The next day, the media reports were all about Dongfang Chen's renewal of the Birmingham team, and suddenly many giants stopped, they really didn't understand, why did Dongfang Chen choose to stay in Birmingham in the end, what is so good about Birmingham?

Amid all the buzz about it, Birmingham City have a league weekend as they travel to Chelsea, who are now top of the league table.

Chelsea are now on 49 points, but they are above Birmingham, who are two points behind on 27 points.

However, Birmingham's second place in the league is also very precarious, with Arsenal and Manchester United chasing him closely, with Arsenal only one point behind Birmingham and Manchester United only two points behind Birmingham. One game, the leaderboard will be turned upside down.

In this round of games, the Birmingham team is going to play Chelsea away from home. Manchester United, on the other hand, are against a weak opponent who will face Hull City at their home stadium and have a very good chance of winning this game, almost already winning.

Arsenal's luck is not so good, Arsenal will travel to face Aston Villa, who are also very strong, and Aston Villa are currently fifth in the Premier League.

Therefore, Manchester United are the luckiest team in this round of matches, and Manchester United is expected to surpass Birmingham City to become third or even second in the league.

This round of games is very important for Birmingham, and they must not lose this game, and if they lose, they may fall to fourth place in the league.

So, before going to London, McLeish gave the Birmingham players a death order, and this game Birmingham must go all out to try to win the opponent.

It was only a short time after the first leg of the first meeting between Birmingham City and Chelsea ended in a draw. The last time was also very suspenseful, if it wasn't for Dongfang Chen's final outbreak, the Birmingham team almost lost the game.

This time McLeish was very cautious and hoped that the team could get a good result and win against Chelsea.

Chelsea are also very serious about this game, and Carlo Ancelotti has only one request, and that is to win against Birmingham.

Last time Chelsea may have had some underdogs, this time Chelsea will definitely not be underdogs, and they want to show the Birminghams how good their Chelsea team is.

The Birmingham City team fielded an all-main line-up, with the following formations and starting line-ups:

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

Back four [from left to right]: David Murphy, Martin Taylor, James Collins and Stephen Kyle

Four midfielders [from left to right]: Sebastian Larsson, Boateng, Ji Chengyong and Li Qinglong

Two strikers: Dongfang Chen and Sturridge

Ridgewell was injured today so he didn't come away, he stayed at Birmingham, so Martin Taylor started today.

The Birmingham players did not feature in the FA Cup in midweek and stayed at Birmingham to recuperate, but they can still feel a little tired, the two weeks have been too heavy and they just hope it doesn't affect the game.

Naturally, Chelsea have a full-fledged squad with the following formations and starting line-ups:

Goalkeeper: Peter Cech

Back four [from left to right]: Ashley Cole, Carvalho, John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic

Midfielder: Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Mikel

Three strikers: Malouda, Drogba, Kalu

Today there has been a big change in this formation for Chelsea, and it has directly become four, three, three. Carlo Ancelotti's formation today was a little different from usual.

Chelsea's three midfielders were all centre-based, giving up two wings to wingers Malouda and Kalou and full-backs Ashley Cole and Branislav Ivanovic.

In this game, Chelsea's two full-backs had a heavy task to be able to attack and defend at the same time.

The three Chelsea midfielders are also very distinctive, with Frank Lampard a little forward in the middle, while Michael Ballack and Mikel are at the back, on the left and right sides of Lampard, so that the flanks of the midfield appear to be empty.

And the Birmingham team happens to be a two-winged style of play, doesn't Ancelotti's style of play expose his weaknesses to the strengths of the Birmingham team? What kind of attention does Ancelotti play?

McLeish was surprised, but he wasn't surprised when the game started.

In the game, the formation of the Chelsea team changed a lot, and the two full-backs went directly to the front, and they both came to the midfield, and they were not full-backs, but full-backs.

In midfield, Michael Ballack and Mikel retreated as the full-backs rushed up, and they both became players at the back.

Chelsea's formation is constantly changing, but it is still a four-three-three formation, although the formation has not changed much, but the effect is completely different.

The Birmingham team was completely deceived by the appearance of the Chelsea team, McLeish is really not as cunning as Ancelotti, it seems that McLeish's road to the giants is still very tortuous, and McLeish still has a lot to learn.

At the start of the game, the Chelsea team playing at home caused a lot of problems for the Birmingham team, and the Chelsea players were alive and well, as if they had endless energy, and they launched ferocious attacks as soon as they came up.

