Leon's strike put Chelsea back on track.

I don't know how many Chelsea fans are sitting in front of the TV at the moment, excitedly venting their emotions.

Mourinho in the live broadcast camera also subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and then high-fived and celebrated with the emotional Holland.

Chelsea are back to life, they didn't fall in the midst of today's frequent mistakes, but they survived with tenacity again!

Wearing the captain's armband on the Chelsea pitch, Leon has not forgotten to give confidence and encouragement to his young team-mates.

Even if they are youngsters like Callas, they will inevitably make mistakes during the long season.

They are constantly hammering in order to achieve continuous reflection, improvement and growth in the challenges of the top flight.

But this type of work is more suited to the Chelsea coaching staff in private training.

At this moment, Leon will not be stingy with the trust and encouragement given to his young teammates.

He doesn't give up on expecting anything from any of his teammates, but equally, he needs these lads to fight like a real man from the setbacks of mistakes!

"We were terrible! But that doesn't mean we have to keep making mistakes and mistakes in today's game until we regret losing!

Let's go! I'm going to see you kick your opponent's ass hard on the field!

Even if you still don't meet the coaching staff's passing line, I ask you to perform a little bit better every minute than before!

This is our home turf, this is our turf! Fight our personality and blood! Tell those stoke bastards and tell them who our TMD is! ”

Leon's celebratory epilogue was not at all tender, and even a little vulgar.

But at this moment, his encouragement is to fill the hearts of the substitute players who are burdened with pressure and guilt with fiery power!

The role of the leader is very important in the arena, no matter what kind of team sport, as long as the leader of the team is tenacious enough, then his teammates will not choose to be a soft egg!

And Li Ang now not only showed his mental tenacity, but also showed his strong strength and told his teammates with a goal:

Don't be afraid of mistakes, let go of the kicks, play as hard as you can in the middle and back, and I can continue to score!

His performance after taking on the responsibility certainly relieved the rest of the Chelsea players on the pitch.

After the resumption of play, Chelsea's backline was quickly back to its rightful efficiency.

Overall, without Leon's massive pullback to help the defence, Chelsea's defenders in the midfield still failed to get the ball back against Stoke City's attacking cluster.

But whether it is Brother Xiaoma, who is in average form today, or Kalas and Van Ginkel, who have always made mistakes in their previous performances.

At this time, they can decisively interrupt the offensive rhythm of Sky City with defensive grappling and tactical fouls!

Even if they couldn't take back the initiative in the game, Chelsea's defenders managed to cut the pace of the game at the moment.

It is difficult for Stoke City to play a threatening offensive as consistently in the first ten minutes!

This positive defensive change is certainly in Mourinho's eyes.

So after the game entered the halftime period, he quickly made a decision to continue to give the rotation players who started today!

Callas and Van Ginkkel, who were not replaced by the coaching staff at halftime, were naturally grateful and worked harder into defense in the second half.

There are naturally pros and cons to this positivity.

On the positive side, Chelsea were able to withstand Stoke City's forward press for the first 15 minutes of the second half.

And the bad side is naturally that the two of them ate cards too early.

Tactical fouls are simple and effective as an unconventional defensive tool, but they are not so useful, and they have to suffer the consequences.

After the two almost received yellow cards from the referee on their front and back feet, Mourinho did not waste time and directly let Kroos and Zouma go to the sidelines to warm up.

In the 64th minute of the second half, the pair were substituted in a deadly goal, but the Stamford Bridge home crowd encouraged the young defenders with applause.

Jose Mourinho also gave them an affirmative hug on the sidelines.

These two lads certainly didn't play well today, but they both did their best, and there was nothing to criticize.

Jose Mourinho can allow his young players to eat once in a while, as long as they are tough enough to stick to the coaching staff's tactical ideas.

What he can't accept the most is the kind of "genius" who seems to have good talent, but can't be fully committed to training and play, and can't make sacrifices for the team.

Today Kalas and Van Ginkel are here at Mourinho.

And with Kroos at this time, Mourinho's attitude towards today's game is quite obvious.

He doesn't want to be held to a draw at Stoke City at Stamford Bridge and he still wants to win, even if it takes a big risk in the final moments of the game!

It's in line with Jose Mourinho's style of play and the appetite of the players on the pitch at the moment.

They are all stable in the game, but in this kind of conservative game where you can only score one point at most, but aggressively you are likely to get three points, they never hesitate!

Fight!

Kroos' presence was a signal for the whole Chelsea squad to be aggressive.

Leon no longer thinks about whether to retreat a little to prevent Stoke from threatening to counterattack.

Together with Kroos, he crossed the halfway line and slammed into the heart of Stoke City's half, just to hold the heads of the Stoke City players and besiege them!

Nemanja Matic also pressed forward and Maguire, who was dragging behind Chelsea's formation at the moment, almost became Chelsea's midfielder.

And the speed of the comeback, Kurt Zouma, who played a cameo at right-back after coming on the pitch, was behind Maguire, and he also became the last defender on the field at the moment at the Chelsea stage!

Jose Mourinho's bold tactical decision in the final moments of the game left countless neutral fans in amazement!

But at the moment, Stoke City fans are a little restless.

Chelsea's aggressive attack made it difficult for Stoke City to play the perfect start of the first half.

Although their offense and defense can be called balanced, it is better to attack more in the opponent's half than to be beaten in vain if you can't do it!

And at this time, Chelsea's overall attack is about to take off!

Even though he didn't field a starting attacking combination today, Llorente showed Premier League fans what he was capable of with his consistent performances.

Such a reliable big center has a very consistent ability to carry the ball and compete for the high point when the team breaks the game.

