After encountering two consecutive crises, Chelsea became cautious, especially in defending Yang Feng, and became all-out.
As a result, the referee became the busiest person on the field, and other Manchester City players also got more opportunities.
In the 19th minute, David Silva passed the ball from the right, and Yaya Toure, who was eager to redeem himself, stepped in and forced the kick. The football flew high into the stands, but Aguero on the other side had no one. Marking, the fans on the sidelines almost vomited blood.
In the 22nd minute, Yang Feng cleverly got rid of Ramirez, but was tackled by Lampard and brought to the ground. This almost triggered a conflict between the two sides, which ended with Lampard receiving a yellow card.
One minute later, Nasri passed Ivanovic and came to the bottom line. Yang Feng and Akun hit the goal.
Terry and Ashley Cole followed Yang Feng closely, and Cahill also followed Aguero closely, but missed David Silva who penetrated into the penalty area from the other side.
It was originally a great opportunity, but Nasri's long pass was unexpectedly high and unscientific. Xiwa had no choice but to imitate Yang Feng's upside-down golden hook, but she ended up feeling lonely.
"Nasri's beautiful breakthrough, cross! Silva's overhead kick... Oops, this fall is not easy..."
Yang Feng stretched out his hand to pull him up and said with a smile, "It hurts to see him."
Silva suppressed the urge to rub his butt in front of everyone, and said with a grimace: "I think it seems easy for you guys to play, why is it so difficult when you do it by yourself?"
Barbs are a typical thing that you can learn at a glance and then fail as soon as you learn them. Anyway, there are only a few essentials of the movements. They are clear in slow motion. However, in actual combat, most of them are used unconsciously when the ball is coming. come out.
After being crushed at home, Mourinho was no longer calm and began to make gestures to signal his players to step up their offensive.
Although I can't understand the specific meaning of his gestures, everyone can understand the general meaning.
"Chelsea started to step up their attack. Look at this ball. Ashley Cole, Hazard, Lampard asked for the ball, but they didn't give it to..."
Hazard kept shaking with the ball, and was knocked to the ground by Zabaleta when he was about to pass by.
There were boos in the stands immediately, but the referee only gave a verbal warning to the Manchester City defender, and Chelsea received a well-positioned free kick in the frontcourt.
Lampard kicked the ball into the stands.
Manchester City goal kick.
Clichy advanced to midfield and handed the ball to Kroos.
Yang Feng retreated and stood almost parallel to David Silva and Nasri.
On the surface, Cross could choose one of the three, but since Yang Feng, the top ball tyrant, has retreated, he actually only has one choice.
Ramirez clung to Yang Feng from behind, preventing him from turning around.
After Yang Feng caught the ball, his upper body continued to swing. He felt that his center of gravity was almost deceived, so he knocked the ball with his heel and turned around.
As expected, Ramirez failed to block it immediately and could only watch Yang Feng go away.
Ashley Cole was going to defend Silva, and this time only Terry made up for it.
Yang Feng passed the ball and successfully beat Terry. Unfortunately, Cahill had already stepped in quickly and kicked the ball passed by Yang Feng to Oscar.
Oscar kicked the ball out, and it was Hazard again.
Hazard broke through quickly and once again had a close encounter with Zabaleta.
Just as Yaya Toure wanted to come over to help defend, Hazard had already quickly feinted with his false foot to shake Zabaleta away.
Zabaleta had no choice but to reach out in panic and put Belgian Yang Kun to the ground again.
He quickly raised his hands to show that he didn't do it on purpose, but the referee didn't tolerate him this time and took out a yellow card before he even ran in front of him.
"Zabaleta fouled Hazard continuously and received a yellow card. This action was indeed a bit inappropriate. Chelsea won another free kick in almost the same position as before."
Lampard once again stood in front of the football.
Unlike when he was at Schalke 04, Manchester City didn't need Yang Feng to form a wall. He and Akun were pressed outside the penalty area, ready to counterattack at any time.
Lampard's free kick this time was of high quality and successfully crossed the wall, but unfortunately it hit the iron and bounced off the left goal post with a "bang" sound.
Torres overtook Demichelis and got the ball on the edge of the penalty area!
All the Chelsea fans couldn't help but cheer. Who knew Torres suddenly felt happy...
A low kick, hesitant, weak, and missed.
"This...is this actually a shot of Torres's level?" Martin Taylor said in disbelief. "In this case, he had ten ways to score the ball, but he chose the worst one!"
Torres also covered his mouth, a little unbelievable that he actually hit the ball just now.
He Shi couldn't help but sigh, "The golden boy is old, can he still make a living?"
Toniu fans couldn’t sit still.
"You're only twenty-nine years old, you're just as old as an old mud horse!"
"Oh, it's hard to make the first start..."
"This is different from when he was at Liverpool, Oblak would have knelt down in advance."
