Leon played a full 90 minutes against Sunderland and Jose gave him plenty of time to score a hat-trick.

However, Leon ultimately failed to score his third goal of the game.

There was no way, with almost thirty minutes left in the game.

Sunderland's defenders would rather expose a glaring defensive hole and allow Ibrahimovic to open the scoring with ease than be the backdrop for Leon's hat-trick.

However, Leon was not annoyed, and the fact that he could score two goals in this game was already beyond his pre-match expectations.

If a hat-trick is really that easy to achieve, it will not be possible to have many strong strikers who will not necessarily be able to complete the whole season in a single season.

After the 3-0 win over Sunderland, Chelsea didn't get enough time to recuperate.

Because on December 4th, they will be at home to face the challenge of local rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

In the past 13 rounds of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur just beat Everton 2-1 to make it two consecutive league wins.

In the 12th round of the league, they also beat their opponents Hull City in the 90th minute.

Spurs haven't been in a good position lately, at least they haven't been able to win consistently.

Despite their red-hot form, the Chelsea players and coaches are confident that they won't drag the game until the last minute.

With the key kills in the last two games, Tottenham currently has 22 points with a record of 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, surpassing Arsenal and West Ham United to reach the fourth place in the Premier League.

It can be said that Pochettino has delivered a very good league result at least in the first half of the new season since he took charge of Tottenham.

Coupled with Tottenham's current top-of-the-table finish in the Europa League group stage, Tottenham fans are 100 per cent satisfied with Pochettino.

Mourinho already knows Pochettino very well, having played against Pochettino in La Liga before returning to the Premier League.

As for Pochettino's coaching level, Mourinho's evaluation has always been not low.

Lao Mu still gives full respect to this outstanding up-and-comer in the coaching world.

Back at Cobham, the entire Chelsea squad spent three days of intense preparation.

On the evening of 3 December, the Chelsea players warmed up at Stamford Bridge to the cheers of more than 40,000 Blues supporters at home.

Leon and Eriksen nodded to each other on the pitch, and they were old friends.

However, in today's game, the Tottenham player that Leon is most concerned about is not Eriksen, but Harry Kane, who is warming up in the other half of the area at the moment, and does not look physically strong, and looks a little tall and thin.

After a good run at Tottenham last season, Kane was not short-lived.

Under the new manager Mauricio Pochettino, he has already given 7 goals and 2 assists in 13 league games.

As a 22-year-old centre-forward who also played as a substitute at Tottenham last season, Kane's progress this season has attracted the attention of countless fans and the media.

Leon clearly understands that Kane's sudden explosion and continuous improvement this season are largely due to the accumulation of his early career.

His previous loan spell in the Championship has given him a wealth of experience.

The gradual playing time at Tottenham Hotspur in the previous two seasons also allowed him to avoid a lot of hand-to-hand combat with Premier League defenders too early.

Young players who want to establish themselves in the Premier League are still playing in the central striker position, excluding the black and hard who are physically talented.

A growth forward is really not suitable to become the main player of the team too early and be beaten to the death to play a lot of games.

Today's Kane has passed the period of physical development relatively "safely", with complete skills and solid shooting skills.

He can continue to gain weight to further strengthen his physical countermeasures.

For Kane, it was fitting to become Tottenham's main centre-forward at the age of 22 and get plenty of top-flight appearances.

Playing as a substitute for Tottenham Hotspur first team for two seasons in a row has given him a good period of adaptation to the pace of the Premier League.

He played a strong performance in the second half of last season and proved that he was capable of playing the position of Tottenham's main centre-forward, which gave him a good public opinion environment.

Playing the main team too early, he will only continue to get lost in the powerful strangulation of the Premier League defenders.

A season or two later, and his talent would have been wasted.

So this season is just right, he's not too old and not too young, and his explosion is just right.

At least in Pochettino's mind, he is already the cornerstone of the new Tottenham team.

"Harry, the kid with the same name as you on the other side is not easy to deal with, are you sure to take him down today?"

When the warm-up was over, Leon patted Maguire's broad shoulder and motioned for him to look at Harry Kane in the Tottenham spurs.

Maguire smiled shyly, but his tone in response to Leon was very confident.

