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Chapter 253 I don’t want to say that Chelsea will win the championship early, but this is the fact [Please subscribe, guys! 】

"Here it comes! Hazard's goal after a breakthrough! Ibrahimovic didn't shoot directly...pass again! Liang-!!! This ball is there!"

No. 13 minutes in the first half!Li Ang helped Chelsea open the scoring!The iconic shot in the penalty area!A truly tough bottle opener! "

In the Sina Sports studio, with the birth of Li Ang's goal to break the deadlock, the enthusiasm of Zhan Jun and Director Zhang was completely ignited!

"Still can't keep up. Tulalang actually didn't make any defensive mistakes, but in terms of speed, he was completely thrown away by Li Ang!
Why!Li Ang is so smart. When he met Fernandinho, he fought hard, and when he faced Tularan, he competed with speed! "

"So Mourinho now dares to let Li Ang have enough power to penetrate from behind. Li Ang has learned very quickly this season with Lampard. In terms of the midfielder's ability to penetrate from behind and score goals, Lampard is One of the best."

"Hehe~ Anyway, Li Ang has never lacked excellent teachers on the road of growth. Look at this, Xavi Alonso, Pirlo, and now Lampard. Anyway, Li Ang can learn some skills from them. …”

The two chatted in the studio, and fans in China began to look forward to Li Ang's final number of goals this season.

For the Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge, what they are more looking forward to is to wait for better news from Manchester City after successfully defeating Arsenal in this round.

Liverpool, currently ranked third in the Premier League, also has one more game to play and is as many as 10 points behind Chelsea.

In the eyes of Chelsea fans, there is not much difference between Liverpool and Arsenal. Neither of them poses much threat to Chelsea's championship this season.

So the most important thing now is to see when Manchester City, which has one game less than Chelsea and is eight points behind Chelsea, will fall behind.

It has been almost 4 years since they won the Premier League championship, and Chelsea fans are still extremely eager to use a Premier League championship trophy to announce the team's re-emergence.

Not only them, but every coach and player at Chelsea can't hide their excitement at this moment.

It’s still too early to win the final victory of the season.

But in the final sprint, removing a tough obstacle first will bring us one step closer to the championship trophy.

Not to mention too much, even if Manchester City draws one more game!
As long as the points between Manchester City and Chelsea reach 10 points, then after Chelsea beat Arsenal in this round, they only need to bite the bullet and win 4 more games to win the championship in advance!
This is a real and tangible goal. How can Chelsea fans not be excited at this moment?

As for Arsenal, which has just conceded a goal now, it has been ignored by most Chelsea fans.

The frenetic atmosphere at Stamford Bridge also further affected Chelsea's players.

However, Li Ang, who had just finished listening to the celebration with a flamboyant look, turned around and hugged his teammates, but once again took the initiative to sound the alarm for them.

"Keep your heads clear, brothers, we have just scored the first goal of this game. Arsenal is fully capable of returning this goal in the next game. We have to take advantage of the momentum still, Keep suppressing them!"

Li Ang's speech cleared up the minds of many Chelsea players on the field.

The next tactical gesture made by Mourinho quickly allowed the entire Chelsea team to unify their tactical thinking.

Wenger did not mess up his position at this moment. Originally, he planned to try the tactic of luring the enemy deep and then launching a quick counterattack from the wing.

After all, the striker's thigh is out due to injury today, and Giroud's presence makes Arsenal very suitable for long-pass counterattacks, so he came up with a five-midfield formation.

But at least at this moment, Li Ang's goal made Wenger sober up.Simply piling up the number of midfielders cannot correspondingly improve the quality of defense in the middle.

No matter how active Podolski and Chamberlain are in returning to defense, they are not full-time defensive midfielders after all. What they are good at is still playing offense.

In other words, what Arsenal is good at is to suppress the opponent on the offensive end in order to obtain more offensive rounds.

Forced counter-attacking is not Arsenal's specialty.

This is determined by the tactical tone of the entire team.

After all, your usual tactical drills and cooperation between players are all based on the tactical tone of smooth attack.

It is basically unrealistic to suddenly change the style of play and still expect to achieve results.

Therefore, the professor who had figured it out quickly realized that he had been hesitant in his pre-game tactical arrangements.

They have to fight in this game, so they don't need to think so much at all. After all, if they have to fight against the odds, they must at least compete with their opponents in the field they are most familiar with.

Sometimes I think too much and end up putting handcuffs and anklets on myself to increase restraints.

So after the game restarted, Chelsea's players on the field and Mourinho off the field quickly discovered the tactical changes of Arsenal's entire team.

