Chapter 84 Mourinho's Obsession
"Tsk tsk!"
In the Chelsea bus, they ended the game against Crystal Palace ahead of schedule and set off on their way home.
In this game, Chelsea defeated Crystal Palace 3-1.
But Mourinho was not happy because they lost a goal, which was a goal that could have been avoided, but the team lost the ball due to its recklessness.
Mourinho is a pure defensiveist. He can tolerate winning the game by one to zero, but he must not allow the ball to be lost.
Because losing the ball means that their defense has loopholes.
Therefore, after each loss of the ball, Mourinho's expression is generally not very good even if he wins.
This time is no exception.
Mourinho is sitting at the front of the bus, watching the ongoing Arsenal vs. Manchester City game!
As Chelsea's strongest opponent on the road to the championship, Arsenal is currently 1 point ahead of them.
In this game, Arsenal is against Manchester City. Mourinho hopes that Manchester City can play better and pull Arsenal down from the top of the list.
But from the current situation, Manchester City lacks initiative.
Arsenal's overall mobilization is better, and Manchester City's passing and control are like loose, giving people a sense of show.
On the other hand, Arsenal played in an orderly manner, with stable defense and resolute offense and counterattack!
Especially the position of Lucky.
Under Manchester City's repeated temptations, Lucky still firmly stayed in the position of the back waist, not giving the opponent any chance at all.
No matter how Manchester City tempted, he remained indifferent.
Seeing this, Mourinho couldn't help but think of the goal lost due to David Luiz's recklessness.
If David Luiz was as calm as Lucky, this team would not exist.
"Has the club given any plan?" Mourinho suddenly turned his head and asked.
Assistant coach Stephen Holland was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly; "You haven't forgotten him yet?"
Chelsea has quoted Arsenal many times, but Arsenal just won't let go.
But they also understand that after all, Lucky is not a mercenary player, and selling him can bring in other excellent supplementary personnel.
Lucky is the foundation of the team. Although he cannot compare with those forward players in terms of value, his importance is far higher than them.
Arsenal will not give up Lucky, just as Chelsea cannot send Lampard away.
These are the foundation of the team and the core tactical players.
After many unsuccessful offers, Chelsea has basically given up this idea, but Mourinho has always shown his pursuit of Lucky.
For Lucky's transfer issue, Mourinho even had a discussion with the club owner Abramovich.
No one knows what the two talked about, but in the end Mourinho was a little disappointed.
Obviously, he did not achieve his goal.
But even so, Mourinho still hopes that the club can pry open Arsenal's transfer door through repeated offers and bring this defensive gate to Stamford Bridge.
And this situation has been aggravated by Mourinho's slow progress in transforming Oscar.
Mourinho is dissatisfied with Oscar's transformation.
Although Oscar tried very hard to train, he just couldn't play like Lucky.
That's right! That's the feeling!
For Mourinho, Lucky is not just a defensive midfielder, he is also a captain with max spiritual attributes.
Just look at Arsenal today.
Under the leadership of the 20-year-old captain, the Gunners have shown terrifying cohesion.
Moreover, Lucky is also famous for his self-discipline. Which head coach can not love such a player?
Anyway, Mourinho is crazy about Lucky.
He even planned that if Lucky really came to Chelsea, Lampard would give Lucky a place.
It's just a beautiful wish. Neither Arsenal nor Lucky himself have any intention of transferring!
When he thought of this, Mourinho's expression became more and more depressed.
He felt that Lucky was simply the most critical and core personnel configuration in his tactical system. No player could give Mourinho this feeling.
Mourinho fully explained what it means to "love but not get"!
In the game, the two teams have entered the second half.
Arsenal still relies on a steady midfield linkage to sort out the rhythm, while Manchester City is a little anxious.
They know very well that if they lose this game, it will mean that they basically bid farewell to the championship.
In this case, Manchester City's offense is anxious.
The entire lineup began to press forward significantly, trying to rely on the number of people to establish a sufficient advantage in the midfield.
But more people do not necessarily establish an advantage.
