Chapter 553 Ye, do you know how we spent this week?
Four teams will advance to the 27th round of the Premier League.
They are Liverpool playing Swansea and Manchester City playing Chelsea.
Of course, everyone was more optimistic about Manchester City before the game. The reason is very simple. Their last game was on February 10. Although they lost to Southampton 3-1 away from home, the team had enough time to rest.
This year Manchester City is in the group of death in the Champions League, with its three opponents being Dortmund, Real Madrid and Ajax.
Dortmund was left behind by Bayern in the league, but in the Champions League they had 4 wins and 2 draws, qualifying for first place.
Real Madrid entered the knockout round in second place.
Manchester City ranked fourth in the group, with 3 draws and 3 losses, and no win——
According to the rules that third place in the Champions League can enter the Europa League, Manchester City gave up completely and did not even have to play in the Europa League knockout rounds.
Without the pressure of the European war, Manchester City has a lot more time to rest and adjust than Chelsea.
Moreover, Chelsea had just lost 4-0 in Spain, which was a time when confidence was low.
In addition, the last game was played on the night of February 14th local time, so there was only two days of rest after playing a full game.
Now we have to play Manchester City again - it is a test for the physical fitness of Chelsea players.
Of course, this is also the disadvantage of reaching the League Cup final.
The FA is trying another way to cause Chelsea more trouble——
Although there are many young monsters in Chelsea now, there is still a certain gap between their strength and the main force. Including Van Dijk's injury and Ye Chen's injury doubts, the team's strength has been further compromised.
Can Chelsea prove themselves in this game?
Manchester, England, 8pm local time.
The Etihad Stadium was packed and there were many fans outside holding signs saying "I need a ticket".
But no one is willing to sell their tickets for such a battle.
For many people, football is religion.
As the Premier League theme song ended, the official game began soon.
Manchester City used all their main players and formed a familiar 4-3-3 formation.
The goalkeeper is still Joe Hart.
Left back Clichy, double central defenders Nastasic and Kolo Toure, right back Zabaleta.
The three midfielders are Lampard, Xavi Garcia and Yaya Toure.
Left winger David Silva, lone forward Aguero, right winger Milner.
Aguero has scored in double figures this season and has performed well.
Of course, the number of goals cannot be compared with Ye Chen. After all, Ye Chen has already scored 51 goals in the league.
This number of goals successfully broke Messi's record for the highest goals scored in a single season in the five major leagues!
Messi has 50, and Ye Chen already has 51!
In addition, Ye Chen tied the historical record of England's top league as early as the 19th round.
As early as the 1960-61 season, Jimmy Grievous scored 41 goals at Chelsea, setting a scoring record in England's top league!
But Ye Chen scored 41 goals in the 19th round, and extended the goal record to 42 with a long shot in the 20th round, surpassing the Chelsea legend.
Of course, that was still the English League One era. After entering the Premier League, the scoring record was jointly held by Andy Cole (1993-94 season) and Alan Shearer (1994-95 season), who both scored 34 goals.
With the rapid development of football, it is too difficult to score 40 goals in the Premier League.
But Ye Chen has already scored fifty goals and is heading towards sixty!
And this is the power of plug-ins.
The existence of the long-range shot guarantee card ensures that he can score in every game. So far, Yechen has only missed six games in 26 Premier League rounds, and he has scored 20 goals here.
It is precisely because of this exaggerated number of goals that fans exclaimed - the Premier League still cannot adapt to Ye Chen!
Chelsea is still in the familiar 4231 formation today.
Goalkeeper Cech.
The four defenders are Ashley Cole, Terry, Cahill and Ivanovic.
The double midfield partner is still Kante and Modric.
Hazard is the left winger, De Bruyne is the attacking midfielder, and Gotze is still the right winger.
The lone striker is Torres.
Although Torres missed two single shots in the last game, his running position is more suitable for Chelsea now.
This game is also a battle to clear his name!
Of course, it was also the pinnacle showdown between former Atletico Madrid strikers.
After all, both Torres and Aguero came from Atletico Madrid.
In fact, whether a player is in good condition or not can be seen from their expression.
Every Chelsea player was in high spirits today. As soon as the game started, the team overwhelmed them!
Manchester City naturally does not worry about defending against high-altitude balls. In addition to their central defender, Yaya Toure is also good at defending against high-altitude balls.
Both sides attacked very hard in the first half, but just missed a goal!
The first threatening attack came from Manchester City.
11 minutes and 30 seconds.
David Silva took a corner kick, and Yaya Toure in front of the goal suppressed Cahill who was defending him and successfully fought for the top.
Cech was helpless in front of the goal, but the goalpost rejected Yaya Toure.
The ball was not cleared, and Aguero grabbed the second point. Unable to turn around, he passed the ball back to Lampard on the penalty area line.
Lampard's volley hit Terry, the ball went out of the baseline, and Manchester City got a corner kick.
27 minutes and 19 seconds.
Modric went to the wing to cooperate with Gotze.
After receiving a pass from Gotze, Modric made a long pass and found Torres in front.
Torres succeeded in countering offside, and quickly adjusted his steps. Torres did not let Kolo Toure block his opportunity, and fired angrily.
But Joe Hart in front of the goal made a flying save and blocked the ball from the baseline——
The ball missed and Torres covered his head.
Ye Chen gritted his teeth off the court.
