With the announcement of UEFA's penalty decision, this matter has basically come to an end. Although there are occasional comments from the media with novel viewpoints, they are just for everyone's after-dinner talk and cannot cause any big waves at all.
The Chelsea generals had a good rest at home for two days, and Grant was kind or considerate and did not arrange any training. Everyone needed time to heal their spiritual wounds. However, this peaceful day did not last long, because they returned
When we enter the league, we directly have to play against Manchester City away from home. The time interval is ridiculously short.
The players did not have any pre-match training. After resting and gathering, they went directly to Manchester City without even having time to adapt to the venue. Fortunately, everyone goes to Manchester City's Etihad Stadium at least once a year, so even if they can't
I am so familiar that I know every seat clearly, at least it is not unfamiliar, and it is not a big problem if I have not adapted to the venue.
Grant's idea was to get rid of Manchester City quickly and then prepare for the second round of the Champions League. He was eager for revenge and did not take an inferior team like Manchester City seriously.
However, Manchester City does not think this way. The last time Manchester City visited Stamford Bridge, they were beaten 6-0 by Chelsea. This time they faced their opponents at home and it was a veritable battle of revenge. Manchester City won 1 and 2 in the last 5 games.
They drew 2 and lost 1-3 in the last game. This sluggish state also made Eriksson's coaching position a bit shaky. However, Manchester City's results at home should not be underestimated. Their performance at home
In 16 games, we achieved a good record of 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.
Now that Chelsea have just returned from Turkey in embarrassment, Manchester City believes that their time for revenge has come. They will not let go of this opportunity to beat Chelsea. They obviously regard Chelsea as a drowned dog.
While Chelsea was recuperating, Manchester City coach Eriksson made wild claims in the media, believing that the game in Turkey was Chelsea's Waterloo of the season and the beginning of Chelsea's two-front defeat. As long as Manchester City can perform normally, they will definitely be able to win at home.
Give Chelsea a head-on blow.
"Some people always blame game defeats on various objective factors. They never look for faults in themselves, such as the home fans causing trouble, or the referees' unfair penalties. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with them. Chelsea is participating in the Champions League in the Premier League.
The team has the worst performance. Let’s not talk about the group stage. We met the weakest opponent in two consecutive rounds of draws, so we should be satisfied! In the first round of knockout, we met the weakest opponent among the top 16 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Another away game was humiliated by Fenerbahce, the weakest team in the quarter-finals. What qualifications do I have to represent the Premier League? If I were the head coach of Chelsea, I would not go anywhere and stay at home honestly.
It will save you embarrassment." Eriksson's words are always so offensive. Although his coaching ability is not very good, his bad mouth is famous far and wide, even when he was coaching the England national team.
"It seems that some people have no chance to participate in European competitions. They will only say some sour words in the corner to express their envy and jealousy. If they forget 6:0, then we will lose this game again.
Let’s use this score to remind them.” Grant was not a low-income person, and he immediately refuted Eriksson’s remarks after learning about them from reporters.
The war of words between the coaches of both sides did not affect the teams, and the two teams were still preparing for the game step by step.
Since Eriksen wanted to avenge his shame, he naturally arranged for the team's main lineup to start. The young but powerful Joe Hart has already secured his main position in Manchester City. Of course, in the prince's previous life, he has already secured his place in the England national team.
The team's No. 1 goalkeeper position; in addition, Sun Jihai, known as the Sun of China, sat on the bench because of the return of Croatian international Joel Luka; although other players are also strong players, they are still inferior to Chelsea.
It's more than enough.
In order to avenge the Champions League, Grant still arranged a rotation for this game. Ballack and Lampard got the starting opportunity, Kalou rotated out, and Joe Cole replaced Prince as the attacking midfielder. The other positions were the same as when he faced Fenerbahce.
The lineup is the same.
Grant doesn't think Manchester City can create any obstacles for Chelsea, so for Prince, he plans to go into the second half to find his form and warm up, so as to avoid being in poor condition for the midweek game.
The game developed just as Grant wanted. Although Manchester City had the home advantage, they had no advantage at all against the Chelsea generals who knew their shame and acted bravely.
Only 5 minutes into the game, Kalou opened the scoring for Chelsea with a counterattack by the central defender. Manchester City also planned to attack Chelsea in the opening stage, but Ballack would not watch them act arrogantly on their own territory and hand over the ball after unreasonable steals.
Joe Cole, Joe Cole played behind the opponent's defender, Kalou started to engage in high-speed, facing Joe Hart who had not yet entered the state, he pushed the shot into the lower right corner, giving Chelsea a fantastic start.
