When the most anticipated match of the first half of the Premier League season is over, many fans are still reminiscing about the game.

The game wasn't as close as they had imagined before the game.

Chelsea still overpowered Arsenal in terms of player performance and tactical design.

Even though Chelsea had just over 40 per cent of the possession, there was no doubt that Chelsea controlled the tempo of the game.

If after watching this game, you must compare the strength of the two teams, then more fans should be inclined to open six-four.

Arsenal's defence is actually very good, and today they have successfully frozen Ibrahimovic and greatly limited Hazard's play.

Even the two goals scored by Leon came from long shots from outside the box, and it can be said that Arsenal lost today under Leon's outburst.

And for the vast majority of the game, Arsenal were still able to compete with Chelsea.

Therefore, many fans say that Arsenal is not as good as Chelsea, one is that there is a lack of a first-class winger on the left side.

Cazorla is good, but he'll play better in the middle, and he's not fast enough to take him and Walcoat on the wings.

Now Arsenal are short of money to buy a first-class left winger in football.

Walcott will be less injured by then, and Arsenal's attacking threat will undoubtedly be even better.

Is it good to fly with two wings? Just look at Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the past few seasons.

Second, of course, it lies in the hardness of the midfield.

Arsenal were unable to take advantage of Chelsea in the halfway line this time.

Defensively and offensively, Chelsea have almost kept Arsenal at bay in the middle of the midfield.

Therefore, Arsenal can only compete with Chelsea most of the time in the overall game, but cannot take the initiative to suppress Chelsea.

It can only be said that Chelsea's midfield is too hard and too top now.

Many other Premier League fans who watched the whole game were just depressed.

Because Chelsea nowadays, even against a top team in the Premier League like Arsenal, which is second only to them, can slowly strangle it, so that Arsenal cannot fully exert their attacking strength.

The pace of the game and the way it pressed was not much different from what Chelsea used to do in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League.

At best, Chelsea have been more cautious, attentive and patient in defence.

So, when the previous top and second teams all lost to Chelsea in the same way.

How will the other Premier League teams that will play Chelsea in the future develop tactics and maintain confidence in the squad?

Chelsea have far exceeded the pre-match expectations of these fans, including Manchester City fans.

Even now Manchester City have overtaken Arsenal and are in second place in the Premier League, only six points away from Chelsea.

But Manchester City fans were not happy at all.

However, when these fans are worried about Chelsea's strong rise, various British media are promoting Chelsea's strong strength with great fanfare.

After all, in addition to the 2011-2012 season, Manchester United and Manchester City, the pair of Manchester pairs fell in love with each other, and the fierce competition was more interesting.

The Premier League in recent seasons has lost too much suspense in the title race.

Manchester United have gone on to win five Premier League trophies in the last seven seasons.

Truth be told, it's not what Premier League fans want to see, and it's not what the FA wants to see.

Because Manchester United is too strong in the Premier League.

Without the suspense of the championship, how to attract more neutral fans to pay attention to the Premier League, become Premier League fans, and further drive the overall traffic of the Premier League?

Originally, Manchester City's strong rise in the 11-12 season made the FA hierarchy very happy.

Manchester City has a background, a fan plate, and strong financial support.

It's a good choice to play Manchester United with a team like that.

And Manchester City also competed at the beginning, and staged a miracle of the last round of turnaround to win the championship in the summer of 12, which was very optimistic about many media and fans.

But this team rises fast, and the crotch pulls fast!

Representing the Premier League in the Champions League last season, the FA had high hopes for Manchester City.

As a result, they were beaten by Real Madrid and Dortmund without any defense, not to mention, in the end, Manchester City did not even compete with Ajax!

After six rounds of the Champions League group stage, the bottom of the group is back!

This record, where was the boiling public opinion at that time slapping Manchester City in the face? It's just a slap in the ass of the FA!

How can such a team be held?

Originally, the English football team always planned to go back to the old way in the new season and continue to praise Manchester United, the first giant in the Premier League.

