For Arsenal, replacing Reyes with Bergkamp was an immediate change.

Before replacing Reyes, Arsenal's attacking operation in the front field was stagnant and not smooth, which not only made Arsenal unable to open gaps in Manchester United's defense, but also seized several opportunities for Manchester United to break the ball and play a threatening counterattack, allowing Manchester United to firmly control the situation on the field.

But with Bergkamp, the dilemma was immediately resolved. Compared to Reyes, who only joined Arsenal during the winter break, the Ice Prince is the one who seamlessly integrates with Arsenal's attacking system. Although the 35-year-old Bergkamp no longer has the sharp impact of Reyes now, compared to Reyes, who has the deep tacit understanding cultivated by the long-term cooperation with Thierry Henry and the top ball handling ability in world football, he is obviously the one who can help King Highbury more on the front line, at least for now.

His first touch of the ball after coming up was very strong proof of this. It wasn't a threatening attack for Arsenal, but the brilliant combination between Bergkamp and Thierry Henry changed that.

In the 59th minute of the second half, in the face of Ruud van Nistelrooy's weak long-range shot in the middle of the penalty area, Lehmann did not receive the ball, but drove directly to the front with a big foot, turned his head and launched a counterattack. Rao is in the Premier League, which has always had an astonishing speed of attacking and defensive transitions, and it is rare for the attack and defense to be completed in such an instant, and Manchester United's defense will inevitably be unable to react.

Keane and Demba, the two Manchester United midfield gates, had no time to interfere with Arsenal's counterattack, and the Arsenal attacking line led by Henry and Bergkamp began to talk directly to Manchester United's back line.

When Pire caught up with Scholes and took the lead in Lehmann's long ball to Henry behind him, and Henry also volleyed the ball to Bergkamp diagonally in front of him, he kept a close eye on the development of the situation, and Li Lei, who was originally standing near the 12-yard point, immediately rushed to the penalty line, ready to attack at any time.

Under normal circumstances, when you have a very fast striker in your team, you will usually send a long pass directly forward in this kind of counter-attacking opportunity, so that your own striker can completely use the speed advantage to eat the opponent's central defender, and Thierry Henry, who is in his prime, is undoubtedly the best person to do so.

It is precisely because of this that Li Lei made such a direct preparation at this moment. At the same time, though, he kept a hand. After several previous encounters, he has already recognized Bergkamp's extraordinary ability to handle the ball, and at this moment, he is afraid that his master will have the courage to come to an unconventional treatment, so that Li Lei's early attack will be self-defeating, but it will leave Henry with an easy chance to score the goal.

Obviously, Li Lei's mind this time was correct.

In the face of Thierry Henry's pass, which was difficult to handle at all, Bergkamp once again showed his skills to amaze everyone. Firmly leaning on Brown behind him, in the face of the incoming ball, the ice prince did not stop the ball at all, but directly raised his right foot, followed with a chic stroke with his foot, and handed the football back to the front of Sylvestre, who had begun to turn and accelerate at this time, and eat Sylvester raw.

No, it's too late to break the siege!

The quality of Bergkamp's back-heel pass is really good, both in advance and on the route, which immediately made Li Lei, who had already made a judgment with super dynamic vision on the penalty line, rest his mind to attack and clear the siege, while turning his head to firmly watch the situation of Henry and Sylvester behind him, he ran to the goal with all his might.

Thanks to Silvestre's gritted teeth and the interference of small actions such as pulling the jersey, Li Lei finally returned to the gate after Henry caught up with the ball and found a direct chance to hang the goal.

However, there is only so much Sylvester can do. After Henry caught up with the ball, he stopped and moved, a simple change of speed and direction, so that the French central defender had no choice but to watch him dribble directly to the goal.

If he faced Henry single-handedly like this, Li Lei was really not sure that he would successfully complete the save. In the face of Henry, one of the top strikers in today's football, such a situation is too passive for Li Lei. Not to mention him, any other door in the world will be the same, and it will not be able to escape.

Fortunately, this time the situation did not get so bad that little, Silvestre's desperate delay gave Gary Neville a chance to catch up and not let Li Lei fall into a desperate situation where he almost certainly conceded a goal against Henry.

It was Gary Neville who was in place to get back to Henry before he entered the Manchester United penalty area, so that Li Lei could stay in front of goal honestly, ready to make a save, and attack without taking any risks.

In the end, under Gary Neville's smart defensive strategy of only seeking interference and not breaking the ball, Henry, who did not want to miss this good opportunity, had to choose a personal forced shot before more Manchester United players could return to the defense. However, despite that, the quality of the shot from the edge of the box from 28 yards was still very good.

Although Henry's long-range shot after relying entirely on his personal ability to dodge the space under the defense of Gary Neville was slightly too positive, just with his huge strength and super fast speed, it was enough for Li Lei, who had quietly moved to the vicinity of the small penalty area in order to obtain a larger blocking angle at this time.

It's much more difficult to block this kind of long-range shot from the top corner in this position than it is to block it right on the goal line.

Moreover, if Li Lei didn't have the physical fitness and reaction speed that are far beyond ordinary people today, it is really difficult to say whether he could successfully lift the football off the crossbar with his fingertips in the end.

It was hard not to get excited about a save, even for Li Lei.

"Oh-"

When the Arsenal fans couldn't help but hold their heads and sigh because of Li Lei's Spider-Man-like superhuman save, Li Lei, who had just finished the save and fell defenselessly on the pitch, got up from the ground as if he had a spring under his buttocks.

At this time, he was extremely excited, and he didn't care about the hot pain generated by the tip of his right middle finger when he inserted it into the football, and directly clenched his fists and waved it provocatively towards Henry in front of the penalty area.

As he waved, he shook his head from side to side in extreme flamboyance.

Ignoring Henry's already frighteningly cold and ugly face, and ignoring the piercing boos of the Arsenal fans who poured down in an instant, now his face is red and his muscles are exposed, and he is extremely crazy He just wants to demonstrate and vent to Henry to his heart's content, telling him: You can't do it!

With me in front of the gate, you just can't do it!!

No, no!!