Chapter 224: Buying Two Mavericks at the beginning of the year, Mourinho Hit the Foundation [Points Data Corrected]
After the match between Chelsea and Swansea, Manchester City and Liverpool also played the final match of the 18th round of the Premier League on the other side.
Following on from the last round of the league, Manchester City laughed at Chelsea and Arsenal.
Now it's Arsenal and Chelsea's turn to watch Manchester City have fun.
Liverpool's team is not so easy to play, you don't see Liverpool's current record is not particularly beautiful, but it still presses Everton to rank fourth in the Premier League.
And if it weren't for the fact that the previous games against the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League always dropped the chain, Liverpool might still be ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal now.
The fine tradition of robbing the rich and helping the poor has not been lost, and the strong team is strong, and the weak team makes their fans tremble.
So don't look at this round, Liverpool will challenge Manchester City, who are currently second in the Premier League, away from home.
But none of Liverpool's players and their fans are afraid.
The course of the game was indeed like this, Manchester City had the advantage of being at home, but in the first 30 minutes of the first half, they were beaten by Liverpool's counterattack!
Suarez, who has stepped into the peak, is really fierce.
With the ball, you can single-handedly challenge Manchester City's midfield defence, and it is a thief to run without the ball.
With two young players, Coutinho and Sterling, Suarez was also stunned to play well on the offensive end!
That is, Sturridge and Gerrard have both been injured recently.
Otherwise, Suarez didn't need to bring children in the first half, maybe he would have scored a goal!
If it weren't for the final moments of the first half, David Silva spun around and dribbled into the Liverpool penalty area in a tight space to assist Nasri in the opener.
This first half can be said to be Suarez's one-man show.
Liverpool can't blame Suarez for failing to break the ground.
He fed Raheem Sterling a half-on-one through ball and couted Coutinho to create the chance to play his favourite shot at the top of the City box.
However, the two youngsters were happy with the rare shooting opportunities.
In the live broadcast camera, Rodgers stood on the sidelines and jumped his feet, bowed his head and scolded angrily, and the neutral fans were very happy to watch.
Li Ang rubbed Ibrahimovic's car out of the stadium, and on the way to dinner with his teammates, he turned on the live broadcast on his mobile phone, and happened to see the scene of Coutinho shooting and jerking.
It was only Coutinho's side who wasted a great chance, and within three minutes, David Silva on the other side was on the other side to help Manchester City break the deadlock.
Leon looked at some GIFs in front of the game, and only felt that Sterling's performance today was spicy, and Suarez was unable to support himself.
When the first half of this game ended, Li Ang also closed the live broadcast, and he did not think that Liverpool, who are now short of major generals, can overtake Manchester City.
At most, it was a draw at the Etihad Stadium, but that would be difficult as well.
However, from Chelsea's point of view, the best game would be for Manchester City to lead for most of the game, with Liverpool scoring a late equaliser.
In that case, Manchester City will only get one point and will be further stretched out by Chelsea in the table, while Liverpool will also consume a lot of energy.
For Chelsea, such a scene is the best of both worlds~
However, Li Ang never expected that the result of the final game was not a stalemate of 1-0 or 1-1, but 3-3!
Manchester City and Liverpool scored a total of five goals in the second half!
Among them, Aguero scored twice, and Liverpool's Suarez scored two shots and one pass, successfully helping Liverpool equalize in stoppage time!
From 0-2 to 3-3, Liverpool staged a shocking counterattack performance.
Suarez also relied on this godly performance to once again become the topic of conversation in the entire Premier League!
Another hot topic to match this is:
A large number of Premier League fans do not understand why Guardiola should continue to attack after taking a two-goal lead, rather than playing steadily on the counter-attack or dominating the field.
This is completely the waste of the three points in hand.
Leon heard the cheers of his teammates during the dinner and then knew what was going on.
His first reaction was, of course, surprise.
Can a two-goal lead be chased back by the opposite side?
For a Premier League top powerhouse like Manchester City, this is a very undesirable occurrence, a serious tactical mistake!
But on second thought, this is Pep Guardiola's team, well, that's fine.
It's just from the fans' point of view.
Pep Guardiola has such a tactical pursuit, and his tactical philosophy has been constantly innovating and improving.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be Guardiola.
What can a loss in one or two games be for Pep Guardiola?
He is a ruthless character who dares to do tactical experiments on the stage of the Champions League final.
"Manchester City gave a chance, but Suarez really dared to seize such an opportunity, why did this kid suddenly become so strong this season?
Although he was very strong last season, compared to this season, it is completely incomparable. ”
"Didn't he already score once before in the Netherlands?
He's played really well in the World Cup, he's also played very well in the Copa America, and I think it's a natural fit, and when he adapts to the Premier League, he can play to his full potential. ”
"Liverpool has fought hard enough, and they will definitely have to rotate players in the next round, so let's pick up a bargain."
"It's really hard to say whether it's cheap, Suarez's state, how do I feel a little unstable......"
Listening to the discussion of his teammates, Li Ang also felt that he would play Liverpool in the next round, and the result was really hard to say.
Compared to the team's hard power, the current Chelsea is definitely stronger than Liverpool.
But if you can't stand people, Liverpool has a top attacker in football.
In the next round, Suarez wants to score a hat-trick or something, and it will be Mourinho who is jumping on the sidelines.
Li Ang thought about Mu Shuai's angry appearance on the sidelines at that time, and he felt quite funny.
As a result, the next afternoon, when the entire Chelsea squad reported to the training base for recovery training.
Leon was once again called to Mourinho's office by Holland.
"I'm going to keep an eye on Suarez?"
After listening to Mu Shuai's tactical arrangements for his next round of games, Li Ang was a little surprised.
"The guy hasn't been in cold form since he ended his ban this season, and he's very flexible and a good runner.
I don't think Nemanja [Nemanja] [Nemanja] or John [Terry] have been able to do a good job of restricting him, and it's only you who are the right fit. ”
Mu Shuai expressed his opinion, and Li Ang thought about it for a while and felt that this was indeed the case.
Suarez can shoot with him, he is agile and powerful, and the key is that he is still strong off the ball, so it is not necessarily possible for Nemanja Matic and Terry to keep an eye on him.
Leon's final nod relieved Mourinho.
After all, this is not the same as in the past, and Li Ang is now also a superstar in the Premier League, and let him do this kind of tactical dirty work...
Although Mourinho knew that Leon would not refuse nine times out of ten, it was precisely because of this that he was also a little embarrassed in his heart.
"Oh, you still understand me, little lion, don't worry! I'll definitely find a chance for you to experience the joy of unlimited fire rights later..."
Leon: "......"
It doesn't matter whether the light is glamorous or not, it doesn't matter whether there is unlimited firing rights, whether the game can be won or not is the most important thing for Leon.
He doesn't mind if he can still do tactical dirty work in his current status.
No matter how glamorous your identity is, no matter how beautiful your data is, if you can't win the ball at a critical moment, you are just a soft-footed shrimp in the eyes of fans.
So Leon agreed very happily.
In the next two days of preparation, Lukaku, who played the tactical role of Suarez, was also tortured by Leon's single defense.
The other Chelsea players, who knew that Leon would act as a tactical pawn on the day of the game and went to blow himself up one-on-one with Suarez, could only admire Leon and have nothing to say.
Even Oscar, who had always thought that it was Li Ang's arrival that he lost his starting position, now has to be convinced by Li Ang.
If it were him, let him put down his body in an important game and fight one-on-one with the opponent's knife striker, he would not have been able to do that at all.
Not only did he not want to do this kind of work, but his agent couldn't accept seeing him as a sapper on the field.
So before the start of the game on the afternoon of December 29, Leon stepped on the competition field under the admiring gaze of almost all his teammates.
At first, Liverpool's players and their manager Brendan Rodgers did not realise the seriousness of the matter.
Suarez just felt very strange why Leon had been in the backfield since the start of the game and did not go to the front court to organize the attack as before.
It wasn't until Leon walked up to him with a warm smile and greeted him that he reacted with wide eyes.
"You're today... Could it be? ”
Seeing that Suarez didn't dare to confirm it, Li Ang generously covered his mouth and joked with him.
"Luis, I'm your fan, start lightly today, don't embarrass me too much~"
When Suarez heard Leon say this, he was immediately startled.
He didn't want Leon to be his fan!
As we all know, every time Leon says this, a player or coach has to become a victim on the field.
So Suarez didn't care about communicating with Leon anymore, he turned his head and ran, not wanting to stay with Leon for even a second longer!
Of course, Leon will not let him go like this, Suarez will chase him when he runs, without the slightest consciousness of the top star of the Premier League.
And the countless neutral fans who saw Li Ang's posture were also stunned.
This shocked them like seeing Super Rooney, who was about 10 years old, retreat when Manchester United played against Arsenal and go to defend Fabregas one-on-one!
Such a thing would have only existed in their imagination, but today, Mourinho's Chelsea have made it a reality!
Rogers was stunned, this tactical script not only subverted his pre-game expectations, but also completely made him unable to find a way to crack it!
The current Liverpool originally relied on Suarez to lead the counterattack, but now Mourinho uses his trump card to play with Suarez to blow himself up.
One-on-one, if Suarez can get rid of Leon, then he can still play on the offensive end.
But the key is that Suarez is not as capable of single-point explosion as Messi!
Last season's Leon was already able to further limit Messi's play.
Since Leon arrived in the Premier League this season, he has not missed a shot in defence.
Whether it's limiting Wayne Rooney, David Silva or Eriksen, he's done a really good job.
So as to whether Suarez can successfully break through Leon's restrictions, Rodgers himself is not optimistic.
At the moment, Chelsea without Leon can attack, and Ibrahimovic can finish steadily.
But what about Liverpool without Suarez?
Will it be up to Coutinho and Raheem Sterling to turn the tide?
It turns out that Coutinho and Sterling at this stage are not the same as they evolved after a few years, and in attack, their play is even more nerve-wracking.
Suarez wants to continue to implicate Chelsea's backline through his own movement.
But he underestimated the trust that Chelsea players have in Leon's defensive ability.
Suarez also felt the grievances of being entangled in iron ropes for the first time, powerful but unable to make it.
The point is that when he scolded people in his hometown, Li Ang used Spanish to "communicate" with him directly and seamlessly...
Suarez thought that would be his forte.
But he didn't know that after Leon and Diego Costa fought for the first time, he went online to look up some relevant Spanish "information".
So even if he is not a top combat power, Li Ang is now a master in greeting people in Spanish.
couldn't get rid of it, scolded and scolded, Suarez felt very frustrated, and grinded his teeth without holding back for a while.
However, Leon is not afraid, because he knows that Suarez has endured it for a full year since he was banned for not biting Ivanovic last season.
It wasn't until the 2014 World Cup that he made another mistake because he couldn't stand the temptation of Chiellini's flesh.
And after being sternly warned by the FA, Suarez also understands that if he dares to make a similar mistake in the Premier League, he will have to leave the league.
So Li Ang is fearless, and his strong grappling ability makes Suarez, who was already physically depleted in the last round, directly find no such person in this game.
And Liverpool did not defend their own goal when Chelsea were missing an attacking weapon.
In the 32nd minute of the first half, Liverpool were breached by Ibrahimovic's header.
By the 71st minute of the second half, when Frank Lampard had slotted home from distance, Brendan Rodgers knew the tide was turning.
Considering that they still have a revenge battle against the promoted Maher City in three days.
In the end, Rodgers could only rationally replace Suarez and midfielder Lucas early.
Seeing this, Mourinho did not chase Liverpool hard, but dispatched troops and followed the substitution of Ming Jin to withdraw the troops.
Picking up the bargain, they won Liverpool's Chelsea 2-0 and ended all the games in the first half of the 13-14 Premier League season.
In the first 19 rounds of the league, Chelsea has achieved a record of 16 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 50 points and ranking first in the table!
Manchester City, who are currently second in the Premier League, have 44 points and are two wins away from Chelsea, and Chelsea sit firmly at the top of the table.
But just three days later, in the first Premier League game of 2014.
Chelsea and Manchester City, who are first and second in the Premier League, both lost. Didn't get the league off to a good start in the new year.
Chelsea lost 3-2 to Southampton at St Mary's Stadium, while Manchester City also lost 3-2 away to Swansea.
Both teams even lost by the same score, which can be called a difficult brother.
Arsenal, on the other hand, after losing to Chelsea, played a wave of three consecutive wins, overtook Manchester City again, and came to the second place in the Premier League.
After the first league game of the year, the Premier League teams finally ushered in a ten-day break.
On the first day of the Premier League's winter transfer window, Chelsea announced the completion of two signings in a low-key manner.
Young striker Mohamed Salah, who has excelled in this season's Champions League group stage, and Harry Maguire, who has made a name for himself in League One this season, have both been snapped up by Chelsea.
The two players, one 21 and the other 20, are quite young.
They should all be loaned out by Chelsea for the second half of the season.
But for now, both lads have arrived at the Cobham training base to meet with manager Jose Mourinho.
According to Sky Sports, Leon, who has been training at the Cobham training base recently, is very happy with the two young players.
Jose Mourinho also hammered Chelsea's foundations twice.
(End of chapter)