A glorious hat-trick brought the game to a close.

In the end, Manchester City beat Norwich City 6-0 away.

Not only did they win the game, but they also scored six goals, which gave them a bigger lead over United on goal difference.

Manchester United want to win the league title, and the theoretical possibility is already slim.

As long as Manchester City does not lose in the next game, they can lift the Premier League trophy in advance.

But that's not the most important thing for the media - Manchester City won the league title three times in a row, and everyone has been prepared for this for a long time, and it is not news.

What everyone is most concerned about is the more suspenseful things.

The rivalry between Glory and Messi is the subject of heated discussion right now.

Messi scored twice against Rayo Vallecano to overtake Gerd Muller. Next, Glory surpassed Messi with a hat-trick in his game.

The two of them are really on the tip of the needle, and no one is to be outdone.

Such a fierce duel is what everyone likes to watch.

On 5 May, Manchester City will face Chelsea in the FA Cup final.

On the same night, Barcelona welcomed Espanyol at home in a Barcelona derby.

Glory has four games left, one more than Messi, and that's his advantage.

The bookmaker's odds for this rivalry between the two also show that they are more bullish on glory.

However, Glory's advantage over Messi is very weak, so Messi also has great hope of reversing.

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At 7.15pm on 5 May, the FA Cup final kicked off at Wembley Stadium with the referee's whistle.

Manchester City were drawn for the home team before the game and they were able to use the home team's dressing room at Wembley Stadium.

On the pitch, they also wore sky blue home team jerseys.

Chelsea, on the other hand, wore a dark blue away kit that bordered on black.

This is the second time Benitez has faced Di Matteo.

The first time the two sides met in the league, Di Matteo's Chelsea were so refreshing that Benitez struggled with them.

If it had been the Chelsea side led by Villas-Boas, Benitez would have won easily. But Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea have made it difficult for Manchester City, conceding a goal at home and finally winning the game thanks to a glorious brace.

Benitez was very impressed by the changes in Chelsea under Di Matteo's management, so he did not dare to slack off in this FA Cup final, made the most careful arrangements, sent all the main forces, and attached no less importance to Cheng than in the Champions League final.

Manchester City now have the league title in their hands, only the FA Cup and the Champions League are left, and if the FA Cup is lost, it will be a regret forever.

He didn't want to leave his season as imperfect.

Some people like to play regret beauty, but Benitez doesn't.

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For Chelsea, the only trophy they can compete for this season is the FA Cup, and they have naturally given it their all and bet all their possessions on the FA Cup final.

After Villas-Boas' departure, Di Matteo assumed his responsibilities as interim manager. Chelsea have changed dramatically since he took charge, and the media and Chelsea fans have spoken very highly of him, believing that Roman Abramovich should give Di Matteo more time, and that Chelsea also need a stable coaching environment, otherwise every season will be a process of overturning the rebuilding for the team, which is really hurting.

But how does Di Matteo impress Abramovich completely?

Leading the team to defeat Manchester City in the FA Cup final and win the FA Cup may be the best stepping stone.

If Roberto Di Matteo can lead his team to beat Manchester City, who have not been beaten for two seasons, it will speak volumes about Di Matteo's quality.

Then he would be entitled to stay and continue to manage Chelsea.

Roberto Di Matteo is also looking to stay at Chelsea for a longer period of time, and he's feeling good at the moment, he's ambitious and he wants to help the team get back to glory.

In order to be able to beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final, Di Matteo really worked hard.

In the FA Cup final, Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea once again scored first in the game, leading Manchester City!

"Ramirez-!" John Mortenson shouted. "An unexpected front grab! Manchester City's defenders have focused on attacking players such as Drogba, Kalou, Juan Mata and Frank Lampard, but they have ignored Ramirez! ”

The Chelsea players were thrilled after the goal.

The Chelsea fans in the stands were even more excited.

There was a huge cheer at Wembley Stadium, all from the Chelsea fans.

