Chapter 291: You Must Shut His Mouth in the Future!
Mourinho was stunned and held his breath after watching Leon's stunning performance in the last minute past Fazio and then volleying into the goal.
Holland, who was standing beside him, looked worried, for fear that Li Ang's foot would fly, and Lao Mu would also pull it in one go.
Fortunately, Li Ang finally completed a dragon rush to break the goal.
Jose Mourinho stood on the sidelines and kept taking deep breaths and shaking his hands, and Holland could also be relieved to boldly celebrate with the other assistant coaches.
And on the bench at Chelsea, which was also boiling, Lukaku still didn't forget his original intention and took out a small notebook to help Leon record his goals this season.
"14th league goal! With the addition of 5 goals in the Champions League, the boss is still one goal away, and the number of goals this season will be 20... Mamma Mia! ”
After making an estimate of Leon's current goal efficiency and estimating how many goals Leon can score this season, Lukaku was also secretly speechless.
He has a lot of water in such an algorithm, and it is impossible for Leon's goal to feel so hot all the time.
But there is no doubt that the current Leon is the strongest scorer in the entire Premier League.
Just over a third of the way through the season, Leon has already scored 19 goals.
And if you put the assist stats out again, the stats that Leon is playing now look too exaggerated.
19 goals and 17 assists!
Needless to say, this season Li Ang went to 30+30 in a single season.
It is up to Leon to see how effective he is now playing in the Premier League, which is a step further than last season, and it is not a problem to reach a double 20 in the league before the end of the season.
As for whether it can surpass the Premier League record of 24 goals and 20 assists in a single season set by Henry at Arsenal, it depends on Leon's subsequent form.
In terms of ability, Leon has no problem breaking Henry's record this season.
Neutral fans of the Premier League are also mentally prepared to witness Leon set a new statistic record.
Of course, they don't want the team they support to be the backdrop for Leon's stats.
The helplessness and pain can be understood by looking at the expressions of Tottenham fans in the live broadcast footage.
After all, seeing that his team was about to get up and fight for an equalizer, the core players on the opposite side directly made a long-distance run to score a goal.
I can't stand this on anyone!
From the 0-1 disappointment to the expectation of a 1-1 equaliser, to the sudden 0-2 fall into the abyss.
After the ups and downs, the thousands of Tottenham fans at Stamford Bridge were just like the Tottenham players on the pitch.
There is no way, Leon's performance of riding alone this time is a completely devastating blow to the morale of the entire Tottenham team.
Seeing that one teammate after another could not stop Leon's performance at all, Tottenham's players on the pitch will inevitably have doubts about their own ability in their hearts.
Fortunately, after Leon scored this goal, there was not much time left in the first half.
So the stunned Tottenham starters can be regarded as a temporary relief.
They can take a breath of relief and clear their minds at halftime.
The more difficult tactical work of the second half naturally had to give their manager Mauricio Pochettino a headache.
In contrast to the silent visitors' dressing room, relaxed Chelsea players at Stamford Bridge are singing a fan-choreed Tottenham tune.
What's even more fucking up is that the tune wasn't created by Chelsea fans yet, with John Terry spearheading the ditty from the Gunners' fan base next door.
In this regard, Li Ang can only sigh that Gunners fans are really talented.
Whether it is a local Gunners fan or a gun fan in China, it is a very interesting group of people in the fan base~
After a few minutes of commotion in the locker room, Mu Shuai clapped his hands and motioned for the disciples to look at him.
The set-up of the second half was not difficult for Chelsea.
Because this remnant Tottenham team itself is not very suitable for defensive and counter-tactics.
With 2-0 down at the moment, they are even less likely to concede possession and consolidate their defence.
Tottenham, which can only go to death on the road of attack, can't play any tactical work.
So it's easy for Chelsea to kill the game safely.
Mourinho doesn't even need to make substitutions, just need to switch the positions of Leon and Kroos, which can directly achieve the tactical purpose of further strengthening the defensive force.
At the beginning of the second half, after seeing the Chelsea midfield trio change positions, Pochettino immediately showed a look of "sure enough" on his face.
