'Manchester City still allowed Chelsea to take advantage of the counter-attack! Manchester City is hoarding heavy troops in the middle to strengthen the attack, and Chelsea is making a fuss on the wing, and this three-back system is too strong to squat and counterattack! ”

"There is also a problem with the fitness of Manchester City's players, as I said when Manchester City and Real Madrid played the knockout round of the Champions League, they have been playing on four fronts this season, and the physical wear and tear of the main players is far greater than that of other competitors.

At the end of the season, Manchester City actually relied on one breath to hold on, and it was not easy to complete a game with a strong confrontation rhythm. ”

In the live broadcast room of LeTV Sports, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, the golden partners of the Premier League commentators, analyzed the reason why Manchester City conceded the goal early today.

The restraint of tactics is only one reason, but the more important and fundamental reason is that Manchester City is too ambitious this season and has spread the front too wide.

There is actually no problem with Manchester City's current third-tier operations, and looking at the mainstream European leagues, the top teams are fighting in the third-tier almost every season.

This has basically become the basic embodiment of the strength of the current European giants.

After all, if there is no bench to play three-line battles in depth, how can it be called a strong team?

But if you want to open another front and advance on four fronts, it will be too reluctant for the current Manchester City.

The requirements for a team in a four-line battle are not just as simple as having enough bench depth.

Like Chelsea last season, there are plenty of veterans with a lot of experience on the bench.

Coupled with the fact that the three core midfielders were all resilient and lucky, there were no major injuries, which led to a successful season in the fourth-line situation.

However, if any of Chelsea's three main midfielders did not survive last season, Chelsea would not have been able to achieve a quadruple in a single season.

Manchester City's bench is clearly lacking veterans who can press the lineup, and Pep Guardiola's rotation has gone wrong, and by the end of the season, the most critical time node has injured two key players in the front and back of the field in succession.

In this case, Manchester City are clearly on the precipice of a morale collapse.

Season defeat is already a highly probable event for Manchester City.

It's just that before the official start of this game, Guardiola and his disciples were still holding their breath in their hearts, thinking that they could rely on their tenacious will to withstand the current difficult moment.

It's a pity that the reality is cruel, and Leon's goal at the moment completely broke the "luck" in the hearts of all Manchester City players.

At this point, they are also really completely out of retreat.

Losing this game will cost them everything this season.

Not to mention the FA Cup semi-finals that have not yet been played, an FA Cup title alone cannot make up for the disappointment of Manchester City's entire season.

At least Pep Guardiola can't accept such a season result.

Even if City's management still have 100% trust in him, they will still give him the green light on the transfer fee.

But having won just one FA Cup in three seasons at Manchester City is a complete symbol of failure for the ambitious Pep Guardiola.

The second place in the league and the quarterfinals of the Champions League are not much of an honor in Guardiola's heart, only the championship is his pursuit.

At this time, he seems to have lost the calmness and calmness in the past.

Against the backdrop of the Chelsea players celebrating, he rushed to the sideline and roared to signal the Manchester City players on the pitch to "wake up" as soon as possible.

They have no excuses or retreats, and if they lose this game, what's the point of winning all the league games in the future?

You must grit your teeth and fight to the end!

Even if you really don't have confidence, you must force yourself to believe that you can reverse the situation!

Guardiola, who showed the momentum of "tyrant", made many Manchester City players on the field subconsciously shrink their necks.

It was very uncomfortable for them to be scolded by their own head coach in such a critical game.

But it has to be said that Guardiola's excesses still allowed them to quickly get out of their frustration.

Boosting morale is unlikely, but it does work.

The game soon restarted, and Pep Guardiola quickly made tactical adjustments, signaling Raheem Sterling and Nasri to try to break through with the ball on the wing.

At the same time, he also asked Kolarov and Zabaleta not to have too much psychological pressure and continue to maintain the previous rhythm of the front insertion.

Pep Guardiola's adjustment is still very targeted.

Manchester City must now maintain the rhythm of the attack, it is impossible to retreat, so move the focus to the wings.

As long as City's wide attack is good enough and threatening, Chelsea's two wingers will have to drop back to assist the defenders.

As a result, Chelsea's counter-attacking on the flanks has gone for the most part, and Manchester City's attacking instead of defending can be regarded as reducing the defensive pressure on the backline.

Mourinho sat in the dugout and watched City's attacking style of play change, rubbing his chin and just smiling.

