MU post-Sir Alex Ferguson era

The 13-point gap that Man City created with MU unintentionally obscured all the efforts of Mourinho and his team. In fact, they are not a bad team. The championship did not come to MU, simply because Pep and his students were too excellent compared to the rest of this tournament.

After Sir Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson left Old Trafford after the 2012-2013 season with the Premier League title. It has been 4 seasons since MU has enjoyed the joy of lifting the Premier League trophy.

In the 2013/2014 season, the “post-Ferguson” era, David Moyes’ successor only won 64 points after 38 rounds, the worst result to date. In an effort to seek the 14th championship, the Old Trafford owners invited the famous Dutch coach Louis van Gaal to sit in the hot seat.

But in the next two seasons with Louis van Gaal, the Red Devils got 70 and 66 points respectively, and had to leave Old Trafford. Last season, in his first year in charge, coach Jose Mourinho only won 69 points.

Man City is the 19th team that MU has won this season. Photo: Internet

Thus, the post-Ferguson points are 64, 70, 66, 69 respectively with the season's ranking positions being 7, 4, 5, 6 respectively. Of which, there were 2 years without playing in the Champions League, and this year they participated through the "back door" as the Europa League champion.

Thus, after the victory over Man City, MU has won 71 points, the highest number since Sir Alex Ferguson left the Old Trafford team, in the context that the Red Devils still have 6 matches left to play. Not a bad achievement in MU history and the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era, the current number of points is even higher than the first season with Van Gaal.

With the remaining schedule, Arsenal is the only "big guy" and according to the calculation of the next 6 matches, Mourinho and his team can completely gain 13 more points. The number of 84 points is enough for MU to win the championship in 9 out of the past 25 Premier League seasons. Even in the holy treble season of 1998/1999, they only got 79 points in the Premier League.

Against the top 6 teams, with 9 matches played, MU also has a good record, 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. More specifically, the "Red Devils" have surpassed 3 giants Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City in just the last 5 rounds.

This season, MU has defeated all 19 remaining teams in the Premier League this season. This is clearly a remarkable milestone for Mourinho and his team because only Man City can do that.

consolation

MU has reduced the gap between them and the top of the table Man City to 13 points (84 compared to 71) with 6 rounds left in the Premier League. In theory, MU can still be crowned champions if they win 5 of the remaining 6 matches, while Man City lose all 6 matches.

After the victory over Man City, MU has won 71 points, the highest number since Sir Alex Ferguson left the Old Trafford team, in the context that the Red Devils still have 6 matches left to play. Photo: Internet

With Arsenal the only match to worry about, Mourinho and his team can achieve their goal of winning 5/6 remaining matches. But even if they can do that, the "Red Devils" do not have the right to decide for themselves. Their hateful neighbors Man City only need to win 6 more points when their remaining opponents are only Tottenham, Swansea, West Ham, Huddersfield, Brighton and Southampton. This is too simple for Josep Guardiola and his team, the only problem is which round they will win.

Coming in second is not Mourinho's style, but in the specific context and the excellence of Josep Guardiola's team, MU fans can still smile. That's what MU fans are!