Chapter 569: Revenge, Manchester City vs. Chelsea
In the 31st round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced a very important match - away challenge to Chelsea.
Due to the very unpleasant experience in the previous match between the two teams at the Etihad Stadium, the hatred between the two teams has accumulated deeply.
Manchester City's hatred for Chelsea now even exceeds that of its city rivals Manchester United.
Therefore, for this game, Manchester City is gearing up to avenge its previous defeat! Chelsea is currently the leader of the Premier League and the biggest favorite to win the Premier League.
Although Manchester City's performance has declined this season, the outside world still recognizes their strength.
Especially since the entire Manchester City team came with full of anger, many people are optimistic that Manchester City can get revenge away from home.
But if Manchester City really beats Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, it will inevitably deal a heavy blow to Chelsea's dream of winning the championship.
It will also bring new suspense to the ownership of the Premier League champion this season! Currently in the standings, the team closest to Chelsea is this season's dark horse Tottenham.
Tottenham is currently only 7 points behind Chelsea. If Tottenham wins and Chelsea loses in this round, the gap will be narrowed to 4 points.
With seven rounds left in the league, the 4 points are still very suspenseful.
Therefore, the outside world is paying close attention to this game. Regardless of whether they are fans of either team, they are all closely following the progress of the game.
Before the game officially started, the expressions of the entire Chelsea team were very serious.
They felt that the opponent was not friendly and today's game was destined not to be easy.
Fortunately, good news came from another game. Tottenham's opponent tonight, Swansea, scored a goal shortly after the start of the game and is currently leading Tottenham 1:0.
If this score remains until the end of the game, it will be good news for Chelsea. Even if they fail to beat Manchester City at home, the gap between them and Tottenham will not narrow.
But this is their home ground, and Chelsea still hopes to beat their opponents at home.
In the past five years, Chelsea has never won a double against Manchester City. The last game was a lucky win, even a little shameful, so this time, they want to beat Manchester City once and for all to make all the doubts from the outside world disappear! Both teams were in good shape today. After the game started, the two sides went back and forth, and the game was in full swing.
Just 10 minutes into the game, the first goal was scored.
Chelsea's full-back, Spanish international Azpilicueta, made a cross from the bottom line, and Hazard received the ball and shot into the goal, giving Chelsea the first goal.
There was warm applause at Stamford Bridge, and even Abramovich, who was sitting in the stands, stood up and applauded Hazard for scoring the goal.
Hazard has performed really well this season!
Under Conte's training, Hazard has changed his sluggish state last year and not only returned to the top, but even went one step further, with one foot already stepping into the threshold of super giant!
As long as he can continue to improve like this, Abramovich believes that he will become a Chelsea superstar sooner or later!
Abramovich has always wanted to bring a superstar to Chelsea, but there are too few of them and they are not in demand, so this cannot be solved with money.
But fortunately, Chelsea can still train superstars themselves, and training by themselves is far more fulfilling than buying players from outside at high prices!
When he thought of this, Abu liked Hazard more and more!
After the Chelsea players celebrated, they all looked very proud.
Didn't you, Manchester City, say that we beat you by tricks? What do you say now? Chelsea scored a goal just 10 minutes into the game, which gave many Chelsea fans an illusion: they would beat Manchester City at home!
However, Chelsea did not seem to notice that Manchester City did not show any panic after falling behind, but instead seemed particularly calm.
The players' fighting spirit and confidence were not affected at all, and even their playing style did not change.
These Manchester City players have experienced so many games. What kind of scenes have they not seen?
It's just a one-goal deficit at the start, a small game, why should we be nervous! With our Manchester City's strength, it won't take a minute to catch up? Manchester City is not bragging!
In the 18th minute, Manchester City launched a quick counterattack. Sane dribbled the ball to the bottom line and knocked it across the goal. Lin Quan at the near end threw his body out, but still missed the ball.
But Aguero, who was in the back post, succeeded. He used a sliding shot to help the team equalize the score.
At this time, less than 10 minutes had passed since Chelsea scored.
Manchester City's quick equalizer made Chelsea very angry because they were so happy for nothing! After the two sides returned to the same starting line, the game became more intense.
