On 27 October, Manchester City visited Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea, who finished third in the Premier League.

Chelsea have won five, drawn two and lost one of their previous eight games and have 17 points, seven points less than Manchester City at the top of the table and two points less than second-placed Arsenal.

A win over Manchester City in this head-to-head clash would close the gap to the top of the table to four points.

For Chelsea, this difference means they can still keep their title hopes alive.

But if a defeat to Manchester City stretches the gap to 10 points, Chelsea will have little hope of winning the title this season.

Therefore, the value of this game is not worth three points, it is a game worth six points.

In their Champions League tie in midweek, they beat Werder Bremen 3-0 away.

In addition to the joy of the win, Fernando Torres' brace in this game made the Blues fans cry with joy!

Finally!

Finally!

It's finally time to look forward to the Saints slaughtering all over the Chelsea squad, having been waiting for that moment since they bought Fernando Torres for £50 million two years ago.

Seeing Fernando Torres' form pick up and the opposition suffering serious attrition in the Champions League has given Chelsea fans a lot of confidence in this game.

In his pre-match press conference, Jose Mourinho was confident that the Blues would beat Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

Not to be outdone, Manuel Pellegrini said City would not surrender so easily, despite some difficulties.

Considering that Manchester City can equal the best start record set by Chelsea that year as long as they can win this game, Manchester City will naturally try to win this game.

Winning this one, and winning one more game, would have broken that record and put their name in Premier League history.

However, Mourinho's iron-blooded Blues will obviously not give a chance easily.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon on October 27, the focus of the ninth round of the English Premier League began at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea took the game very seriously and Abou was there to watch it himself.

In Abu's private box, in addition to him and his wife Zhukova, two special guests came - Emma Watson and Lily Collins.

Emma Watson is a big Chelsea fan and she is a regular visitor to Stamford Bridge.

There were even rumors of an affair between her and Chelsea owner Abou.

But judging from Zhukova's attitude towards her as a sister, these rumors are most likely false, otherwise Zhukova's attitude towards her would not be so close.

As for Lily Collins, it was her first time at Stamford Bridge to watch a game.

"As soon as the two beautiful ladies came in, the whole box seemed to be brightened!"

With a smile on his face, Abu welcomed the two men.

Needless to say, Emma Watson's arrival will not only serve as a good publicity for Chelsea, but will even boost the morale of the team.

There are quite a few people in the Chelsea squad who are fans of Emma, some of whom are even her crushes.

Once she is seen in the stands at Stamford Bridge, there is no need for Mourinho to do pre-match mobilization, these players will automatically show a 12-point attitude to perform well!

As for Lily Collins, Abu was not familiar with her.

But for the sake of the other party being Lin Quan's rumored girlfriend, Abu was also very polite to her.

Abou is known to love big-name players and is a top player of the caliber of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

But unfortunately, such players are not only scarce in the transfer market, but also have no price.

Ronaldo and Messi saw that there was no play, and Abu set his eyes on Lin Quan, who suddenly appeared.

If he can dig the other party to Stamford Bridge, it will be considered his superstar dream.

But if you want to get Lin Quan, in addition to the Jinyuan offensive, you also need to play the emotional card.

If you can use the relationship between Emma and his girlfriend to get closer to Lin Quan, then when Lin Quan's contract with Manchester City expires in the future, Abu's Chelsea will have a chance!

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Abu, Lily, this is the Chelsea owner I told you, Mr. Abramovich, this is his wife, Madam Zhukova!"

Lily Collins politely greeted the two under Emma's introduction.

"Let's go, let's go over there and take a look, don't disturb the two of them!"

Emma apparently saw that Lily Collins was a little restrained, so she took her to the other side of the box.

She seemed very familiar with this place, and she had obviously been here many times.

Lily Collins and Emma Watson met while filming in Hollywood, both of them made their debut as child stars, and both were British, so they hit it off at first sight and quickly became good friends.

