"How is that possible!? Did Ljungberg come out? ”

"Did the fourth official make a mistake? Manchester City actually replaced Darren Bent with Ljungberg? ”

"Torres is gone, Bent is the only striker on the pitch for Manchester City, why did Wan Sheng choose to replace Dalen Bent?"

'Darren Bent hasn't played much before, but his role up front is still obvious, at least, he's drawing Chelsea's defensive attention, and it's not a tactical role that Ljungberg can ......replace.

"Ljungberg? What position does he play? ”

“……”

Many people have similar doubts, they can't understand this substitution at all, and the most important thing is that Darren Bent is replaced, which means that Manchester City will not have a striker in the squad.

After Ljungberg came on, Manchester City had 11 men on the pitch, with one goalkeeper, three defenders and seven midfielders...... Is there a more bizarre lineup than this? With seven midfielders, what are Manchester City going to do?

Seeing this substitution, everyone couldn't understand it, even Manchester TV, which supports Manchester City, has questions about the substitution, and even ...... Oppugn!!

"Wan Sheng may have made a wrong substitution, even if he wants to strengthen the defense, he should also replace a defender, such as Dunn, he has been on the bench!"

"Ljungberg is well-rounded, but he's by no means a good defender or striker!"

"Without a striker, how are Manchester City going to play next?"

"No Blade?"

Someone came up with the concept, but anyone who hears the concept of 'no edge' will feel funny. In their view, this is almost impossible.

Even though Manchester City play some of the best technical football in the world, the concept of 'no striker' is still too 'high'. This tactic basically exists only in theory.

In various comments and analysis, there are also professional football commentators who think that Manchester City is to play the 'no striker' tactic, but they only put forward concepts and explain some theoretical plays, but they don't think Manchester City can play well, because this tactic is too demanding for the team and players.

A football commentator quipped. "The strength of this Manchester City team has not yet 'rushed out of the earth and into the universe', maybe they can rely on the 'no striker' to beat some small clubs. It would be too risky to play against Chelsea at the same level. "This means that Manchester City will definitely play better if they play with a normal formation and good tactics.

Furthermore. There are also some media outlets that believe. "Manchester City are really trying to strengthen their defence."

'They are top of the league and against Chelsea, a draw is perfectly acceptable, a draw is enough for them to remain unbeaten in the league and equal Arsenal's record of 49 games unbeaten, in short, Manchester City is all about defending and it doesn't matter if there are strikers or not. If you just fight back, Morris, Ozil and others will be enough......"

The analysis that follows is that Manchester City are 'conservative'. Criticize the 'conservative thinking' and 'utilitarian football thinking' that Wansheng only wants to draw, and make some criticisms of this.

The media that said these things obviously did not have much affection for Manchester City and Wan Sheng.

But this statement has been recognized by many people, and from another point of view, anyone in Wansheng's position may choose to do so, which is the most beneficial for Manchester City.

It also explains why City chose to replace their only striker. ”

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More than the media, it is Chelsea manager Grant who needs to consider the substitution plan of Wansheng.

The competition between two teams of the same level is also a direct competition between the heads of the two teams. If one side makes a substitution adjustment and the other side does not know what the adjustment means, there is no doubt that the other side will fall behind in terms of tactical response.

That's what happened to Grant.

He doesn't quite understand the reason why Manchester City replaced Dalen Bent, one is that as the media said, Darren Bent is the only striker in Manchester City, and the other is that Darren Bent didn't perform so badly before, normally speaking, he shouldn't have been replaced, in retrospect, Torres was replaced in the first half, which was also confusing.

Grant was completely confused.

He was a little confused in his head, and he watched the game closely, hoping to find the reason for City's substitutions.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines very seriously.

The substitution decision just now was made by him, and in the entire stadium, only he knew the purpose of the substitution best.

The media is right, one of the purposes of replacing Dalen Bent is to strengthen the defense, the reason is very simple, Ljungberg can play in the back, he and Elano Brummer can form a double back, then the team's backfield will form a combination of 3 defenders and 2 backs, and the defense will undoubtedly become tighter.

Another reason for the substitution is to strengthen the control of the central midfield.

