Chapter 221: Blue Derby (7)
Manchester City, who changed formation in the second half, still hoped to use what they had done, so their attacks were more ferocious, anyway, what else is there to lose?
However, Chelsea have responded with their usual defensive solidity and then counter-attacking quickly, and that style of play is the right way to go, at least in the current situation.
In the 47th minute, Chelsea had a chance to counterattack, Juan Mata accurately transferred the ball, Ai Huan deliberately missed and handed the football to Ashley Cole, who had been following quickly behind him, Cole swept vigorously into the penalty area, Kompany struggled to barely touch the football despite being in the air, and defused the attack, otherwise Huntelaar, who was already in place behind him, was very likely to score.
City then immediately set up a counter-attack, Yaya Toure crossed from the right, but Balotelli's header was ridiculously wide of the goal.
Chelsea then switched colours, with Evan passing down the right and Oscar's low shot from the left of the box disallowed. He then received another pass from Frank Lampard and crossed from the right, but unfortunately Huntelaar's shot was high over the bar.
City's pass then did not find his own player, but went directly to Frank Lampard, who was ready to pass the ball, but before the football could be played, Balotelli had already turned and crashed into him, and the referee immediately blew the whistle for a foul, and Chelsea were awarded a free-kick in their own half.
Frank Lampard was already standing in front of the football, but at this time Ai Huan ran to his side as if he remembered something, and the two men whispered a few words Ai Xuan immediately ran away, and he went to the opponent's penalty area, which was obviously a tactical free-kick.
Manchester City's players were nervous, and they also knew that Ai Huan would definitely not be chatting with Lampard just now, and what they said must be about tactics, so although they were all standing in their positions, their eyes were fixed on Ai Huan.
The referee's whistle sounded, and almost at the same time, Ai Huan suddenly turned and cut back into the box, and his speed immediately caused a wave of confusion in the Manchester City backline, and almost at this time, Frank Lampard had already kicked the football, and the football flew high into the opposition box.
Almost all of City's players were tense at this moment, and Ai Huan had already scored two assists and goals in this game, and he must not be allowed to play so recklessly.
With this in mind, several people all turned around and walked towards their penalty area with Ai Huan, and at this time, they suddenly saw the football fall nearly ten meters away from their penalty area, and then rolled to the feet of Mata very obediently.
"Bastard, I've been deceived!" Almost at this moment, several Manchester City players couldn't help but curse in their hearts, and then stopped unconsciously, but in this flash of light, Mata had already picked up the football again, this time the direction of the football was definitely above Ai Huan's head, and those who had stopped suddenly found that they were thinking too simply, so they hurriedly accelerated again, and at this time Manchester City's back line had become a mess.
However, no matter what happened to the others, Fuchs and Kompany followed Elant's side closely, as if they couldn't see anything else, and all their attention was focused on Illusory at the moment, no matter where Illusory went, they would appear wherever he went.
But it was all in vain, because even if they kept up with Ai Huan, they couldn't jump as high as him, and at this moment Ai Huan had jumped high and pressed all of them firmly under his body.
"Damn!" Fuchs gritted his teeth, he had actually thought that Ai Huan would do this, so he jumped up too, but he couldn't jump on top of Ai Huan, and his highest position was only up to Ai Huan's waist, which was already his limit.
But he had already thought about it, so he didn't want to compete with Ai Huan for the ball, but came out from the other direction, fortunately, his purpose was not to snatch the football down, but to seal the angle, so he didn't need to jump very high, just try to cross his body in the air.
After Ai Huan jumped high, he easily jumped above the football, but at this moment he suddenly found that the other party was not at all powerless, Fuchs's blocking had a strong effect, and his whole person was almost horizontal in the air to block the angle at which Ai Huan could shoot.
"Pass?" At this moment, such an idea suddenly appeared in Ai Huan's heart, there was no more time for him to think, he had already noticed the position of the others when he jumped up just now, although Manchester City's defensive formation seemed to be very chaotic at this moment, but at this time they had gathered a lot of people in the penalty area, which was equivalent to putting a bus in front of the goal, even if it was handed over to others?
"Fight!"
Sure enough, Ai Huan, who was in the air, did not choose to pass the ball, he directly hit the football in the air, and the football immediately changed direction and flew towards the goal, but Ai Huan, who was still up just now, fell down sharply at this time, as if he was suddenly remembered by gravity after being forgotten by gravity.
The ball passed over Fuchs in the air, but the angle was clearly off, and Fuchs was excited, "Great, this ball shouldn't be able to go in." However, when the corner of his eyes swept to the figure of Ai Huan's sudden rapid fall, he suddenly felt an inexplicable nervousness, "What's the matter? It's broken!" But it was already too late.
Sure enough, the football did not hit the goal, but smashed into the upper left corner of the goal, and the huge force not only made everyone hear a loud bang, but even the goal shook violently.
The fans couldn't help but sigh, and they were only a little bit away from scoring.
But in the next second, things took a surprising turn, the ball did not bounce into the sky after hitting the corner of the goal, but quickly flew towards the middle, and when the football was about to fall in the defensive area of Manchester City, a blue figure like a ghost suddenly appeared in front of the football, and then gently pushed the ball and rolled into the goal easily.