Before that, Emma Watson had played football with her best friend Amway, but Lily Collins didn't like football and loved basketball even more.

So she had to come to Stamford Bridge alone to watch the game!

This time, I don't know how this girl suddenly changed her sex, and she actually offered to come to watch the game live.

"Can you tell which side your boyfriend is?"

Glancing at the uniforms of both teams on the field, Emma asked quippedly.

In her eyes, her best friend's knowledge of football is close to none.

Manchester City and Chelsea's uniforms are relatively close in colour, and she may not be able to distinguish between the two teams when they are far away.

"Well, the light blue side is their team!"

Lily Collins was clearly not stumped by such a simple question, and quickly gave an accurate answer.

"Ouch, yes, you actually know Manchester City's team uniform, did you do your homework before the game?"

Emma was a little surprised, wasn't this Nizi ball blind before?

How is it that even the uniforms of Manchester City and Chelsea can be distinguished now?

The power of love is really so great that it actually makes her take the initiative to learn things that she wasn't interested in before?

Thinking of this, she was actually a little jealous of a certain guy on the field.

Unknowingly, he stole his best friend's heart!

……

Ahh

Standing on the tee point in the center circle, Lin Quan couldn't help but sneeze.

Negredo, who was on the side, subconsciously asked:

"Brother Lin, you also have a cold?"

There are quite a few people who have a cold and fever at Manchester City right now, otherwise he would not have been in the starting lineup.

"No, don't guess!"

Lin Quan just felt a little itchy in his nose, not a real cold.

If you don't stop Negredo and let his big mouth spread it loudly, I'm afraid that the morale gauge on Manchester City's side will be emptied before the game starts!

No, when Pellegrini on the sidelines saw Lin Quan sneezing, his heart trembled with fright.

He hurriedly looked at Manchester City's team doctor, who was also a little puzzled.

I've checked before, Lin Quan didn't have a cold?

Could it be that his symptoms have been delayed?

"Let's observe first, if Lin's game is not on the line or his performance is abnormal, then replace him, we would rather lose than joke with the health of the players!"

Pellegrini said righteously.

The rest of the coaching staff nodded their heads, and if it was a normal person, it might be okay.

But considering that Lin Quan is the core of their team, his injury still can't be sloppy.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.

After the start of the game, Manchester City's coaching staff watched with trepidation for a moment.

Seeing that Lin Quan's performance was as usual, and there was no abnormal performance, he was relieved.

Although Lin Quan's form was normal, Chelsea, who were playing at home, quickly took the initiative from the start.

With 40,000 fans cheering on at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea launched an onslaught at Manchester City from the start.

Fortunately, Manchester City's side had been prepared for this, they compressed the space at the back, and the two defences were so tightly connected that Chelsea's attacks were futile.

In today's game, Chelsea's attack and defence were extremely resolute and tough.

But City's defence is also tenacious!

The range of movements of the hands and feet of the players on both sides is not small, and the people on the court are on their backs, and from time to time some players fall to the ground in the scramble.

Seeing that the action of the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, the game is going to develop in the direction of a hand-to-hand fight.

The referee decisively pulled out the cards and began to control the situation of the game

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Frank Lampard was shown a yellow card by the referee for tackling the opposition from behind while defending Lin Quan.

Lampard didn't even say a word of protest after eating the cards, glared at Lin Quan viciously, and quickly returned to his position with the appearance of you being careful for me.

The rest of Chelsea's players didn't try to theorize with the referee, but quickly settled into position and didn't give City the chance to take a quick free-kick.

Lin Quan originally had this plan, but seeing that Chelsea was wary, he canceled this plan.

Under Jose Mourinho's tutelage, Chelsea's defence has indeed been infused with an iron-blooded temperament.

It can't be broken, it can't be defeated, it's very difficult to gnaw!

Seeing Lin Quan being shoveled down by the other party, Emma glanced at her friend Lily Collins in the box.

