Chapter 847: Hang the Gunman
With two goals down, only ten minutes in regulation time, and no miracles, it's almost impossible to pull two goals back, especially against a superteam like Manchester United.
But 11 points behind in the standings, after this loss, is 14 points behind, there is no hope of winning the title, for the last hope, Arsenal have to hope for a miracle.
Arsene Wenger was brave today, making one final substitution, with new striker Mark Chamak coming on for a useless centre-back Squeerage.
Removing defenders and going forward at the last moment is usually the only thing that coaches like Ferguson and Mourinho do, and no one would have imagined that the professor would be able to take off his shirt and fight hard with the opponent.
Win or lose, the professor's brave substitution was appreciated by the Gunners fans, and the fans in front of the stadium stood to cheer Arsenal on, hoping that they could create a miracle on the road.
Time was running out, but Arsenal continued to look for opportunities to shoot in United's half through short passes and down the wings.
With a two-goal lead and little in doubt, the players didn't want to fight Arsenal at this point, even if they wanted to score another goal, and they shrank into their own half and waited for Arsenal to make a mistake.
United's shrinking defence is layered, with Arsenal being able to easily reverse the ball on the perimeter, but it becomes very difficult to get into the 30-metre zone.
In the 83rd minute of the game, Arsenal went through a series of combinations in the midfield, and then Cesc Fabrega found Van Persie in the box with a straight shot.
This time, Van Persie had anticipated his team-mate's pass, he grabbed the front of defender Nemanja Vidic, Cesc Fabregas passed the ball, Van Persie leaned on Vidic into the box, and the result was a volley.
It was difficult for the goalkeeper to react to the volley in the box, but Van Persie leaned on Nemanja Vidic's box, and his shot angle was limited, and the experienced Van der Sar blocked Van Persie's shooting lane, and Van Persie's reluctant shot hit Van der Sar and bounced out.
Fletcher cleared the ball with a big kick and kicked the ball off the touchline.
Arsenal quickly served the ball on the sideline, and Walcott received the ball and quickly smashed it down the flank.
Raphael saw Walcott menacing and quickly retreated, wanting not to give Walcoat a chance to go to the bottom.
However, Walcott had a whim, made a sharp stop, shook out of the space, and cut cross-cutting into the penalty area.
Walcott was too fast, and Nani didn't catch up when he came back on the wing, and Walcott was killed into the box.
Manchester United were all around their penalty area at the moment, out of position on the wing, still in the middle, and Rio Ferdinand quickly made up for it.
At this time, Van Persie and Fabregas at the front of the penalty area both raised their hands to ask for the ball, but the little tiger Walcott was red-eyed, he shook a little, and raised his foot to hit.
Walcott's slump and shot were good, but Ferdinand was an old man, he was not deceived by Walcott, and reached out in time to block the ball from the bottom line.
Arsenal were awarded a corner, and with the exception of the two full-backs and goalkeeper Szczesny, almost everyone came to the box to grab a penalty.
Cesc Fabregas drove the corner and it was Vidic who headed it over to the spot, and he headed it out of the box with a powerful header.
Manchester United left Rooney and Paul Scholes on the outside to play on the counter-attack, while everyone else was on defensive.
Although Vidic had no target when he cleared the ball, the ball fell right into Rooney's control, and Rooney grabbed the ball and wanted to take it forward, but there was a large open area in front of him, and it was a one-on-one ball to rush over.
Arsenal left only two men to defend, with the obvious intention of fouling.
Before Rooney could run, Kritchy arrived, he ran directly to Rooney, Rooney also stupidly dialed the ball and changed direction, trying to shake off Krish, Kritchy directly stretched out his arm and grabbed Rooney's jersey, Rooney desperately moved forward, breaking away from Klich's clutches, but Sagna came over and shoveled Rooney away with the ball.
Referee Webb gave Klich a yellow card and United awarded a free-kick at the back.
It's 87 minutes and such a free-kick doesn't mean much to United, but after Manchester United have the ball, they still send five attacking players to attack Arsenal's half.
Arsenal were in a hurry at the moment, and the players pounced like mad dogs to surround them.
Manchester United's defensive strength was still a bit small, and soon the ball was snatched by Arsenal again.
This time, it was Nasri who attacked along the side with the ball, and Nasri also imagined Walket to use his personal breakthrough to attack the penalty area, but unfortunately Nasri met his national team veteran Evra, as well as Gao Xiaodong's assistant defense.
