Chapter 227: Mourinho Buys Two Calves at the Beginning of the Year and Lays the Foundation [Points Data Has Been Corrected]

After the match between Chelsea and Swansea ended, the final match of the 18th round of the Premier League between Manchester City and Liverpool was also in full swing.

After Manchester City watched Chelsea and Arsenal fight in the last round of the league.

Now it is Arsenal and Chelsea's turn to watch Manchester City's fun.

Liverpool is not so easy to play. Although Liverpool's current record is not particularly good, it still ranks fourth in the Premier League, surpassing Everton.

And if it weren't for the previous failures against mid- and lower-level Premier League teams, Liverpool might still be ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal.

Liverpool has not lost its fine tradition of robbing the rich and helping the poor. It is exciting to play against strong teams, but it makes their fans terrified to play against weak teams.

So don't think that Liverpool will challenge Manchester City, which is currently ranked second in the Premier League, away this round.

But none of Liverpool's players and their fans are afraid.

The game process was indeed like this. Manchester City had the advantage of home court, but in the first 30 minutes of the first half, they were beaten by Liverpool's counterattack!

Suarez, who has entered his peak, is really fierce.

He can challenge Manchester City's midfield and backcourt defense with the ball, and he is very cunning when running without the ball.

With two young players, Coutinho and Sterling, Suarez also played well on the offensive end!

That is, Sturridge and Gerrard were injured recently.

Otherwise, Suarez didn't need to take care of the children in the first half, and he might have scored!

If it weren't for the last moment of the first half, David Silva dribbled into Liverpool's penalty area in a small space and assisted Nasri to score.

This first half can be said to be a show of Suarez alone.

Liverpool can't blame Suarez for not breaking the drought.

He sent a threatening half-solo pass to Sterling, and also created a chance for Coutinho to shoot at the top of the Manchester City penalty area, which he is good at.

However, both young players missed the rare shooting opportunities.

In the live broadcast, Rogers stood on the sidelines, jumping and cursing, and a group of neutral fans were very happy.

Li Ang took Ibrahimovic's car out of the stadium, and turned on the live broadcast on his mobile phone on the way to dinner with his teammates, and just saw the scene of Coutinho shooting and hitting the plane.

As a result, Coutinho wasted a great opportunity. Within three minutes, David Silva on the other side broke the deadlock alone to help Manchester City break the deadlock.

Li Ang looked at some animated pictures before the game again, and felt that Sterling's performance today was eye-catching, and Suarez was alone.

When the first half of the game ended, Li Ang turned off the live broadcast. He didn't think that Liverpool, which was short of soldiers, could overtake and defeat Manchester City.

At most, they could get a draw at the Etihad Stadium, but that was difficult.

However, from Chelsea's point of view, the best match was that Manchester City led for most of the game time, and Liverpool scored a goal at the last moment.

In this case, Manchester City could only get one point, and Chelsea would further pull away from them in the standings, and Liverpool would also consume a lot of energy.

For Chelsea, such a scene is the best of both worlds~

However, Li Ang never expected that the final result of this game was not a stalemate of 1-0 or 1-1, but 3-3!

Manchester City and Liverpool scored a total of five goals in the second half of the game!

Among them, Aguero scored twice, and Suarez of Liverpool scored two shots and one pass directly, successfully helping Liverpool to tie the score in the stoppage time!

From 0-2 to 3-3, Liverpool staged a stunning counterattack performance.

Suarez also became the most talked-about figure in the entire Premier League with this god-like performance!

Another hot topic that matches this is:

A large number of Premier League fans don’t understand why Guardiola continued to attack after taking a two-goal lead instead of playing a steady counterattack or controlling the game.

This is a complete waste of the three points in hand.

Li Ang heard the cheers of his teammates during the dinner and then realized what happened.

His first reaction was of course surprise.

A two-goal lead can be chased back by the opponent by three goals?

For a Premier League top team like Manchester City, this should not happen, a serious tactical mistake!

But he thought again, this is Guardiola’s team, okay, then there is no problem.

Whether it is a live or not, that is only from the perspective of the fans.

Guardiola has such tactical pursuits, and his tactical concepts have been constantly innovating and improving.

If not, he would not be Guardiola.

What does the loss of one or two games mean to Guardiola?

He is a tough guy who dares to experiment with tactics in the Champions League final.

"Manchester City gave him a chance, but Suarez really dared to seize it. How did this kid suddenly become so strong this season?

