Chapter 839: Battle of Red and Blue
Jose Mourinho, who returned to Stamford Bridge, was looking to win against his former club and the Portuguese stood in the command area from the first minute of the game
Li Liang and Willy heard the Magic Bird roaring at Mkhitaryan several times in the stands behind the visitors' bench, and the Blues fans around them began to discuss: "Jose has gone to Manchester and looks so old!" ”
"He doesn't seem to have complete control of the United dressing room!"
"He's never fit to coach a number 10!"
As the half-time finally ended, the home fans stood up to cheer on the Blues for their outstanding performance.
Li Liang saw that his teammates' faces were not good-looking, Valencia pulled Rashford and kept saying something, De Gea, Jones, and Chris shook their heads as they spoke.
Mkhitaryan was left alone at the end, and he slowly approached the tunnel with his head deeply bowed.
Willy worried: "It seems that what they say is true, now all the Premier League teams already know how to defend Henrik!" ”
Li Liang questioned: "Haven't we made sufficient tactical preparations?" ”
Willy shook his head: "You may not know much, but Henrik's style of play has hardly changed from when he first joined us......
This guy is really too stubborn......"
As the second half of the game was about to begin, both Li Liang and Willy noticed that Mkhitaryan and Magic Bird were slow to appear on the field.
Li knew in his conscience that it must have been Mourinho who was having a one-on-one conversation with Mkhitaryan, and he also knew that how well the conversation would turn out would have a major impact on the match.
Against last season's Premier League champions, against Alvaro Morata, who has been in great form recently, Hazard, and former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas, one of Li Liang's former idols, it will be difficult for the Red Devils to get back from Stamford Bridge if they can't find their attacking form in time.
Mkhitaryan finally appeared at the entrance of the tunnel and ran quickly onto the pitch before Mourinho walked out of the tunnel to the bench with the Portuguese's expression as grim as it had been in the first half.
As the game continued, to the disappointment of Li Liang and Willy, United's attack was still not functioning properly, and Mkhitaryan simply moved up the right flank.
Willy just asked, "What is Henrik doing?"
Is this José's arrangement?
It's going to cost us a lot of midfield! ”
The magic bird was already waving his arms at Mkhitaryan in the command area and yelling, and Li Liang and Willy heard him shouting at the same time, "Go back, go back to the middle!"
You have to fight back up front! ”
Li Liang frowned, Mkhitaryan obviously did not act according to the coach's arrangement!
And the Blues have clearly discovered this, on the other side, under the on-the-spot command of Chelsea Italian coach Antonio Conte, two midfielders and three central defenders at the same time, Lukaku and Rashford had to retreat at the same time, and without central support, United's attack was completely paralyzed!
The knowledgeable home fans immediately shouted hoarsely, and the huge singing continued to be remembered, and the vast majority of people could see that the Blues were completely in the ascendancy and that it was the perfect time to break the deadlock!
The magic bird waved and cursed, then suddenly turned around and arranged it in front of the bench himself, and soon several substitutes ran to the sidelines to move.
Seeing Chelsea's attacking momentum and successive threatening chances, De Gea getting busier and busier, Willy said: "Now we can only pray to God, as long as we can take a point away from here......
In the 55th minute, Cesc Fabregas picked up the ball near the halfway line, but Mkhitaryan met it but did not press in time, and Fabregas calmly crossed the ball to his fellow Spaniard Azpilicueta, who had already pressed past the halfway line.
Azpilicueta, who appeared more in the central defender position in the new season, advanced steadily with the ball, and Li Liangmeng stood up and exclaimed: "Danger!
Mid lane, fast back to defense! ”
Willy was taken aback, and the Blues fans around him were surprised.
None of them knew that Li Liang had already seen a huge crisis looming.
Cesar Azpilicueta pushed forward a few meters, Bakayoko suddenly stepped forward sharply, and the French midfielder cleverly passed between Jones and Smalling in front of him, and Smalling hurriedly followed!
The Spanish left wingback Alonso at the back point strode forward, and Morata in the middle stepped forward at the same time, and there was obvious confusion in the Manchester United defense for a while, and Bayi hesitated to give up Alonso behind him and chase Morata, Smalling didn't know that the danger behind him was still chasing Bakayoko -
Morata keenly caught the gap between United's two centre-backs and suddenly accelerated sideways, and Azpilicueta calmly delivered a 45-degree curling cross in front of Jones, who couldn't make up for it!
Li Liang was shocked to see that Morata, who had run out of the gap, jumped high two meters in front of the penalty spot, stretched out his body almost without any defense as he did in training, and then fully exerted his strength to push the ball into the far corner!
De Gea, who had already retreated to the goal line, couldn't react at all, and watched the ball fly into the corner!
Stamford Bridge once again set off in blue waves, with all the players on the pitch following Alvaro Morata on his heels and rushing towards Conte, with fans in the stands jumping and waving their arms in celebration.
Li Liang sat down slowly, and there was a boom in his brain-
In less than five seconds, it took just two passes to break down the Red Devils' backline, which consists of two England internationals, an Ivory Coast international and one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
Several United players shouted at Mkhitaryan, all questioning the Armenian's defence.
Jose Mourinho remained motionless in the command area until the excited Blues returned to the pitch after their celebrations, when he turned to point at Anthony Martial.
The French striker quickly began to prepare for the game, and the magic bird with a very ugly expression walked up to him and carefully admonished him.
Willy kept cursing, and Li Liang noticed that before the fourth official could raise the electronic sign for the substitution, Mkhitaryan had already turned and walked to the sidelines.
In the 59th minute, United finally replaced Mkhitaryan, who was sleepwalking in the game, with Anthony Martial.
The magic bird on the sidelines didn't even glance at the Armenian, who ignored the coat handed over by the team and walked straight into the tunnel with his head down.
The Reds continued to adjust for the rest of the game, but the Blues began to wave their hands to solidify the defence after taking the lead.
With Chelsea's extremely high-quality defence, United's counter-attacks were never able to knock off the 10 fingers of another top goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois.
At the final whistle, Stamford Bridge was transformed into a sea of joy that continued to sing throughout the air.
Li Liang and Willy both had solemn expressions as City beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Etihad thanks to goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus in another of the early highlights.
The Red Devils have been swept away by the Blue Moon eight points in the standings.
What worries Li Liang even more is that the team has been unable to hide the dilemma that it seems impossible to find an answer.