In the face of Chelsea's previous life, Manchester City's backfield defense is a little unstable, and the team cannot guarantee the stability of the defense, so it is necessary to strengthen the defense, and the key point of contention between the two teams is still in the midfield, the team has many midfielders, but Ozil, Silva and others are better at attacking, and the purpose of replacing Ljungberg is to strengthen the ability of the 'midfield'.

After ensuring the defense, playing against Chelsea can ensure a 'stable' word, at least not allowing the opponent to break through the team's defense as easily as in the first half.

After ensuring stability, Wan Sheng does not think that the team's offense will be much worse, because the team will also train a 'turn forward' running method in their weekday training.

Alternate forward, as the name suggests, is that the players take turns to cut forward, to ensure that there are always players in front of them, in general, this is to ensure that there are people in every position of the team, such as Ozil's goal, Morris got the ball and pushed it directly to the vacancy, and Ozil stepped forward just to receive the pass.

However, in the absence of a striker, it is difficult to ensure the team's offensive efficiency just by taking turns to cut forward.

Just like the media analysis, the 'no striker' tactic has too high requirements for the player's ability and team cooperation, and the current Manchester City can't really play the real 'striker tactic', otherwise in the summer. Wansheng will not try to bring in Torres to replace Anelka.

In a normal game, it is always more efficient to score goals with a striker than without a striker.

But that's just an offense.

Playing against Chelsea. The first thing to do is to ensure defence, and in terms of contribution to the game, the smallest contribution to the game of the first few players is Darren Bent, who is hardly involved in the defense, and under the strict defense of the Chelsea defenders, the attack can only play a 'tactical role'.

So Wansheng chose to replace Darren Bent. Using the concept of 'taking turns forward', the midfielders who are idle in the attack take turns to play the role of strikers.

That would make it difficult for Chelsea to defend defensively. The second also strengthened the control of the midfield, and strengthened the defense, and the two aspects were strengthened, only sacrificing a tactical striker.

Wansheng thinks. It's worth it.

Of course. This is a targeted adjustment, what will be the specific effect, or in the game, so Wansheng watched the game very seriously, and also hoped to summarize some experience in the use of tactical adjustments from the game.

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Now the match between Manchester City and Chelsea, in terms of score, Manchester City still has a certain advantage.

The score was 3:3 with three goals scored by both teams.

But don't forget. It was a game at Stamford Bridge, and Chelsea were a team that was completely out of Manchester City.

If both teams end the match in a draw. Manchester City were almost equal to victory, as they guaranteed to continue their unbeaten run and did not lose away to Chelsea, and at the same time, as some media 'instigated' before the game, Chelsea became a 'stepping stone' for Manchester City to equal Arsenal's unbeaten record.

So realistically, Chelsea can't accept a draw.

In the second half, after Manchester City completed the substitution, the game situation, Manchester City also had a certain advantage, 20 minutes passed, Sky TV statistics statistics, Manchester City's possession rate reached 57 percent, a lot more than Chelsea's 43 percent, in addition, Manchester City had 4 shots on goal, Chelsea only 2.

Looking at the shooting statistics, it can be seen that as Manchester City have strengthened their defence, the game between the two teams has become much duller.

But the data also shows the effect of Wansheng's substitution adjustments, "Although the game has become dull, Manchester City have the advantage. Previously the two teams were equal in attack, but now Manchester City's chances in front of goal are significantly higher than Chelsea'......"

That's what it does!

To illustrate the stats, the attacking opportunities of the two teams were equal in the first half, for example, both sides had 10 chances before, but now Manchester City has become 6 and Chelsea has become 3, although both sides have fewer chances, but Manchester City clearly have the advantage.

However, after Darren Bent went off, Manchester City's attacking problems have been highlighted, just relying on 'taking turns to cut forward', obviously cannot be compared with having a real striker, sometimes Manchester City's coordination will be porous, such as Morris after a pass, but found that there is no one in front of the position, and for example, Ozil kicked the ball into the penalty area, but no teammates stepped forward to scramble, which is equivalent to giving the ball to Chelsea for nothing.

