Burning great battle MU - Liverpool: Will Martial's return become a savior for the "Red Devils"?

In the context of Cristiano Ronaldo still struggling to go or stay and his performance is also declining, will Anthony Martial who has just recovered from an injury come out to rescue MU in the great battle with Liverpool in the third round of the upcoming Premier League? next?

The first two rounds of the English Premier League TV Schedule were full of nightmares for both MU and Liverpool. With the "Red Devils of Manchester", they lost to both Brighton & Hove Albion (1-2) and Brentford (0-4) and are at the bottom of the rankings. New coach Erik Ten Hag is also the first strategist in 20 years of MU to lose the first 2 matches in a season in the Premier League.

As for Liverpool, their performance is not much better than that of their great rival. "The Kop" to draw the first two matches in the Premier League this year when both were led by Fulham (2-2) and Crystal Palace (1-1).

In that context, MU and Liverpool had to enter the "British derby" match of the poor in the third round of the Premier League at 2am on August 23 (Vietnam time) at Old Trafford.

MU has the home field advantage, but they are still considered a "bottom door" compared to Jurgen Klopp's teachers and students after the 0-5 and 0-4 defeats against their arch-rival last season and both shock defeats against Brighton and Brentford recently.

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In that adversity, MU received rare good news when striker Anthony Martial had recovered from a hamstring injury and had just returned to training with the whole team. The Athletic newspaper on August 15 wrote: "Anthony Martial, who missed the opening two games of the season with a hamstring injury, has now returned to training with MU's first team."

The French player played brilliantly on the tour last summer when he had 3 goals and 1 assist for the team of the new coach Ten Hag, in which 1 goal was scored against Liverpool in MU's 4-0 victory to win. won the Bangkok Century Cup friendly trophy in Thailand on July 12.

Unfortunately, Martial had muscle problems in a friendly match against Atletico Madrid (MU lost 0-1) on July 30 and made him miss both the first two rounds of the new Premier League season.

The absence of the former AS Monaco striker has created conditions for Cristiano Ronaldo to play. CR7 came on from the bench at the beginning of the second half against Brighton and started in the Brentford match, but he was dead in both of those humiliating defeats of MU.

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When Martial was absent, the attacking stars used by coach Ten Hag such as Jadon Sancho, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford or Ronaldo all played with lack of cohesion and were not effective.

MU's only goal in the past 2 rounds of the English Premier League was not scored by their players but an own goal by central midfielder Alexis Mac Allister.

Martial has the ability to press and handle the ball in a narrow range quite well but he has just recovered from injury. Writer Tom Avery of United In Focus commented that it would be a bold and brave decision of the new coach Ten Hag if the 52-year-old strategist chose Martial to replace Ronaldo in the role of MU's spearhead striker in the United States. upcoming match against Liverpool.

But in the context that "Red Devils" are in a cornered position, sometimes "the dose can eat a lot". Liverpool is also suffering from a "storm of injury" in the defense with the absence of both central defenders Joel Matip and Ibrahim Konate, while Virgil Van Dijk plays uncertainly in the last 2 matches with both Fulham and Crystal Palace, MU completely can score if using the "trump card" Martial.

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