Emirates Stadium.

The camera lens was pointed at the spectator stands, and many Arsenal fans looked at the stadium with mixed faces.

They are absolute supporters of Arsenal, and the opponent's goal will not be backed by them, the only thing that will bring it is to make them feel a little disappointed or unhappy with Arsenal's performance.

Now that Arsenal are two goals behind, many fans are dissatisfied with Arsenal's performance.

But that's just one of the emotions.

Many Arsenal looked at Pire, who was walking back, with mixed emotions on their faces, and couldn't help but think of Pire's outstanding performance at Arsenal.

Since 2000, Piret has been transferred to Arsenal from Marseille and has always been one of Arsenal's most consistent and outstanding players, his light is not as good as that of Patrick Vieira, nor as bright as Henry, but Arsenal with Pire, never have to worry about the left side.

Pire's performance was also quite strong.

Over the past six seasons, Pire has averaged 32 league appearances for Arsenal in a single season, scoring an average of 10 goals, so the numbers speak for themselves.

A left wing-back, who can play consistently, scoring an average of one goal in three games, is definitely the best performance in the world, and you can imagine how good and important Pire is at Arsenal.

When you think of Pire, you will definitely think of Arsenal, but now Pire has left Arsenal and his goal belongs to the opponent Millwall.

Many Arsenal fans who like Pire, they don't know whether they should cheer for Pire, or show disdain for their opponent's goals, and their faces are very complicated.

The Arsenal players on the pitch also have mixed emotions, even last season, when Pire's contract extension was at odds, they never thought that Pire would leave.

Piret also has a high reputation in the team, and his influence is second only to Thierry Henry.

Such a trustworthy teammate actually chose to leave Arsenal and join another Premier League team, and now many players see Pire, and they still feel that they are in a team, and they have not fully adapted to it.

Manager Arsene Wenger's feelings are more complicated.

In the eyes of the outside media and fans, the head coach is very old-fashioned and has no family affection at all, for example, Ferguson lost his temper and decided to sell David Beckham, Beckham was once considered Ferguson's 'illegitimate son', and the two are so good that they are like father and son.

Other managers are similar, no matter how long they get along with a certain player, it seems that selling a player will not make the manager have emotional fluctuations, but the manager is also a normal human being, there must be feelings, they are just for work, for the development of the whole team, they have to make some choices that go against feelings.

For Arsene Wenger, giving up Pire is one of them.

Arsene Wenger did not want to give up Pire, but Pire's request for a two-year contract would break Arsenal's signing system, and the negotiations between the two sides have been deadlocked, and their respective demands have been directly contradictory.

Wenger couldn't accept that.

Signing a two-year contract for Pire, in fact, is nothing at all, Pire's contribution to Arsenal is enough for him to enjoy the treatment of success at Arsenal, but the system and rules cannot be broken like this, Pire can break the system, and other players will also think about it, and when the so-called system is called, there will be a domino effect, and it will easily collapse and collapse.

So Wenger had no choice but to let Pire go.

Wenger felt that Pire's choice to play in other leagues, such as returning to France or going to Spain, was also a good choice, but he did not expect Pire to stay in the Premier League and join Millwall.

When Wenger heard the news, he was shocked, and it was immediately apparent.

Millwall is missing a left wing-back!

Millwall have been looking for a good wing-back in the transfer market and have spent a lot of money on it, and Pire has been so suitable in the past, without paying a penny for a transfer fee, he has been able to adapt to the Premier League, experienced and strong full-back.

"Good luck!"

Arsene Wenger couldn't help but sigh.

Now that Arsenal and Millwall have met and Pire has scored a crucial goal against his former club, Arsene Wenger's feelings are even more complicated.

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Pire's goal was crucial.

The whole Arsenal team and fans also had mixed feelings about Pire's goal, but it had nothing to do with Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang believes that the more important thing about scoring is Braniff, who performed quite well in the combination and also delivered the most important assist, so that Pire could have a chance to score.

Pire, of course, is excellent, but Braniv is even better.

So far, Zhang Yang is still very satisfied with Braniff's performance, and he decided to play as much as possible in the next games, give him more opportunities, and see if he can continue to perform well.

While Arsenal was sad about Pire, they were not willing to lose at the Emirates Stadium.

After the resumption of the game, Arsenal turned on the onslaught mode, and they had to use the remaining time to try to equalise as much as possible, and Millwall also had to strengthen their defense as Arsenal went all out.

It can't be helped.

In professional football, there is a saying that 'defense wins' and there is also a saying that 'defense is passive, attack is active', the two seem to be contradictory, but in fact they are not contradictory.

Defending to win means to defend well and not let the opponent score, then you can be invincible, and it is easy to win the game with more defense, which is based on data, not a single game.

In a single game, 'defense is passive, offense is active' is established.

Like, now.

When Arsenal fell behind by two goals, the whole formation pressed forward, and in a way that did not care about defense, they frantically launched an attack on Millwall's half, and Millwall had two options, one was to continue to maintain the original formation play.

The advantage of this is that Arsenal's defense is weak, so it is easy to get chances, and the disadvantage is naturally that the defense is not strong enough, and it is easy to be attacked by the crazy Arsenal.