Although he was very strong last season, he is nothing compared to this season.

"Hasn't he already been famous for scoring goals in the Netherlands?

He played well in the World Cup and the America's Cup. I think it's a natural result. Once he adapts to the Premier League, he will be able to fully display his abilities.

"Liverpool fought hard in this game. They will definitely have to rotate players in the next round. We are lucky. ”

“It’s hard to say whether it’s a bargain or not. Suarez’s current state makes me feel a little unstable…”

Listening to his teammates’ discussion, Li Ang also felt that the result of the next round against Liverpool was hard to say.

In terms of team strength, Chelsea is definitely stronger than Liverpool now.

But Liverpool has a top football attacker who is explosive.

If Suarez scores a hat trick or two again in the next round, then Mourinho will be the one jumping on the sidelines.

Li Ang thought about Mourinho’s furious look on the sidelines at that time, and felt it was quite funny.

As a result, the next afternoon, when all Chelsea players reported to the training base for recovery training.

Li Ang was once again called to Mourinho’s office by Holland.

“I’m going to mark Suarez? ”

After listening to Mourinho's tactical arrangement for the next round of games, Li Ang was a little surprised.

"That guy has never cooled down since the suspension ended this season, and he is very flexible and moves very well.

I think Nemanja (Matic) and John (Terry) can't do a good job of restricting him. After thinking about it, only you are the most suitable. "

Mourinho expressed his opinion. Li Ang thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case.

Suarez can dribble and shoot, his body is flexible and powerful, and the key is that he is very strong in running without the ball. It is not certain that Matic and Terry can keep an eye on him.

Li Ang's final nod made Mourinho feel relieved.

After all, the present is different from the past. Li Ang is now a famous star in the Premier League. He is still asked to do this kind of tactical dirty work...

Although Mourinho knows that Li Ang will not refuse in nine out of ten cases, but it is precisely because of this that he feels a little embarrassed.

"Oh, you still understand me, little lion, don't worry! Later, I will definitely find a chance for you to experience the joy of unlimited firing rights..."

Li Ang: "..."

It doesn't matter whether it's glamorous or not, it doesn't matter whether you have unlimited firing rights or not, the most important thing for Li Ang is whether the game can be won.

He doesn't mind whether he can do tactical dirty work with his current identity.

No matter how glamorous your identity is or how good your data is, if you can't win the game at the critical moment, you are just a weakling in the eyes of the fans.

So Li Ang agreed very happily.

In the next two days of preparation, Lukaku, who played the tactical role of Suarez, was also tortured by Li Ang's single defense.

Knowing that Li Ang would act as a tactical pawn on the day of the game and go to Suarez one-on-one to self-destruct, the other Chelsea players could only admire Li Ang.

Even Oscar, who had always believed that he lost his starting position because of Li Ang's arrival, Now he had to admit his mistake to Li Ang.

If it were him, he would not be able to lower his status in an important game and fight against the opponent's sharp striker one-on-one.

Not only did he not want to do this kind of work, his agent could not accept seeing him working as an engineer on the court.

So before the game started on the afternoon of December 29, Li Ang stepped onto the field under the admiring eyes of almost all his teammates.

At first, Liverpool's players and their head coach Rogers did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

Suarez just felt very strange, why Li Ang had been staying in the backcourt since the start of the game, and did not go to the frontcourt to organize the attack as usual.

It was not until Li Ang came to his side with a warm smile and greeted him that he reacted with wide eyes.

"You today... could it be? "

Seeing Suarez's unsure look, Li Ang covered his mouth and joked with him.

"Luis, I am your fan, be gentle today, don't embarrass me~"

Suarez was shocked when he heard Li Ang say this.

He didn't want Li Ang to be his fan!

As we all know, every time Li Ang said this, a player or coach would become a victim on the court.

So Suarez didn't care about communicating with Li Ang anymore, he turned around and ran, not wanting to stay with Li Ang for even a second!

Of course, Li Ang would not let him go like this, he chased Suarez when he ran, without any awareness of being a top Premier League star.

And countless neutral fans who saw Li Ang's posture were also stunned.

The shock they felt was like seeing the super Rooney of about 10 years ago retreating to defend Fabregas one-on-one when Manchester United played against Arsenal!

Such a thing would have only existed in their imagination, but today, Mourinho's Chelsea turned it into reality!

