On December 7, as Everton drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace, the 15th round of the Premier League ended.
In this round of league matches, the Premier League has seen an endless stream of upsets, which has made countless betting dogs in England shed tears after losing.
In the first game of this round, Stoke City defeated the powerful Manchester City 0-2 and suffered its first big upset.
How could Manchester United, one of the Manchester City duo, fall behind?
Manchester United was held to a 0-0 draw by West Ham United at Old Trafford, another slight upset.
After these two games, the Premier League's Big6 began to act collectively.
Tottenham were held to a stoppage time draw by West Bromwich Albion 1-1.
Let's not mention Chelsea. There were external and internal troubles. The conflicts between the Portuguese madman and the club's top management were getting worse day by day. They almost lost control of the dressing room, so they were defeated 1-0 by Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge.
On Liverpool's side, Klopp, who was seriously troubled by the club's finances and the aging team, also suffered his first disastrous defeat since arriving in the Premier League.
Klopp happily went to Newcastle United with his team. He thought that the team could easily win Newcastle United, which was third from the bottom. However, reality gave Klopp a hard punch and he was pecked all over the head by the Magpies.
Came back with a 3-0 defeat.
No one knows what happened to the giants in the Premier League this year and why their status is getting worse and worse.
Although there is an influence from the European war, it is not the real reason why these giant teams are in such a sluggish state.
Therefore, with the support of many pig teammates, Leicester City, which has always occupied the top spot in the Premier League, finally entered the eyes of the European public.
15 rounds of the league, 10 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses, accumulated 35 points, scored a total of 41 Premier League goals, but only conceded 17 goals.
Moreover, Leicester City is also the only team among the 20 Premier League teams that has not lost a game so far.
Coupled with that terrifying data, countless European fans who had subconsciously ignored Leicester City finally realized, darling! This seems to be a super dark horse that is rushing to win the championship!
As a result, Leicester City has become the darling of mainstream media in major European leagues.
Many fans in Europe saw that Leicester City, which was pushed to the forefront by the media, had the possibility of winning the championship. At first, many people who did not know much about Leicester City were curious.
But once they learned about it, the curiosity in the hearts of these fans immediately turned into scorn!
Last season's last-place team, a civilian team that was almost relegated, won the Premier League championship. What an international joke!
However, when they took a closer look at the Premier League standings, they immediately shut up.
Leicester City 35 points
Manchester City 29 points
Arsenal 28 points
Manchester United 28 points
Tottenham 26 points
West Ham United 23 points
Watford 23 points
Crystal Palace 23 points
Liverpool 23 points
Everton 22 points
Southampton 21 points
Stoke City 21 points
West Bromwich Albion 19 points
Chelsea 15 points
Swansea 14 points
Bournemouth 13 points
Newcastle United 13 points
Norwich 13 points
Sunderland 12 points
Aston Villa 6 points
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Leicester City and second-placed Manchester City are separated by a full 6 points, leading all the giants in the Premier League. This is really bizarre to many people.
They have no memory of the last time a civilian club in the Premier League stepped on top of a group of giants.
Now it seems that Christmas is coming.
In the next rounds of 16, 17, 18, and 19, Leicester City's opponents will be Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, and Manchester City.
If Leicester City can defeat these four teams one by one and establish a sufficient points advantage, then Leicester City will not only win the Premier League half-time championship, but also look forward to the Premier League championship.
In the 23-year history of the Premier League, except for the three unlucky teams of Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, those teams that won the half-way championship eventually won the Premier League championship that season and successfully reached the top.
Although Leicester City's 15-game unbeaten run is due to the friendly schedule and the lack of encounters with wealthy teams, it is undeniable that Leicester City is really strong.
Every fan who has watched Leicester City games will not deny this!
For the hundreds of thousands of Leicester City fans, the team's results were also beyond everyone's expectations, and could even be said to be horrifying.
At the beginning of the new season, the biggest expectation of Leicester City fans for the team is to continue to avoid relegation and stay in the Premier League.
However, the reality is that Leicester City has stepped on the heads of all the giant teams in the Premier League and is proud of the Premier League heroes!
Some older Leicester City fans look at the Premier League standings as if they are dreaming!
But if it is a dream, please do not let them wake up. They are willing to stay in this beautiful dream until they return to the embrace of God.
Although everyone in Leicester City realizes that they have hope of winning the championship this season, everyone suppresses this expectation in their hearts.
Because, there are still 23 rounds of the Premier League waiting for them.
During this long six-month season, no one knows what will happen.
Maybe Leicester City can keep winning, or maybe it will be knocked off the top spot by a wealthy club with a deep foundation in the second half of the Premier League.
In England, every fan knows the horror of wealthy clubs!
Everyone has his or her own answer!
Some people are looking forward to the birth of a miracle, and naturally some people are desperate!
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On December 12, the Champions League war was extinguished, and the 16th round of the Premier League war was ignited.
This round, Leicester City will face the Premier League blue team Chelsea at the King Power Stadium!
Since Chelsea had just finished the Champions League group stage, their game with Leicester City was scheduled by the Football Association for the 15th, which was also the last game of the 16th round of the Premier League.
Under the spotlight, on December 15th, this focus battle is long overdue!
At 18:30 pm London time, the Leicester City and Chelsea buses drove into the King Power Stadium amid the cheers of fans.
Chu Zheng got off the bus, followed his teammates and was about to walk to the locker room when he saw Mourinho standing at the corner with a smiling face and waving to him.
Chu Zheng was stunned for a moment.
He had little interaction with Mourinho when he was at Chelsea, and the two had never even met.
In the youth training camp, although Mourinho occasionally came to see young players, Chu Zheng was never on Mourinho's inspection list.
Looking at this posture now, it seems that Mourinho was waiting for him here specially.
Chu Zheng walked over bravely. After the two shook hands and were polite for a while, Mourinho left with a smile.
But Mourinho's smile that turned back three times made Chu Zheng a little panicked. He always felt that this madman was plotting against him behind his back.
In fact, Chu Zheng was overthinking it. Mourinho came here specially to get to know Chu Zheng.
Mourinho has a very headache for this game!
He was the first person to discover Chu Zheng's talent and sent scouts to track him continuously for such a long time.
Therefore, he understands Chu Zheng’s characteristics very well!
Mourinho knew very well that if he wanted to win this game, he would have to limit Chu Zheng's performance in the midfield!
But here comes the problem!
How to limit!
This is also a big Olympiad-level problem for a world-renowned coach like Mourinho.
If it were someone else, Mourinho would adopt a layered double defense, cut off the passing lines around the player, isolate him and other restrictive tactics.
But he was unsure about applying these tactics to Chu Zheng.
Over the past year or so, Mourinho has noticed Chu Zheng's progress, which can be described as rapid.
Chu Zheng's passing skills can now be regarded as excellent.
Especially with the bonus of Chu Zheng's terrifying vision, the through ball sent by Chu Zheng really tested the heart health of the spectators.
The spectacle and thrill brought by Chu Zheng's through ball would even scare Mourinho in front of the TV.
In addition, Chu Zheng's dribbling and pushing abilities are also stronger.
In addition, Chu Zheng also has unparalleled speed.
Therefore, it is really a headache for Mourinho to guard Chu Zheng.
Mourinho once restricted Messi, but that was La Liga, and Barcelona played pass-and-control football.
And here is the Premier League, Chu Zheng is in Leicester City.
The two teams play in completely different tactical styles!
Chu Zheng has a very high degree of freedom on the court. With the special cooperation of his teammates, he can appear in any position on the court.
Therefore, even Mourinho didn't think of a good way to completely restrict Chu Zheng!
