Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

When the most high-profile battle in the first half of the Premier League this season ended, many fans were still recalling the charm of this game.

The game scene was not as close and close as they imagined before the game.

Chelsea still outperformed Arsenal in terms of player performance and tactical design.

Even though Chelsea only had just over 40% of the ball possession in the game, there was no doubt that Chelsea controlled the rhythm of the game.

If after watching this game, we must compare the strength of the two teams, then more fans should be inclined to open 6-4.

Arsenal's defense is actually very good. Today they have successfully frozen Ibrahimovic and greatly restricted Hazard's performance.

Even the two goals scored by Li Ang came from long shots outside the penalty area. It can be said that Arsenal lost today due to Li Ang's explosion.

In most of the game time, Arsenal can still compete with Chelsea.

Therefore, many fans say that the reason why Arsenal is not as good as Chelsea is that it lacks a serious first-class winger on the left.

Cazorla is good, but he's better in the middle and he's not fast enough for him and Walcott to play on the wings.

Now Arsenal is short of spending money to buy another top-notch left winger in football.

By then, if Walcott is less injured, Arsenal's offensive threat will undoubtedly increase to a higher level.

Is it useful to fly together with two wings? Just look at Real Madrid and Bayern in the past few seasons.

The second thing is, of course, the hardness of the midfield.

Arsenal still failed to take advantage of Chelsea in the midfield battle this time.

Whether defensive or offensive, Chelsea almost steadily suppressed Arsenal in the middle of the midfield.

Therefore, Arsenal can only compete with Chelsea most of the time in the overall game, but cannot actively suppress Chelsea.

It can only be said that Chelsea's midfielder is too tough and top-notch now.

Many fans of other Premier League teams who watched the entire game just felt suffocated.

Because today's Chelsea, even against the top Premier League team second only to them like Arsenal, can slowly strangle them, preventing Arsenal from fully displaying its offensive strength.

This kind of game rhythm and pressure method is not much different from when Chelsea played against the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League in the past.

At most, Chelsea is more cautious, more attentive and more patient on the defensive end.

Therefore, when the previous top and second teams all lost to Chelsea in the same way.

How should other Premier League teams that will play Chelsea again formulate tactics and maintain confidence within the team?

Chelsea's strength has far exceeded the expectations of these fans before the game, including Manchester City fans.

Even now Manchester City has overtaken Arsenal and ranked second in the Premier League, only six points behind Chelsea.

But Manchester City fans were not happy at all.

However, while fans like them are worried about Chelsea's strong rise, various British media are promoting Chelsea's strong strength with great fanfare.

After all, except for the 2011-2012 season, the fierce competition between Manchester United and Manchester City, a duo of Manchester United, is more interesting.

The Premier League has lost too much suspense in recent seasons.

Manchester United has won five Premier League titles in the past seven seasons.

To be honest, this is not a scene that Premier League fans want to see, let alone a scene that the Football Association wants to see.

Because Manchester United is too strong in the Premier League.

Without the suspense of the championship, how can we attract more neutral fans to pay attention to the Premier League, become Premier League fans, and further drive the overall traffic of the Premier League?

Originally, Manchester City's strong rise in the 11-12 season made the FA executives very happy for a while.

Manchester City has the foundation, fans, and strong financial support.

It is a good choice to support such a team to compete with Manchester United.

Manchester City also strived for success at the beginning. In the summer of 2012, they staged a miracle of coming back to win the championship in the final round, which was highly favored by many media and fans.

But this team is rising fast, and it’s growing fast too!

Last season, he represented the Premier League in the Champions League, and the Football Association had high hopes for Manchester City.

As a result, they were beaten by Real Madrid and Dortmund and were unable to fight back. In the end, Manchester City couldn't even compete with Ajax!

After the six rounds of the Champions League group stage, we were directly at the bottom of the group and came back in despair!

This record and the boiling public opinion at that time were not a slap in the face of Manchester City? It’s a slap on the FA’s ass!

How can you praise such a team?

