Three days later, the Premier League war resumed, and major clubs quickly welcomed their opponents in the 25th round of the Premier League.
Manchester City will face Premier League leader Leicester City in the opening game of this round at the Etihad Stadium.
This is also the top focus of this round of Premier League.
Manchester City and Leicester City currently have 49 points and 52 points respectively. There is only a 3-point gap between the two sides. As long as Manchester City can win this game, they will have the same points as Leicester City and be on the same starting line.
On February 6, perhaps in order to cater to the grand festival of the Chinese New Year, the match time between Manchester City and Leicester City was scheduled by the Football Association for 12:45 noon that day.
The kick-off time happens to be 8:45 pm on the 29th day of the Chinese New Year, which is a prime time period.
In the LeTV Sports live broadcast room, today, in addition to Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu, the program team also invited Fan Zhiyi, and the three of them will commentate on this game.
At 8 o'clock BJ time, the live broadcast signal was connected in advance. As soon as the picture appeared, it was a bird's-eye view of the Etihad Stadium.
"Ouch!!!!!!" Seeing the large patch of Chinese red in the stands in the camera, Zhan Jun, Zhang Lu and Fan Zhiyi were all stunned.
"Which fan are these?"
“Manchester City or Leicester City?”
Zhan Jun and the other three were a little dumbfounded.
"Manchester City is the team that pays the most attention to the Chinese New Year among the many teams in the Premier League. Some time ago, they specially held a 'China Month' event to wish fans from China a happy Spring Festival. They also announced that they would come to China for a summer warm-up match in the next few summers.
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Before Zhan Jun finished speaking, the live broadcast camera suddenly zoomed in, and the three of them suddenly saw that the red people in the stands were actually Leicester City fans.
The Leicester City fans who came to the Etihad Stadium with the team to watch the game today were particularly festive. Everyone was wearing bright red clothes, and you could tell that they were organized.
"Chu Zheng's influence in the Premier League is growing!"
Seeing many fans in the stands holding banners reading "Happy Chinese New Year, Chu!", the smiles of Zhan Jun and the others became even brighter.
But it's not over yet.
The live broadcast camera soon cut to the Leicester City bus that had just arrived at the Etihad Stadium and stopped.
Today, the blue color of the past on the Leicester City bus has been replaced by a Chinese red one.
'May you be happy and prosperous!'
“Happy New Year!”
"Money is rolling in!"
"May all go well with you!"
"Jubilant!"
"..."
Seeing that every Leicester City player who got off the bus had Chinese idioms printed on the back of their red jackets, Zhan Jun and the others were dumbfounded again.
"Shou Binan Mountain?!" Fan Zhiyi's eyes widened when he saw the four Chinese characters behind Kanter. He pointed at the big screen in the live broadcast room and burst into laughter, "A strange thing has come in! Shou Binan Mountain! What the hell is this! This
Is it a festival or a birthday?”
"Haha!" Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu burst out laughing.
The laughter of these three people also made countless Chinese fans laugh through the live broadcast.
At the Etihad Stadium, Chu Zheng was following Kante. When he saw the words "Shou Binan Mountain", he also had a strange look on his face.
But he is really grateful for everything the club has prepared for him. This is a humane club.
At 12:40 London time, Leicester City and Manchester City players took the field under the leadership of the referee Anthony Taylor.
The live footage also showed the starting lineups of both sides at the right time.
Midfielder: David Silva, Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, Delph
Forwards: Sterling, Aguero
"Like Liverpool, Manchester City has been plagued by injuries this season."
"Manchester City captain Kompany has just returned to training after recovering from injury, and Manchester City has lost another midfielder and defense general."
"Chu Zheng's good friend De Bruyne was substituted due to injury in the last round of Manchester City's away game against Sunderland!"
"According to British media reports, De Bruyne has strained his thigh muscle and he may need to rest for two to three weeks!"
"Manchester City's main center back Mangala will also miss all games in February due to injury!"
"In this game, Pellegrini used Zabaleta, who has just returned from injury, as the right back!"
"But it's hard to say whether Zabaleta and David Silva can achieve the smooth cooperation on the right wing that Manchester City used to have on the right wing."
Hearing Zhan Jun's words, Zhang Lu smiled and said: "Zabaleta has been injured for too long. It's hard to say how much tacit understanding he and David Silva have left. De Bruyne's absence due to injury has a negative impact on Manchester City's overall performance."
The offensive impact will definitely be huge!”
Zhan Jun nodded, changed the subject, and said: "In mid-week, Manchester City Club announced that they have reached an agreement with Guardiola. In the 2016-17 season, Guardiola will become the head coach of Manchester City, and the two parties will sign a three-year contract!"
After Zhan Jun finished speaking, Leicester City's starting lineup appeared.
Leicester City:(442)
Forward: Vardy, Shinji Okazaki
Midfielder: Albrighton, Kante, Chu Zheng, Mahrez
Defenders: Fox, Huth, Morgan, Simpson
Goalkeeper: Schmeichel
"Leicester City's starting lineup for this game is completely unchanged from before!"
"The front line is led by striker Vardy, who is the top scorer in the Premier League this season!"
"The midfielder will be partnered by Wang Chuzheng, who has been very popular in European football this season in terms of assists, and Kante, who is the king of steals!"
