At the same time, seeing his teammates as if they were in a no-man's land, General Fan was not idle, he quickly rushed from the front into the penalty area, and he knew that Fabregas would definitely get the ball to his feet in time.

Sure enough, under the reinforcement of Rodriguez, Cesc Fabregas did not make a breakthrough, but ran at full speed to pull out the distance and passed the ball to the front of goal, which is exactly where Van Persie will appear.

"Cesc Fabregas has a cross under the sticker! Dutch striker Robin van Persie rushed out to take the lead, and his defensive teammates next to him followed closely! However, Van Persie still had to take two steps faster under the full sprint! He managed to shake off the defenders, adjust, and hit the goal!!! ”

"It's a pity! It seems that the turf of the Love Song Stadium did not give face to the Dutchman who came from afar, and the slippery turf hindered Van Persie's goal! I have to say that it would have been a must-score goal! Arsenal lost a great chance to take the lead, and no one is to blame for this goal, except to say that Villarreal has been favored by Lady Luck this time! Is this the magic home field advantage!? ”

"I don't think the Villarreal players will be able to laugh because this time the turf of the Love Song Stadium has already shown people the role it will play in the next game, which is a serious problem that everyone can't avoid!"

The goalkeeper Vieira, who seized the opportunity, didn't care so much, he immediately pounced and held the ball firmly in his arms, seeing this scene and knowing that he had missed a great opportunity, Van Persie, held his head and looked incredulous, he had done everything but this happened at the end, how could he be willing?

On the other side, the Villarreal players breathed a sigh of relief, just now Van Persie suddenly killed like an assassin and made them difficult to guard against, if it wasn't for the turf to help them, they would have fallen behind by one goal at this time! Vieira also reacted quickly, he saw that most of the Arsenal players were still sighing and did not immediately return to the defense, and sent the ball directly to the front with a big foot.

"Goalkeeper Vieira suddenly kicked the ball and the game came to the end of the first half! It will be the last chance for either side to attack, and the referee has looked at the clock and is ready to declare the end of the first half after this attack. ”

"Santiago stops the ball! It's a little too big but it doesn't matter, there's no defender in front of him, Sarria hasn't approached yet! Will San Tiago choose to attack on their own? Cazorla is on his side! Oh, and after a long distance to get the defenders in the trap, Saintty passes the ball out and Cazorla takes the ball! This is a very dangerous location! ”

"Stop the ball, adjust the shot! That's right! Almunia bravely held the ball in his arms, and although the shot was powerful and heavy, the angle was too good to pose a big threat to the goalkeeper's save. ”

"What a pity! I'm in a hurry!!! ”

Seeing that the ball was firmly held by the opponent's goalkeeper, Saintie couldn't help but complain a little about Cazorla's impatience, but when he thought about it, why wasn't he like this? In fact, there was a better way to deal with it when I got the ball just now.

Thinking of this, he finally held back his emotions and gave Cazorla a thumbs up from afar.

Although Villarreal's quick counterattack failed due to the save of Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia, this offensive also allowed the Villarreal fans in the stands to finally see the momentum of their team! They couldn't help but raise their arms and shout, no matter what, the home team, which had been silent for a long time, finally rang out, isn't it an exciting thing!?

However, it was also after this counterattack that the referee blew the whistle for the first half of the game, so the two sides exchanged blanks and entered the halftime break.

The players on both sides finally got a chance to rest, taking the towels handed by the staff, and Santi panted as he wiped his wet hair. By this time, the rain had gradually subsided, but the more it did, the more uncomfortable it became for the players, the sultry weather and humid air made the jerseys stick together, not to mention the sweaty raindrops that flowed from their foreheads from time to time.

Faced with such a situation, all the players are sympathetic, especially the brothers in the backline, except for Venta, who is a little more relaxed, Rodriguez and others are also like this. At this time, manager Manuel Pellegrini walked in, and when he saw the appearance of the players, he simply encouraged everyone and told Rodriguez and Godin to be optimistic about Van Persie before leaving the dressing room.

Obviously, although he was not satisfied with the first half, the counterattack at the last moment also proved that his disciples were not blindly beaten, so he did not make adjustments.

However, Pellegrini did not plan to make a change, and Wenger made a substitution at the beginning of the second half, with Walcott coming on as a substitute for Eboue in the position behind Van Persie and Bam Adebayo, and this substitution directly changed the trend of the game.

If Arsenal's attack in the first half was a sense of pressure, it was a threat when Theo Walcott came on.

Walcott was an unknown kid three years ago when he had just broken into Southampton's first team and became their main striker. But everything changed in January '06, when Arsenal spent £5 million to buy Theo Walcott from Southampton, and by February '06, Walcott had been included in Arsenal's Champions League squad and was on the bench against Real Madrid.

What happened in just a few months is incredible for a 17-year-old, and the difference between going from a Championship substitute to a member of Arsenal in the Premier League is nothing short of different.

But don't doubt that, in Arsene Wenger's words, Walcott does have the ability to be as exciting as Thierry Henry, with that indomitable momentum and impressive calmness when it comes time to make a decision. One of the few chances of the season was Theo Walcott's stunning goal against Liverpool in the Champions League, setting up Bam Adebayor's goal in the 83rd minute when he raced nearly 100 metres from his own penalty area past a number of Liverpool defenders.

Sure enough, Walcott came off the bench and directly opened the curtain on Arsenal's attack.