity five yards outside the penalty area line. Because this free kick is still on the left side, Mata continued to take the penalty. The Spanish midfielder shot with his left foot, and the ball drew a wonderful arc, and walked around the wall and drilled into the upper right corner of the goal.

2:1, Manchester United overtook the score as they wished.

One minute later, Manchester United missed the opportunity to lock in the victory. At that time, Southampton's offense was intercepted by Phil Jones and Carrick in the midfield. Manchester United then made a quick counterattack. Ashley Young broke through on the left and sent a cross. However, Rooney in the penalty area received Professor Yang's pass and headed the ball over the crossbar.

Immediately, the Southampton team, who was unwilling to fail, made a substitution adjustment and replaced Jack Cork with young player Gallagher to strengthen the offense.

However, Manchester United's strength is stronger than Southampton after all. The Saints who strengthened their attacks have fallen into a more passive state, and are frequently robbed by Manchester United and then hit a quick counterattack.

The steal cards Ye Su got after defeating Hull City in the last game played a huge role in the game. Southampton's offense was intercepted by Manchester United again and again.

In Manchester United's continuous and rapid counterattack, Southampton paid a considerable price, and many other players such as Wan Yama and Luke Shaw were warned by yellow cards.

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Seeing that they were hit by Manchester United in a row and their players paid several yellow cards, Pochettino had no choice but to change his tactics and no longer pursue strong attacks. Otherwise, they might have lost their city before they broke through Manchester United's goal.

Manchester United played more proactively, but failed to score in the face of Southampton's orderly defense.

At the same time, Southampton quickly used up the substitution quota.

In the 86th minute, Weirbeck, who had just made a substitute, received a pass from Carrick and was both high and biased.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Saints Southampton 2-1 away, ending all the games of the season.

This was a match that was evenly matched. In the end, the ball-handling ratio between the two sides was 45% vs 55%, and Manchester United had a slight advantage. In terms of shooting, Southampton even led 15:12, but in terms of shooting, they were behind 8:10.

Southampton's goalkeeper performed very well in this game, completing 8 saves.

Almost at the same time, nine other Premier League games ended one after another. Although Tottenham defeated Aston Villa 3-0 at home, this only helped them narrow two goals. Faced with the previous huge goal difference disadvantage, it was still a drop in the bucket. Manchester United retained the sixth ranking and won the Europa League place next season as they wished.

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Like Manchester United's back-up victory, Liverpool, who was at Anfield Stadium, reversed Newcastle 2:1 and finally won the league runner-up with 84 points. In the 20th minute, Scotter's fourth own goal in the Premier League this season helped Newcastle take the lead. Gerrard used set pieces to assist Ag and Sturridge in the 63rd and 65th minutes to complete the reversal. Liverpool scored hundreds of goals in the league this season, and Gerrard also overtook Suarez with 13 assists to become the Premier League assist leader this season. Shora Ameobi and Dumet ended up with red cards in a row.

Since Manchester City won West Ham 2:0 at the Etihad Stadium, this also means that Rodgers' team won the Premier League runner-up.

In the three relegation battles, all three relegation teams lost. Sunderland lost 1:3 to Swansea at home, West Brom also lost 1:2 to Stoke City at home, Norwich did not perform a miracle, and lost 0:2 to the Gunners Arsenal at home.

In this way, Sunderland and West Brom successfully achieved relegation, and Norwich fell into the abyss of despair.

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When walking into the press conference of St. Mary's Stadium, the big screen was broadcasting Manchester City's championship celebration, and Ye Su asked to turn off the TV.

It is true that Manchester City deserves its title, with more than 100 goals in the Premier League, the strongest of the 20 teams in the league, second only to Chelsea in defense, and the second least conceded goals in the league. Such data is enough to be convincing. However, as a Manchester United fan, especially Manchester United's current head coach, Ye Su does not want to see the celebration of his mortal enemy in the city.

The glory of the city's archenemy highlights Manchester United's decline. The Red Devils suffered the worst record in Premier League history. They rarely fell out of the top four in the Premier League this season and missed the Champions League next season. Sir Ferguson created a dynasty and collapsed in just one season.

The reason why Manchester United is like this is because of the change of coaches. Moyes, who once coached Everton for more than ten years, came to Manchester United. This is also the successor appointed by Sir Ferguson. All Manchester United fans are looking forward to his continued dynasty, but they eventually fell into endless nightmares. Various shameful records emerge one after another. Old Trafford, the most defended fortress in Britain and even Europe, has now become a place for any team to sway. What's more sad is that Manchester United, which was the champion of the Premier League last season, only achieved sixth place in the league this season, which is very sad.

Although the team won four consecutive victories after Ye Su took over and defeated Tottenham Hotspurs as they wished, how many people actually want to play in the UEFA Cup?

You should know that Manchester United has maintained a record of participating in the Champions League for 18 consecutive seasons since the 1996-97 season.

Manchester United was eventually nailed to the sixth place in the Premier League. This was not only the first time the Red Devils were kicked out of the top three in the Premier League era, but also the worst league ranking in 23 years. The last worse league performance was in the 1989-90 season, when the Red Devils finished the game in the 13th place. The other 69 points, 21 wins and 11 losses were the club's record in the Premier League history.

The only thing that makes people feel a little comforted is that at the last moment, the team kept the record of playing European competitions for 25 consecutive seasons since 1990.

When two big rivals Manchester City and Liverpool compete for the league championship to the last minute, Manchester United can only taste the bitterness.

The Red Devils were celebrating their 20th top league championship a year ago, but now they are just a supporting role. Ferguson's current and no-no is really a big difference, with 20 points fewer points and 17 goals fewer, and only the number of goals conceded was the same as last season. When Manchester City and Liverpool scored 100 points, Manchester United scored only a pitiful 70 goals, which was only 5 more than the Blue Moon's goal difference!

For Manchester United, this nightmare season has passed, and interim coach Ye Su has achieved a noticeable four consecutive victories after taking over the team, which may indicate that Manchester United has woken up from the nightmare.

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Speaking of Manchester United's overall performance this game and this season, Ye Su admitted: "It's a frustrating season, but I enjoyed the few games I took over. Especially in this game, the players and the fans were excellent, and I don't want the game to end. Southampton is a tenacious opponent, but we are stronger, so we won the game. I am really proud of the players' performance today. The fans have supported us all season, support the players and the coaching staff, and they have shown this again today, and they have never stopped. I want to thank the fans, their performance this season is incredible, and they have been lucky enough to win so many honors over the years, but this year is not our season, but as I said before, we will come back and become stronger."

Vidic stained the field in this game. Ye Su thought that the Manchester United captain had already been fouled before Lambert scored: "I think Lambert elbowed Vidic. I don't know if this was intentional, but I really think it was a foul. I'm very disappointed. If this happened anywhere in the stadium, the game should be stopped because of the player's head injury. Fortunately, the players quickly equalized the score and took the lead shortly after the second half. I should praise them."

Speaking of Mata's free kick, Ye Suzan said: "Juan's goal is very exciting, it's really not new. He has been practicing this and scored during training yesterday. This is not a coincidence. Goals always come from hard work and hard training."

Of course, some reporters also asked about Ye Su's future at Manchester United. Ye Su also said without hesitation: "If nothing unexpected happens, everyone will still see me as the coach at Manchester United next season. All this will be confirmed in the next week."
Chapter completed!
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