With the introduction of Kroos, who can play from six to ten, Mourinho is simply not too comfortable playing with this simple on-the-spot adjustment.
No way, who made Leon also play from the sixth position to the tenth position as an all-round midfielder?
To strengthen the tempo control and liberate Leon's attacking ability, Mourinho let Kroos drag it back and put Leon's position on the premise.
And if you have a safe enough lead, you want to consolidate your defense and strengthen your counterattack.
Then swapping Kroos and Leon will be completely OK.
The two of them are fully adapted to different tactics after switching positions, and their ability to read the game is also at the top level in football.
What to do in which position, Mourinho does not need to worry and stress.
With such two midfield cores in hand, plus a hard Matic who dragged him back.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Mourinho is now the envy of all the coaches in football.
Pochettino has good enough cards in his hand, and if Dembele and Dier are both able to play, then his midfield trio will definitely be able to play well.
But even so, looking at the tacit cooperation between Leon and Cross at this moment, he still couldn't help but feel sour in his heart.
It was too sour, but the thought of Levy's slamming of the door in the transfer market made Pochettino's mind clear up quickly.
If Levy wants to spend money to further upgrade the midfield configuration, then the Tottenham team must sell people first.
It was not easy to assemble the squad that he is more satisfied with now, and Pochettino did not want to take the risk of regrouping.
There is no way to live without money, and there is a way to live with small money.
When the follow-up squad is complete, Pochettino even feels that he will stabilize the top four positions in the Premier League in the second half of the season and have a good chance to rush to the Europa League.
Tottenham is not the first tier of the Premier League title at all.
For Pochettino, the most important thing is to restructure Tottenham first and qualify for the Champions League consistently.
Maybe in another two or three seasons, after patching up the seams, he will be able to realise his tactical philosophy at Tottenham and challenge the Premier League dominance from the front.
But now......
Pochettino, who was sitting in the dugout, subconsciously shook his head.
Previously, when he was in the locker room, he was still encouraging his disciples not to give up the game.
But he knows very well that the only teams in football today who dare to say they are sure to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge are Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
And this is still the so-called certainty before the start of the game, if you really want to challenge Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Real Madrid and Bayern are estimated to be more than lucky.
So many strong teams have come home with a hate at Stamford Bridge.
Mauricio Pochettino doesn't feel his side has anything special to do to break Chelsea's home win this season.
He just wants his players to be able to build up their morale and play as well as possible against strong opponents.
Tottenham's loss to Chelsea, or even a heavy defeat at Stamford Bridge, is very probable, but the way to lose is different.
If he can fight until the last minute, Pochettino feels that this is a good mental training for the young lads in his team.
But for Tottenham's players in the second half, the meaning of torture was far greater than mental grinding.
Chelsea, who have a two-goal lead, have no intention of attacking at all.
And compared to the second half of the first half, Chelsea deliberately put Tottenham into their own hinterland to fish.
At the start of the second half, Chelsea put up a strangulation at the top of the center circle!
Tottenham are now looking to break into Chelsea's defensive third, and the physical and energetic cost is not comparable to that of the first half.
Kane was confident ahead of the game and wanted to show his quality in the big game.
As a result, he is really uncomfortable being pushed by Maguire now.
Passes from team-mates were difficult to get into the Chelsea penalty area, and even if they did, he couldn't get a single bit.
Because Maguire's defensive area is too big for almost him in this game!
Kane and Maguire have not won even one of their head-to-head confrontations!
And as the second half of the game deepened, Leang's defense of Eriksen after the retreat became more and more tight.
Tottenham's two most threatening points up front were eaten by Chelsea, and the rest of the attacking players didn't have a backbone to make a difference.
By the end of the game, Chelsea's defenders were eager to try and in high spirits.
Tottenham's attacking players are all physically and mentally exhausted.
The hapless Kane even felt like he was about to be jacked out of a concussion by Maguire!
So, after the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Tottenham's young players don't feel depressed or regretful, they just feel relieved.
The thousands of Tottenham fans at Stamford Bridge also left the pitch in a hurry, not wanting to stay and suffer the taunts of the Chelsea fans.