As a result, good guys, after the big ship of Manchester United came ashore in Ferguson, the leaky one is called a Ha man!

Fortunately, Jose Mourinho, who returned to Chelsea, has made a pretty good start to the new season.

This has calmed the hearts of the FA's top brass a little.

Later, Chelsea won more and more games, and Li Ang also proved that he is not a "ball talker" with his stable and powerful performance, he really has the strength to be the core to support a strong team!

So the FA is basically determined to wait for the result of this Chelsea-Arsenal match.

Now that Chelsea have won, the FA has no worries.

Previously, they were only looking at Leon and Mourinho for the sake of Chelsea.

Now it's competitive business at both ends!

With the official instructions behind the scenes, the momentum created by the British media for Chelsea this time is quite amazing.

The CEOs of other Premier League teams are naturally very sensitive to the blessing from the official.

Envy and jealousy are definitely there, but there is no way.

Chelsea hit the sinking of Manchester United and Manchester City rebuilding at a good time, and the results in the third line are very tough, that is to use their strength to win the favor of the FA.

Without this hard power, the jealousy is just white jealousy.

Naturally, Chelsea also have relevant officials and the FA to reach a tacit understanding.

In UEFA, the FA and the Premier League have never been very popular, so the FA can only add a force to the public opinion front.

The results in the Champions League still have to be mastered by Chelsea themselves.

But at least within the Premier League, Chelsea were able to secure at least an official commitment to 'blow the penalty fair'.

There's such a thing, and it's completely enough for Mourinho.

After all, he was in the Premier League back then, and he suffered too much in this regard.

Now that the FA can guarantee that the referees in every game are impartial, that is the biggest help for Chelsea.

After playing against Arsenal, it can be said that there are many benefits.

Although Chelsea's main players have consumed a lot of energy, the high morale and fighting spirit are also visible to the naked eye.

Although Mourinho immediately warned his disciples in the dressing room after the game, telling them not to be too complacent and proud.

But in his own heart, why not be proud of his players?

So even if the schedule is intensive, Mourinho also gave all the players a holiday after the training session on the morning of Christmas 25th.

Players who have participated in the club's Christmas activities on the day can return home early to reunite with their family and friends.

Under Mourinho's strong invitation, Li Ang came to Mourinho's home on Christmas night to spend the most important holiday in the Western world with Mourinho and his family.

But for him, Christmas really didn't mean much, he didn't take photos and post social tweets, and the whole dinner party was indulged in dry food.

It was only through Mourinho's personal tweet that night that Chelsea fans learned about Leon's running to Mu Shuai's house for dinner.

As soon as Christmas was over, on the morning of 26 December, the Chelsea players were back on time at the Cobham training base to complete their final training session before the game.

Chelsea have only two and a half days to recuperate after the Arsenal game before they take on Swansea at their home stadium.

The younger Chelsea players were able to withstand it, but most of the veterans who had finished their last game had to take a round.

However, Mourinho was pleasantly surprised by the fact that Ibrahimovic was still in good shape.

He is fit enough to play in the next round and Swansea City in the 18th round of the Premier League.

In this way, Chelsea will not need to make major changes in attacking tactics, and with Ibrahimovic in front of him, Leon can play more easily.

At 3 p.m. on December 26, a total of eight matches in the 18th round of the Premier League will be played at this time.

That includes the Chelsea and Swansea matches.

Entering the Christmas Devils schedule, the squad rotation of each team in the Premier League is relatively large.

Chelsea are actually okay, because there is enough depth on the bench and there is a lot of money, so even the players in the rotation are relatively strong.

But for a team like Swansea that happens to be in the middle of the Premier League on a single line, the difference in quality between the starters and the rotation players is very far.

In the last round of the battle with Everton, Swansea lost Ben Davies, a defensive big man on the left, and finally forced Everton to draw hard.

This is very bad news for the whole Swansea team.

Because Ben Davies is not only the defensive gate on the left side of Swansea, his adduction help is also very important to protect Swansea's midline.

Now Ben Davis is injured and cannot play for the time being, and many of the main players in the team are also fighting to the point of physical exhaustion.

Swansea manager Michel Laudrup had no choice but to rotate a large number of key players in the game against Chelsea.

It's not that he surrendered before the game, it's that Swansea's bench depth is here.

Either sacrifice the health of the main players and the rest of the league results, or make the wisest choice to avoid in this round of tough clash with Chelsea.

Laudrup has opted to let go of this round of the league outright, which is also great news for Chelsea.

At least after getting Swansea's pre-match starting line-up, Mourinho let out a long breath.

Swansea's starting striker Bony, starting midfielders De Guzman, Pablo Hernandez, starting defender Flores......

As many as six of Swansea's main players have been rested for this round of fixtures, and there is nothing too difficult for Chelsea in this game.

If this can still make the game a scorching situation, then Mourinho will have to wait at halftime to see if there is something wrong with the mentality of his own players!

Fortunately, the worst that Mourinho had predicted did not materialize.

At the beginning of the afternoon's game, the whole Chelsea team quickly suppressed Swansea and besieged it under the organization and dispatch of Leon!

Partnering Leon in midfield today are Ramires and Van Ginkel.

Eden Hazard was rested on the left wing, so Bertrand stepped on to the left wing-back again.

Ake started at left wing-back for the first time in a long time.

Chelsea's two-man centre-back duo today was partnered by Branislav Ivanovic and Callas.

Azpilicueta, who had performed very well before, further strengthened his starting position at right-back.

Kevin De Bruyne continued to play as a starting right wing-back, and he is still fit to do so.

There is also the fact that Oscar can't play well on the wing, otherwise Mourinho will let Oscar help De Bruyne in the last round.

After the rotation, Chelsea's front, centre and back are still a lot better than Swansea.

And after quickly achieving a pressure on Swansea, Chelsea's attacking routine today was also simple and straightforward.

It is to use Ibrahimovic's strong point to chisel Swansea's backline!

After all, Swansea rotated three main players across the back line today, and Mourinho would not let go of such a good opportunity.

Leon kept splitting the ball, allowing De Bruyne and Bertrand to repeatedly attack Swansea's two wide defences before feeding Ibrahimovic with cannonballs.

Ibrahimovic, who was trapped by the Arsenal defence in the last round, is holding back the fire.

Today, Mu Shuai gave him the right to fire wirelessly, and he also picked it up unceremoniously!

Throughout the first half, Ibrahimovic fired a full nine shots from inside and outside the Swansea penalty area!

Of course, the results achieved by this simple tactic in the right circumstances are very remarkable.

Because Swansea simply couldn't do a good job of stopping Chelsea's attacking flanks and Ibrahimovic's unbridled shots.

As soon as the first half was over, Ibrahimovic returned to the bench with two goals to rest.

After all, he is about to have another tough battle with Liverpool, and Ibrahimovic doesn't want to miss the next round of the focus game, so he has no opinion on Mourinho's arrangement.

Romelu Lukaku's presence has made Swansea's defenders still dare not let their guard down.

But their defence didn't add much resistance to Chelsea.

Swansea's defenders couldn't stop Leon from setting up Romelu Lukaku in the 67th minute of the second half!

Chelsea secured the win, and Leon finally picked up his 10th league assist of the season!

When there was still one round of Premier League games left to finish the halfway point this season, Li Ang completed the goal of double ten in the league after the double ten data of the season was achieved!

Seventeen rounds of Premier League games (with one round of rest) handed over 11 goals and 10 assists!

This data is very luxurious, and the efficiency is extremely amazing!

With the halfway point of the season still not over, Leon's total stats have come to 15 goals and 13 assists.

With just two assists at the end, Leon will be able to reach the double 15 statistics of the season.

Sky Sports' commentators don't know how to continue to praise Leon's excellent performance.

Become a Premier League star?

I'm sorry, Leon is it now!

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