"You must keep an eye on Gnabry and don't let him get the ball or break in so easily. Do you understand?"
Van Gaal called Lingard to the sidelines and gave him face-to-face instructions.
In his opinion, the goal conceded this time was entirely because Lingard failed to notice Gnabry's movement, allowing the opponent to successfully counter offside, and ultimately caused the goal to be lost.
With the Dutch coach feeling extremely depressed at the moment, his attitude towards Lingard is certainly not much better.
"If you let him sneak behind our defense so easily again, just watch the water dispenser from now on!"
This was a reprimand for poor performance by young players, but it also smacked of semi-threat.
Van Gaal always does what he says.
The main reason is that the contrast between Gnabry and Lingard today is too strong.
They are both young players, they also don't get many opportunities to play in the first team, and they also come off the bench in today's game. They happen to be a left winger and a right midfielder, completely opposite.
Lingard is two years older than Gnabry, so he should be more mature technically and mentally.
But judging from the goal just now, Gnabry seemed to have completely defeated Lingard.
Gnabry's movement is so smart, but Lingard is like a headless fly!
Therefore, Van Gaal is already reflecting on whether he should give Lingard a chance to play today.
If Lingard's performance does not improve in the next games, perhaps his future at Manchester United is over.
Don't blame Van Gaal for being ruthless, because professional football is so ruthless.
Every year, every month, every week, how many youth training players of Premier League teams gradually grow up to compete for the pitifully few performance opportunities, and then compete for the only twenty or thirty first-team positions.
How many young players have no chance to enter the first team, but slowly drift to lower leagues, or even stay away from professional football.
Those like Lingard who have the opportunity to play for a wealthy team can already be said to be one in a hundred, one in a thousand.
But since Manchester United is a wealthy team, their requirements for players will be more stringent.
As a result, there are many players who finally squeezed into the first team and got a chance to play, but failed to show their ability and potential in the limited playing time and were decisively given up.
Their fate is transfer, loan, or even termination of contract...
In fact, the same is true for Dong Fangzhuo, the former forward of Longguo.
He performed well during his loan spell and was put on the first-team roster by Manchester United. In fact, he only had one or two opportunities to perform.
But in these two games (one of which was the start against Chelsea), he did not have any amazing performances.
So, will Manchester United give him more time and games? 10 games, 20 games?
Will not.
Teams have requirements for their own performance and cannot give you so much time to try and make mistakes, especially for wealthy teams.
In a team with strikers like Ronaldo, Rooney, and Tevez, you have so few opportunities, and you have to seize them as soon as you come on the field.
Can't catch it? Sorry about that.
Of course, it's not just Dong Fangzhuo. Young De Bruyne and Salah at Chelsea have encountered similar situations.
Sometimes it's not because the players are incompetent, but maybe because they don't match the coach's tactics, they don't match the rhythm of their teammates, they were too nervous to play, or they were NTR'd by their girlfriend the day before the game... it's all possible.
It's just that many times the team only looks at your performance on the field and doesn't care about much else.
There are also some players who seized the opportunity in one or two games and won the trust of the head coach, and slowly began to play in the game, even as the main force;
But as long as the performance is not good in the next few games, it is likely that he will sit on the bench again until he is given up...
Just like Paddy McNair, a young player from youth training who plays the main central defender in Manchester United today and is deeply appreciated by Louis van Gaal.
He could start at Manchester United, so why didn't he become famous later? There probably aren't many fans who know this person.
It was because he disappeared from the public not long after and was sold by Manchester United.
Playing in a wealthy club, the competition is so cruel!
Therefore, after Lingard's performance did not quite meet Van Gaal's expectations, Lingard's rating in the mind of the Dutch coach has dropped another level.
In the remaining half an hour of the second half, it was Lingard's last chance to prove himself!
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Lingard is certainly very nervous now.
In fact, he was fine when he first came on the field, his mentality was relatively relaxed, and he was ready to perform well even if the team fell behind today.
But after being scored by Gnabry and being scolded by Van Gaal, he became a little panicked.
In fact, Lingard felt that he was a little unjust.
First of all, Manchester United's formation today allows him to play the right midfielder position, which is not something he is familiar with.
He prefers to play as an attacking midfielder, shadow forward, which is a position closer to the goal, or as a winger.
Secondly, Van Gaal asked him to perform more duties as a defender on the court, which is not what he is good at.
Although Lingard can indeed run well on the court and is very active in fighting, he is not a defender after all, and he is not that strong.
He relies more on his dexterity and running position to make up for his shortcomings in strong confrontation, thereby realizing his contribution to the team's offense and defense.
