Chapter 399 Chelsea's Counterattack
"Beep!"

McDean pointed his finger to the center circle.

The goal is valid!

"bravo!"

Azpilicueta rushed towards Pogba, who ran left and right, bypassing Azpilicueta and arriving near the baseline.

It was a violent long-range goal, but Pogba's celebration was not so violent. He was seen standing on the baseline next to the corner flagpole, twisting his body facing the Manchester City fans' stands, while his hands moved back and forth in front of his chest.

During training, Pogba explained to Jiang Yuan that this was a dance he created himself, which did not require any study and relied entirely on body coordination.

"Oh! Fuck!"

Guardiola put his hands on his temples and knelt down, almost on the grass.

From the first half to now, both teams have had similar chances. At this time, whoever wants to score first has to rely on a little bit of luck, and Chelsea happens to be the luckier side.

"Chelsea scored the first goal at home, from Paul Pogba!"

"The second goal has been scored and we can see that Chelsea have taken the lead after the first goal."

"Yes, that's right. In high-level football matches, the first goal is often the most important. Take the two teams in today's game as an example. The strength of both teams is similar, and Pogba's first goal directly boosted the momentum of Chelsea players, which eventually led to Manchester City falling behind."

The analysis of the two CCTV commentators is very reasonable. Because of the one-goal advantage, Chelsea's offense began to become more bold. Chelsea itself is a team that pays more attention to pure offense. The technical tolerance brought by the lead is what Mourinho likes most.

"Calm down, pass it to Kevin! Think before you pass the ball!"

Guardiola in the camera was also very anxious. It is no exaggeration to say that every time there was a pass on the field, Guardiola would shout something.

Especially with regard to Navas, Guardiola is really nervous now. From the beginning of the game to now, Navas has been the focus of Guardiola's command.

There is no way, Navas is targeting Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Yuan is the biggest murderer who killed Manchester City in the first half of the round!
In the 37th minute, the sound of Fernandinho touching the ball was very loud, amplified by the on-site audio device. Not only was the power strong, but the angle of the corner kick was also very good. A strange arc bypassed Pogba and the ball came to David Silva's feet.

"Get up quickly!"

Terry shouted from behind, and Pogba started to return to defense after seeing it, but his speed was a little slow.

If Pogba had reacted faster, he could have blocked David Silva from the side.

But Pogba did not do so at the first time, and David Silva also successfully got the ball to the top of the arc.

"Silva, just take a long shot!"

"Goalkeeper!"

When David Silva made a long shot, all the fans in the stadium were worried.

It was very, very dangerous, but fortunately Courtois was in hot form. He jumped sideways and hit the ball out with his left hand.

It looked like a simple dive, but you have to know that there was no sign before David Silva shot, and Courtois's vision was blocked by Aguero and Terry. The Belgian goalkeeper reacted and saved the ball, which was very exciting.

"What are you fucking doing!?"

Terry yelled at Pogba: "When you get the ball, can't you just block him? What's the point of standing there? Are you defending with your eyes?"

"Jesus! Fuck you!"

Because of Pogba's mistake, Manchester City was just about to equalize the score. As the captain, Terry must have cursed a few words at this time.

"I have my own defense!"

Pogba glanced at Terry and pointed at Fernandinho who was already running towards the corner flagpole: "He was right next to me just now, how can I get out?"

"Then just let him..."

"Hey, hey!"

Zouma ran out of the penalty area and pulled back Terry, who looked like he wanted to hit someone.

Hazard pulled Pogba away: "It's okay, it didn't go in anyway"

39' a corner for MCI (3)

"In the 39th minute of the game, Manchester City got their third corner kick of the game. Manchester City chose Fernandinho to handle it, which was a rather unexpected choice."

"Fernandinho, corner kick!"

"To... the back post. Manchester City's corner kick was given to the back post. Because Jiang Yuan was in the middle penalty area, Chelsea's defense at the back post was average."

"De Bruyne, stretch your foot to take the ball off, beautifully!"

"You can lob a high ball into the penalty area. Do you want to lob a high ball?"

"De Bruyne passed the ball! Because Manchester City players do not have the advantage in height, De Bruyne did not choose to pass the ball high, this is a kick...!"

Seeing De Bruyne kicking the ball in front of him, Kante's heart sank. He turned around and saw De Bruyne's straight pass passing between Jiang Yuan and Pogba, and then through Zouma's crotch.