"Don't worry, boss! He's not going to get a head-on into our box and I'm going to take him down in the right position! ”

Maguire patted his chest and made a look that you would be relieved to teach me.

But when Leon heard his answer, the image of him directly pulling Kane to the ground inexplicably appeared in his mind.

No way, the other defenders told Leon that he would take his opponent down, and Leon must have thought that he would stop the opponent's attack with his feet.

But Maguire has too many extra moves in his hands in the defensive process.

The referee who blew the penalty for their match against Tottenham Hotspur today happened to be the "blind monk" Clattenburg again.

The heavyweight referee would have been fine if he had given Chelsea the home whistle.

I'm afraid that he will suddenly make a big move against Maguire, maybe he will directly give Maguire a yellow card in the first half!

Thinking of this, Li Ang also hurriedly signaled Maguire to look at his face when the time came.

Back in the dressing room, the Chelsea team listened to Mourinho make the final tactical points and make the final mobilization.

Once again, Terry said excitedly that he must kill Tottenham.

The language was a little crude, but the rest of the Chelsea players – including Leon – were used to it.

In general, the Premier League teams in the London Region basically have their own rivals.

But it's rare for Tottenham to be killed by almost every London team when they meet.

In addition to being a little confused about the referee's blowing penalty scale today, Li Ang is still not too worried about winning Tottenham.

First, because Chelsea's win rate against Tottenham is simply too high, and the team has an absolute psychological advantage.

Second, of course, it is because the current wave Tottenham has not yet formed a complete body.

Alli also gained experience in League One's parent club and was not poached by Tottenham.

Kyle Walker was reimbursed last season and did not undergo abdominal surgery until September of this year and is still recovering from an injury.

Son Heung-min has nothing to do with the current Tottenham.

Li Ang actually doesn't know if Son Heung-min will choose to transfer to Tottenham in the summer window next year after having his own butterfly effect.

Overall, there are only two and a half dangerous players in the current Tottenham team.

One is Harry Kane, one is Eriksen and the remaining half is Lamela.

As for Lennon, the remnant of Tottenham Hotspur in the same era as Bale, his breakthrough ability has declined too badly.

After the game officially started that night, Leon also directly rushed to limit Eriksen's play and began to press the defense.

Of course, in addition to directly giving his old friend a "surprise" at the beginning, Li Ang also had the intention of testing the blind monk Clattenberg to blow the punishment scale today.

After forcing Eriksen back twice in succession to win the ball in the rib area, Leon saw that Clattenburg didn't seem to have any intention of blowing the whistle, so he gestured to Maguire with relief.

Then Chelsea's overall intensity of confrontation also rose a notch, directly disrupting Tottenham's attacking rhythm in midfield.

Following Mussa Dembele's injury at the start of the season, it was clear that Tottenham's midfield lacked a spot where he could hold the ball and organise consistently.

Bentaleb Garian Mason's two-man midfield combination is barely enough for a top-four Spurs side.

When Dembele returns from injury, he and Dier will be able to form a two-man midfield combination that will give Tottenham the strength to fight against the top teams.

Now, Tottenham, whose midfield strength has plummeted, is not qualified to compete with Chelsea in midfield.

At least Leon got the ball and cut it in, and he didn't feel the defensive intensity he should have in Tottenham's defensive third.

That Leon didn't have much impression, a young thin and tall back named Bentaleb, and even in the process of interception, he was almost pushed to the ground by Leon's advancement!

made Li Ang a little suspicious that he had really committed a foul.

Fortunately, referee Clattenburg used his determined eyes to convince Leon that he had not committed a foul.

Tens of thousands of Chelsea fans in attendance also began to applaud Clattenburg's 'correct' decision.

Of course, in the eyes of Tottenham fans, whether Clattenburg is a brilliant warrior or a blind monk is another matter.

Pochettino's arrival has brought more technical changes to Tottenham.

If Villas-Boas's previous tenure was to lay the groundwork for further tactical changes at Tottenham.

Pochettino is now the right person to deepen this change of course and completely shape Tottenham's technical style of play.

His approach is the right one, and it is in line with the future technical and tactical development trends of European football.

