Chapter 340: Lamp Lampard

During the half-time break, Pellegrini repeatedly reminded the players not to be angered by the opponent's words and actions, to control their emotions and not to get yellow cards again.

The players seemed to be doing all the talking on the surface, but in fact they were thinking about how to kill those bastards at Chelsea.

If you don't fight back after being beaten, are you still a man? This is the Premier League, not La Liga!

Although the players had different ideas in their minds, after returning to the game, they still resolutely implemented Pellegrini's offensive tactics.

After the start of the second half, Manchester City launched another fierce attack on Chelsea, seemingly trying to replicate the goal at the end of the first half.

In the 47th minute, Manchester City got a corner kick.

Lin Quan took a tactical corner kick and passed the ball to Silva.

Silva attracted the opponent's players to steal the ball and then put the ball in the penalty area.

The cooperation this time was very good and created opportunities, but unfortunately the Manchester City player responsible for the attack failed to get the first point and the ball was cleared by Chelsea captain Terry.

Two minutes later, Manchester City's attack returned.

Lin Quan passed the ball to the wing and De Bruyne made a straight pass.

Lin Quan's long shot from the edge of the penalty area was tipped over the crossbar by Courtois, and Manchester City got another corner kick.

This time, Lin Quan chose to pass the corner kick directly into the penalty area. In the melee in the penalty area, the ball was confiscated by Courtois.

In these few minutes, Manchester City's attack was very fierce, but thanks to Courtois' outstanding performance, Chelsea's goal was never broken.

After Courtois returned to Chelsea from Atletico Madrid this season, he used some means to successfully force the palace and snatched the starting position from Cech.

At the beginning, the Blues fans did not trust him very much. After all, Cech had been guarding the goal for Chelsea for many years, and everyone could see his strength.

Courtois is just a young goalkeeper born in the 1990s. Can he be as stable as Cech? Now, Chelsea's players seem to be able to put their minds at ease.

In the few games that Courtois started for Chelsea, he performed very well.

Especially those highly spectacular flying saves, which were pleasing to the eye and showed the style of a top goalkeeper.

Facing Manchester City's crazy attack, Chelsea was not completely passive and did not fight back.

In the 53rd minute, Chelsea got a free kick opportunity in the middle.

Fabregas took a free kick and tried to hoist the ball into the penalty area.

However, the ball seemed to hit the defender's arm while flying, and Chelsea players immediately complained to the referee, believing it was a penalty.

However, the referee ignored the Chelsea players' request and refused to award a penalty.

This penalty made Chelsea players very dissatisfied, and their head coach Mourinho emotionally complained to the fourth official on the sidelines.

Because the words he used were rather harsh and his tone was not very friendly.

The fourth official informed the referee through the headset, and the referee came over and showed Mourinho a yellow card to warn him.

Mourinho has a history of being sent off with red cards many times. Once he is sent off, he will not be able to command the team to fight.

So after receiving the yellow card, Mourinho had to calm down.

Although Chelsea players did not get a penalty, their protest did have some effect.

As if to balance the previous penalty, the referee made some compensation in the subsequent game.

In the 55th minute, Manchester City took a tactical free kick and Silva passed the ball directly to the left rib.

De Bruyne was brought down by Cahill in the penalty area, which was more obvious than the suspected handball foul by the Manchester City player just now. Logically, this should have been a penalty.

But the referee did not make any decision and only gave Manchester City a free kick.

Now it's Manchester City players' turn to be unhappy.

What do you mean by not calling such an obvious foul?

After this obvious missed call, the emotions of Manchester City players, which had gradually calmed down, began to become impatient again.

In the 58th minute, Diego Costa elbowed Zabaleta and received a yellow card.

Zabaleta was very angry after being elbowed. He got up from the ground and went to argue with Diego Costa.

If the players on both sides hadn't held them back, the two would probably have started fighting.

Although he was stopped by his teammates, Zabaleta's anger did not subside.

In the 61st minute, Chelsea counterattacked and Diego Costa was tackled by Zabaleta in retaliation while dribbling the ball.