It is impossible to say that the tactical thinking was completely reversed in an instant, and the momentum of the entire team changed drastically.

After all, the professor is not Uncle Ji and later Qi Xuanzong, he does not play metaphysics.

But there is no doubt that after Wenger learned his lesson and made up his mind to storm Chelsea, the overall morale of his players really improved!
The tactical change Mourinho made was from seizing proactive offensive opportunities to actively disrupting Arsenal's counterattack rhythm.

Li Ang originally planned to direct his teammates to press Arsenal in a short period of time.

But after seeing the momentum of Arsenal's midfield and frontcourt after the restart, he did not overestimate it.

After thinking for a moment, Li Ang gave up the idea of ​​​​interrupting Arsenal's offensive rhythm by pressing high.

Chelsea still shrunk their formation. Under the command of Li Ang, Hazard and De Bruyne also returned to the center line.Lampard recovered the top of the arc in his own half.

Li Ang himself returned directly to the midfielder position, with Matic on the left and him on the right.

The Chelsea team changed smoothly and changed into the classic formation of 4231.

Hazard, Lampard and De Bruyne directly formed Chelsea's first interception line.

Behind them, Matic and Li Ang firmly locked the rib area in their own half.

For Arsenal, who always likes to use the opponent's rib space to make fuss about passing and cutting, this can no longer be simply described as uncomfortable.

You must know that nowadays Li Ang rarely appears in the midfielder position for pure defense.

Generally speaking, if he does not play as a defensive midfielder, then Matic is currently the number one defensive midfielder in the Premier League.

And if he takes the initiative to play as a defensive midfielder, he will be the first, and Matic will be second.

So Arsenal's current offense can be seen as forcing the top two defensive midfielders in the Premier League to join forces.

Looking at this scene in the live broadcast, the Gunners fans didn't know whether they should feel sad or proud.

There is only one Premier League team worthy of Li Ang taking the initiative to defend, and it is becoming increasingly rare.

But forcing Chelsea to play their strongest defensive form, Arsenal seemed to have no chance of attacking again in the first half.

In the first half of the league, Arsenal, whose main force was fighting against Chelsea, could not do anything to defeat Chelsea.

Now Arsenal has given up a main center forward.

If Giroud could successfully pry open the door of Chelsea's defense, then Giroud would not be playing for Arsenal now, and the team more suitable for him should be Bayern or Real Madrid.

Li Ang and Matic brought back the wall of sighs in front of Chelsea's penalty area.

That is to say, Lampard is not at his peak, otherwise Chelsea would not only be defensive at this moment.

Even if Lampard returns to the level he was four years ago, Chelsea can directly open up Arsenal on the counterattack!
In other words, in the defensive midfielder position, if Chelsea still has Essien who is at [-]% peak condition, Li Ang can take over Lampard's position and role and now he can break down Arsenal's central defense.

It's a pity that such a midfield combination may be too abnormal for God to stand.

So it staggers the peak years of Liang, Matic and Lampard and Essien.

Just like when he was in Real Madrid and Milan, Li Ang was paired with Brother Long and Master Pi who were past their peak.

Mourinho was sitting on the coaching bench at the moment, watching the fierce offensive and defensive rhythm of the two teams on the field, his eyes focused, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Compared with his calmness, Mr. Wenger stood on the sidelines with his hands folded, looking somewhat anxious.

In the 203rd minute of the first half, Chamberlain received a through ball from Cazorla after a dribbling breakthrough, successfully made the pass, and sent Arsenal's first threatening cross in the first half.

Giroud gritted his teeth and resisted Terry's interference, barely shaking his head and touching the football.

Unfortunately, despite Cech's dedicated save, Giroud's attack was still missed by a single palm.

The Arsenal fans at the scene all held their heads and sighed in annoyance. Wenger also closed his eyes and frowned. He clenched his hands into fists and then slowly released them while shaking his head.

Five minutes later, Podolski responded to Giroud's header from the penalty area. After a slight adjustment, he shot directly from a long distance and hit the goal with a heavy shot!
Unfortunately, the football slightly inwardly rotated and missed the near post.Podolski roared up to the sky unwillingly, while the Gunners fans sighed once again.

After these two attacks were fruitless, Arsenal fell into the rhythm of repeated cross passes and back passes.

Occasionally the passes that could be sent to the wing could only be converted into clearance statistics for Terry and Gary Cahill, because it was too difficult to penetrate the Chelsea penalty area from the front.

In just about ten minutes after Li Ang retreated, he had already achieved three successful steals and two successful aerial battles.

