Chapter 220: Fierce Battle

After Mereles scored, he could no longer suppress the madness in his heart, running wildly on the lawn of Highbury, feeling the boos of the audience, but as if he was receiving the bow of the loser.

The Notts County players also came over to celebrate and enjoy the moment.

We beat Arsenal before, but no one admits it, everyone is saying we can't win!

All right!

Now let's beat Arsenal with real strength!

Keep your eyes open and take a good look.

Shut up all those who question us!

When David saw this scene, he was also empathetic and excited.

Let the game be a warning to all the Premier League teams in Notts County.

We're coming to Notts County!

After the crazy celebration, the game resumed, and at this time, the players on the field of Arsenal were also ignited, and they would never allow the glory of the team to be trampled by a League One team, absolutely not!

So after the restart, Arsenal's offensive was suddenly ferocious, and the momentum was even more palpitating than the beast out of the mountain, and Arsenal finally came up with the combat power that belonged to the super strong team.

The offensive momentum on the pitch changed rapidly, and Arsenal's fierce attack forced Notts County to avoid the edge for a while.

Loew Mingrui observed this, so he quickly signaled the players not to lose control in order to chase the victory, temporarily defend this wave of Arsenal counterattacks, and then consider other things.

In fact, any club likes to face a situation where they are ahead and their opponents have to attack so that the gaps in the opponent's back will be highlighted and give themselves unlimited space to counter-attack.

It's always easier to fight a counterattack than to attack a position!

Of course, in the previous life, you had to make sure that you could defend the opponent's offensive, otherwise everything would be.

Although the defense of Notts County is not yet the top in the world, both Carvalho and Westerman, who started the game, have grown to the extent that they can be on their own, especially Carvalho, if you evaluate it fairly, even Carvalho can enter the top ten in the world.

In the absence of Arsenal's top scorer Thierry Henry, relying on Bergkamp and Wiltord was a bit lacking in impact, and although the Arsenal midfield, especially on the wing, created a few chances, they ultimately missed the goal.

In the most dangerous of all, Wiltord's in-cut shot went past Diego Lopez's glove only to slam into the post with a thud.

This is called a hanging shot, which made Wiltord hold his head and was so surprised that he didn't do much for a long time, and it also seriously hit the morale of Arsenal's attack, and even made Wenger kick the mineral water bottle on the sidelines.

Notts County also broke out in a cold sweat, but it also gave their defense a wake-up call.

Arsenal are not their casual opponents in League One, even if the opponent is not a few superstars, but Arsenal is still the super team that dominates the Premier League, and they can't be careless at all.

After re-establishing the defence, Notts County's offensive gradually unfolded, and after a period of fruitless onslaught, Arsenal also lost their sharpness, and the two sides returned to a close standoff.

Alonso, as the commander of Notts County's midfield, has also improved rapidly in his control of the tempo, and at this time, he began to consciously pass the ball more vertically than laterally.

Although there is only one regular striker in Villa up front, Andres Iniesta and Franck Ribery also move more into the box, giving up access to the two full-backs behind them, and both Leyton Baines and Lahm have the ability to control a wide line.

And Notts County's squeeze on the Arsenal penalty area will inevitably lead to Arsenal's defensive position being further back, and the front of the penalty area will be correspondingly exposed, so that both Alonso and Meireles' long-range shooting skills will have more room to play.

From this time on, Notts County slowly took control of the initiative on the field, and the possession rate also surpassed Arsenal for the first time.

In the 56th minute, Villa received a pass from the side with his back, and did not immediately turn to shoot, but knocked the ball to the inserted Meireles, and the Portuguese midfielder won the ball with a volley, if it was not for the lack of control of footwork, it would have been a brace.

In the 59th minute, Notts County's attack returned, this time Villa still received a pass from the wing, but his handling was very flexible, did not stop the ball and turn, nor did he return to the midfield as he had just done, but a flash of inspiration leaked the ball, which also caught Arsenal's defense off guard.

The tackle at the back of the net made the Arsenal players fall into hell, as long as the Notts County player could touch the ball, then it would not be far from the goal, so close, even God may be helpless.

Ribery, using the explosive power beyond ordinary people to slide and shoot, the ball was really touched by him.

However, just as the Notts County players were about to celebrate their goals, Arsenal's German goalkeeper Lehmann was like a god at this moment, lying down and blocking Ribery's shot with his body to protect the goal.

After standing up, Lyman clenched his fists and roared, as if venting something, and looked at Ribery with a fierce and defiant look in his eyes.

But soon, Lehmann laughed to himself and shook his head, what was wrong with him, he was actually excited to block a small player's shot.

Of course, Notts County attacked fiercely, but Arsenal was not without a counterattack opportunity, in the 63rd minute, Campbell's long pass from the back found Bergkamp, the Ice Prince did not continue to advance with the ball, and after observing Diego Lopez's position a little forward and backward, he directly hoisted the ball towards the goal.

Diego López was horrified and hurriedly ran back, looking extremely embarrassed.

However, Bergkamp's shot was a little small and not too fast, and Diego Lopes finally chased the ball back when it was about to crash into the goal, taking it off the crossbar while still breaking out in a cold sweat on his back.

Looking at the time, it was almost 70 minutes, Wenger saw that the situation was not favorable, and the score was even more behind, so he was a little unwilling to make adjustments first.

Patrick Vieira is on the pitch.

The core of Arsenal's attacking and defensive conversion is definitely the top midfielder in the world today, although Alonso is also very good, but there is still a certain gap, David knows that this is also an opportunity for Alonso to learn.

After Vieira came on the field, Arsenal's defensive hardness immediately improved to a notch, and the attack began to go more to the middle, coupled with Bergkamp's retreat to get the ball, in just a few minutes, it actually suppressed the Notts County midfielder. (To be continued.) )