Van Persie's unexpected departure has caused Arthur a lot of trouble, that is, the team's forward depth is a little lacking. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Bringing in Torres, but leaving Van Persie, is more or less about Blackburn's forward line to tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall.

"Time is running out, who should I bring in?"

There are not many potential strikers in football who are currently hot in football and Arthur knows that they will become popular in the future, but there are really not many that meet Blackburn's standards for the need for strikers in the new season.

Because the team already has Drogba, the absolute main center forward from last season, and Torres, a new signing who has just spent 27 million pounds, the new strikers introduced can only be substitute strikers, and there will not be too many opportunities to play throughout the season.

Secondly, Didier Drogba is a strong striker, but you can't expect him to score more than 30 goals in a season – especially with the Africa Cup of Nations in between. And Torres is new to the Premier League, how quickly he can adapt and play 100 per cent energy in Lippi's team is also a question mark.

So, it will require Blackburn's new striker to be able to put up with the bench and be able to step up when the team needs to score and take the lead for the team.

A player who fits Arthur's ideals has one at Manchester United, called Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

However, with a super-substitute like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer rarely seen in football history, can Arthur find and bring in a rush?

You know, the curtain of the new Premier League season has opened, and there is not much time left for Arthur.

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Since Jose Mourinho took charge of Blackburn, the word Blackburn has been synonymous with pragmatism, simplicity, efficiency and even monotony, but it has absolutely nothing to do with beauty and flamboyance.

But just after Lippi took charge of the Blue Devils last season, although after suffering a double defeat in the Premier League and the Champions League, the new season of Blackburn is really eye-catching, Lippi's team in the season debut actually played a rare wonderful scene, although there are still problems in defense, but the flaws are not hidden, the strong attack force in the front seems to indicate that the new season of the Blue Devils will show a new face.

In the early hours of August 12, Blackburn faced Birmingham City in the first round of the 2007-08 Premier League season at the Rose Theatre Stadium.

In the first half, after Cristiano Ronaldo staged a one-stop attack on the wing, Nanny assisted Drogba to score, McCone was sentenced to death for a handball foul in the second half, and Birmingham equalised from the penalty spot. Two minutes later, Liverpool took the lead again from a direct Cristiano Ronaldo free-kick and substitute Fernando Torres added the icing on the cake to score his first goal for the Blues.

It is commendable that Blackburn Rovers broke the unbeaten home record in the history of the English league for many years with this first win in the Premier League season, and the victory over Birmingham City is already Arthur's 64-game home unbeaten run since he took charge of Blackburn, breaking Liverpool's unbeaten home record from February 1978 to January 1981.

What's even more surprising is that this game is Blackburn's 43rd consecutive home goal, which is enough to go down in history for the Blues.

In this game, Blackburn's 19 shots on goal throughout the game, as well as many wonderful combinations, the three goals were all the result of more than 5 consecutive inverted passes, especially the first goal scored by Drogba is even more jaw-dropping, and the Italian coach, who has been quite pragmatic since taking charge of the Blue Devils, finally copied his dazzling attacking routine at Juventus to the Rose Theater.

The outstanding form of the stars in the team is the foundation of the team's strong attacking power, the most impressive is Cristiano Ronaldo, the outstanding performance of one pass and one shot, continuing his excellent form at the end of last season, the whole game is like an absolute core posture, after the game was scored by Sky Sports 9 points of the game, rated as the best in the game, and commented: "Sharp running, interspersing and crosses create many threats. ”

If Cristiano Ronaldo is the playmaker of the attack, then Alonso is the initiator of the attack, as the anchor of the midfield, it is even more powerful, Sky Sports calls it the team's midfield engine, and the whizzing long-range shot is breathtaking, no wonder Lippi dares to let Figo go, and even let Ballack sit firmly on the bench.

Even more impressive, Fernando Torres showed no discomfort on his Premier League debut, scoring in the 34 minutes as a substitute and scoring a number of shots, while his partner Didier Drogba also scored a goal, which Sky Sports still described as a "spectacular performance", with the pair also scoring the second-highest score of the team with eight points.

It can be seen that with the powerful center Didier Drogba acting as a bridgehead in front, Torres' agile running position and strong sense of smell in front of goal are enough for Blue Devils fans to feel at ease with the team's forward line.

Although he scored three goals in the game, the missed set-piece resulted in a goal that annoyed Lippi. It can be seen from Birmingham's first goal that when Forssell hit the goal with a header in the middle, there was no Blackburn defender close to him, which was not just a matter of air defense, but a fatal mistake in set-piece defense, marking the ball and not marking people, when Birmingham took a free kick, the Blackburn defenders did not have a clear marking task for each other but rushed away.

Just imagine, if Cannavaro could be 10 centimeters taller, then everything would not be a problem. Unfortunately, Carvalho's reticence and Cannavaro's height disadvantage did not complement each other well, resulting in the opening goal conceded.

