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Chapter 721

Seeing Chen Yu so brave, Drogba was the most unhappy and depressed.

Henry was injured shortly after the start of the season. It can be said that he gave forwards such as Drogba, Rooney, Crouch, Darren Bente the chance to compete for the best scorer. In the previous three seasons, Henry was the one who won the best scorer. This does not mean that Henry is one level stronger than forwards such as Drogba, Rooney, etc., mainly because Arsenal played offensive football, and it is also a typical technical flow. The team has a great support for the forwards. Henry not only has comprehensive skills, but also has a strong ability to seize opportunities. Relatively speaking, Drogba and Rooney are a little rough, and the two have to undertake considerable defensive tasks. It is not too strange to be suppressed by Henry for three consecutive years.

However, as long as you are a forward, no one doesn't want to win the best scorer. Even if Drogba won the team's victory for two consecutive seasons and won the league championship, he also hopes to take another step in his personal honor. For those who say that team victory is the most important. It doesn't matter whether I score or not. In fact, they are all the best scorers who are tired of getting the best scorers. Forwards who have never won the best scorer hope that they will score goals and the team will win.

It is indisputable that Drogba wants to win the top scorer. Shortly after Henry was injured, Drogba said that he hoped Chelsea would win the championship, and his personal wish was to win the top scorer of the season. Chen Yu had not made a comeback yet, and Drogba obviously did not regard this invincible striker in Serie A as an opponent. Even after Chen Yu returned and scored consecutive goals, Drogba did not feel alert to Chen Yu. After all, he had already scored 12 goals in half of the league. With such goal efficiency, he could score 24 or 5 goals at the end of the season. In the past 10 seasons, the top scorer scored the most goals were Henry and Fanny's 30, and the least was Irving's 18, and the other seasons were about twenty-four or five. In other seasons, he could win the top scorer without any surprises.

However, an accident happened soon. After Chen Yu returned, he scored goals every game, which was shockingly surpassing Ronaldo after 10 rounds and tied Drogba. The competition for the best scorer in the league was suddenly suspense, and even Chen Yu's fans felt that there was no suspense, and Chen Yu would definitely surpass Drogba.

It can be said that in the Premier League, Drogba is only afraid of Henry in the competition for the best scorer. For example, Ronaldo, who ranked second, does not care about him. After all, in the ranking of the best scorer in the Premier League in 15 years, the midfielder has never surpassed the third, and Ronaldo is difficult to break this record. Now, not only Drogba's opponent is here, but Henry, who has no injuries, cannot catch up with Chen Yu's goal efficiency.

Drogba is very eager to score goals. In the frontcourt, he must grab almost every goal and often returns to the middle and backcourt to actively help Chelsea compete for the ball, because only if the ball is in hand can they have the chance to score goals.

But Liverpool did a very good job in defense today. Finnan, Ag, Carragher and Rise, all of them are very strong and have excellent heading skills. In front of these four defenders, there are Sissoko, Alonso and Gerrard. The three midfielders have a huge range of activities, covering almost half of the court, and they are all very hard. Faced with such a tough and strict defense, it is very difficult for Chelsea to create a goal opportunity.

In the 28th minute, Chelsea launched another wave of fierce attacks. After Robben went down, Chelsea finally cooperated on the left. A chemical reaction occurred between Mikel, Wright Jr. and Ashley Cole. The shortcomings of the three people quickly penetrated Liverpool's right defense. Ashley Cole passed the ball to the penalty area at the bottom line.

Drogba, Barack and Lampard all rushed into Liverpool's penalty area to compete for a header, and Liverpool's midfielder also followed in to guard the defense, sharing the pressure for his central defender.

The strong Drogba was defended by Carragher and Alonso. However, because Drogba rushed into the penalty area and headed the ball, he jumped very high, and Alonso was suppressed by Drogba and did not jump up. Although Drogba did not push the ball under Carragher's interference and the ball flew out of the baseline, Alonso was pushed onto his chin by Drogba's knee and suddenly he was bleeding.

The referee quickly asked the team doctor to come on the field and deal with Alonso.

Liverpool players also angrily accused Drogba of making too much moves and putting pressure on the referee and Chelsea players.

Chelsea players were more than 20 minutes behind, and their anger was even greater than Liverpool. The two sides quickly started arguing, and some players even started to push. However, referee Boll was very experienced and he immediately stabilized the players of Chelsea and Liverpool with two yellow cards.

Boer is very experienced and flexible. Although he used yellow cards to control the emotions of the players, these two yellow cards were given to Drogba and Crouch. Both of them were forwards. Even if they received yellow cards, it would not affect their performance. If the yellow card was given to the defensive player, it would weaken the player's strength to a certain extent.

