Chapter 770: Set pieces, Chelsea take the lead again!
The clash ended under a yellow card.
Referee McDean was a yellow card for the B seat.
The yellow card sparked anger on both sides, and in the space of the next five minutes, referee McDean had to pick up three yellow cards in a row.
Under the roar of the coaches of both sides, the anger of the players was temporarily suppressed.
There was still chaos on the pitch and a hand-to-hand fight unfolded at Stamford Bridge.
Players from both sides seem to have lost interest in scoring goals and are instead focusing on how to infringe on each other.
In the twenty-third minute of the second half, Manchester City finally played a beautiful attack, David Silva, Sterling, Delph played a wonderful combination on the left side, Delph went down to the bottom of the triangle pass, and the follow-up Li Chuanqi got rid of the entanglement Kante shot the penalty line!
The football was blocked by a desperate Luiz, and Sane scrambled to shoot in the box!
The ball is deflected wide of the goal.
This goal made Manchester City fans regret it and made Chelsea fans break out in a cold sweat.
Five minutes later, Chelsea were in the back of the picture, Eden Hazard crossed from the right, and Jorginho headed in over John Stones!
The soccer ball is high over the crossbar.
Seeing the stalemate, Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri took the lead in making personnel changes, replacing Mateo Kovacic, who had fitness problems, and replacing Ross Barkley.
Although Kante is the player who defends Li Chuanqi, he alone cannot limit Li Chuanqi's play, and Kovacic has a lot of physical consumption in order to help Kante.
Pep Guardiola also made a personnel change shortly after, replacing the lanky David Silva with the strong Gundogan.
The scene on the field is still stalemate, and no one can fully control the situation on the field.
Chelsea, playing at home, were extremely ferocious, making it very difficult for Manchester City to attack.
In the 21st minute of the second half, Manchester City had a quick counter-attack, Li Chuanqi got rid of Kante near the centre circle and played a long ball over the top to find Sane on the right.
Single Knife!
Sane takes the ball to the Chelsea penalty area!
Manchester City fans get excited!
This is the perfect opportunity to overtake the scoreline!
However, Sane deflected a single shot wide in the box!
"Coax! ……”
There were loud cries of joy and regret at Stamford Bridge.
The Manchester City sports station commentator regretted: "Although Sane scored a beautiful goal, he wasted too many chances!
What a great opportunity, if it were Lee, Manchester City would definitely be ahead!
Lee's performance in midfield was truly impeccable, but what City lacked was a striker killer!
Pep Guardiola should make changes to the line-up, why is De Bruyne still on the bench?
He should bring on De Bruyne and put Lee back up front! ”
The London Sport commentator was pleasantly surprised: "Kepa's attack was very timely, and it put too much pressure on Sane, causing Sane to hit a single shot wide!"
Chelsea's biggest problem now is that they haven't been able to contain Lee well and let him pass lethal balls again and again.
Chelsea were lucky this time, but will they be so lucky next time? ”
The Sky Sports commentator shouted: "Now there is a stalemate on the field, and no one can break the deadlock!"
For Manchester City, they have a slight upper hand in the battle for midfield, with Lee's incisive passing often finding weak spots in Chelsea's defence.
But they lack a striker who can solve the problem.
Raheem Sterling, who scored a hat-trick three days ago, was average today.
Although Sane is more active than him, he only took one chance, and if he had been a little better at taking advantage of it, Manchester City would have taken the lead long ago!
Chelsea's attack also seems to be in a difficult situation, Lee's defensive ability is not covered, he has held up a barrier in front of the back line, so that Chelsea can not smoothly organize an effective attack! ”
Pep Guardiola clearly spotted the problem and called assistant coach Mikel Arteta to his side.
"Kevin on, Bernardo down, Lee back on the right winger! Four-four-two to four-three-three! ”
Arteta gave his advice.
Guardiola did not dismiss his proposal this time, nodded and said: "Let Kevin warm up!" ”
Winning is all that matters.
Arteta immediately came to the bench and asked De Bruyne and other players to warm up.
The Sky Sports commentator obviously saw this scene and said loudly: "Manchester City is ready to change again, who is he going to replace this time?" Maybe it's De Bruyne, because we see that De Bruyne has already warmed up!
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Once De Bruyne comes on, will Lee return to the forward position?
What Manchester City are missing right now is a top striker! ”
In the thirtieth minute of the second half, Guardiola once again made personnel adjustments, replacing De Bruyne and replacing seat B!
After De Bruyne came on the pitch, he told the relevant players about Guardiola's adjustment, Li Chuanqi returned to the right winger he was most familiar with, and Sterling returned to the left winger position!
Sane plays as a central striker!
This adjustment has caused heated discussions:
"Sane plays center?!"
"God, as far as the players on the field are concerned, Lee should play center...... I've never seen Sane play as a centre-forward! ”
"Nima, what kind of lineup is this?! Sane plays center?! ”
The Manchester City Sport commentator said: "It's a strange line-up, in the centre-forward position, Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero are both suited to Sane.
Of course, Gabriel Jesus is out of absence, but why can't he play on Sergio Aguero?
In past games, Sane has played as a substitute for Lee, and his most familiar position is not a center forward, but a right winger!
We don't know if Guardiola's arrangement has any meaning, but it always feels strange. ”
The London Sport commentator laughed: "We should encourage Pep Guardiola to try something new!" Some of his ideas are really novel, let a winger play as a central striker!
Did he think Sane, like Lee, would be outstanding as a winger and centre-forward?
All I can say is one thing - awesome! ”
The Sky Sports commentator exclaimed: "Undoubtedly, Pep Guardiola is going to surprise us tonight!"
442 is not the end, Li Gai playing the front is not the end, and even I think Sane playing as a center forward is not the end, and he will even make more surprising arrangements! ”
Manchester City fans looked dumbfounded at Pep Guardiola in the command area, the ...... Tonight...... It's so fucking "surprising"!
Could there be a more bizarre arrangement?
Chelsea fans happily pointed at Sane, good, come on, Sane!
The game restarted and Chelsea launched a fierce attack on Manchester City.
In the 36th minute of the second half, City attacked from the right and Fernandinho brought down Eden Hazard and the referee awarded Chelsea a free-kick.
It is not possible to shoot directly from this position because it is too far from the goal.
Players from both sides stand on the line of the penalty area.
Eden Hazard takes a free-kick into the Manchester City box!
The soccer ball makes a wonderful arc in the air.
Chelsea centre-back Luiz leaps high to beat Aymeric Laporte with a ferocious header on goal!
The soccer ball flies towards the left side of the goal!
Edson jumped to his feet and threw himself at the football!
Stamford Bridge is in a state of extreme tension!
In a flash of lightning, the ball flew past Ederson's fingertips and into the goal!
The ball is in!
Three to two!
Chelsea are leading again!