Believing that such a problem cannot be solved in a game or two, Vidic has been excellent at fighting for the ball, but the Serb has not yet reached the defensive height of Carvalho and Cannavaro.

However, Blackburn Rovers are very different from the Blue Devils of Jose Mourinho's time, and when the defence is not perfect, their attack can be invincible.

In the 47th minute of the second half of the second round of the new Premier League Blakeburn away against Reading, when the score was still a 1:1 draw, the commentator suddenly shouted excitedly: "It's him again!" He's starting again! He's scoring again! Blackburn Rovers are ahead again! ”。

There is only one Blackburn Rovers player who can make the media so excited, and he is - "Warcraft" Drogba!

Drogba's winning goal came at a better time as the Ivorians were in a delicate situation before the game. He will face a tough Reading defender in this round, and the opponent is responsible for guarding him is Duberry, who brought Rooney into the field for overhaul in the last round of the league; New Spanish striker Fernando Torres showed good form and scored a goal last week, which also led some public opinion to believe that Drogba may not necessarily be Lippi's "only option". Against this backdrop, there's nothing like starting and scoring a goal to prove yourself.

However, Drogba's goal did not come easily, as Reading's tireless and ferocious scramble for the first 45 minutes put the midfield advantage firmly in the hands of the hosts. Drogba was also cut off from the midfield under the watchful eye of the opponent. In the first half, he had few decent chances in the box, with the only threatening shot being ruled offside.

Just when public opinion doubted whether Lippi would remove Drogba in anger at halftime and exchange Torres for luck, the Italian coach showed his trust in his favorite player, and Drogba did not live up to the coach's kindness.

Frank Lampard's equaliser shortly after the start of the second half came from a header from 'The Monster', and his own goal was even more spectacular - a curling ball from outside the box went straight into the corner!

Although he did not have more than 50 touches in normal games and only 11 times in the box, Drogba, who seemed to be less threatening away from the box, still contributed a goal and an assist. After the game, the media gave a game-high score of 8 points, and the Ivorian who had to be admired for playing with wisdom "big man with big wisdom".

From the hairy boy in Guingamp, to the center forward who relies on physical fitness to decide everything, to the "monster" who has completely exploded in the last two seasons, Drogba has gone through a trajectory that has matured day by day.

His style of play has also changed from a "rough brother" who initially relied on physical fitness to an all-round shooter with delicate skills; While scoring into the signature penalty area to grab points, it is not uncommon to turn around and shoot furiously with volleys that require more technical content, and more ornamental viewing.

Everything shows that Drogba is maturing and will continue to do so.

The goal in this game shows this maturity: you push me out of the box and I shoot from distance, you don't let me fight and I use technique...... The goal is scored with a long-range curling ball from outside the penalty area, which is not the first time for "Warcraft", and it will not be the last.

Look at the current well-known strikers in the Premier League, Wayne Rooney is injured, Torres is still adapting, Da Silva has been criticized for his average ability to take chances, and Dimitar Berbatov and Robin van Persie are facing second-year syndrome......

The real top striker in the Premier League is Didier Drogba.

In fact, if it weren't for the Africa Cup of Nations mission in January and February this season, Arthur wouldn't have had to bring in Torres, but there are not so many ifs.

In the third round of the Premier League, Blackburn unsurprisingly defeated promoted Derby County, but the disparity of 6:0 was still a bit of a surprise.

Blackburn Rovers only scored 81 goals in a season last season, and 12 goals in less than a month after the start of this season, and the attacking power has made Blue Devils fans happy. And with this hearty victory, the Blue Devils have reached the top of the Premier League table for the first time in the new season.

Duff, dressed in civilian clothes, sat in the stands, leisurely flipping through his books, as if the fight that was about to begin had nothing to do with him. With the current state of the Blue Devils, the captain of the Blue Devils who has not recovered from his leg injury really does not need to worry.

The Blues broke the deadlock in the 26th minute. Alonso's free-kick looked like a cross and Drogba's duge for the top interfered with the goalkeeper, only to bounce off the ball and graze the left-hand post into the net. In first-half stoppage time, Bale comfortably scored Wales' first goal since joining the new club.

In the 56th minute, it was Torres' turn. The eye-catching Spanish striker received Cambiaso's clever pass and scored twice in a row with a dazzling series of dribbles.

However, Frank Lampard quickly stole the limelight from his compatriot and slotted home from distance from the edge of the box 13 minutes later.

After that, Bentley, who came on as a substitute in the 73rd minute, was not to be outdone, stabbing home after just three minutes to extend the Blues' lead to 5-0.

It was Fernando Torres who finished the game perfectly, as he shook off the onrushing Bivote in the 77th minute and sent the ball into the empty net and scored a brace of his own.

After taking all three points, the full range of strikers is the biggest advantage of the Blue Devils, and Lippi is quite happy with it.

'We have so many options in the offensive line, and it's a great thing for me as a coach. It seems that Lippi is also starting to have happy troubles. (To be continued.) )