"Conte's Chelsea, after drawing with Manchester City, experienced a brief aftereffect, achieving a draw and a loss in succession. They were somewhat dropping the ball in the Premier League title race, but then they reorganized and achieved a nine-game winning streak!

Their recent form has surged, their three-center-back system is shining, and the cooperation between players is even more seamless.

They are extremely dominant on both the offensive and defensive ends!

As for Manchester City, although they lost three main players due to injury, they made very strong signings in the winter transfer window, which has greatly supplemented the team's injury problems. In this match, all three new signings will be able to play!

Jesus's performance in the Champions League has been particularly bright; he seems to have found his scoring touch.

Kyle Walker has integrated almost seamlessly, delivering outstanding performances on both the offensive and defensive ends.

Sane is struggling a bit as he needs to adapt to a new position on the field, but his offensive talent has always been excellent, and I believe he can adjust his rhythm and integrate into Guardiola's system as soon as possible!"

After the commentator introduced the starting lineups of both sides, the players began to enter the field.

A burst of intense cheers erupted from Stamford Bridge.

They cheered wildly for their players.

They must win this game against Manchester City!

It's not just a matter of advancing in the FA Cup, but also the best opportunity to prove Chelsea's strength!

Zhao Gang once again stepped onto Stamford Bridge, treading on the grass, feeling the charm of this stadium.

Abramovich sat in the stands, applauding with the fans, his eyes fixed on Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang replacing Fabregas, that lineup would be absolutely perfect.

He had always had this thought in his mind.

All the players were ready.

Manchester City won the coin toss; Chelsea had possession.

The referee blew the whistle to start the match.

Costa passed the ball to Fabregas.

In the last Premier League match, there was some friction between Zhao Gang and Fabregas.

Ultimately, Zhao Gang scored the equalizing goal under Fabregas's defense, and Fabregas has been brooding about it ever since.

Right from the start of this match, Fabregas wanted to prove himself.

He dribbled the ball straight forward.

And this time, Zhao Gang directly confronted him and began to entangle.

His goal and assist tally had brought him a large number of system points, and with his own defensive training, Zhao Gang had already raised his tackling ability to ninety before the game. In this match, he would try to impose a lockdown on Fabregas in midfield.

Manchester City still adopted a 4-1-4-1 formation in this match. If Zhao Gang could intercept well in midfield, it would make things much easier for Fernandinho. It would also allow the defensive teammates to maintain very good stamina and participate in the attack.

After seeing Zhao Gang, Fabregas started to compete in his heart, preparing to break through forcefully and win this one-on-one opportunity.

Zhao Gang's physical fitness was stronger than Fabregas's; what he lacked in defense was defensive moves and experience.

Now, with training and the increase in system points, his defensive moves and anticipation ability had improved a lot.

Especially anticipation ability, which is the strongest weapon for a defensive player.

The reason why Kante can become the best defensive midfielder is not his physical fitness, but his attitude and anticipation ability.

He can always appear in places others can't imagine, and poke the ball away with one foot.

This time, Zhao Gang faced Fabregas alone and wanted to directly steal the ball from him, which was not easy in principle.

After all, Fabregas's ball control and protection skills are both good.

However, Fabregas misjudged. In the first encounter between the two sides, Fabregas faced Zhao Gang and had some understanding of his defensive ability, thinking he could easily get past him!

This time, he followed his previous experience, even preparing to tease Zhao Gang.

Isn't your strongest point speed?

In the Champions League knockout stage, I saw you use speed to constantly get past people in midfield.

This time, I'll let you taste the feeling of being eaten alive!

Fabregas first swayed twice in a row, and Zhao Gang's center of gravity followed with two movements. He didn't go straight for the tackle, because if he failed, the shift in his center of gravity would be seized by Fabregas as an opportunity to get past him.

Fabregas looked at Zhao Gang's stance and somewhat awkward defensive posture, and knew that his chance had come!

He feigned a breakthrough from the left, his shoulder dropped, and Zhao Gang followed his center of gravity to defend to the left! Fabregas then poked the ball with one foot, preparing to use speed to directly get past Zhao Gang from the right!

He saw the gap behind Zhao Gang because there was only Fernandinho as a holding midfielder.

