After conceding the first goal, Chelsea immediately set up a counter-attack.

Just a minute later, Ashley Cole cut forward from the left and crossed directly from Milner on the left side of the box.

In the penalty area, Falcao grabbed the first landing point, and Yu Yuefei headed the goal.

But the shot was not comfortable, it was a little far from the goal, it didn't have much power, and it fell lightly into Petr's arms, which was directly equivalent to giving the ball to Manchester City.

Instead, City began to consciously control the ball in their own half and slow down the tempo.

Xavi Alonso took on the role of the team's on-field manager, shouting out to his team-mates, he knows better than anyone else's strategy and is also a professional footballer, and he knows the mood of Chelsea at this moment.

Chelsea had confidence in the opening five consecutive league games, and the pre-match comments from the likes of Scolari, Gao Han and Alex Ferguson more or less interfered with them, and expectations for the game began to rise.

If it used to be a draw that was good, now it's at least a draw.

When they arrived at the game, they suddenly found that their opponents seemed to be jealous of themselves, and they put them away to fight, so why didn't they take the initiative to attack? Let them have the idea of scoring goals?

But all of a sudden, they were beaten back and lost the ball, can they not be in a hurry?

The three midfielders of Essien, Ramires and Frank Lampard are indeed very good if it comes to strangulation ability, but when it comes to organising, combing and controlling, they are not good enough to manage a midfield like Xavi Alonso.

So, as soon as the mind was hot, Chelsea went crazy and fought back.

Xavi Alonso is well aware of this, so he plays with passing, slowing down the pace of the game, draining Chelsea's energy on the one hand, and grinding down their sharpness, causing them to become restless and flawed by not being able to get the ball.

The changes at Manchester City have left Chelsea feeling very frustrated.

Ramirez was very calm in this game, but he also started to become a little less calm at this time.

After clearing a long ball from Xavi Martinez, he flew to David Silva and was directly a dangerous flying tackle that brought down David Silva, which was blamed by all the Manchester City players.

The referee also gave Ramires a yellow card under pressure from captain Xavi Alonso.

In less than twenty minutes, two yellow cards, both for Chelsea.

But four minutes later, Frank Lampard returned to the left, tripped Alexis Sanchez again, received another yellow card, and gave City a well-placed free-kick opportunity, Cristiano Ronaldo himself took the penalty, hit the wall, and was cleared by Alex.

Three minutes later, Manchester City counter-attacked from the right, Terry pressed Benzema's header to clear, and in the box, Mikel had a clear handball action under Kaka's interference, but escaped the referee's eyes and missed a penalty.

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Scolari simply couldn't stand up on the sidelines.

Big Phil tossed and turned on the sidelines, shouting to the field, he kept calling the players to stay calm and not worry, but the players on the field didn't seem to hear at all.

Here, they nodded at him, but when they turned around and went into the game, it was business as usual.

On the other hand, Manchester City, under the control of players such as Xavi Alonso, not only is the game organized and very clear, but also has a very strong rhythm control, which can be fast and slow, and always plays under a very awkward rhythm of Chelsea.

"We are now anxious after losing the ball, the more anxious we are, the more difficult it is to grab the ball, and the more we can't grab the ball, the more anxious we are......"

The assistant coach next to him shook his head and sighed, "This is really depressing." ”

If it's a basketball game, it's time to call a timeout.

At the very least, let both sides calm down, and the head coach can quickly pour cold water on the players, so that they are sober and sober, and don't fall into the trap of the opponent, but this is a football game, and there is no such thing as a timeout.

Unless, Scolari makes a substitution now.

But now it's only been half an hour, does it make sense to make a substitution at this time?

What's more, no matter who is substituted at this time, it will anger the players.

This is basically the default unspoken rule in football, and unless the player behaves very badly, the manager will not make a substitution in the first half unless absolutely necessary.

'We need a player like Xavi Alonso. Scolari said enviously.

But in fact, he knew in his heart that Chelsea would not give him a chance to buy someone now.

It was important to note that Abramovich had just learned the lessons of the Rijkaard affair and was merciful to him, but if he still failed to perform this season, he would have been sacked.

Thinking of this, Scolari gently covered his chest with his left hand, feeling the sound of his heartbeat that had become intense due to the pressure and stimulation, as if he could feel the blood rushing through his body.

This is the top league in Europe!

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In the 37th minute, Chelsea made another mistake.

Chelsea launched a counter-attack after a half-time break, and Anelka received the ball and raced forward quickly, but the two almost collided with Falcao, apparently overlapping the running routes.

This immediately forced Anelka to slow down immediately, avoiding Falcao and allowing the Colombian center forward to rush forward quickly.

But it was this pause, Milner chased after him from behind, grabbed Anelka's stop ball, stabbed his foot, and kicked the ball to Kaka in front of him, the two actions were completed almost instantaneously, and by the time Anelka reacted to counter-rob, the ball had already flown to Kaka's feet.

