In the temporarily quiet Etihad Stadium, Leon excitedly jumped on Ibrahimovic's back, ran with him to the corner flag area of Manchester City's half, and raised one arm to celebrate!

Kroos, who was following his teammates, was much calmer now, and he even had time to touch his undeformed hairstyle.

But Leon wouldn't let him continue to pretend to be cold, and after grabbing Cross into the celebratory army, it didn't take long for a handsome guy with a good fresh meat hairstyle to mess up with his teammates.

"You could have turned around and pushed forward the ball just now, Fernandinho can't stop you, I watched all the games between Chelsea and Manchester City last season..."

Finally, after his teammates had calmed down and hugged each other, Kroos straightened his hair and approached Leon to ask questions.

The exchange of questions between straight men was so direct, and Li Ang didn't think much about it, patted Cross on the shoulder and gave his own answer.

"Then I must believe you unconditionally, don't I know what strength you have? Let's fight Manchester City again and knock down their confidence as soon as possible! ”

After Li Ang finished speaking, he trotted to speed back to his own half, and on the way he kept clapping, loudly encouraging his teammates to keep up the good work.

Cross watched Leon's back fade away, his slightly narrowed eyes full of smiles, and then quickened his pace to follow.

With barely half an hour into the half-hour period, City's players were somewhat discouraged by the fact that they had already conceded two goals.

What's more, Chelsea have basically put a lot of effort into defending and counter-attacking against them in the past.

Tactically, Chelsea are more utilitarian and their style of play is brutal and tough.

So in the past, when Manchester City were unable to get a favourable result against Chelsea, the Manchester City players would console themselves with similar thoughts:

Chelsea's utilitarian style of play will of course be more conducive to winning the game, as long as the lead is taken first, the formation will be immediately reduced to counterattack, Chelsea never dare to fight Manchester City in a dignified manner......

But today, Chelsea did as all the Manchester City players and fans had hoped.

After taking the lead first, they did not choose to recycle the formation to play defense, but continued to fight against Manchester City!

Chelsea, who opted for an aggressive style of play, were not equalised by Manchester City, but only extended their lead further.

This result is a complete slap in the face to all the Manchester City players!

Pep Guardiola stood on the sidelines and forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction and doubts in his heart.

He also rejected his assistant's suggestion to focus on defending for the time being, and then make tactical adjustments at half-time.

If it's Manchester City who are two goals ahead at this point, then Pep Guardiola probably wouldn't mind disgusting his old friend with a shrinking defence.

But now it's Manchester City who are behind!

They were still in front of tens of thousands of hardcore Manchester City fans at home, and they were overwhelmed by Chelsea!

In such a critical situation, even if Guardiola's on-the-spot adjustment is ordinary, he knows very well:

As long as you dare to let the players on the field shrink the formation and focus on defense, then the overall tactical tone of Manchester City will be completely messed up!

At this moment, Guardiola still showed his determination and courage as the world's top coach.

"It's already a humiliating defeat to be two goals behind on our own home turf! And if you don't want to attack more actively when you're behind, then all Manchester City fans can spit on us after the game! ”

Pep Guardiola made up his mind, and his decision was quickly communicated to every Manchester City player on the pitch by the assistant coach.

A sense of tragedy soon spread through the Manchester City squad.

On the pitch, Leon quickly sensed something was wrong with the momentum of the Manchester City players.

It's not a desperate push or a strong counterattack that makes him feel uneasy.

It is a kind of determination that knows that you may not be defeated by your opponent, but you still have to defend your beliefs and fight to the end.

That's what Leon saw from the eyes of the Manchester City players.

That kind of resolute and unwilling inexplicable anger surprised Li Ang.

"If the team wants to fight for their lives, then they will not do it until the end of the retreat, and you will fight for your life before the first half is over?"

Li Ang asked Aguero directly at Aguero, who was about to tee off, and naturally got a roll of the other party's eyes.

And after the restart, Manchester City also answered Chelsea with their aggressive forward attack.

Even if they have conceded two goals, they still do not retreat, and they still have to fight Chelsea to the end in attack!