He really wished he could go up and kick him. Although it is said that God is also old if he is sentimental, he was right to kick Hatenmeng.
But there is still a distance between the defenders behind him. Can he just pass Joe Hart with a pendulum pass and hit the empty goal?
By the way, how can Torres be so good at pendulum!
Especially when he thought of Torres passing by De Gea and hitting an empty goal, Ye Chen's expectation turned into a sigh - this shit is too real, exactly the same as in his previous life.
30 minutes and 39 seconds.
Chelsea once again made a great counterattack.
The ball was passed by Aguero to David Silva on the left.
David Silva wanted to pass the ball to Lampard, but Kante saw through the intention, slid to the ground and gave the ball to De Bruyne.
De Bruyne made a pass and found Torres in the middle.
Torres did not dribble the ball himself, but made a diagonal pass to Gotze, and Chelsea quickly counterattacked.
Everything went smoothly, Gotze passed the ball decisively after getting down, and Torres grabbed the front point.
But Torres' furious shot hit the billboard behind the goal——
Klopp on the sidelines covered his head.
Torres moves and distributes the ball beautifully, but why doesn't he score?
Ye Chen on the bench thought of Sterling in later generations, Torres, the perfect happy boy!
The first half of the game ended quickly.
Manchester City's ball possession rate is as high as 60%, but many of them are ineffective possession. Chelsea plays more threatening.
Both parties enter the locker room.
Klopp did not scold the players this time, but used an encouraging tone to motivate them.
The second half begins quickly!
52 minutes and 01 seconds.
Manchester City attacks.
Lampard in midfield made a wonderful pass.
Aguero, who was on the penalty area line, took a direct shot without adjusting.
Cech in front of the goal flew to save, but he could only watch the ball and sigh.
Just when the Manchester City fans were about to cheer for joy, there was a loud "duang" sound.
This time it was the crossbar that rejected Aguero!
Manchester City scored two goals!
Such wasted opportunities will be punished!
The game came to 80 minutes and 37 seconds!
Wang Chu, who came on as a substitute, received a throw from Ashley Cole and directly found Azpilicueta in the back post!
But was saved by Chrissie.
Azpilicueta quickly caught up with the ball, while right winger Gotze quickly pulled wide.
azp's direct pass bypassed the forward Clichy and accurately found Gotze.
David Silva was a little lazy in this ball and did not follow Gotze.
Gotze drove diagonally into the penalty area.
When Nastasic stepped forward, he made a decisive pass.
Torres in the middle finally seized the opportunity and made it in one fell swoop——
Joe Hart's body froze in front of the door!
As for the other central defender Kolo Toure, he watched the ball but not the person, and was slipped away by Torres——
By the 80th minute, both sides were already a little tired.
Lack of mental concentration is normal.
It's just that this mistake was so fatal that Mancini was furious on the sidelines and directly replaced Kolo Toure with Lescott.
But replacing Kolo Toure at this time also made the players very dissatisfied, and they didn't even shake hands with Mancini when they came off the field!
The game will resume soon!
83 minutes and 21 seconds.
Manchester City, who lost the ball, pressed hard!
Clichy on the left sided over and made a decisive pass.
But Terry blocked the first point, in the middle of the football penalty area.
Tevez, on the other hand, headed the ball backwards.
The moment the football fell, Lampard decisively stepped in and volleyed——
The football is like a cannonball, directly hanging on the net!
Although Cech reacted quickly in front of the goal, he was powerless in the face of such a world wave!
After scoring, Lampard did not celebrate, but clasped his hands together.
Although he left Chelsea, he still has feelings for Chelsea.
From the beginning to the end, he only hated Klopp. Of course, he also hated Ye Chen, but that was incidental.
After the goal, Manchester City continued to press.
The shortcomings of continuous combat are also clearly revealed at this moment.
Chelsea players' physical fitness can no longer hold up.
Ye Chen ran back from the warm-up area. He figured out that Klopp had no intention of letting him play today!
Ye Chen could only shamelessly approach Klopp, "Boss, it's time for me to play! Otherwise these two points will be lost!"
Chelsea still has one last substitution place, and the current number of substitutions is three.
Just now, Chelsea replaced the exhausted Modric with Wang Chu, and Mata also replaced De Bruyne.
Looking at Ye Chen's longing eyes, Klopp hesitated.
He told the players that Ye Chen would not be playing in this game! www.81zw.??m
"But there are only five minutes left. Can you go up?"
"I'll try my best!" Ye Chen said seriously.
Klopp took a deep breath, who can't live with three points?
"Okay, get ready to play!"
Klopp walked to the fourth official, communicated for a while, and at the same time picked up the tactical board and made the final tactical arrangements for Ye Chen——
"You do this first - then you do this -"
Ye Chen kept nodding.
The players on the court also saw Ye Chen standing on the sidelines!
"Beep!"
With a throw-in opportunity, the referee made a substitution signal.
Countless players' eyes widened. They were exhausted at first, but when they saw Ye Chen, they suddenly felt energetic!
"Ye finally appears!"
"He's coming up!"
"Are you finally willing to use nuclear weapons?"
The fans of the visiting team stood up from their seats one by one!
"Ye Chen!"
"Ye Chen!"
"Ye Chen!"
The scene was full of sounds!
Many fans even have the urge to cry——
Ye, do you know how we spent this week?
Lampard clenched his fists on the field.
What was supposed to come has finally come!
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