Chapter 563 Black Whistle at Home, Lin Quan Dives?

After De Bruyne returned, he was in excellent form in several consecutive games.

On November 24, in the fourth round of the Champions League group, Manchester City played away against Monchengladbach. De Bruyne, who came off the bench, once again provided an assist, helping the team defeat the opponent 2:1.

Two days later, in the 13th round of the Premier League, De Bruyne started the game. Although he was replaced less than 70 minutes into the second half, he still performed extremely well during his time on the court.

In the first half, he used his trademark 45-degree cross to assist Aguero in scoring. Before being replaced in the second half, De Bruyne himself scored a long shot from outside the penalty area.

The data of one pass and one shot also made De Bruyne named the best player of the game after the game.

In the end, Manchester City defeated Burnley 3:1 away from home and won two consecutive league victories.

This is also Manchester City's third victory in all competitions since De Bruyne's return.

Although Manchester City won, their position in the standings has not changed.

Chelsea defeated Tottenham 2:1 in the London derby. While winning 7 consecutive games, they also maintained their top spot in the league.

Because Chelsea's record last season was so bad, this season they only have league and domestic cup competitions, and no European games to play.

But this also saves Chelsea a lot of energy and the trouble of traveling all over Europe, allowing them to be in better condition to deal with their league competitors.

And after Chelsea won seven consecutive victories, the outside world's evaluation of Chelsea changed.

"Under the leadership of Conte, this Chelsea team has found a style of play that suits them. The players are also united as never before. There is no panic like the previous two seasons. They have gradually regained the team that once dominated the Premier League. The style of the Blue Army!”

"Although Manchester City is chasing after Chelsea, Manchester City has to fight on two or even three fronts. After the Club World Cup starts, they will have to fight on four fronts. Such a dense schedule and frequent games will have a great impact on the physical fitness and bench strength of Manchester City players. Depth is a huge test. If the main players in their team are injured again, I am afraid it will be really difficult to catch up with Chelsea."

"Considering that there are only a few games left before the end of the half-time period, if Chelsea can win the half-time championship, then they may really be able to win the Premier League championship from Manchester City!"

Although not many people think that this Chelsea team is really stronger than Manchester City in terms of physical strength, weak strength does not mean that they cannot win the championship.

Although Manchester City is strong, they have to be distracted by other games and cannot devote all their energy to the league.

It may be good to say now that after next spring, when the Champions League knockout rounds are at their most intense, the opponents Manchester City will encounter will inevitably be far stronger than they are now. By then, Manchester City will suffer huge losses in the Champions League.

And can Manchester City, which has suffered such huge consumption, still dominate the league?

I'm afraid it's difficult, especially with so many competitors.

And with the resurgence and rise of Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea, even the league is much more difficult to play than in previous years.

In this round of the league, in addition to the victories of Manchester City and Chelsea, teams at the top of the standings such as Liverpool and Arsenal all defeated their respective opponents.

The current pattern of the standings has not changed. Chelsea is at the top of the list with a one-point advantage, followed by Manchester City. Liverpool is 2 points behind Manchester City in third place. Arsenal is 2 points behind Manchester City and Liverpool. fourth.

The point difference between these four teams is only 3 points at most, which is very tight. It can even be said that this is the most fierce competition among the Premier League championship groups in the past ten years.

However, whether Chelsea can win the championship depends on whether they can take advantage of the strong dialogue with Manchester City.

The next round happened to be a direct dialogue between the two teams. This was a game worth six points.

Whoever wins will be ranked first, and whoever loses may be kicked out of the championship group!

In view of the importance of this game, the Fleet Street media had already begun to cover the game before it even started to warm up the game.

"Can the resurgent Manchester City stop Chelsea, which has won seven games in a row? 》

"Playing at the Devil's home court again, can Chelsea break the curse of invincibility at the Etihad Stadium? 》

"Lin Quan VS Hazard, who is the strongest breakthrough player in the Premier League?" 》

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Not only are the major media paying close attention to these issues, fans are also concerned about the answers to these questions.

