At the back, the key players at the Arsenal are Toure and Gallas.

Gallas joined Arsenal in the summer and he tore up with Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, with Chelsea desperately looking to bring in Ashley Cole, and Gallas was traded to Arsenal as a swap player.

For Gallas himself, the 'exchange' was somewhat tragic, with Chelsea giving Arsenal £6 million.

Doesn't that mean Gallas is inferior to Ashley Cole?

If you are a professional football insider, you will definitely not think so, Ashley Cole is an English player, and with the policy of English football, the taxes of the rich, business interests and local plots, the value of English players is naturally higher.

Most fans don't think about such complicated issues, they only look at the value of the player, and the high value feels that the strength is stronger, and the exchange of Gallas is almost described as a 'Ashley Cole transfer addition'.

This upset Gallas.

But no matter how unhappy he is, he fell out with Mourinho, and he can only come to Arsenal if he wants to play football.

Toure is a star of Arsenal's youth system, having only spent half a season at Arsenal Academy before being promoted to the first team by manager Arsene Wenger and playing in the Premier League.

It didn't take long for Toure to secure his position in the main force.

As the absolute workhorse of the team, Toure also inherited the number five shirt and formally became the core of the defense.

Gallas and Toure are both pretty good defenders, not worse than Zambrotta, and both Darren Ward are a bit immature compared to the two who have been at the top for a long time.

Arsenal's other two defenders are Senderos and Eboue, who are also quite high-level defenders, and the four-man defense cannot be said to be the top level in Europe, and the Premier League is definitely the top.

Millwall's backline is a bit worse in comparison.

Millwall has an advantage in the midfield, and there are some disadvantages in the backfield, the two together, the strength of the two sides is almost equal, playing against the attack, the flexibility of the 'double core' tactics can make Millwall play more fluently, and Arsenal's solid tactics for several years are more skilled than Millwall.

The two teams can be said to be half-hearted.

Zhang Yang is not worried.

If you just compare the lineup, it does depend on luck to play against the attack, Millwall also has some disadvantages such as the 'field factor', but the key point is that Zhang Yang has the ability to 'predict' and can judge the game in advance, and he is not worried about Arsenal scoring at all.

That's where self-confidence comes in.

The game is very intense, the two sides go back and forth, between each other's attack and defense, as if the next moment is about to score, at the same time, the defense of both sides is not ambiguous, often the football to the front of the penalty area, it is difficult to move forward.

Twenty minutes later, Arsenal had 52 per cent possession, a slight advantage, with five shots on goal compared to Millwall's four.

Most of the players have adapted to the game, the teams have played well and the game has become more intense.

The fast-paced game is dazzling, and the performance of individual players is also highlighted.

Arsenal's best performer is the young man Cesc Fabregas, who is under 20 years old, and Arsene Wenger has always hoped that Cesc Fabregas can replace Vieira's absence, and Cesc Fabregas is about to do it, he has become the official core of the midfield, and there will always be quite a good performance for the team.

Millwall's top performers came as a bit of a surprise.

Everyone thinks that the best will be Pire, the first time against his old club, Piret must be very motivated to play, Pire's performance is not bad, but it is impossible to say the best.

Millwall was the man who shone in the field.

Braniff is a player with a lot of character, and the last time he was angry with the whole Manchester United team, his fame has grown, and the fans' opinions about him are full of conflicting opinions.

Some fans have become die-hard loyalists.

Another part of the fans kept saying bad things about Braniff, and the hatred for him was profound.

Braniff's 'do his own thing' personality dictates that he doesn't care what other people think, even if it's a fan who supports or opposes him, he doesn't even like to read reports about himself, as if he has been living in a personal world.

Player, it's Braniff's profession, and he's getting better and better.

From the fifth minute of the game, Braniff had a wonderful pass to Darren Bent, many media fans paid attention to him, and then Braniff played better and better, he played the role of threading the needle in midfield, like single-handedly leading Millwall to beat Arsenal.

In every Millwall attack, Braniff will be involved.

This excellent performance also made the camera focus on him frequently, and when Braniff got the ball again, "Sky Sports" commentator Paul Scott couldn't help but shout-

"Look! It's Braniff again! ”

"Braniff's performance was amazing!"

'Last season Braniff played left wing-back and did so much and now it seems to prove that the centre-back is more suitable for him!'

"A lot of people were looking at Pire for this game, but Braniff was better than the former, both in terms of performance and importance, and he and The forward team of Simpsons seemed to be more attacking than Morris and Smitchell......

This is also the characteristic of the Braniff and Simpson pairing.

Morris's style of football is on the conservative side, Smitchell's ability is excellent, but his style is also a bit conservative, Braniff and Simpson are the opposite, age dictates that they prefer to attack, Simpson is the kind of pure offensive player, Braniff is well-rounded, and the two can perform better in a pair.

Under Braniff's leadership, Millwall played a little advantage over Arsenal halfway through the first half.

