Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

Li Ang's hat trick gave the Manchester City team the heaviest psychological blow.

After the goal was scored, Chelsea successfully retreated.

With a three-goal advantage in hand, Mourinho has also verified the feasibility of the team's improved tactics.

At the last moment of the game, as the leading side, of course, it must be replaced by defensive players to consolidate the victory.

So Mourinho naturally played the third substitution card in his hand.

In the 84th minute of the second half, Mourinho replaced Mikel with Li Ang, who shined today.

At the Etihad Stadium, Li Ang will naturally not receive applause and cheers from the audience, but at least at this moment, he will not hear the taunts and boos.

A few minutes ago, when he scored his third goal of the game, many Manchester City fans at the scene began to leave one after another.

At this moment, the Manchester City fans who still stayed to support the team didn't have much thought to mock Li Ang anymore.

After all, it was they who had the home court advantage today, and Chelsea did not use any extra moves.

Li Ang also broke out and scored three goals by himself.

Perhaps in terms of the overall tactical arrangement, Manchester City's performance was quite remarkable and there were no mistakes.

But losing is losing. The score of 1-4 is enough to explain a lot of problems. If your skills are not as good as others, then you should come down and practice hard again.

It is normal to support your own team and boo the opponent's core players before the game. Fans of every club do this.

But to do such a thing after a disastrous defeat seems a bit embarrassing.

Obviously, although Manchester City fans are eager to see the team defeat last season's bitter host Chelsea at home, they can also afford to lose.

After seeing the silence at the Etihad, Li Ang did not make any more provocative actions that could easily cause controversy after the game.

After applauding and waving to the stands where Chelsea fans gathered, Li Ang smiled and hugged Mourinho on the sidelines, and then high-fived other coaches and substitute teammates one by one in celebration.

There was not much time left in the game, and at the last moment, Manchester City got a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

David Silva and Cesc Fabregas played a tactical set piece, and finally Fabregas took the ball and passed the ball, assisting Kompany to score the goal, and once again pulled a goal back.

But this was Manchester City's last threat opportunity in this game.

The referee blew the whistle to end the game directly after the game restarted again!

4-2!

Chelsea once again defeated Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium with passionate and aggressive full-court pressing and running tactics!

After watching this game, many neutral fans will definitely have enthusiastic discussions and comparisons about the performance of the players from the two teams on the court today.

And for sports media reporters and industry insiders from various countries.

What they are more interested in is probably the improved new tactics displayed by Manchester City and Chelsea in today's on-field game.

Guardiola added more pass-and-run confrontation and pressing threats to his past passing and control system.

It is even more obvious that Mourinho is trying to learn the full-court high-pressure offensive tactics that was so successful last season.

It's just that Mourinho paid more attention to the ultimate pressure on the enemy's organizational space during the press in terms of Seamaster's improved full-court high-pressure tactics.

Last season, Mourinho's tactical experiment might not have been favored by many tactical analysts or even coaches in the industry.

The reason is very simple. The overall composition of the Chelsea team last season was relatively reasonable, and the tactical coordination was also quite good.

But there are still many veterans in the main lineup.

Apart from anything else, with just Ibrahimovic, who has the privilege of not returning to defense, in the team, it would be very difficult for Mourinho to implement this high-pressure tactic of all players.

This is not difficult to understand, because even only one offensive player has such a privilege of not returning to defense.

Then the other two or even three frontcourt players will need to make more and harder runs to make up for the dislocation of the defensive system caused by his inactivity in pressing.

But this season, Ibrahimovic took the initiative to participate in the Chelsea team's high pressure.

It’s not like occasionally cooperating with teammates to do this during a certain period of time in the game, let alone occasionally doing this in one or two games.

Since the start of this season, whenever Ibrahimovic starts a game, he has made as much defensive contribution as possible when the team needs it.

When Chelsea's midfielder was further reorganized, Lampard returned to the bench and was on standby, with Matic + Kroos + Leon.

Or after the midfield combination of Matic + Kroos + Leon + De Bruyne appears more in Chelsea's starting lineup.

Chelsea's midfielder's running ability is naturally stronger than last season.

And on both offense and defense, today's Chelsea midfield combination is obviously much more balanced than last season.

