Half-time draw.

Good or bad, it's the same on both sides.

While it may seem that Chelsea should be more sorry because they were the ones who were leading at one point, let's not forget that this is Manchester City's home stadium. And on the cards, Manchester City are no worse than Chelsea.

There is no good game in the competition, like this kind of game, the strength of the two sides is close, and even the state is very close, there may be too many factors to determine the final result, a casual substitution by the head coach, an occasional flash of inspiration from the players on the field, or even a penalty from the referee, may become the deciding factor, and both sides have such factors.

At the end of the first half of the game, Carlo Ancelotti was the first to walk to the players' tunnel, but his steps were still unhurried, while Linson was one step late, which made him see his defender Bridge and the opponent's Terry walking off the field again, and suddenly, he felt that the color on the top of Bridge's head was so dazzling at this time.

Well, I'm just a coach anyway, I wish you all happiness. Lin Sen comforted himself in his heart, at this moment, for the first time, he felt that it was really a wise decision not to refuse Ariel to join the gang at that time.

Adriano's self-control, Suarez's teeth, and now one more, Bridge's hat......

Lin Sen who returned to the locker room did not make a long speech, the team in the first half was normal, especially after conceding the goal, showing a due reaction, at least it did not disappoint the fans at home, what made Lin Sen a little depressed was that after watching half the game, plus the bonus of the plug-in, except for that cross-position, he did not see any shortcomings that could be used from Chelsea, even Ancelotti who was standing on the sidelines, although he showed a trace of strange feelings before conceding the goal, but in general, the entire first half, The Italians all seemed unusually calm.

For this game, Ancelotti does have the qualifications to ignore it. And this indifference is not out of self-confidence, but just experienced more such scenes. For Carlo Ancelotti, who has won the Champions League twice as a player and three Champions League finals and two Champions League champions as a manager, he is used to seeing strong winds and waves. What's more, although the English media rendered this game very heavily before the game, it can't change the essence of this is just an ordinary league. Chelsea extending their lead doesn't mean they won the league title, Manchester City closing in on Chelsea doesn't mean they won the title, the truth is, no matter what the outcome of this game is. Chelsea will continue to lead the way.

Unbeknownst to Linson, he didn't see Chelsea's shortcomings, and Carlo Ancelotti was in the same situation. In his opinion, Manchester City's style of play is not complicated, the attack mainly relies on two wings, the main task of the two midfielders is to defend, when necessary to fill the gap in the wing attack, the core of the organization David Silva this half of the game on the contrary, on the contrary, not much to attract the attention of the Chelsea defence. Helping the wings create space, Ade, who was at the front, was firmly nailed to Chelsea's abdomen like a nail, forcing Chelsea's defense to not dare to press forward.

Look. It seems that Chelsea can basically ensure their invincibility if they can contain City's wide attacks, but how easy is that?

On the left is Bell, and on the right is Robben. That's not all, with the midfielders in place, City's two full-backs will also plug in from time to time. Although Chelsea's midfielders are known as attacking and defending, they are not serious wide players after all, and it is impossible to always entangle with the opponent on the side, otherwise, it is very easy to evolve into being pulled by the nose of the opponent.

There was suffering on both sides, and it was in this situation that the game went into the second half. At this point, the rain is heavier.

As the field became more slippery, both Chelsea and Manchester City must have been affected, some of the first half of the smooth play, began to make frequent mistakes, forced by the change of field conditions, both teams began to increase the frequency of long-range shots, there is no doubt that Chelsea have an absolute advantage in this point, look at their midfield, almost half of the team is good at long-range shooters.

Of course, a long-range shot is not only a test of the goalkeeper, but also a test of the quality of the shot.

Although it looked like Chelsea were taking advantage, Carlo Ancelotti was frowning on the sidelines.

In basketball, three-point shooting can be an important scoring tool for a team, but it doesn't work in football. Distance is inversely proportional to the success rate, and it is the same in both basketball and football. It's just that basketball can count long-range shots as three-pointers, but there is no such thing as a two-goal long-range shot in football, and a long-range shot often means a switch between offense and defense, and this is the reason why Ancelotti frowned.