The latter did a diving move, holding his ankle and rolling on the ground for several times, while screaming like a pig being slaughtered.

The referee hesitated for a moment, and Zabaleta already had a yellow card.

If you draw a card against him again at this time, his two yellow cards will be turned into one red card and he will be expelled from the game.

However, he had already tolerated several fouls from Zabaleta before, and this time he couldn't ignore it.

So he took out the yellow card and warned Zabaleta.

Then he pulled out a red card and sent Zabaleta off the field.

Seeing this penalty, the Manchester City fans at the scene booed collectively, and it was unclear whether they were booing the referee or their opponents.

On the sidelines, Pellegrini's heart skipped a beat when he saw the penalty, and he immediately felt that the situation was very bad.

There are still thirty minutes in the game. If they are one man short, they will be at a huge disadvantage.

Chelsea will definitely not miss such an opportunity, and the next game will probably become very difficult! In order to ensure the stability of the back line, Pellegrini had to replace David Silva with Milner.

Manchester City, playing at home, was forced to play with 10 against 11, and their formation also changed from 4231 to 4221.

Seeing that Manchester City was short of players, Mourinho made decisive substitutions and replaced two players at once.

He brought on Mikel and Oscar for Ramires, who had received a yellow card, and William, who had performed poorly.

Mourinho's intention of substitution is very clear, to continue to pile up manpower in the frontcourt and strengthen the attack.

Only one goal behind, with Chelsea's strong offensive power this season, they are completely capable of equalizing the score or even completing a reversal!

Mourinho's substitutions achieved immediate results. Thanks to the numerical advantage in the midfield, Chelsea gradually gained control of the midfield through active fighting.

In the 65th minute, Fabregas took a corner kick from the right, Ivanovic headed the ball to the back post, and Diego Costa, who was lurking at the far post, fell to the ground and completed a shovel shot.

However, Navas had already noticed Diego Costa's actions, so he blocked the opponent's shot the moment he shot, and narrowly blocked the opponent's sure goal from going out of the goal.

The Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium broke out in cold sweats and couldn't help but gasp.

Fortunately, the team bought a top goalkeeper, otherwise the score would have been tied by now.

However, Chelsea's attack did not stop.

In the 71st minute, Ivanovic made a run to the front court and sent a high-quality cross.

Diego Costa handled this ball very skillfully. He turned sideways, passed Mikel to the right, poked the ball with his toes, and sent the ball to Hazard in the open space on the right.

Faced with such a nanny ball, Hazard did not waste the opportunity and sent the ball into Manchester City's goal in one fell swoop.

1:1!

Chelsea equalized the score!

Losing the ball at this time would be almost fatal for Manchester City, who were behind in numbers.

Whether it was the players on the field or the fans who came to watch the game, they couldn't help but feel a little worried at this time.

Chelsea is strong and in high spirits. Can Manchester City, who are missing one man, still withstand the opponent's fierce attack? Thinking of the just-concluded Champions League group match in which Chelsea beat Schalke 04 4-0, Manchester City fans couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Chelsea this season is completely different from last season.

Scoring a goal is no longer a difficult task for them.

"Why are you so pessimistic? This is our home ground!"

Seeing his teammates’ low morale, Lin Quan spoke loudly.

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"That's right. What's wrong with having fewer players? We eliminated Real Madrid away from home with only 10 players. Are Chelsea more terrifying than Real Madrid?"

After hearing Lin Quan's words, De Bruyne also stood up and echoed him.

Last season, Manchester City's most dangerous game in the Champions League was the away game against Real Madrid.

Despite being behind in the score and having one player sent off, they performed a miracle and reversed the game to eliminate the mighty Real Madrid.

They had experienced such a battle, so what was there to worry about in such a situation? At least this was their home ground, and they were not behind! "That's right, this is our home ground, we can't let Chelsea run wild here!"

"Charge forward and defeat them with attack!"

The players were already full of anger, and Lin Quan's words completely aroused their fighting spirit.

