Southampton fans began to sincerely thank everyone at Chelsea and praise Mourinho's excellent command.
The reason is very simple. In the past game, Chelsea performed well on the road. Relying on Ivanovic's header in the 32nd minute, they defeated Manchester City 1-0 away and won a crucial game.
victory!
This was a typical Mourinho-style victory, with both sides' attacks fragmented by a lot of running, and then relying on a set piece, Chelsea scored the key goal!
This victory is not only crucial for Southampton, but also for Chelsea itself.
After all, they were only three points behind Manchester City before.
In this way, Southampton and Arsenal, who won this round, both have 54 points. Southampton ranks first with a goal difference. Manchester City and Chelsea both have 53 points. Manchester City ranks first with a goal difference.
The advantage of the ball ranks third.
The difference between the top four is only one point.
However, Liverpool did not play well in this round. They were tied 1-1 by West Bromwich Albion, with only 47 points. The top four began to widen the gap.
"Other teams? I don't care about other teams, I only care about the next game... We are now first in the standings, which is gratifying, but the gap between the top few is too close, and we haven't been able to relax yet.
I'm very anxious now, you know, and the Champions League is about to start, so I sometimes seem a little impatient when I'm being interviewed, so please forgive me."
Ji Ya dismissed the reporters with a few words. He was not worried about the reporters scribbling. In fact, even if they scribbled, it would have no impact on him.
Southampton's next opponent is Stoke City, which is ranked eleventh. Compared with Fulham, Stoke City is much more difficult to deal with. Their overall strength is better and they also have some good players, such as
Crouch.
Noriya continued to field the entire starting lineup in this game, and now he will not rotate easily unless there is a problem with the players' physical fitness.
Suarez once again opened the scoring for Southampton in this game - this is his nineteenth league goal this season. Not only does he score many goals, but more importantly, he often scores key goals. This is his eighth time.
He opened the scoring for Southampton. Everyone knows how important the opening goal is.
However, in the 30th minute, Stoke City's Odenwenjie equalized the score, and Southampton continued to attack. De Bruyne once again exceeded the score for Southampton in the 41st minute, but in the first half
In stoppage time, Crouch scored a beautiful sideways shot...
"Damn, this guy is not afraid of twisting his waist." Ji Ya couldn't help but cursed. It was too much for a 2.02 meter guy to shoot sideways. If he scored, it would be even more...
After being stimulated by this goal, Southampton beat the opponent into a sieve in the second half. Suarez scored twice, Lukaku also scored, and with Ronaldo's icing on the cake, Southampton finally won 5-2.
Defeated the opponent with a score of 100 and won again.
After winning this game, what made Southampton fans couldn't help but laugh was that Arsenal and Liverpool tied, and Manchester City was also tied 0-0 by Norwich. Only Chelsea continued to hold on, and they were defeated 3-0.
Newcastle, one point behind Southampton.
Fifty-seven points, fifty-six points, fifty-five points, fifty-four points, these are the points for the top four. Southampton gradually began to truly occupy the first place.
"Hold on, now is the most difficult time. We must win against Hull City in the away game. Do you understand? Now Chelsea are starting to decline. If we win this game, maybe we can take more advantages.
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Noriya waved his fist in the locker room, encouraging the main players to persevere.
The main players are actually a little tired, because in addition to recent games, Ji Ya has been adjusting their physical fitness, launching a sprint after the Champions League knockout round begins, and at the same time winning as many games as possible. The main players have been working very hard during this period.
Noriya is actually playing with fire again, but this time he is playing with fire in order to achieve good results in the Champions League and the league.
After persisting until now, Southampton's main players have actually reached their limit, but considering that they can rest for a week and a half, they must persist at this time no matter what.
At Hull City's home ground, Southampton looked quite passive.
The home team, which has a physical advantage, interferes with Southampton's offense through constant running and confrontation, and then continuously launches violent attacks. This seemingly simple and crude approach makes it difficult for Southampton to exert its technical advantages.
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Southampton's players are struggling to support themselves. Not only do they have to compete with each other, they also have to compete with their own physical fitness.
Fortunately, at this time, Southampton's defense has withstood the test, and the cooperation between Wundt and Otamendi is getting better and better. Neither of them is actually a particularly outstanding central defender, but at this time
, their condition is indeed very good.
More than ten of Hull City's shots were blocked by two defenders. As a result, there were not many who could really pose a threat to the goal. After several saves by Navas, Hull City's shots were no longer a threat.
After withstanding the opponent's crazy attack, Southampton scored a goal by relying on a set kick. Lukaku counterattacked and forced a breakthrough to create a corner kick. De Bruyne took a corner kick, and Fonte, who advanced to assist, scored with a header!
"Great captain! Captain Wundt stood up at the critical moment!"
Amid the shouts of the commentator, Southampton's players hugged each other crazily. To be honest, whether it is reputation or performance, Southampton's players performed much better than Wundt, but each of them
, almost all convinced by Wundt's performance...
After opening up the situation, the next step was easy to handle. Through a pass before the end, Suarez scored his 21st league goal this season, which allowed him to continue to be far ahead in the top scorer list.
If nothing else, Suarez's top scorer this season is to see if he can score 30 goals.
Moreover, Suarez's goals were all open-play goals, without any penalty kicks. Southampton has received five penalty kicks this season, all of which were scored by Lukaku. If he had been given the penalty kicks...
Of course, Suarez himself doesn't like to take penalty kicks, and his penalty shooting rate is not high.
After winning this game with difficulty, Southampton also got enough rewards!
Arsenal played against Manchester United this round... In the end, they played 0-0.
Chelsea challenged West Bromwich Albion away. With a one-goal lead, they were scored by the opponent in stoppage time and the score was 1-1.
Manchester City was held to a 2-2 draw at home by bottom-placed Sunderland. If Nasri hadn't scored a wonderful goal in the 88th minute, they would have even lost the game!
Southampton has finally opened up the gap between itself and its competitors!
