Chapter 89
This long-range shot shocked Arsenal into a cold sweat, looking at the sidelines, the professor was still drinking water, and Rice was also wiping his forehead vigorously with a towel, Lucas was like this, the two coaches on the sidelines were scared into a cold sweat, Wenger almost vomited the water he drank, fortunately, as a coach, he often has to endure these emergencies, Wenger still endured.
The Arsenal fans in the direction where Lucas shot were obviously dissatisfied with the team's delay in getting into the game, and let out a burst of boos, and Szczesny was also a little embarrassed in the face of these fans, patted his head, and took the ball back from the caddy.
Szczesny kicked off with a big foot, the game continued, after all, it was at home, Arsenal with the momentum of the home field, and began to gradually play some good-looking attacks, in the front, Nasri received the ball, and continued to play with the cold fly next to him, Walcott and Van Persie have made short passes after cooperating, beautiful into the penalty area.
"Nasri, after Cesc Fabregas left, the Frenchman is Arsenal's most suitable midfield organization core, it seems that those passes do not pose a threat to Liverpool's backline at all, but a discerning person can see that the ball is passed back and forth, and finally returns to Nasri's feet, with him to complete the organization, or shoot, I really don't know, after Nasri leaves, who can Arsenal's midfielder rely on?" The commentator looked at the game on the pitch and sighed.
Nasri burst into the box and had the option of passing or shooting straight at goal, with the Frenchman opting for the latter and firing a direct shot, which was swiftly reacted by Reina and fell to the ground holding on to the ball.
Nasri scratched his head, passing the ball was actually a good choice just now, but thinking that he was about to leave, he still wanted to make a contribution before leaving.
Although Van Persie was a little unhappy that Nasri did not pass the ball to him in the end, he still stepped forward and patted Nasri on the shoulder, maybe the two will be opponents from tomorrow, and the last time they will play in the same jersey, leaving any unhappy memories, it is not good for anyone.
In the first half of the game, although the two sides created a lot of opportunities, but they didn't really grasp much, and there were probably certain problems with the team's run-in, for example, in the twenty-seventh minute, Leng Fei had a very good opportunity, that was when he was doing a wall-hitting cooperation with Nasri, Leng Fei passed the ball out with his back foot, Nasri received the ball, and Leng Fei directly passed back to Leng Fei without stopping the ball, Leng Fei also received the ball, but in the face of Kelly and Agger's defense, Leng Fei touched the ball and went back a little, and Nasri's side was basically empty, You can try the long-range shot that he is good at, but Nasri doesn't seem to think about shooting at all, but passes the ball into the penalty area, which was intended to be passed to Leng Fei who went to the penalty area to run, in fact, Leng Fei entered the penalty area just to find a chance to make up for the shot, but he didn't expect Nasri to pass the ball over, Leng Fei ran over all of a sudden, and Kelly caught up and cleared the ball directly.
Leng Fei turned his head and looked at Nasri, who also looked at him, Leng Fei shook his head and gave a thumbs up, signaling that Nasri had passed the ball well, but he didn't grasp it.
Nasri smiled, when he was passing the ball just now, Nasri also hesitated, originally he wanted to shoot, but seeing that Leng Fei had already run in, he decided to pass the ball in, but such an opportunity was wasted.
Arsene Wenger has pockets, or is it a run-in problem...... However, the chance of a run-in with Nasri, at least for the next few seasons, is unlikely.
After this attack, Arsenal's attack gradually fell silent, wasting all their time on the battle in midfield, going back and forth, looking intense, in fact there were few shots on goal.
Just when most people thought that the first half of the game between Arsenal and Liverpool would be spent in such a boring midfield interception, Arsenal finally gave the home fans a place to cheer.
In this game, the Ghanaian youngster, a defensive midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong, who is one year younger than Leng Fei, got the opportunity to start, during the first half, because the midfield scramble was more intense, Frimpong's figure appeared in the eyes of the fans from time to time, it can be said that the youngster's performance today was not bad, this time, the Ghanaian teenager once again made a beautiful block, snatched the ball from Carroll, although he was hit by Carol's strong body, a little lost his center of gravity, but Frimpong performed quite hard, Kicked the ball out.
Henderson came up to intercept but couldn't get the ball and the ball rolled all the way to Walcott's feet.
Enrique came up to defend the little tiger, who didn't stick to the ball much, picked up the pass, crossed Enrique, and flew in the direction of Van Persie, who didn't have time to stop the ball in a suitable way, so he could barely jump up and head the ball.
Van Persie's header was not indiscriminately topped, but tried his best to rub the ball back, because Leng Fei and Nasri were both behind Van Persie, as long as one person caught up with the ball, it was very likely to form a single knife, or form a two-on-one situation in the frontcourt.
