The first half has arrived at the final stage in a blink of an eye.

Both teams seem to have accepted the 1-1 score in the first half.

But Xu Qi just took a fancy to this period of time and wanted to make efforts.

On the left side, Xu Qi finally received a pass from his teammate, and he was about to start.

He is full of confidence in facing a veteran like Ivanovic.

After a fake move, Xu Qi used his left foot to the bottom line and quickly tried to pass Ivanovic by overtaking.

Ivanovic is also a veteran who has been in football for more than ten years. How could Xu Qi make such a easy breakthrough? He immediately took great strides to follow Xu Qi, intending to use a flying tackle to block Xu Qi's cross.

Xu Qi was obviously more flexible. Taking advantage of Ivanovic's two steps, he directly hit the ball and let the ball pass through Ivanovic's crotch, and he easily passed the Premier League star.

After breaking into the penalty area, Xu Qi moved around and moved into a no-man's realm, and passed Terry and Gary Cahill in succession with fried croquettes.

Almost destroyed Chelsea's defense line by one's own strength.

However, Xu Qi still slumped in the density of Chelsea's penalty area. Behind him, William kept following him.

Taking advantage of Terry and others delaying Xu Qi's breakthrough speed, William immediately flew out from behind and shoveled the ball into Courtois' arms.

"Oh, William really dares to shovel. This ball will be owned if you accidentally do it."

"But he has to shovel. If he doesn't shovel this time and Xu Qi uses his own feet to shoot, the probability of scoring will be greater. Let's take a look at Chelsea's counterattack."

However, after William shoveled the ball out, Courtois stood up with the ball in his arms and immediately threw the ball with his hand to launch a counterattack.

At this time, Manchester City thought the first half was about to end, but as a result, Chelsea's most fierce counterattack came.

This time Fabregas got the ball in the midfield and handed it to Diego Costa!

Diego Costa once again showed his super strong ability to confront Ramirez under the interference of Kompany.

Ramirez did not stop the ball and immediately passed the ball directly to Hazard.

Immediately afterwards, Sabaleta could only keep up again and tried to stop Hazard. However, this time, Hazard did not even give him the chance to make Sabaleta foul and directly threw him away from a distance.

Diego Costa arrived in front of the door.

Hazard crossed and Costa shot!

One to zero, Diego Costa scored before the end of the first half, and Chelsea led Manchester City one to zero.<>

"This counterattack is too fast. Chelsea team showed their championship appearance with such a counterattack! The terrible counterattack speed, after Mourinho's season of coaching, this second season under Mourinho, Chelsea team showed their unique championship-winning temperament."

At this time, Xu Qi was still staying in Chelsea's penalty area.

After William shoveled the ball away from his feet, he fell into the penalty area.

Originally, he signaled the referee to the other party to make a foul behind the scenes, but the referee ignored it and instead gave Chelsea a very good counterattack opportunity.

In just over a dozen seconds, Chelsea turned this counterattack into a goal.

Its efficiency is amazing.

Xu Qi could only helplessly pat the dirt on his butt, get up, and go back to start the ball in the middle circle.

His mood was quite bad. He had almost made a bloody road in Chelsea's defense, but he still failed to score and was seized by Chelsea and fought back.

Xu Qi rarely encounters such a very awkward thing.

It is a completely different situation to take measures and seize opportunities here.

If Xu Qi had handled it more decisively at that time, perhaps Manchester City would have led one to zero.

As soon as the center circle kicked off, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half.

Xu Qi returned to the locker room with a gloomy face.

Now, he really wants to vent and fully demonstrate his abilities in front of Chelsea.

They can't lose this game.

Losing to the championship-winning opponent at home is indeed a difficult thing to accept.

In the midfield, Xu Qi's eyes were filled with a hot feeling, and he felt that his fighting spirit was emerging again.

Three consecutive games against the giants made him a little tired, but now, he feels that he has a new fighting spirit. He and his teammates will definitely win this home game.

In the second half, we must make efforts.

After the intermission, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

During the opening period, Xu Qi started his solo performance.

Aguero was closer to him, and the two began to cooperate tacitly.<>

This is not seen in the first half.

The two of them had more cases of fighting alone in the first half. In the second half, they finally began to cooperate with each other.

First, Xu Qi gave Aguero a pass, and Aguero shot his left foot and hit the net.

Then Aguero attracted attention in the middle, and Xu Qi inserted the ball from the left side and received Aguero's pass.

After going down, Xu Qi directly sent the ball to the goal and passed it to Dzeko who followed him.

Dzeko headed the ball to the top, which was almost a must-have chance to score.

However, Courtois's magical pounce resolved Manchester City's attack.

David Silva then gave Aguero a good opportunity, and Aguero also faced the opportunity that was close to him and kicked the ball away.

Chelsea's defense is simply amazing!

Even Pellegrini felt a little desperate on the sidelines. She missed such a good opportunity and didn't know what to say.

If you miss so many good opportunities, it will inevitably affect the team's game mentality. At this time, the team needs to break the deadlock as soon as possible and call back some lost energy.

At this time, Manchester City needs to stabilize the situation in the veterans.

Including Xu Qi, they were somewhat affected by such emotions that they could not enter the scene repeatedly.

Finally, Pellegrini made the first substitution adjustment.

He replaced Fernantinho and Lampard!

This former Blues team deputy and iconic mission finally met his old club on the court.

Moreover, this is a battle related to the trend of winning the Premier League.

Lampard also felt a little moved.

Seeing Lampard appearing on the court, Xu Qi also clapped his hands. He knew the reason why Pellegrini chose to let Lampard appear at this time.

Now the team needs such experienced veterans to stabilize the players' mentality in the future.

And Lampard is definitely the best choice.

After Lampard came on the court, he also gave him a lot of applause from the fans of the Etihad Stadium.

Obviously, Manchester City fans at the scene were also eager to see this scene, and Lampard went to fight against Chelsea as a Manchester City player.

Fortunately, this is not Stamford Bridge. If it were Stamford Bridge, if the fans on the scene booed him, I wonder what Lampard would think.

After playing, Lampard immediately conveyed Pellegrini's new instructions to his teammates.<>

Next, Manchester City's offense will be carried out with three points: Xu Qi, Aguero and Dzeko.

Lampard, Yaya Toure and David Silva in the midfield are all very threatening midfielders on the offensive end.

The new formation that Manchester City has set up at this time is very aggressive.

Pellegrini's adjustments are like a stance to go all out.
Chapter completed!