At this time, the two teams had already tested each other's strengths and weaknesses, and had already understood each other's tactical play.
Chelsea did not choose to defend and counterattack at their home ground, but chose offensive tactics.
Manchester City was not afraid to play away and also chose to attack.
Since they all chose to attack tacitly, let's see whose knife is sharper! In the 19th minute, Gundogan suddenly shot a long shot, and the Chelsea goalkeeper made a key save and lifted the ball over the crossbar.
In the 21st minute, Manchester City's attack once again hit Chelsea's penalty area. After Lin Quan broke through, he attracted a double-team from two opposing defenders, but he successfully passed the ball before the opponent completed the double-team.
Aguero received the ball and shot directly at the goal, but unfortunately his close shot was saved by the goalkeeper who fell to the ground. Manchester City missed a great opportunity to change the score.
In the 28th minute, Sane had a good chance to score, but he tripped and fell in the penalty area.
Sane was very unconvinced after falling down, and felt that the Chelsea defender pushed him, otherwise he would not have fallen.
But the referee did not make any comment. The replay on the big screen at the scene showed that the Chelsea defender did make some movement with his hands, but it was also obvious that Sane tripped himself. It was difficult to say whether he tripped himself or was pushed down.
After Manchester City's attack started, Chelsea was suppressed in their own half for a while and could not get out of the line at all.
But Chelsea is a team that is very good at defensive counterattacks. Just when the Blues fans were worried that their team would be overwhelmed by Manchester City's torrential attack, Chelsea launched a new round of counterattacks.
In the 34th minute, Chelsea's counterattack hit the penalty area. Pedro was tripped by the Manchester City player defending him while dribbling the ball in the penalty area.
The referee pointed to the penalty spot and awarded Chelsea a crucial penalty.
After seeing this penalty, the expressions on the faces of the Blues fans instantly changed from cloudy to sunny, and many people even celebrated happily.
What’s the point of Manchester City attacking so fiercely?
Didn't Chelsea score the first goal in the end? It seemed that the fans were too happy and sad. When Hazard took the penalty kick, Navas judged the direction correctly and saved it.
The joy on the faces of Chelsea fans froze! But Hazard soon made up for it! After the corner kick, Chelsea players got the ball, but the ball they headed hit the post and bounced back.
The bouncing ball landed right in front of Hazard. Without even thinking, Hazard shot the ball into the net.
2:1, Chelsea took the lead again.
Chelsea fans, with their emotions fluctuating greatly, waited tremblingly until the referee confirmed that the goal was valid and the score number on the big screen was completely fixed before they dared to start celebrating.
But Chelsea fans could not be happy for too long. In the 39th minute, Lin Quan used an incredible S-shaped free kick to directly penetrate Chelsea's goal and equalize the score again.
Seeing the opponent's number 10, even the most staunch Chelsea fans couldn't help but shiver.
This guy is simply a Blues killer. Every time he comes to Stamford Bridge, he will definitely score!
This has become an iron rule!
After Lin Quan scored this goal, there was not much time left in the first half and neither side was able to score any more goals. The score remained 2:2 until the end of the first half.
This score was not unacceptable to Chelsea, especially when they learned that Tottenham was still behind Swansea, they felt more relieved.
Given Manchester City's fierce offensive firepower, Conte had to be pragmatic and choose to play a defensive counterattack in the second half.
He could see that Chelsea could create far fewer opportunities than Manchester City in positional warfare.
Although Hazard's breakthrough is very strong, there is an even stronger Lin Quan on the opposite side.
Moreover, Lin Quan is not only strong in breakthrough ability, but also in passing, shooting and other abilities.
Plus, this guy has a lot of free kicks that are hard to defend against.
Passing and controlling the ball is Manchester City's specialty. If they continue to attack the opponent, the ball will be in the hands of the opponent most of the time, and it will be difficult for Chelsea to get any chances, which is very disadvantageous for Chelsea.
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So let’s choose a more efficient defensive counterattack that does not rely on ball possession!
The fifteen-minute break ended quickly and both sides returned to the court to continue the game.