For example, now Manchester City has invested a lot of strength in the midfield area, and even Dzeko is retreating to connect the work.
But their passing still seems a little unsmooth.
The reason is simple.
Lekai stood at the key points of those passing veins, like a thorn stuck in Manchester City's throat, uncomfortable.
They wanted to bypass Lekai to launch an attack, but in the end they found that this could not be done at all.
Lekai's defense radiation is too wide, and Lekai's tireless running disrupts Manchester City's offensive rhythm, which puts Manchester City in trouble in the midfield area.
Yaya Toure and others felt like they were in a swamp, and the harder they struggled, the deeper they sank!
Silva took the ball with his back to the goal and flicked it to the left, trying to distance himself from Cazorla.
He did it.
But Yaya Toure suddenly exclaimed; "Be careful!"
Silva suddenly felt his hair stand up, and the next second, he was knocked off the ball and couldn't control his center of gravity at all.
And Lekai took the opportunity to grab the ball at his feet.
Yaya Toure, he couldn't knock it off the ball!
But Silva could still do it!
After Lekai grabbed the ball, he immediately looked up and took a look, then he pulled up his right foot on the spot, and under the terrifying core force, he pulled it back violently!
The ball shuttled forward frantically.
The area where Lekai passed the ball was probably in the middle circle. He aimed at the middle position between Clichy and Demichelis, slightly closer to Clichy.
Demichelis started quickly, trying to intercept the pass.
This was a low ball, almost flying close to the ground.
Demichelis ran hard and stretched out his right foot to reach the ball.
Just as the ball was getting closer and closer, it suddenly bounced on the ground and flew over Demichelis's feet.
Looking at this scene, Demichelis' face suddenly turned pale!
"It's over!"
Demichelis slid past and immediately turned over to look.
He saw that Suarez had caught up with the ball and entered the penalty area.
"Demichelis!! Mistake!!! He had a problem with his judgment of the landing point, Suarez caught up with the ball!! Single-handed!!!"
Zhan Jun stood up and roared!
Suarez successfully entered the penalty area, and Joe Hart had already rushed over.
With a certain distance between the two, Suarez did not give any chances at all and kicked the ball directly.
This ball was shot to the far corner, and the speed of the ball was very fast. Although Joe Hart made a save, he could not reach it at all.
Joe Hart could only hope that the ball would roll out of the baseline.
With everyone watching, the ball hit the goal post in the far corner and bounced into the net!
In the 77th minute of the second half, Arsenal led Manchester City 2:0.
At this moment, the whole stadium was boiling!
Arsenal fans celebrated wildly, and they were closer to the championship again.
In the coaching booth, Wenger also waved his arms vigorously and turned his head and shouted;
"Ramsey! Arteta go warm up!"
In the 83rd minute, Arsenal made a substitution!
Lucky left the court, Ramsey came on!
Cazorla left the court, Arteta came on!
Arsenal needed to replace these two generals when the situation was basically stable, after all, they still had the Champions League to play.
After Lucky left the court, Patrais came up.
"How do you feel? Are you feeling unwell?"
Faced with Patrese's question, Lekai gave a thumbs up and said, "Great!"
Patrese smiled and patted Lekai on the shoulder, saying, "Nice play, kid!"
Lekai watched the next game from the sidelines!
After Lekai left the field, Manchester City's attack finally gained momentum.
But they didn't grasp the ball for several times, until the 90+3 minute, when the game was about to end, Yaya Toure scored a long shot and equalized the goal.
After that, Manchester City attacked twice in a row.
The time had exceeded the three minutes of injury time and was close to four minutes.
The Arsenal players and Wenger at the scene were shouting wildly.
Under this pressure, the referee finally blew the whistle to end the game.
In the 31st round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Manchester City 2:1 at home!
This game allowed Arsenal to continue to lead the standings, and after Manchester City lost, the points gap between them and Arsenal reached 10 points, basically saying goodbye to the sequence of the league championship.
Now Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal form the championship team!
And at present, Arsenal's championship advantage is the most obvious!
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