Chapter 407: Relieve the Pressure
The referee's whistle was a yellow card for Kompany, and Jones gasped and got up from the turf, put the ball on the turf and looked at the Manchester City goal.
The Manchester City TV commentator said: "Jones is standing behind the football, is he going to take this well-placed direct free-kick! ”
Jones took two deep breaths to smooth his breathing, his eyes clear, and his eyes were extremely determined!
"Tick! ……”
The referee blew the whistle, Jones exhaled a long breath and began to run, the ball began to take off from the turf, drawing a perfect arc in the air, flying over the right side of the Manchester City wall and towards the top right corner of the goal!
Bravo kicks the inside of his right foot and then pounces towards the football!
Wembley Stadium fell silent in an instant, Chelsea fans saw hope in their eyes, Manchester City fans saw worry in their eyes, and finally the ball flew past Bravo's fingertips and into the net!
The ball is in!
The score becomes two to one!
Chelsea closed the gap with a direct free-kick from Jones! Looking at the football that flew into the net, Jones let out a loud roar, the pressure on the team to be two goals behind just now can finally be relieved a little!
The pressure to lead the team to score just now has become a little lighter! Because of injuries, Costa, Barkley and others, who could only watch the game in the stands, waved their fists excitedly.
On the pitch, Jones' goal took the pressure off his teammates, who excitedly gathered around to celebrate the goal!
The Sky Sports commentator exclaimed: "Jones cut through Bravo's goal with a brilliant direct free-kick to help Cherresi close the gap!"
With two goals down, Jones took on the burden of leading his team to the score! He's amazing and he's making great strides towards team leadership! ”
The Chelsea commentator was flushed: "Jones is on his feet at this critical juncture, and although we are only closing the gap now, it will be Chelsea who will win in the end!" No one can stop Jones from winning his first title, and neither can Manchester City! ”
The game soon resumed, and Jones' goal did not affect the mentality of the Manchester City players, who were adamant that their side could win and breathe a sigh of relief from being held back by Chelsea in the league.
After the Chelsea players grabbed the ball, they continued to attack, and the three forward lines of Manchester City began to shrink back to defend, and the three lines formed three lines of defense, encircling and dividing the Chelsea players, forcing the Chelsea players to fight separately and form a joint force.
Facing City's three-pronged defence, the Chelsea players had little to do right now, except for wide crosses and their own long-range shots.
Pep Guardiola has enough research on Chelsea this season, although the two sides failed to win the last league game, he drew 2-2 at home, and Guardiola did not rigidly limit Jones alone, but emphasized the role of dispersing the opposing players.
In the blink of an eye, the first half of the game was almost over, and although Chelsea had the ball, they did not form too many advantages, and the two sides went back and forth, forming a tug-of-war, and no one could find a chance to break through the opponent's goal.
The Chelsea fans in the stands were a bit anxious, they were the ones behind after all, they preferred to watch their teams score, and only the team that was ahead and finally won the title would make them satisfied.
"Get one! Jones is one more! Jones scores! The Chelsea fans shouted at the pitch.
Of course Jones wants to score, he wants to win more than everyone else wants to score, to win the first title of his career, Jones can still not score, although he wants to score and want to win, but he doesn't have much support from his teammates, Jones is now being disconnected from Chelsea by the Manchester City defence.
It is difficult for teammates to bring support to Jones, Jones also wants to cooperate with teammates when he gets the ball, but he finds that it is difficult to come back when the ball is passed, he has lost his offensive nature, and the key is that his teammates can't score the ball.
Jones also became angry after that, he couldn't score anyway, it was better for me to shoot a few more times myself, in the 43rd minute, Cahill played a long pass at the back, Cesc Fabregas crossed the ball to the middle, Jones no longer gave the ball to his teammates, he grabbed a shot before the Manchester City defenders came over.
The ball was a bit on target, Bravo flew to save it, and a minute later, Jones scrambled to shoot before Gundogan could come up, but the ball was not on target due to a disturbance from Otamendi.
Jones's two impatient shots also caught Kodic's attention, but Kodic didn't say anything, such a crucial game, when the team as a whole did not have too good chances, should let the players show their individualism, which is also the difference between players and stars.
In the 45th minute of the game, Alonso inserted the ball again, Alonso stepped forward into the penalty area, he broke through Sane and went down to pass the ball to the penalty area.
Hazard rushed into the small penalty area at high speed at this time to beat Kompany to grab the football landing point, and shook his head to the Manchester City goal, which is definitely a must-score opportunity, and the average goalkeeper can't react at all, but Bravo is in great form today, and he blocked the ball with one hand.
Willian followed up and the ball was blocked by Kyle Walker with his foot, and Chelsea then took a corner, Jones crossed the ball into the box and Hazard grabbed the spot, but he bounced the ball over the crossbar under the opposition defence.
Cesc Fabregas, who got the ball in the middle, saw that Manchester City was densely populated in the middle, and Jones on the wing was unguarded, so he passed the ball diagonally to Jones, so that Jones was ready to cross, Danilo went over to defend Jones, and the other players went to mark the Chelsea players who were inserted into the box again.
After Jones got the ball, he also wanted to cross, but when he saw his opponent and teammates running towards the penalty area, Manchester City's outside of the box was empty, he immediately changed his mind and cut the ball to the front of the Manchester City penalty area.
Seeing his teammates all cut into the penalty area, Jones took the ball but didn't pass it, Kodic frowned and his face became serious.
Danilo, who came to intercept Jones, was completely speeded up and did not keep up with Jones, so he could only watch Jones cut to the middle and shoot directly with his feet.
This time there was no one to defend Jones's shot, Jones volleyed directly, the ball quickly flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal, goalkeeper Bravo knew that Jones was good at long-range shots, and he was ready for Jones' shot, and flew to save when Jones got up, but Jones's shot was at a bad angle, and the ball flew into the net just past Bravo's palm when it fell.
2-2, Jones' long-range shot from 30 meters out pierced Bravo's ten fingers and equalized before the end of the first half!