Conte's coaching of Chelsea was very successful. After Chelsea switched to defensive counterattacks, Manchester City's offense became much more difficult, and the number of shots in the second half was much less than in the first half.
Chelsea was also in a difficult situation. The opponent had too much possession of the ball and the ball was almost completely in the hands of Manchester City. They wanted to counterattack but had no chance at all.
After finally finding two chances, Manchester City learned from the lesson of the first half and destroyed their attack early with two tactical fouls.
Although this cost Manchester City two yellow cards, Gundogan and Clichy, who received the cards, were replaced in the 67th and 73rd minutes of the second half respectively.
It is difficult for Chelsea to do anything with these two yellow cards!
The game came to a standstill for a while, and neither side was able to change the score.
Seeing that the score on the field would not change in a short time, Conte returned to the coaching seat and asked the assistant coach about the situation on the Tottenham side.
"The score at Tottenham is still 1:0?"
"No, Tottenham just scored a goal and now it's 1:1!"
The assistant coach looked a little unhappy. The game on Tottenham's side was about to end, but in the 88th minute, Tottenham scored a goal.
This is really unacceptable. Swansea, can't you hold on for a few more minutes?
Are you a relegation team?
Don't you know how important these three points are to you? At this point, wouldn't it be better for everyone to retreat to the penalty area, park the ultimate bus, and defend to the end?
"1:2, Eriksen also scored!"
Just as they were sighing, Tottenham actually turned the game around.
At this point, everyone on the Chelsea bench fell silent.
"Damn Swansea, they are a hopeless case and can't be relied upon!"
This is outrageous. It's only been a few minutes and they've already scored two goals. Is your defense made of tofu dregs? "Well, the latest news is that the score over there has become 1:3, and Kane has also scored a goal."
The assistant coach was still faithfully reporting Tottenham's battle report, but he didn't know that his words sounded like the devil's whispers to his colleagues, making them feel so uncomfortable that they wanted to cry.
These Tottenham players are so fierce. They scored three goals in just a few minutes. Are they fucking crazy?
In fact, the reason why Tottenham is so fierce is largely related to the tense scoreline at Chelsea.
The Tottenham fans who traveled with the team shouted in unison in the away field after learning the score at Stamford Bridge, telling the players on the field the score.
After learning that Chelsea was tied and might even lose, Tottenham's players seemed to have their minds blown. They transformed into Super Saiyans and pinned their opponents, whom they had not been able to beat before, to the ground and beat them over and over again.
Chelsea wants this championship, but Tottenham wants it more than them! The last time Tottenham won the championship was in 1961, which is 56 years ago!
Liverpool and Arsenal have only been without a league title for a dozen or twenty years, and they are so anxious, but who knows how hard it is for Tottenham? It's been 56 years!
Tottenham fans don’t know how they and the team survived!
This year is Tottenham's best chance. If they can't seize it, they may have to wait so long again!
The news of Tottenham's away victory quickly spread on the Internet.
Among them, the spontaneous actions of Tottenham fans at away games have become a hot topic on the Internet.
After seeing this news, Manchester City fans who traveled with the team suddenly had an idea: Can we learn from Tottenham fans and tell the players on the field the score on Tottenham's side?
Isn’t Chelsea competing with Tottenham for the championship?
So when they learned the news of Tottenham's comeback victory, their mentality would definitely be affected to some extent!
Although I'm not sure how big the effect will be, it doesn't require too much effort. You'll know whether it succeeds or not after giving it a try.
There were not many Manchester City fans, only about 3,000.
He seemed inconspicuous surrounded by tens of thousands of Chelsea fans!
But when 3,000 people discussed it and shouted it out together, it still attracted the attention of the whole audience.
"Tottenham win, Swansea lose!"
"Tottenham win, Swansea lose!"
“…”
As if they were worried that the other party couldn't hear clearly, Manchester City fans were considerate and shouted in unison three times.
The Chelsea players on the field couldn't cover their ears, so they soon heard the shouts of Manchester City fans.
When they learned that Tottenham had reversed the game, an indescribable sense of urgency immediately surged in their hearts, making the Chelsea players impatient! (End of this chapter)