Millwall's three consecutive waves of attack, pressing Arsenal was a little breathless, but fortunately, they quickly adjusted, pushed towards Millwall, and used the cooperation of the midfield to find some face.

In the heat of the game, time flies very quickly.

Many fans in the audience felt that the goal seemed to happen in the next second, but in fact, the goal did not come for a long time, and Arsenal and Millwall seemed to lack a little luck.

In the 36th minute of the game, the battle on the field was still very fierce.

What few people noticed was that Zhang Yang began to concentrate, his eyes were watching the game motionlessly, as if he was afraid of missing a detail, if other managers were concerned, it was actually not a big deal, and it rarely happened to Zhang Yang.

Three minutes later, Millwall unleashed a steady push of action.

Braniff's diagonal cross down the middle, combined with Quaresma, flashed a block from Cesc Fabregas.

Then Toure came up.

Braniff glanced at Toure, instantly pushed the ball to Simpson and immediately raised his hand to ask for the ball, but Simpson didn't pass it back, but made a breakthrough move to attract Toure's attention, and then the ball was returned to Braniff's feet through Darren Bent's return pass.

By this time, Braniff was already in front of the penalty line.

Arsenal anxiously blocked him, Gallas rushed over, and there was only one Eboue in the box, carefully guarding Darren Bent.

Braniff waved his feet!

Gallaston thought Branifer was going to shoot, and he immediately blocked it, but Braniv pushed it to the side.

The Simpson keeps up with a volley!

The angle of the ball was tricky, goalkeeper Lehmann made the first save, but he couldn't block it, but the ball hit the post and bounced off, and just when Arsenal thought they had escaped, Darren Bent followed up and sent the ball into the back of the net.

“goooooooooooal！！！”

"Darren Bent! A make-up shot! Simpson's low shot was brilliant, but Bent's follow-up shot was crucial! ”

"A second before the goal, Arsenal probably thought they were away with it, but they immediately fell from heaven to hell...... Bent! Bent! He was once again Millwall. ”

"In such an important game, Bent scored the first goal, and the two sides were entangled for almost 40 minutes, and in the end it was Millwall who scored first!"

"It was Bent's fourteenth goal in the league and he was the top scorer in the league without any doubts......

Paul Scott has no hesitant words of praise for Darren Bent, and the camera camera has been focused on Darren Bent, who is shaking his cheek excitedly before hugging his teammates.

Everyone's attention was focused on Darren Bent, he became the protagonist of the game, even Arsenal was amazed, as well as several Arsenal players, just now Eboue has been defending Bent, the football rebounded into the penalty area, Eboue did not react at all, but Bent waved his foot into the goal for the first time.

That's a quick response!

On the Arsenal coach's bench, Wenger looked at Millwall's celebration, and could only shake his head and smile wryly when he recalled the goal just now, the outside world is saying how strong Millwall's forward line is, how good Darren Bent is, he originally thought that Adebayo, Van Persie and others are not worse than Darren Bent, but have stronger technical ability, Darren Bent scores more goals, and it is only because Millwall is a 'single striker' tactic.

After the goal just now, he realized that he was wrong.

Adebayo, Van Persie and others have quite good technical strength, not worse than Darren Bent at all, but they are still too immature in terms of experience and on-the-spot performance.

Maybe in a few years, Adebayo and Van Persie have a chance to surpass Darren Bent, and they can accumulate and catch up, but it is definitely not now. But why?

Arsene Wenger still doesn't understand why Millwall's players can play so well.

Darren Bent is not very experienced, he only played in the lower leagues, he has only played in the Premier League for more than a season, how can he perform so well?

Is it really a matter of tactics?

If Zhang Yang knew Wenger's thoughts, he would definitely smile and not explain.

Why did Millwall's players play well?

Tactics, of course.

Millwall's tactics are based on getting players to play to their strengths, but it's not just a matter of tactics when Darren Bent plays well, and Darren Bent should be very good.

Compare, for example, to Van Persie.

Van Persie's skills are quite good, and he was poached by Wenger early and cultivated as a future star, but Van Persie is the 'future', he has not played many times in a single season, and in some key games, Wenger also trusts a top superstar like Henry more.

Darren Bent is different.

Before Darren Bent played for Ipswich, he was the absolute core goalscorer, playing almost all the games he could, and at Millwall, Bent was the absolute main striker, no matter against any strong team, he would start for the team.

The difference in experience between the two is very large.

Darren Bent is a year younger than Van Persie, but he has been a regular player for a long time and has been playing in England, so his experience is not comparable to that of Van Persie.

Maybe Van Persie has hope to surpass Darren Bent in the future, but definitely not now, but only for the goal just now, Zhang Yang didn't care about Darren Bent who was in the spotlight, nor did he care about Josh Simpson who kicked the post, he just looked at Braniv who ran back and recalled Braniff's performance just now.

Individual performance, cooperation with teammates, and the last kick is like a wonderful shot --

"Kevin Braniff?"

"This guy with a strange personality really has the potential to become a superstar!"