In the end, the goal conceded just now was indeed scored by Gnabry, and Gnabry was indeed defended by himself.
But the entire scoring process was the result of the overall effect of Chelsea's tightly-oiled machine.
Marcos Alonso, Cancelo, Lukaku, Gnabry, these players completed a perfect cross-position, thus completely confusing Manchester United's defensive players - of course including Lin. Gad.
When Gnabry started running towards the center and made a roundabout approach, Lingard didn't even know if there was an order to continue running with him in his tactical instructions.
After all, Gnabry's running range was relatively large this time, and he had already reached the defensive area of Smalling and McNair when he received the ball.
In this case, should the two central defenders defend, or should Lingard continue to follow up?
After all, Lingard's main defensive area is still his right wing.
The same goes for Smalling and McNair.
They were also confused. Now that Gnabry has begun to cross, should I follow him? Or is this actually Lingard's responsibility, and just let Lingard continue to follow?
A "chain of suspicion" is created between the two parties, and there will be problems with their cooperation.
This is actually what Chelsea often play now, through large-scale interspersed running, causing the opponent's players to cause confusion in their defensive area, thereby finding more loopholes.
In some places, there will be overlapping personnel, and in other places there will naturally be a shortage of personnel.
This situation became even more obvious after Chelsea used the tactic of two central defenders inserting in behind today.
It can also be said that Lingard is indeed responsible for the goal just conceded, but the underlying reason is that Manchester United's defensive system cannot really adapt to Chelsea's new tactics.
Therefore, when it comes to the field, Manchester United's players are still mobilized everywhere by Chelsea's style of play, and they are exhausted. Moreover, the defense is often misplaced and the play is extremely difficult.
In the 60th minute, Chelsea launched another attack from the left rib of the center.
This time Azpilicueta detoured to the left to take the ball forward, and Manchester United let him go at that moment.
Lingard saw that Azpilicueta had entered a more dangerous area and rushed forward to cover the defense.
Azpilicueta first made a feint. After seeing that there was no way to get rid of Lingard's defense, he did not hesitate to fight and passed the ball to Cancelo who came in behind.
After the Portuguese got the ball, he walked to the left side of the penalty area and tried to break through, but Smalling's position was stuck accurately.
Cancelo did not choose to force Smalling, so he immediately turned around, skillfully protected the ball, blocked the Manchester United central defender with his body, and knocked the ball back.
At this time, left center back Marcos Alonso advanced again, and after getting the ball, he took advantage of the situation and cut inside.
This time Manchester United's defensive attention was more focused, with two defensive players McNair and Herrera attacking at the same time.
Marcos Alonso tried to hit the goal, but McNair was frightened and quickly blocked it.
But Marcos Alonso suddenly crossed the ball to the right of the penalty spot behind McNair.
I saw that Gnabry had reached this position without knowing when, suddenly came up from behind Herrera, met Marcos Alonso's pass, and fired a furious shot!
Lukaku, who was standing at the center position, was originally going to grab the ball, but when he saw Gnabry coming in, he quickly turned sideways to avoid blocking Gnabry's shooting line.
He is no longer the king of pestles in the future!
And Gnabry's furious shot just passed by Lukaku and went straight to the right side of the goal.
De Gea simply couldn't do anything about such a shot.
"The ball goes in again!!!"
"In the 60th minute, Chelsea scored again!"
"Oh my god, Chelsea are four goals ahead now!"
"It's Gnabry again! It's a great back-and-forth volley from Gnabry! He scored twice on his first appearance for Chelsea, and there really couldn't have been a better debut than this. !”
"Chelsea's attack was really fierce tonight, but Manchester United's defensive problems were very seriously exposed."
"When Chelsea's central defender moves forward, many times there is no one to defend for the first time. Just now, the young player Jesse Lingard went up to defend Azpilicueta, but missed Gnabry on the wing. Now. Manchester United feels a bit overwhelmed."
"If Gnabry had a perfect debut, it was a nightmare for Lingard."
"To be fair, he cannot be blamed for conceding goals like this, but Gnabry, who was defended by him twice, scored goals. This will inevitably make Manchester United fans angry at him."
"After seeing Lingard's performance, will Pan Yi change his mind and stop buying him? To be honest, I really don't see anything special about this 22-year-old player..."
At this time, Stamford Bridge was already filled with joy.
Although Chelsea had previously defeated Manchester United by five goals in an away game, there is nothing more satisfying than witnessing the massacre of a traditional giant on the spot.
After all, in the past two decades, the Premier League has basically been dominated by Manchester United.