Manchester City's strong response was also a surprise to the Chelsea players.

After all, according to common sense, even if the whole Manchester City team does not fall into a period of tactical confusion at this time, the morale of the players will not be too high.

Chelsea only need to make another effort to press Manchester City to continue to bombard, and if they are lucky, it is not impossible to score another goal.

Therefore, the confident Chelsea players, at this time, collided with Manchester City, who had already reported their desire to fight back, and the situation quickly turned around!

Manchester City, which has completely lost defensive concerns and has completely devoted itself to the crazy attack, forcibly raised the offensive rhythm to another level!

Leon was the first to sense that something was wrong, but before he could alert his team-mates, he could only passively fall into the rhythm of Manchester City's stormy attack.

The joy in Mu Shuai's eyes gradually faded, and he watched the situation of the game on the court slowly turn around, and his eyes became solemn.

"Jose, there are more than ten minutes left in the first half, we have to shrink the formation first, keep the two-goal lead, and wait until half-time..."

At this moment, Holland, like the assistant coach of Manchester City a few minutes ago, put forward the suggestion that his team should strengthen the defense first.

But Mourinho, after thinking about it for two minutes, made the exact same decision as Pep Guardiola.

"Maybe at this point we make the decision to move into defence, and the players on the pitch will choose to understand, but I think it's more important now to give them unwavering trust and support, even if we concede goals because of it!"

Mourinho's tone was unusually firm.

He was certainly prepared to see the team concede a goal in the final moments of the first half.

Because Manchester City have played their attacking form with the naked eye.

Such a good form of form is not something that can be achieved when they are ahead.

Rather, it is inspired by backward adversity!

Jose Mourinho has led his side to play in too many games like this, so he knows very well how difficult it is for Manchester City to play now!

But he's still going to take a gamble on the offensive end.

As a result, Chelsea's players on the pitch soon received tactical instructions from their own coaching staff.

"Don't shrink the formation, go up! We have to continue to work on the offensive end!! ”

Seeing this, Li Ang was the first to stand up and respond to Mu Shuai's call.

While Chelsea have put more energy into counter-attacking attacks, Leon has more tactical freedom.

So he went on to run aggressively between the two halves!

When he worked on the defensive end, City's dominant attacking rhythm was still the dominant trend on the pitch at the moment.

But it has also become much more difficult for City to get the ball out of Chelsea's defensive third and into Chelsea's defensive hinterland!

The most important of these was Leon's resolute defensive interference with Cesc Fabregas.

Rakitic is a very good midfielder, but he clearly can't match Cesc Fabregas when it comes to threatening passes.

In desperation, David Silva could only actively retreat again and again to get the ball and get the ball.

In this way, he will be able to maintain as much as possible the ability of the City midfielder to deliver threatening passes forward after Cesc Fabregas has gone off.

After successfully interfering with Cesc Fabregas's play, Leon also cooperated with his teammates to launch a number of quick attacks against Manchester City's hinterland.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Manchester City was forced to overtake by Sergio Aguero after receiving Silva's through ball, and Terry completed a threatening shot.

In the next second, Cech, who confiscated Aguero's shot, threw the ball directly and quickly, and then Leon launched a rapid advance and run by Leon, who received the ball!

It's a pity that Hazard, who finally received Leon's share, was a little alone this time.

He didn't pass the ball to De Bruyne at the back post, but chose to cut inside and force a kick!

Valdés was still quite sure of this kind of shot that was completely traceable.

After making a solid save on Eden Hazard's shot, he quickly threw the footballer wide as well.

Manchester City and Chelsea used up the final minutes of the first half in this frantic acceleration of each other.

At the end of the first half, Manchester City actually shot nine shots on goal and five shots on target, which was better than Chelsea's offensive statistics of eight shots and four shots on target.

In terms of possession, Manchester City took a slight lead with 53 per cent possession.

Chelsea mainly lost control of the tempo of the game in the final ten minutes of the first half, and were eventually overtaken by Manchester City.

However, Mourinho was already very satisfied with the results of his players in the first half.

Looking at the scoreline that did not change again in the end, Mourinho breathed a sigh of relief.

