Midfielder

According to Chelsea's fierce momentum in the two-line battle, many football critics believe that in the Premier League, only Arsenal can stop these blues from plundering victory so wantonly. The former battle between Manchester United and Arsenal may become a civil war in London.

I am afraid that not many people can predict that Chelsea will form such a strong fighting force in such a short time, but now Mourinho has told these people with facts that everything is possible. Even if it is a pure mercenary, he can bring the team to the final podium.

And it is not a podium, because many people can see that Chelsea's current personnel configuration is enough to support its three-line battle.

Especially in the league and the Champions League, sufficient experience will allow these blues to take advantage when grabbing points, which is really terrifying.

Now is just the beginning of all events. If it fights to the middle and late stages of the season, Chelsea's solid bench advantage will definitely stand out.

Who can stop them at that time? We can only ask God. Anyway, teams like Manchester United and Liverpool will have a hard time this season.

Even so, Kenyon still claims to provide Mourinho with more available talents in the winter transfer period. As long as this guy asks who to buy, Chelsea will definitely satisfy this guy's wishes. As long as the other party is willing to let go, Chelsea will not be stingy in spending money to acquire any players.

However, when Chelsea is so proud, there will always be various accidents on the football field, for example, they will also suffer losses.

Losing, for Chelsea, who has not tasted defeat since the pre-season warm-up, seems to be a feeling that they have almost forgotten.

But no one thought that the team that could end Chelsea's unbeaten record would be Manchester City, which was only ranked ninth in the standings before, a standard mixed team.

Although they are both in Manchester, Manchester City and their neighbors in the same city are more often just muddling through in the Premier League.

The results are always neither up nor down, and the investment is always neither more nor less, but in the standings, they have almost never entered the top three.

You know, those Manchester people have lost nine games in a row in the last ten encounters with Chelsea, both at home and away.

Such a team that only won two games in the first eight rounds of the league actually got three points from Chelsea, which is probably something no one could have predicted.

What is this situation? Even those Chelsea fans who watched the game were a little confused, because the process of this game was too weird.

From the warm-up stage of the game, Drogba and Lampard had to temporarily withdraw from the game because of a sudden thigh strain, which forced Mourinho to make a substitution. Mutu and Gudjohnsen came on as substitutes, but at this time, their forward line had returned to a duo that was not often used.

Maybe Gudjohnsen could stand in the center of the penalty area as a bridgehead like Drogba, but Mutu could not catch up with Lampard in the ability to grab points.

In particular, the cooperation between him and Lin Yi always lacked a little spirit, which became Mourinho's heart disease in the subsequent games.

Although Chelsea lost two generals before the game, they still have a greater advantage in overall strength, but the reality is so weird, especially on the football field, you never know what will happen in the next second, just like what happened in this game.

The first thirty minutes of the game were almost like Chelsea playing at home. Manchester City fans were completely stunned by the opponent's frenzy. Their goal was not lost. Maybe they should really thank the goalkeeper James who often went crazy when he was in the national team.

This guy is such a crazy person. You never know when he will make a mistake. Similarly, you don’t know when he will suddenly explode. Just like after the start of this game, this guy named James is in a very crazy state.

Whether it is Gudjohnsen’s close header or Mutu’s two consecutive shots in front of the goal, that guy can press the football under himself.

Robben's shot after cutting inside was also blocked by this guy with his toes when he lost his balance. For a moment, Lin Yi even suspected that the old man was possessed by James because he cursed God for nothing.

Otherwise, you really can't explain such a weird situation. That guy simply wove an invisible net for Manchester City's goal.

In the first thirty minutes, Chelsea fired a total of eleven shots, but Manchester City's goal seemed to be locked and refused to score.

The deeper the opponent retreated in defense, the harder Chelsea pressed, although Mourinho had reminded his back line to pay attention to the opponent's counterattack.

But facing opponents like Manchester City, many Chelsea players just want to eat up the opponent in one bite, especially when the opponent retreated indefinitely, they would not waste such an opportunity to suppress the opponent and attack all the way! Including Terry and Carvalho, they pressed for headers during set pieces.

Chelsea's attack was indeed fierce. They seemed to want to continue their strong scoring momentum in the previous rounds, but at this time, their defense line showed the kind of looseness that should not have been there, especially when the central defenders kept pressing forward during the set-piece.