Chelsea's quick counter-attacks can be limited by City's targeted attacks, but so what?

They have now achieved their pre-match goal for the half.

Having taken the lead has taken a huge toll on the fitness of Manchester City's midfielders.

What about being limited and countering the threat?

Mourinho is fully able to accept the status quo, and if he can't counterattack, he will just squat and defend, how simple it is.

Glancing at Pep Guardiola, who was calling Sane on the bench to warm up, Mourinho also decisively made his own tactical adjustments.

Kroos, who was close to the side of the dugout, first received tactical instructions from Mourinho, and then he went directly to Leon to relay them.

So before Manchester City changed tactics and attacked on both wings, Chelsea took the first step to shrink the formation and put on a posture of squatting and defending.

However, Chelsea's squatting defense is not like the average team to stay in front of their own penalty area, directly giving up the entire midfield and letting the opponent calmly organize the attack.

Leon formed the first line of defence with the retreating Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne, who were blocking the centre circle at the top of the arc and constantly strangling the Manchester City midfielders.

Kroos and Nemanja Matic are protecting the flanks of the penalty area, and Leon is always ready to drop back to help them out.

This defensive system has made Manchester City's entire midfield attack quite uncomfortable.

Not to mention the struggles of the attacking organisation, it was rare to break through Chelsea's first line of defence and have to face at least two Chelsea midfielders to block and intercept.

It's so hard to get into the Chelsea box!

And looking at Leon, who seems to be present in every area of Chelsea's midfield, Manchester City's attacking players feel even more helpless.

But no matter how difficult it is, they must still insist on attacking, and they must try to find their form in the rhythm of the attack.

Pep Guardiola frowned as he watched the grim form of the game off the pitch.

He could see that City's attacking players were already working hard to find attacking opportunities and they didn't make too many mistakes.

But in the face of the Chelsea backfield players who are more active in running and very pressing in defense, Manchester City's attack at the moment is finally a little hot.

Pep Guardiola actually knows what Manchester City are bad at the offensive end.

They need faster passing, quicker movement, and faster assault speed.

But all this needs to be supported by abundant physical fitness, but what Manchester City lacks most now happens to be physical fitness!

Pep Guardiola knows how to solve the team's existing attacking problems, but it's a dead knot.

Just by playing chicken blood, Manchester City's players on the field can only hold out for a while, how can they last a full 90 minutes of game time?!

The composed-faced Pep Guardiola watched his disciples return again and again in futility in the onslaught against Chelsea's defence.

The game time continued to flow inexorably, and the situation on the pitch never tilted in the slightest towards Manchester City's side.

Finally, amid the lamentations of many Manchester City fans, the referee on duty blew the whistle at the end of the half.

Guardiola also turned around and walked to the players' tunnel at this moment, he seemed to have figured out something, and he seemed to have made some kind of determination at this moment.

In stark contrast to him, of course, it is Mourinho who is smiling at this time.

Lao Mu waited in the locker room for his disciples to come in with a smile, and he praised the main players first without hesitation in praise words.

Then he quickly laid out the tactical play of his own team in the second half of the game.

The range of tactical adjustments is still relatively large, but in the final analysis, Mourinho's requirements are still to "run" and take the initiative to fight a "war of attrition".

Dealing with the current tired Manchester City team does not need too many complicated tactical arrangements.

It's to break them down!

By the time City's midfielders reach their limits, Chelsea will be able to reap the game with ease.

Leon is in the same veins as his own manager, having played against the City players on the pitch and knows better that his opponents have indeed reached a tipping point in fitness.

Therefore, continuing to fight a war of attrition with Manchester City is undoubtedly the most correct decision.

Such an approach may seem like a bummer, but who made Manchester City show their fatal flaws......

At the start of the second half, Chelsea took a turn of the bunch, no longer holding on to the half, but instead took the initiative and Manchester City grabbed control of the midfield.

Chelsea's style of play to get started is actually very common, and the whole Manchester City team seems to have expected it, and soon played the same tactics of possession at the back.

When Manchester City first used this tactic against Chelsea, Mourinho made a tactical compromise and Chelsea eventually shook hands with Manchester City.

But today, in the face of Manchester City's in-depth posture again, Chelsea is very resolute in choosing to press high!

