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Strategic Give Up, Manchester United lost 0:1 again! Three consecutive defeats in the Premier League, assisting Chelsea to return to the top four in the Premier League

10:37am, 17 May 2025【Football】

Manchester United has lost 17 games in the Premier League this season, breaking the team's single-season league loss record. However, even though it ranks 16th in the standings, the Red Devils reached the UEFA Cup final and are still qualified to score a seat in the Champions League. It is also because the Europa League final will be held in the middle of next week that Manchester United's 37th round of the Premier League will be held in advance until the early morning of May 17, and the opponent is Chelsea; Cucurella scored the only goal in the game, Manchester United lost 0:1: The league was defeated 8 rounds and 3 consecutive losses, sending Chelsea back to the top four in the Premier League.

Chelsea reached the final of the UEFA Cup, but the Blues' goal is also a Champions League place. In the last two rounds, the Blues must strive to win to have hope of entering the Champions League. Because Jacquesson was suspended for a bad foul in the last round of the league, Maresca could only allow the young George to be the center team with Maduaike, Palmer, and Neto; Kesedo and Enzo double midfielders; Rees James, Adarabioyu, Colewell, and Cucurella guard the back line, and goalkeeper Sanchez.

On Manchester United, Mount faces his old club with Diallo and Hoylen to the offensive line; B Fee and Casemiro are in the midfield; Dogu and Mazravi are separated from each other; Luke Shaw, Maguire and Lindelof form three defenders, and Onana stands in front of the goal. After the start of the game, Chelsea failed to form any shot on the offensive end. Although Manchester United created a certain opportunity through counterattack, the substantial threat was not great; in the 18th minute, B Fee made a precise cross from the left, and Maguire made a front shot into the net, but unfortunately he was judged to be invalid after being offside. In the 24th minute, Maduaike broke through and made a cross from the bottom. Reese James volleyed from the outside, and the ball hit the post without any bias and bounced out! It almost replicated the famous scene of Paval's "Peach Blossom Shadow Falls and the Divine Sword" at the World Cup.

In the 28th minute, Neto made a front-pass from the left bottom line, Enzo volleyed on Ho Yilun's arm, and the referee did not make any statement; in the stoppage time of the halftime, Maduaike broke through from the left and passed by, Palmer directly shot hard, Onana tried hard to save the ball, Enzo shot with a supplementary shot against most of the empty goal but kicked away!

In the 51st minute of the second half, Mount passed the ball near the center line and immediately stepped forward. Diallo accelerated his defense against Colewell and accelerated his breakthrough and knocked back, but Mount's shot directly missed the goal; in the 60th minute, Kesedo made a straight pass in the midfield, George immediately stepped forward, Onana attacked and saved the ball, the former fell to the ground, and the referee originally called a penalty, but the penalty kick was cancelled after VAR intervened.

After gradually regaining the initiative, Chelsea finally found a goal opportunity; in the 71st minute, Kesedo transferred, Neto knocked back from the right, James pulled the ball in the ribs and turned around and made a cross, Kukurelia inserted the header into the net, 1:0! Cucurella has scored 8 goals in her career, the same as the total number of goals scored in her career.

2 minutes later, Palmer made another accurate diagonal pass, but Maduaike stopped the ball and cut into the penalty area but missed it; in the 78th minute, Diallo broke through the right ability and cut inside and shot hard, and Sanchez made a wonderful save from the side. Although the score was behind, Manchester United was not panicked at all. At the same time, for the Europa League final next week, Amorin gradually withdrew his main force. In the end, it became the full score 2:0, Chelsea overtakes Manchester City and returns to the top four in the Premier League, while Manchester United needs to defeat Tottenham in the Europa League final to obtain the right to participate in the Champions League next season.