Having played Arsenal three times in a month, City have been out of the limelight, beating them at home in the first half of the season, but they have lost face in the two Carabao Cup semi-finals since the New Year - they were held to a draw at home to Manchester City, then suffered a heavy defeat at the feet of Manchester City on the road, just a week after that Carabao Cup defeat, and although Manchester City did not seem to be in great form in the last round of the league, this time at their home stadium if they lose to Manchester City againI'm afraid Arsenal won't have the courage to overtake Manchester City again......

However, if Arsenal can beat Manchester City, then Manchester City are likely to fall behind, and at the same time, they can improve their own form, and for Arsenal, this game is also very important.

After coming to Manchester, Wenger announced a very rare closed training and news silence, especially warning Adebayo not to say anything else, and Adebayo was also a little honest, because if Arsenal really can't win the league title, even if he can rely on it, it's too bad to say it......

The other thing that happened before the start of this game was that poor Vassell finally didn't find a home in the month, and Manchester City insisted that his transfer fee was at least two million pounds, which no team was willing to pay, which made it impossible for him to find a suitable team even if he wanted to take a pay cut, and after the winter transfer window closed, it meant that he had to spend the next six months in the development team......

However, at this time, no one cares about Vassell, Manchester City are in excellent form and have a chance to challenge for three titles, who cares about the situation of a player who has been sent to the reserve team by Dick? Dick had actually forgotten where the guy was now, he just labelled Vassell for a £2 million transfer fee and ignored him.

On 2 February, Manchester City host Arsenal.

Within a month, the two sides met three times in a row, but the first two were in the cup after all, although both sides sent most of the main forces in those two cup games, but after all, the cup is the cup, and the League Cup is still the most neglected cup in England, so the natural repercussions are not so big, and the only thing that makes people talk about is Adebayo's oath, Manchester City's massacre, and Torres's return......

In this league, both sides have come up with their strongest lineups.

Dick sent a four-three-three lineup, goalkeeper Hart, defenders Richards, Samuel, Kompany and Barnes, midfielders Barton, Yaya Toure, Parker, forwards Ribery, Torres, Di Natale, this is the main lineup that Manchester City has used the most this season, and they are now working together quite well and are in very good shape.

Arsene Wenger sent the main lineup that swept Newcastle 3-0 at home in the last round, with the veteran Lehmann in goal, Sagna and Klich on the wings at the back, Galla and Senderos in central defence, Fabregas, Flamini and Diaby in midfield, Hleb in front, and Da Silva and Adebayor in the attack.

In Dick's view, Arsenal's main lineup is actually not very good, but after the start of this season, Fabregas is in too good shape, and the main force of the entire Arsenal is around him and does his essential work, so that he will achieve such good results all the way in the league, but this lineup has played so far, and there are many flaws exposed, although they are very good in attack, but they play relatively delicately, and pulling is their biggest offensive feature. can always involve a gap out, but if the opponent's defense is solid, will not be exposed for their back and forth passing, I am afraid their offense will be difficult to work, this season's Champions Cup, they are invincible in the group stage, but in the knockout round to meet the old and bad state of AC Milan, but also once AC Milan's overall defense has no way, after the difficult elimination of AC Milan, it is also for this reason, lost to Liverpool did not lose much temper, When the opposing manager puts a lot of effort on defense, Arsenal's attack will be in trouble.

And defensively, their problems are also not small, the two fullbacks are better at attacking, the defense is average, the central defender Galla often makes mistakes with a hot head, Senderos is also in a serious decline after being bullied by Drogba, but Arsenal can't find a better central defender than them, the defense is not good enough, it is the biggest factor that Arsenal did not win the championship in the league, in modern football, there is no championship without defense, even in the league.

Dick knows that City's backline can't do that kind of thing right now, but it's not too difficult to beat them by targeting them a little defensively and then focusing on Arsenal's defense in attack.

Arsenal have only lost one game in the league so far, the fewest losses in the entire Premier League, they have won against Manchester City, they have won against Chelsea, drawn against Liverpool and Manchester United, but the only loss was in the first half of the season to Middlesbrough, who were tightly defended and quickly counterattacked, and at the same time they have drawn a little too much, six draws so far, except for draws with strong teams such as Manchester United and Liverpool, the other draws are against middle and lower teams such as Blackburn, Portsmouth and Birmingham, Such teams have a characteristic, that is, they all shrink their defense to deal with Arsenal's attack, no matter how they pull back and forth to tear the defense unmoved, Arsenal have scored a total of two goals in these draws, which is quite inconsistent with their average attack power of more than two goals per game.

