Chapter 653 Reversal

Looking back on the experience of last season, it was like whenever Manchester United wanted to have fun, they would come to Chelsea and it would be guaranteed to be a great success.

This feels really bad.

We lost the ball at the start. Are we going to repeat the previous tragic experience?

The camera was pointed at the sidelines. Mourinho cheered and seemed to be shouting something.

Then, the camera immediately turned to Sarri in the home team's coaching booth. The Italian's expression was a little dazed for a moment, and then he came to his senses and shouted loudly, clapping, and roaring at his players on the sidelines.

There is a voice in Sarri's heart that he must lead the team to defeat Manchester United and stop Manchester United, and not let Chelsea be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

The strength of Chelsea's counterattack was beyond Mourinho and Manchester United's expectations.

Mourinho considered that this game would be difficult to play, but he did not expect Chelsea to show unprecedented tenacity.

In the 19th minute of the game, Chelsea attacked. Matic made a diagonal pass, and Willian dribbled the ball at high speed on the wing. He pretended to cut inside and suddenly made a horizontal pass.

Maguire tried to clear the ball at the front point, but the ball was touched by him, changed direction and rolled towards the top of the penalty area.

Jorginho followed up with a long shot, but Kante blocked the ball with his body. Lukaku followed up and held off Van Dijk, half-turned and shot, and the ball flew over the left hand of Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea into the net.

1:1, Chelsea equalized the score.

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Chelsea, who equalized the score, became increasingly motivated on the field. The coordination in the offensive section was very smooth and the players on the defensive end were also very active.

In the 31st minute of the game, Chelsea played a wonderful offensive combination.

William made continuous breakthroughs and passed the ball, Matic missed the ball in the middle, Lukaku pushed it with his left foot, and Hazard who came in from the back made a push shot, but the ball was saved by De Gea and hit the post.

"Beautiful attack! This is Chelsea, this is the Chelsea we remember!" Martin Taylor also praised Chelsea's attack.

Sarri stood up on the sidelines and applauded the team's attack.

"Keep an eye on him!" Mourinho roared on the sidelines.

Van Dijk missed a man in this defense and did not keep an eye on Hazard who came in from behind.

Sarri was in a good mood. The team was able to quickly equalize the score after conceding a goal at the beginning of the game. This is a very good phenomenon, which shows that the players are in good shape.

The most important thing is that Chelsea has been very tough so far in the first half and has been playing very well against Manchester United.

Mourinho returned to the coaching booth from the sidelines and sat down. He turned to Faria who was sitting next to him and said, "What do you think, Rui?"

"Chelsea was very motivated today and the game was very tough," Faria said. "Do you want to make any adjustments?"

"No..." Mourinho shook his head. "Not for now. In fact, we played quite well. And did you notice..."

He glanced down Chelsea's right.

"Are you saying that Azpilicueta has been pressing very high recently?" Carrick came over and said.

"That's right." Mourinho said with a smile, "Mbappe's chance has come. It depends on whether the ball can be transferred to him at the right time. But I believe in Bruno. That kid is so good at seizing opportunities!"

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Matic got the ball in the midfield and Kante signaled Herrera to press the Chelsea midfielder.

Herrera pounced on Matic, who tried several times to get rid of him but failed, so he chose to pass the ball to Kovacic.

As soon as Kovacic got the ball, Luke Shaw pounced on him, which gave Kovacic a fright.

He caught a glimpse of Azpilicueta coming up, with no one guarding him.

"Nice steal!" Andy Gray shouted. "Excellent anticipation!"

Kovacic made a long diagonal pass to Azpilicueta, but this passing line was a trap set by Manchester United. Kante was prepared and suddenly rushed forward and intercepted the ball midway.

After intercepting the ball, Kante immediately passed the ball to Bruno, and the Manchester United captain organized the attack.

Bruno didn't let the ball stay under his feet. The ball flew high over Chelsea's midfield and flew to the left side, where there seemed to be no one...

"Kylian Mbappé!" Martin Taylor yelled.

Azpilicueta pressed too high and a gap appeared behind him.

Bruno's pass flew directly there, Mbappe was chasing the ball, and there was no one defending him in front, behind, or around him.

Chelsea pressed too hard on the right. They didn't expect their pass to be intercepted, nor did they expect Manchester United's counterattack to come so quickly, and Bruno's pass to be so timely and accurate.

Mbappe raised his left foot and hooked the ball, and the most beautiful thing was that the ball did not stop, but continued to roll forward, and Mbappe did not slow down and continued to chase the ball.