Chelsea, who have won seven games in a row, look energized and unstoppable.

Although Manchester City has fallen into a trough some time ago, the prestige they have established in the past three years is still something that people dare not underestimate.

In such an important game that is very likely to determine the championship this season, who will have the last laugh?

The head coaches of both teams attached great importance to this game and chose to conduct closed training. They did not want the outside world to know their training situation. They seemed to be holding back big moves for this game.

On December 3, dark clouds gathered over the Etihad Stadium.

At the start of the game, the temperature in Manchester dropped to 2-3 degrees. If it rains again at this time, it will be a huge test for both players.

And rain is a normal thing in Manchester.

But even if the dark clouds gather, they still cannot stop the enthusiasm of the fans.

The Etihad Stadium, which is not that big, was packed as usual. In addition to a large number of local fans, there were also many foreign fans who came from all over the world to watch the game.

Being able to enjoy the peak matchup between Manchester City and Chelsea up close is definitely a very lucky thing for these fans who come from afar.

The head coaches of both teams obviously had big tricks up their sleeves. When the fans saw the positions of the players on both sides, they were shocked.

Manchester City and Chelsea unanimously chose a 3-back style of play!

The difference is that Manchester City's formation is 3421, while Chelsea's formation is 343.

After the start, both teams sought stability and did not attack rashly.

Chelsea's formation was originally more focused on offense.

But after Manchester City's players tested their defense, it soon became apparent that Chelsea's focus in this game was on defense.

This is not surprising, after all, Chelsea has not defeated Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium for several years.

There is still some psychological shadow in the team, and Manchester City's offensive ability is well known to the world. When facing them, paying attention to defense is the basic skill of every team.

In the entire football world, few teams dare to openly challenge Manchester City.

Chelsea have a lead in points. As long as they don't lose in this game, a draw is acceptable to them.

And once they lose to this, which can be called the biggest threat on their way to the championship, Chelsea cannot afford the consequences.

Seeing Chelsea playing so conservatively, Guardiola waved his hand and signaled the team to press forward and start an attack.

In this game, the three defenders Guardiola selected were actually very particular. He abandoned Zabaleta and Kompany and chose Van Dijk in the center, with Kolarov on the left and Stones on the right.

Both of these two players are players with strong offensive ability. Obviously, when choosing these players to start the game, Guardiola thought about using offense to defeat Chelsea.

Chelsea once had the strongest defensive ability in the Premier League under Mourinho's coaching.

Although Mourinho has left, many of those players have left the team.

But the gene of iron-blooded defense seems to be engraved in the bones of Chelsea people.

Facing Manchester City's fierce attack, the Chelsea people took advantage of the situation and launched a defensive counterattack, and they did a very good defensive job.

Conte has done a pretty good job in transforming Chelsea over the past six months.

Under his guidance, the Blues' defense has become a bit like a Serie A team, and their overall defensive ability has improved to a higher level. They also play very organized football and the players cooperate very well with each other. , almost no mistakes were made when rotating and filling positions.

The first half lasted 45 minutes. As a defensive side, Chelsea did not receive a single yellow card.

It can be seen from this point that Chelsea's defense is very successful and very clean.

But even so, it still couldn't stop the Manchester City people from sending the ball into Chelsea's door.

In the injury time of the first half, Chelsea center back Cahill scored an own goal and gave Manchester City a big gift.

This goal was actually very demoralizing. The first half of the game was about to end, but in the last few seconds you scored an own goal, which made everyone's efforts in the first half go to waste. It was really disappointing. Want to cry but no tears.

But Conte did not blame the players in the locker room, and even comforted Cahill, who scored an own goal.

"You guys played great, I'm so proud of you!"

"But you can do better!"

Conte's first words attracted the players' attention, and everyone looked up at him curiously.

Conte's words were not deliberately polite to comfort the players. He was really proud of these players.

After all, except for Cahill's own goal, Chelsea did not give Manchester City any chance for the entire 45 minutes of the first half.

There are probably not many teams in the entire football world that are capable of doing this.

But the team is now behind, so the style of play has to change in the second half.