Now that he understands this, the tactics arranged by Dick are very targeted.

You can't attack back and forth against Arsenal, because the opponent is more suitable for such tactics, so even at his home turf, Dick has only one tactic against Arsenal - concentrated defense and quick counterattack!

He has a tall central defender and an excellent defensive midfielder, there are prerequisites for defense, he has a fast winger, a center forward with excellent coordination ability and a shooter who is good at seizing opportunities, and there are prerequisites for quick counterattacks, not to mention that even if his team points are one point lower than Arsenal, he can afford to drag it, Arsenal can't afford to drag it out, and then Manchester City will not be involved in the Champions Cup, even if he is temporarily behind, Dick will not be too afraid, even if he draws with Arsenal at home, he will not have too much disappointment!

And what about Arsenal? They will have to find a way to win against Manchester City in order to restore the confidence of the whole team and to secure their place at the top of the league, and a draw is not unacceptable, but it will cause them a lot of problems in the future.

Not to mention letting Arsenal play defensively? Arsene Wenger is not very good at this, Arsenal have been able to perform well before this season, relying on a smooth attack and a lot of goals, if they drag these 90 minutes away from home, it is really difficult for them to do it, because this is not what they are good at!

So after the start of the game, Arsenal launched an attack, trying to score first through a quick attack, and then take the initiative of the game.

If they can score first, they will be able to pass back and forth to kill time, lure Manchester City to press out more, and naturally they will be able to take the initiative throughout the game.

It's a pity that for Manchester City, their defense has now begun to tacitly understand, Samuel's command of the entire backline has begun to become better and better, plus midfielder Barton Pakia Toure is a strong midfielder who can run and grab, and can provide enough protection for the backline, and they are very stable in the face of Arsenal's attack.

Fabregas's organization in the midfield is constantly damaged by Manchester City's midfield, and although Adebayo is a very good center, but he is not Kompany's opponent in the confrontation, not to mention Samuel's fill-in, so Manchester City has also begun to fall into the dilemma of passing around but not finding any opportunities, although because of Fabregas in the midfield, their passing organization will not easily make mistakes and let Manchester City catch too many counterattack opportunities, but sometimes, such counterattack opportunities only need to appear once, That's enough!

In the ninth minute of the game, Manchester City suddenly made a halfway siege and got a brilliant result.

Diaby made a mistake in the backfield pass, and Yaya Toure was cut in front of him to steal his pass, and then Yaya Toure quickly passed straight to the right, and the inserted Ribery used his speed to force out of Sagna's defense, and then crossed in front of the goal!

Senderos and Torres were jockeying for position, although they were already close to Torres, but in terms of strength, Senderos was suppressed by Torres, he suppressed Senderos behind him, and then prepared to grab the point......

Garra, who was in front of the position, rashly fell to the ground to tackle, but was unable to touch the ball, the ball flew past his feet, and then Torres in the penalty area has completely suppressed Senderos, facing the ball rolling over and stabbing directly in the small penalty area!

The ball flew into the gate guarded by Lehmann! Although Lehmann made a save, he was also old after all, and he fell to the ground a step slower, and the ball flew directly under his armpit into the goal, 1-0, Manchester City took the lead at home!

Seeing the ball fly into the goal, Torres shook off Senderos, who was still pulling him, and then ran out, rushed directly to the place close to the stands, he jumped up, waved his fist in the air and landed, standing there proudly, receiving the enthusiastic cheers of the Manchester City fans!

"The ball is in! After returning from injury, Torres scored four goals in four consecutive league games! It was his 14th league goal of the season! Dick has always had such a good striker at his disposal, with Di Natale already scoring twenty in the league, plus Fernando Torres' fourteen...... It's understandable that Manchester City can have such a good result, and it won't be surprising to have such a good pair of strikers and what kind of outstanding results they have! ”

Looking at Torres who was celebrating wildly, Senderos was extremely frustrated, originally before the 06 World Cup, he had a good prospect, but after the World Cup, he first took the initiative to hit Drogba but failed to knock down the opponent but injured himself, which gave him a big blow, and now it is Torres again, a striker who is not known for his strength has completely outperformed him in the confrontation of strength, which makes Sendros embarrassed!

This emotion caused Senderos to kneel on the lawn for a long time and did not get up, and Dick from the field noticed this, and then he laughed slightly.

A brainless centre-back who always makes mistakes plus a centre-back who is confident that he has already taken a serious hit, a team with such a centre-back partner...... It's not hard to win!