Rogers was completely stunned. This tactical script not only overturned his pre-match expectations, but also made him completely unable to find a way to crack it!

Liverpool now had to rely on Suarez to lead the counterattack, but now Mourinho used his trump card to play self-explosion with Suarez.

One-on-one, if Suarez can get rid of Li Ang, he can still play a role on the offensive end.

But the key is that no matter how you look at it, Suarez is not as good at single-point explosion as Messi!

Last season, Li Ang was able to further limit Messi's performance.

After Li Ang came to the Premier League this season, he has not failed on the defensive end.

Whether it is limiting Rooney, David Silva or Eriksen, he has done very well.

Therefore, Rogers himself was not optimistic about whether Suarez could successfully break through Li Ang's limitations.

At present, Chelsea without Li Ang still had Lampard and Hazard to launch attacks, and Ibrahimovic to finish stably.

But what about Liverpool without Suarez?

Can they rely on Coutinho and Sterling, two young players, to turn the tide?

Facts have proved that Coutinho and Sterling at this stage are not what they will evolve in a few years. On the offensive end, their performance is even more nervous.

Suarez wanted to continue to involve Chelsea's defense through his running position.

But he underestimated the trust of Chelsea players in Li Ang's defensive ability.

It was also the first time that Suarez felt the frustration of being entangled in iron chains, powerful but unable to use them.

The key is that when he cursed in his hometown dialect, Li Ang even "communicated" with him directly in Spanish...

Suarez originally thought that this would be his strong point.

But he didn't know that after Li Ang's first fight with Diego Costa, he specifically went online to look up some relevant Spanish "information".

So even if he is not a top fighter, Li Ang is now an intermediate and advanced person in greeting people in Spanish.

Unable to get rid of him, and unable to scold him, Suarez felt very frustrated, and for a moment he couldn't help but grind his teeth.

But Li Ang was not afraid, because he knew that Suarez had been patient for a whole year since he couldn't help biting Ivanovic and was banned last season.

It was not until the 2014 World Cup that he made a mistake again because he couldn't stand the temptation of Chiellini's body.

And after being severely warned by the English Football Association, Suarez also understood that if he dared to make similar mistakes in the Premier League again, he would have to leave the league.

So Li Ang was fearless, and his strong fighting ability made Suarez, who had already lost a lot of physical strength in the last round, disappear in this game.

Liverpool, however, failed to defend their own gates when Chelsea lost a big offensive weapon.

In the 32nd minute of the first half, Liverpool was headed by Ibrahimovic.

In the 71st minute of the second half, after Lampard scored a long-range shot, Rodgers knew that the game was over.

Considering that they still had a revenge battle with newly promoted Hull City three days later.

In the end, Rodgers could only rationally replace Suarez and midfielder Lucas early.

Seeing this, Mourinho did not pursue Liverpool relentlessly, but deployed troops and called off the game with substitutions.

Chelsea, who got the advantage and won Liverpool 2-0 without bloodshed, successfully ended all the games in the first half of the 13-14 Premier League season.

In the 19 rounds of the first half of the league, Chelsea achieved 16 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, and topped the list with 50 points!

Manchester City, currently ranked second in the Premier League, has 44 points, two wins away from Chelsea. Chelsea's top position can be said to be very stable.

However, just three days later, in the first Premier League game of 2014.

Chelsea and Manchester City, ranked first and second in the Premier League, both lost. They failed to get a good start in the new year.

Chelsea lost 2-3 to Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium, while Manchester City also played away and finally lost 2-3 to Swansea.

The two teams lost by the same score, which can be called brothers in distress.

After losing to Chelsea, Arsenal won three consecutive games to avenge its previous defeat, surpassing Manchester City again and coming to the second place in the Premier League.

After the first league game of the year, the Premier League teams finally ushered in a ten-day rest period.

On the first day of the Premier League winter transfer window, Chelsea announced the completion of two signings in a low-key manner.

Young striker Salah, who performed well in this season's Champions League group stage, and Maguire, who has become famous in this season's English League One, have both been signed by Chelsea.

The two players are 21 and 20 years old, both of them are quite young.

They should be loaned out by Chelsea to continue training in the second half of this season.

But at present, the two guys have arrived at the Cobham training base to meet with coach Mourinho.

According to Sky Sports, Li Ang, who is currently training at the Cobham training base, gets along very well with the two young players.

And Mourinho has also hit the ground running in the process of rebuilding Chelsea's foundation.