What surprised Xiao Yu in the league was Manchester United's away game against Wolves. As a result, although Sir Alex Ferguson's Red Devils had one game less, they were already 16 points behind Chelsea at the top of the list.
In the next 13 rounds of the league, Manchester United cannot make any more mistakes.
16 points almost means that Chelsea can win the championship five rounds in advance. The defending champion's unbeatable momentum this year has also put the Football Association into a distressing situation.
The Blues' dominance is not what they want to see. The Premier League has always been known as the most confrontational. If the Blues win the championship for several consecutive years, it will not be a good thing for them.
When no one could see it, an invisible hand stretched out...
On Valentine's Day in 2011, London fans welcomed their holiday gift at Craven Cottage - leader Chelsea played as a guest against Fulham.
The referee of this game is also Xiao Yu's "old acquaintance", the die-hard Tottenham fan - Dean.
Ancelotti also continues to try to create tactics that are compatible with Torres.
In this game, he put Drogba on the bench, and the forward trident was Xiao Yu, Torres and Anelka.
Ashley Cole, Terry, David Luiz and Ivanovic were also used as defenders.
The midfielder is still Essien, Lampard and Toni Kroos.
It seems that Anshuai still loves the 4-3-3 formation.
However, the protagonists of this game are not the players on the court.
In the 15th minute, Xiao Yu used an anti-offside single-handed ball to score Fulham's goal. However, referee Dean insisted that Xiao Yu caught the ball in an offside position and ruled the goal invalid.
In the 38th minute, Lampard took a corner kick into the penalty area and Torres scored with a header. However, the goal was once again blown away by referee Dean. The reason turned out to be that Ivanovic collided with the defender on the penalty area line, committed an offensive foul, and directed toward Ivanovic was shown a yellow card.
In the 43rd minute, Xiao Yu took the ball in the backcourt, passed four people through the midfield, and was tackled from the side by Sidwell in the center circle. Dean also showed Sidwell a yellow card.
This already made Ancelotti smell something different on the sidelines. He did not make a noise on the court, but asked the assistant coach to contact owner Roman Abramovich. In this game, it seemed that someone did not want the Blues to win.
At the end of the first half, Fulham basically had no offensive attack. Chelsea, whose half-time possession rate was as high as 78%, was denied two goals in succession.
In the second half, the game changed sides and Xiao Yu was once again placed in the attacking midfielder position.
The game continued. Chelsea carried out a high-pressure attack for 30 consecutive minutes. However, although there were dangers in front of Fulham's goal, they did not lose the ball despite being unable to retreat due to the iron barrel formation. The score was still 0:0.
Ancelotti had no choice but to make substitutions. He replaced Torres and Anelka on the striker at once, and replaced him with Drogba and Kalu.
When Drogba came on the scene, his impact put Fulham's iron barrel formation under some threat.
In the 78th minute, Drogba received Xiao Yu's through ball, fought against the 199-meter-tall Hanglund and broke into the penalty area and hit the ball into the far corner.
However, the referee Dean once again disallowed the goal and gave Drogba a yellow card, deciding that he had committed an offensive foul first.
Such a penalty made the Blue Army generals feel angry.
In the 83rd minute, David Luiz kicked the ball away from Dembele's feet on the penalty area line, and Dembele fell into the penalty area.
The referee immediately blew the whistle and pointed his finger at the twelve yard point.
This made David Luiz very angry, and he immediately went to argue, but was pulled away by Terry and Ivanovic.
Dempsey took the penalty kick, and Cech in front of the goal was fully focused. He made a side dive and held the ball firmly in his arms, making Fulham's plan fail.
Immediately after Cech launched the attack with a hand throw, Lampard quickly passed the midfield with the ball, and then found Xiao Yu with a diagonal pass.
Xiao Yu immediately turned on his full power and pushed forward after receiving the ball. Then he overtook Hughes and faced goalkeeper Schwarzer alone.
For Xiao Yu, Schwarzer has a shadow. In the previous Europa League, Xiao Yu never passed him.
This time, Schwarzer was still thinking. He seemed to have forgotten that Xiao Yu had already charged at full speed. Then, with just a small line change, Xiao Yu once again passed Schwarzer and shot into the empty goal.
The ball circled on the net for nearly two seconds before reluctantly falling into the goal.
There was no offside or physical contact with this goal. The ball went straight into the empty goal. Dean shook his head, whistled and pointed to the center circle.
Chelsea leads 1:0 away from home.
But in the 93rd minute, which was the last moment of stoppage time.
An unexpected scene occurred again on the field.
Dempsey broke through from the right side of the penalty area and was tripped by David Luiz. Referee Dane decisively awarded a penalty kick!
Dempsey's shot from the center was saved by Cech again, and he followed up with an overhead shot that missed.
In the end, the game was over, and Chelsea narrowly defeated Fulham 1:0 away from home.
After the game, Ancelotti also made a severe condemnation at the press conference: The referee dominated the game. We will appeal this game. This is not football, but shady!
Naturally, the media will not let go of such a controversial game——
·Chelsea 1:0 Fulham: 3 goals were disallowed, sparking heated discussion
·Chelsea narrowly beat Fulham: Referee decided the game?
·3 goals disallowed, 2 penalty kicks missed: Chelsea’s victory was not easy
·Fulham missed two penalty kicks: The referee failed to help?
·Ancelotti: The referee dominates the game. This is not football, but shady!
·Chelsea narrowly defeated Fulham away from home: the referee became the focus of the game
·3 goals disallowed: Chelsea 1:0 Fulham sparked heated discussion
·Valentine's Day present? The Blues had 3 goals disallowed and Fulham inexplicably got 2 penalties?
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After this game, Chelsea will have a week's rest. The next game they will fly to Denmark for the first round away game of the Champions League 1/8 finals. The opponent is Copenhagen, Denmark.
Before flying to Denmark, Xiao Yu will also celebrate his 18th birthday.
On this quiet night, Xiao Yu returned to the villa on the London seaside alone. Little did he know that there would be a special surprise waiting for him here.
Before returning to the villa, Elena told Xiao Yu that she needed to go out to deal with some things and asked him to wait for her to come back alone in the villa.
Xiao Yu was a little disappointed. He was sitting in the empty villa, the surroundings were quiet, and only his breathing was echoing.
He began to wonder if Elena would forget his birthday, after all it was an important moment in his life.
However, just as Xiao Yu was deep in thought, the doorbell suddenly rang.
He opened the door doubtfully, and what he saw shocked him.