As soon as the Brazilian stopped the ball, he turned around and immediately led forward to play a Chelsea counter-attack.

Four against four!

The entire city stadium was boiling over and all the City fans chanting Kaka's name.

Benzema was on the right in the middle, Sanchez was firmly on the right, and Kaka was dribbling diagonally from the center to the left, and the whole attack was very open, and although the Chelsea back line was in place in time, it was directly pulled away.

Everyone knows that it's easier to form one-on-one and play to the individual abilities of Manchester City's superstars.

Sure enough, Kaka continued to dribble forward, getting closer and closer to the penalty area, and Alex finally couldn't help but grab it.

As soon as Alex stepped up, right-back Branislav Ivanovic had to lean into the middle, ready to fill in for Alex at any time.

Worse still, Kaka seemed to be prepared for this, scoring with his right foot and passing the ball diagonally to the left.

Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball in the left corner of the box and slotted into the box, where the Portuguese looked incredibly calm and calm in the face of the chasing Ivanovic, constantly changing his feints as he dribbled.

Suddenly, a gesture was about to go down, and then a buckle changed to cut inward, and after starting, after pulling out the distance, he directly hit a curved ball with his right foot.

There was nothing Hilario could do about it when John Terry and Ashley Cole in the Chelsea box looked up as the ball crossed an arc and almost grazed the top right corner of the goal.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！！！！”

'In the 37th minute, Manchester City scored again against Chelsea!'

'It was a consequence of Chelsea's own mistakes. ”

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his impressive goalscoring form this season with another brace, and God, Ivanovic looked to him like an immovable stake. ”

"It's so easy, one-on-one, no one can stop this terrifying Portuguese!"

'It was a very high quality curling shot and we could see that Hilario couldn't reach it at all. ”

'At 2-0, Chelsea swallowed the bitter pill for their mistakes on the counter-attack. ”

'It's time for Scolari to rethink the team's technical and tactical approach, and if it continues like this, it will probably be another heavy defeat. ”

'Now, we also have to admit that the pre-match doubts about Chelsea by Gao Han and Alex Ferguson have become true. ”

'Five wins in a row is too dazzling and masks a lot of Chelsea's attacking and defensive problems, especially against a team like Manchester City, who have the ability to press in midfield. ”

'Falcao, Robinho and Nicolas Anelka were cut apart by City's defence and were more on their own, while Chelsea's midfield was never able to support the front line, which made the Blues' attack look dominant, but in reality there was little threat. ”

"Perhaps, at this time, Chelsea fans will miss Drogba the monster immensely. ”

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As it turns out, it's not just fans who miss Drogba, Scolari as well.

The first half ended with City leading 2-0 and Cristiano Ronaldo continued his astonishing goalscoring run of recent times, scoring another brace to convince everyone.

After the break, the second half restarted, and Chelsea were clearly much more restrained, less proactive than they were in the first half, and played more conservatively, with all three lines largely retreating into their own half.

Falcao should be the most frustrated player up front, with the Colombian centre-forward who has been a big hitter this season and didn't have any threatening shots against Manchester City this game, but he is clearly not to blame.

The main reason is that Chelsea's line-up has been suppressed by Manchester City, especially in the midfield, which is particularly strong, and it is difficult to pass the ball forward to the front, and Falcao can rarely get the ball in the threat area, let alone create a threat.

The turning point of the game came in the 70th minute, when Chelsea finally lost their breath and replaced Falcao with Didier Drogba, while Malouda was also removed from the game for Robinho, who had been in a slump in the game.

Scolari's strategy is starting to become clear, playing around Drogba.

Chelsea's attack has become more dangerous since the Ivory Coast Monster came on, especially in the first five minutes of his game, when he made two brilliant performances.

One was Malouda's cross from the flank, and he used his body to get on the back of Javi Martinez and head it straight into the goal.

It was arguably Chelsea's most dangerous attack of the game, but Cech made a solid save at the crucial moment to deny Didier Drogba the goal and keep City in the back of the net.

On another occasion, he dropped back to receive a big-footed pass from the back and played the ball to Anelka, but the Frenchman couldn't handle it well after winning the ball and couldn't take advantage of the situation to form a one-on-one knife, and was cleared out of bounds by Kompany.

It can be said that both performances were quite exciting.

But soon, Gao Han also readjusted his defence, Manchester City once again stabilized their position, coupled with the fact that Chelsea defended tightly throughout the second half, and Manchester City had to play the Champions League again in midweek, so they did not give it their all.

In the end, the game ended 2-0 with Manchester City crushing Chelsea at home.

It's just that after this game, there was once again a buzz about the main battle between Falcao and Drogba.

(End of chapter)