Chelsea was eventually eliminated from the Champions League by Bayern last season. In fact, the difference was that they relied too much on Li Ang in both midfield offense and defense.

At that time, the double midfielder combination of Leon and Matic was completely enough to compete with Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger and Martinez combination.

Looking purely at defense, Chelsea's double midfielder combination can even be said to be the strongest in Europe.

But as soon as Li Ang retreated, Lampard, who returned to the No. 8 position, could no longer assume the important task of attacking forward and organizing the attack.

A midfield combination that only defends but does not attack, no matter how strong the defensive strength is, it cannot withstand the continuous offensive impact of last season's Bayern.

Just being beaten without fighting back is absolutely unacceptable.

But if Li Ang's position was good at that time, Matic was lagging behind and could not support himself.

No matter who starts with him, Lampard or Ramires, it seems, will eventually become a "liability" for him on the defensive end.

There is no other way. The Robery team, which exploded at the end of last season, is too strong to work alone.

They wouldn't be stupid enough to find Matic for a one-on-one breakthrough.

When Li Ang was not defending in the backcourt, Robben and Ribery looked for opportunities to overpower Lampard and Ramirez. It was a perfect shot.

As soon as the rib area was lost in the half, Chelsea's defense was exploited by Muller. It was really painful!

But this season, Chelsea, which has updated its midfield configuration again, does not have this problem.

In normal games, Matic and Kroos are behind Li Ang, responsible for defense and organizing the team, while Li Ang himself plays lightly and focuses on offense.

The regular combination of the three performs their own duties, and their abilities are all at the top level in football. The cooperation cannot be perfect.

And if they encounter a super strong team like Bayern again, Chelsea will not be as embarrassed as last season.

Because Li Ang can not only attack with full strength, but also stay behind and with Matic to withstand the pressure of the opponent's attack, and can safely leave the offensive organization to Kroos.

If you want to further enhance your control over the midfield.

Chelsea's current midfield trio plus the retreating De Bruyne is basically the most luxurious four-midfield configuration in football.

Moreover, Chelsea can play both the diamond-shaped four-midfield position and the lined-up four-midfield position.

After all, Li Ang proved his super adaptability in Milan.

Leon has played both forward and midfielder, whether on the left or right, and De Bruyne can also play left or right.

So as long as Mourinho wants, he can now completely play with the arrangement of the starting lineup!

It's just that the new season has just begun, and Chelsea has not encountered many challenging opponents.

Today, he also defeated Manchester City strongly with the regular formation. For Mourinho, the trump card of confusing the opponent's starting arrangement can continue to be hidden.

But the sharp-edged Chelsea will definitely not be able to keep a low profile in this new season.

The day after the game against Manchester City, the headlines of various British media were basically news reports about Chelsea's strong defense of the Premier League's dominance.

Fans from all over the world are constantly browsing the highlights of Chelsea's victory over Manchester City on the Internet, commenting on Li Ang's valuable hat trick.

In contrast, almost no one paid attention to the news that West Ham United overturned Liverpool 3-1 and newly promoted Leicester City beat Manchester United 5-3.

Of course, for the players of Liverpool and Manchester United, it is very good news that not many fans discussed their upset defeat after the game.

Otherwise, Liverpool could still find some reasons to explain to the fans when they lost to the Hammers in an away game.

But Manchester United was beaten by Leicester City, a newly promoted team, and scored five goals. It was a humiliating defeat by a huge score, but it was not easy to escape the overwhelming criticism from fans and media~

Speaking of which, Manchester United started the league with two wins, two losses and a draw under Moyes last season.

The losers were Liverpool and Manchester City, two strong teams that broke into the top four in the league after the end of the season.

As a result, the media and Manchester United fans at the time had a harsh attitude towards Moyes and shouted slogans to dismiss Moyes early.

This season has been great. Manchester United has hired a truly famous coach, Louis van Gaal, and the team has also invested a lot of money in signings.

It can be said that during the preparation period, the various actions of Manchester United's senior management satisfied the Red Devils fans.

As a result, Lao Fan led the team to only achieve one win, two draws and two losses in the league in the new season.

This result?

It's so bad that the Manchester United fans who spoke for him before the season are now feeling sore in their cheeks!

As for losing to the newly promoted Fox City 3-5 in this round of the league, it is even more shameless...

But the current Manchester United fans are also riding a tiger.