But he only looked at the gap and didn't look at Zhao Gang's legs and feet!

His underestimation of Zhao Gang's defensive ability caused a big problem!

With this poke, Zhao Gang directly stretched out his foot, *pa*!

The ball was directly disrupted by Zhao Gang and rolled behind Fabregas!

Fabregas was originally preparing to start his breakthrough, but the ball was gone!

He was stunned by his own feint. When he realized the ball had been stolen, he quickly reached out to interfere with Zhao Gang.

But Zhao Gang was prepared and took the lead, directly squeezing past Fabregas. Fabregas grabbed a corner of Zhao Gang's jersey.

That's all he could grab.

Zhao Gang had already rushed past, taking the ball away with one foot. Matic couldn't even try to steal it, and could only retreat quickly!

Fabregas stood there, stunned for a moment. How did he steal the ball?

"Zhao Gang with a very beautiful interception in midfield! This situation is not very common!

Every time we see Zhao Gang's very sharp offensive ability, he rarely dares to tackle the ball so boldly in one-on-one defense!

It can be said that he doesn't have much confidence in his defense, but this time it's different!

He directly stepped up and stole the ball!

From the last round of the Champions League, we can see that Zhao Gang's changes are very big. He has begun to communicate with his teammates and sometimes directs their runs.

Now he is also full of confidence in his defense!

He is improving every game!"

At this time, Zhao Gang intercepted the ball in midfield and advanced. This time, Sane was supporting, and Sane ran much faster than Delph.

He directly pulled away the defensive players.

Sterling and De Bruyne also simultaneously moved wide and forward, and Jesus once again cleverly ran to the right, completely leaving the center to Zhao Gang.

Matic quickly squeezed Zhao Gang's space, and the other Manchester City players naturally had others to defend.

All he had to do was slow down Zhao Gang's speed and cut off Zhao Gang's passing space to the left.

Matic had already been running towards Zhao Gang's breakthrough route when Zhao Gang intercepted the ball, so although he was slow, he still caught up.

Alonso was also moving towards Zhao Gang's position at the same time, completely cutting off the connection between Zhao Gang and De Bruyne.

Chelsea's three center backs stood firmly in position, waiting for Zhao Gang's next move.

Zhao Gang glanced at Sane; this guy's run was still problematic, and the passing route had been blocked by Chelsea's players.

In comparison, Jesus's run was very clever.

Facing Matic and Alonso, Zhao Gang did not pass the ball. He took a deep breath and poked the ball forward with one foot!

Chelsea's three center backs were stunned. Their positions were a bit too far back. It wasn't right to go up and steal the ball at this time, nor was it right to stay in place and wait.

Hesitating, Zhao Gang squeezed past Matic and rushed to the ball in a few steps.

Helpless, Matic could only slide tackle!

At the same time, Alonso also slid tackled directly from the side!

"Zhao! Oh my god!" The Manchester City commentator raised his voice and shouted loudly.

With the two slide tackles, Zhao Gang kicked the ball, stumbling and staggering twice before rushing out from between their four legs!

With his center of gravity swaying, he was already at the edge of the penalty area!

Looking like he was drunk, he still kicked the ball in a hurry!

Then he fell heavily to the ground!

David Luiz, standing in front of Zhao Gang, blinked his eyes, his head a little dazed.

Did he just shoot?

Oh, he did shoot.

David Luiz turned his head to see Courtois leaping up and heading straight for the upper right corner.

Then, like Zhao Gang, he fell heavily to the ground!

The angle of this ball was too tricky, almost a dead corner, a theoretically certain goal!

"Goooal!"

"One minute and twenty-five seconds! Zhao's weirdly arcing shot gives Manchester City a 1-0 lead away from home!

This ball is a bit...hehehe...a bit unconventional, like a kind of *gongfu* from Dragon Country!"

"Jackie Chan..."

"Yes, yes, haha...this is really a bit...weird..."

The Stamford Bridge fans were somewhat stunned.

They didn't understand what was going on.

Zhao Gang was like a drunkard, unable to control the ball, his arms flailing, and just as he was about to fall, he took a shot from outside the penalty area, directly hitting a dead corner?

Wasn't this like playing a game?