In the first half, it was Li Ang who took the lead in defending and disturbed Manchester City's offensive rhythm fragments, and at this moment, it was Li Ang who took the lead in pressing forward, constantly forcing Manchester City's ball holders, and it was still Li Ang who disrupted Manchester City's ball control rhythm!

He seems to have an inexhaustible physical condition, and he has supported the team's tactical responsibilities on both offensive and defensive ends.

Fabregas could only cast an envious look at Leon at this time.

His physical fitness is not as outstanding as Li Ang, and his ability at the moment is limited by physical fitness, and he can only exert eighty percent of his strength at most.

The rest of the Manchester City players are mostly on the pitch as well.

After fighting Real Madrid, they were already physically and mentally exhausted, and as a result, they had not been able to get enough time to recuperate, and they had to fight Chelsea again in this life-and-death battle.

It's easy to shout the slogan to the end, but it's too hard to actually do it.

As soon as the second half was played in the 60th minute, Manchester City showed the embarrassment of the second half of the first half.

Seeing this, Guardiola could only play his tactical cards and replace Sane and substitute midfielder Delph on the field.

Nasri, who he had high hopes for, didn't play as well as he used to in today's game.

In the end, he could only shift his hopes to the young Sane.

Delph's presence showed more of Guardiola's resolute attitude at the moment.

Fernandinho was gone, and Manchester City also directly changed to 433.

They were left with Ilkay Gundogan as a central midfielder, with Delph and Cesc Fabregas playing in central midfield, and Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane both being pushed up front.

The clarion call for Manchester City's counter-attack was sounded at this moment, but the surprise of everyone was not long in coming.

Chelsea did not choose to retreat and swing the bus, but continued to compete with Manchester City in a high pressing tactic!

This has given City's frontcourt players more attacking opportunities, but correspondingly, City's defenders will have to bear more defensive pressure at the moment.

Mourinho chose the most non-Mourinho tactical play at this moment, and the game really entered the white-hot stage!

The chances are truly equal for both teams at the moment.

If City can get the equaliser first, they will be able to continue to 'live' in this game.

The Manchester City players, who are constantly squeezing their physical potential, gamble everything!

They were finally running again, at least on the pitch, and they were evenly matched with Chelsea, not at the bottom of the game.

Manchester City fans are once again hopeful, praying and yelling in front of the TV, or gritting their teeth and constantly cheering their players on in the bottom of their hearts, hoping that they can hold on!

But after the effect of chicken blood gradually faded, and the momentum of the whole team was played but it was not able to convert it into a goal, the main players of Manchester City, who were physically exhausted, were finally defeated at the feet of reality.

They can't beat Chelsea!

The smile on Li Ang's face at this moment seemed a little hideous.

After completely defeating Manchester City, the game came to the real end.

In the 77th minute of the second half, Leon took the ball and forced acceleration past Cesc Fabregas and Gundogan who intercepted him in succession.

The moment he entered City's defensive third, he gave the ball to Eden Hazard, who cut inside to pick it up.

Zabaleta wanted to keep Hazard out of the box in advance, but the Belgian winger took the ball and changed direction twice, which directly shook off Zabaleta's defensive position!

Eden Hazard, who managed to break into the Manchester City penalty area, went all the way down, and Mangala had no choice but to lose his defensive position to block Hazard's shot angle.

However, Hazard, who noticed Leang's follow-up run, quickly opted for an inverted triangle pass.

Li Ang, who stepped forward to meet the ball, did not choose to shoot at the first time, but passed the ball horizontally at the moment when Otamendi came to make up for it!

At this moment, Suarez, who was at the back of the Manchester City penalty area, suddenly stepped forward, met the ball with a light push, and sent the football into the Manchester City goal again before Bravo saved!

After scoring this goal, Suarez excitedly took off his jersey and waved it in his hand!

All the Chelsea players – including Oblak – were excited to rush to the corner flag area of the Manchester City half!

After Leon "rubbed" a handful of Suarez's hair, he roared directly at the live camera:

"It's over!!"

Yes, it's over!

Not only did this game end early, but the entanglement between Chelsea and Manchester City this season also ended early!

Jose Mourinho and Holland embraced passionately on the sidelines, and the Chelsea players on the bench rushed out to the crowd they had gathered around City's baseline.

Leon took one last look at the discouraged Manchester City players before celebrating with his team-mates.

It's a tough group of opponents.

They are good and hardworking, it's just a pity......

They are competing with the best Chelsea contemporaries!

(End of chapter)