After all, they already fired Moyes away last season, and the coach they have now is one they are quite satisfied with.

At least before the start of the season, Manchester United fans expressed their unwavering support for Louis van Gaal.

No matter how good Lao Fan is now, he must be given at least one full season.

As for whether Lao Fan will bring happiness to Manchester United fans in the future or continue to suffer, we can only wait and see...

After the fifth round of the Premier League, Chelsea won all five games and topped the Premier League with 15 points.

Currently ranked second in the Premier League is Arsenal, which has previously achieved an excellent record of three wins and two draws!

After running in last season, Cavani entered the match state much faster this season.

In the first five Premier League games, he scored in every game and his form was simply explosive.

Suarez, who finally scored 31 league goals last season and won the Premier League Golden Boot over him, started this season in relatively average form.

In the first five Premier League games, Suarez contributed two goals and one assist.

Originally, it was not impossible for him to be slower, but this season Sturridge's scoring efficiency has plummeted, and he cannot help him share the burden of scoring.

Coupled with the stalemate between Sterling's economic team and Liverpool's top management over the salary extension, Sterling's own condition has also been greatly affected.

Two members of Liverpool's young forward group, which contributed greatly to the team's top four in the Premier League last season, have misfired.

No matter how strong his personal ability is, Suarez can only struggle to lead the team forward in average condition.

Liverpool's decline after a season of dominance now seems inevitable.

Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal have continued their good form from last season.

It seems now that they will basically lock in a top four spot in the Premier League this season.

After Liverpool fell behind, the vacant Premier League Champions League qualification spot immediately made the remaining powerful Premier League teams jealous.

It is conceivable that in the Premier League matches after this season, the competition among the Premier League teams ranked fourth to eighth will be far more intense than last season.

For these teams, finally qualifying for the European competition is the ultimate goal of the season.

In order to achieve such a goal, they can give up two domestic cups in England in the new season.

On September 24, in the third round of the English League Cup, Everton and Tottenham took the lead and dispatched pure substitute lineups to face low-level opponents.

Of course, for Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal, the English domestic cup competition this season is not a burden.

At least until the start of the FA Cup in the second half of the league, the EFL Cup matches will not affect their preparations for the league and Champions League matches.

Facing the English Championship team Bolton Wanderers in this round, Chelsea sat at Stamford Bridge at home and sent out an almost purely rotating starting lineup to face the match.

Li Ang is still the first starter, and today his midfield partner became Van Ginkel and Galampard.

On the forward line, Drogba and Lukaku, a pair of big and small monsters, started together, with Salah serving as the sharp knife on the right.

On the back line, Ashley Cole, Maguire, Karas and Ivanovic lined up.

Cech also took a rest today, and the starting goalkeeper was Begovic.

Although Chelsea nominally sent a rotation lineup.

But when the head coach and players of Bolton Wanderers saw the starting list announced by Chelsea before the game.

There was no excitement in their hearts, they only felt a lot of pressure!

And Li Ang had no intention of going through the motions in this game.

From the beginning of the game, he was very active and took the initiative to ask for the ball, and then cooperated with Salah to forcefully tear apart Bolton's left defense line, making offensive moves along the way!

Facts have also proven that Bolton's defense, whose name Li Ang cannot pronounce at all, is very average.

Li Ang made a clear decision to protect Salah and hit Bolton on the left, but Bolton really couldn't defend it.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Chelsea took a 2-0 lead at home.

After halftime, Mourinho replaced Ashley Cole with Ake, and then asked Mikel to replace Van Ginkel, allowing him to continue to find the feeling of the game.

But Bolton completely failed to seize the opportunity Chelsea had to slow down the pace of the game before and after substitutions.

It wasn't until Lukaku and Drogba started to work hard one after another, and each of them scored a goal, changing the score to 4-0, that the Bolton team belatedly launched a desperate attack.

Mourinho did not change defensive players to prevent Bolton's counterattack.

Li Ang finally used a through ball that completely penetrated Bolton's half-court defense, and assisted Salah in the 81st minute of the second half to score the final goal of the game!

In the end, Chelsea ushered in a five-goal victory at home, continuing to maintain a record of unbeatable wins in all competitions in the new season!

And the ambition of Chelsea players also began to grow wildly with the soaring record!