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After the start of the second half, Conte replaced Pedro and replaced Willian.

William's appearance has greatly improved Chelsea's offensive power.

It is difficult for Manchester City's defensive players on the wing to keep up with William's speed, and not only does this guy have speed, his running and passing are constantly posing threats to Manchester City's wing.

But even so, Manchester City still played very calmly. In the 58th minute of the second half, they even played a series of wonderful cooperation in the frontcourt. In the end, Lin Quan sent a through ball in the penalty area. Aguero rushed over and fired a sweep. Sweep the ball towards the goal.

Chelsea's goalkeeper had surrendered, and the ball had already rolled to the goal line, but at this moment, Chelsea's No. 15 patter arrived, and the savior was shocked at the goal line, destroying the ball.

When Aguero saw that the ball did not go in, he hugged his head in frustration and fell to his knees. He regretted why he didn't use more force just now.

If this goal can be scored, the suspense of this game will basically be gone.

Wasted opportunities will be punished. After only 2 minutes, Chelsea responded in kind.

Fabregas' long pass found Diego Costa, who carried Kolarov and completed a low shot that broke through Navas's fingers and equalized the score.

This goal ignited the enthusiasm of the Blues fans in the stands. Within two minutes, Chelsea fans experienced the feeling of going from hell to heaven.

Two minutes ago, when they saw the team being pinned to the ground by Manchester City and almost conceding another goal, countless Blues fans were extremely frightened, fearing that the team would be defeated by the overlord Manchester City again.

And after only 2 minutes, they lost all the fear in their hearts, and there was only joy and full ambition.

If we continue playing like this, it may not be impossible to defeat Manchester City in an away game!

After Chelsea equalized the score, Manchester City was quite angry, and the players worked harder when attacking.

In the 65th minute, Manchester City's offense once again hit Chelsea's penalty area. Lin Quan dribbled the ball into the penalty area. When he was about to take a shot, he was tripped by the opponent's defender David Luiz.

This should have been an undisputed penalty kick, but the referee seemed not to see it and instead gave Lin Quan a yellow card, thinking that he had dived.

There was an uproar at the scene, and every Manchester City fan in the stands, including the players on the pitch, was stunned.

Doesn't this guy know that Lin never flops?

Showing a yellow card to such a player and judging him for diving? This guy was paid by the opponent to blow the whistle, right?

Aguero has long been dissatisfied with the referee. In the 24th minute of the first half, he was tripped by his opponent in the penalty area. The referee did not show any sign at that time, and this time he blew a false whistle blatantly.

Aguero was furious and came up to reason with the referee. However, the referee did not want to pay attention to him and instead signaled for the game to continue.

Chelsea's players saw that Manchester City's attention was on the referee, so they acted quickly and decisively, catching Manchester City off guard.

Willian, who came on as a substitute, received a pass from his teammate and rushed into Manchester City's penalty area. He defeated the goalkeeper in a one-on-one duel and scored the ball again.

The score became 2:1 and Chelsea reversed the game.

Aguero and other Manchester City players were unhappy when they saw that the referee ignored their protests and actually considered the goal valid.

They came up to surround the referee, and Aguero and Fernandinho even pushed the referee.

Without saying anything, the referee immediately took out two red cards and sent off Aguero and Fernandinho respectively.

The Manchester City players on the field and the Manchester City fans in the stands were all irritated. Many emotional fans near the edge of the stadium began to try to climb over the fence and rushed into the stadium to teach the referee who blew the black whistle.

Many fans began to throw coins, mineral water bottles and even mobile phones and other debris they carried with them onto the court.

The referee was relatively far away, so he was not hit much. On the contrary, the assistant referee and the fourth official who were close to the court were unlucky. Even the Chelsea coaching bench was hit by coins and mineral water bottles. Showers'.

Seeing that the scene was about to lose control, the game had to be interrupted. The referee also hurriedly left the field under the protection of security personnel and with the "coin rain" above his head.

If you continue to let the instigator stay on the court, something will happen. If Manchester City fans lose their minds, swarm him and beat him to death, then the matter will be serious.