Manchester United's first game since entering 2003 arrived at 3:00 on January 1, with Manchester United sitting in Old Trafford against the Black Cat Sunderland.

Sunderland is not a strong team, so many Manchester United fans regarded these three-pointers as their own pocket early on, but no one expected that Manchester United would have a nightmare start. In the 5th minute of the game, Perron accidentally pushed the ball into his own goal.

However, Manchester United quickly equalized the score. Yin Jun scored 2 minutes later, helping the Argentine midfielder complete redemption. The Wizard hugged Yin Jun enthusiastically after he scored.

The game immediately entered a deadlock. Both sides were unable to send the ball into the opponent's goal for more than an hour to rewrite the score on the field.

After a long standoff, Manchester United, who is still better at strength, broke the deadlock.

In the 81st minute, Marjo kicked off with his big foot. Ferdinand directly used one end of the arch and sent the ball back to the frontcourt. Beckham stopped the ball with his chest and broke into the penalty area, facing Marjo and shot into the net.

In stoppage time, Yin Jun hooked the ball to the goal from the left, Scholes headed the ball to break the net, and finally locked the score at 3:1.

However, because Arsenal also won this round, Manchester United is still 5 points behind the Gunners and ranks second.

In the following weekend, Manchester United ushered in the FA Cup. Manchester United scored twice with Fanny's penalty kick, Beckham's free kick score, and Scholes' icing on the cake, eliminated the English League leader Portsmouth 4-1 at Old Trafford Stadium and advanced to the fourth round.

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In the second weekend of 2003, the 23rd round of the Premier League started in full swing. Manchester United visited the Hawthorn Stadium in this round and challenged West Brom.

Although the Red Devils conceded a goal first because of Ferdinand's mistake, they still reversed West Ham United 3-1 away with goals from Van NY, Scholes and Solskjaer, and continued to press down on Arsenal in the standings.

Monday, January 13, 2003.

For Yin Jun, this is a memorable day, because on this day, the Premier League officially announced that Manchester United midfielder Yin Jun was elected the Player of the Year of December.

The official Premier League Best of the Month is a group of experts composed of Premier League celebrities and fans from all over the world. Among them, the best player and the team of team captains of each club participated in the selection. It includes three awards: Player of the Month, coach of the Month and goal of the Month.

The Premier League Player of the Month Award was founded in the 1994-1995 season. The first winner was Klinsmann, who played for Tottenham that year, and Yin Jun was the first Asian player to win the award.

In fact, if it weren't for the history change, the first Asian player to win the award would have to wait 14 years later in 2016, when the Korean player Son Heung-min, who played for Tottenham, broke this ice.

It is not easy to win this award. Although this award has to generate 9-10 per season, so far, many top superstars have not won this award. For example, Arsenal midfielder core and captain Vieira, former Manchester United legendary goalkeeper Schmeichel, etc.

From the rewards given by the "host" system for this award, it can also be seen that the best portion of the Premier League month has been won.

30 reputation value!

You know, Yin Jun won the World Cup silver boots and was selected for the World Cup best team, but he only won 50 reputations and 80 reputations respectively!

After obtaining the 30 reputation value this time, plus some reputation accumulated one after another, the total amount of reputation value accumulated by Yin Jun in the "host" system has exceeded 200.

However, Yin Jun has not yet figured out how to use these reputation values, because the current products in the system mall are not rich, and there is no product that makes Yin Jun particularly eager to buy.

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Yin Jun deserves to be the best player of the Premier League in December this time. He played in four games in Manchester United in 6 games in December, contributing 5 goals and 1 assist to the team. In these 4 games, Manchester United won all of them, including consecutive important games such as Liverpool and Arsenal.

Among them, in the battle against Arsenal, Yin Jun scored twice, helping Manchester United defeat the Gunners 3-0 at home, and was a great contributor to the team's victory.

In the final match against Birmingham in 2002, facing Manchester United's two consecutive defeats in the Premier League, Yin Jun once again used 2 shots and 1 pass, almost helping Manchester United defeat his opponent 4-0 with his own strength, thus ending the decline in losing streak.

Ferguson said after the game that he really regretted giving Yin Jun a week off during Christmas, otherwise Manchester United would not be so much behind Arsenal again.

Ferguson's words show his reliance on Yin Jun.

After receiving the award, Yin Jun told the Premier League official website: "It's a fantastic thing to be able to win the Premier League Player of the Month. In December, I scored 5 goals and received 1 assist. Goals and assisted teammates are perfect things. Although I want to win other trophies and awards, I'm really happy to make history."

"There is a long way to go before we start talking about the championship. We have to keep working hard. Our next game opponent is one of the best teams in the Premier League, and we know what that means for the fans, but the point is the same: take three points all."

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Yin Jun's next game is to play against the Blues Chelsea at home on January 18. Currently, Chelsea ranks third in the Premier League and is an important championship rival for Manchester United.

In the eyes of many people, Chelsea rose to prominence after being acquired by Russian rich man Abramovich, but this view is not complete. In the first decade of the Premier League era, although Chelsea had not won the championship, it has always been a mid-to-high-level team in the league.

Especially since 1996, when Gulit, who was the team's coach, was the team's head coach, Chelsea has been stable in the top six in the Premier League. When Manchester United won the triple championship in the 1998-1999 season, the Blues' ranking in the Premier League also reached their peak - third!

In the Premier League, Chelsea can be regarded as the nemesis of Manchester United. In the past 20 matches in the past ten seasons, Manchester United's score was only 6 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses, and almost no advantage. This is very rare for Manchester United. After all, as the dominant existence in the first decade of the Premier League, almost all Premier League teams have been crushed by Manchester United. Even if they have a winning record, it is a small probability.

What's more, there is also a record of Manchester United's defeat at Stamford Bridge Stadium 0:5 (October 2, 1999), and a record of a record of 0:3 (December 1, 2001).

As a time traveler, Yin Jun even knows that Manchester United will not have the upper hand in the future match against Chelsea. This London team seems to be born to know how to play against Manchester United.

It is not easy to defeat such an opponent!
Chapter completed!