When Van Persie and Agger jumped up to compete for the top, Leng Fei realized what Van Persie wanted to do, and involuntarily, his body increased his speed, and when Van Persie reached the ball, Leng Fei suddenly increased his speed, and Kelly, who was defending Leng Fei next to him, was obviously a little unable to react, and in an instant, Kelly was left behind by Leng Fei.
There is also a Carragher in front of Leng Fei, this kind of one-on-one heads-up, Leng Fei is not afraid, at this time, it is always the side with the ball that occupies the upper hand of the single challenge.
Moreover, now it's not one-on-one, it's two-on-one! Behind Leng Fei, Nasri also followed Leng Fei who rushed out, Leng Fei thought about it for a while, and suddenly gave up his plan to force Carragher, after all, Reina behind Carragher is a very strong scavenger goalkeeper, even if he passes Carragher, he is likely to be cut off by Reina.
Leng Fei immediately made up his mind, hoping that the Frenchman behind him would not have a bad cooperation, Leng Fei made a sharp stop, then stepped on the ball and gently swiped it to his side.
Carragher was completely deceived by Leng Fei's movements, he flew to block the eye, trying to stop Leng Fei's shot, but he didn't expect Leng Fei's shot to be fake and the pass to be real!
Nasri finally lived up to Leng Fei's expectations, in fact, Leng Fei's pass also gave Nasri time to react, otherwise, a direct heel pass would have been more direct, but Leng Fei took a little risk and chose a horizontal pass.
Nasri took a leap of speed, his left foot was already supporting his body, and his right foot swept the ball, and the ball was like lightning!
At this moment, the entire Emirates Stadium is focused on the ball, to score, or not to score? Liverpool's goalkeeper told the crowd that the goal would not go in!
Reina quickly pressed down his body to the left, this was an instinctive action, after pressing down, he felt the ball bounce in his hand, Reina was overjoyed and defended!
"Reina! He saved Nasri's shot! "The sky above the Emirates Stadium was suddenly full of regrets, such a good opportunity...... Who can blame it? Nasri has done his best, but if you want to blame Reina, you can blame Reina for opening the golden finger.
Reina's knee-jerk reaction saved the whole of Liverpool, and Agger hurried forward to clear the ball.
In fact, before Agger stepped forward to clear the siege, another danger had already come, whether it was Agger or Reina, they all focused on Nasri who was shooting, but they completely forgot that the situation just now was two against one in the front! Why did that person disappear just now?
Reina fell to the ground, and when he was trying to get up, he suddenly saw a red figure out of the corner of his eye, if in normal times, Reina must have known that it was his teammates who came to clear the siege, but today they were playing away from home, and they were not wearing red jerseys!
βmmdοΌ Be careful! Reina burst into a foul language, startling Ag next to him, and subconsciously sped up his movements, but he didn't expect that when he was about to kick the ball, a huge resistance came from his feet!
Looking down, I don't know when, Leng Fei has already shoveled over from behind! That guy was still in front of him just now...... Ag was thinking like this, the ball at his feet was hooked, no, to be precise, Leng Fei didn't get the ball either, the ball slowly rolled towards the goal, Reina didn't have time to get up, and rushed to the ball with his hands open.
The referee rushed up, and saw that Reina was already in the goal line before holding the ball, so he decisively blew the goal effectively, pointing to the center circle, although Reina casually pretended not to see and beckoned his teammates to come forward to counterattack, but the referee still signaled that the goal was valid, and the Liverpool player asked to kick off in the middle.
"The goal works! The goal works! This is undoubtedly past the goal line! Let's watch the slow motion of the goal again, look, when Reyna held the ball, the ball was already behind the goal line, this focus game, many TV stations in England have broadcast live, this is the famous commentator Martin Taylor of England Sky TV, his partner is the former famous England star Gary Lineker, both are big-name commentators on Sky TV, and the two appeared at the same time in the commentary of this game, which is enough to show the importance of this game.
"The Chinese youngster, Kim, helped the team take the lead, this is his second Premier League game, and he has already scored two goals and provided an assist, even if he doesn't achieve anything after that, I'm afraid Arsenal fans will be able to accept the Chinese star." Lineker said.
After a tackle, no matter how Aggy went to complain to the referee about Leng Fei before the tackle, he rushed out of the penalty area, waving his fist, and Nasri also ran out, although the opponent's goalkeeper performed well, but this opportunity was the best they could get since the first half, if he wasted it, Nasri's sin would be great.
In fact, before scoring the goal, Leng Fei turned on the "sneak", although Nasri played the ball very tricky, but seeing that Reina had already mentioned the stuck position, Leng Fei felt a little hanging, behind Ag, directly turned on the sneak, even if the goal was scored, if Reina saved, he would step forward to shoot as soon as possible.
