Chapter 473: Goals and Gaps
West Ham didn't hit back and Chelsea's attack continued, with Chelsea not continuing to play the ball into the West Ham box after three very dangerous shots.
Instead, they kept moving left and right on the periphery of the penalty area, pulling West Ham United's defence, and the West Ham players could only keep running left and right in the direction of the football, and in this fast-paced game, their physical energy was consumed very quickly.
Almost everyone in the West Ham squad is sweating profusely, even the most physical 19-year-old defender, Rice, who is now feeling his legs heavy, and Chelsea's passing speed is so fast that they can only keep running and slowly they make more and more mistakes.
"It looks like the line is running out of line." Pierce stood behind Moyes and said anxiously.
David Moyes was anxious to see the situation on the pitch, but there was not much he could do, the opponents were above them, and Chelsea did not have the mentality of underestimating the first half.
With Chelsea attacking at full strength, they had no chance to counter-attack at all, and it was good that they didn't concede a goal.
Moyes could only pray for his luck at this time, but apparently his luck was not good.
Tiemoue Bakayoko burst into the box after another pass and crossed to the left side of the box from the baseline, where Jones rushed forward and volleyed without stopping the ball.
The soccer ball hangs straight to the top right corner of the net!
Chelsea took the lead again, and after the goal, Jones simply high-fived his team-mates and didn't celebrate.
The football commentator once again commented: "Chelsea are taking the lead again, while West Ham seem to be physically draining, and if things continue like this, they will soon be out of the way!" ”
As the referee blew the kick-off whistle, Arnautovic passed the ball to Mario, who did not let the ball stay at his feet and passed the ball back to Arnautovic.
Arnautovic received the ball and turned to the right front, and the Chelsea players were still waiting to press it, but they didn't expect the opponent to dare to dribble the ball into their own half.
Arnautovic also knows he doesn't have many chances, but as the least physically exerted player in West Ham United at the moment, he can only buy his team-mates time to rest.
Two Chelsea players immediately stepped forward to press and Arnautovic retreated after a couple of failed breakaways, but the rest of the West Ham players were already recovering a lot by this time.
There is no continued onslaught on Chelsea's side, and it is also a lot of consumption for Chelsea, anyway, now that they are ahead, why not choose the easier way!
Chelsea slowed the tempo of the game, passing the ball at the back of midfield and West Ham did not press to get on the ball, and the game went by in such a rhythm.
'It's the 72nd minute and the football is at the feet of Chelsea, but they don't seem to be in a hurry to attack, it's just too boring and the Chelsea players can't settle for a one-goal lead, they should try to score more. The Chelsea commentator criticized.
They seemed to hear the commentator's criticism as the ball reached Drinkwater's feet, who was facing away from the West Ham goal, just when everyone thought he was going to knock it to Tiemoue Bakayoko next to him.
He suddenly turned with the ball, and in one fell swoop shook off Ogbonna, who seemed to be following the defense, and Drinkwater turned and dribbled forward.
The West Ham defenders came up but as soon as they came up, Drinkwater did not choose to continue with the ball and instead played a straight ball into the box.
Giroud, who had been slowly swimming around the penalty line, suddenly accelerated to this area, stopped the ball, adjusted slightly and shot directly with his feet, and the ball grazed the left post and flew into the net.
Such a sudden change of tempo caught West Ham United off guard, and after continuing to concede goals, Moyes was completely hopeless, he did not yell in frustration and sat down slowly.
'Olivier Giroud's goal ended the game and West Ham had no chance!
West Ham are two goals down on the road and have little hope of an equaliser. ”
'Chelsea slowed down their attacking tempo and then suddenly accelerated to keep West Ham reacting and allowing Giroud to get on the ball in a very comfortable position and shoot from his feet, and Giroud didn't waste that chance.
Arnautovic gently scooped up the football from the net, turned around and walked towards the center circle, he didn't make any movement, just walked slowly, holding the football in his right hand, his head was slightly lowered, looking at the turf underground, he was so unwilling: he didn't have a chance, no, the game was not over yet.
Chelsea have all but won the game after taking a two-goal lead, and they have regained possession of the ball, and their next game is the Champions League away to Roma five days later, and they don't need to expend too much energy in such a game.
Bakayoko picked up the ball in the midfield and ran into Nobel, who stepped forward to defend him, but as soon as he was about to make a bicycle move, Nobrie fell directly to the ground and snatched the ball away!
Bakayoko was taken to the ground, which in his opinion was a foul, so he sat on the ground and signaled to the referee to show a warning to Noble for a rough tackle.
However, when he saw the referee's gesture to signal him to get up and continue the game, he realized that the referee had not awarded Norbl a foul!
Nobril left the ball at his feet after a tackle, he didn't let the ball stay at his feet for long, and after observing the position of his team-mate, he passed the ball diagonally to Mario, who was cutting in at high speed on the wing.
Mario received the ball on the right flank and instead of continuing to dribble forward, he played a long ball straight into the Chelsea box.
Arnautovic ran forward with all his might, next to him was Cesar Azpilicueta, who was following him back to the defence, and Arnautovic sprinted all the way from midfield to the Chelsea box.
At this time, Mario's pass had already fallen, Arnautovic and Azpilicueta jumped at the same time, but the 178cm Azpilicueta was completely suppressed by the 192cm Arnautovic in the physical confrontation and bounce.
Azpilicueta didn't touch the ball at all, and Arnautovic jumped up half a head taller than him! He could only interfere with Arnautovic's header in the air.
The ball changed direction after being hit by Arnautovic in the air and accelerated towards the far post, Caballero flew up, but the ball had already gone around his palm and hit the net behind him!!
The West Ham commentator shouted frantically: "Arnautovic! Header! The goal is in! Unbelievable! West Ham haven't given up yet! Arnautovic hasn't given up yet!
The goal came in the 78th minute of the game, and in the rest of the game, if West Ham could score one or two more goals!! ”
For a while, the stadium at Stamford Bridge fell silent, and only a few West Ham fans cheered!
Another goal was scored in the second half, and although Chelsea were still one goal ahead and the tempo of the game was still at the feet of the team, Kodic's face was a little unpleasant.