Matic's defensive efficiency on his side is also similar.

Now Arsenal only has Cazorla who is in decent condition and can be called a master dribbler.

Like Chamberlain and Podolski, if there is no space to rush forward, then the threat can only be greatly reduced.The key is that the threat of the two of them from the wing is far less than that of Walcott, but the frequent injuries of the little tiger make it difficult for him to complete a complete season.

Speaking of which, after entering 2010, Wenger and Arsenal's luck has been surprisingly bad every year.

After their respective peak seasons, Fabregas and Van Persie broke up with their teams and left to pursue their championship dreams.

Wenger made some repairs, and although he could still lead Arsenal into the top four of the Premier League and qualify for the Champions League, the draw for the knockout rounds of the Champions League in recent years has been extremely unfavorable to Arsenal.

You say you want to compete in the league, but every year the Arsenal team suffers the most serious injuries among the top teams in the Premier League.

So sometimes we really can't say that Wenger and Arsenal are at this level.

With a lot of talented but injured young players.

It is not easy for Mr. Wenger to be able to support himself until now.

Li Ang deeply sympathized with this, but when it was time to strike hard, he would not be merciful at all.

Arsenal continued trial and error on the wing, not only looking for possible threats to attack, but also constantly giving Chelsea opportunities to figure out their offensive cards.

Previously, Chelsea's wings had given them opportunities, and most of the time it was Bertrand's side who missed someone, allowing Chamberlain to successfully send a cross.

But Li Ang knows that even though Bertrand usually prefers to play on the offensive end, once he gets serious, his single defense ability ranks among the top left backs in the entire Premier League.

And who can make him become nervous and serious immediately?
Of course that is Mourinho, the iron-blooded boss of Chelsea who is standing on the sidelines and staring at him!

Li Ang was waiting for a good show, but after being yelled at by Mourinho twice, Bertrand did not dare to waste any more time.

In the 304th minute of the first half, Cazorla wanted to recreate the tacit passing and running cooperation with Chamberlain and forcefully hit Bertrand's side.

As a result, Chamberlain had just started to start this time, and Bertrand blocked his position in advance, turned around and ran wildly, shoveling the ball before the football passed him, and gave the shovel to Terry who came to meet him!
Li Ang and Matic immediately pulled away, turned around and raised their hands.

Terry passed the ball to Matic who was closer to him. Upon seeing this, Li Ang immediately started to move forward with a tacit understanding.

Matic did not forcefully look for Li Ang this time, because he saw that the moment Li Ang moved forward, Arsenal's trailing Tulalan and Arteta standing on the center line immediately moved closer to Li Ang.

So this time he passed the ball directly to Lampard near the center line.

Shen Deng took the ball and turned around without taking more. Seeing that Hazard was already in position to start, he stuffed the ball directly.

Hazard, who was racing on the left wing, was quite confident when facing Sagna again.

As the Premier League champion so far this season, Hazard also has corresponding tactical privileges in the Chelsea team.

When he was not too attached to the ball, his breakthrough attempts were allowed by the Chelsea team and Mourinho.

After all, no matter how strict the tactical design is, it still needs a flash of inspiration from a talented player to add the threat of uncertainty.

And this time Hazard did not disappoint his teammates.

From slowing down when leading the ball from the outside to speeding up after spiking the ball, Hazard passed Sagna again in less than two seconds!
However, in the rib area about 5 meters away from the Arsenal penalty area, Hazard once again chose a decisive cross.

The football passed by Lampard who followed up in the middle, and also skipped Tulalang who returned to defend.

Li Ang is in the best position to catch the ball.

But at this moment, there is Gibbs in front of him, who is watching eagerly from behind, so the other Arsenal defensive players are relatively relieved.

At least Li Ang will not have the possibility to directly complete the shot. Gibbs has time to take a tactical foul.

But the moment they saw Li Ang's next move, countless Gunners fans in front of the TV couldn't help but exclaimed!
Li Ang faced Hazard's quick pass without stopping the ball or adjusting.

After plugging in, he quickly swung his right calf, tightened the arch of his foot, and pushed the ball into the Arsenal penalty area!

Koscielny was still directing the positions of his teammates on the back line at this moment. Gibbs, who was marking Li Ang, and he didn't expect that Li Ang would dare to send a through ball so boldly!
Another thing is that Li Ang's pass to the ground is too powerful.

While quickly penetrating Arsenal's defensive interception, it also made it difficult for Ibrahimovic in the penalty area to reach the pass.

Of course, there are reasons why Li Ang dared to say this.

