Starting from playing as a defensive midfielder for Real Madrid

The mentality of Manchester City players is indeed broken at this moment.

After working hard for a season, they were ahead of their direct competitors for most of the league time, but in the end they fell at the last step.

Even though many Manchester City players were mentally prepared before the game, when the moment actually came, they still failed to accept the cruel reality.

People's hearts are confused and dispersed, and no matter how well the tactics are arranged, they cannot be implemented.

But Guardiola is no longer willing to criticize his disciples at this time.

He sat on the coach's bench, staring blankly at the dazed Manchester City players in the stadium, with a wry smile on his lips.

Tried my best.

Whether it is him, the members of his coaching staff, or all the players in Manchester City's first team, they have done their best to compete with Chelsea for the league championship this season.

It is of course a pity to fall at the last step, but as the current helmsman of Manchester City, Guardiola cannot spend too much time feeling sad like his disciples.

He could only force himself to accept the facts and constantly encourage himself in his heart so as not to lose the confidence to continue challenging Chelsea.

Besides, the league is not really over yet. Even though Manchester City has lost the initiative to win the league, they still theoretically have a chance to make a comeback...

After comforting himself, Guardiola walked to the sidelines and made a gesture to the Manchester City players on the field to relax and stay calm.

At this time, he didn't really expect his players to break out and equalize the score.

He just hopes that in this way, the disciples can remove their psychological burden and finish the game normally.

There are still several league rounds to follow. As long as Chelsea does not win consecutively enough to win the championship early, they cannot give up hope voluntarily.

It is now crucial for Manchester City to maintain mental stability and health.

After seeing Guardiola's many gestures, the emotions of many Manchester City players on the field gradually stabilized.

However, watching Chelsea quickly return to the half-court defensive posture after celebrating, Manchester City's frontcourt players really couldn't muster the confidence to attack.

There was not much time left in the final game. Under the expectant eyes of all Blues fans, the regular time of the game quickly came to an end.

As soon as the two minutes of stoppage time were up, the referee on duty decisively blew the whistle to end the game!

The 34th round of the Premier League, which attracted the most attention from fans, has come to an end.

Chelsea double beats Manchester City this season!

Even though they fell behind their direct competitors midway through the season, Chelsea delivered nearly perfect scores in the two most important league matches of the season and lived up to the expectations of their supporters.

The clean victory of these two "six-point games" also played a decisive role in establishing Chelsea's position at the top of the league at the end of the season.

Chelsea still need to play five more league rounds after the make-up games. Currently they are only three points ahead of Manchester City, but the entire Chelsea team is full of confidence in winning the league championship at this moment.

After the game, Li Ang also led his teammates to applaud the home fans many times to express his gratitude.

Chelsea this season, like last season, still maintains an unbeaten record at home.

To be able to achieve such excellent home results, the efforts of all Chelsea coaches and players are of course important, and the die-hard Chelsea fans at home also play a very important role in this.

They have created the fanatical and devilish atmosphere that Chelsea has had at home in recent seasons, putting tremendous psychological pressure on every away team player who comes here to challenge.

Of course, they also gave all Chelsea players full encouragement and confidence!

In the next round of the Premier League, these die-hard Blues fans will still appear in the stands at Stamford Bridge to fight side by side with Chelsea players.

In an interview after the game, Li Ang strongly praised the perfect support performance of his fans, and unabashedly called on Blues fans to continue to "entertain" Tottenham who came to challenge in the next game.

After his remarks were reported by various British media, they naturally caused a lot of discussion among Premier League fans.

But no matter how fans of other teams view Li Ang's remarks, at least fans of several major teams in the London area really like to see Li Ang confront Tottenham.

As the "public enemy" of almost all Premier League teams in the London area, Tottenham's image is really not good in the minds of supporters of these teams.

However, this season, under the leadership of Pochettino, Tottenham's combat effectiveness has soared very quickly. They are now ranked fifth in the Premier League, only two points away from fourth-placed Arsenal.

So now even if Arsenal faces their city rival Tottenham, they have no absolute confidence that they can win 100%.

Other Premier League teams are slightly inferior to Tottenham.

Their supporters have no confidence in the team's victory over Tottenham, but they are still very confident about Chelsea, and they are also happy to see Chelsea severely defeat Tottenham at home.