Originally, the Football Association of England planned to go back to its old ways in the new season and continue to support Manchester United, the number one club in the Premier League.

As a result, after Ferguson landed on the big ship of Manchester United, it was leaking and it was called a Kazakh man!

Fortunately, Mourinho, who returned to Chelsea, had a very good start to the new season.

This gave the FA's top brass a little peace of mind.

Chelsea won more and more games later on, and Li Ang also proved with his stable and strong performance that he is not a "ball player". He really has the ability to be the core and support a strong team!

Therefore, the Football Association has basically made up its mind and is waiting for the result of this game between Chelsea and Arsenal.

Now that Chelsea has won, the FA no longer has any worries.

Previously, they only placed commercial bets on Chelsea for the sake of Li Ang and Mourinho.

Now that’s all-in competition and business!

With the official instructions behind the scenes, the momentum the British media created for Chelsea this time was quite astonishing.

The CEOs of other Premier League teams were naturally very sensitive to the official support.

There is definitely envy and jealousy, but there is nothing we can do about it.

Chelsea ran into a good time when Manchester United was sinking and Manchester City was rebuilding again, and their third-line results were very good. They used their strength to win the favor of the Football Association.

Without this hard power, the jealousy is just jealousy in vain.

Naturally, Chelsea also has relevant people in charge who have reached a tacit understanding with the Football Association.

The FA and the Premier League have always been unpopular with UEFA, so the FA can only add strength to the public opinion front.

Chelsea still have to work hard to determine the results in the Champions League.

But at least within the Premier League, Chelsea can at least obtain an official commitment to "fair whistleblowing" in the game.

Having such a thing is completely enough for Mourinho.

After all, he suffered too much in this regard when he was in the Premier League.

Now the Football Association can ensure that the referees assigned to every game can make impartial decisions, which is the greatest help to Chelsea.

After the first battle with Arsenal, it can be said that there are many benefits.

Although Chelsea's main players consumed a lot of physical energy, the boost in morale and fighting spirit was also visible to the naked eye.

Although Mourinho immediately warned his disciples in the locker room after the game, he told them not to be too proud and proud.

But deep down in his own heart, why isn't he proud of his players?

So even with a dense schedule, Mourinho gave all players a day off after the training session on Christmas morning on the 25th.

Players who have participated in the club's Christmas activities on the day can return home early to reunite with their relatives and friends.

Under Mourinho's strong invitation that he could not refuse, Li Ang came to Mourinho's home on Christmas night and spent the most important holiday in the Western world with Mourinho and his family.

But for him, Christmas really didn't mean much, so he didn't take any photos or post social tweets. He spent the entire dinner indulging in cooking.

Chelsea fans learned about Li Ang's visit to Mourinho's house through Mourinho's personal tweet that night.

Just after Christmas, on the morning of December 26, Chelsea players rushed to the Cobham training base on time again, trying to seize the time to complete the last practice before the game.

After the battle with Arsenal, the Chelsea team only had two and a half days of rest before they faced the challenge of Swansea at their home court.

The younger Chelsea players can still withstand it, but most of the Chelsea veterans who finished the last game have to take a rest.

But what surprised Mourinho was that Ibrahimovic was in very good physical condition.

He is physically fit enough to play in the next round and the 18th round of the Premier League with Swansea.

In this case, Chelsea does not need to make major adjustments in offensive tactics. With Ibrahimovic as support in the frontcourt, Li Ang can play more easily.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on December 26, a total of eight games in the 18th round of the Premier League will start at this time.

This includes games between Chelsea and Swansea.

Entering the Christmas Devil schedule, the lineup rotations of each Premier League team are relatively large.

Chelsea is actually okay, because the bench is deep enough and the funds are strong, so even the players who are rotated are relatively strong.

But for a team like Swansea, which is ranked in the middle of the Premier League in a single-line operation, the difference in strength between the starting players and the rotation players is very far.

In the last round of the bloody battle with Everton, Swansea lost defensive general Ben Davis on the left, and finally managed to draw with Everton with difficulty.

This is very bad news for the entire Swansea team.

