Chapter 279: People and ghosts are all showing, only Manchester United is being beaten
Eden Hazard's excellent performance today earned him the praise of all the commentators.
Chelsea had two great chances to threaten in the first half, and Eden Hazard took both of them.
On top of that, Hazard's breakthrough on the flanks today was also very threatening.
Facing Arsenal's talented right-back Chambers, who only spent €20 million (in installments) from Southampton in the summer window.
Hazard didn't have any affection at all, and directly gave this kid a sudden attack!
Chambers spent the first twenty minutes of the game having no chance to show his technical superiority on the offensive end.
At Arsenal, he doesn't have the same tactical authority as he did at Southampton.
Pochettino has previously used two midfielders to wipe their butts in order to motivate him and Luke Shaw to get the assist on the offensive end.
But at Arsenal, in addition to completing his own defensive duties, he also needs to wipe Flamini's ass from time to time to help him make up for the defense.
There are complaints in mind, but as a rookie gunner, Chambers has no right to refuse at all, and can only take over the tactical tasks assigned to him by the coaching staff.
So the defensive flaws he was covered up by Pochettino's tactical design at Southampton were completely exposed to the fans today.
Of course, Arsenal fans are still reluctant to accept Chambers being beaten by Eden Hazard.
After all, Hazard is now the Premier League's No. 1 left winger, and the well-known Premier League defenders who have lost at his feet have long exceeded double digits.
Chambers is still a few months away from turning 20, and the professor bought him because of his growth potential, and the Gunners fans have plenty of patience with him.
But Leon, who has opened his eyes to the sky, knows that Chambers' growth ceiling simply does not meet the expectations of Arsenal fans.
This kid is mainly because he was not originally born on the wing, so he did not lay such a physical foundation at the age of training explosiveness.
Some players are definitely not very fast, but if they burst enough and make up for their short-range acceleration, they can play as full-back.
But Chambers doesn't have these two hard abilities, he has no skills, but he doesn't have the physical ability to match, and he is destined to be inseparable in the Premier League.
Leon thinks Chambers would have had a good future if he had recognised his speed disadvantage earlier and switched to playing as a midfielder or a play-out centre-back.
But thinking of Chambers's future glass physique, Leon could only mourn for this young man for a moment in his heart.
"What did you think of, and why did you suddenly shake your head?"
When Arsenal restarted, Kroos noticed that Leon suddenly shook his head with emotion and asked curiously.
Leon nodded at Arsenal's half-time Chambers on the right flank and signaled to Kroos.
"Tony, that kid on the other side won't play ten minutes in the second half and will be replaced by the professor, believe it or not?"
Cross glanced at Chambers ridiculed by Leon, but raised an eyebrow and shook his head.
"It won't take ten minutes, and by halftime, that kid should go down!"
Listening to Cross's determined speech, Leon didn't believe it, he felt that the professor would still give Chambers more patience.
But it turns out that Eden Hazard, who played his form today, does have the right to let the professor personally limit his tactics.
The professor may also want to let Chambers find more confidence on the court.
can face the grim reality of Chambers' mental explosion at the end of the first half, even receiving yellow cards and the referee's verbal warning.
Arsene Wenger had no choice but to make half-time substitutions.
Seeing this, Li Ang could only learn Lukaku's characteristics and gave Hazard a high thumbs up.
Before the half of the game was played, he burst all the way, forcing the opponent's coach to take the initiative to make substitutions.
In the second half, substitute Chambers came on to make a cameo appearance at right-back, Monreal, but he was conscientious in defense and did not have any problems.
But Chelsea, who already have a two-goal advantage at the moment, don't need to let Hazard go on the wings.
After 60 minutes of the second half, Mohamed Salah came on as a substitute for Kevin De Bruyne and Chelsea's main attack on the flanks changed from left to right.
The fit-bodied Salah came on and hit Arsenal's left wing-back Gibbs with a fierce blow.
The Egyptian winger has been getting better and better in recent times as he has adapted to the pace and intensity of the Premier League.