Grant saw that the team scored a goal. Although he didn't feel very excited, in order to anger the hateful old man opposite him, he still pretended to be cool on the sidelines and looked at Eriksen with eyes full of contempt and disdain.
Eriksson was also unlucky. He had nothing to do but was angry. He was despised and had no place to vent his anger. He could only vent his anger by yelling at the dejected players on the field. Otherwise, he would get acne on his face if he couldn't vent his frustration.
Falling behind at home, Manchester City finally woke up and recognized the situation. It seemed like they were back to that night when they were massacred by 6 goals. I couldn't help but tremble in my heart. This psychological activity was directly reflected on the court, and Manchester City retreated.
Chelsea, who were in the lead, naturally played comfortably. They could go as fast as they wanted, or as slow as they wanted. The rhythm was controlled by themselves. They were extremely relaxed. As they kicked, they came out of the shadow of the previous game, so they played more proactively.
, suppressing the frustrated Manchester City at halftime.
It is said that two situations have always occurred repeatedly in Chelsea's recent games, either completely suppressing the opponent or being suppressed by the opponent. There has not been a bayonet-red confrontation scene for a long time. Of course, Chelsea still has more opportunities to suppress the opponent, only
Only in rare special circumstances will the situation of being suppressed occur, such as the last game.
After Manchester City retreated, the defense was very solid. Maybe this is also related to Eriksson's style. When he was in the England national team, he trained the team's defense well, but the offense was poor and not organized at all.
No, the problem of double virtues started to appear from his hands.
Although Chelsea was very happy and even more relaxed than during training, facing Manchester City's iron-clad defense, they didn't have any good opportunities. They mostly relied on reverse moves in the midfield and occasionally hit the penalty area.
There were no good results either, either he was cleared or the forward wasted an opportunity.
In fact, what Chelsea lacks on the court now is creativity in offense. If Prince is on the court, he can certainly fully mobilize the team and pass some very creative threatening balls. Now Joe Cole is playing this
Regarding position, although England's wingers have good speed and skills, he is still suitable for playing on the wing.
The entire first half ended in this leisurely manner.
Grant looked very unhappy on the way back to the locker room, so the Chelsea players were unwilling to get into trouble and rested quietly in the locker room.
"Have you forgotten what I said before the game? Do you need me to remind you? 6:0, understand. I want to give Manchester City another 6:0, but what were you doing in the first half? Apart from just starting
If you are lucky enough to score a goal, you can then play casually on the court, right? Well, I solemnly inform you now that if you do not score 6 goals in today's game or are scored by Manchester City, then tomorrow
I ran 100,000 meters in training, twice!" After speaking, Grant angrily slammed the door and left the locker room, leaving only the stunned Chelsea players.
"Oh, God, I can't afford to hurt a menopausal person. I don't know what's wrong with him. 200,000 meters, you might as well kill me." The first person to complain was Pizarro, the team's number one slacker.
, Peruvians are the kind of people who can sit down and never stand up. The 200,000 meters would really cost him his life.
Now that the task has been assigned, there is no point in complaining any more. They can imagine what kind of corpses will be everywhere on the training field tomorrow if the task is not completed.
According to the established arrangement, the prince came on in the second half and was replaced by his good friend Joe Cole. In addition, Drogba also replaced Kalou. His task was also to find the feeling of the game.
The Manchester City players may have cursed heartily in the locker room, so the momentum at the start of the game was much more fierce than in the first half. They kicked off first and launched a wave of threatening fast breaks. They came on as substitutes in the second half.
The Chinese player Sun Jihai broke through Bridge's defense on the right wing and passed a very high-quality cross ball. Petrov jumped high to grab the spot and was able to push it slightly upright and was noticed.
Cudicini, who was highly concentrated, hugged him.
This fast break also made the careless Chelsea players nervous for a moment, so Chelsea, who hated being attacked by surprise, started their attacks one after another.
In the 50th minute, Prince made a pass from the wing, and Drogba made a diving header to make the score 2:0.
Five minutes later, Prince was tripped outside the penalty area, and then took the free kick he earned to score another victory.
In the 63rd minute, Prince passed two players in the middle and then hit the opponent behind. Lampard jumped in front of Joe Hart and scored, 4:0.
In the 80th minute, Prince instigated a perfect attack. After a continuous one-two with Ballack, the ball was passed to Lampard near the corner of the penalty area. Lampard had no good shooting opportunity and distributed the ball to the wing.
Little Wright passed the ball, Drogba passed it to Prince, Prince passed the ball in front of the goal, Drogba got stuck, turned around and shot the goal.