Tottenham fans are of course very dissatisfied with the current situation of public opinion, and they also started to fight back in advance on the Internet.

But Tottenham's coaches and players were quite low-key before the game.

There is no way, Tottenham is now in a critical stage of fighting for the fourth place in the league. They have little hope of winning against Chelsea, but if they can get a point at Chelsea's home court, they will be considered to have earned it.

Therefore, the entire Tottenham team does not want to "irritate" Chelsea at this critical point-grabbing moment.

If they really force Chelsea to go out and fight them regardless of the Champions League, then they will really lose more than they gain.

I don’t know if the low-key show of goodwill from the Tottenham team really worked.

After five days of rest after playing Manchester City, Mourinho, who attended the pre-match press conference, gave the starting 18-man roster that was filled with a large number of substitutes.

This is definitely good news for Tottenham. Pochettino even directly said at the pre-match press conference that he wished Chelsea could go further in the Champions League semi-finals.

Of course, upon further interpretation, Pochettino's meaning is also obvious, that is, he hopes Chelsea can focus more on the upcoming Champions League semi-finals and stop chasing Tottenham.

As for Mourinho's final selection plan, several major English sports media also issued articles expressing their understanding.

The Champions League semi-finals with Atletico Madrid are destined to be two fierce battles. Chelsea naturally needs to make choices in the league and cannot allow a few core players to consume too much physical energy.

Therefore, rotation is very necessary for Chelsea. If Mourinho chooses not to rotate in this game, then these British media may have more complaints.

On the afternoon of April 23, with some expectations, the Tottenham team came to Stamford Bridge.

In this stadium, the warm-up Tottenham players naturally received a lot of boos.

Li Ang can't be said to have any hostility towards the current group of Tottenham players. On the contrary, there are many old friends with whom he has a good relationship in the Tottenham team.

But as a player who has moved to Chelsea for three seasons, Li Ang definitely doesn't have a good impression of the Tottenham team.

It's appropriate to chat with old friends before the game and say hello.

But when the game officially started, Li Ang put his personal friendship aside and gave Tottenham's playmaker Eriksen a hard blow on the defensive end at the beginning!

His decisive tackle and interception destroyed Spurs' offensive possession and also knocked Eriksen directly to the turf.

If you watch the slow-motion replay, fans can clearly find that Li Ang did not commit a foul.

But his tackle was still a bit too big, and Eriksen seemed to have fallen badly, so the referee on duty decisively whistled Li Ang for a foul.

Li Ang shrugged, spread his hands to express his innocence, and then simply positioned himself on the defensive end.

He actually doesn't care whether the referee calls his foul or not. He gives Tottenham a blow at the beginning of the game and makes Tottenham's offensive players have lingering fears on the offensive end. This is what he cares about more.

In the past, Matic would basically do such dirty work, but today Ma Ma is resting directly at home, so Li Ang, who started playing as a defensive midfielder, can only go back to his old job.

Judging from the current situation, the effect of Li Ang's power is still very outstanding. After Eriksson suffered a heavy blow, Son Heung-min and Lamela also had some fears about Li Ang.

Tottenham's two wingers also chose to transfer more passes on the offensive end, lacking the breakthrough threat of the past.

This scene made Pochettino very helpless. He even had to go to the sidelines in the fifth minute of the game and shout to signal his disciples to be more active in getting the ball.

Fortunately, Tottenham also has a core player in the backcourt, Dembele, who is the core of the organization and ball-taking. The Belgian midfielder is very versatile. He is very good at getting the ball and participating in the attack as well as passing the ball.

Therefore, when Eriksen is not performing well, he can completely take over the organizational burden on Eriksen's shoulders.

The technical advantages of Tottenham's two full-backs are enough to support Tottenham's relatively simple two-wing tactics to create an efficient offensive threat.

Son Heung-min and Lamela have moved their positions inwards at this moment, and after playing more of a ball-receiving role, Danny Rose and Kyle Walker will naturally get more opportunities to move forward on both wings.

Tottenham's full-backs' frequent forward penetration can be regarded as one of their regular offensive routines this season.

When facing teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, they are often able to quickly open up the situation on both sides and create threats.