It seems that Leng Fei's worries are correct, and of course, I have to say that this skill is indeed effective, and it has brought Leng Fei several goals.
"Cut, it's just that kid's luck!" Liverpool's commentator was a little unwilling, obviously the goalkeeper was so awesome, but he still let them score a goal? He attributed the reason to Leng Fei's good luck, if he knew that Leng Fei had secrets that others didn't know, I was afraid that this commentator would go berserk.
After the celebration, the players returned to the game to restart the game and look at the time, the game was 38 minutes later, and it was almost time before half-time, and after Liverpool conceded a goal, Dalglish waved his hand to step up the attack and try to equalize the score in the first half.
Lucas, the second Brazilian player in the history of the Liverpool team, was very active today, the Brazilian who is regarded as the pillar of Liverpool's midfield for the next ten years, not only organized the attack in the midfield, but also kept the defense in order, before this goal, if the Arsenal side is the most active Ghanaian teenager Frimpong, Liverpool's side, the most active player is undoubtedly Lucas, Gerrard is not there, Lucas is the pillar of Liverpool's midfield.
In the forty-sixth minute, Liverpool almost tied the score at 1:1, but the vice-captain Vermaelen said "no" to Liverpool, Downing tried to break through with the ball on the side, Sagna stepped forward to defend, although Downing was brought to the name of parallel goods early in Liverpool, but now Downing has just arrived at Anfield with a value of 20 million, and his previous performance at Aston Villa was not bad, scoring seven goals and nine assists, Arsenal did not dare to slack off on this 20 million gentleman.
Downing and Sagna are also old rivals, when the two were fighting on the side, Liverpool's two strikers Carroll and Kuyt had rushed to the penalty area to compete for the top, and Vermaelen, Koscielny on top, Jenkinson looked at Henderson's running, the other side seemed to have no threat, so he rushed to the penalty area to help defend, although Carroll was also deducted as a parallel import, but 191 height plus 83 kg weight to stand in the penalty area, Nima looks very tiger.
In the confrontation between Downing and Sagna on the wing, Downing had the upper hand, broke through Sania, and crossed with a kick, the goal was clear, that is, to find Carol, Carroll, with her strong body, squeezed out of Jenkinson, who interfered with her, rushed two steps, and jumped high.
Oops! Standing in the back, Szczesny saw very clearly that Jenkinson was easily squeezed away, and it was only a matter of time before Carroll jumped up so comfortably, and it was only a matter of time before the ball was lost!
Carroll's header is thunderous, a pendulum, straight to the goal! Szczesny made a flying save, but it was still a little bit short......
"Ahh The ball is in!! Ah no, it seems to have hit the side-netting, alas, the fans in the stands of the visiting team are already celebrating the goal, and Carroll is only a little bit of luck away from scoring! β
Szesny heard the sound of the ball hitting the net behind him, and his heart suddenly cooled, and when he looked back, he found that the ball actually rolled to the side of the field and didn't go in!
Szczesny immediately ran over and picked up the ball, breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Carol, Szczesny put the ball in front of it, and then reminded the big man who was still annoyed: "Hey, the game is on." β
Carol gave Szczesny a smug look and ran back, Szczesny patted his head, I don't know when I offended that guy, and I didn't pounce on it......
Szczesny kicked the ball off with a big kick, and after a scramble in midfield, Marriner blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the Arsenal and Liverpool players walked back to the dressing room, the Arsenal players had a decent look on their faces, and the lead in the first half was good for them, while Liverpool was different, conceded a goal near the end of the first half, and their own people lost another great opportunity to equalize, which was a big blow to morale.
Leng Fei looked back at Liverpool's bench, Suarez also planned to follow the team back to the dressing room, and when he got closer, he found Leng Fei standing in the players' tunnel waiting for him.
"Why isn't it a starter?" Leng Fei looked at Suarez and asked with a smile.
Bucktooth shrugged: "Who knows, but I'll play in this game, that guy is not as strong as me, if it's me, he scored in the first half, I really don't understand, 35 million pounds, he's so valuable?" β
Leng Fei smiled slightly: "The household registration book, you can't buy it with money." β
"Isn't he just an Englishman?" Suarez pursed his lips and looked around, "Okay, it's not a good place to talk too much, I'll go first." β
"Bye." Leng Fei also followed the players into the locker room.
Arsene Wenger walked in from outside the dressing room door, and the players who were still chatting and laughing were quieter, but because the team was ahead, the players were in a good mood.
Wenger didn't bother, chatting with Rice on the side, and the players saw that the professor had nothing to say for the time being, so they continued their activities.