"In terms of the historical record of Leicester City and Manchester City, the two teams have met a total of 108 times. Manchester City has an absolute advantage with 54 wins, 28 draws and 26 losses!"
"The two teams met in the first leg of the league this season and drew 2-2. The last time Leicester City defeated Manchester City dates back to 2003."
At 12:45 minutes London time, with the whistle of the referee Anthony Taylor, the game officially started.
On the field, Leicester City, wearing black clothes and black trousers, attacked from right to left.
As soon as Kanter kicked the ball out, Chu Zheng in the center circle followed up and launched a long pass attack with his big feet.
The ball was passed by Chu Zheng to the left side of the frontcourt.
Vardy follows up at high speed along the left wing.
Chu Zheng passed the ball accurately, but Vardy stopped the ball directly out of the sideline due to the interference of Manchester City right back Zabaleta.
Soon Manchester City sent a touchline kick.
Leicester City's formation pressed directly forward and launched a high-pressure attack in the frontcourt.
Manchester City was robbed by Albrighton, Fox, Vardy and Shinji Okazaki on the wing and could not control the ball at all, so they had to take a big kick.
As a result, the ball was passed to Kanter.
Kanter kept hitting Chu Zheng in the ribs with the ball.
Chu Zheng saw Yaya Toure not far away who was about to make a move. The other Manchester City players were also positioned very reasonably and couldn't find a good gap for passing the ball. So he quickly turned around and passed the ball back to Morgan on the center line.
Then the ball was passed all the way back to Schmeichel's feet.
Schmeichel stopped the ball at the front of the small penalty area. Seeing that Manchester City's formation did not press the center line, he directly kicked the ball forward.
In the middle of the frontcourt, on Manchester City's defense, Manchester City's left center back Demichelis pushed forward Shinji Okazaki and headed the ball towards the center circle.
Chu Zheng was right at the point where the arc of the center circle landed.
Seeing Aguero and Yaya Toure in front of him, Chu Zheng shook his head to the left and the ball flew towards Kanter.
Before Kanter could stop the ball in the left rib area of the center circle, he was flanked by David Silva and Sterling.
Fortunately, Fox came up quickly, allowing Kanter to quickly cross the wing.
After taking the ball, Fox quickly advanced along the wing and then passed directly to Shinji Okazaki who came from the right front rib to meet.
As soon as Okazaki stopped the ball with his back, he was hit by Fernandinho behind him and staggered. He immediately did not dare to take the ball and quickly knocked back Kante who was swimming in front of him.
Before Kanter could touch the ball, Yaya Toure came close to him.
Kanter knew very well that his body could not handle Yaya Toure, so he did not dare to stick to the ball and quickly passed the ball to Chu Zheng in the middle.
Chu Zheng didn't stop the ball, he met the ball with his right foot and kicked it.
Suddenly the ball flew to the left corner flagpole area.
After Albrighton removed the ball from his chest, he immediately started to bring it back.
He opened up the position of Zabaleta in front of him and passed directly with his right foot.
On the left side of the small penalty area, Vardy took off and headed the ball back, but today Joe Hart was very focused and knocked the ball away with his fists.
Chu Zheng unloaded the ball again at the top of the arc, and then quickly distributed it to the right side of the penalty area.
Mahrez started dancing immediately after taking the ball outside the upper right corner of the penalty area, and continuously changed his rhythm to break through Delph and Kolarov.
Seeing that Mahrez was about to get into the penalty area along the baseline, Kolarov had to deliberately knock down Mahrez.
The Manchester City fans at the scene immediately became nervous when they saw Leicester City get a free kick.
On the field, the Manchester City players were also facing a formidable enemy and quickly gathered in the penalty area. 11 players defended the Leicester City players tightly.
Especially the elastic monster Chu Zheng, Yaya Toure and Demichelis were following him like guardians.
But what was supposed to come came.
In the 3rd minute of the game, Anthony Taylor blew the whistle, and immediately Leicester City players made continuous moves in the penalty area.
Mahrez kept staring at the goal.
At this moment, Chu Zheng, who was sandwiched between Yaya Tulia and Demichelis, suddenly squeezed towards the center along the small penalty area.
Under the gaze of everyone, Demichelis in front of Chu Zheng was immediately pushed aside.
Mahrez's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw this scene, he swung his leg on the spot and swung the ball towards Chu Zheng.
The ball accurately passed through the gap in front of Chu Zheng.
Facing the incoming ball, Chu Zheng, who was pulled back by Yaya Toure behind him, raised one end of his right foot and the ball flew in from the right side of the goal.
"Beep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Anthony Taylor whistled directly and pointed to the center circle.
boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suddenly the Etihad Stadium was filled with the cheers of Leicester City fans and the wails of Manchester City fans!
"The goal is in!!!" Zhan Jun exclaimed, "Leicester City's blitz!! An extremely sudden goal!!!"
"Damn!!!!!!" In front of the goal, Joe Hart got up and was venting his dissatisfaction towards Demichelis.
Demichelis looked at Chu Zheng who had already run out to celebrate with a ghostly look.
Just now, he felt as if he had been hit by a bulldozer.
Chu Zheng squeezed in front of him before he could resist.