Chapter 277: Drowsy
In the 86th minute, Chelsea also had a chance to strike.
Traore sends in a through ball.
From 10 yards on the left side of the box, Falcao barely struck the goal.
The result was confiscated by Fabiansky.
In the end, Chelsea drew 0-0 with Swansea.
Chelsea added one more draw to their tally this season, taking it to 11.
After this round of fixtures, the gap between Chelsea and Leicester City has been reduced to just two points.
With the last five rounds of the league remaining, the slightest mistake could lead to missing out on the league title.
Although Jose has won the trophy every year, he has not won the Premier League title yet.
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After returning from Swansea, Jose will have to prepare for the second leg of the Champions League against Manchester City, as well as prepare for the second term.
Jose's day is hectic and boring.
Fortunately, Wang Churan is not that kind of hypocritical person, knowing that Jose has no time to accompany her, she will go to play with her senior sisters by herself.
In a foreign country, people are still accustomed to being with familiar people.
As for the other employees of the restaurant, they are also returning from vacation one after another.
José's parents started to prepare for the new store again, and José didn't say anything about it.
The parents are still young, and it is impossible for them to go to the elderly so early.
The boring days passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was game day.
On April 12, at the Etihad Stadium, the match between Chelsea and Manchester City is about to begin.
There were no changes to Manchester City's starting line-up compared to the first leg.
For Chelsea, Mikel was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, and Oscar was given a start.
Chelsea were the first to kick off, but it was City who took the initiative.
In the opening stages, City had 70 per cent possession and Chelsea had to shrink into half to defend.
Because of this, there aren't many chances for both sides to shoot on goal.
It's a game where no one can concede the first goal.
In the 17th minute, Nemanja Matic fouled De Bruyne in front of the penalty area.
City were awarded a free-kick opportunity.
Kevin De Bruyne takes the free-kick.
Jose organized the crowd wall as soon as possible.
Unlike the vast majority of free-kick specialists, De Bruyne is more adept at hitting the ball with the lift.
So the width of the wall won't have a big impact on De Bruyne.
Nemanja Matic, Terry and several other tall players stood together to form a wall of people with a height of more than one meter eight.
De Bruyne hit the net straight at the goal.
The ball flew over the wall and towards the left side of the goal.
De Bruyne hit high?
José certainly doesn't think so.
Sure enough, when the ball approached the goal, it suddenly fell sharply and smashed towards the bottom left corner of the goal.
Typical elevator balls.
Thankfully, Jose was prepared and made a sideways pounce to confiscate the ball on the goal line.
"Hala-la-la." There was a round of applause from the Chelsea supporters' stands.
Jose Mourinho has said that Chelsea fans are cold and very few players can get their applause in a game.
It was a rare thing for Jose to get their applause.
The game continues.
Jose quickly took the ball in goal, but Chelsea's attack was hampered and there was still no shot on target.
Just 20 minutes into the game, Premier League leaders Chelsea didn't have a shot on target, which was unbelievable.
Manchester City launched a counter-attack.
De Bruyne crosses from the left.
Sergio Aguero's powerful shot from a tight angle on the left side of the box goes wide of the near corner.
Then it was De Bruyne who passed the ball,
Sergio Aguero's volley from 30 yards went just wide of the left-hand post.
In the first half hour, the game was more intense than exciting.
In the 30th minute, Ivan made a mistake in passing the ball and was cut off by Manchester City.
Sergio Aguero counter-attacked with the ball and forced his way into the left side of the box, where Stones stepped forward to press.
On the left-hand edge of the box, Sergio Aguero collapsed in the box under pressure from Stones.
"Beep, beep~" The referee's whistle sounded.
City were awarded a penalty.
This season, Jose has a 100 per cent success rate in penalty saves, so even if a penalty is awarded, Manchester City fans can't get excited.
Sergio Aguero takes the penalty.
As the third in the Premier League and Manchester City's first penalty taker, Aguero still feels a lot of pressure in the face of Jose.
As for Jose, he stood on the goal line with a relaxed face and did not take Aguero seriously in the slightest.
Of course, this is only the surface, in fact, no matter who he faces, José will give it his all.
With the referee's whistle, Aguero began to move.
Runs, touches, and shots all in one go.
I don't know if the pressure was too much, Aguero's shot was missed.
The ball went out of the right post and out of the bottom line.
There was no need for Jose to make a save, as Aguero himself took the spot-kick away.
Manuel Pellegrini sighed from the sidelines.
Aguero's missed penalty was a big blow to Manchester City's morale.
Chelsea are starting to get more chances.
In the 33rd minute, Willian took a long shot from inside the arc.
The ball flies straight to the bottom right of the goal.
As a result, Joe Hart played bravely and flew to block it.
Joe Hart was still very strong when he was playing normally.
The first half was tied 0-0, with City having four shots on goal compared to Chelsea's two.
It can be said that the first half was a bit lethargic.
Second.
Chelsea are the first to attack, and blindly defending, after all, is not a long-term solution.
In the 46th minute, Fernandinho fouled Oscar in front of the penalty area.
Chelsea were awarded a free-kick from 25 yards.
Willian takes the free-kick.
Hit the door directly.
Joe Hart was brilliant again and saved Willian's free-kick.
Chelsea failed to kill the game early.
In the 54th minute, Hazard made a direct pass.
Azpilicueta crosses from an offside position.
Costa wins the ball and scores an empty goal.
The goal was disallowed.
Two minutes later, Mangala misplaced the ball and Nemanja Matic cut it off.
Nemanja Matic split the side and the ball found its way to Eden Hazard.
Hazard's cross from the wing was unfortunately blocked by Clichy with his body.
Chelsea won a corner on the right.
The corner was taken but failed to pose any threat.
Chelsea's wave after wave of attacking play was a stark contrast to being pressed at the back in the first half.
City's quick counter-attacking chances.
Clich's cross from the edge of the field was blocked by Stones with his body.
Manchester City win a corner from the left.
De Bruyne takes a corner and passes straight into the box.
In the confusion, Fernando headed home.
It's a pity that Jose seemed to have expected it, and just appeared on the opponent's attack route, and easily took the opponent's shot with both hands.
In the 65th minute, De Bruyne took another corner.
Otamendi went on a strong pitch.
Jose was once again on the goal line ahead of schedule.
It was very easy and Jose once again directly confiscated the ball.
Carrying past Chelsea's attack, City began to counter-attack in the second half.
In the 76th minute, Klich's cross was cleared.
Outside the box, Fernando won the ball and picked out the ball behind the Chelsea defence for the first time.
Kevin De Bruyne burst in from the right side of the box and scrambled to get his hands on the ball.
(End of chapter)