This may also have something to do with the tactical positioning that the Chelsea coaching staff has given him at the moment.
He is not a regular starter in Chelsea's first team at this stage, but he has a significant place in Chelsea's tactical system.
With the commitment of the coaching staff, the playing time will not be less, the pressure of public opinion will be small, and the offensive harvest can be enjoyed after playing.
Anyway, Salah now feels that the coaching staff knows how to use themselves, and there is no anxiety about future growth at all.
When he is relaxed, he has no problem playing, and he is naturally getting more and more in shape.
After coming off the bench in the second half, he took over the team's main attacking responsibilities and did not disappoint the Blues supporters at home.
Taking advantage of his superior individual ability and speed, Salah successfully forced Gibbs on the right flank on several occasions.
In the second half, Chelsea, which mainly played counter-attacks, basically relied on Salah's single-point blast to continue to put pressure on Arsenal's backline.
After a long siege in the second half, they were unable to penetrate the heart of Chelsea, and they were constantly counterattacked by Chelsea.
The grim state of the game quickly made Arsenal's players anxious.
In the 76th minute of the second half, Nemanja Matic combined with Thiago Silva to flick Edinson Cavani at the top of the box and disrupted the short pass link between him and Cazorla.
Kroos, who was ambushed to the sidelines, stabbed the ball quickly to Leon, who began to counter-attack.
And Li Ang also made a little observation, and directly sent a flat long pass across half the field, straight to Salah, who was running wildly in the hinterland of Arsenal's defense!
At this moment, Arsenal's two central defenders are still desperately chasing back, but Salah has quickly rushed behind the entire Arsenal defence!
Gibbs, who desperately chased back, saw that Salah was about to throw off the position between him and himself, and he didn't care that Salah had rushed into Arsenal's penalty area, and directly chose a tactical foul!
"Beep!"
There was no need for the Chelsea players to shout, the referee on duty simply pointed to the penalty spot in the Arsenal penalty area!
"Penalty! Salah used his speed to secure a game-killing penalty for Chelsea! The Egyptian winger came off the bench and played really well! Let's take a look at the referee's trial against Gibbs......"
Accompanied by the high-pitched voice of the Sky Sports commentator, the referee in the live broadcast camera also took out a photo to Gibbs, who looked nervous... Yellow!
Well, perhaps because of the fluidity of the final moments of the game, the referee still did not sentence Gibbs to death.
And Arsenal, who have retained the integrity of their squad, still have a slight theoretical opportunity to fight for points at Stamford Bridge.
After a brief appeal with Terry, Leon also accepted the referee's decision.
However, after taking over the football from Salah, Leon did not personally go to the penalty spot.
With a smile, he handed the ball that had been spinning twice in his hand to Ibrahimovic, who had already exited the penalty area.
"You kid..."
Ibrahimovic crossed his waist and was standing outside the penalty area to rest in a daze.
After seeing Li Ang hand over the football, he was stunned at first, and then before he could refuse, he was pushed into the big penalty area by Li Ang with a smile.
Well, Leon has done this, and Ibu can't refuse it anymore.
He probably understood what Leon meant.
At the start of the season, he was actively involved in the team's defense even though he was a year older.
Chelsea's offensive and defensive efficiency has obviously improved compared to last season, but his stats will inevitably suffer.
With Leon's relationship with him, he would definitely not be able to make any sympathetic moves, and in that case, Ibu would really be angry.
At this moment, seeing that the young teammates around him were all looking at him with respect, Ibrahimovic also felt a warm heart.
Leon was paying him the respect on behalf of the young Chelsea players.
This time it wasn't because of Zlatan's superb skills and amazing performance on the court.
It's because of the concessions and sacrifices he made to this team!
After taking a deep breath, Ibrahimovic set up the ball in the penalty spot area.
Taking two steps back, after hearing the referee's whistle, Ibrahimovic almost didn't look at Szczesny, who was waiting for him, and he directly ran and volleyed!