The Chinese and French allied forces were unable to stop the Belgian artillery fire!
Just when the Chelsea players were terrified, Aguero came out from nowhere and shot without stopping the ball.

With perfect coordination, Manchester City finally broke through the Blues goal defended by Courtois.

“Ah ...

“Wohoooo——!!!”

There was movement coming from the away team's stands in the distance. Aguero's goal to equalize the score made the originally silent away team's stands lively.

Aguero had already rushed out and slid on his knees to celebrate, but the referee Dean was pressing the headphone on his right ear with one hand.

He needs to confirm with the assistant referee whether the ball is offside.

For some goals that are very obviously offside or not offside at all, the professional referee team can give an analysis in a very short time, and De Bruyne's pass can be judged with the naked eye.

After a 5-second delay, the referee indicated that the goal was valid.

"Pooh!"

Courtois spat to the side, directly onto the grass near the penalty spot.

Terry and Jiang Yuan also made similar moves.

The Blues wanted to find someone to take the blame, but after a long time they realized that this goal was not Chelsea's mistake.

It was simply because De Bruyne’s through ball was so accurate!

"Actually, you should go and keep an eye on Kevin."

Zouma slowly walked towards Kante. According to the plan made by Mourinho before the game, Kante only needed to choose one between Fernandinho and De Bruyne when defending a corner kick.

Like just now, if Fernandinho takes a corner kick, Kante only needs to do a one-on-one defense on De Bruyne.

Because they were leading, the Blues played more aggressively as a whole, and Kante also changed from 1 defending 1 to 1 defending 2.

There is no problem defending 1 people by defending one person, but Kante is just over 2 meters tall. How can he defend De Bruyne and Navas who are taller than him at the same time?
damn it!

Pogba was a little anxious and almost had a conflict with Stones. However, before the two of them could quarrel, Pogba was pulled back by Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan knew Pogba's temper very well. When he saw that the Frenchman wanted to take the initiative to get a yellow card, Jiang Yuan, as a teammate, naturally went up to help him.

This led to a very funny scene at the scene. Pogba walked towards Stones. Every time he took a step forward, Jiang Yuan pushed him back: "Calm down!"

At the same time, Aguero spread his hands to the Chelsea fans in the stands, and the entire Stamford Bridge was immediately filled with boos.

After the third goal of the first half, the game had reached the 41st minute. Under the command of Guardiola, Manchester City's entire offensive line pressed forward.

Guardiola's meaning was very clear. He wanted to take advantage of the momentum climax after equalizing the score to catch Chelsea off guard. Caballero immediately kicked the ball after receiving the pass from the frontcourt. The ball drew an arc in the air and finally returned to Aguero's feet.

coming!

Seeing that Aguero had just stopped the ball with his thigh, Kante rushed forward and put one leg in front of Aguero. The latter rushed forward with the ball and knocked Kante to the ground.

Because Kante himself was relatively light, he rolled twice after falling to the ground, looking a little pitiful.

"Beep!"

McDean blew the whistle and there was no doubt that this was an offensive foul by Manchester City.

At this moment, Pogba, who was waiting on the sidelines, smelled an opportunity and ran up to touch the ball.

"Hey! Pogba wants to take a quick free kick, Aguero, see if he can handle it!"

"It's too late, Pogba's free kick is quick, the purpose is very clear, directly to Ake!"

"Manchester City needs to return to defense quickly, they must return to defense quickly!"

He Wei shouted, and Guardiola outside the field was also shouting.

This operation was a bit careless. Pogba likes this kind of free kick fast break the most because it can perfectly demonstrate his ability of passing the ball!
"Go back! Go back quickly!, right, watch out to the right!"

Guardiola shouted anxiously, and at the same time Ake rushed forward with the ball at high speed. Manchester City players were very smart. Fernandinho did not go back directly, but ran diagonally to the side and stuck to Jiang Yuan directly.

Even a fool knows that Jiang Yuan has strong impact when counterattacking, let alone an experienced midfielder like Fernandinho.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Ake was thinking while running. He really wanted to pass the ball to Jiang Yuan, but he also saw that Jiang Yuan was being oppressed by Fernandinho.

If Jiang Yuan made a mistake, Chelsea would lose the chance to counterattack. Considering this problem, Ake raised his right leg and made a long pass to Ibrahimovic who was in front.

"Go away!"