But before the squad was completely revised, Tottenham's technical players had not yet been "all-rounded" before his tactics were formed.

In the future, the technical players in the strong teams of the Premier League will either have both confrontation ability and skill.

Either that's full of endurance talent and can't be touched, but at least there won't be too much risk of injury.

The midfield quartet in the Chelsea squad now fits the bill almost perfectly.

Leon and Nemanja Matic can both attack and fight.

Kroos and Kevin De Bruyne are a bit weaker than them, but they are also above the average midfield in football, and both are durable.

So don't say that Lao Mu always adopts a hard-bridge and hard-horse targeting tactics against Tottenham.

The characteristics of the players are on the bright side, Chelsea just has a confrontational advantage, so if you don't use it much, is it difficult to attack the strengths of the other with your own shortcomings?

This is the same reason as when Mourinho led Inter Milan and Real Madrid against the sky-high Cosmos Barcelona.

We all know that against Barcelona, we have to hoard heavy troops in the midfield, limit Messi's play, and play counter-attacking high balls.

It is the pain point of the opponent's lineup and player ability, and the so-called tactical game is nothing more than the same at all.

At Stamford Bridge, Eriksen and Lamela are facing the dilemma of being completely unable to compete with Chelsea's midfield at both technical and confrontational levels.

Manchester United pulled back, but against Fellaini who could pull out and wrestle with Chelsea, there were also Herrera and Rooney who retreated as a midfielder.

Eriksen is not bad, and with a good bodyguard, he can also play Tottenham's attacking organiser on the flanks and in the middle.

But now Pochettino doesn't have such a suitable bodyguard role on his hands.

Bentaleb was about to be bullied and cried by Leon's unscrupulous breakthrough.

Eriksen also had to retreat several times to help Bentaleb, who was supposed to wipe his ass, to make up for it.

Lamela played even worse, and the best position for him was actually on the wing.

But now that Dembele is injured and Dier needs to be rested to adjust his form, Pochettino has to put him in the middle.

As a result, good guys, when you meet a referee who encourages the two sides to increase their confrontation, his opposite player is still Nemanja Matic, which is still a ball!

Lamela really couldn't get the little pony brother, and he couldn't wipe his face, so he took out the ruthlessness of a South American player to try to make some small moves.

As a result, he just overshadowed Matic, and within two minutes, he was elbowed by Leon in a scramble for the ball!

Lamela, who was almost out of breath, suddenly cleared up the moment she lay down.

Chelsea is still in the dark!

There were no more images of Leon clashing with other teams in the Premier League last season.

This guy has something to do, and now he is quite favored by the FA, so he doesn't eat cards for this kind of thing...

Lamela is a smart player, after lying on the ground for a long time to relax, looking at Leon who stretched out his hand towards him with a smile, he could only choose to reconcile in the end.

And after getting up and seeing the fierce eyes of Matic, Terry and Ibrahimovic who surrounded him, the only trace of resentment left in Lamela's heart quickly dissipated.

The midfield lost control, and Harry Kane in front of him couldn't receive much passing support, and even had to drop back from time to time to receive the ball.

However, Tottenham's current staffing cannot be well contracted, and half-time is changed to counterattack.

Because I can't help it at all.

The fat midfielder discharged the attacking combination of Eriksen + Lamela + Lennon, and the level of pressing could not put too much pressure on the Chelsea midfield.

One of the two midfielders was burst by Leon, and the other was short and could not afford to stop Chelsea's attack.

I can't defend it, and I can't defend it, but I can't play if I insist on attacking.

After some tossing, Tottenham finally failed to hold on for even half an hour in the first half before Chelsea broke the goal.

De Bruyne, who received the ball from Leon and scored with a low shot on the right side of the Tottenham penalty area, came to celebrate with a fist.

Seeing that Li Ang couldn't help but cover his face and laugh.

Tintin's low shot was from a tricky angle and played very beautifully, but the level of celebration was too stretched.

But the flaws were not hidden, and the more than 40,000 Chelsea fans and players on the pitch cheered and celebrated the brilliant goal!

And among all kinds of cheers and slogans, there is one voice that is getting louder and louder!

"Tottenham! Our XX is going to kill Tottenham! ”

(End of chapter)