Nasri first gave Evra a shovel, delayed for a while, and then Gao Xiaodong quickly pressed closely, and as soon as the two faced each other, Nasri's proud skills were useless, and Gao Xiaodong easily stole the ball.
Nasri couldn't let Manchester United launch a counter-attack, he turned around and wanted to foul Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong grabbed the ball and passed it directly to Evra, and ran forward empty.
Arsenal has done everything to defend Gao Xiaodong at the moment, Gao Xiaodong passed the ball out, and Nasri did not let him go, and directly reached out to pull Gao Xiaodong's jersey.
However, Gao Xiaodong was covered with super equipment, Nasri grabbed a handful, and felt that the jersey was slippery like a catfish without leaving his hands, and without grabbing it, Gao Xiaodong ran out.
However, no one was the first to defend Patrice Evra, who took advantage of the gap to aggressively dribble the ball along the flanks and take the ball away from the crowded area.
When Evra dribbled out of his 30-metre zone, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov in the middle were also desperately running forward.
At this time, Evra saw the Arsenal players coming to intercept, he did not make a long pass to find a striker, the long pass took too long for the opponent to react, and was broken up by the opponent with a foul, and Evra passed to Gao Xiaodong nearby.
Gao Xiaodong is also defended by his side, and it is not difficult for Gao Xiaodong to get rid of it, there is a lot of space, but it is very difficult not to give the opponent tactical fouls.
At this time, it showed the power of super glasses, before Gao Xiaodong received the ball, he had seen a part of the personnel and standing behind him, after the ball was passed, Gao Xiaodong stopped the ball, but the ball leaked from the bottom of his foot, leaving it to Scholes, Gao Xiaodong completed this creative handicap.
Gao Xiaodong's handicap made the situation suddenly clear, and when Scholes received the ball, there were already two points to pass from Gao Xiaodong and Rooney.
Scholes still trusts Gao Xiaodong's long-distance assault ability more, and he does not hesitate to pass the ball behind the defender and give Gao Xiaodong a quick forward.
Gao Xiaodong was not bound by the ball, he ran like a lightning speed, and quickly shook off the defender through the half.
After halftime, Gao Xiaodong caught up with the ball, wanted to unload the ball, went to the meeting single-handedly, and smashed Huanglong, but before unloading the ball, Gao Xiaodong swept the goalkeeper Szczesny, he saw that the young goalkeeper was still slowly retreating towards the goal, Gao Xiaodong did not hesitate to give up stopping the ball, and volleyed the ball that fell to the door of Arsenal.
The ball was like a meteor passing through the sky, drawing a high arc and flying towards the goal.
Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny never expected Gao Xiaodong to shoot directly from more than 40 meters away, and he was so frightened that he quickly turned around and ran towards his goal.
No matter how fast people run, they are not as fast as the ball, Szczesny has just run to the small penalty area, and the ball shot by Gao Xiaodong fell accurately and flew into the goal.
4:1
Gao Xiaodong once again taught the young Szczesny a lesson with a super lob shot.
"Hold the grass!
"Awesome my fat man! It's fifty meters!"
"It's a tribute to David Beckham!"
"Szesny is going to be angry!
"Beautiful! Super Hang!"
"Finally 4 in!
……
The fans in the stands applauded excitedly and praised Gao Xiaodong's hanging shot.
Ferguson rushed out with his fists raised and yelled at the court: "Beautiful!
Wenger hugged his head, he couldn't believe his eyes, what happened to that Chinese boy, the kick was too weird, first a corner kick goal, and now a hanging shot of almost 50 meters, how can such a player be defended?
"4:1 ......" Martin, the on-site commentator, sighed: "Gao Xiaodong finished Arsenal with two magical goals, this Chinese wonder boy can not be said to be at the peak of his skills, but his physical fitness is excellent, he plays very smart, he can always score goals, no matter what kind of ball, this is really a magical player......"
Gao Xiaodong's goal ended the game and even ripped off Arsenal's bottoms, and in the remaining four minutes of stoppage time, Arsenal attacked desperately, hoping to save a little face.
At this time, Arsenal's attack has no rules, what art, what is flowing and mercury is all gone, that is, Nasri and Walcott cross under the two wings, Van Persie in the middle and midfielders in the penalty area to grab points.
This kind of indiscriminate shooting tactics was certainly ineffective for Manchester United, who easily blocked Arsenal's last stubborn resistance, and finally beat Arsenal 4-1 at home, and also shattered Arsenal's dream of winning the title.