Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

The situation on the field fell into a brief chaos. After the referee blew the whistle and after a brief consideration, he showed Courtois a red card and awarded a penalty.

This decision immediately triggered strong protests from Chelsea players and the bench, but the referee insisted on his decision.

After the penalty was awarded, Li Lei stood on the penalty spot. Before the penalty, he adjusted his breathing and then shot calmly.

The ball flew smoothly into the net, rewriting the score to 2:0, consolidating Manchester City's lead in this crucial duel.

At this moment, in the live broadcast room, the anchor Gao Yi excitedly explained the wonderful moments of the game.

"Wow! Li Lei calmly sent the ball into the bottom of the net, and Manchester City now leads Chelsea 2:0!"

"This is a huge blow to Chelsea, but it is a very crucial goal for Manchester City."

"Courtois' red card and subsequent penalty changed the entire trend of the game."

"Now Chelsea needs to think about how to catch up with one less player."

"Dear viewers, we have more exciting games waiting for us, don't leave!"

Li Lei's goal instantly caused a thousand waves, and fans in Gao Yi's live broadcast room swiped waves of barrages.

"Li Lei is so steady, this shot is beautiful!"

"Courtois' red card is too controversial, is the referee too harsh?"

"Manchester City's performance in this game is really too strong, Chelsea is under great pressure now!"

"I just went to get snacks, and when I came back it was 2:0, the pace of this game is too fast!"

"Come on, Li Lei, I hope you can get a hat trick!"

Gao Yi continued his commentary, his voice full of excitement: "Look at this stadium, look at this atmosphere!"

"Although Manchester City is leading now, we know that football games are always full of variables."

"Chelsea is small but can't be underestimated. They have the ability to fight back at any time."

"In the next game, Manchester City needs to stay focused, and Chelsea needs to find a breakthrough."

Facing Manchester City's 2:0 lead, Chelsea's head coach urgently needs to make adjustments to save the situation of the game.

He decided to make tactical and personnel adjustments, hoping to find opportunities to narrow the score gap in the disadvantageous situation of one less player.

Chelsea's head coach decided to strengthen the midfield's control. He replaced a winger with a more defensive midfielder, Knightley, to enhance the midfield's stability and recovery ability.

In addition, he adjusted the formation from 4-2-3-1 to a more compact 4-3-2.

This can form a numerical advantage in the midfield, try to suppress Manchester City's midfield activities, and reduce their passing routes.

In order to cope with the disadvantage on the offensive end, Chelsea's coach also instructed the remaining two forwards, Costa and Loftus-Cheek, to keep high pressure as much as possible, trying to break through Manchester City's defense through quick counterattacks.

He hopes that through such adjustments, at least the defense can be kept stable, while also looking for opportunities to make a fatal blow.

In the face of Chelsea's adjustments, in order to obtain the final victory, Manchester City's head coach Guardiola also responded.

Seeing that Chelsea strengthened the midfield's defense, he instructed his team to increase the breakthrough and cross on the wing while maintaining the ball, and use the full-back's scramble and the wingers' speed advantage to tear through the opponent's defense.

Guardiola also made a personnel adjustment. He replaced the tired Toure with the faster Sterling to strengthen the attack on the wing.

Sterling's task is to create chaos on the wing through personal skills and speed, creating more shooting opportunities for Aguero and De Bruyne in the middle.

In addition, Guardiola also adjusted the layout of the midfield, allowing De Bruyne to retreat to the midfield more to receive the ball, so as to use his long pass ability and vision to attack the defensive gaps that may appear after Chelsea's adjustment.

As the game entered the critical stage, the tension on the field became more and more intense.

Although Manchester City was leading, Chelsea did not give up the hope of chasing, and their tactical adjustments made the game more stalemate.

Despite the shortage of people, Chelsea still tried to tear Manchester City's defense with fast passes and movements. Costa and Loftus-Cheek constantly challenged Manchester City's central defender combination Otamendi and Mangala on the front line.

Costa used physical confrontation to win space several times and tried to turn and shoot in the penalty area, but Otamendi's accurate judgment and timely tackle prevented these attempts.

Loftus-Cheek also showed his flexibility, a clever feint to get rid of the defense, and then tried a low shot in the far corner.

But goalkeeper Joe Hart reacted very quickly, he flew to save the ball from the bottom line, defusing a very threatening attack.

Manchester City is solid in defenseAt the same time, they took advantage of the opponent's offensive gap to launch a quick counterattack.

De Bruyne and Sterling became the key figures in the counterattack.

In a counterattack, De Bruyne quickly launched an offensive after stealing in the midfield. His precise straight pass found Sterling, whose speed was completely ahead of the chasing Chelsea defender.

Sterling took the ball to Chelsea's half, facing the attacking goalkeeper, he chose a low shot, but was blocked by Chelsea's substitute goalkeeper with his toes.

In the subsequent corner kick, Manchester City once again showed their threat in set pieces, but the shot was slightly off.

In the 25 minutes of the game, both sides showed extremely high efficiency and urgency in the transition between offense and defense.

Chelsea was trying to break through Manchester City's defense, while Manchester City was looking for opportunities to kill the game.

Every attack and counterattack was full of tension and excitement, and the fans burst into exclamations after every shot and save.

Although Chelsea relied on their tenacity to continue to press, Manchester City's defense was very solid under the leadership of Otamendi and Mangala.

Joe Hart's several key saves also ensured that Manchester City could maintain their lead and prevent any unexpected changes in the game.

As the game came to an end, Manchester City continued to show their offensive power.

Although they were already leading 2:0, they did not slow down and continued to look for opportunities to expand the score.

In the 82nd minute, a wonderful attack lit up the game again.

This time, the protagonist of the attack was Li Lei, and his outstanding performance once again proved his worth.

The attack started in Manchester City's midfield. After receiving the pass from the defender, De Bruyne looked around and looked for the line of the pass.

He saw Li Lei making a sharp run behind the opponent's defense, so he decided to launch a through pass.

De Bruyne's pass was accurate and went through Chelsea's defense directly to Li Lei.

Li Lei's running position was extremely threatening. He cleverly used his speed and agility to pass between Chelsea's two central defenders and faced the goalkeeper the moment he received the ball.

At the moment of receiving the ball, Li Lei showed his calm side.

Facing the attacking Chelsea goalkeeper, he did not rush to shoot, but made a light feint to make the goalkeeper lose balance.

Then, he easily pushed the ball to the far corner of the goal, and the ball slowly rolled into the bottom of the net, with almost no suspense.