Ibrahimovic used his body to push Stones away and headed the ball back to Hazard who was waiting behind him. Then his body stopped. After getting the ball, Hazard rushed to the front from Ibrahimovic's left side. Ibrahimovic, who stood still, perfectly blocked Stones, preventing the Englishman from effectively interfering with Hazard.

Now Hazard is leading the ball in front, the Belgians are quite strong, but I don’t know if the fragrance of pear blossoms can be smelled at Stamford Bridge today.

"Hazard, we are about to enter the top of the arc. Should the goalkeeper choose to attack?"

Seeing Hazard getting closer and closer and Stones unable to catch up, the Manchester City goalkeeper chose to attack, and just as Caballero moved forward, Hazard pulled the ball with his front foot and the ball came to Jiang Yuan's feet.

Jiang Yuan!

Aim for the far corner!
Actually...

Just hit the far corner!
Jiang Yuan, who came in from the left, wrapped the ball with the inside of his right foot and shot it towards the far corner of the goal. Caballero, who was in front of the goal line, reacted quickly and jumped up to touch the ball high, but the angle of the ball was so tricky that even if Caballero stretched his body fully, he still couldn't reach the ball.

“GOOOOO—AAAAAAA—LLLLLLLLL!!!!”

"The ball is in! The ball is in! In the 44th minute of the first half, Jiang Yuan scored!"

"This is a nearly perfect long-angle shot!"

wowww!!!

From the stands came the cheers of the home team's fans, dedicated to Jiang Yuan who scored the goal.

Everyone thought the first half would end with a score of 1:1, but Chelsea took advantage of the counterattack opportunity to score another goal.

Fuck!
Guardiola kicked a mineral water bottle on the ground and Chelsea's counterattack was very exciting, but in the view of the Spanish coach, this was a goal that could have been completely avoided.

Wrong decision!
Poor performance!
[What did I say? Manchester City just can't beat Chelsea. Manchester City was beaten by Chelsea at home before, so how can they have a chance to win away this time?]

[Jiang Yuan was invincible in that game, otherwise how could Chelsea have defeated Manchester City. Jiang Yuan's condition is much worse today]

[A lot of difference? Can't you see the goal just now?]

[What do you mean by that? I said it was not as good as the previous game, but I didn’t say Jiang Yuan played badly today. I admit that Jiang Yuan played well today.]

[It doesn’t matter, Manchester City can still find opportunities in the second half, but Chelsea will become impotent every time in the second half, especially Pogba]

[It’s okay, when Pogba becomes impotent, Mourinho can just replace him]

[Replace Pogba? I haven't seen Mourinho let Pogba sit on the bench in recent games. My Pogba is the absolute core of Chelsea, okay?]

[It’s funny. I only recognize Jiang Yuan and Hazard as the core of Chelsea. If Chelsea is still the league champion this season, I will recognize Pogba as the core, but now there is still a big gap. Let’s solve the problem of impotence in the second half first and then talk about other things! ]

[Jiang Yuan, you are my God! ]

Whenever a hot match starts, the comment section of the football blog will be full of arguments, and the Premier League blue derby between Chelsea and Manchester City is of course no exception.

It can be seen from the real-time comments of Dongqiudi that the match in which Chelsea defeated Manchester City 3:2 in the first half of this season left a very deep impression on the fans.

It is precisely because of that victory that many Chelsea fans are optimistic about today's game.

But everyone overlooked one issue.

Chelsea in the second half was actually not as strong as the one in the first half.

At Stamford Bridge, in the away team's locker room, Guardiola walked in with a dark face: "Everyone sit down, no one speaks"

When the Spaniard first coached Manchester City, he established strict locker room rules. One of them was that no one else in the locker room could interrupt when Guardiola was speaking.

Under the gaze of the players, Guardiola came to the middle of the locker room and said: "I really don't know what you are playing. I won't talk about the first goal. The main thing is the second goal, which is the one we just lost."

"Do you remember what I told you before the game?"

Guardiola looked at Navas, who touched his nose and said awkwardly: "Watch the number 7 on the opposite side..."

"Then what"

Guardiola took a step towards Navas: "What were you doing when Jiang was running? Think about what you were doing."

"A salute?"

"Why don't you go up? Why don't you go up? Jiang will come out very quickly if he speeds up. God knows how many times I have said this. Did you listen to me?"

……

PS: I've been out for the past few days, so I've updated less frequently. I should be able to restore 7K on the 8th.

Feel sorry!

(End of this chapter)