Chapter 131: Coming on the field
'In the face of City's aggressive attack, Kodic did not choose to shrink the defence, Kodic was provoked by anger, and his response was to continue to strengthen the attack.
"Jones, who has been on the bench for 70 minutes, has started to warm up, it seems that Jones is going to play, it seems that Jones is not injured, so why did Jones not start at the beginning!"
Jones came on the pitch and it was a turning point, the game officially entered the white-hot stage, although Manchester City had a one-goal lead, but Manchester City was by no means satisfied with winning a goal at Chelsea's home stadium, they were beaten twice by Chelsea in the league last season, and naturally they will not stop attacking at this time!
"Kodic looks like it's going to be a fight!" After seeing the substitution sign raised, the narrator said.
This substitution shows the manager's determination to strengthen the attack after falling behind, for which Kodic sacrificed a lot of defence, how can he be conservative in his own home stadium, let alone the side behind them.
Kodic will never accept the result of losing at home, losing is losing, 0:1 or 0:10 actually makes no difference, and the points will be overtaken by Manchester City, which is likely to cause the Chelsea players to lose momentum in the future.
So at this time, that breath must be held and not vented.
Next, the two sides played more intense and exciting, and the people watching were addicted, but the scene was exciting, but the goal did not appear for a long time.
In the 74th minute, Kodic then replaced Alonso and brought Jones on the pitch, Cesc Fabregas moved back, and in the midfield position, Jones returned to the middle as a striker, and Hazard went to the right.
'Jones came on and saw that the game had entered the final ten minutes, and the score was still 1-0, with Chelsea at home trailing by a goal.
'Time is running out for Chelsea and as the game enters the last 10 minutes, City's offensive starts to slow down, as if City feel that it is a bit difficult to score another goal and start preparing to hold on to it and take the three points.
Pep Guardiola would like his side to beat Chelsea by a big margin at home, but he's not an idiot either, and if he can't score more, then a 1-0 win is obviously more important.
It would be foolish to lose the top spot in the league in order to score more goals, so he slowed down the pace, recycled the defense, tried to hold on to the result, and didn't want to defend and counterattack, but would score more goals?
He believes that Kodic will definitely not accept the result of losing at home, so Chelsea must press hard at the last moment, so it is good to wait for the counterattack, Manchester City recovered a little, Chelsea really pressed up immediately, the situation was completely under Guardiola's expectations, and the progress of the game seemed to be under the control of the famous manager.
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In the 83rd minute, Chelsea had a chance to attack, when Jones came on and Cesc Fabrega and Eden Hazard passed the ball in succession, before sending the ball to the feet of Costa in the box, who stopped the ball and fired straight at goal.
Ederson flew to save the ball from the bottom line: "Nice save! Ederson is City's last line of defence and he is City's most reassuring player this season! With little clock left in the game, every successful save he made was a big blow for the Chelsea players! The Manchester City commentator was full of praise for his goalkeeper.
Jones has not had a good chance since he came on the court, he is already unwell, and his speed and technique are not very good.
A corner kick from Chelsea, Chelsea attaches great importance to this corner, and when the conventional attacking means cannot open up the situation, you need to hope for set-pieces, and at the last moment of the game, every set-piece must be taken very seriously, because if you don't do it, it will create a miracle?
Manchester City naturally understands this truth, and is even more vigilant, every Chelsea player who can threaten the goal has a Manchester City player next to him, and in front of the Manchester City goal, players from both sides are entangled.
But it had nothing to do with Jones, who stood far away from the box, not looking to be involved in the corner, but rather helping the team to help prevent the opposition from counter-attacking.
Jones's approach is normal, nothing strange, a lot of corner kicks, Jones will not rush into the penalty area, either he goes to the corner, or just hangs outside, Premier League referee Martin Atkinson saw that the situation in the penalty area was basically stable, he blew the whistle, the whistle sounded, Fabregas run, and then kicked the football to the penalty area, he kicked the ball in front of the penalty area!
There's Costa there, and as the best header in the Chelsea team, how could Costa not have a Manchester City player on his side! Stones got his grip on him, and Otamendi, who had come back to goal, seized the opportunity to leap high in front of Costa! He got the ball in front of Costa first!
"Otamendi clears with a header! The ball that was pushed out by Otamendi flew straight out of the box. ”
Seeing this scene, Jones decisively stepped forward from his position and ran to the penalty area, at the same time, the football that went out was received by Hazard who withdrew from the penalty area, Manchester City's defense quickly unified, and their whole team followed the flying football to press out, instantly leaving Costa and Alonso behind the defense, so that they fell into the offside trap, Hazard at this time even if he wanted to pass the football to them, it was impossible.
The Manchester City player who successfully created an offside position pounced on Eden Hazard, intending to cut off the ball and then play a counter-attack, and now Chelsea only have Jones Fabregas back behind, which is a great opportunity to play a counter-attack! It was then that Hazard played the ball out, but instead of anyone in the box, he played it sideways.
Eden Hazard passes the ball to Jones, who suddenly appears at the top of the arc! Since you can't do it yourself, then leave football to someone who has the ability to solve this problem.
"Jones! Jones got the ball, and after coming off the bench, Jones got the ball for the first time! As Jones received the ball, the Chelsea commentator shouted that he had already regarded Jones as the team's hero.
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Jones stopped the ball from Eden Hazard with his left foot, but didn't stop it firmly at his feet, it looked like a mistake, but then, Jones stepped out with a lunge, picked up his right foot, and kicked it straight at the ball! The football itself, with a strong rotation, flew towards the goal!
Jones knew that his current state could not show his speed and passing skills, so he had to rely on his instantaneous explosiveness to shoot a long shot! The current state and Costa's tricks are not used!