Pellegrini felt very pleased to see that the players could still have such fighting spirit in this situation.

He looked at the bench, lingering on Fernando and Lampard for a long time.

In the end, Lampard was chosen.

Lampard is a B2B all-around midfielder with a very good long-range shot and better offensive ability than Fernando.

Moreover, among all Manchester City players, no one is more familiar with Chelsea than him.

At this time, we can only rely on the experience of veterans!

When seeing Manchester City replace Lampard, the Manchester City fans at the scene were a little puzzled. Shouldn't they replace Kroos at this time?

With Kroos' offensive ability, Manchester City's offensive threat will definitely be greatly improved after he comes on the court.

"What is the engineer thinking? Why not change teacher Tony?"

"That's right. Countless matches have proven that the combination of Tony + De Bruyne and Lin Quan is invincible and unstoppable on the field!"

"I think it's probably because we have fewer players and the midfield lacks toughness, so we need to replace it with a player who has strong physical confrontation ability and certain offensive ability, right?"

"Well, that's probably the case!"

"But this guy has such a deep relationship with Chelsea, could he be an undercover agent?"

"No way? He is a professional player after all, he shouldn't be unable to distinguish the occasion!"

"Anyway, just believe it first!"

Manchester City fans were skeptical about the substitution, while Chelsea fans had mixed feelings.

When I saw an old player who had played for my team for 14 years wearing the opponent's jersey and appearing on the court as an opponent, I felt mixed emotions.

"Alas, I don't know why the club doesn't renew Lampard's contract!"

"Yeah, Genie has played for the Blues for so long, and it's obvious that there's still some gas in the tank, why not renew his contract, even for one year!"

"Although the Genie is a bit older, didn't Pirlo and Xavi renew their contracts with the club?"

"If he had renewed his contract for another year, Lampard would probably have spent the rest of his career at the Blues. What a pity! I won't be able to see that!"

The situation on the field was favorable for Chelsea, so Chelsea fans were in a more relaxed mood at this time, which is why they were in the mood to discuss Lampard.

After Lampard came on the pitch, he quickly used a clean defense to resolve Chelsea's attack.

Seeing this scene, Chelsea fans’ good mood disappeared instantly.

Later, when they saw Lampard use a tackle to stop Fabregas from dribbling forward, they cursed out loud:

"Depend on!"

“This is really…”

"Spirit Lamp, take it easy, the opponents are all your old teammates!"

Lampard is very professional. Now he is wearing the Manchester City jersey, so naturally he has to do his best for the team.

Moreover, he also took care of his old teammates and did not directly foul them.

As for Fabregas? Haha, when I was at Chelsea, this guy was the captain of our sworn enemy Arsenal! What psychological burden do I have for fouling the former captain of Arsenal? Not at all!

Poor Fabregas, he played very uncomfortably in the defensive midfielder position in this game.

Manchester City pressed him fiercely from the start, and while Chelsea players took turns fouling Lin Quan, Manchester City players were not idle either.

The person they fouled was Fabregas.

Lin Quan has a talent for being immune to injuries, so he is not afraid of the opponent's fouls, and even earned three yellow cards for this.

But Fabregas doesn't have such talent. Every time he was kicked down, he grimaced in pain.

If he hadn't relied on his tenacious perseverance to persist in the game, he would have requested a substitution long ago.

I can't fall, the team will win soon.

As long as we win this game, we will be at the top of the standings! Fabregas, who was lying on the ground with a grin in pain, was still cheering himself up.

After leaving Barcelona, ​​Fabregas seemed like a different person, working even harder than before.

Lampard's role was not only reflected in defense. In the 81st minute, Manchester City launched a quick attack after stealing the ball. After Lin Quan and Milner cooperated continuously on the right, Milner knocked the ball to the front of the penalty area.

After receiving the ball, Lampard took a look at Chelsea's goal and kicked a world-class shot without hesitation.

He has fought for the Blues countless times, but today, he will score against the Blues!

Sorry, Chelsea fans!

I'm sorry, Boss Abu!

(End of this chapter)