However, because the football bounced relatively high, Lampard did not dare to use all his strength in order to aim. The power of this world wave was not maximized, and the angle was not tricky enough.
In the end, Lehmann was saved by his superb performance.
This time Chiellini did not make a blind save, but accurately passed the ball to Deng Kai, who was retreating to receive the ball.
Deng Kai knocked down Zola who was trying to grab a ball with a fried ball in his own penalty area and then sent a long pass.
Kai style counterattack!
Fowler galloped downfield and successfully caught the ball.
Franck Ribery was alongside Fowler.
Terry quickly returned to defense, one against two.
Seeing that Fowler was about to enter the penalty area, Terry made a fake move forward.
Fowler crossed to Ribery.
Terry suddenly ran towards Ribery.
He made the right bet!
boom!
Terry shoveled, trying to destroy the football before Ribery.
However, Ribery's ability to control the ball exceeded Terry's expectations.
Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Ribery's near-end foot unexpectedly kicked the ball while touching it.
The football flew.
Terry didn't tackle the football in the first place.
Instead, he brought down Ribery.
Beep!
The referee blows the whistle.
While pointing at the penalty spot, he ran over and showed Terry a yellow card.
When Ribery picked the ball, he had already entered the penalty area.
Yellow dot set meal!
"Oh! Terry is really unlucky in this game!"
"He is obviously the player with the best defensive positioning in the team... He moves very quickly. He caught up with Fowler and Ribery and showed his defensive intelligence."
"He almost completed a textbook one-two defense."
"But sometimes, the difference between a hero and a sinner is just that!"
"But what is gratifying is that Chelsea fans understand football. They did not boo Terry. They can see Terry's efforts and role in it."
"Without Terry, it wouldn't have been a penalty, it would have been a free kick from Ribery."
"Hey...why hasn't Zola gotten up yet?"
"Deng Kai signaled from the sidelines to let the team doctor and stretcher enter!"
"Is Zola hurt?"
The camera shows Zola.
He held his left leg and thigh, showing some pain.
After the team doctor came over, he just did a simple examination and immediately shook his head at Ranieri in the coaching bench.
Ranieri had no choice but to use the team's versatile player Stanek as a substitute.
Subsequently, Deng Kai took a penalty kick and succeeded.
Two to zero!
Manchester City finally scored their first goal of the season against Chelsea.
At the same time, they are one step closer to the FA Cup final.
After Stanik came on the field, Chelsea's offense was not as good as before.
He does not have Zola's delicate foot skills and cannot connect the midfield and frontcourt.
Chelsea's offensive methods degenerated into simple and crude British long passes.
This greatly reduces the difficulty of defending Manchester City's defense.
In the 54th minute, Gudjohnsen made a pass, but Hasselbaink failed to touch the football under the double-teaming of Hierro and Chiellini.
But just when everyone thought the game was settled, in the 66th minute, Chelsea turned around.
Lampard used his body to complete a dribble in midfield.
Essien made up for the mistake and was given a second yellow card by Lampard.
Two yellows turned into one red, Essien was sent off, and Manchester City faced off with ten men!
"This is Lampard's advantage. He has the brains, skills, body, long-range shooting and impact among midfielders!"
"As a result, Manchester City will not only face many variables in this game, but even if they win the game, they will also be in trouble in the final."
"As the backbone of Manchester City's defense, Essien is almost irreplaceable on the defensive end."
"Manchester City, whose defense is already terrible, may become a sieve if they lose Essien."
Manchester City responded quickly during this dead ball phase.
Replaced Fowler with Adriano.
Thiago Silva replaces Baggio.
Thiago Silva moved to the midfielder position.
In this way, Manchester City's forward line will have one less person.
This is why Fowler was replaced with Adriano.
In the combination of Adriano + Ribery, the former has height and strength and can act as a bridgehead.
The latter has speed and dribbling.
Put together, it is one high and one fast, standard configuration.
As an opportunistic forward, Fowler is difficult to threaten in weak situations.
His highlights this season are basically based on Manchester City's highlights.
Fowler currently has seventeen goals in the league and is also in the top scorer list.
But when you analyze in detail the score his goals bring to the team, you will find that his goal scoring rate is very low.
Most of the time, City would have won the game without these goals from Fowler.
Among all the shooters in the Premier League this season, Deng Kai, Irving, and Cristiano Ronaldo rank in the top three in terms of goal scoring rate among players who have scored more than ten goals.
The top two on this list last season were Ruud van Nistelrooy and Henry.
They are well-deserved key players.
In the 72nd minute, Deng Kai hugged Gudjohnsen after losing the ball and received a yellow card.
In the 79th minute, Hasselbaink shot first to create a corner kick.
Then Terry completed his redemption with a header into Lampard's corner kick.
One to two!
Chelsea sounded the clarion call for counterattack.
In the 81st minute, Gudjohnsen blasted Maicon one-on-one on the wing.
Maicon made a defensive error and was passed by Gudjohnsen and then pulled the latter's jersey. Gudjohnsen immediately fell to the ground.
Clearly, he has an element of acting.
But there is no doubt that Maicon committed a foul.
In the end, Maicon received a yellow card.
Gudjohnsen completed a hat-trick of yellow cards!
The Icelandic sniper became the biggest headache for Chelsea players in this game.
In the 82nd minute, Lampard took a tactical free kick and tried to drop the football into the penalty area.
But Thiago Silva, who came on as a substitute, performed actively, running and jumping to grab the ball and push the football to the back point.
After receiving the ball, Grosso completed a one-two with Deng Kai and advanced with the ball.
Manchester City fought back again.
After Grosso took the ball into the offensive third, he went straight towards Adriano.
Terry's flying tackle destroyed the football early.
Five meters away from the outside of the penalty area, Deng Kai rushed to the goal and fired a long-range shot.
Chelsea goalkeeper Cudicini from Italy played superbly and blocked Deng Kai's long shot.
But the next moment, Ribery jumped into the penalty area and hit an empty goal with a supplementary shot.
Three to one!
Manchester City scored a goal with one less player to extend their lead again.
This was undoubtedly a shot in the heart for Chelsea.
After the goal, all Manchester City players celebrated wildly, which lasted at least two minutes.
It wasn't until they were complained that they reluctantly returned to their own half.
In the following time, Manchester City played extremely ugly and completely shrunk.
In the 88th minute, Sun Jihai replaced Maicon.
The reason why Maicon was replaced was not because he received a yellow card.
It's because he is the furthest away from where players are entering and exiting the field.
At this time, the major leagues have not yet stipulated the principle of leaving the field as close as possible when a player is replaced. When being substituted, he must go to the fourth official on the midfield side and give a high-five to the player on the field.
In this way, when Maicon came running all the way, wouldn't the time have been consumed by another minute?
Maxa is not good at playing football, but he is always good at deceiving people with all kinds of bells and whistles.
A few minutes later, as footballs were kicked into the sky one after another.
The referee blew three whistles to end the game.
