The Premier League title and Champions League qualification competition has entered a white-hot stage, the 22nd round of Manchester City's home game against Chelsea is even more eye-catching, this is the two most economically powerful clubs in European football, but also last season's Champions League champions and runners-up, both teams want to use more honors to change the outside world's impression of their "local tycoons", Guardiola and Tuchel are also eager to prove themselves.
After the opening, neither team tried too much, and the many encounters last season have made the two sides know each other very well, so the intensity of the game is very high. Just 6 minutes into the opening game, Alonso had already dragged Sterling to a yellow card. Both Stones and De Bruyne then took chances to shoot from inside the penalty area, and goalkeeper Kepa was able to defend the goal. The best chance of scoring in the first half came on the Side of Manchester City, and in the 39th minute Mateo Kovacic made a mistake in returning the ball under pressure, and Glalis got the ball to form a one-handed opportunity, but his pick-and-roll was too angled, slightly off the right upright, and did not have the advantage of the score.
It can be said that the initiative of the first half situation is completely in the hands of Manchester City, Chelsea even a decent attack rarely appears, because of this, Tuchel made timely adjustments in the midfield, Easy side again to fight the Blues to take the initiative, 47 minutes, the first half of the poor performance of Kovacic sent a subtle straight, Lukaku got the ball back to the goalkeeper left foot push was saved, follow-up Ziyech in the case of no one to watch, but failed to suppress the ball, this two-shot combo Chelsea played crisply, but the ability to seize the opportunity is too poor, Otherwise the score will be rewritten.
The two teams then engaged in a tug-of-war, but City remained the dominant attacking side. Sterling and Foden were active, and finally, after many attempts, Blue Moon broke the deadlock as he wished. In the 69th minute, Cancelo sent a direct pass in midfield, De Bruyne used his body to protect the ball, dodged Kante's flying shovel behind him, then he cut all the way in, and rushed to Silva before blocking the right-foot arc ball, the ball angle was excellent, the ball flew straight to the far corner of the goal, even if Kepa Qingshu ape arm, could not stop the goal, the score came to 1-0. Sterling and Glallish still had a chance to rewrite the score, but Kepa was brave and Guardiola scored a small victory.
These were the two teams that performed best in Europe last season, but judging by today's game presentation, it is indeed a one-sided situation. In terms of possession, Manchester City got 57%, 14 percentage points ahead of Chelsea, the number of shots on goal was also a sharp lead of 11-4, you are the Champions League champions, Tuchel's team is almost powerless on the road, only 4 shots on goal, only 1 shot on target, can be called a complete defeat. As a result, City have pulled Chelsea away by as many as 13 points and this season's Premier League title is rapidly losing its suspense.
This strong dialogue allowed Chelsea to blow up the biggest parallel lukaku. His fulcrum role in the front was useless, and although more than half a season had passed, Lukaku had still not been able to fully integrate into Tuchel's tactics, which was an unqualified performance for a top scorer. Moreover, Lukaku will only abuse dishes, the characteristics of stealth after a strong team are more and more obvious, and Lukaku has done nothing in the face of big 6 team, but he is very energetic in the team that plays the next half of the swim, but what is the use of this? No wonder Inter is willing to sell the Golden Boot of Last Season's Serie A immediately after winning the championship, perhaps Marotta has already seen the true face of this little monster, knowing that his strength is limited, it is better to sell him at a good price early in order to let the Nerazzurri survive the crisis.