Chapter 287: Southampton's Attack

After 17 rounds of Premier League fixtures, the situation in the Premier League table is clear and Chelsea Manchester City are very happy.

And the strong attacking power of Chelsea and Manchester City also shocked the opponent to a certain extent, and all of them looked like Chelsea were so strong and overwhelming.

Next in order, Manchester City is 2 points less than Chelsea and 5 points more than Manchester United, Manchester City is closely followed by Chelsea with 16 wins and one draw with their own strong and blossoming attacking power.

The main reason why Chelsea have built such a big advantage at the start of the league is that Jones is so adaptable and can jump into the fray with little to no running-in, and his momentum to brush up his stats has been so fierce this season.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that Chelsea are well staffed, despite Jones' current form, but Kodic will still let him play as a substitute from time to time, even if Jones feels that his fitness can keep up, there is no major problem.

This also fully guarantees the form of the rest of Chelsea's players, and there will be no problem of not being able to take on the bench after the main team is not available.

Although Jones has yet to win any titles, with his current momentum at Chelsea, these are inevitable, and Chelsea fans are naturally ready for the title.

Chelsea are firmly at the top of the table and everything is going well, but the road ahead is difficult because that's the devil's schedule, with a home game against Southampton in three days' time.

Carefully count your fingers, in just one month, 9 games, except for the English League Cup, which is no pressure and can be easier, the rest is 8 league games that cannot be lost, or the top five teams in the league, there are also 8 games in January, and life is really difficult.

However, looking at this schedule, Jones only has excitement in his heart, but no sorrow, the more difficult the schedule, the greater the challenge, the more exciting the game, and the more he can prove his strength.

It's not that Jones looks down on weak teams, but only when he plays against strong teams more times can he stimulate more potential and improve his skills faster.

Three days later, as the game approached, Chelsea's buses arrived outside Stamford Bridge, and there was no end in sight to the Chelsea fans, who cheered for the Chelsea players in unison under the command of several leading fans.

This is also the confidence of Chelsea now, there are so many die-hard fans supporting the team, it is impossible to think of results, Chelsea players get off the bus and are warmly cheered by all the fans, and when the next player walks down, the fans shout the name of the player under the leadership of the leader.

When Jones showed up, a tsunami-like sound wave came out: "Jones! Come on!! ”

The shouts of the Jones fans were full of power, while the rest of the Chelsea players were much calmer, and they walked into the home team's dressing room with calm faces, carefully preparing for the pre-game work.

Kodic drove the players to the pitch to warm up, and the voices of 60,000 people shouted at the same time. Jones felt his blood boil.

Jones didn't say anything during the whole warm-up process, just felt the strong emotional impact from the fans, and he felt that he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and wanted to start the game quickly.

In this game, Kodic sent the main lineup, came off the bench in the last game, and Kodic is also preparing a substitute lineup for the next game, so this game is the main lineup.

Thibaut Courtois in goal, Rudiger, Andreas Christensen, Cahill and Cesar Azpilicueta in the back line, N'Golo Kante, Cesc Fabregas and Moses in midfield, Jones and Eden Hazard up front, and Costa in front.

It's Chelsea's most attacking squad at the moment, and Kodic's tactical intent is self-evident, to give it his all at home.

"I don't need to say more, I'm just going to say one thing now, if you don't want Manchester City to overtake us from behind, then use all your strength and beat them down for me!"

"Yes!" The players agreed in unison.

"Go ahead, on our home turf, and fight to your heart's content!" Chelsea's players were on the pitch.

Southampton opted for the kick-off, and now there is almost an unwritten rule in the Premier League that when playing against Chelsea, you have to get the kick-off right from the start, otherwise the game will be difficult to play.

"Looks like they're afraid of our attack!" Hazard looked at the Southampton players in the centre circle and said to Jones.

Jones jokingly said, "It's me, not us!" ”

"Awesome, you're joking!" Hazard was not annoyed.

Unexpectedly, Southampton attacked Chelsea's door after kick-off.

Chelsea currently have 16 wins and one draw in 17 Premier League games, scoring 59 goals and conceding 19 goals to reach 49 points, while Southampton have won four, drawn six and lost seven in 17 league games, scoring 16 goals and conceding 21 goals to accumulate 18 points and are in 12th place.

The two teams have met 99 times in official competitions, with Chelsea winning 41, drawing 28 and losing 30, with Chelsea winning 18, drawing 12 and losing 13 at home, and the Blues have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last 5 meetings.

If it weren't for Manchester City's equally brave performance and the fact that they hadn't lost, it would have been almost certain that Chelsea would want to defend their title.

Southampton will not be in a good position this season if they lose, Southampton currently have only 18 points, only one point away from fourth-to-bottom Crystal Palace, if this one cannot take a point away from Stamford Bridge, they will have a harder time in the future, but looking at the strength of the two teams and the record of the head-to-head, it should be very difficult for Southampton to get points on Chelsea, but Pellegri is still ready to attack.

The home team, Chelsea, is here to relax, and a combination of factors, Chelsea continue to win and are favored by everyone, Hazard, who performed well in the last game, and Jones, who scored and shot, continued to start for Chelsea in this game.

Southampton's Gabbiadini, Raymond, Prowse and the trio echoed each other up front, and there was a momentum to win the first Chelsea goal from the start, but Chelsea were unhurried, and few could easily tear apart Chelsea's defence as long as they were well protected in positional battles.

Kodic sat calmly on the bench, and Southampton's tactic was to hit the ball up front and quickly go straight to the middle, allowing Gabbiadini to use his speed to shake off the defense and form a single knife in the small penalty area.

Southampton's tactics were quite successful, at least the combination of passes between Romeu and Raymond was well done, causing Rudiger to lose his position in a bit of a panic at the start.

However, Cahill's tackle followed, just in time to intercept their through ball, no way, Southampton's first attack was so aborted, but this is not over, this is on their own home turf, Chelsea players will not only defend passively, after the break Chelsea began to counterattack.