Chapter 423 Southampton's offense is much stronger
Suarez has not scored many goals this season, but he has scored eight goals in the league and seven goals in the Champions League. In addition to goals in various cup competitions, he has also scored close to twenty goals. This is for a player who has only scored eight goals so far this season.
For a player who has been playing for more than four months, this is quite amazing.
Needless to say, Vardy is the biggest surprise in Europe this season. He has scored 24 goals in the league so far, ranking first in the Premier League.
Such two shooters will certainly not be convinced that Costa scored in front of them.
Southampton quickly launched an attack.
After the restart, Suarez passed the ball back to De Bruyne. De Bruyne dribbled the ball forward. After encountering the opponent's blockage, he quickly passed the ball out, and then moved forward to catch the ball.
Schneiderlin quickly passed the ball back to his feet.
And De Bruyne did not stop the ball.
While running, he passed the ball directly to Cancelo who was following up from the right, and then ran forward himself.
Chelsea's defense quickly began to organize, but Cancelo did not pass the ball into the penalty area, but passed it back to Matic.
Matic took the ball and moved to the left. Alonso received the ball and moved forward. After encountering William who came to interfere, he passed the ball and handed it to Schneiderlin who was in the middle. Schneiderlin again
A diagonal pass was sent to Perisic on the left.
Perisic catches the ball, accelerates, and breaks through!
Ivanovic's reaction was a little slower. As a tall full-back, he was a little slower in reaction. Although Perisic's speed was not very fast, his starting speed was still the same.
Not bad.
After temporarily getting rid of Ivanovic, Perisic broke into the penalty area and then passed the ball in an inverted triangle close to the baseline!
Vardy took a big step and left Cahill behind. Then he faced the rolling ball and fired directly!
The ball quickly flew to the far corner of the goal. Courtois made an excellent save. He quickly dived sideways and blocked the ball with one hand!
Just when Chelsea fans were about to cheer, a red figure appeared on the path of the ball...
The next moment, before Terry could make up the position, he had already kicked the ball out.
The net trembled violently, one to one draw!
"The goal is in! Luis Suarez! His ninth league goal of the season! What an amazing guy! In just two minutes, Southampton equalized! Courtois had already worked hard to save.
He missed Vardy’s inevitable shot, but couldn’t stop Suarez’s second follow-up shot!”
Amid the shouts of the commentator, Suarez opened his arms and hugged Vardy who rushed up.
Noriya also stood up with his hands raised high. He was not particularly excited about this goal because he was sure of his team's offensive ability.
Although part of the main force has been rotated, they have not been damaged in terms of strength!
After equalizing the score, Southampton's offense began to become more intense.
They are good at attacking.
Chelsea can only temporarily recover and withstand Southampton's wave first.
Mourinho frowned. The offensive ability displayed by Southampton at this time was shocking. Throughout the first half of the season, Southampton's offense was actually a bit chaotic. Vardy's performance was often their barometer.
, if Vardy can score, it will be much easier for Southampton to open up the situation.
But now, their offensive rhythm and scoring points appear to be much stronger than before!
"Have they started to really show up? For the sprint in the second half of the season?" Mourinho thought silently in his heart.
But he wasn't too worried. After all, Chelsea were five points ahead. Even if they lost this game, they were still two points ahead. Chelsea's stability would be enough to maintain the two-point advantage until the end.
However, only six minutes later, his expression changed.
Suarez, De Bruyne and Vardy played a beautiful cooperation. First, Suarez received De Bruyne's pass and then broke forward. Then when the opponent blocked it, Suarez passed the ball in time.
Vardy responded at the front of the penalty area. Vardy received the ball and turned around. Suarez inserted into the penalty area at high speed. Vardy sent a beautiful diagonal pass in time and handed the ball to Suarez who broke into the penalty area!
Seeing that Suarez was about to take the ball and face the goalkeeper, Matuidi, who hurriedly returned to defense, stretched his foot in the penalty area and tripped Suarez...
Suarez fell down naturally.
The referee's whistle sounded, and then he ran into the penalty area and awarded a penalty kick!
Chelsea's players and coaches began to protest, but the referee saw clearly that Matuidi had indeed committed a foul. Although his action was not too big, so no card was given, but the penalty was a real one.
Southampton started celebrating, but then they had a problem - who was going to take the penalty?
Suarez takes the penalty kick? He almost never takes penalty kicks, and Vardy does the same. De Bruyne has good footwork, and he basically never takes penalty kicks...
When Lukaku is not on the court, Southampton loses a reliable penalty kicker.
In the end, it was De Bruyne who took the penalty kick. Facing his teammates from the national team, De Bruyne chose to kick the lower right corner, but Courtois, who judged correctly, saved the ball!
However, when the Chelsea fans were preparing to celebrate, the saved ball flew in front of De Bruyne again. De Bruyne was rude now. He easily kicked the ball back and hit the ball into the dead center of the goal.
!
Two to one, Southampton overtook the score!
Ji Ya waved his fist vigorously again.
Our offense is so efficient.
Mourinho couldn't help it anymore. Losing this game would not have much impact, but it would be too embarrassing if he was beaten so hard by the opponent and still defeated himself.
Chelsea's players also felt humiliated.
They began to launch attacks continuously, while Southampton was based in the midfield, constantly intercepting the opponent's attacks, and then waiting for opportunities to launch counterattacks.
Ivanovic and Costa had another similar cooperation. Ivanovic passed from the wing and Costa grabbed the point in the penalty area. However, this time Otamendi entangled Costa and made him unable to feel comfortable.
After grabbing the point, the header went over the crossbar.
Chelsea attacked and Southampton waited for an opportunity to counterattack, which became the theme of the rest of the first half.
Under Southampton's tight defense, it was difficult for Chelsea to create real good opportunities. Instead, Southampton created two opportunities through counterattacks. Perisic's shot allowed Courtois to make a vigorous effort.
He made a save, and Vardy almost scored a goal with another shot.
The only person Chelsea can create a threat is Costa, but it is difficult for him to seize opportunities in the penalty area.
Under the care of Wundt and Otamendi, he could score a few points, but it was difficult to create a greater threat.
