Chapter 377: Penalty at the last moment
When Notts County equalized, although David was excited, he still restrained his emotions and sat firmly in the coach's seat without much movement, but when Notts County overtook the score, David couldn't control his excitement, if it wasn't for the assistant coach to stop him, he would have rushed to the field to celebrate the goal with the players!
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After the restart, Arsenal had to attack, and in the second half of the game, they were running out of time, and they were definitely not willing to lose when they were behind.
However, after the opening offensive battle, Arsenal also knew very well that their positional attack could not pose much threat to Notts County many times, because the lineup was not complete, resulting in many tactics could not be formed, Fabregas's immaturity dragged down the team as a whole, if they were so headless and brainless attack, I am afraid they would be chased and beaten by Notts County.
Notts County's previous tactics were not very good, although Arsenal can play pleasing and gorgeous football, but it is not impossible to play some lower riba, after all, as an English club, how can it be possible to leave the skills that it sees, so Arsenal also played a simple high-altitude ball after playing for a while.
Thierry Henry is a well-rounded centre-forward, and although he looks thin physically, as long as he is not a heavyweight centre-back, he is not too disadvantaged against him, and with him as a fulcrum, at least Arsenal's threat will be greatly improved.
On top of that, this seems to activate Cesc Fabregas, and when he doesn't need to pass the ball, Notts County don't have to keep him in the spot, and Mascherano's departure has given him plenty of space to often create a threat in front of Notts County's goal.
So, at this time, the two teams once again returned to the situation of attacking, but the attacking methods of both sides became primitive and rough, more like a battle between two lower English teams in the bayonet.
The two sides played very entangled and fierce, and the speed of the transition between attack and defense was simply dizzying, and only this most primitive contest could make England fans release the most passionate emotions from the depths of their hearts.
Fans didn't dare to blink for fear of missing any great shots.
However, the game was fierce and there was no more goals, and as time went by, the situation became more and more unfavorable for Arsenal playing at home.
The Gunners don't want to lose at home, and after that defeat, they will be nine points clear of Notts County, which is not an easy gap to catch.
Even Arsenal are no longer willing to win, as long as they can score a goal at the last minute to draw with Notts County and not allow Notts County to extend their points advantage, it will be the best result.
With five minutes left in regulation time, Arsenal had completely abandoned their defence and pressed on all fronts, and Notts County had no intention of attacking, slowly retreating to a well-organized defence, as long as they held until the end of the game, then they won.
Thierry Henry's constant running in the box, sometimes needing to fight for headers, relying on Notts County defenders to get the ball on their backs, just not having the opportunity to start straight forward, feeling extremely anxious in his heart, he was more hungry to score than any player on the pitch.
Once again, the header went over the crossbar under the interference of the Notts County players, and Henry began to gasp for breath on his knees with a frustrated expression, and he felt more and more weak with little energy left.
At this time, the substitute players on both sides have involuntarily stood on the sidelines and stared at the situation on the field, and even felt more anxious than the players on the field.
The referee was already looking at his watch from time to time, and halfway through the three minutes of second-half stoppage time, it was close to announcing Arsenal's death sentence.
Pire dribbled the ball on the flank, which could be Arsenal's last attack, and he couldn't help but be careless.
Cesc Fabregas demanded in the middle, and although Pire didn't want to pass to the little guy who was acting like a disaster, who made him Arsene Wenger's favorite young player, so the French winger still passed the ball to the middle.
Although Xiaofa is not very experienced, but after all, he is talented, and after the adjustment of the whole game, he is not so embarrassed at this time, and suddenly he has a flash of inspiration, and gently rubs the incoming ball, and the ball crosses Carvalho's defense and flies directly in front of Henry.
It was a very creative pass, and even David couldn't help but want to applaud Xiaofa.
However, the slight fly in the ointment is that the power of the ball is not too good, some too close to the baseline, and by the time Henry catches up with the ball, the ball has reached the bottom line.
Although the angle is small, the Notts County defenders are still like a big enemy, Henry has the ability to change the outcome of the game at any time, no one dares to be careless, Carvalho is close to the side, blocking Henry's space to advance.
Just when it was thought that Thierry Henry would not be able to make a fussy argument from a tight angle, the French striker suddenly made a vaggling gesture, holding the ball between his feet like a rainbow, as if he were trying to create a scoring opportunity in the Notts County penalty area.
Carvalho involuntarily raised his head to look at the ball that flew into the air, but suddenly found that Henry seemed to be about to cross from his left side, and subconsciously had a blocking action, but in an instant, he retracted the action, because he knew that this was a penalty area, if there was physical contact, then it was easy to be punished by the referee for deformity, the game had been carried out at this time, and he didn't want to bury the team's good situation because of his mistakes.
What he never expected was that he didn't look for things, but things came to him.
He had already retracted his movements, but Henry took the initiative to hit him, and then in a derivative of his surprise, the Arsenal center fell to the ground exaggeratedly, and then sat up and spread his hands with an extremely angry expression.
Just when the players on both sides did not react, the referee's whistle was decisively remembered, and under all the gaze, the referee's hand pointed to the penalty spot, and he awarded Arsenal a penalty!
Highbury Stadium fell silent, but in the next second, it suddenly erupted like an earthquake, and the fans were so excited that they didn't even know what they were called.
Thierry Henry got up from the ground and celebrated with his team-mates, knowing all too well what the penalty meant. (To be continued.) )