'To be able to score first against Manchester City twice in a row can't be simply attributed to luck! Di Matteo does have a hand! John Mortenson said.

'There's nothing too magical about Di Matteo, he just got Chelsea back on the right track, and that's the path they've been taking until then. But when Villas-Boas arrived, he derailed the team. Chelsea are still on the right track...... 'Alan Hansen analysed. 'The style of this Chelsea team has been largely fixed since Jose Mourinho, and Mourinho has been able to lead this team to success and others have not been because most of them want to force a change in Chelsea's style of play......

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After the team's goal, Di Matteo did not celebrate very excitedly, he appeared relatively calm.

Because he knows very well that this one-goal lead is not worth so much joy.

If you want to win the game, you have to look at the final score, not the current one.

Even if Chelsea were to take a one-goal lead now, it would be meaningless if City equalised.

Moreover...... Now Glory is competing with Messi to see who is the player with the most goals in all competitions in a single season. Now he is in very good shape, and now he can do anything.

Think of poor Norwich in the last league game.

The only thing I should be thankful for is that Barcelona's league game is played after this FA Cup final, and if it is played before the final, Messi will definitely stimulate glory if he scores again. When the time comes, he will kill in the final, won't he be unlucky?

Now it's the final to kick first, at least the glory hasn't been stimulated......

While his team-mates were frantically celebrating the lead, Di Matteo grabbed John Terry and told him to go up and remind the players to pay attention to the defence.

He also analyzed this with his players before the game - many of Glory's goals were scored after the opponent had just scored, and he seemed to have a "face-slapping mechanism" on him. As soon as the opponent scores, he will automatically fire on the fire, and then immediately score and return the color.

Especially recently, such situations have been frequent, and both Barcelona and Manchester United have become pitiful victims.

A lot of teams have a high morale after scoring a goal and then take the opportunity to attack aggressively and try to score another goal in a short period of time.

But there aren't many times when you actually score.

So Di Matteo told his players before the game that if they scored in the game and took the lead, the next thing to do was not to continue to attack, but to defend solidly.

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Sure enough, after the game restarted, Glory dribbled directly to the Chelsea goal.

Thankfully, Chelsea were prepared for the kick-off, and instead of rushing forward into City's half, their strikers quickly retreated into their own 30-metre zone.

In the end, Rongguang's dribbling attack stopped, and he couldn't find a suitable breakthrough, so Rongguang had to pass the football out.

While possession is still at City's feet, the threat to the Chelsea goal is not as great as it once was.

Glory finally didn't score on the third kick-off in a short period of time.

In the coming days, Chelsea continued to defend solidly and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Defensively, this Chelsea side is still very traditional.

Since the Mourinho era, many people have often formed the impression of "passive defense" with a score of 1:0. Although Jose Mourinho has refuted this claim, Chelsea's defensive prowess has become a fine tradition for this team.

Chelsea at their peak did defend very well.

The centre-back partnership of Carvalho and John Terry was the team that conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League for two consecutive seasons.

In Jose Mourinho's first season in charge of Chelsea, they won the league title and conceded just 15 goals in 38 league games that season!

It's an unbelievable number of goals conceded.

The team that conceded the second-fewest goals at the time was Manchester United, who conceded 26, 11 more than Chelsea.

The following season, Chelsea defended their league title and also conceded the fewest goals, conceding just 22.

Chelsea are far less defensive than they used to be throughout the season, but they can still do it in the pursuit of the ultimate in a game.

In this game, Di Matteo fully considered this problem, so he discharged Mikel and Ramirez in the midfield to strengthen the defense of the midfield.

In addition, Kalaw and Juan Mata will also be active in defending and will be responsible for a lot of defensive tasks.

With targeted tactics and the players working together.

Chelsea did hold on for a one-goal lead before half-time.

At the end of the first half, John Mortensen said: 'This first half reminded us of the league meeting between the two teams, where Chelsea scored first and held the lead until the end of the first half...... I just wonder if Chelsea will turn Manchester City around in the second half? ”