That's the general idea of the second half.

At this point, in the 70th minute, Chelsea boss Grant sat in his position, a little hesitant.

After a period of play, he also saw the purpose of City's substitutions, so the question was before him - should he strengthen his attack or solidify his defence?

In other words, will the team risk the win, or will they try to hold on to the draw?

The former is a big risk, the latter needs to take a small risk, but the goal is not something that can be defended if you want to hold it, maybe the next moment, Manchester City can find an opportunity to score the ball and force him to make a choice.

Attacking, defending, making choices is difficult.

In fact, the key problem is that Grant wants the team to win, but the risk of strengthening the attack is still too great, so he decided to watch for a while.

Soon Grant regretted it!

The game is changing in an instant, and many times a player suddenly performs well and can create a chance for the team and even change the situation of the game.

This time it was David Silva's great run!

David Silva has not been outstanding since the start of the second half, and the key point is that he is not a player who likes to plug in and look for opportunities.

Mesut Ozil and Ivan Crewe are the opposite, both of whom are very fond of plugging in at the right time.

In the absence of a striker, the midfield quint was at the front of the formation, so Mesut Ozil and Ivan Crewe played the role of striker many times.

This time it was David Silva who found the good opportunity.

When Mesut Ozil received a pass from Morris, he did not rush to give the ball to his team-mates, but took the ball himself and shook off Mikel, who came to intercept, and then he handed the ball to Morris.

Meanwhile, David Silva has shaken off Carvalho and rushed to the left side of the box.

David Silva's movement was surprising, Carvalho couldn't keep up with him in the first place, and as a result, Morris's pass came in front of David Silva at the right time.

David Silva pressed his excitement, took another step forward, and swung his right foot directly against the ball!

"Bang!"

"Silva's shot!"

Sky TV commentator George Woodgate followed suit, but Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was brilliant and slotted the ball out with both fists with precision.

Suddenly, the Manchester City fans in the stands were full of regret.

'It was a good opportunity but Cech reacted very quickly and it was a bit of a shame......

George Woodgate said that the attack on the pitch did not seem to be over yet, and the football was at the feet of Morris, who was caught between Frank Lampard and Belletti, and the ball was already on the line.

Frank Lampard didn't keep up, just running slowly to block Morris's pass, while Belletti followed Morris closely, compressing his space with the ball and keeping his body between Morris and the goal.

Morris dribbled the ball to the baseline.

This position could not go any further, and he could only use his body to protect the ball from being snatched or destroyed, while Morris also scanned his surroundings with both eyes, as if he wanted to hand the ball to his teammates.

In the eyes of Belletti and Frank Lampard, this may be the only option Morris can make, and they will not let Morris pass the ball easily, so they press Morris tightly.

Ljungberg ran over to pick it up, but Morris couldn't pass it at all.

At this moment, Morris leaned back hard, followed by a slight knock on the ball, and suddenly turned around in the direction of the rolling of the ball, while swinging his right foot at a small angle.

Belletti couldn't stop it in the first place.

The next time, Morris's right foot deftly rubbed on the grass, and the football followed with the ball and spun into the sky!

Belletti could barely watch the ball pass overhead, and he turned his head in shock to see that there were no City players in the six-yard box, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

But the exclamation that had already reached Frank Lampard was heard, "Peter, be careful! ”

With Lampard's exclamation, the ball flew deftly over Belletti's head before flying high over Petr Cech and into the far corner.

Almost all the people who saw this ball were stunned!

A lot of them didn't realise what was going on, some Chelsea players just felt safe without an opposing player in front of goal, and the City players were a little confused, they didn't understand what Morris was doing, was it a wrong pass?

The fans in the stands also couldn't understand it, and some media commentators shouted, "Morris's cross...... and then they saw that there were no Manchester City players in front of the Chelsea goal.

In the next moment the football fell, and many people realized what had happened because the football hit the post!

"Bang!"

With the collision of the football and the goalpost, no one had time to do anything anymore, the player in front of the goal blocked the view, and what happened next can only be seen in slow motion, but the referee's actions have already told everyone the answer.

"The referee's action, huh? The goal works!? ”

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