“goal！！！！！！！ Thierry Henry, Henry scored the second goal of the game! Arsenal were again ahead of the scoreline and Martin was unable to stop Thierry Henry's shot on target!! The score was rewritten to 2:0!! This is extremely bad news for Leeds United, as Arsenal have scored twice in a row at Elland Road! The Arsenal fans in the stands have been caught in a frenzied shout! ”

Seeing Henry push the ball into the net with a heavy lift, Kenny looked up in pain and looked into the glare spotlight and couldn't say anything......

With only a few minutes left before the end of the first half, Leeds United players have no desire to counterattack, just thinking about holding on to this score and entering the half-time period, which is undoubtedly a failure for Leeds United throughout the first half...... They were unable to contain Thierry Henry, nor any of the Arsenal players, and were led by the nose throughout the process, which was a huge blow to the morale of this youth team.

At this moment, they seem to have forgotten their pre-match ambitions, and they are silent with their heads bowed under the gaze of tens of thousands of their own fans in the stadium.

"Fowler took the ball and he broke through Kerr's defense and led it all the way forward, but unfortunately there was no one to support him in the middle, otherwise he would be very threatening in this position! He opted for a return pass and Darkcourt picked up the ball and it looked like this was Leeds going to try in the final minutes? In the face of Pire's top grab, he passed back again.... This is? One kick of transfer, although I don't know what kind of thoughts the players on the field have, but from our perspective of the overall situation, Leeds United's attack has not improved in the slightest! ”

"Unlike the Champions League and previous league formations of 442 with Viduka and Kenny or Fowler, Leeds United looked a lot more flexible in this game, but the main reason for this change is that both Keni and Fowler have strong peripheral activities! They are able to exert enough pressure on the perimeter, but their flaw is also very obvious, that is, neither of them is the ideal front line fulcrum and battering ram, so in fact, the step-by-step style of play in this kind of positional warfare is not very suitable for Leeds United! “

"That's true, we can clearly see that whenever Arsenal quickly shrinks down in defense to complete the formation solid, Leeds United does not get any good chances at all, but is repeatedly intercepted in vain, tackles and counterattacks."

More than 50 per cent of Leeds United's attack throughout the first half was on the left flank, with Kenny and Fowler also having a clear division of labour for most of the time, with the former feints on the periphery and will quickly move forward to the back of the box to wait for a pass, while the latter tries to move closer to the area with the ball from the forward midfield and more of a forward when receiving crosses to echo Kenny. Compared with the crowded and lively left, although Kenny and Fowler occasionally come to the right side, the attack on this side is basically handled by Bowyer, and Duckett's activities on this side are more to contain the opponent's defensive strength and create space for the penetration of the left side. ”

'With two players who specialise on the flanks, the corridors on the wings are a natural focus for Leeds. Just like the tactics of the two strikers taking turns in the Champions League group stage, Keni and Fowler are not the kind of players who stay in the box and wait for the pass, Keni is responsible for bridging the striker and the midfield as a free man, and the penetrating Fowler is also active in taking the initiative to participate in the attack.

Perhaps this is what Leeds boss O'Reilly wants to see, and in his ideal situation, Leeds with the ball at their feet should not blindly press the formation forward, but should move the opponent's defensive center of gravity forward through patient foot reversal, leaving some space for Kenny and Fowler to sprint, especially a super explosive like Kenny. Because once the midfielder sends the ball over the top directly behind the defence at the first time, Kenny and Fowler can directly form a double ghost shot, posing a huge threat to Arsenal's goal. ”

What O'Reilly didn't expect was that his tactics did bear fruit at the beginning of the game, but when Arsenal were in control of the ball, they used their superior combination to penetrate the attack and directly reverse some of the previous disadvantages, and in defense it has to be said that Leeds United did not do a good job. Whether it is Rio Ferdinand and others who have been brought in at a high price, or Woodgate, who has been vigorously promoted from the youth team, they have not taken on the defensive responsibility. ”

"In the face of Arsenal's attack one by one, in the end, he still failed to achieve the situation that O'Reilly wanted, but Arsenal seized two chances in a row to break the goal!

Arsenal's fluid attack made Leeds United feel a lot of pressure, Wenger, who had already seen everything, chose to drop back deep to protect the penalty area in the opening stages, the Frenchman obviously knew where Leeds' strongest link was, and he understood that in the case of weak defensive organization, blindly hoarding midfielders will not only not destroy Leeds United's passing network, but will give Kenny and Fowler the opportunity to use their speed to sneak behind them. “

It has to be said that the Frenchman Arsene Wenger is Arsenal's best signing in the past decade, and he keenly observed that it seemed easier to gather heavy troops to block the penalty area and cut off the link between Leeds United's two forwards and midfielders, so players like Vieira became the perfect link in Arsenal's defensive process. He often made up for Ljungberg's openings after being broken by Keni in the first place, and coupled with the presence of Pire, Arsenal simply had no shortage of individual players to push for counter-attacks, and Thierry Henry struggled to keep Leeds United as a double centre-back in terms of speed and confrontation.

And Kanu's presence became the last straw that crushed Leeds United in the first half, his fulcrum and ability to do the ball made Hart and others tired to deal with, and on the other side, Van Bronckhorst's flash of inspiration made it difficult for Leeds United's backline to have a chance to breathe! ”

"It can be said that it was precisely because Arsenal decisively entered the strategy of defensive counterattack after the opening that Leeds United, who entered the half-time offensive and defensive mode in advance, was extremely uncomfortable, and there were successive goals conceded later! Arsenal's solid defence was unmoved by the onslaught of Keni and others, and the lack of high points in the box made it difficult for Leeds United to make a difference in attack and defense! So if Leeds want to make a difference heading into the second half, then they have to make enough changes! ”

While the two commentators were arguing, another Leeds United player was booked.