The football flew to the middle of the goal like an arrow from the string!
But Szczesny pounced decisively to the left side of the goal, and he was deceived by Ibrahimovic's shot!
The experienced Ibrahimovic helped Chelsea make it 3-0 with a daring shot!
After the goal was scored, Ibrahimovic also changed his usual way of celebrating passionately, running slowly near the baseline, smiling and hugging his young teammates one by one, encouraging each other.
Mourinho watched this scene from the sidelines, and only felt that his usual care for Leon was not in vain.
As soon as Leon's penalty was conceded, the effect was more effective than his usual nagging of "unity" 10,000 times on the training ground.
Being able to sacrifice for their teammates, unite each other, and give each other the respect they deserve.
These things are always easy to say, but they are difficult to do on the field.
Jose Mourinho is arguably the most proud manager in football in this regard.
Because the Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Grand Slam Real Madrid have all done that.
Now his new Chelsea team will be a team that is resilient and united in terms of technique, tactics and mentality.
It's certainly impossible to say it's not proud
However, Mourinho still feels that there are too many young people in the current Chelsea team, and encouragement is important, but it is essential to knock from time to time.
So at Chelsea, the players ended their celebrations and looked back at the sidelines to see their head coach stretching out his hand to signal them to stay calm.
Well, if it had been at the beginning of last season, many of Chelsea's young players might have been a little awkward about it.
But with last season's run-in over, it is basically clear that their boss is a cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and the young people in the Chelsea team are not surprised by such a picture.
Laughing and returning to their own half, with a 3-0 advantage in hand, it was clear to all Chelsea that all they had to do for the rest of the day was to solidify their defence.
Arsene Wenger brought Giroud and Podolski, who were already warmed up, into the pitch before the game restarted.
With the high point in the front, Arsenal basically went straight to the high ball in the final moments to save attacking time.
Olivier Giroud and the forward Mertesacker were in charge of the action, while Edinson Cavani and Podolski were lying in ambush on their flanks, looking for a chance to get their feet up.
Arsenal's desperate style of play has worked well against any Premier League side other than Chelsea.
After all, Olivier Giroud and Mertesacker are both rare heavy battering hammer players in this era of football.
But when Mourinho sacrificed the luxury central defender line of John Terry + Maguire + Gary Cahill + Thiago Silva.
Arsenal's attacking cluster can only be a sigh of hope.
Maguire has once again become the brightest cub on the field.
Every time his big head appears on the live camera, it will make the hearts of Arsenal fans tremble!
So what was supposed to be the last moment of Arsenal's Jedi counterattack became Maguire's solo show.
Neither Giroud nor Mertesacker could get any advantage in front of the kid's big head.
The score of this game was also fixed at 3-0.
Chelsea have another crucial game and won without a shock, fully reflecting the style of the Premier League hegemon.
And after Manchester City's supporters, Gunners fans have also experienced a deep sense of loss.
After all, before the big game with Chelsea began, the propaganda of various media made them believe:
There is no such thing as a chasm between them and Chelsea who have gone further this season.
So the greater the expectations before the game, the greater the loss they will naturally be when they face the reality after the game.
Manchester City and Chelsea still have a back-and-forth in terms of tactical design, and it is not unjust to lose to Leon, who played explosively.
By contrast, Arsenal fans who recognise the reality that Chelsea have opened up a gap at a tactical level are even more pessimistic.
But their grief didn't last long.
After watching Manchester United's 3-1 defeat to Everton at Old Trafford, Arsenal fans suddenly felt that the construction of their team was actually quite good.
Manchester United have won just two of their first seven Premier League games of the new season after losing this round of fixtures.
Seven games, two wins, two draws and three defeats, Manchester United, with only eight points, has once again become the traffic king of the Premier League after last season.
And Li Ang, who has finished reading the schedule, also silently sharpened his knife against Manchester United.
Pinching soft persimmons or something, Li Ang likes it too much!
(End of chapter)