Southampton scored four goals in the first half, but after the game restarted in the second half, their performance remained unabated.
However, although Manchester United was defeated, Giggs changed two defensive players during the halftime break.
In addition, the Saints were already sure of victory, slowed down the offense and strengthened control, so the score was finally locked at four.
Than zero.
In the second half, the Saints didn't score a single goal.
But just for the bombardment in the first half and Messi's hat trick, this game is worth the price of admission.
It turned out that according to British arrangements, a Chinese-British version of the manor meeting should be held at the Prime Minister's Checkers Villa in Aylesbury, northwest of London, on the evening of the third day of the Chinese leader's visit to the UK.
But later, they changed their minds temporarily and chose the Undersea Hotel in Southampton as the venue for the meeting.
This is no longer a meeting in the manor, but a meeting under the sea.
With this meeting, media all over the world immediately reported and paid attention to it.
The name of Southampton Underwater Hotel is bound to become world-famous because of this meeting between Chinese and British leaders.
The meeting was scheduled after the game between the Saints and Manchester United.
As the host, Yang Huan attended the dinner meeting between the leaders of the two countries, and early the next morning, he left Southampton with gifts from the leaders of the two countries, and took a flight to Manchester at Southampton Airport.
The originally planned visit to a football club in Manchester has now been cancelled.
The leaders of China and Britain gathered in Southampton and stayed at the Undersea Hotel.
In addition, the Saints defeated Manchester United 4-0 at home and won their ninth consecutive Premier League victory.
This event became the focus of reports by major media around the world the next day.
Such a meeting between Chinese and British leaders brought Southampton, a seaport city on the south coast of England, into the eyes of the world again.
Everyone discovered that there was something like this where the Titanic was.
Fantasy architecture.
As a result, Southampton's Undersea Hotel suddenly became a hot spot for tourists from all over the world.
In the Premier League, the Saints relied on this 4-0 victory over Manchester United to consolidate their leading position in the Premier League standings with nine consecutive victories.
However, due to Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Arsenal This round of games was won, so the Saints' lead did not widen further.
Louis van Gaal's North London team was at home and defeated Liverpool 1-0 with Cristiano Ronaldo's goal.
The Portuguese scored consecutive goals in the Premier League and was unstoppable.
In this year's Premier League scorer list, two players, Cristiano Ronaldo and Suarez, are taking the lead.
However, since Suarez did not score in this round, the Portuguese temporarily ranks first in the scorer list.
However, many media believe that Messi's strong comeback will bring more suspense to the Premier League scorer list.
Manchester City defeated Bournemouth 5-1 at their home court with Aboubakar's two shots and one pass, Sterling's hat-trick, which also allowed Manchester City to surpass Tottenham Hotspur and ascend to the top of the league Second in the standings, behind Southampton.
Arsenal defeated Watford 3-0 and ranked fourth in the league.
Ranieri's Leicester City ranked fifth in the league.
Crystal Palace ranked sixth in the league.
Manchester United lost a game.
After a disastrous defeat, the ranking fell to seventh in the league.
The situation of the Red Army Liverpool is even worse, ranking directly in tenth place in the league.
Although Chelsea won this round, they are still ranked 16th in the league and only one step away from the relegation zone.
This has also caused many fans to ridicule Chelsea.
The main goal this season should be to avoid relegation.
Judging from the current Premier League standings, it is completely foreseeable that it will be difficult for Leicester City and Crystal Palace to maintain this momentum until the end of the season, and their rankings will change as the season progresses.
Go deep and slide down.
Lack of strength and weak lineup are their biggest weaknesses.
During the winter break and after talking to more strong teams, they will be unable to continue.
But in any case, the outstanding performance in the first nine rounds of this season has brought great attention and influence to both teams.
Southampton is still the favorite to win the championship this season, but Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur also have opportunities, while Arsenal and Manchester United are fighting for the top four in the league.
The only regrettable thing is the fall of two traditional strong teams, Liverpool and Chelsea.
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However, there are teams like Leicester City, Crystal Palace, and West Ham United that have come from behind.
For the Premier League, it is also a great success.
A good thing.
At least, it adds some suspense and upsets, right?
After finishing the ninth round of the Premier League, the Saints set off for Paris, France, to participate in the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage.
Paris Saint-Germain is competing fiercely with Monaco for the league title in Ligue 1 this season.
Ronald Koeman's team's defense did not change much this summer.
After Costa Rican goalkeeper Navas switched to Real Madrid, the team introduced Timo Horn from Cologne in the Bundesliga with a large sum of money.
The entire defense still maintains the level of last season, but the midfielder has sold older players such as Biglia, Tularan, and Capoue, and introduced Schneiderlin, Sanson, Wanyama, these three young players are in their prime and can be more moldable.
In addition, Hernandez and Mbappe were introduced on the front line, and the disappointing Benzia was sold.
This is also something that can't be helped.
Originally, the team spent a lot of money to lure Benzia from Lyon, thinking that this young player had the potential of Benzema, but as a result, his progress was limited, coupled with the player's own problems, eventually Monaco had to give up and let him go.