Players from both teams grabbed the time to rehydrate and regain their strength in a short fifteen-minute period.

Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola also made their final major tactical changes in the game.

At the beginning of the second half, commentators and fans from all over the world were surprised to find that Manchester City had made the first substitution adjustment!

In the first half, Navas had the advantage of speed, but Navas, who played really well under the strong rhythm of the confrontation, was replaced by Pep Guardiola.

He was replaced by Villa, the "gourd baby" who has not started since he transferred to Manchester City this season!

However, Manchester City did not directly switch to 442, but continued to play 433, Aguero gave up the position of center forward and went to the left wing.

Pep Guardiola's substitution was completely out of Mourinho's predictions.

If it were Villa around 2010, Mourinho would naturally give him the most important tactical target.

But now Villa is no longer at its peak.

He played well at Atletico last season, but in the Premier League, at least in the first few substitute appearances, Villa's ability to take chances seems to be average.

Commentators from various countries are also speculating at this moment, inferring whether Guardiola wants to simply change the offensive combination to try the effect.

Otherwise, such substitutions are really difficult to explain, even if Navas did not play well in the first half, he will be younger after all, and the power of the breakthrough will be greater.

Switch to Villa and let Aguero pass the ball to him?

Such a tactical idea is really ......

Just when the neutral fans and commentators were puzzled, Villa, at the top of the arc of the Chelsea penalty area, received Silva's inward cross.

Seeing Villa's first touch of the ball after coming on as a substitute, Manchester City fans also subconsciously looked forward to it.

However, Villa did not make any wonderful dribbles with the ball, but after holding the ball firmly with his back, he quickly passed the ball back to Cesc Fabregas, who stepped forward.

With John Terry's defensive interference, Villa's return pass was not deformed and mishandled.

Despite his lack of stature, his stocky figure is enough for him to withstand the interference of the defenders.

But his reasonable choice of return this time made the Manchester City fans at the scene feel anxious immediately.

Manchester City fans don't want any tactical fulcrum, they want more reliable scorers!

Even some Manchester City fans have begun to question Pep Guardiola's option to sell Dzeko in the summer window.

After all, if you need a tactical fulcrum, then Dzeko is a more suitable object than the elderly Villa, no matter how you look at it!

After acting as a fulcrum twice in a row, protecting the ball and taking the ball, and then transferring the ball smoothly, almost all neutral fans did not expect much from Villa.

However, off the pitch, Pep Guardiola was very pleased with Villa's successful way of helping the team thread the needle in front of the Chelsea penalty area and connecting the way of playing.

In the 58th minute of the second half, Villa took the initiative to retreat and get close to Silva, who was entangled by Matic.

At the moment of receiving Silva's pass, Villa changed the previous mode of protecting the ball, directly led the ball and turned smoothly, facing the Chelsea penalty area defense!

The speeding Villa instantly attracted the attention of Thiago Silva's defense!

Terry tacitly chose to retreat, but it was his retreat that made Aguero not in an offside position!

Villa delivered his first forward pass since coming on the pitch.

And Aguero, who had already rushed behind Thiago Silva, also smoothly connected the shooting action!

Between one unload and one collar, Terry's defense seems to be half a beat slower after all!

Sergio Aguero calmly pushed the ball into the near corner and Cech quickly went down to make a save, but his reaction was not as good as he was at his peak!

The ball crossed Chelsea's goal line and eventually hit the net headfirst.

At this moment, Villa, who attracted the attention of countless fans, only calmly waved his right fist slightly, and then smiled and hugged Fabregas who came up.

"Pep Guardiola liberated Aguero with Villa! Even though they are no longer at their peak, Villa can still use their rich game experience to help the team open up the situation!

1-2！ Manchester City pulled a goal back in the second half and they still have a chance! ”

Sky Sports commentators excitedly narrate in the studio.

And Leon looked at the stands of the Etihad Stadium, which had been holding back for most of the game and finally celebrating wildly at this moment.

But a thought suddenly came to my heart.

"The confrontation between the pass-and-control stream and the crazy running and rushing football should officially start today......

(End of chapter)