Even in the current situation, Chelsea's long-range shots hit the woodwork infrequently, occasionally within the woodwork, essentially switching the game between attack and defence. Although Manchester City's attack may not be much better, for Italians, who regard tactics as their life, this kind of pure luck is obviously not what Ancelotti wants to see.

It was at this point that Linson was the first to make a change, and in the 63rd minute, he replaced Bale with Petrov.

Linson's change suddenly made Ancelotti a little puzzled, because no matter how you look at it, Bale's table is not bad, and it is because of Bale's previous pass that Manchester City was able to equalize, it seems that Bale does not look like he is injured, so, this is Linsen's tactical change?

Ancelotti's doubts did not last long, because of Linsen's changes, which soon brought results.

It's like a common scene in martial arts movies: two people who were originally wielding swords in a spacious place suddenly move the battlefield to a narrow alley, obviously, the narrow alley will cause trouble for two people, and the most direct effect is that the sword cannot be used. At this time, the best way to deal with it, of course, is to shift the battlefield. And if you can't, you have only two options, one is to continue to fight with the sword in hand, and the other is to abandon the sword in your hand and choose a more suitable dagger.

The current stadium is the narrow alley.

At this time, although the rain did not continue to increase, it was obvious that it was impossible to change the slippery conditions of the field in a short period of time, at least during the game time.

And Petrov, it's that dagger. The Bulgarian may not be as fast as Bale, but he is better than the Welshman in one thing, and that is crosses!

Lin Sen's intention couldn't be simpler, since it is not easy to perform under his feet, what about the sky? When Petrov came on the pitch, Linson gave him an explanation, which was crosses, constant crosses.

Petrov after coming on the field, he carried out Linsen's explanation to the letter, and in the 76th minute of the game, Petrov's cross again, Adriano, who had lost countless times in the aerial scramble with Terry, finally grabbed the first landing point this time, and he did not try to control the ball, but did a similar action as Drogba's assist in the first half, the header rubbed back, and the ball was pointed near the penalty spot in the penalty area.

David Silva, who was suppressed by Essien for most of the game, broke away from the Ghanaian Buffalo defense this time and volleyed directly into the air without waiting for the ball to land.

Faced with such a close-range shot, there was nothing Cech could do this time around.

After overtaking the score, Linsen immediately replaced the goal-scorer David Silva and replaced another Spaniard, Javi Martinez, and the formation immediately changed to 4321, the intention is already very obvious, I plan to defend.

Ancelotti never thought that he was pecked by the goose this time after playing a lifetime of geese, and he studied tactics all his life, although he quickly saw the characteristics of Petrov, but because of Terry's suppression of Adriano, he didn't care much about this change, in his opinion, this kind of cross with a slim success rate is not much different from a long-range shot, but now, it is precisely this simple tactic, Lin Sen's "sneak attack" succeeds.

In the last ten minutes, the backward Chelsea seemed to wake up like a dream, and began to put pressure on Manchester City's goal despite the frequency, but Manchester City, which was replaced by three midfielders, no longer left any gaps for Chelsea, and the two full-backs also changed their previous assists and began to stay at the back to defend with peace of mind.

The score became three to one.

After Robben's goal, Carlo Ancelotti, who had been in the rain for almost the entire game, finally turned around and walked back to the dugout.

Lost-

In the post-match press conference, due to the precedent of the exchange of sprays between Linson and Benitez during the last Manchester City vs Liverpool, the reporters present this time were still full of expectations, but when the press conference really started, they immediately found that the atmosphere of the press conference could not be more harmonious.

Ancelotti, who lost the battle for the top spot, generously praised Manchester City's cousin, of course, he was not generous enough to congratulate Lin Sen on his victory, but after praising Robben's cousin, he kept his mouth shut and handed the microphone to Lin Sen next to him.

Interestingly, Carlo Ancelotti's defeat almost confirmed once again a curse that had been circulating in the media that the team that won the Coach of the Month team could not win the first league game of the new month. This curse has been fulfilled three times this season, and Linsen, who won the best award in September, has directly drawn all the leagues in October.

And this time, it was Ancelotti's turn to get shot. (To be continued......)