During this period, Ferguson also fulfilled his promise, allowing Manchester United to surpass Liverpool in the number of Premier League titles.
It was also during this period that most Premier League teams encountered Manchester United and were often defeated and humiliated.
Therefore, for all Premier League teams, it can be said that it is a long-cherished wish to unseat Manchester United again;
And this is especially true for the new giant Chelsea.
The big win over Manchester United gave me the feeling of "replacing the old with a new generation", and it was even more satisfying.
On the court, the Chelsea youngster Gnabry, who had just scored a goal, was running desperately, and behind him was a group of crazy Chelsea players chasing him...
Obviously, the players wanted to catch Gnabry and knock him down again, but Gnabry was obviously frightened by the "big man" just now, and he was using his dodge skills to hide.
Even though this guy has only joined Chelsea for a few days, he has already become involved with everyone.
And when the newcomer scored consecutive goals, the old people certainly did not hesitate to congratulate him with the most intense celebration method.
On the sidelines, Chelsea's substitute players rushed out and shouted and cheered towards the court.
Pan Yi was also very happy, but the assistant coaches felt even more excited.
Scaloni even hugged Pan Yi and shouted: "He can really score goals, he is really good! I haven't seduced him in vain this time!"
Then, he suddenly paused and tilted his head to look at Pan Yi: "Speaking of which, how did you know that this little guy who couldn't play football at Arsenal would be a talent?..."
At this time, on the other side, it was a completely different scene.
There was dead silence on the Manchester United bench.
Van Gaal's face turned red, and the old man's expression was even ferocious.
Four to zero, four to zero again!
Only one goal away from 5-0!
It feels like something is going to happen again, something serious!
At this time, he looked at Lingard with a somewhat vicious look.
What's going on, you didn't keep an eye on Gnabry?
The loss of position was even more serious this time, and he was completely let go to shoot!
"It seems that my substitution was completely wrong..." Van Gaal thought painfully.
On the field, Manchester United players were also stunned.
In just a few minutes, the opponent scored two goals in a row, which was too shocking.
Of course, what's even more shocking is that these two goals were scored by the black-faced boy from Chelsea who just came on in the second half.
Many people can't even name Gnabry.
Even if someone knows, they probably heard that he just transferred from Arsenal, but that's it.
If it were Lukaku, Seat B, or even Kante and David Luiz who scored the goal, they might be more accepting.
But Gnabry?
Who is this? ——
The trend of the game was a bit beyond everyone's expectations.
Of course, this "surprise" does not refer to Chelsea's current four-goal lead over Manchester United.
After all, this Chelsea once beat Manchester United by five goals in an away game at Old Trafford. It seems reasonable to return to home and score four or five more goals.
Everyone was surprised. They just said that Manchester United "only" conceded two goals in 45 minutes in the first half, but in the second half, they used up the "indicator" of two goals in just a few minutes.
Of course, the bigger surprise was that Gnabry, whom Pan Yi replaced in the second half, actually had two skills.
Although it is not yet possible to see his more performance in the winger position, such as dribbling, speed and so on;
But just based on his two moves and shots, he is definitely worth five million pounds.
Moreover, he is still a 19-year-old kid this year, and he still has a lot of potential to tap, and his development is really limitless!
Looking back at Manchester United, Lingard also came on as a substitute...
Tsk tsk, comparing people to each other makes a person angry to death.
In fan forums around the world, Manchester United fans and Chelsea fans have reached a consensus on this point:
"Is this the prince we have high hopes for? Let's forget it. He was completely defeated by Gnabry on the opposite side."
"I can only say that Wenger's vision is still very vicious. He brought Gnabry to Arsenal from Stuttgart two or three years ago. But Pan Yi's vision is even more vicious. He directly took him from Wenger. Bought it."
"Now that Chelsea has such a strong Gnabry, do they still need Lingard? Let's sell it cheaper, not 12 million, not 6 million, just 2.99 million. With 2.99 million, you can't suffer a loss, nor can you be cheated. …”
"Sorry, we don't collect trash in Chelsea."
"Indeed, I can't tell what level Lingard is, and I don't know why our boss Pan Yi wants to buy him. What's even more ridiculous is that Manchester United actually offered him 12 million pounds..."
"It's all Van Gaal's fault. Why did you send him to play today? If you fooled me, maybe you could get the deal for 8 million. But now? The inspection failed and you can't even send it out!"
"Now the game is paused. Let's sit down and talk about the deal right away. Maybe we can still close the deal for 1 million. If we wait until the end of the game to talk, we may have to pay back..."
The game on the field continues.
But for Manchester United, the scene has become increasingly ugly.