Whether the Chelsea team is under Jose Mourinho or Ancelotti, their tactics are defensive counterattacks, but I didn't expect Ancelotti to change today and launch a ferocious attack, which was beyond McLeish's expectations.

The players of the Birmingham team are indeed not in good physical condition and are very tired, so on the field, the players of the Birmingham team are very unsatisfactory and poor.

Gradually, the Chelsea players discovered this, and Chelsea immediately launched a more ferocious attack and began to attack Birmingham City in a frenzy.

This made the Chelsea fans on the scene excited, and the entire Stamford Bridge stadium was the excited shouts of Chelsea fans, the sound was very loud, like a series of thunderbolts, slashing at the players of the Birmingham team, and suddenly the players of Birmingham had a feeling of five thunders.

McLeish frowned on the sidelines, the state of the Birmingham players in this game was really bad, he saw that it was difficult for the Birmingham team to win this game, so he immediately changed his tactics and defended en masse, trying to take a point away from Stamford Bridge.

McLeish was a quick decision, his judgment was not wrong, his decision was not wrong, and now it will be up to the Birmingham players to hold on.

The Chelsea players saw the Birmingham team retreat across the line, and thinking of the current physical condition of the Birmingham players, the Chelsea players immediately launched a more ferocious attack and pressed all over the line.

The test of the Birmingham team came, and the Chelsea players frantically flocked to the Birmingham team goal like a tide, and it was a wave and a wave, and the momentum was very fierce, so that McLeish on the sidelines only stared, this situation is really dangerous.

The Birmingham fans who came from afar were also frightened.

Dongfang Chen can feel that the state of the team today is not very good, even his own state is not very good, it feels like he is filled with lead under his feet, and it is difficult to run.

In this case, the Birmingham team can only be beaten passively.

In the 10th minute of the first half, Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack sent a long ball and the ball flew straight into the Birmingham City penalty area, where Chelsea centre-forward Didier Drogba jumped high and sent the ball straight to the spot.

Drogba's body was too strong, and the players of the Birmingham team were really a little unbearable, and the football was easily won by Drogba, and the football flew quickly to the front of the penalty area.

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard sprinted forward and fired a volley into the birmingham goal, which scares the Birmingham fans out of the way.

Unfortunately, the ball went slightly over the crossbar and it was Chelsea's best chance since the game began, but Frank Lampard couldn't capitalise on it.

However, three minutes later, Frank Lampard made up for it.

It was a Chelsea corner, and Malouda drove it wide and Ridrogba got over the top of the box and smashed the ball into the Birmingham City goal.

However, the football was saved by Joe Hart and the Chelseans were disappointed. However, Martin Taylor was not far away from clearing the ball and the ball fell directly to the feet of Frank Lampard on the line of the penalty area.

Without saying a word, Frank Lampard volleyed straight into the Birmingham City goal and into the bottom left corner of the net, leaving Joe Hart with no chance.

At 1-0, the Chelsea team playing at home took the lead, and the Chelsea fans in the stadium immediately cheered excitedly.

Birmingham tried to counter-attack, but Dongchen was really unable to do it alone, and one of his long-range shots from midfield threatened the Chelsea goal, but it was still far from being scored.

After that, the Birmingham team was almost overwhelmed by the Chelsea team, and the Chelsea team frantically besieged the Birmingham team, and they created a number of chances, and if it were not for the successive leads of Joe Hart and Dongfangchen, the Birmingham team would have been beaten into a stopper in the first half.

At the end of the first half, Chelsea had a one-goal lead at home.

Birmingham tried to sneak a goal into the second half, but Dongchen had a chance on the edge of the Chelsea penalty area, and he fired a shot straight from distance and the ball whistled towards the Chelsea goal.

This time, Dongfang Chen defeated Cech, but he was unable to win the goal, and the football smashed the post on the left side of the goal, popping off the bottom line.

This was the best chance of the game for the Birmingham team, but unfortunately Dongfang Chen did not take advantage of the opportunity.

Birmingham City had a couple of counter-attacking chances after that, but they didn't get the chances as good as this one, and they didn't cause too much trouble for Chelsea.

On the contrary, Chelsea's attack was very ferocious, and the Birmingham team's goal was always in turmoil.

In the 21st minute of the second half, Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole stepped up and took the ball straight from the side to send the ball into the Birmingham City box.

Didier Drogba smashed the ball into the Birmingham goal, 2-0.

In the end, Chelsea won 2-0 at home to an in-form Birmingham City side to claim the three points.