Leon, who played a passing performance in this game, was once again rewarded as the best player of the match.
And Chelsea, which has won 14 consecutive Premier League games in one go after the start of this season, has once again made the headlines of almost all sports newspapers in England!
Chelsea also had a strong start to the season last season, but they still drew two of their first 14 league games.
And at that time, Chelsea and Manchester City, who were second in the league, and Arsenal, who were third, did not have a big gap in points.
Chelsea, who have won 14 consecutive Premier League games this season, are now seven points clear of Manchester City in the table.
12 points ahead of Arsenal, who are in third place!
For now, Chelsea's winning streak won't be easily interrupted.
After all, they have already played against the other three teams currently in the top four of the Premier League in previous matches.
Except for a slight twist and turn in the game against Manchester City, Chelsea have completely suppressed Arsenal and Tottenham today!
Dominance is built up in this way, one victory after another.
With bigger goals for the season in hand, Chelsea are now in high spirits and have overcome a tight schedule.
Just three days later, the full-length Chelsea travelled to take on the Magpies and Newcastle.
Of course, Mourinho has also played a very important role in the rotation protection of the main squad before.
At least the Chelsea players are not feeling too much discomfort right now.
And they are not like Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, who play the 15th round of the Premier League and then play the final round of the Champions League group stage.
These three teams will also have to fight for a higher priority position, and even a chance to qualify.
Chelsea are all going through the motions.
However, considering that the last round of the group stage is played at home, there is no such factor as you can't lose.
Jose Mourinho may also start with some of his young players and rotations.
However, the vast majority of Chelsea's key players, especially the senior players, will be given at least a week of rest for the next week.
The whole Chelsea team, which had no fitness anxiety, was naturally at full force at St James' Park.
This is a big disaster for Newcastle, which is currently ranked tenth in the Premier League and almost two notches behind Chelsea.
In the opening stages of the game, Newcastle were able to rely on the "hardness" of the midfield to maneuver with Chelsea.
But when Chelsea used a high-pressing tactic that ran like crazy all over the game, Newcastle's midfield buddies were left with only a slipped away.
However, Newcastle were not willing to play directly at home to defend themselves, so their porous defense was almost stabbed three times by Chelsea in just 20 minutes!
Chelsea took two of those three great attacking opportunities.
In the 26th minute of the first half, Chelsea were already 2-0 up at Newcastle.
If it weren't for the half-chance of the counter-attack after the third break was wasted by Lukaku, Chelsea would have been able to play the game directly half an hour before the first half!
Fortunately, in the 39th minute of the first half, Lukaku received a header from Ibrahimovic and successfully headed the ball into the Newcastle goal.
Otherwise, when halftime is over, this kid will have to eat a few big guys' hair dryer skills in the locker room.
Li Ang and Ibrahimovic were replaced by Lao Mu before the 70th minute of the second half.
In the end, Chelsea also managed to walk away with a 4-0 victory at St James' Park.
After the celebrations, the vast majority of Chelsea's key players enjoyed a leisurely two-day holiday.
Leon and Thiago Silva will only be given one day off as they will have to start the Champions League group game four days later.
The Sporting Lisbon players who learned the news were instantly overjoyed.
On the evening of 10 December, Chelsea hosted Sporting Lisbon in their final round of challenges.
Chelsea didn't have any results to pursue and no pressure to play.
Anyway, as long as you don't lose at home, so from the very beginning of the game, the whole Chelsea team focused on a resolute defensive counter-attack.
Sporting Lisbon certainly didn't dare to pin their hopes on Maribor's last-ditch success in sniping Schalke 04.
So in order to secure the right to appear, they must also get at least one point at Stamford Bridge.
Neither team had a very strong desire to win.
Chelsea don't need it, while Sporting Lisbon have the advantage of points and goal difference, and have psychological security.
So the game was tepid from the start.
The half-time ended 0-0 with the good news that Maribor drew 1-1 at home to Schalke 04 at half-time.
Sporting Lisbon fans at Stamford Bridge even cheered up the Mexicans in the stands.