Then the two sides will form a 'confrontation regardless of defense' mode of each other.

With this style of play, Millwall's lead becomes much weaker, because the next goal can easily happen.

Another option is to strengthen the defence, to compress the formation in a targeted manner, to make the defense more solid, the advantage of two goals can be maximized, and Millwall's chances of winning will become very high.

So in the case of a two-goal lead, Millwall has only one option, and that is to shrink the formation to defend.

Arsenal's formation pressed on a large scale, forcing Millwall to only defend passively, this is the 'offensive initiative' of a single game, as a defensive side, Millwall can only passively take over, but the premise of the situation is still, Millwall is the leading side, otherwise Arsenal plays like this, the backfield defense will become weak, Millwall can play against the attack, and the probability of scoring is not lower than Arsenal.

This is the situation on both sides.

In the situation of attacking initiative and defensive passivity, the offensive and defensive performance of both sides is more important, Arsenal's attacking style of play determines that they are very efficient, and no team in the world dares to say that Arsenal can not score goals.

It's the same with Millwall.

However, Millwall is two goals ahead, the score and psychological advantage are very obvious, even if the opponent's attack is fierce, they are not in a hurry, because the opponent scored the ball, but only chased back one goal, and the final winner will still be Millwall.

Millwall's mentality was enough to solidify the defence, but there was a lot of uncertainty in football and Arsenal got on the scoresheet as the clock ticked down.

It was the 88th minute of the game, Adebayor fought for the penalty area, headed the ball back to Cesc Fabregas, Fabregas pushed the right side of the penalty area, and substitute Van Persie kicked the ball into the goal with a powerful shot.

Arsenal pull a goal back!

But a single goal didn't improve Arsenal's situation and they bought time to continue their onslaught at Millwall, but it was hard to get anything more.

Until the end of stoppage time, Arsenal were unable to score again.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the number on the scoreboard was '1:2', and Millwall beat Arsenal to win the 18th round of the league.

After the game, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger looked bitter, he didn't expect the first time he met Millwall in the new season, Arsenal still lost the game, but he couldn't do anything, Millwall's winning process was dignified, he said to reporters, "We created a wonderful game together, I believe every fan will be very satisfied." In the end we lost, but I think the team was doing well, everyone was in good shape, maybe we just lacked a little bit of luck. ”

Arsene Wenger then praised Millwall, saying: "Compared to last season, they are like a new team, Robert [Pire] is doing well, wish him well. ”

Arsenal is the losing side, Wenger is certainly inconvenient to say more, Zhang Yang is the protagonist of the press conference, but Zhang Yang does not cooperate with the media much, is not willing to talk more about winning, but only praised the performance of the players, because it is a game with Arsenal, the outstanding performance of Pire was directly ignored, Zhang Yang praised others, especially Braniff was highlighted, "Kevin is the best player, I believe no one will have a negative attitude." His lively performances drove the whole frontcourt. After this fight, I have more expectations for Kevin and he will definitely be better in the future. ”

After the press conference, the Millwall squad packed up and prepared to leave the Emirates Stadium to return to the club.

That's when the good news came: Manchester United had lost.

Manchester United travel to West Ham United, who sit third from bottom in the league and have not yet adapted to the intensity of the Premier League, and no one thought West Ham would be a threat when dealing with Manchester United, but West Ham eventually won against Manchester United and earned three valuable points for them.

Many media outlets are looking at the competition.

Although they lost the Premier League title twice at Upton Park, Manchester United will certainly not be afraid of it, and in the past eleven visits to Upton Park, Manchester United has won seven and drawn four, and the new manager of West Ham United is Kubishli, who is also Ferguson's favorite opponent, and the two have fought for 16 years, and Ferguson has not lost once.

The final result was the last laugh for West Ham as Leo Cork scored the only goal of the game as United suffered their third league game of the season.

After the final whistle, West Ham's new boss Jubil Kubishli pumped his fist in celebration and owner Magnussen was elated, while Ferguson walked into the interview area with a look of frustration and regret, and he was frank about United's problems with the final kick.

'We played well and created a lot of chances, but we should have done better with the last shots. United had 24 shots on goal, 14 more than West Ham, but all of them were "empty".

'We shouldn't be losers, but now that it's a fact, the next thing for United is to regain confidence and start again, and we have to show mental strength. This is the true hallmark of a champion team, and United have shown that quality in the past. ”

Manchester United were beaten by West Ham United, and the biggest beneficiary was Millwall.

Previously, Millwall drew with Liverpool and Aston Villa in a row, and the points were caught up by Manchester United, and they only ranked first in the league by virtue of goal difference.

United have conceded three points and Millwall are three more than United.

Millwall regained the points advantage.

This result made many media secretly stunned, they thought that in the eighteenth round of the league, Millwall challenged Arsenal away, it would be an opportunity for Manchester United to overtake the points, but they didn't expect the result to be reversed, Manchester United not only did not overtake the points, but was pulled down by Millwall by three points.

Millwall was pleased with the result.

After returning to the club and gathering all the players, Zhang Yang waved his relaxed hand and announced the holiday arrangement, "You have two days off, enjoy it, and the holiday will be next month!" ”

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