When your attention is relaxed, some troubles will always come to you inadvertently. Chelsea's attack like this also has fatal hidden dangers.

When Duff's free kick was punched out by James from the center of the penalty area in the 37th minute, Manchester City's counterattack suddenly appeared.

Originally, this was not an opportunity, but Gallas, who replaced Bridge as a full-back in this game, fell strangely when intercepting in the midfield.

This guy slipped under his feet, giving the Manchester City captain a chance to drive straight in. Bosvelt dribbled forward at high speed. Terry and Carvalho were still desperately chasing back at this time. When Mourinho stood on the sidelines and saw this scene, he could only shout at Makelele, "Stop him! Foul!"

But just when the French midfielder was about to knock the opponent down, the guy seemed to have foreseen the action behind him in advance and suddenly chose to pass the ball.

Anelka, who received the ball, was a well-known lone wolf. This guy did not waste such a title. When facing Ferreira's pressing, he resolutely chose to force the attack. Ferreira, who was originally defending from the wing, had no chance to block this guy and could only use his body to hit the opponent.

But Ferreira obviously forgot what level of star his opponent was, but when this kind of physical contact appeared in the penalty area, the striker would have many choices.

For example, when the body collided, he fell heavily. Forwards like Anelka did not often use such tricks, but it did not mean that he would not play like this. When he saw Anelka fall on the grass, Ferreira realized that this was a bad choice!

Perhaps such collisions are common in Premier League games, but who made Ferreira push his hands when he was fighting for position with his opponent.

And this is Manchester City's home court. You can imagine how timely the referee's whistle would sound. When the referee pointed to the penalty spot, Mourinho turned around and kicked the awning pillar of the bench hard. For him, it was a really bad penalty!

Penalty, and Ferreira also got a yellow card. Even if this guy argued with the referee, it would not change the fact that could not be changed.

1:0, Anelka's penalty tricked Cech, and also broke Cech's golden body of not losing the ball in the Premier League. After scoring this goal, Manchester City retreated all the way, and the defense line started from the midfield. They were determined not to give the opponent any chance to take advantage of.

Offensive battle, this time it was a very thorough offensive, because the opponent did not intend to attack across the half court except leaving Anelka in the frontcourt.

Manchester City may only play so bloody in the city derby with Manchester United, but this time, Chelsea also experienced the fierceness of the opponent.

The opponent did not consider the problem of attack at all. All their energy was put on defense, and it was a general mobilization of the whole people, including those referees.

Manchester City knew very well who was the most dangerous player in Chelsea's midfield, so they did not hesitate to use all kinds of foul tactics to deal with Lin Yi, including some very dangerous moves, but the referee seemed to be very stingy in blowing his whistle in this game, and he only gave verbal warnings for many fouls.

Even if Mourinho protested loudly on the sidelines, he could only get a hint from the fourth official that this was Manchester City's home court, and you'd better restrain yourself.

Lin Yi also made the entire Manchester City team pay a heavy price in such a sea of ​​people tactics. In the whole second half, Chelsea won a total of nine free kicks.

Only two of them were earned by Robben's breakthroughs, and the rest were the result of Lin Yi being knocked down by the opponent during the process of dribbling and breaking through. However, Chelsea's foot wind in this game was really too bad. They did not convert such numerous opportunities into the final goal, and the football slipped through the door again and again.

In the 45 minutes of the second half, Chelsea was playing an offensive and defensive battle with Manchester City, one team was attacking with all its strength, and the other was defending with all its strength.

Manchester City finally held on to such a score after paying the price of six yellow cards. They raised their hands to celebrate such a victory after the game, as if they had won the league championship at this moment, while Chelsea's result was the first defeat in the league.

However, there is an old saying that many people seem to have forgotten: Don't provoke a group of wolves, otherwise, they will tear your body apart with anger.

And now Chelsea is a beast that has been provoked. Losing may be difficult for them to accept, but this kind of failure may become a catalyst, making these guys even crazier. Who will be the next victim at that time? Let's pray to God...

(The Lakers were also a tragedy today. They were beaten by the Kings in the third quarter with a small climax of 18:4. This... fell behind by 18 points in one fell swoop, which is too tragic.)