"It's just a mistake. Don't make random extensions."
No one saw that Mourinho and Abramovich shook their heads slightly at the same time, almost in sync.
This is Torres' fourth season at Chelsea. He has played 88 times in the Premier League and scored 19 goals.
Not as many as he scored in his first season at Liverpool.
Although they didn't score, Chelsea's offense came out.
The two sides went back and forth, and the fight was very stalemate.
"Nasri dribbled the ball, and Ramirez intercepted successfully! Crossed from the right, and Hazard single-handedly! Oh, what a pity, it was offside..."
"Chelsea is here again, look at this ball, it's Hazard again... Beautiful! Zabaleta can't do anything about Hazard... Hazard crosses the ball in front of the penalty area, Torres! He was brought down... In the 31st minute of the game, Nastasic fouled Torres in the frontcourt and got a yellow card..."
"The free kick was not scored, Manchester City's counterattack! Yang Feng, Aguero, passed back to Yang Feng...the long shot missed..."
"It's the 40th minute of the game, and Manchester City is still leading by one goal...Torres! He beat Clichy! Beautiful! This is the Torres we are familiar with! It's time to cross...Okay..."
Torres passed Clichy and passed from the right. Schürrle and Hazard hit the goal.
Demichelis and Nastasic failed to intercept, Oblak failed to stop the ball even after throwing it out, and Schurrle scored with a shot from the back.
1-1.
"Goal!!! Torres missed an opportunity to equalize the score, but quickly made up for his mistake with an assist at the end of the first half, and Chelsea finally tied the score!"
"This is Schürrle's first goal since joining Chelsea..."
Schürrle excitedly rushed to the sideline to celebrate, but Torres, who assisted, did not follow, but ran into the goal and took the ball out.
It can be seen that the Spanish forward still wants to send the ball into the opponent's goal himself.
Manchester City naturally wanted it. Both sides played a life-saving style in the last few minutes of the first half.
In the 41st minute, Ashley Cole passed the ball and Torres shot from the left side of the penalty area and hit the crossbar.
In the 42nd minute, Cross made a diagonal pass from a 45-degree angle, and Aguero's shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area was saved by Cech.
In the 44th minute, Lampard took a corner kick and Terry's header from 10 yards went wide.
In halftime stoppage time, Silva passed the ball, Yang Feng lifted the ball over Terry's head and then kicked the ball into the arms of Cech.
The whistle sounded and halftime was over.
Manchester City is now four points ahead of Chelsea and ranks first in the standings. If this draw is a draw, there will be no loss for them. The reason why everyone plays so actively is because the opponent is rare. Everyone has a fighting spirit, but Chelsea does not. Reluctant to miss this opportunity to further narrow the gap, Mourinho kept emphasizing the reasons for victory in the locker room, while Manchester City was peaceful and quiet, and everyone spent the fifteen minutes of the half chatting.
After the start of the second half, Chelsea continued to exert pressure, and Manchester City did not hold back, but responded strongly.
The two sides fought fiercely, but unfortunately the third goal never came.
Torres learned his shame and then acted bravely, and his performance was still very positive. The continuous attacks between him and Hazard caused a lot of trouble for Manchester City's defenders. The combined swords of Yang Feng and Aguero at Manchester City also made Chelsea's defenders It was hard to see, but unfortunately the shots from both sides seemed to be cursed. They were either high or wide. In the first 20 minutes of the second half, they did not even pose any threat to Oblak and Cech.
Mourinho made the first change and made continuous substitutions.
Mikel replaced Lampard, and Willian replaced the goal hero Schurrle.
No one expected that William would change the situation of the game as soon as he came on the field.
In the 66th minute of the game, William passed forward, Nastasic made a header error, and Oblak was knocked down by his own defender Demichelis.
Torres stopped the ball steadily on the right side of the penalty area and shot into the empty goal, 2-1.
"Goal!!!! Fernando Torres stepped forward again at the critical moment! After missing the chance to score, he passed and shot, helping the team equalize and overtake the score. Torres is definitely the best player in this game!"
"Manchester City's defense made a low-level mistake! Nastasic's header sent the ball to the feet of Torres. Oblak could have stopped it, but was knocked down by Demichelis... So, is Demichelis’ law coming back?”
Torres rushed to the sideline and performed the same soul-stirring kneel glide.
This is his first goal in seven league games this season, but everyone at Chelsea believes that the once omnipotent golden boy has made a strong recovery at this moment.
Probably only Yang Feng knew that they were overthinking...
He was somewhat of a Torres fan in his previous life, and he still has some memories of Torres' statistics this season. Although he can't remember the specific numbers, the total number of league and Champions League games in the entire season seems to be less than ten, otherwise there would be no He was loaned to Milan next season, and then returned to Atletico Madrid.
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