Boer's experienced traitor attracted praise from the on-site commentator, "...there are many players in conflict, and Boer selectively gave them yellow cards. This is his wisdom and experience. He not only controls the players, but also allows the development of the game to balance the game. He can enforce the law for two consecutive World Cups. The level is indeed very high."

Alonso left the game to treat, Benitez was very nervous. He quickly asked the introduced new player Mascherano to warm up. Before the game, Benitez was not prepared to let Mascherano, who had just transferred, play. He was included in the bench list just to let him feel the atmosphere. He didn't expect that he might have to use him now.

Alonso was injured and Liverpool did not send anyone to the field for the time being. At this moment, Liverpool responded with 10 players, which is a great opportunity for Chelsea.

Alonso's status in Liverpool is extraordinary. He is the only organizer of Liverpool's midfield. He is also the player who is good at long passes when launching counterattacks. When he penetrates the attack, his long shot is farther than Gerald. He is also one of the core of defense. It can be said that in addition to the occasional magical long shot, people notice him, Alonso usually does not show off, but without Alonso, he will be in chaos.

In the 29th minute of the game, Lampard dribbled the ball into Liverpool's 30-meter area in the midfield. It was too late when Gerald came to block it. Lampard made a pass from behind Liverpool's defender to look for his winger Karau. Karau inserted at high speed and got the ball in the penalty area and passed it across the cross.

Chelsea passed the ball easily in the penalty area. Liverpool's defense line was in chaos. Agh did not keep up with Drogba, and Drogba shot when he greeted the ball, but the Ivorians exerted too much force and the ball deviated from the post and flew out.

Seeing that Drogba missed this good opportunity, Mourinho stomped his feet repeatedly. He felt a little sorry for his favorite player. Of course, this is mainly because Chen Yu is present. Compared with Chen Yu, who is extremely efficient, Drogba's ability to seize opportunities seems too rough.

Liverpool goalkeeper took the ball with big feet to find Crouch. Crouch was stared at him very much this time. He was unable to grab the ball, and the ball was taken by goalkeeper Cech.

Chelsea launched a fierce attack from the middle again. Without Alonso, Barack became active. He and Lampard attacked Gerrard one by one, and the advantage of being large and powerful was revealed. Gerrard lost one by one and could only make up for the defense in the center back, which gave Chelsea a chance to strike. You should know that Chelsea also has three players on the front line, and two wingers cut inside, and Liverpool's defense will be in chaos.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Barack and Lampard headed the ball in the middle and passed Gerald. Sissoko came to assist in the defense, but was knocked down by Barack. The German passed the ball to Drogba. Drogba defended his Carragher, who stopped the ball and returned, and Lampard followed and shot with a long shot.

Lampard's long-range shot was very powerful and the angle was very tricky. He flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal. Liverpool goalkeeper Renner used all his strength to not touch the ball, but the ball hit the post and bounced back.

Lampard's shot scared the Liverpool fans almost screamed in unison, and when they saw the shot on the post, they put down the heart hanging in their throats.

"...Chelsea's luck is really bad! Or rather, their mentality is really too urgent."

The commentator on the scene commented.

Benitez is anxious at this moment, his opponent is full of morale and can equalize the score at any time, but Alonso's eyes are swollen and his lips are bleeding. He still can't play for almost four minutes. However, if Mascherano comes on the court, it is too risky. The Argentine who arrived at Liverpool yesterday may not be able to cooperate with his teammates at all. After all, Mascherano's position is a midfielder, connecting the midfield and backcourt, controlling the rhythm, not a striker, can do it alone.

Benitez was hesitant, but he soon found that Chen Yu retreated to the backcourt, Alonso's position, and started working on Alonso. What made him shine was that Chen Yu's defense and organizational passes were no less than Alonso, and his speed was much faster than that of Alonso. Compared with Chen Yu, Alonso was like an old bull pulling a broken car.

Originally, Benitez had decided to let Mascherano play. After all, one person could not be missing for a long time. However, seeing Chen Yu's performance in the midfield is so eye-catching, Benitez decided to let Mascherano run again. For newcomers, it is also good to run more and warm up, at least it is much warmer than on the bench.

"This ghost weather!" Benitez cursed with a smile, but seeing Liverpool's midfield becoming orderly, it seemed that there was no one missing, and he was in a much better mood. He thought, if Chen Yu could continue to perform, he would just let Alonso treat his injuries and send a striker to the scene, Kuyt and Bellamy, these are all good counterattackers. It was too risky to send Mascherano. With such an important position, he could not give a newcomer who had just arrived for two days, although Mascherano was very good.

Three minutes later, Alonso was still not good, and Chen Yu still performed stably on the court. Even Gerald was handed over to Chen Yu after receiving the ball, which shows the trust of Liverpool players in Chen Yu.

Seeing this, Benitez was completely relieved to hand over the midfield to Chen Yu, so he asked Mascherano to come back and rest, and let Kuyt take the field to replace Alonso.
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