Chapter 51: Owen's Agility
Liu Han's goal sent boos at Anfield Stadium, but then the referee ruled that the goal was invalid, and the Liverpool fans immediately changed the boos to cheers, which is a slightly bizarre move that is actually common in the Premier League, and the Premier League fans are the number one in terms of fan enthusiasm for the team. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Arsenal players immediately gathered around the referee, and they all thought that Liu Han's goal was not offside. In fact, Liu Han's goal just now belongs to the category of whether it can be judged or not, to say that he is completely offside, at most it can be regarded as less than a shoulder, but to say that his goal is not offside, it is actually okay, but the linesman still resolutely raised the flag.
Since the beginning of this season, the Arsenal team has won six consecutive victories (including the Charity Shield final) has obviously been "taken care of" by the referee, as a "multinational force", and the core of the team is also a team dominated by foreign players, Arsenal team and Manchester United, Liverpool, which represent the local power of the Premier League, compared with the referee will be stricter to them in the game, and the Chelsea team is treated like this, but Chelsea is discriminated against because their owners do not know how to behave, Ken Bates' big mouth has always offended many people, and although he is a good businessman and saved the Chelsea team in their most critical moments, Bates is generally not a good team owner.
The referee did not change the decision because of the Arsenal player's prayer, he still ruled that Liu Han's goal just now was invalid, and at the same time, he also put his hand in his pocket, signaling the Arsenal player to take out the card if he made any more radical moves.
Seeing that the Arsenal players who could not change the result were persuaded by Bergkamp and others to return to their own half, Liu Han was not involved in the incident at all, and he was ready to send the ball into the door guarded by the Liverpool goalkeeper again.
Wenger put out a four-back lineup in order to be safe in this game, but he made a mistake in the selection of defenders, the four veterans only Keown and Adams played in the last game, although their physical strength is enough, but the four defenders have a unified disadvantage is that the turn is too slow, not flexible enough, Wenger originally put such a guard lineup in order to prevent Liverpool this season to introduce a rookie striker Heskey, this black player with a height of 1.90 meters is full of impact, But what I didn't expect was that Houllier actually sent a double small forward of Fowler and Irving.
Since his first Premier League appearance on May 6, 1997, Owen has quickly become the future of British football in the eyes of the British media, a true golden boy, and of course, he did not disappoint those who follow him, in his first Premier League season, Owen scored 18 goals in 36 league games, a statistic that made Owen the Premier League Golden Boot that season with Diondabrin and Christopher Sutton, and Owen also became the youngest Golden Boot in Premier League history.
In the 98 World Cup in France, Owen became England's full-name idol with his personal goal against Argentina in the quarterfinals, which also made Owen's position in the Liverpool team gradually stabilized, and Fowler, who had a similar style, had a sense of crisis.
However, in this game with Arsenal, Houllier actually let Owen and Fowler play together, which surprised many people, after all, the current trend in the Premier League is the combination of one high and one fast.
Owen and Fowler used their dexterity and movement to disrupt Arsenal's slightly aging backline, and if it weren't for Patrick Vieira's non-stop play, Arsenal might have fallen behind by two or even three goals.
At this time, if Wenger had made adjustments to the back line earlier, maybe the situation of the Arsenal team would have changed a lot, but Wenger hesitated at this time, he was worried that he would replace the team's veterans before the end of the first half, which would make these veterans have opinions, after all, Arsenal's defense is still dominated by these old players.
Arsene Wenger's hesitation sent Arsenal into chaos once again, and Arsene Wenger looked inexperienced in the field of command.
As the first half drew to a close, Liverpool went on the attack.
Midfielder Redknapp dribbled the ball around Ljungberg's defence and then moved to the left.
Owen, who pulled to the wing, did not choose to pass the ball after receiving the ball, but singled out the Arsenal backline, and his agile body made the Arsenal defenders look a little clumsy.
Owen's brutality may seem a bit stubborn, but it was his fearless drive that brought the Arsenal backline to shame.
In the face of Adams' defense, Owen dodged the opponent with a simple acceleration escape, and Adams was now completely unable to keep up with the speed at which he turned.
Owen cut inside again before Arsenal's Keown could make up for it, and then flashed a tight angle and hit the goal.
Neither the Arsenal backline nor goalkeeper Manninger realised that Owen would opt for a cold shot in such a situation, and Manninger was helpless to do anything about the low shot and watched as the opposition scored.
Owen's brilliant individual performance delighted more than 40,000 Liverpool fans in the stadium, and the boy who chased the wind in the '98 World Cup is now kingly, and Liverpool fans are looking forward to them to repeat Liverpool's glory.
Before half-time, Arsenal were two goals down, which made Wenger a little angry, and at the same time a little regretful about his mistakes, which is probably one of Wenger's character strengths, he is very good at spotting his mistakes and correcting them immediately.
Manninger kicked the ball into the centre circle and Liu Han and Bergkamp kicked off again in the center circle, but the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half when Liu Han pulled the ball out.
Arsene Wenger will not go straight to the dressing room, he must make changes to the team's line-up, although it is only a league game, but Wenger feels that no league game can be lost now, Manchester United has always been closely behind the Arsenal team, they will immediately overtake the Arsenal team when they are a little relaxed, this is Ferguson's forte.
Houllier followed the player back to the locker room with some pride, he was very satisfied with the result of the first half of the game, Fowler and Owen each scored, which Houllier did not expect, he excluded such a lineup in this game is actually a helpless move, Fowler told him that he would never sit on the bench, and put Owen on the bench Houllier did not have the guts, so now such a lineup is actually Houllier trying to change the team lineup, I didn't expect this effect to be good. (To be continued.) )