In the second half, Chelsea and Sporting Lisbon had no intention of fighting, and when Lao Mu saw this, he replaced Li Ang and his sister-in-law who were in the formation, and directly began to defend in advance.
In the end, Chelsea retained their unbeaten home streak and ended this season's Champions League group stage with four wins and two draws.
Sporting Lisbon managed to walk away a point from Stamford Bridge and are eighth after six games to sit second in the group on goal difference.
Schalke 04, which finally managed to beat Maribor in this round and also got eight points, ranked third in the group because of goal difference, and missed the Champions League 1/8 knockout round.
Speaking of which, he failed to qualify from the group this time, and he blamed Schalke 04 himself.
Previously, in the group stage of the third round of the Champions League, Schalke 04 sat at home and could have beaten Sporting Lisbon by a big score.
However, they relented after taking a two-goal lead, and eventually were chased twice by Sporting Lisbon after leading 3-1, and had to rely on a late winner to win the three points.
If Schalke 04 can keep these two clean sheets against Sporting Lisbon at that time, they will be the ones who qualify.
Because in the Champions League group stage, if there is a tie in points, it is the priority to compare the results of the two teams and the goal difference of the match.
The two teams killed each other once, the goal difference in the match was one, and the number of away goals in the match was also three, and it was impossible to tell the winner at all, which was to the point where the total goal difference was compared.
It can only be said that striking iron needs its own hardness.
Schalke 04 has given up the right to qualify for the Champions League group to the opponent this season.
And Sporting Lisbon, which was surprised to qualify, also worked on the official push after the game, thanking Chelsea for not killing in the last round.
So far, the top 16 teams in this season's Champions League have also been released.
The top teams in the group are Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Monaco, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Porto.
The second-place finishers in the group are Juventus, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Manchester City, Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Three teams in the Premier League have reached the knockout stages of this season's Champions League.
Liverpool played poorly in Group B of the Champions League, with one win, two draws and three defeats, with only five points, ranking behind Basel and missing out on the knockout rounds of the Champions League.
Manchester City and Arsenal also finished second in their respective groups.
Such a situation made the previously noisy English media dare not blow up.
With the smoke of the Champions League still in place, the 16th round of the Premier League kicks off and Chelsea host Hull City.
Leon had a rare rotational break, and Chelsea, who had a large number of substitutes, did not overturn, and still won the opponent 2-0.
Didier Drogba and Mohamed Salah both got on the scoresheet in this game.
And even after a break from the league, Leon still occupies the top spot in the Premier League scorer list with 15 league goals.
Edinson Cavani is currently second in the Premier League's scorers list with 13 league goals, followed by Suarez with 12 goals.
In the Premier League assist list, Li Ang also occupies the top position with 10 assists.
Xiaofa, who ranks second on the assist list, is currently dishing out eight assists.
The report that Li Ang dominated the Premier League's double list of statistics instantly rushed to the hot list of sports news in European countries.
And on December 15th, after the draw ceremony for the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, the topic discussion about Li Ang was once again detonated by the fans!
There's no way, who opened Leon's mouth, UEFA did give him face, and he really drew Chelsea and Barcelona together in the 1/8 knockout round of the Champions League!
The moment Chelsea drew against Barcelona, the lively neutral fans shouted "Good guys!" ”
It seems that after this draw, the biggest fun team in football has also appeared.
Barcelona fans suddenly had their blood pressure rising.
Indeed, in this case, they should blame their own team and the players.
After all, if they can win the last round of the group stage, or if they can get a point when they go to Paris to play away.
Then they will not end up in second place in Group F of the Champions League by one point.
If they don't settle for second place, they won't have drawn Chelsea directly in the 1/8 knockout round.
Everyone knows that UEFA will be reorganized every year, and Arsenal has been reorganized so badly before!
You've been at the top of Europe for several seasons, so where is the confidence not to be treated as a target by UEFA?
This simple truth is actually understood by Barcelona fans.
But at the moment they still want to say:
"In the future, before the draw for the Champions League knockout round, we must block Leon's open mouth! Be sure to plug him! ”
(End of chapter)