Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 421 Mourinho's Envy

Arsenal took the initiative in the first half of the first half, but in the second half Chelsea began to take control of the initiative.

Derby can really stimulate players and help them recover. Is Chelsea's lineup poor?

Of course not, Chelsea is stronger than Arsenal on a single paper, but Arsenal's record this season is terrible. It can even be said that this is Chelsea's worst start to the league since the Russian oligarchs took over.

However, Chelsea has undergone a qualitative change with the Derby, and has no intention of giving up after taking the initiative. Arsenal tried to regain the initiative, but because of the irrationality of a player, the game completely fell to one side.

In the No.405 minute of the first half, Koscielny and Diego Costa clashed in the fight. After Koscielny completed the clearance, Diego Costa became angry and pushed Koscielny.

If it's just that, it must be Arsenal who took advantage, because Diego Costa's behavior of pushing Koscielny was enough for the referee to draw his card.

But Paulista rushed towards Diego Costa. Paulista's mood is actually understandable. This is his first start in the derby, and it is his chance to get Wenger's approval to impress Arsenal fans.

However, there is a saying that good intentions do bad things. Paulista's anxiety eventually ruined himself and the team. Paulista rushed over and had a fierce conflict with Diego Costa.

Upon seeing this, McDean decisively took out yellow cards to the two. Originally Paulista's yellow card was completely avoidable, but because of his impulsiveness, he gave the referee a chance to play the card.

But it was not over yet, just as Paulista was about to turn around and leave, Diego Costa deliberately followed Paulista to chatter, and then the two clashed again.

Diego Costa is notorious for playing football dirty, and this guy is still a master who is soft and fearful.

The referee didn't draw the card this time, but just warned the two, but when he thought the incident had calmed down again, Paulista suddenly kicked Diego Costa.

Although Paulista deliberately stood in front of the referee and stretched his feet backwards, in fact, he did not take out the referee's eyes. Naturally, Diego Costa would not miss the opportunity and immediately fell down on the lawn with a face of pain.

Red card, McDean directly took out a red card to send Paulista away.

"Facing Diego Costa, Paulista is still too young" There is no doubt that Paulista did a stupid thing, but Diego Costa is indeed dirty.

"The balance of the game began to tilt." When McDean took out the red card, Arsenal was completely passive.

Seeing the red card drawn by the referee, Paulista was stunned. Derby's red card is actually nothing, but Paulista himself has not been recognized by Arsenal, and his red card is very stupid.

On the sidelines, Wenger's face was livid. Although Arsenal had Li Shou, Li Shou would face much more difficulties if he was sent off. Not only did Arsenal have one less player, but there was no center back rotation on the bench.

Chambers also had the same ugly face as Wenger, because according to the position of the players on the bench at the moment, he is the player most likely to be replaced.

"Callum" Wenger's voice proved what Chambers had in mind.

During the time for Chambers to warm up, Wenger was caught in a dilemma, that is, who should be replaced, and under the current situation, Arsenal can only replace one of Giroud or Griezmann.

Giroud's state is not as hot as Griezmann's, but Giroud's tactical role is higher than that of Griezmann, but Griezmann's state is too hot this season. He scored four goals in the first five league games, which is one of the guarantees for Arsenal's victory.

In the stands, the Arsenal fans fell into silence, while Chelsea cheered endlessly. In the eyes of Chelsea fans, their team has already won the game.

The first half of the game was over when Chambers warmed up, and the referee gave 3 minutes of added time. Although Chelsea launched a strong attack in these 3 minutes, they only had one shot against the fully retreating Arsenal, and this shot was confiscated by Li Shou.

After returning to the locker room, Wenger made a decision. Chambers replaced Griezmann. Wenger also explained a few words about Griezmann, who was in hot form, so Griezmann didn't say anything.

As for Paulista, the Arsenal players would not blame him for apologizing for his stupid behavior as soon as they returned to the locker room.

It is inevitable for players to make mistakes. No one can guarantee that they will not be brain-dead or make mistakes, let alone Paulista's thoughts, everyone can guess.

No player wants to be called a parallel importer. If Mertesacker hadn't been injured, Paulista might have been sitting on the bench all the time.

Although the derby does not require tactics, but in the case of a disadvantage in numbers, Arsenal can only retreat a little, and then see if they can give Chelsea a fatal blow.

But unfortunately, Arsenal did not get such an opportunity. Although Li Shou created two opportunities for Arsenal, both opportunities were resolved when Chelsea paid a yellow card.

Compared to Arsenal getting two truly threatening opportunities, Chelsea bombarded Arsenal's goals indiscriminately in the second half when they had a numerical advantage.

Throughout the second half, Chelsea shot a total of 15 shots, which was more than four times that of Arsenal. Among these 15 shots, Chelsea had four excellent opportunities.

For example, in an indirect free kick in No. 60 minutes, Fabregas sent the ball into the penalty area, and the ball landed in front of Zouma, who was unguarded. The latter blasted a header that went straight to the dead corner and was resolved by Li Shou.

Nine minutes later, Arsenal's defense made another mistake. Oscar received a pass in an open space near the penalty spot. The latter immediately shot a strong shot and was again resolved by Li Shou.

No.706 minutes, Diego Costa squeezed away from Chambers and rushed into the penalty area single-handedly. Li Shou attacked decisively. Costa wanted to push the corner but was blocked by Li Shou with his legs.

In the 86th minute, Arsenal suffered another blow. In order to stop Hazard's single-handed foul again, the referee took out his second yellow card of the game, leaving only nine members of Arsenal on the field.

Faced with this situation, Wenger used up the last substitution and Gibson replaced Griezmann. Arsenal could only retreat and try to keep this point.

And Arsenal did it in the end. With Li Shou's defying performance, Chelsea was still unable to break Arsenal's goal.

After the game, Mourinho said sourly: "Everything at Arsenal is based on Lee. If it weren't for Lee, we could have scored at least three goals in this game."

(End of this chapter)