Because Ben Davis is not only Swansea's defensive gate on the left, but his adduction and defense are also very important for the protection of Swansea's midline.

Now Ben Davis is injured and temporarily unable to play. Many of the main players in the team have also worked hard to the point where their physical fitness is close to exhaustion.

Swansea coach Michel Laudrup had no choice but to rotate a large number of main players in the game against Chelsea.

This is not because he surrendered before the game, but because of the thickness of Swansea's bench.

Either sacrifice the health of the main players and subsequent league results, or make the wisest choice to avoid this round of tough battle with Chelsea.

Laudrup chose to let go of this round of the league directly, which is also excellent news for Chelsea.

At least after getting the starting list of players before the Swansea game, Mourinho breathed a long sigh of relief.

Swansea's starting forward Bony, starting midfielder De Guzman, Pablo Hernandez, starting defender Flores...

As many as six of Swansea's starting main players have rested in this round of games. This game is no longer too difficult for Chelsea.

If this can turn the game into a tense situation, then Mourinho will have to take a look at the halftime break to see if there is something wrong with his players' thinking!

Fortunately, the worst situation Mourinho expected did not occur.

As soon as the game started that afternoon, the Chelsea team quickly suppressed Swansea and besieged it under Li Ang's organization and dispatch!

Today's partners with Li Ang in the midfield are Ramirez and Van Ginkel.

Hazard on the left has a rest today, so Bertrand takes up the position of left midfielder again.

Ake started as the left back for the first time in a long time.

Today Chelsea's double central defender is Ivanovic partnered with Karas.

Azpilicueta, who had performed very well before, has further secured his starting position at right back.

De Bruyne continues to serve as the starting right midfielder, and his physical fitness is still relatively sufficient.

There is also the fact that Oscar cannot play on the wing, otherwise Mourinho would have asked Oscar to help De Bruyne in the first round.

After the rotation, Chelsea's front, middle and backfield are still much stronger than Swansea.

After quickly suppressing Swansea, Chelsea's offensive routine today was also very simple and direct.

Just use Ibrahimovic's strong point to attack Swansea's defense!

After all, Swansea rotated three main players on the entire back line today. How could Mourinho miss such a good opportunity.

Li Ang continued to distribute the ball, allowing De Bruyne and Bertrand to repeatedly attack Swansea's two wing defense lines, and then deliver cannonballs to Ibrahimovic.

Ibrahimovic, who was trapped by Arsenal's defense in the last round, was holding back his anger.

Today Mourinho gave him the right to fire wirelessly, and he started swinging it without any courtesy!

Throughout the first half of the game, Ibrahimovic took nine shots inside and outside the Swansea penalty area!

Of course, this simple tactic can be very effective under the right circumstances.

Because Swansea simply couldn't stop Chelsea's two-wing attack and Ibrahimovic's unscrupulous shooting.

As soon as the first half of the game was over, Ibrahimovic returned to the bench to rest with two goals.

After all, there will be another tough battle with Liverpool soon. Ibrahimovic doesn't want to miss the next round of focus battle, so he has no objection to Mourinho's arrangement.

Lukaku's appearance made Swansea's defenders still dare not let down their guard.

But their defense didn't add much resistance to Chelsea.

Swansea's defensive players could not stop Li Ang from assisting Lukaku to score in the 67th minute of the second half!

Chelsea sealed the victory, and Li Ang finally received his 10th league assist of the season in this game!

When the Premier League is still halfway through one round of this season, Li Ang has completed the goal of double ten in the league after reaching double ten in the season!

In seventeen rounds of the Premier League (with one game break), he scored 11 goals and 10 assists!

This data is very luxurious, and the efficiency is extremely amazing!

With the season not even halfway over, Li Ang's total statistics have reached 15 goals and 13 assists.

With just the last two assists, Li Ang would have reached double fifteen figures for the season.

The Sky Sports commentator no longer knew how to continue praising Li Ang's outstanding performance.

Become a Premier League star?

Sorry, Li Ang is here now!

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