"Beautiful!" He Wei, the commentator at CCTV, exclaimed, "Mbappe is very smart. He didn't stop the ball, which just played to his speed advantage!"

"Manchester United's counterattack is here! This is what they are best at!" said Zhang Lu.

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"Counterattack! Manchester United's counterattack!"

"Mbappe is very fast!"

Azpilicueta tried desperately to chase back, but he found that he could not catch up with the French boy at all.

"There were only David Luiz and Rudiger in Chelsea's penalty area, Manchester United's counterattack was too sharp!" Martin Taylor praised, "Bruno's pass just now was too accurate."

"No, what I want to praise is Manchester United's interception. Someone pressed the ball, then deliberately missed Azpilicueta to attract Song to pass the ball. Kante's smart interception was premeditated!" said Andy Gray, and he suddenly raised his voice, "Mbappe - pass the ball!"

Mbappe passed the ball on the ground, Harry Kane was at the front point and Rudiger was defending him.

Harry Kane raised his right foot and pretended to stop the ball.

Rudiger held Harry Kane tightly and prevented him from turning around.

"Pretty!"

"Heel!"

Harry Kane raised his right foot, but did not stop the ball. Instead, he used his heel to knock the ball behind him. Almost at this moment, Bruno, who was behind him, suddenly accelerated and rushed over.

David Luiz hurried to follow, but it was too late.

Bruno rushed to the ball, half turned on the spot and shot. Just like a spinning top, with himself as the center, he pushed the ground with his left foot, spun with his right foot, and kicked the ball, and the whole person turned half a circle on the spot.

"Bruno!" Along with Andy Gray's roar, the football picked up by Bruno flew towards the goal.

The football passed over Kepa's left side and went straight into the net.

"YES!GOOOOOOOOAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"

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When the football flew into the net, the players rushed out from Manchester United's bench, waved their fists, clapped, and cheered excitedly.

Mourinho was about to cheer when he was hugged tightly by Faria and Carrick.

In the away team's stands, Manchester United fans also jumped up from their seats instantly and cheered.

"2:1! Bruno's goal helped Manchester United increase the score again!"

"This is Bruno's 9th Premier League goal this season! After 9 rounds of the league, Bruno has scored 9 goals. His average efficiency of 1 goal per game has put him far ahead in the scorer list. He truly deserves to be the World Footballer of the Year!" Andy Gray shouted.

After the team took a 2:1 lead, Mourinho immediately called Kante and Bruno to the sidelines to give them instructions.

This scene was seen by Sarri, the Italian frowned and then shook his head.

"What's wrong?" asked Chelsea assistant coach and Chelsea legend Zola.

"If I guess correctly," Sarri said calmly, "the midfield will be very busy for the rest of the first half."

Zola soon understood what Sarri meant by "busy midfield".

Manchester United suddenly stepped up their midfield scramble. The rest of the first half was a game of scrambling and being robbed. Chelsea's relatively beautiful attacking coordination was immediately torn to pieces.

Manchester United can be said to have given up on attacking, with only one goal, that is: chaos!

Let Chelsea mess up and make the scene chaotic.

"Got it," Sarri told Zola. "I know what this guy is going to do, I know how he's going to do it, but there's nothing we can do about it."

"This is a hooligan way of playing." Zola said angrily.

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In the end, at the end of the first half, neither side was able to score any more goals and the score temporarily remained at 1:2, with the home team Chelsea 1:2 versus the visiting team Manchester United.

"Manchester United played very smartly, and Mourinho was very smart." Martin Taylor praised Manchester United while drinking water in the commentary booth. "Let's not talk about their two goals. After leading 2:1, Mourinho immediately asked the team to change tactics and suddenly increased their efforts. This made Chelsea, who had played well for half a game, very uncomfortable."

"In my opinion, Mourinho is one of the most skilled coaches in on-the-spot scheduling and adjustment among the current coaches." Andy Gray also praised, "And one thing is very interesting, as the head coach of Chelsea twice, Mourinho seems to have a lot of experience in how to play against Chelsea."

Chelsea's players quickly left the field. This was arguably their best half-time performance against Mourinho's Manchester United. A 1:2 half-time score was not unacceptable. But considering the special significance of this match, Chelsea's players were under great pressure, like a huge rock in their hearts.

The Manchester United players left talking and laughing.

Mourinho was waiting on the sidelines. He high-fived and hugged every player who left the field with a smile on his face.

"Well done!" Mourinho and Bruno high-fived.

Not only that, the two of them walked at the back, chatting as they walked, mainly Mourinho talking and Bruno listening, and nodding constantly.