51. Midfield adjustment

"Shame on you, Arsène is a liar!"

In the Manchester City dressing room, assistant coach Brian Kidd threw the towel on the ground and said angrily.

Another assistant coach, Dominic Torrent, glanced at Kidd and said secretly: Stupid, what the opponent says, you will lose if you are serious.

Assistant coach Rodolfo Borrell said to Josep Guardiola, who was frowning and thinking: "Let Ferr pester him, as long as you limit him, you have a chance to pull it back." ”

"You can think about it." Guardiola nodded, already two goals behind, it is certain to continue attacking in the second half, but Tan Xibi must be contained, although the Chinese is not very physical, but Guardiola feels that his ball quotient is terrible, counting the players he has coached, even if it is Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Xavi Alonso These world-class midfielders, at Tan Xibi's age, can not do the feat of changing tactics on the spot to achieve results.

Yes, Guardiola has long seen through Tan Xibi's fake pass to change the team's tactics without authorization, he knows Arsène Wenger very well, and on-the-spot adjustment has never been a means that the French are good at, so after seeing Arsenal's change of formation in the first half, the defensive situation improved, and Guardiola couldn't help but be impressed by this Chinese.

If you can, can you buy him?

Guardiola thought to his chin.

"Ahh

Damn, which one is scolding Lao Tzu behind his back?

In the Arsenal dressing room, Tan Xibi, who was resting on the bench, sneezed for no reason, and his good friend Alex Iwobi came over with concern and asked: "Wall, have you caught a cold?" ”

"Shut up! Lao Tzu has been well for a long time! Tan Xibi glanced at Wenger, who was talking to the assistant coach, and quickly pulled Iwobi over, glared at him and said fiercely.

He was worried that Arsene Wenger thought he didn't have a good cold and replaced himself in a good situation where he was leading in the first half.

"Really?" Iwobi didn't believe it.

"Otherwise, Lao Tzu can start the game? Do you think the boss might let someone who is sick play? Tan Xibi glared at him angrily.

"Wall, you're so handsome. Is it really squatting? Iwobi touched Tan Xibi's thigh with envy.

"Smack." Tan Xibi slapped Iwobi's Lushan claws off with a disgusted face, "Squats are not enough, but also yoga, cycling, and swimming." ”

"Cycling? Swim? Several teammates nearby surrounded with interest and listened to Tan Xibi's blowing.

"Do you want to bring on Mathieu and Francis to strengthen the defense?" Steve Boulder proposes:

Fools know that Manchester City, which is two goals behind, will definitely launch a more fierce attack in the second half, Arsenal's starting lineup, the defensive strength is a little weak, Jack Wilshere, Iwobi and other midfielders are not much help in the defensive end, and under the opponent's high-pressure attack, it is difficult for these frontcourt players to make a difference, and the counterattack directed by Tan Xibi in the first half will not have a chance to replicate.

Because Guardiola will not make a second mistake, and more importantly, what kind of targeted adjustments will Guardiola, who is good at change, make in the second half, Wenger and Boulder are difficult to predict, they know very well that the game in the second half is definitely not easy to play, the difference in strength between the enemy and us is actually very large, and the fantastic score in the first half is not so much the credit of the whole team, but rather the personal ability of Tan Xibi.

"Theo and Alexander can't be replaced, they can at least make City dare not suppress them too the pitch. Alex's tactics didn't work much at this point, replacing him with Francis before kick-off. Arsene Wenger said.

The sad Iwobi, in order to withstand the coming storm, can only make sacrifices for the team.

The half-time break passed quickly, and the hosts and guests of the Sky Sports live studio made a wonderful analysis of the first half, basically believing that the 0-2 score was not a performance of the real strength of the two sides, and the reason why Arsenal were able to achieve a fantastic score in the first half against the mighty Manchester City away from home was because of the emergence of a new man.

113 passes were attempted and 113 were successful, with a pass completion rate of 100%.

16 tackle attempts, all successful, 58 interceptions, all successful, 8 tackle attempts, all successful, 11 clearances.

The defensive stats were perfect, ranking first in the game.

There is no data on blocking, scrambling, aerial confrontation,

Ran 4,900 meters, inserted 1 shot, scored 1 goal.

This is Tan Xibi's data at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the first half, in addition to the first goal, the second goal was also caused by his quick long pass counterattack after the backfield steal, it can be said that Arsenal on the weak side can lead the powerful Manchester City by two goals away from home, and can also keep the goal under the strong offensive of the blue moon, which is completely due to Tan Xibi.

On the Chinese Internet, the Chinese fans who watched the game kept leaving messages in the midfield, saying all kinds of praise to Tan Xibi, and casually "stepped" the South Korean star Son Heung-min, who scored the world's best in the just-concluded Tottenham Hotspur home game against Crystal Palace.

Some people are looking forward to the next London derby, which is also an Asian derby, with the Korean guns and the Chinese national shield, who is more powerful.

Of course, almost all Chinese fans support Tan Xibi for a very simple and strong reason, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were defeated by Tan Xibi, let alone Son Xingmin?

Yibian fought again, and the two sides invariably made substitutions and adjustments.

Manchester City replaced left-back Fabian Delph with No. 33 Gabriel Jesus, and the six attackers gathered in the front, so I asked you are afraid?

This season, the Premier League has played 10 rounds of matches plus the Champions League and other events, and some media have counted the distribution of players who have scored more than 10 goals in all competitions in the top 6 of the Premier League, of which Manchester City has as many as 4 people to lead, while Arsenal has no one to create 10 goals and is at the bottom.

Leroy Sane has 8 goals and 7 assists, Sergio Aguero has 9 goals and 3 assists, Raheem Sterling has 10 goals and 2 assists, Kevin De Bruyne has 2 goals and 9 assists.

As of the 10th round of the Premier League this season, there are as many as 4 Manchester City players in the top 10 scorers in the Premier League, namely Aguero 7 goals, Sterling 7 goals, Jesus 6 goals, and Sane 6 goals, which shows the strength of the Blue Moon attack this season.

On the other hand, the Gunners' top scorer in the team is Alexandre Lacazette with 5 goals, and the one who has scored the most goals is Aaron Ramsey with 3 goals and 3 assists.

However, as a defender, Tan Xibi's goal efficiency has reached an average of 1 goal per game (1 goal against Everton, the goal in the first half laid the foundation for an average of 1 goal per game), and the goal means are long-range shots, if he can maintain this goal efficiency in every game, he may have hope to compete for the Premier League Golden Boot.

Arsenal came on for Iwobi and replaced French midfielder No. 34 Francis Coquelin.

Both sides made one substitution each before the start of the second half, and the intention was very obvious, and everyone knew it.

Manchester City will storm and Arsenal will defend to the death.