But today, facing Chelsea, which has the highest defensive efficiency in the Premier League, Tottenham's full-back forward play has a relatively average effect.

Ultimately, it's because Chelsea's two full-backs starting today, Azpilicueta and Karas, are strong enough in individual defense.

Even if Li Ang and another defensive midfielder Van Ginkel did not cover up the defense at the first time, Azpilicueta and Karas were able to gain the upper hand in a one-on-one personal strength contest.

Danny Rose and Kyle Walker worked hard on the offensive end, but they still had too few chances to successfully pass down the field.

Once they were closely guarded by Chelsea's full-backs, they basically had no choice but to pass the ball back.

In the first 15 minutes of the game, Chelsea, which rotated a large number of main players, devoted more energy to the defensive end to test Tottenham's offensive strength today.

But when it was discovered that Tottenham's frontcourt offensive players were in relatively average condition today, Chelsea's quick counterattack gradually became more threatening.

The delaying of Li Ang and Van Ginkel is enough to ensure that Chelsea seizes enough ball rights in the midfield and backfield.

And De Bruyne, who started at No. 10 today, even had the ability to turn a pass into a miraculous passing threat during the counterattack.

The two-wing offensive combination of Salah and Gnabry is indeed not as efficient as the starting Hazard and De Bruyne in terms of seizing offensive opportunities.

But if they can't stand it, they will get enough counterattack rights!

In front of Tottenham's penalty area, there is Llorente who can hold the ball stably and cooperate with them. Among other things, they have many opportunities to break through with the ball and catch the ball and shoot.

The Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge also kept cheering and applauding, giving encouragement to Salah and Grabri.

Under the constant encouragement of the fans, the two's breakthrough performances have become increasingly outstanding, and they are only a few chances away from further creating a shooting threat.

And when the game reached the 25th minute of the first half, Li Ang, who had been defending for more than half of the first half, suddenly dribbled the ball and jumped in to participate in the attack!

He used a change of direction movement with an obvious change of rhythm near the top of his own center circle to pass Eriksen neatly.

However, when faced with an interception by Dembélé in the first position, Li Ang did not continue to advance with the ball. Instead, he passed the ball to Chik, who also advanced to participate in the attack.

Chike, who had been warned by Old Mourinho before, no longer dared to stick to the ball. After getting the ball, he strode forward with the ball.

Thanks to the fact that Li Ang attracted the defensive attention of a large number of Tottenham midfielders and backcourt players, Chik was not blocked during the advancement process.

In the end, Chik succeeded in passing the ball to Salah, who had been waiting on the wing for a long time, at the front of Tottenham's defensive third zone.

The Egyptian winger didn't make any fake moves after getting the ball. He just led the ball and passed by Danny Rose who was attacking and kicking!

This time, before dribbling the ball to the baseline, Salah directly sent a back-footed cross with a twist.

Llorente took away Tottenham defender Vertonghen in front of the goal, and Li Ang, who advanced forward, stopped the ball with his chest at the front of Tottenham's penalty area!

Tottenham's other central defender Alderweireld rushed to intercept, but at this time Li Ang distributed the ball to the left again!

Gnabry came out from the wing and took the ball directly into the Tottenham penalty area. Kyle Walker failed to mark him this time!

Germany's young winger was very confident and after a slight adjustment, he started to hit the goal!

He chose to volley directly into the far corner of the goal.

Tottenham goalkeeper Lori's shortcomings of insufficient wingspan were revealed again at this moment. He failed to save Gnabry's shot!

In the end, the football almost touched the inside of the far post of Tottenham's goal and rolled into the goal!

Gnabry, who had a rare chance to start and score a goal, seemed very excited at the moment. He seemed to want to take off his jersey to celebrate.

But the sharp-eyed Li Ang hugged the silly boy first and avoided him from receiving a yellow card. Then Li Ang pushed him to the corner flag area and motioned him to ask for cheers from the fans!

The home fans at Stamford Bridge burst into cheers that swept the entire stadium!

For the Chelsea players, this is naturally the sound of nature, but for the Tottenham players, such cheers are a bit too scary!

The commentator of England's Sky Sports looked at the fanatical atmosphere at Chelsea's home court and subconsciously blurted out:

“Welcome to West London Hell!”