Send away.
At the beginning of this season, Monaco won three consecutive victories.
Although the team had many problems, they won steadily.
But in the fourth round of the league, Monaco lost 1-2 to Paris Saint-Germain at their home court, giving up their position as the league leader for nothing.
This battle caused Monaco and Ronald Koeman to be criticized and put a lot of pressure on them.
However, Monaco's management, headed by Michael Bolingbroke and Jean-Luc Bissing, have successively expressed their support for Ronald Koeman in a high-profile manner and believe that he can lead the team out of the shadows.
Although in the next two rounds, Monaco's performance was not ideal, with one win and one loss, widening the gap with Paris Saint-Germain.
But after learning from the painful experience, Ronald Koeman quickly found the key to the team's victory.
In the next four rounds, the team won four consecutive victories, including a 6-0 away win over Guingamp and a 3-0 home win over Rennes.
A wonderful game with a 4-1 win over Lyon at home.
However, although Monaco has won consecutive games, Paris Saint-Germain's performance is not bad either.
Although they tied with Bordeaux and Lens in the fourth and fifth rounds of the league, Paris Saint-Germain won all the subsequent games.
Therefore, the current French Ligue 1 standings is still led by Paris Saint-Germain, with Monaco trailing by two points and ranking second.
But there is no doubt that the championship battle between the two teams has completely heated up.
At this time, Southampton visited the Parc des Princes.
In addition to winning its third victory in the Champions League group stage and defending the top spot in the group, Southampton also shouldered the heavy responsibility of breaking Paris Saint-Germain's unbeaten golden streak for Monaco.
As soon as the game started, the Saints went out with all their strength and attacked like crazy.
In this game, Sanchez replaced Suarez in the starting lineup.
The latter had to take a rest because he participated in consecutive national team games and then participated non-stop in the game against Manchester United after returning.
As a result, in the 16th minute, after Sanchez forced a breakthrough on the right, he passed a low pass.
Hazard followed up with a push from the left and penetrated the Paris Saint-Germain goal.
Paris Saint-Germain consciously strengthened its defense.
The defense, led by Thiago Silva and David Luiz, deployed the defense very tightly.
Southampton could not find a chance for a while.
In the second half, Kovacic replaced the injured Toni Kroos, and Ancelotti had to ask the team to slow down the offense.
Paris Saint-Germain seized the opportunity, pressed heavily, and strengthened their attack.
But in the 67th minute, Chambers, a teenager from the right, made a wonderful pass.
Messi relied on his strong personal ability to break through David Luiz and scored with a single shot, making it 2-0.
After that, Paris Saint-Germain was not to be outdone and pressed again.
However, in the 78th minute, Varane made a long pass from the backcourt.
Messi easily successfully countered the offside and scored again, making it 3-0.
This goal also completely sentenced Paris Saint-Germain to death.
There was a deathly silence at the Parc des Princes.
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Everyone looked at the score on the court in disbelief.
They saw that the team they thought was already superior was beaten by the Saints from England at their own doorstep. sieve.
The score of three to zero showed the strength gap between the two teams.
In the end, the Saints successfully retreated from the Parc des Princes with a score of 3-0, but what was left behind was the depression, melancholy, and even a bit of reflection in Paris Saint-Germain.
The French media even said after the game that there is only one Messi between Paris Saint-Germain and Southampton.
But is it just one more Messi?
Returning to the Premier League from the European competition, the Saints quickly went north and defeated the Red Army Liverpool 2-0 at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium with goals from Messi and Suarez.
Although after this game, Liverpool's league ranking was still tenth, the two-goal defeat by Southampton still made the Red Army feel depressed.
Coincidentally, Chelsea lost to West Ham United 1-2 in this round, and their ranking fell one place again.
However, Tottenham Hotspur in North London defeated Bournemouth 5-1 away from home.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick and topped the standings.
This has also surprised the British media, and they are also hyping up one after another, thinking that Messi and Suarez combined can barely compare to Cristiano Ronaldo.
That's right, if you look at the current number of goals scored by both sides, it is indeed the case.
However, in an exclusive interview with Charlene Lahiri, Messi responded publicly, saying that he was in very good condition and would definitely score many goals.
"The competition between me and Cristiano has just begun."
Suarez also publicly expressed his unwillingness to be outdone in an interview with The Times.
"Everyone thinks that the top scorer should be Cristiano or Leo, but why doesn't anyone say it's me?"
"I hope to break this perception of others" However, some media analysts believe that since Messi's comeback, Suarez's goals have been curbed and he no longer enjoys the opportunities created by Saints players as before.
Therefore, many media believe that whether it is Messi or Suarez, if they want to catch up with Cristiano Ronaldo, they must have unlimited firing rights in the team like the Portuguese.
But head coach Carlo Ancelotti obviously doesn't think so.
When the British media, and even the media and fans around the world, were hyping and paying attention to the goal battle between Messi, Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo, Sun Yue suddenly came to Southampton.
He also brought a very important piece of news, which made Yang Huan sigh helplessly.
The plan really can’t keep up with the changes: