Chapter 197: The Battle of Red and Blue (Part II)
After salvaging a goal, Chelsea finally felt like they were coming back to their souls and they were pressing harder.
In the 45th minute, De Gea's pass from the back was intercepted by Oscar, Torres passed through, and Mata's stabbing shot from ten yards out on the right side of the box was blocked by De Gea again.
Torres was then booked for a foul on Cleverley and the first half came to an end.
This red and blue battle is indeed eye-catching enough, a large number of celebrities have come to Stamford Bridge to cheer for their respective teams, they naturally want to see a good game, but the problem is that the first half of this game is indeed a bit disappointing, especially Chelsea always gives people a sense of thunder and rain, the whole Chelsea style of play has become less fluid due to the absence of Ai Fan, which also makes some professional experts and fans can't help but have a feeling of no confidence, it seems that Ai Fan is definitely an irreplaceable role for Chelsea, and Hazard, who has always been jealous of Ai Fan, has performed really poorly。
Ai Huan sat in front of the TV and sighed softly, he had his own opinion on the game, but at this time he suddenly found that he no longer had the urge to play, and only regretted Chelsea.
Chelsea Football Club has been in contact with Anderson, but what these people have said is that if Ai Fantasies wants to rest, he can rest, but if Ai Fan can't come back for these important games, then it will not be so easy for him to return to Chelsea in the future.
"You think so much of yourself that you think that a team like this means enough to play in the Premier League, that's ridiculous. But Mourinho should be under a lot of pressure now, but I can't do anything about it, and if I bow my head like you now, it won't be so easy in the future. ”
There were no substitutions for Chelsea in the second half, but they were in much better spirits than they were in the first half. In the 48th minute, Mata's long-range shot resulted in a corner, which Oscar took and Mata's shot from the edge of the box was blocked.
In the 51st minute, Valencia's cross from the right hit Luiz on the edge of the box, which was ignored by both the referee and the linesman, and the United players looked very excited, arguing around the referee for a long time, but no value was achieved.
Two minutes after this incident, Oscar crossed diagonally in front of goal, Juan Mata stopped the ball and lost the angle of the shot, but he passed the ball before he lost his balance, his cross from the right was barely headed by Ferdinand, Oscar cut the ball off the left side of the box and crossed at the first time, Ramirez forced Cleverley in front of the goal to score the equaliser, which was also his first league goal this season.
He looked very excited after the goal, and Mourinho also waved his fists on the sidelines to celebrate, and Rui and others around him also came up to hug him to celebrate, and it was a very good result to be able to equalize the score after two goals down.
Chelsea's morale was high immediately after the equaliser, and they went on the attack, with Ashley Cole's pass in the 54th minute and Hazard, who had not shown much performance, cut into the left side of the box and fired from a tight angle, only to be blocked by David De Gea's leg again in the near corner.
A minute later, Juan Mata crossed diagonally to the left side of the penalty area, and Hazard missed a shot in front of goal, which was a little bit worse than a slap on the thigh, although Hazard was not bad against a weak team, but he was still a little worse against a team like Manchester United.
In the 56th minute, Van Persie crossed from a free-kick and Evans headed wide.
In the 62nd minute, Van Persie made another direct pass, Ivanovic tripped Ashley Young in front of the penalty area and was directly red carded by the referee, and this decision immediately made the players on the Chelsea field look very angry, they surrounded the referee and appealed loudly, but the result did not make the slightest sense at all, Ivanovic could only leave the field in frustration, Chelsea lost their wing, and the next game was problematic.
Wayne Rooney takes a free-kick and this time she shoots straight over the crossbar.
Branislav Ivanovic is better attacking than he is defensively, but he is one of the most consistent players at the back, but if his temper is always like this, it will be a headache for Chelsea in this position at the most critical moment.
Ferguson finally saw an opportunity in the move, and he immediately brought on Hernandez for Cleverley to strengthen the attack, while Mourinho also had to replace Oscar with Cesar Azpilicueta to fill in the gap.
However, Chelsea's bad luck was not over, as in the 68th minute Torres fell when he broke through Evans, referee Clattenburg decided it was a fake, and he pulled out a second yellow card to send him off, although the replay showed that Evans did touch Torres, but there was no way to change that and Chelsea were left with only nine men left on the pitch.
It would be strange if Mourinho could tolerate this kind of thing, he immediately shouted from the sidelines, and then shouted in the direction of Manchester United: "You liars. This sentence immediately sparked an altercation between the coaching staff of both sides, and they tangled on the sidelines, but fortunately, Mourinho was quickly pulled away, while Ferguson was not involved at all, so the two sides separated after a short time of arguing.
But that has affected Chelsea and they have no attacking spirit to speak of. In the 70th minute, David De Gea kicked the ball off and Van Persie volleyed wide from fifteen yards out on the right side of the box.
In the 73rd minute, Valencia passed the ball and Van Persie fired a left-footed shot wide in front of the penalty area. Giggs then replaced Wayne Rooney and continued to increase the attack, and the veteran came on to the pitch to immediately attract cheers.
United took the lead again in the 75th minute with a controversial goal, Carrick passed, Van Persie's low shot was saved by Cech's fingertips and rolled slowly towards the goal, but the ball hit the right post and was knocked out by Cech, but Rafael crossed again from the right side of the box, Hernandez scored from close range, but the replay showed that the Mexican was clearly in an offside position, and the Chelsea players were finally angry, and even the good old man Mikel was also booked for protesting the decision.
After that, the two sides played in a chaotic manner, Chelsea completely ignored the style of play, while Manchester United was very resolute in counter-attacking, after all, they had two more than the other side, which also made Chelsea have no better way but to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.