"Okay, Sporting Lisbon's main lineup is Baggio, Fowler, and Ribery."
"Deng Kai, Essien, Toure."
"Grosso, Chiellini, Hierro, Maicon."
"Lyman."
"There's nothing much to say about this lineup. This should be Manchester City's most dominant lineup."
With a whistle.
The game officially begins.
Chelsea continued their onslaught in the first five minutes.
They are one of the few teams in the Premier League at this stage that can combine long passes and crosses with some delicate coordination.
This is what Italian players like Zola bring to Chelsea.
But in the sixth minute, after Manchester City got the ball, Deng Kai took the initiative to retreat.
The rest of the players started pressing up.
In the end, relying on the numerical advantage to carry the football past half-time.
Then Maicon made a pass and launched a threatening attack.
If Robbie Fowler has any help this season, he grabs every position and hits the goal with a flick.
It's a pity that Cudicini saved it.
But this attack shocked the Chelsea people into a cold sweat.
They have seen a lot of defensive counterattacks.
This is not a defensive counterattack by Manchester City.
It is a true continental attack.
It's Arsenal's offensive style of passing and coordination with the entire army pressing forward.
Extremely powerful!
Chelsea swore that when they played against Manchester City in the early stages of the league, Manchester City was a sieve and there was no such offensive pressure at all.
When they played against Manchester City last month, Manchester City was also soft. How come they have completely changed in just one month?
This question can be easily answered by veteran Manchester City fans.
First of all, on the day of that game, the Manchester City players knew that Deng Kai was going to the Oscars that night and would bring them autographs.
It is impossible to say that it has no impact on the state of the game.
Secondly, you don’t even look at what Manchester City has in the league.
Ashley Young, Adriano, Ribery
Deng Kai, Thiago Silva, Sun Jihai
Grosso, Chiellini, Fonte, Lahm
Caballero!
Most of the players here are Manchester City's substitutes.
There are even players who haven’t played in many years.
Fonte: That's right!
And the goalkeeper is also very crucial, Caballero! Do you know who Caballero is?
That's a goalkeeper-level player who can defend Argentina alone!
Whenever the goalkeeper is Petr Cech, he will concede two fewer goals.
Don't look at it. Cech is almost one of the worst goalkeepers in the Premier League this season.
But most of the goals he conceded were lost during attacks, and there were also many goals conceded due to mistakes and own goals.
In addition to these, his save success rate is actually quite amazing.
Only counting Cech's save success rate in front of the goal line, he ranks in the top three in the Premier League!
This is also the reason why Deng Kai dares to practice Cech's attacks all the time.
Because the data shows that even if Cech cannot practice, his basics are still there.
There will be no situation where you can neither practice nor go back.
Eleventh minute.
Lampard showed his insight and connected with Hasselbaink with a through ball.
Hierro put enough pressure in time, causing Hasselbaink to stop the ball slightly.
Lehmann, who attacked, successfully resolved the crisis and did not give Hasselbaink a chance to kick. Otherwise, Manchester City would be hanging in the balance.
In the seventeenth minute, Chelsea, who was suppressed most of the time, showed their sharp counterattack skills.
Terry connected with Zola, who shook continuously, causing Toure's yellow card.
This is a relatively big blow to Manchester City.
Because Toure plays a very key role in the midfield, he is responsible for all areas between the two penalty areas, and naturally he is also responsible for both offense and defense.
Getting a yellow card early will seriously affect his performance on the defensive end.
Twenty-seven minutes.
Baggio retreated and passed the ball to Deng Kai who was pulled to the wing.
Deng Kai flicked the ball from the wing and accelerated, eating Chelsea right back Mario alive.
Deng Kai cut inside and reached the edge of the penalty area.
Chelsea right center back Graeme defended the ball.
Lampard also tried to double-team Deng Kai.
boom!
Deng Kai dodged again, forming a three-stage advance route vertically, diagonally to the right and forward.
He completely shook his opponent away and completed a powerful and heavy cross pass in front of the baseline.
boom!
The football hit Terry's calf as he was running back and bounced into Chelsea's own goal.
After a brief silence, the Manchester City fans cheered.
"GOAL! Beautiful! So beautiful!"
"This is Deng Kai! He can do almost everything on the court."
"This sharp breakthrough from the wing, you say he is Cristiano Ronaldo, I believe it!"
"The key point is that Ronaldo can't send such a threatening cross ball!"
"Deng Kai successfully scored an own goal."
"Terry seemed a little frustrated. He was so unlucky. If he hadn't come over, the ball might have just slipped through the door because Fowler, Baggio and others were not in place."
"But Terry didn't dare to gamble, and Deng Kai's pass was too fast, giving Terry no chance to avoid it."
One to zero!
Manchester City leads Chelsea.
But the record between Manchester City and Chelsea this season has actually not changed.
They still haven't scored a single goal.
In three games, Chelsea scored nine goals, eight into Manchester City's goal and one into their own goal. The efficiency was terrifyingly high.
Thirty-one minutes.
Pettit connected with Gudjohnsen.
Gudjohnsen took a long shot while dribbling the ball.
Essien made a mistake in the tackle and brought down Gudjohnsen.
This is a typical offensive and defensive battle.
Gudjohnsen's long shot was a temporary decision. If it was really hit, it would not pose a threat to the goal.
He anticipated Essien's ground tackle.
Essien was tricked by Gudjohnsen.
This great Icelandic sniper has a long history of tutoring and has rich experience in drawing fouls.
Gudjohnsen had played for the Icelandic national team as early as 1996 when he was sixteen years old, and the player he replaced at that time was his father, known as the "Icelandic Football King"!
Coming from a family of football kings, he is still an indispensable and important forward member of the team even after Chelsea entered the era of Mourinho and Drogba.
Sure enough, the referee came over and showed Essien a yellow card.
Two of the three players in Manchester City's midfield received yellow cards.
Things don't look good.
However, Manchester City's offensive became even more fierce after that.
Deng Kai frequently gestured to his teammates to press forward.
Even Toure kept pushing forward.
It is precisely because there is trouble on the defensive end that we have to attack with all our strength.
This is a gamble.
Bet on your offensive ability.
Bet that Manchester City can score before Chelsea can break through Manchester City's own defense.
Thirty-four minutes.
Zola cut inside Grosso and then sent a wonderful pass.
Hasselbaink's header hit the post and came within centimeters of a goal.
boom!
Chiellini made a big save.
But after the football fell to the outside of the penalty area, Lampard, who was caught up, kicked back a long shot.
