However, in the game on the 28th, it broke almost everyone's eyes.
The reporters, who were intent on watching the fun, watched helplessly as the two sides struggled on the field. Chelsea put on a defensive counterattack posture, while Southampton did not dare to really attack aggressively. They were also very afraid of Chelsea's counterattack.
Ji Ya looked at the field, a little helpless.
Mourinho crossed his arms and remained calm.
Both sides know that they are deeply jealous of each other.
Southampton's offense, even if Chelsea has a top-notch defense, they have only conceded 13 goals in 18 games so far, and their defensive strength is the best in Europe. It is difficult to really have confidence that they can withstand Southampton.
Dun's attack.
Southampton, on the other hand, did not dare to attack boldly.
First of all, Chelsea's defense is really good. If they want to score goals, they have to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the offense.
The second is Chelsea's counterattack. This season, their counterattack mainly relies on Diego Costa. This Spanish striker has been at his peak in the past two years. He can score goals by himself. Chelsea's overall tactics this season
It's relatively simple. Basically, they follow the example of Atletico Madrid last season. While focusing on defense, the counterattack is to find Costa alone to see if he can pick up the wallet.
Costa's performance is also very strong and he is always able to score goals.
Moreover, his performance allows the opponent to focus on him when attacking. As a result, William and Hazard start to have more opportunities.
Chelsea has scored 40 goals in the 18 league rounds so far, and only 13 of them were scored by Costa. However, the other goals are basically inseparable from Costa.
Under such circumstances, how could Southampton dare to attack with confidence?
So the current scene is ugly. Southampton does not dare to be bold in attack, but Chelsea's defense is quite solid.
Although there was still a goal in the game, in the 17th minute of the opening, Lukaku gave Southampton the lead with an unreasonable shot from the front of the penalty area, which was considered a baptismal counterattack for his old club.
Before the end of the first half, Costa attracted enough attention that Hazard dribbled the ball into the penalty area and equalized the score for Chelsea.
These were also the only two goals in the game.
Both sides had less than ten shots in total, Southampton had six and Chelsea had two. For the two teams that have scored the most goals in the Premier League this season, such a game is obviously still a bit ugly.
However, the head coaches of both sides seemed quite satisfied after the game.
"It's a pity that we didn't win, but at least we didn't lose. In my opinion, the gap between us is still five points. A five-point gap is nothing. We have plenty of opportunities in the second half of the season," Noriya said.
"I'm not satisfied with getting one point away from home, but it's okay. Sometimes we want this and we want that, but when we can't have both, one is fine. In the second half of the season, we
There won’t be more games than Southampton, and our overall team is also very strong, so I don’t think we will fall behind in the second half of the season,” Mourinho said.
The reporters agreed that what are the two head coaches who led the team into such an ugly game pretending to be? Who are they?
However, this draw is indeed beneficial to both sides.
Because it all depends on the support of peers.
Both teams in Manchester suffered draws in this round, and the opponents were not strong. Manchester United's draw with Tottenham was nothing, but Manchester City was tied 2-2 by Burnley, ranked 19th, at home. They could only watch helplessly.
However, he is still three points behind Chelsea.
Since Pellegrini took office, Manchester City has also played some beautiful games, but so far they have not won a championship, which also makes their management a little dissatisfied. If they didn't have a suitable head coach now, they might have chosen to replace them long ago.
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Noriya is actually not too satisfied with being held to a draw by Chelsea. However, considering that they will face Arsenal in the first game of the new year, and then face Manchester United in the next round, it seems possible to have a draw in this game.
accepted.
After all, Southampton's next game task is indeed very heavy.
On January 1st after the new year, Southampton's home game against Arsenal and Chelsea's away game against Tottenham were played at the same time. This made many Southampton fans very nervous. In addition to watching Southampton play against Arsenal,
In addition to Na's game, he also keeps an eye on the situation of another game.
Arsenal is worse.
As the only big6 team that was defeated by Southampton in the first cycle, they are already very depressed. Although they are still ranked fifth, Southampton's performance in the Premier League in the first half of the season has been considered strong.
Team filter, which directly filters out Arsenal, thinking that they are no longer a strong team...
However, based on their performance in this game, it is difficult for them to consider themselves a strong team.
After being held to a draw by Chelsea in the last round, Southampton was more excited to play Arsenal. After all, compared with Chelsea, Arsenal's defense is not that good, and their counterattacks are not that sharp...
In this game, Ji Ya rotated some players. Perisic returned to the starting lineup and partnered with Valdis Suarez. Schneiderlin was sent in the midfield. Wundt had just returned from injury and was just sitting on the bench.
Did not show up.
Such a lineup is better at controlling the ball. Schneiderlin is relatively versatile. His defense is not as good as Casemiro and Matic, but he can help organize and attack.
Therefore, under their instigation, Suarez opened the door to victory for Southampton in the first half. Cancelo's cross from the wing flew into the penalty area, and Perisic headed the ball in the penalty area to follow up.
Suarez scored with a poke and opened the scoring!
In the second half, Perisic also scored again. He swung his head from the back of the penalty area to head the ball saved by Martinez into the empty goal. Arsenal's offense found it difficult to create any opportunities in the face of Southampton's control.
The few threatening shots were saved by Gulacchi, who had recently secured his position as the main goalkeeper.
Wenger was still directing from the field at first, but after Southampton scored the second goal in the second half, he seemed to give up. Southampton completely controlled the situation in the midfield and basically gave Arsenal nothing.
Chances are, it is indeed too difficult to win this game.
In the end, Southampton defeated Arsenal 2-0 at home. While completing a double win against Arsenal, they also got good news...
"Chelsea lost to Tottenham 3-5 away from home!" Benelli said to Noriya.
"How much did you lose?" Ji Ya was a little stunned.
This was indeed something he didn't expect. After all, in his opinion, Tottenham's performance this year was not very good.
