Leeds United thrashed Liverpool 5-1 away from home, Benitez's future looks bleak!
The title race is heating up! The 35th round of the Premier League concluded yesterday, with Leeds United thrashing Liverpool 5-1 away and Manchester United securing a 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough at home! With three rounds remaining, Leeds United lead Manchester United by only one point, despite Manchester United having played one game less! Chelsea could be a key factor in deciding the title race.
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In a post-match interview, Li Shiguang stated: "The team's form has improved, and we will strive for three consecutive wins in the final rounds! I believe in Mourinho's professionalism; Chelsea will not throw the game!"
the next day.
English media outlets largely glossed over Leeds United's resounding victory over Liverpool.
In their view.
Chelsea, having essentially declared their title defense a failure this season, has become a hot commodity as they determine the fate of two other teams.
After their away win against Newcastle United yesterday, Chelsea are now nine points behind Leeds United and eight points behind Manchester United, who have a game in hand. With three rounds remaining in the league, they can be said to have lost all hope of defending their title.
At the post-match press conference after the game against Newcastle United.
Mourinho himself stated in an interview that both Chelsea and he had failed in the Premier League this season, and their hopes of winning the title were extremely slim. However, fortunately, they still had the FA Cup and the Champions League to strive for.
But the reporters didn't seem interested in whether Chelsea could win the two titles Mourinho mentioned.
What they really want to know is whether Chelsea will throw the game in their rescheduled league match against Manchester United next month because they need to prepare for their Champions League clash with United!
After all, these two matches are played too close together.
"To throw the game? That's an insult to my and the Chelsea players' professionalism!" Mourinho scoffed when a reporter bluntly asked this question. "But it's too early to talk about that now. I'm fully focused on the first leg against Manchester United in four days!"
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On the evening of April 26, the Champions League semi-final match between two English Premier League teams kicked off on schedule.
Yesterday, another semi-final match concluded, with Bayern Munich winning 3-2 against AC Milan at home.
Because he had to work overtime yesterday, Li Shiguang simply watched the game with Simeone in the office.
Although AC Milan lost, the two away goals stand out. Analyzing the game from the perspective of the head coach, perhaps the one who is more anxious after the game is not Ancelotti who lost, but Bayern Munich's Ottmar Hitzfeld.
Kaká scored twice in this match, keeping AC Milan's hopes of reaching the final alive.
After watching the entire match, Li Shiguang could only sigh in his heart that Ancelotti was really lucky to run into Kaká in 2007. It must be a blessing that the fat guy had earned in his previous life!
After finishing work early today, Li Shiguang went home and had a romantic candlelight dinner with Shakira, who had come to Leeds for a vacation after a few days of free time. He took a nice hot bath, and then, under Shakira's resentful gaze, he plopped down on the sofa in the living room, turned on the TV, and prepared to watch to see who would emerge victorious between his two old rivals tonight.
With about 20 minutes to go before the match starts, on television, Lineker and Jon are conducting their final pre-match analysis.
My favorite team, Leeds United, has been eliminated.
Compared to Jon beside him, Reinkel was relatively unburdened today; in his mind, either winning or losing was an acceptable outcome.
"Jon, what do you think of this match?" After introducing the starting lineups for both sides, Rheinkel asked Jon in a relaxed tone.
"Chelsea wins." Jon blurted out, as if he would be disrespectful to Chelsea if he hesitated for even a second longer.
Reinkel hadn't expected Jon to answer so quickly, and quickly put the microphone away, whispering a reminder: "Hey, bro, this is a live broadcast, do you have to be so emotional?!"
"Huh?...Oh!" Jon realized what he had said after being reminded by Lineker, and moved closer to the microphone to make amends for what he had just said, "I just thought Chelsea had a better chance of winning today's game, after all, they have the home advantage."
Hearing Jon's weak explanation, even Li Shiguang, watching on TV, curled his lip. As a commentator, your stance is too obvious. You're openly stirring up trouble during the live broadcast.
Isn't that obvious? Home advantage means a higher chance of winning? Then why was Leeds United eliminated by AC Milan?
Although Jon's reason was absurd.
But in Li Shiguang's opinion, Chelsea does have a better chance of winning today.
Both teams played their last Premier League match on a Sunday, giving them three days of rest.
However, Manchester United will field their strongest lineup for Sunday's match because they also need to focus on the title race.
Chelsea, having freed up their squad for the league, allowed Mourinho to make extensive rotations, giving their starting lineups a good rest.
However, this was just a rough analysis before the match. The football is round, and the referee blew the whistle to end the match less than 90 minutes later. Nobody knew what would happen during the match!
After the match started, Chelsea indeed put Manchester United under complete pressure from the very beginning.
Mourinho, who usually prefers a defensive counter-attacking style, surprisingly deviated from his usual approach today. He stood on the sidelines constantly directing his players to press forward, trying to take advantage of their high energy levels to break the deadlock.
Faced with Chelsea's relentless attacks, Manchester United could only cower in their own half and struggle to hold on.
This situation made Li Shiguang suspect that the two head coaches had switched tactical approaches before the game!
The match has reached the 28th minute.
Chelsea launched an attack in the attacking third, and Lampard, after holding off Carrick's harassment in midfield, passed the ball to Drogba at the edge of the penalty area.
After receiving the ball, Drogba turned sharply under pressure from Heinze, seemingly about to shoot.
Seeing this, Brown had no choice but to come up and block. Drogba, seeing this, cleverly changed his shot into a through ball, passing the ball to Joe Cole who broke into the penalty area from the right.
Completely unmarked, Joe Cole took only one step forward after receiving the ball and fired a low shot. Van der Sar, who was rushing out, reacted a fraction of a second too late, and the ball slipped between his legs and into the net!
1-0, Chelsea take the lead at home!
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