Chapter 40: A Symphony of Conflict

In the 19th minute of the game, Zabaleta played a very difficult invincible scissor kick to the "king of the ball" who wanted to break through him, and the Belgian striker had no time to react to such a lethal defensive action of the Argentine defender, and after being tripped and rolled on the turf for about 10 laps, he was painfully holding his calf and lying sideways on the pitch. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I'm going to get a red card, right?" Since the foul was committed this time in front of Nan Xiao and the others sitting, Shen Chao also saw Zabaleta's action very clearly.

"Zabaleta's move is so big, it's definitely a move to draw cards!" Yu Lu also commented without hesitation, "Clattenberg also ran to the scene of the incident as soon as possible, and his hand reached into his pocket to see what color card he would show the Argentine? ”

"The red card should not be escaped." Nan Xiao also said the same.

"Yellow card! Clattenburg only showed a yellow card and Zabaleta escaped! ”

Clattenburg's decision once again provoked strong displeasure from the Chelsea players, who unanimously agreed that Zabaleta's double-footed tackle definitely constituted a red card! Coach Antonio Conte is also putting pressure on the fourth official, signalling that the referee's decision was biased.

Clattenburg also ignored the Chelsea player's complaints, and after putting away the yellow card, he ran to Hazard's position to ask about him, but Hazard was aware of it in advance at the moment when Zabaleta made a move, and jumped lightly to avoid the opponent's flying tackle, so he was not injured, and Chelsea were given a set-piece opportunity on the left side of the field.

It was Eden Hazard who drove the ball towards the front post, but his team-mate didn't get to the spot, but Fernandinho's header cleared it.

Manchester City are still the more active side in the next game, whether it is Sane or Sterling, their speed and excellent breakthrough ability have caused a lot of pressure on Chelsea's defence, especially Cahill and Max Alonso's side, Sane also often switch to this side to seek cooperation with Sterling.

In the 26th minute of the game, Sane made a very beautiful breakthrough on the right flank, he first used a body shake near the touchline to get past Max Alonso, and then used his speed to eat the opponent in the face of Cahill's fill-in, but because he was a left-footed player, the quality of the cross after the bottom was not very high, and it was much inferior to the series of dribbles just now.

"Chelsea's defense is really not covered, I guess Guardiola will hang in this game." Shen Chao hugged his arms and said to Chen Mingshuo and Nan Xiao.

'But Chelsea are not without loopholes, it depends on whether Guardiola can find it.' Nan Xiao suddenly said a meaningful word.

Manchester City's attacking wave after wave did not give Chelsea a respite at all, with Vincent Kompany and Otamendi already in the opposition half, and the situation on the pitch was now essentially a half-time drill.

"The game has been going on for 30 minutes and the score is still 0-0, and neither side has a very good chance to score...... Now the referee awarded a penalty! Just when Youlu was still trying to say that the game was more than exciting, but there was little real threat, Clattenburg suddenly stretched out his right hand and pointed to the penalty spot, and Manchester City got a penalty opportunity!

"It's an amazing game!" Shen Chao sighed while clapping his hands.

'Let's take a look at the replays to see what the Chelsea players did to get the referee to award the penalty with determination. You Lu commented, "Oh, it turned out that David Luiz pulled Aguero in the penalty area, and there was no problem with this decision! ”

'It seems that Clattenburg did not misjudge this time, and the Chelsea players did not come forward to complain.' Shen Chao has already acted as a guest commentator on the field.

Manchester City were the first to get the chance to score in the battle of the kings, and it was Sergio Aguero who was ready to take the penalty, who has always been City's first penalty taker.

"Do you think this goal will go in?" Chen Mingshuo asked Nan Xiao beside him.

"I think so, it's a penalty, after all." Nan Xiao replied.

"The ball is in! Manchester City took the lead first, 1-0! You Lu shouted excitedly.

'Courtois misjudged the direction and Aguero had a feint before the shot to fool the opposing goalkeeper and hit the bottom right corner of the net cleanly!'

After Sergio Aguero's goal, there was a deafening cheer at the Etihad Stadium, as the Argentine's goal brought them closer to the Premier League title than their opponents in this moment!

"Aguero! Aguero! Aguero ...... "All the fans at the Etihad Stadium started chanting the name of the Argentine star, and in this moment, Aguero has become the favourite of Manchester City fans.

After a passionate celebration, Chelsea returned to kick-off in the centre circle and were faced with a one-goal deficit that forced them to attack.

Antonio Conte's side have failed to score in just two Premier League games this season, one at Anfield, when Liverpool beat them 2-0; The other was at White Hart Lane, where they drew 0-0 with young Tottenham Hotspur; Therefore, the Chelsea team never has to worry about their attack, because their forward trident is their goal guarantee, so Conte did not look too impatient after the team fell behind, because he knew that there was still a long time before the end of the game, as long as his team played normally, he would definitely be able to get the score back!

In the 38th minute, Chelsea had a really good chance to equalise!

Nemanja Matic picked up the ball in the middle and got rid of Fernandinho's scramble and passed the ball to Costa, who was at the front of the team, but Costa did not take the ball, but chose to deliberately miss it and let the ball go under his crotch; His imaginative move left the Manchester City backline unresponsive, and at that moment, Hazard burst out on the flank, and after getting the ball, he formed a one-on-one chance!

Hazard was also very calm in the face of Courtois's attack, not choosing his own shot, but after observing his team-mate's movement, he poked the ball with the outside of his right foot to his team-mate Pedro who followed up on the right, who easily pushed the ball into the net when facing the empty goal!