In order not to delay the momentum of counterattack, sometimes necessary risk-taking attempts can be made.

Moreover, Li Ang has done this kind of passing and running cooperation with Ibrahimovic or Lukaku more than once in normal training.

Lukaku will most likely miss Li Ang's powerful through ball. After all, there will always be some problems with his position in the middle.

Ibrahimovic is unable to complete the adjustment of offloading the ball most of the time, because his explosive speed has also dropped a lot compared to when he was young.

But Ibrahimovic has a good sense of position, and he is tall and has long legs. He cannot offload the ball, but he can always complete unexpected forced shots.

At this moment, Ibrahimovic took the tall Mertesacker from the left side of the penalty area and completed an oblique insertion into the middle of the penalty area at the moment when Li Ang sent a powerful through ball.

Seemingly unable to keep up with the speed of the football, Ibrahimovic did not appear panicked at all.

While running, he suddenly threw himself out. Then he stretched his body as much as possible and stretched out his right leg.Try to poke the ball with your toes!
Mertesacker was numb at this moment!

Not to mention whether his reaction is as fast as Ibrahimovic's, even if he can react, his body flexibility and flexibility are not as exaggerated as Ibrahimovic!

Szczesny rushed towards the far corner of the goal in a flash of lightning, but after he jumped out, he was horrified to find that Ibrahimovic stabbed the ball directly into the middle of the goal!

When the football hit the net behind Szczesny again without any suspense, the Polish national goalkeeper slapped the turf angrily!
And just inside their penalty area, Ibrahimovic was already hugging Li Ang, who rushed up and roared happily!
2-0!

For other teams, this is not a safe enough score.

But for Chelsea, this score is enough for them to win this game.

After Wenger saw Ibrahimovic scoring Chelsea's second goal, he sat on the coaching bench without looking back and seemed to be much more relaxed.

Arsenal made no further tactical adjustments until halftime.

Mourinho made no further tactical adjustments until the start of the second half.

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea replaced Lampard with Ramirez, further strengthening the midfielder's ability to strangle and intercept.

Six minutes into the second half, Wenger also made substitution adjustments. He replaced Podolski, who had average performance today, with young winger Serge Gnabry.

But just 3 minutes after he made the substitution, Mourinho replaced Hazard, who played very well today, with Karas who had finished warming up.

Azpilicueta moved in, partnering with John Terry and Gary Cahill to form a three-back centre-back.

The newly introduced Kalas faced off against Gnabry, who was just introduced by Wenger. Mourinho's intentions for the substitution were almost invisible.

At this moment, De Bruyne also retreated to the midfield. Chelsea, whose formation changed to 541, can be said to be full of defensive players in their own half.

After another ten minutes, the professor couldn't sit still anymore and replaced his last offensive card on the bench, the young center Sanogo.

As a result, Arsenal has two tall centers on the field with a height of over 1 meters, at the cost of further weakening their midfield defense.

Tularan was off the field, and Wenger, who was desperate, almost asked Mertesacker to directly play as a center forward. He wanted to use three battering rams to directly defeat Chelsea's defensive system.

At this time, Mourinho did not hesitate to let David Luiz, who had returned from injury, fully warm up and play on the line!
De Bruyne was eventually replaced. At this moment, Chelsea, which had four central defenders in the penalty area, also surprised countless neutral fans!
But, this is Mourinho too!
In order to win reliably, he could withstand the pressure of public opinion and hold on at the last moment.

Even Ibrahimovic actively ran back to his own half to help defend in the final game time!

This crazy scene left countless Gunners fans exhausted.

When the referee finally blew the whistle, the Arsenal players on the field and the Gunners fans in front of the TV even felt relieved.

This Chelsea defensive torture battle against them is finally over!

Well, their hopes of giving it a last try and winning the Premier League title have been wiped out by Chelsea themselves.

But after trying their best, facing the reality of the absence of the main center, the Arsenal team had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of failure.

After the game, the Chelsea team celebrated at home for a long time.

Faced with an interview request from a Sky Sports reporter, Li Ang also made some confident remarks that were destined to stir up public opinion in the Premier League.

"This season is not easy. We have many opponents. You have also seen that compared to Manchester United's easy victory last year, the competitors we have to face this season are obviously stronger.

Guardiola's Manchester City are not easy to deal with. They are still biting us in the back.

But fortunately, after winning this game, we already have the foundation to win the championship in advance!

Yes, although I don’t want to arrogantly say that Chelsea will win the championship early...

But this is already a fact! "

　Let’s have a meal. When I get back, I’ll post today’s third update.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)