At this point in the Premier League, Manchester City's imperial appearance has become more and more explicit, and it is only one yellow robe away from ascending the throne. Therefore, the manchester City vs Chelsea match is just under the guise of King Mountain, and the actual result is not painful for the other 18 teams in the Premier League. Even if Chelsea win, Klopp can send a thank-you note to the Blues.
In this case, Tuchel did not continue the confrontation with the Red Army, but came up with a rather low-key and pragmatic style of play.
First, in the attack, Lukaku and Ziyech started - which means that there is no frontcourt to oppress this matter, the two paired with the US team, made up their minds to eat raw with their personal ability.
Second, in defense, Ziyeh and the US team are deeply positioned - which means that the flanks are less elastic, the probability of Alonso and AZP taking off is greatly reduced, and both wing-backs are pure shield attributes.
Third, Werner, Mount and Hudson-Odoi are all on standby on the bench – which means that Tuchel has left the acceleration as a backhand, still thinking of stealing the second half after surviving the stalemate.
The disadvantage of the above three points is that Chelsea itself took the initiative to cut off the wings, and Lukaku could only pick up the ball himself if he wanted to catch the ball or wait for the probability of appearing to be about equal to the direct plug of the big lotto; the advantage was... There are so many people on the Blues' defensive line.
If Manchester City were to describe the traffic jam in Chelsea's backcourt in one sentence, it would probably be "a little away from home". Even though Alonso was repeatedly blasted by Sterling and Kepa rushed to break the siege and hit AZP, the thickness of the five guards still locked the ribs. In the first half, Manchester City completely suppressed the scene, but there are only two kinds of pictures that can really be cut into the highlights:
A. Sal's various limits are one-on-one, and Rudiger is steady.
B. 80 million Kai coached mr. 100 million who successfully defended Manchester City alone.
So, the rhythm of the first half is Chelsea defending – succeeding – Chelsea defending – succeeding – Chelsea defending again... Okay, here's the question, where did Chelsea's attack go?
No way, this game Chelsea is basically in a state of full explosion of four tires in attack.
The first tire was their own broken, low defensive way, directly pulling out the valve cores of Alonso and AZP.
The second tire was broken by Manchester City, who concentrated on Guarding Kante and Kovacic, who were not the masters of long passes with crosshairs, as long as they tripped them both on the propulsion line.
The third tire was broken by Ziyech's right foot, whether it was B seat or Sterling, the defense of Ziyech was to lower the center of gravity, lean on the left, and then force Ziyech to repeatedly show with his right foot.
The fourth tire was broken by the Chelsea defence, and Sal had a 100% success rate in the whole game, but the passing level... Well, he conceded 12 times in the game. To some extent, like Mustafi, he is easy to brush up on all kinds of data, but at the same time has too obvious and too fatal shortcomings.
In this way, Chelsea's weaknesses were all exposed, coupled with The targeted blows of Guardiola, the Blues' attack was left with one means: to release Lukaku with a variety of erratic, random long passes...
Yes, in front of Lukaku is a set of pure fulcrum play. If you want to go this way, there are two options. One is a jerky dribble breakout, with only goal-scoring kicks in his eyes, but Lukaku loves passing in this game and is basically a big ass sharer.
The other is to use your own body as the center of the circle, use the muscles as the radius to fight for the head ball, and carry the opponent to lay down the country for your teammates... Cough, a black history: When Lukaku was still at Manchester United, there was a Manchester derby, and he lost to B and Sterling.
Throughout the game, Lukaku won 7 times and lost the ball 10 times, setting off the success rate of Laporte and Stones to 100%. Inter fans once told me that their strike line last season was one high and one fast, of which Lautaro was the tall one. After the game, I believed. Lukaku obviously has a Hummer H2 body, but every time he appears in the Manchester City defender pile, he is like riding a bicycle over a snowy mountain.
In this way, Chelsea could only accept an attacking first half that was completely ruined. At the beginning of the second half, the taste of defense also began to change. Because, Four people, Foden, Sterling, Glellish, and B seat, began to shift positions in large doses. Then, there were repeated scenes of Sterling and Glalish joining forces to beat Alonso/AZP, so Kante, who loved to fill the position, stepped forward - he began to use gambling defense to reduce the damage on the flanks or simply go to the side to help, leaving the defense of the arc in the middle circle to Kovacic alone.
Three rooms and two halls were vacated in the middle of the road, and then Manchester City lifted Tintin.
If you remember Manchester City's 2-2 match with Liverpool this season, you remember De Bruyne's long-range shot from outside the box... There is no one to defend within a radius of five meters, and the red and blue armies are actually the same way to die.
Before Chelsea conceded the ball, Tuchel had just played his backhand - Werner, Hudson-Odoi came on, Mount followed up, and this impact did bring some trouble to Manchester City, but it turned into a soft-footed shrimp on the end of the game...
Put it this way, if a striker doesn't dare to shoot and doesn't dare to pass, it's basically useless. And such strikers, Chelsea have two. Lukaku went down, Werner took the baton, and the mountains and rivers gave in, smiling for Jun.
According to Squawka, Chelsea only touched the ball seven times in the Manchester City penalty area and completed four shots on goal. Lukaku's data is fixed in: 1 shot on target, 0 attempts, 1 missed opportunity, 21 touches, a pass success rate of 58%, 10 losses of the ball, 7 attempts to top 0 successes.
In the end, Chelsea lost to the Etihad, and the number of shots on goal and the number of touches in the opposing box set a new low in the Tuchel era. After the game, Tuchel commented on Lukaku, saying that Lukaku had lost too many possessions when he had not been pressed, and had also lost many times when the team had a good chance.
But the problem is that Lukaku has never been a pivot player. He needed room to fight back, so he thrived at Everton; he needed selfless teammates to suck him up, so Inter was also a second home. If nothing is left to chance, and lukaku is left to carry the defender and jump to the top, then he will be in a basic state of rest.
Therefore, if Lukaku must be allowed to play a single centre-forward, it is necessary to walk the ball to the feet, with a large number of accurate direct feeding, and the support of Chelsea's midfield in this game... Lukaku said: "On the weekend, everyone said that there would be a pigeon race, and in the end I went alone. ”
In fact, this episode, we have seen it before at Manchester United.
In short, if You want To fit In with Romelu Lukaku, Tuchel still has to use his brains on the two-striker system. Although Lukaku secretly sent Autumn Wave to Inter Milan, many fans of other teams suggested simply letting them go back to Milan and remarrying the original match.
This is purely because other team fans don't think it's a big deal to see the hilarity, because "it is better to demolish ten temples than to destroy a marriage"...
In essence, it is to bully others and be honest with monks.