393. Emirates Stadium 4

Control! Control! Arsene Wenger on the sidelines had to remind his players.

It's a good thing for the players to be brave after being ashamed, but impatience is not a good thing, blindly pursuing fast, the passing error rate is high, and it is not a wonderful thing to easily let Crystal Palace get a chance to counterattack, in case it is caught by Crystal Palace again, the score becomes 3:0, not to mention the loss of face, it is estimated that it is difficult to redeem the defeat.

It can be seen from the situation on the pitch that Crystal Palace has deliberately begun to be conservative after continuous attacks, and the most important thing Arsenal needs to do now is to remain patient.

Arteta and others are really in control, the full-backs on Crystal Palace's side have focused more on defence, and the effect of Arsenal's ability to gradually play positional battles is also obvious.

In the 34th minute, after Rosicky got the ball, he divided the ball to the side, Benayoun dodged Larsson's cross, Van Persie ran to the front position, and Van Dijk volleyed directly, such a small angle, but he can hit a high-quality shot, his feeling in front of the goal is really great, and the ball flies directly to the upper corner.

Speroni reached out to block the ball and hit the corner before touching Speroni's body and almost scoring.

In the 37th minute, Rosicky shot from the edge of the area, but the ball hit Benatia's change of direction and gave Speroni another test.

The overall performance of the Crystal Palace players is great, but against Arsenal, even if the opponent's players on the pitch are not as good as Crystal Palace, but from an attacking point of view, there is no doubt that they have the characteristics and ability to cause problems for any team, including Crystal Palace.

Rosicky was firmly suppressed for the first twenty minutes or so, but at this point his form began to slowly recover, and his organization and long-range shots also brought a certain threat to the Crystal Palace side.

Wen Sheng's response was quite shameless, he gradually recycled his formation, and really set up a bus in front of his door.

Arsenal had no choice but to tear left and right, back and forth.

The attacking pattern of the two teams is also somewhat similar, with Mkhitaryan acting as a passer at Crystal Palace, cutting inside from time to time.

Mertens, on the other hand, would often get into the box and rely on his keen sense of smell to run and shoot.

Arsenal's Benayoun plays a role similar to Mkhitaryan, but the other Gervinho is not Mertens' appearance, Gervinho's biggest advantage is his speed, his speed is really fast, and his dribbling ability is also quite strong, but he likes to pull the side too much, and compared with Mertens, his ability to grab points and run is not good.

As a result, Van Persie struggled to stand alone in the penalty area, and was constantly surrounded by Benatia and Van Dijk.

But in any case, Arsenal's scene was not as bad as the first two decades or so.

Arsenal fans believe Palace have been pinned down and hopes of an equaliser are burning in everyone's hearts.

Only Arsene Wenger knew that it seemed to be more difficult to equalise from the distance, and the shrinking Crystal Palace has always been a difficult bone to gnaw!

At the end of 45 minutes, Arsenal still had zero goals!

"We kicked like shit!" Arsene Wenger to his assistant coach Pat Brown. Rice muttered under his breath.

"I don't know what strategy Wen will adopt after the break, I don't know if he will make his team regain strength!" Pat. Rice was worried, and before Arsene Wenger took over Arsenal, Pat. Rice has been playing for Arsenal for many years and was once the captain of Arsenal. Rice has been assisting Wenger all the way to this day.

But after this season, the Arsenal loyalist will retire, and before he retires, he hopes nothing more than Arsenal to secure a Champions League place.

However, now it seems that Arsenal's task of fighting for the top four is quite difficult, they spent a lot of money in the summer window, but they really did not do well enough, and since the new season, the inexplicable slump of some players has also made Arsenal very uncomfortable.

Arshavin and Chamak on the bench are in extremely poor condition, Arshavin still performed from time to time last season, but this season the Russian tsar only contributed one goal and one assist, and the other striker Chamak had a highlight when he arrived in the team, and this season fell into an embarrassment and could not score.

The most important reason why Wenger used Benayoun in this game is that Arshavin's form is so bad that Wenger and the coaching staff have completely lost trust in him.

"What should we do about the winter window!" Pat. Rice did not continue the topic of the game with Wenger, but suggested it to Wenger again.

"We'll see when the time comes!" Wenger shook his head and smiled bitterly, it is really difficult to make up for the winter window.

Compared with the gloom on Arsenal's side, the atmosphere on Crystal Palace's side is naturally much warmer.

The players discussed the first half in the dressing room, blowing cowhides to each other.

"That's it! All right! Guys! Wen Sheng clapped his hands, "First of all, I have to say that we did a great job!" It's really great! Winning at the Emirates Stadium was not an easy task and we were glad we had a perfect first half! Thanks to Tintin and Jamie for the goals! Thank you for your hard work and dedication! ”

"But there's still 45 minutes to go, so I don't think we've got the win! I hope you have the same attitude as I do! ”

There was no need to hammer the drum, and Wen Sheng's point was stopped, and he didn't say anything more.

In the second half, Wen Sheng didn't plan to adjust his tactics at all, the team had two goals in hand, and there was really no need to spend more energy to fight against the opponent.

On the 31st, Crystal Palace still needs to go to Bolton Wanderers away, and if the second half goes well, Wen Sheng will inevitably let De Bruyne and other players rest after the break.

After Wen Sheng's training, Lawrence kicked the substitutes out to warm up, the weather is cold in winter, and the players must warm up enough to avoid injury.

After a fifteen-minute break, players from both sides returned to the pitch.

Arsene Wenger didn't have much to do, because he had limited personnel at his disposal, and he was limited by the inability to adjust the backline, which in turn also affected his tactical arrangement in the front court.

If you want to say, with Gervinho as a fast player, Arsenal will be very useful to take advantage of Gervinho's passing and speed, but Arsene Wenger's team has not done a good job of counter-attacking on the spot, this is not their style, they rely very much on the play of the midfield.

Gervinho didn't have many chances to get the ball in this game, Arsenal fell into a positional attack, his ability to cross is not good, his ability to cut inside is not good, his ability to pass is good, but it is finished?! There will always be a siege and no greater threat to the Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace put the bus on and Arsenal continued the siege.

Arsene Wenger's hope is to create good chances for Van Persie, but those chances are not so easy to create.

General Fan didn't get a few good shots on goal, but Benayoun, Rosicky, Arteta and others all had shots, relying on Van Persie to pass the ball to them.

After 20 minutes of painless play, Arsenal had five shots on goal, but without exception, they did not pose a threat to Speroni at all.

"Maybe you can send Chamak on the field and give it a try!" Arsene Wenger thought to himself.

Wen Sheng began to make substitutions, and in the 67th minute, he replaced N'Golo Kante with Melo.

N'Golo Kante has played a lot of games this season, leading the team in terms of minutes so far, and Wen Sheng now has Melo in his hands with an injury, giving him the capital to give Kante a break.

Wen Sheng didn't expect this substitution to be an unlucky one, and it was also the worst decision he made in this game.

Melo came on to take the place of Nemanja Matic, and Nemanja Matic took the place of N'Golo Kante, which was not difficult for Nemanja Matic, who made his debut as a midfielder, not a midfielder.

In the 71st minute, Rosicky and Arteta teamed up to get rid of Nemanja Matic, and Melo came out of the diagonal and gave Rosicky a flying tackle, no one knows what Melo has in his head?! His foul is obvious!

Rosicky was tackled to the ground by Merlo, covering his feet in pain, Oliver did not hesitate to show Melo a red card, and in less than five minutes on the field, Melo actually applied for a ruby card!