438: The Christmas battle for the top spot in the league

At present, Leicester City is indeed in good shape, and it is really difficult for Crystal Palace to surpass them.

However, Tong Yi believes that Crystal Palace will definitely surpass Leicester City.

In the next 17th round of the Premier League, Crystal Palace will go away to challenge Stoke City.

Stoke City is also a mid-table team in the Premier League, currently ranked 11th in the Premier League.

Although there is still a gap between their strength and Crystal Palace, Tong Yi still attaches great importance to it. After all, this game is an away game. No matter how strong the Premier League team is, it's still a home game. Crystal Palace must be cautious. At this time, Crystal Palace cannot overturn.

Before the game, Tong Yi explained the importance of this game to the Crystal Palace players.

The Crystal Palace players also treated this game as a tough battle. Every game from now on will be a final!

On December 19, 2015, Crystal Palace challenged Stoke City away from home.

In this game, the players of Crystal Palace played very actively, and it would kill the people of Stoke City immediately.

Stoke City head coach Mark Hughes frowned, this game must be played!

This Crystal Palace is really like a pack of hungry wolves, as if it has never had a full meal in its eight hundred lifetimes.

So cruel!

Hughes couldn't stand it anymore.

Hughes was jumping up and down on the sidelines, actively giving instructions and looking for ways for Stoke City.

But this only allowed the Stoke City people to play well for half a game!

As soon as the second half of the game started, Ignacio, the aerial striker, showed his fangs and demonstrated his strength.

Mane on the wing made a pass, and Ignacio jumped up high, overwhelming the opponent's midfielder Shawcross, and smashed the football into the Stoke City goal, breaking the ended the deadlock on the field.

One to zero!

Hughes on the sidelines closed his eyes in despair when he saw this scene. He knew that Stoke City was hanging in the balance in this game!

This Crystal Palace guy is a total point-grabber!

Who can stop it?

Now most of the players from other teams are thinking about going to eat, drink and have fun during the Christmas vacation. Only these guys from Crystal Palace are so hungry. I really don’t know how this guy Tong Yi managed to keep these guys so hungry.

Hughes is so envious!

Of course, Crystal Palace's youth is their biggest motivation.

Hughes is really envious!

Of course, envy is envy, and what should be done must still be done.

Hughes immediately came to the sidelines and made adjustments for Stoke City to block Crystal Palace's attack.

However, the Stoke City people still did not block it.

In the 24th minute of the second half, midfielder De Bruyne sent another precise pass, directly stuffing the football into the penalty area.

empty position. Salah, who was diagonally inserted, rushed up, then quickly swung his legs to pretend to be something, and then directly reversed the triangle and swept the football back to the front of the penalty area.

De Bruyne, who was at the front of the penalty area, blasted the ball into Stoke City's goal.

Two to zero!

Seeing this goal, Tong Yi knew that Crystal Palace would definitely win this game.

When he saw this, Tong Yi breathed a sigh of relief, finally winning the game.

Hughes also knew the game was over, but he still didn't give up. He wants to give the Stoke City players a message, that is, no matter what situation they face, they cannot give up and continue playing.

Then, in the 87th minute of the game, Asensio, who came on as a substitute for Crystal Palace, curled a direct free kick into Stoke City's goal.

Three to zero!

Crystal Palace finally defeated Stoke City 3-0 away from home and got three points.

With these three points, Crystal Palace would not be able to reach the top of the Premier League, because Leicester City's game and Crystal Palace's game were played at the same time, and the Crystal Palace game ended one minute earlier.

Leicester City's opponent in this round is Everton. To be honest, Everton's strength is still very good. Many Crystal Palace fans believe that Crystal Palace will surpass Leicester City in this round and reach the top. What about the chance of being top of the Premier League.

In their opinion, Everton is pretty good and should be able to stop Leicester City.

However, don't mention it, Everton really surprised the Crystal Palace fans in this game.

Everton performed very well in this game and even took a 2-0 lead over Leicester City.

Although Lukaku is not popular with Crystal Palace fans, he really has some strength.

Before the end of the first half, Lukaku scored twice to help Everton lead Leicester City.

When they saw this, the Crystal Palace fans thought that Everton would win this game and would definitely win this game. Even at the 85th minute of the game, Everton still led Leicester City 2-1, and was about to defeat the incoming ball and get three points.

Unexpectedly, the Leicester City people were lucky enough to get on the 86 and 93 cars. Vardy scored in these two periods respectively, helping Leicester City complete the victory at Goodison Park. The great escape!

Three to two, Leicester City defeated Everton in the last minute of stoppage time!

When he saw this, Tong Yi was speechless.

Bad luck!