After Chelsea scored the fourth goal, Van Gaal really had no good solution. He could only arrange for the players on the field to stabilize the defense as much as possible. The defensive formation also shrunk relatively, and the whole team maintained a more compact position.
Manchester United wanted to temporarily stabilize their position in this way, but Chelsea's attacks continued one after another.
Obviously, Chelsea is better than Manchester United in terms of physical fitness and state.
When the game reached the 70th minute, Chelsea launched an attack from the right.
Ivanovic moved forward, and after getting the ball from the wing, he tried to break forward, but was caught by Ashley Young, and Herrera was also running over to help defend.
Ivanovic had no choice but to pass the ball to seat B outside the right corner of the penalty area.
After Seat B stopped the ball and got rid of Luke Xiao's entanglement, it started to take it towards the top of the arc.
After McNair in the middle came to intercept, he suddenly changed direction, dribbled forward, and tried to force a break through McNair.
After all, McNair is just a young man under the age of 20. He has already found it difficult to maintain a balanced mentality after his team fell behind by four goals. Now that he sees that the B seat is preparing to break through, his nerves are even more tense.
He did not rush to press his position forward to grab the ball, because it would be easy to be broken through.
He can't make mistakes like Lingard!
So he just fought and retreated, so that even if something went wrong, the blame would not be placed on his head.
But this way of handling also gives Seat B more processing space and time to play the ball.
Seat B glanced up and sent a diagonal pass to the other side.
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When Seat B rushed the ball towards the Manchester United penalty area, Lukaku's position had been wandering between the two Manchester United central defenders, McNair and Smalling.
He was very alert not to let himself get into an offside position, always moving with the movement of Manchester United's two central defenders.
In this half-season in Chelsea's first team, he has developed a set of skills and habits to prevent offside.
When McNair decided to grab seat B, Manchester United's other central defender Smalling also understood and pressed forward at the same time.
If Lukaku did not react in time at this time, he would have fallen into an offside trap.
If Seat B passes the ball again at this time, Lukaku will definitely be offside, and the attack will end in vain.
However, what is surprising is that after Smalling pressed forward, Lukaku did not follow him forward.
He just stood in the offside position all alone!
what happened?
Did Hanhan suddenly have a short-circuit in his head?
But when the ball was passed from seat B, everyone understood.
This ball was not passed to Lukaku!
But behind Lukaku, the winger on the other side!
And this winger is none other than Gnabry!
I saw that Gnabry had thrown away the Valencia defense behind him, while Lingard was still chasing him desperately, clinging to him.
Therefore, it was difficult for Gnabry to find a chance to shoot directly, so he raised his left foot and swept the ball directly in front of the goal.
At this time, Lukaku happened to be standing in front of the door!
Because Gnabry got the ball from behind and was not offside;
When Gnabry passed the ball to Lukaku, the two were also in parallel positions, so Lukaku was not offside at this moment!
Then, a great opportunity lies in front of Lukaku.
All he has to do now is stretch out his long, thick black legs to block the door...
The ball rolled over the goal line obediently.
At this time, Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea was still following the pass from seat B and running in the direction of Gnabry to block his shot from a small angle. How could he have time to prevent Lukaku's close shot?
"The ball goes in again!!!!!!"
"Five to zero!!!"
"It's five to zero again!!!"
"Manchester United were truly defeated tonight. Chelsea completely controlled the situation on the field."
"Van Gaal's team was slaughtered one-sidedly by Pan Yi's Chelsea at Stamford Bridge."
"We saw that not only in terms of possession of the ball in the game, but also in terms of threatening offense and goal score, Manchester United was at an absolute disadvantage."
After Lukaku scored, he rushed towards Gnabry excitedly, gave him a thumbs up, and then celebrated the goal together.
He finally sent the first like today!
Of course Gnabry is happy too.
Not only did he score a goal today, he also provided an assist.
In this team, he not only gets playing time, but also gets the support and recognition of his teammates in such a short period of time.
More importantly, he is surrounded by a group of teammates who are even better than at Arsenal, who create more scoring opportunities.
And he has also become one of them, able to help the team score goals and create opportunities for his teammates.
He really came to the right place to join Chelsea!
"5:0, now for Manchester United, the situation is even worse."
"They have faced Chelsea twice this season and have been scored a total of ten goals so far. This is really a shame for Manchester United!"
"I wonder what else Van Gaal can think of... can he think of any way to avoid conceding more goals?"
"If this situation continues to develop, tonight is likely to be more than just a massacre, and it may actually break the record for the largest loss in Manchester United's history..."
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PS: Thanks to Zhuge Wuwei for the 5000 reward!