Fifteen minutes of the break were about to pass before Wenger stood up: "Okay, boys, what I want to say in this game is that your performance is not bad, at least from the point of view of the score, we are still in the advantage, but against a team like Liverpool, all I can say is to be careful, 1:0 is always the most dangerous moment, whether it is against the leading team or the team behind, the closer the game is to the end, the more dangerous the score, okay, the time is almost up, get ready to go out." Wenger waved his hand, the players poured out of the dressing room, Liverpool's players also came out, it seems that their fighting spirit is very strong, it seems that Dalglish has done something to mobilize in the dressing room, Liverpool's team, this year's excessive pursuit of localization has led to a decline in the team's strength, but because of this, this team is relatively united, they are all their own people here, and they are naturally more united.
At the beginning of the game between the two teams, the head coach did not make any personnel changes, Leng Fei looked at Suarez, who was still sitting on the bench, the latter frowned and looked at the court, and found that someone was looking at him, buckteeth turned his head to look at Leng Fei and gave a thumbs up.
Leng Fei smiled, and at the same time, Marriner blew the whistle, and the second half of the game began.
"Ok, now we continue with the second half of the game, we mentioned before, Arsenal still need to prepare for the away game against Udinese, after a one-goal lead, maybe Arsène will consider giving a few of the main players a chance to rest, at the same time, this is also good news for Kenny's Liverpool, I think Suarez should be replaced, Carroll replaced, in the first half, Andy's performance was not satisfactory, only one header was a bit threatening, but it still missed." Lineker and Martin Taylor were on the commentary bench analysing the game.
At the beginning of the second half, unlike the first half, at the beginning of the second half, the two sides began to fight and compete fiercely, compared to the first half, the second half is undoubtedly the focus, the best place, if nothing else, the number of goals in the second half should be more than the first half, as for which team these goals are, it depends on the tactical arrangement of the coach at halftime and the players' on-the-spot play.
After coming to the Premier League, although he only played one game, Leng Fei gradually found that the intensity of the Premier League was far beyond his imagination, when he used to play in the Eredivisie, after a game, although he was very tired, but rarely there would be that feeling of exhaustion, but the last time he played against Newcastle, he was really tired after the game, from this point of view, the Premier League was called the world's first league by the media (although most of them are local media in England), which also makes sense.
No, after half-time, Leng Fei felt like he had played a game in the Eredivisie, but it was only half a game.
In the second half, Liverpool stepped up their attacking attack and had to take the initiative to get the situation back on the same page after falling behind by one goal.
At halftime, Wenger also asked the players to strengthen the midfield's scramble, although Leng Fei wingers basically belong to the forward category, but after all, when defending on the side, it is still not reassuring to rely only on fullbacks, and sometimes they also need to retreat appropriately to assist in defense.
In the 60th minute, in the match between the two teams, Arsenal fell behind again, Liverpool's players had gradually controlled the midfield and were pressing forward to Arsenal's penalty area, Wenger was a little uneasy, he knew that in this situation, it was only a matter of time before he conceded a goal.
But before he could make any changes, Liverpool's goal came.
However, it was not Liverpool's players who scored, but Ramsey unfortunately put himself in an own goal, in the 65th minute, Adam and Lucas made a one-two in the midfield, the latter hit the sideline of the penalty area, faced with the choice of long-range shot or pass, Lucas wisely chose the latter, Szczesny has already stood in his position, if it is not for a particularly tricky angle of the shot, it is not a big problem for Szczesny, so he chose to pass, a low flat ball into the penalty area, and found Kuyt, who was still in the penalty area, The latter fired a powerful shot directly into the goal, but Ramsey blocked it in a timely manner, accurately blocking Kuyt's route.
However, after the blocking, Ramsey was a little unable to control the center of gravity, after all, this blocking was also very reluctant, Kuyt immediately stepped forward to interfere with Ramsey, Ramsey completely lost his center this time, and fell into the goal all of a sudden, he was expecting the ball to be squeezed out by him, but he didn't expect the ball to roll into the net with him.
"Damn it!" Ramsey slapped the ball and said in frustration, while Szczesny walked over and patted Ramsey on the shoulder: "It's okay, it's just a draw, we haven't lost yet." β
Ramsey glanced at Szczesny, nodded and stood up, shaking his finger: "I'm sorry. β
Szczesny smiled and shook his head.
Leng Fei crossed his waist and watched the Liverpool players celebrate their goals, and then found that Suarez had run to the back of the goal and started to warm up there, this guy is going to play?
"We can see that Dalglish has sent Suarez, the ace on the bench, to warm up, who is this to replace? I think in this kind of draw, probably not to replace the midfielder or the defender, but to replace the striker, maybe we won't see Andy for a while. Martin Taylor said.