Seeing the other party's melancholy expression, he further affirmed his guess in his heart:

It seems that the rumors from the outside world are not untargeted, and the relationship between the two is really problematic.

"Don't worry, he shouldn't be hurt, you see, he's on his own!"

Lily looked at it and found that Lin Quan had really stood up again, and she was relieved in her heart.

But he refused to admit it: "I'm not worried, I just think there are too many fouls in football games, and there are not so many fouls in basketball games, and even if there are, the degree is lighter." ”

I don't know how many times Lin Quan has been kicked down like this in previous games, which makes her can't help but worry that this level of injury may have a huge impact on her health if it accumulates.

Thinking of this, she secretly made a certain decision!

"Hey, this is the charm of football, if the kick is gentle, no one is allowed to foul, or even touch each other, then the ornamentation of football is gone!"

Emma has watched more games, and such fouls have long been commonplace.

In the early years, the Premier League game was even worse, some teams would give the opposing team's stars a blow as soon as they started, and some bullies even went for the purpose of breaking their legs, such as Manchester City's player Haaland Sr., who was deliberately kicked by Keane, the captain of Manchester United.

At that time, the game was bloody!

After getting up from the ground, Lin Quan rubbed his legs, although he was protected by the talent of injury immunity, the real pain still existed.

Frank Lampard's tackle just now was really dark, and if he were a normal player, he would probably have been tackled.

Manchester City is now full of wounds, and if he retires from the field with an injury, he will not have to play this game, and he can directly admit defeat.

That's probably why Lampard is willing to foul himself even if he doesn't hesitate to eat cards.

They may feel that it will not be difficult to beat Manchester City by kicking themselves down!

But to disappoint them, there is a talent for injury immunity, and it is not so easy to kick yourself down.

If they continue to play foul like this, it could be good news for City.

Although Lin Quan was not tackled, he saw that the opposing player's feet were so black on his core.

City's players are not welcome.

In the 27th minute, Demichelis spotted an opportunity and took advantage of Lampard's dribbling to get a vengeful tackle.

This kick is also not light, even the iron-blooded tough guy Frank Lampard can't stand up in pain.

"Bastard, do you want to kill?"

The Chelsea players were furious when they saw the opponent's retaliatory tackle and rushed up to beat Demichelis.

Manchester City showed no signs of weakness, and almost all of the team rushed over to protect Demichelis.

"Hehe, you still have the face of the wicked to sue first, what did Lampard say about that kick before?"

The Chelsea players were aware of their mistakes, and the referee quickly showed a yellow card to Demichelis for the foul, so they stopped dwelling on it and quickly returned to their positions.

The situation on the pitch is in Chelsea's favour and they will have to have the last laugh in this game if they continue to play at this pace.

So there's no need to be extraneous and be affected by the opponent's mentality and performance.

Lin Quan and Demichelis are actually not familiar with each other, but the other party is willing to stand up for him at this time, which makes Lin Quan very surprised!

"The coach said that our hope of winning this game is all on you, so our duty on the field is to protect you in addition to disrupting the opponent's attack!"

Demichelis is Pellegrini's favourite and a player he brought from Málaga on purpose.

When Demichelis was at Bayern, it was Manuel Pellegrini who personally invited him and brought him to Malaga.

The two had a great time working together in Malaga, and Pellegrini needed some of his own team, so he was brought to the Premier League.

Demichelis means, in fact, Pellegrini.

Hearing Demichelis' explanation, Lin Quan glanced towards the coach's seat.

There are some doubts in my heart:

Pellegrini had never arranged such protection before, so why did he suddenly focus on protecting himself now?

City's substitutes were already working hard in this game, but they still couldn't hold out for long.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Hazard made a series of dazzling dribbles, burst into the box and passed the ball to an open Schurrle.

The Germans made it 1-0 and Chelsea opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge!

Schurrle's goal set the tide at Stamford Bridge on fire, with the Blues fans cheering.

Glancing at the time, it was 2:28......

(End of chapter)