Chapter 396: You Come and I Go
When Jones kicked a half-high ball over, Hazard was a little embarrassed, how to solve this kind of ball is uncomfortable, but when he saw Jones continue to run forward, he had an idea, simply did not jump, did not move, directly turned sideways, blocking the Smolin behind him.
Pogba also saw Hazard's movements, Pogba directly pulled Jones from behind, more than 80 kilograms of weight, naturally made Jones's speed unable to play, just when Jones was about to break free of Pogba, Matic came out from the side and snatched the ball away from several people.
Pogba and Matic cooperated quite tacitly, seeing Jones being dragged by Pogbal, the referee on duty Atkinson hesitated, but did not blow Pogba foul, and Chelsea's attack was defused.
Mourinho is also relieved off the field, he is not afraid of the current Chelsea, he is only worried about Jones alone, Jones this season is a nightmare for other teams in the Premier League, and his attention to Jones is now skyrocketing.
After the game started, Mourinho first observed Jones, and he was not sure about Jones's state in this game, if Jones was in good form, he had to find a way to contain Jones.
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Chelsea's attack failed to create much of a threat, the ball was snatched away by Manchester United, and after conceding the goal, the Chelsea players knew what they needed to do now.
Chelsea are very familiar with Manchester United, and while the players are pressing and pressing, they are also pressing and defending several of United's key players to cut off their ties with each other, but the Reds are clearly very familiar with this move.
Once Alexis Sanchez had the ball, the Chelsea players cut off his passing routes quickly, which is how most defenders deal with the striker, isolating him and leaving the striker without support from his players.
However, Sanchez was in good form this game, and it was difficult for Moses to steal the ball from his feet.
Sanchez deft turned, flicked the ball with his right foot, and then made a sharp stop to change direction and pass Moses.
The pass broke Chelsea's encirclement, and although the game opened with a one-goal lead, it was not an easy game at all, and Sanchez looked to be in very good form, with frequent activities in the middle of the midfield.
That made it tricky for Chelsea to defend, with Alexis Sanchez dribbling all the way to the edge of the box and curling a left-footed curling shot into the area, but Courtois's concentration and timely reaction saved the ball.
Kodic couldn't sit still on the bench, he was too relaxed to see the players after the goal, but that's not the case as a manager.
The recent performance of the team has made Chelsea forget the strength of Manchester United's team, but they can't be in a hurry first, so it is undoubtedly easier for Manchester United to find their own loopholes, and they can't be frightened by Manchester United's counterattack, and it is very dangerous to change the formation temporarily!
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However, Chelsea still had the ability to attack and were not completely suppressed by Manchester United.
'N'Golo Kante got the ball! He tried to pass the ball to Jones!! ”
Jones didn't stop the ball and directly distributed the ball that came to him, Alonso received the ball on the wing, and at this moment, Hazard put it on from the side, Alonso did not hesitate and sent the ball away.
Then Hazard crossed without stopping! Jones rose high in the penalty area, and in the box, Manchester United's defenders did not dare to move too much, and Jones still had the advantage in the battle with Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof.
Lindelof, Smalling, and Jones jumped up, Lindelof didn't touch the ball, Jones hit the ball, Lindelof's heart tightened, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he looked back and saw that the football didn't fly into his own goal.
Kodic saw this on the sidelines, began to applaud his players off the field, and then shouted loudly to continue the attack, encouraging the players on the field, so far his team still has the advantage!
The two sides started to attack, you sang and I came on, Jones had just threatened with a header, and United were quick to do so.
In the 35th minute of the game, Pogba gave the ball to Sanchez, who was in very good shape and was very active in this game, so Pogba also deliberately passed the ball to Sanchez's feet and let Sanchez impact Chelsea's defense.
Drinkwater and Azpilicueta are very headaches for Sanchez at this time, and now the player responsible for marking Sanchez is Drinkwater, Sanchez just received the ball, Drinkwater pasted it, but he didn't dare to stick too close, preventing Sanchez from passing him without stopping.
Sanchez stopped the ball and in the face of Drinkwater's defence, he suddenly started and flicked the ball with his right foot, Drinkwater paused and couldn't keep up in time.
Drinkwater scrambled to squeeze his body, and after a physical confrontation with Sanchez, Cesar Azpilicueta cut the ball off the side.
Atkinson blows the whistle and Drinkwater fouls!!
Drinkwater didn't argue, he did not have an advantage in his position just now, and the referee blew him for a foul, and he admitted it.
This season's Manchester United has recovered a lot of strength under the tutelage of Mourinho, if it weren't for the outbreak of Chelsea and Manchester City, it would not be in the third place in the league, especially the combination of the attacking trident in the front, which makes Manchester City's attack extremely powerful!
After Manchester United's free kick was issued, Sanchez and Pogba passed in succession, and then passed the ball to the feet of Martial on the right, Martial suddenly cut inside, attracting the attention of the Chelsea defense, so that Sanchez, who has been heavily defended by Chelsea, gained space, Sanchez then received Martial's pass, without the slightest hesitation to hit the goal!
Courtois flew up and flicked the ball to the side with the tips of his fingers, before Rudiger kicked it forward.
"Sanchez received a pass from Anthony Martial and hit the goal directly, so dangerous! Courtois pounced on this shot!! ”
At this time, the TV commentators were still commenting on Sanchez's shot, and the TV station's broadcast camera was also showing the slow motion of Sanchez's goal just now.
Sanchez was also annoyed after the shot, if he had just added a little more power to make the ball more curved, Courtois would not have had a chance to save the ball.
That's when United can equalise and take the lead, and if they can't equalize in the first half, it will be quite difficult to turn the tables in the second half.
However, before they could react, Jones got the football cleared by Rudiger, and at this time, United's defense was weak, and Chelsea began to fight back!
Manchester United's players woke up like a dream and began to desperately defend back, and Jones stopped the ball and did not force it to turn, which is a pretty good counterattack opportunity, and there will be a danger of being cut off when you turn around, and it will be better if the ball is passed out.
Jones pushed the ball to Hazard, then turned and ran forward, Hazard did not hesitate after receiving the ball, he directly pushed forward, and Jones came to a one-two, and then he pulled to the side to help Jones pull away a Manchester United defender.