After the restart, in order to equalize as soon as possible, Everton launched a fierce attack, and when it reached the Arsenal backfield, Arsenal retreated, and many people pressed to block Everton's advancement, and it was difficult to pass the ball.

Every counterattack of Arsenal is basically launched from the wing, Nacho Monreal on the left and Seyad Kolasinac on the left can easily penetrate Everton's right side, Héctor Bellerin on the right side single-handedly bursts Everton's left side, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka and the front trident in the middle are quite layered running, Arsenal has invested a lot of people in counterattacks, which is very rare.

If it weren't for the lack of counter-attacking routines, the lack of tacit cooperation between the players, and the lack of seizing opportunities, Arsenal could have ended the game early in the first half.

This is also the feeling that many people watching this game have a dream of returning to Highbury, that familiar counter-attacking routine.

The first half was over when Mesut Ozil's limpy shot was held by Jordan Pickford, and the Everton players finally had a chance to breathe.

"The Arsenal of this game is an atypical Arsenal." In the live broadcast room, Graeme Souness hit the nail on the head and pointed out the difference between Arsenal in the first half, "Xhaka was liberated to the front to release his attacking expertise, and Arsenal also gave up possession and increased the running power, and each counterattack can play from the back to the front with the least passes, all because of him, the outrageous No. 28 with strong defense." ”

After speaking, Souness turned his head to look at Thierry Henry and said with a smile: "Thierry, what do you think?" Arsenal played a game like the way Highbury was played. ”

Maybe it was seeing his old club take the lead in the first half, or maybe it was seeing the team play the most familiar tactics, Henry shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "It looks very similar, like Graeme said, because of this No. 28, Arsenal can play the flavor of our sharp counterattack." ”

David Jones said: "It's been almost 11 years since the Highbury era, and now a lot of viewers don't know much about Arsenal from that era, can you elaborate on that? ”

"There wasn't much time at half-time, and to make a long story short, the key to Arsenal's ability to play a good counter-attack back then was the waist. Patrick Vieira is both offensive and defensive, Gilberto is known as the invisible wall, and the backs of Parol and Edu can provide Arsenal with hardness. With a good back, Arsenal can rest assured that they can invest more troops in the frontcourt, and because Arsenal's midfielders have excellent foot skills and overall vision, they can quickly launch a counterattack after the ball is broken at the back. Souness finished and looked at Henry.

Thierry Henry smiled and said: "Graeme was basically right, we had a lot of good midfielders at the time, strong and smart. Now Arsenal's style of play in this game is a bit retro, because the waist is stiff again. ”

Jones smiled meaningfully: "No. 28 is Arsenal's good waist? ”

Souness and Henry looked at each other and laughed.

"Are your feet alright?" Arsène Wenger asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's a little thing." Tan Xibi waved his hand nonchalantly and said.

"How? Can you adapt to the pace of the Premier League? ”

"It's okay, it's more intense than Portugal, it's just that the foul scale is not easy to grasp, are these guys tackles or tackles?"

"Learn to protect yourself." Arsene Wenger patted Tan on the shoulder before walking over to the tactical panel.

Tan Xibi touched his head, sat in his position, watched Wenger's tactics for the second half, and after a while, he dozed off.

The intensity of the Premier League is completely different from that of the Portuguese Super League, basically doing dirty work alone, whether it is physical or mental, it consumes a lot, Tan Xibi is the first time to play in the Premier League, so the physical consumption is a little large, and after listening to it for a while, he is tired and leans on the closet to take a nap.

"Let him rest," Wenger said helplessly to Steve Boulder, looking at the sleeping Tan Xibi, "I have to find someone to pass on the experience to Wall, it's a bit too much." ”

'In the second half, Everton will press heavily in order to equalize, so it will be our chance to open the score......

In the Everton dressing room, Ronald Coman frowned and pondered what to do.

He didn't expect Arsenal to suddenly switch to a back four and play 433. I didn't expect Arsenal's No. 28 defense to be so powerful, and Everton's attack could not enter the penalty area with one person's strength, and Everton could only rely on attacking set-pieces to brush up a few shots in the entire first half.

Arsenal's counter-attack in the first half was more incisive than ever, and it was only thanks to Jordan Pickford's courage that they did not concede more goals and gave the team hope of coming back in the second half.

But Everton's attack can't play, and if it can't score goals, it can't get the score back, unless the substitutions change the formation.

In the second half, Everton took the lead in making substitutions, replacing the yellow carded Ashley Williams with striker No. 19 Omar Niasse.

Replacing defenders with strikers, Everton changed the formation to 4132, Idrissa Gueye dragged behind, Nikola Vlasic, Gilvie Sigurdsson and Wayne Rooney formed a front three, Nias and Calvot Lewin formed a double striker, Coman is going to do his job and fight with his back.

Because of the loss of this game, the Everton hierarchy watching the game from the stands will raise the cut-off knife and fire the Dutchman.

Arsenal, on the other hand, responded unchanged, and after the start of the second half, they all retreated and pressed the Everton ballwells at the back.

Tan Xibi, as a defender-oriented midfielder, in addition to sweeping the threat in the middle area, is to fill the rib holes at any time, which is his function on the defensive end.

Tan Xibi's main ability in this period is still in defense, and his offensive ability is reflected in the long-range shot on the back insertion, the ability to threaten the ball such as passing the ground straight plug and long pass has not yet been developed, not to mention breaking through with the ball in the backcourt and driving straight into the opponent's backcourt.

Therefore, at the moment when he switched from defense to attack after breaking the ball, Tan Xibi's contribution was to use his excellent vision and game reading ability to find out the gaps behind the opponent and designate the counterattack route with the greatest chance of success for the team.

Many people tend to be cheered by a certain star's precision-guided long pass in the backfield to create a goalscoring opportunity, and a certain star is in the backfield with the ball in a long run to the opponent's penalty area to shoot and score and shout frantically, but often ignore that the person who creates these opportunities is an inconspicuous player who does the dirty work.

Tan Xibi was one such person, and when he broke the ball from the feet of Nias, who had just come on, he kept a diagonal pass to Bellerin on the right, and the Gunners' quick counter-attack finally worked.