After the dangerous situation in front of Leicester City's goal at the beginning, the rest of the game was relatively dull.
However, the two sides fought fiercely for the ball on the court.
Especially the taller and bigger West Ham side, who always outsmarted the relatively short Leicester City side, causing Moss's foul whistle to sound from time to time.
In the 8th minute of the game, Huth retreated with his back, jumped up in front of the penalty area line on the right side of the arc, easily removed the ball from Kouyate's midfielder's long pass, and quickly passed the ball forward to the midfielder's ribs after landing.
Drinkwater of the Ministry.
However, as soon as Drinkwater turned around after taking the ball, West Ham United midfielder Obiang had already pounced on him.
Faced with the menacing Obiang, Drinkwater suddenly spiked the ball to the left with his right foot in an attempt to avoid Obiang's attack.
But Obiang had obviously expected it, and he quickly moved sideways to the right and entangled Drinkwater.
Eighty-nine seconds later, Drinkwater was knocked down by Obiang, who was 192cm tall and weighed 78kg. Not only did he lose the ball, but he also gave West Ham a chance to counterattack.
Chu Zheng was on the center line of the wing. When he saw Obiang quickly handing the ball to Moses, he immediately chased after him and retaliated with the opponent. He successfully pushed Moses out of the sideline with a sudden side collision.
, and then calmly passed the ball back to Fox in the backcourt.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! Chu Zheng's body is too strong now! Even a strong black player like Moses can't bear it!"
Seeing this scene in the LeTV Sports live broadcast room, Zhang Lu sighed with emotion, and then changed the topic and continued: "This is actually Bilic's true intention of letting Obiang start today, without Lanzini!"
"We all know that Lanzini has been in particularly hot form recently, but he was put on the bench by Bilic today. The reason is that Lanzini is an offensive midfielder, and Bilic needs O
A defensive midfielder like Bion!"
"He just wants to prevent Leicester City's extremely fast counterattack when they switch from defense to attack!"
Sun Jihai understood the meaning of Zhang Lu's words, nodded and continued: "To defend against Leicester City's counterattack, sometimes relying on defenders alone is not enough."
"Too fast!"
"right!"
"Most defenders in the Premier League now can't keep up with Chu Zheng and Vardy!"
"Especially Chu Zheng. Not only is he fast, but his skills at his feet are also extremely delicate. He is not inferior to those South American players at all. Moreover, Chu Zheng also has a strong breakthrough ability in high-speed movements."
"So Bilic's idea of removing Lanzini is that since I can't guard against your bullets, then I will guard against the part where you shoot!"
"Hey!" Zhang Lu nodded with a smile on her face, "That's what you mean!"
Soon, Leicester City's first attack of the game appeared.
In the 12th minute of the game, Chu Zheng continuously broke through two West Ham United players along the left wing and then the front path was completely blocked.
But even in the face of the two men's close pressing, Chu Zheng still relied on his flexible feet to move around and take the ball away from the wing.
Seeing that West Ham United's defensive focus had been completely attracted to the left without realizing it, Chu Zheng immediately started to move diagonally to the long pass.
Suddenly the ball went straight to the right side of the West Ham United penalty area like a cruise missile.
In front of the right rib at the top of the arc, Shinji Okazaki started and went straight to the landing point.
But West Ham United left center back Ogbonna is not slow either.
In just a few breaths, Okazaki Shinji rushed to the landing point in front of the baseline.
Ogbonna was on his left, slightly half a body behind him.
Ogbonna is 191cm tall and weighs 87kg. Shinji Okazaki knows that he does not have the strong breakthrough ability of Mahrez, so once he chooses to stop the ball and is defended by Ogbonna, he may be directly crushed.
So the moment the ball bounced off the ground, Okazaki Shinji immediately stretched out his right foot and made a direct pass.
However, the ball had already been passed, but Ogbonna still deliberately kicked down Shinji Okazaki.
Referee Moss blew the whistle directly and awarded Leicester City a free kick.
Not long after, Drinkwater took a free kick.
After the ball entered the West Ham United penalty area, it fell backwards like a rainbow.
In front of the end line of the small penalty area on the left, Chu Zheng and Huter stood parallel to the goal and took off at the same time.
But Drinkwater's goal was Chu Zheng behind Huth.
The next second, when the ball passed over the heads of Huth and West Ham United right center back Winston Reid beside him and continued to fall, Chu Zhengxiang almost rode on the back of West Ham United right center back Michael Antonio after taking off.
The left swing of the head accurately hit the ball.
However, West Ham United goalkeeper Adrian continued his heroic form against Arsenal in the last round.
Faced with such a close header, he actually raised his hand to block the ball.
"Ho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Seeing Chu Zheng's header being blocked by Adrian and then grazing the outside of the post and flying out of the baseline, the King Power Stadium suddenly burst into exclamations!
“Oooh!!!”
"Adrian made a great dive from close range!!"
In front of the small penalty area, Chu Zheng also looked at Adrian who got up from the ground with an incredible expression. This guy has some skills in position selection!
Soon, Leicester City took a corner kick, but Simpson's corner kick was too close to the goal and Adrian confiscated it.
In the next ten minutes or so, the game continued to be stalemate, with both sides attacking and defending each other, but no one was able to score.
As time passed, the Leicester City fans in the stands gradually became anxious.
If this game cannot be won, then with the current hot state of Tottenham and Arsenal, the point difference will most likely be narrowed again.
When the time comes, they really don't know whether the team can withstand the pressure of chasing points brought by Arsenal and Tottenham.
At this important juncture of the league, even they feel a terrible pressure.
This kind of pressure comes from the two teams behind Arsenal and Tottenham who are chasing points frantically.
In the 28th minute of the game, in the left area of the center circle, Leicester City and West Ham United once again started a fierce fight for the ball.
The ball finally stumbled and was passed by West Ham United to the feet of Payet in front of the center line on the wing.
Payet got the ball and quickly took it inside.
At the same time, Emenike, who came to the wing, was also moving forward along the wing to contain and respond.
But entering the thirty-meter area in front of Leicester City's penalty area, Huth and Morgan quickly moved back into position and set up a four-man defense line.
Rushing to the top right of the center arc, Payet saw that the center was blocked by Huth and Morgan, and he knew he couldn't continue to move forward.
Seeing Moses moving forward in the right rib area at the top of the arc, he raised his right foot and tried to push the ball behind him from between Huth and Simpson.
Payet knew that with Moses' speed and body, he could definitely eat Fox alive.
It was a good idea, but as soon as Payet released the ball, Fox took an extra step back.
When Faulk turned around, the ball was just at his feet, and it looked like Payet had passed it to Faulk on purpose.
Payet's pass directly amused the Leicester City fans in the stands.
On the end line of the penalty area, Fox, who completed a wonderful defense by Fu Zhixin, got the ball and immediately moved forward, directly looking for Chu Zheng on the wing to launch a counterattack.
But Fox's direct pass with his foot on the ground was a bit too strong.
In the area behind the left ribs of the center circle, Chu Zheng had just turned around to start, and Obiang had already moved laterally in front of him. A clean and extremely determined sliding tackle directly shoveled the ball out of the sideline, knocking Leicester to the sideline.
The city's counterattack was nipped in the bud.
In the stands, Leicester City fans jumped in anger when they saw that the team's counterattack was once again destroyed by West Ham United.
This is not the first time!
At this time, Ranieri also frowned on the sidelines and his face was a bit grim. He had already realized that his tactics and strategies for this game were being targeted.
At the same time, I also felt that my decision to move Chu Zheng to the side today was a bit hasty.