Crystal Palace was supposed to really reach the top of the Premier League, but who knew the people of Leicester City were so lucky.

What’s more, it’s Tong Yi’s former disciple Vardy who directs the great comeback. This is really a coincidence. Who can Tong Yi ask to reason with?

pity!

I can only say it’s a pity!

So far, Crystal Palace is still one point behind Leicester City and ranks second in the Premier League.

However, this round of competition is not without good news!

The good news is that there is a problem with the pursuers behind Crystal Palace, which relieves the mental pressure of the Crystal Palace people.

In this round of competition, Manchester United suffered a big upset. They lost 1-2 at home to newly promoted Norwich City and lost a key three points. Manchester City lost 1-2 to Arsenal on the road and also missed three points.

In this way, the two Manchester players stretch their hips at the same time, which is really good news for Crystal Palace.

In this case, their Crystal Palace won't have to be so nervous.

However, Arsenal still performed well. .??.

Therefore, the competition in the Premier League is still very fierce at this time.

Tong Yi is still only thinking about winning the league championship. Of course, the goal at this stage is still the half-time championship.

At this time, there are only two rounds of the Premier League half-way this season, and it is really close.

However, Leicester City are in very good shape at this time. It is really hard to say that Crystal Palace can reverse their opponents and win the half-time Premier League championship this season.

However, the next round is a good opportunity!

Because Leicester City will encounter a strong enemy again in the next round, they will go to Anfield away to challenge Liverpool. This Liverpool is stronger than Chelsea and Everton. They really may be able to defeat Leicester City.

Liverpool's current results are not ideal. They are only ranked ninth in the Premier League and are far away from qualifying for the European Cup. This is obviously unacceptable to Liverpool people.

Therefore, Klopp will definitely go all out in this game against Leicester City.

In this case, if Liverpool beats Leicester City, this will be a great opportunity for Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace's opponent in the next round is Bournemouth. This team is currently ranked 14th and is wandering in the relegation zone. Moreover, it seems that their current condition is not very good.

Crystal Palace's victory over Bournemouth shouldn't be difficult.

Therefore, this round of games is really a good opportunity for Crystal Palace to surpass Leicester City.

Now Crystal Palace fans are very excited. They all hope that Crystal Palace can achieve good results at this time and reverse Leicester City. After all, it is approaching Christmas. Isn't this a double happiness?

Therefore, Crystal Palace fans are full of expectations for this game.

However, Tong Yi still has

Some worries.

After all, it was the first game after Christmas, and Tong Yi was afraid that his players would not be able to fully recover after the holiday and not be able to fully return to the game.

If you miss out on overtaking Leicester City and win the half-time Premier League championship this season, it will be a real loss.

Tong Yi is very worried!

Because it has always been the case that the Premier League's giants and strong teams will always suffer big upsets around Christmas.

Tong Yi didn't want this game to be an upset!

Of course, Ranieri is also worried about this issue.

After all, Leicester City people also want to celebrate Christmas, and he is also afraid that the tight string in the hearts of the Leicester City players will suddenly loosen. In that case, Leicester City will be at a huge loss!

Ranieri is also very clear about the thoughts of Tong Yi and Crystal Palace. Recently, Crystal Palace has been clinging to him and Leicester City, which puts Ranieri and the others under a lot of pressure. Now the pressure is even greater!

Look at how easily Crystal Palace won the round that just ended, and how thrilling it was for Leicester City to win? If it weren't for Vardy's outbreak, Leicester City would have lost their top spot in the league.

It’s very difficult!

At this time, Ranieri reminded the Leicester City players not to let go of their hearts when they are on vacation for Christmas. Otherwise, all their Leicester City efforts this season will be wasted. It's all in vain.

Ranieri is really nervous!

He didn't even want the players to go to some shitty Christmas, and how could he encounter such a situation near Christmas? Doesn't this cause trouble for Leicester City?

The pressure on Ranieri and the Leicester City players is greater than the pressure on the Crystal Palace people.

The people of Leicester really don't want any problems to arise.

After giving these instructions, Ranieri gave the Leicester City players two days off to have a good holiday and then try to win the game.

Tong Yi's side was similar. He also gave the Crystal Palace people two days off to have a good holiday.

Tong Yi also spent a happy Christmas with Martina and Tong Tong, and then he devoted himself to the upcoming crucial game.

Tong Yi led the Crystal Palace players to the away game to challenge Bournemouth.

This round of Leicester City's game is also an away game, but they went to the Devil's away game at Anfield.

Both teams are playing away games in this round. I wonder how the two teams will perform in the end? Who can dominate the away game and get these crucial three points?

Premier League fans are paying close attention to these two games, wanting to see who has the last laugh? However, everyone is more optimistic about Crystal Palace.