Recently, the media has put a lot of pressure on Manchester City, in fact, the main reason is Manchester City's lack of strength in the offensive line, except for the game against Stoke City at the end of August, Manchester City did not concede goals in the rest of the games, which means that Manchester City's defense is actually no problem, as solid as ever.

Wen Sheng's psychological expectation for this game is of course to hope to get three points, but if he can't get three points, it is acceptable to get a point, which is a helpless acceptance, but at least it has dragged down the pace of Chelsea.

'I think the most significant change for Chelsea this season has been in the creation of the midfield, with Cesc Fabregas, their attacking line has become a lot more reasonable, but is it too careful for Chelsea to give up control of the ball in this game?!' Souness has been a football commentator for many years, with experience and demeanor, and after watching it for a few minutes, it is clear what Mourinho is planning, and the current Chelsea is no different from last season when he played against a strong team, relying entirely on the explosive point of the frontcourt players, and counterattacking on the spot is the core essence.

However, in the first four rounds of the season, Chelsea have been moving in the direction of controlling the flow.

"If you think he's Mourinho, it's not surprising!" Carragher shrugged, and Mourinho is synonymous with conservatism.

It was a tough game until the 10th minute when Cesc Fabregas of Chelsea found Costa with a long pass, and the monster Costa turned under Albiol's close defence and fired a long-range shot from outside the box.

This shot seemed difficult and casual, but it was still quite threatening, and it actually hit the post and popped up.

Albiol covered his waist and knelt on the ground, Costa secretly gave him a shot, and Albiol endured the pain and intercepted.

"Look, look! Look what's going on?! He elbowed! He's elbowed! Wen Sheng jumped up on the sidelines and complained to fourth official, Oliver.

Jose Mourinho got up from his seat as well, but unfortunately he had no joy and Costa couldn't score in the end!

His eyes caught a glimpse of Wen Sheng being irritable at the fourth official, and he also ran over and talked to Wen Sheng directly.

"Which eye do you see it's a foul?! Your players will look too weak and fall for normal physical contact! It's the Premier League! ”

"You dare to watch the replay?! You're playing too roughly! Shameless! ”

"It's not rudeness, it's reasonable physical contact! It's a men's game, and a bunch of sissies shouldn't be here! ”

"You're a sissy!"

When the two men finally faced each other, Oliver laughed and cried, "Calm down, gentlemen! Calm down gentlemen! ”

"Not calm, not calm!" Neville laughed, "It looks a little boring on the pitch and there are frequent interruptions in the game, maybe Daniel. Both Wen and Mourinho want to add some spice to the game! ”

"Jamie, do you want to regret it now?!" Souness asked Carragher.

"No, never! In a pig's eye! Look, as we did just now, they have no shortage of game-changing players, Manchester City's form has started to pick up, Chelsea have scored 16 goals in the league, the attacking firepower is strong, Costa is in good form, I still stick to my opinion! Gary, you're going to pay me £100 in midfield, no Rippy! Carragher exclaimed solemnly.

Wen Sheng didn't dare to let his defenders press too much, Mourinho's wingers on both sides today are Willian and Hazard, and they are very strong in holding the ball and pushing forward, so they have to be cautious.

A few minutes later, Manchester City finally completed the first shot, it was Guidetti who completed the shot, and it was De Bruyne who launched the attack, in the 14th minute, Chelsea's right side defense had problems, Oxlade-Chamberlain received De Bruyne's ball, forced Ivanovic to succeed, crossed the penalty area, Guideti grabbed the shot in front of the point, but the position was completely inaccurate, it became a clearance, and the ball blocked the bottom line.

Perhaps it was because of City's approach and form that Chelsea had changed a bit, and they began to try to control and press forward, besieging Manchester City, and Wen Sheng was expecting that to happen, but when Chelsea made a few dangerous passes, City were unable to play a successful counter-attack.

In order to contain Chelsea's attack, City had to commit a foul at the back, and Dembele paid the price for a yellow card in the 18th minute.

Wen Sheng looked anxious on the sidelines, but in fact he was not panicked, until Manchester City felt that he could not suppress the opponent, and he was a little anxious.

Costa has been in excellent form since joining Chelsea this summer, scoring six goals in all competitions for Chelsea, all in the league, and he is in excellent physical condition to be down against Albiol and Virgil van Dijk today.

The pre-match coaching staff's preference for Costa has been thoroughly analysed, and Albiol and Virgil van Dijk are well aware of these things, but it is still a bit difficult to defend, and with Costa as the fulcrum, Chelsea's attacking quality is still quite good.

"Steady, steady, don't rush to the ball! Don't rush to the ball! Wen Sheng shouted loudly in the stadium, Chelsea obviously had the upper hand, what Manchester City needed to do at this moment was not to rush to counterattack, but to control the ball, stabilize and steady, and let Chelsea vent first!

This assertion was undoubtedly correct, and then, the back line moved, De Bruyne began to retreat frequently, Hazard, Willian and others tried to press high to no avail, but because their formation was too high, Dembele and De Bruyne crossed positions, and one of his long-distance runs almost penetrated the door guarded by Cech.

Then Oxlade-Chamberlain's side also caused problems for Chelsea with his own pace, and Guideti's handling of the ball on a couple of occasions was also very reasonable.

This situation frightened Mourinho, and while he had not conceded the goal, he quickly adjusted his tactics again, and the two sides returned to the old routine, and the game was a little boring again.

The first half ended quickly, and the two sides were really tied 0:0.

"Bring it, bring it! Don't play tricks! Turning off the microphone in the live broadcast room, Neville immediately extended his hand to Carragher.

"I don't give! I won't give it to you! ”

"Don't blame me for finding fault with you on social media tomorrow!"

Reluctantly, Carragher reached out of his wallet and took out a few twenty pound bills and handed them to Neville.

"Are you still betting with me?!" Neville smug the bill in his hand.

"And mine?!" Souness also smiled and stretched out his hand at this time, "I said I'm standing with Gary!" ”

"Fake, do you have you?! I only made a bet with Gary! Carragher laughed.

"There is an audience to prove it!"

"Then I've only gambled a hundred pounds! Well, you win, you go to Gary for a penny! "Carragher is cheating.

"Are you still gambling?!" Neville shouted again.

"Bet, why not, I'll bet a hundred pounds and they'll be a draw!" Carragher froze.

Neville and Souness laughed as a draw looked highly likely, given the more mediocre first half between Manchester City and Chelsea.