Stoke City's two centre-backs have also "proven" that they don't have a good way of limiting Llorente's aerial play in defence.

It's hard to put Stoke City fans at ease.

They always felt that their side would be laying a mine in defence later, allowing Chelsea to take advantage of the opportunity to threaten the goal again.

And the facts have proved that their strong intuition is not wrong.

Chelsea did find the key to victory after Llorente made the most of their dominance!

In the 79th minute of the second half, Kroos made a long pass to Llorente, and the Spanish high school striker once again beat Stoke City central defender Shaw Kroos and calmly swung the football back to Hazard, who cut in to respond!

Stoke City's defenders did not dare to let their guard down against Eden Hazard, the Premier League's current number one winger.

Defender Charlie Adam dropped his defensive zone at the first time, and another central defender from Stoke City, Walscheid, wrapped up Hazard in front and back!

However, Hazard also seemed to sense the threat from his opponent at the moment, and he did not hesitate to stick to the ball, and immediately stabbed the ball to Salah who raised his hand on the other side.

The Egyptian winger just made a brief observation, and after taking the ball, he directly cut inside and hit the goal!

His decisive shot sent the Stoke City penalty area into chaos!

Stoke City goalkeeper Butland was very focused this time around, and there was no problem with his positioning, and his extreme save kept Mohamed Salah's brilliant shot out of the net!

Llorente withstood the defensive pressure of Shaw Closes and grabbed two points in the penalty area!

But his hastily completed stab was blocked by Walscheid's calf!

The thousands of Stoke City fans at Stamford Bridge watched their hearts beat straight at this moment!

Some fans who can't bear it enough even directly covered their eyes.

Perhaps it was the referee's whistle that was slow to blow that made them realise that Chelsea's stormy attack still hadn't opened the Stoke goal.

But when they plucked up the courage to open their eyes to observe the situation on the field, they just saw a figure in a blue jersey rushing in front of the ball blocked by Walscheid!

"Salah Neche... Knock on the door!! Butland pounces on the football! Llorente stabbed !! Oh! Walscheid has made a meritorious service! Chelsea still have a chance! Leon!!! ”

In the LETV Sports studio, Zhan Jun, who commented on the game live with Director Zhang, staged his own solo show at this moment.

He dragged out the end note, and looked passionately and expectantly at the back of Li Ang who was running towards the football landing point in the live broadcast camera!

It is also like this for countless fans in China!

And in their expectation, Leon, who had a calm expression on his face, had already opened his right leg towards the football!

He adjusted the pace before shooting slightly, and Butland was already abandoning the goal at the moment and went straight to Leon!

The Stoke goalkeeper stretched his arms as far as he could, and he wanted to expand his defensive area, leaving Leon hesitant.

As long as Li Ang hesitates for half a second at this time, then he can get this 1v1 victory between the brave!

Leon did look a little sluggish, he didn't shoot directly with his feet as confidently as he used to, and seemed to be looking for a better angle to shoot.

Butland had a smile of surprise on his face.

He seems to have foreseen that he saved Leon's follow-up shot in the next second, and completed the feat of saving Stoke City twice in a row in a short period of time!

But in the next moment, Leon smashed the ball decisively, and even dodged Butlan's interception defense with the ball!

"Fake shot real buckle! Leon has passed! He faced the empty gate of Stoke City!! ”

Zhan Jun completely ripped his throat apart at this moment and roared!

And Li Ang also decisively pushed the football under his feet forward!

The moment the ball crossed the Stoke City goal line, Chelsea had already redeemed themselves in this difficult matchup!

The whole Stamford Bridge seemed to jump and shake together at this moment!

When the sound of carnival swept across the entire stadium and rushed into the sky, Li Ang did not rush to the bottom line to celebrate wildly, but ran to his teammates!

"Well done brothers!!"

The players on the field of Chelsea hugged each other tightly, patted each other's shoulders and backs, and the words they spit out at this moment were also vulgar!

But no one is paying attention to what they say at the moment!

Fans and the media are more concerned about the feat of self-adjustment and final defeat on the field!

Mourinho was very proud on the sidelines and kept clapping hard!

And the starters of Stoke City, who worked hard all and played well for most of the half, were very painful and helpless at this time.

But that's football, a moment of leadership doesn't mean the whole game is ahead, they didn't make any mistakes, but at the moment on the pitch they are already underdogs.

Or that Chelsea's tenacity today has made them the better team at Stamford Bridge.

The last 10-odd minutes of play were far from enough for Stoke City.

They didn't give up and did their best to make the last offensive attempt.

But in the face of Chelsea, whose morale was greatly defeated and they were trying their best to shrink the defense, they could only swallow the bitter fruit helplessly in the end.

2-1！

With two key goals from Leon, Chelsea nibbled on Stoke City at home and continued to defend their unbeaten home record for nearly three years!

Li Ang has once again proved his tough strength in key battles!

He has scored far more goals this season than he did last season by ceding some of the shots, and Chelsea's top scorer is currently Luis Suarez.

But the number of goals he scored was less, but the quality of his goals was still excellent!

Li Ang, who won the official Player of the Year award after the game, was once again surrounded by reporters.

The England reporters on the scene had too many questions to ask about what happened in the middle of the game.

However, in addition to praising his teammates as always, Leon still doesn't like to reveal the inside story of the locker room.

Seeing that there was no news from Leon, the reporters asked him directly what he thought of the next Premier League match between Chelsea and Manchester City.

When it comes to Manchester City, Li Angke is not "official" at all.

He licked his lips, his eyes lit up with excitement.

"Against Manchester City? I'm looking forward to it!

Very, very, very much looking forward to it! ”

(End of chapter)