The Champions League quarter-finals kick off in mid-to-late April, so Arsenal's attention is still focused on the league and the FA Cup semi-finals that will begin after this round of the league. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After being tested by Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City in succession, Arsenal will face little of the best opponents in the remainder of the fixture, and as long as they maintain their current momentum, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to run all the way to the end of the league.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the opponents in the rest of the game can't cause too much trouble for Arsenal, but without strong teams like Chelsea and Manchester City, the pressure will be much less, and teams like Everton, to a certain extent, can also create a lot of obstacles for Arsenal.

And Arsenal's league opponent in this round happens to be Everton.

In the history of English football, Everton is also a team with a lot of history and heritage, perhaps they have never been a giant in English football, but it is not an exaggeration to call them an old powerhouse.

They are one of the founders of the English league, having won the English top flight nine times, the FA Cup five times and the European Cup Winners' Cup once.

The championship trophy is not small, they still have a large number of fans around the world, but because Liverpool also has a more brilliant and glorious team in the city of Liverpool, the Red Army Liverpool, so they have been living in the shadow of each other's glory, somewhat bleak.

Since the beginning of the new century, Everton's results in the Premier League can be described as very good, although the status of the traditional top four is unchallenged, but they can often play the role of "spoiler" very well, often let a group of giants touch a nose, and under the leadership of the former coach Moyes, steady and steady, with a very small investment to do the biggest thing possible, they often rank high at the end of the season, the Champions League is not to participate, the Europa League is a regular visitor.

However, Everton's results this season have been somewhat unsatisfactory, but this is also normal, the team's long-serving meritorious manager David Everton. David Moyes left for Old Trafford and took with him a number of key players from the team, and Everton immediately fell into turmoil, with new manager Martinez not taking over the team for a long time, and the transformation of the team was not mature enough, so the results were a little up and down, but they are still eighth in the table, which is not bad, after all, the league is not over yet, and they still have a step forward to qualify for next season's Europa League.

Everton is not a good bone to gnaw on, in recent seasons, Arsenal and Everton have won and lost each other, and did not occupy an absolute advantage. Now Arsenal want to go full speed towards the end of the league, and Everton also want to try their best to get a ticket to Europe next season, so this game, the opponent is bound to go all out. In addition, Everton has the power of home in this league, and to a certain extent, occupies a geographical advantage.

Of course, Arsenal also has its own advantages, that is, the current arsenal has undergone earth-shaking changes in terms of strength and mental outlook, and the soft and hard power is far superior to the opponent.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the battle for the victory of this league, in five days' time, Arsenal will meet Everton again at Goodison Park, because Everton defeated Southampton in the FA Cup and also reached the semi-finals, which happened to be Arsenal's opponents.

In other words, Arsenal and Everton will meet twice in a row within a week, the first for three points and the second for a place in the FA Cup final.

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Both teams have a reason to win, so how tough this game will be is long predicted.

Everton's team is not the top of the Premier League, but on the whole, it is also a position in the upper middle of the table, and their tactical style is wide open, which is not surprising, most of the Premier League teams are this routine, rough technique, tough style, straight and fast-paced.

Everton is naturally the same, but they also have a characteristic, which is "sticky". Everton's nickname is "The Toffees", but quite a few fans prefer to call them kraft candy because they are very good at pestering their opponents.

Whether the opponent is attacking or defending, they will stick the opponent tightly and do not give the opponent too much time to adjust. After all, the Premier League is not La Liga, and there are not many teams with excellent and delicate skills at their feet, so the effect of this characteristic of Everton is obvious, they can often entangle their opponents to the point of annoyance, and gradually the rhythm of the game falls into their control, and then the game is smooth.

In fact, their style is a bit like Atletico Madrid in La Liga, simple and fast in attack, and tight and entangled in defense, which is indeed a tactical style of play that is a headache for opponents.

Moyes relied on this set of tactics, and then constantly tinkered with the team's lineup and tactics, but Everton has achieved very good results in recent years, and after the new coach Martinez took office, this tradition has also been preserved and is still shining.

In this game, Arsenal was strongly blocked by Everton, despite the home advantage, with tens of thousands of home fans waving the flag, but Everton's position is very right, the posture is also very low, they have built a defensive line in the midfield and backfield, in addition to a few attacking personnel who remain in the front, almost every player on the field has a division of labor, some play the role of scavenger, some play the role of "follower", some to harass the running players, and some to force the dribbling players...... Their defence is like a big net, in which everyone at Everton has their own goals, follow their own goals, I will go wherever you go, I just don't do anything else, and I have to annoy you.

Arsenal are really annoyed by Everton's pervasive stalking, these people are no different from the real "kraft candy", that is, they stick to you, make you pass the ball badly, and let you have no time to adjust, because as soon as you make a move, they will immediately stretch their feet, either interfere or block, making your next move difficult.

Throughout the first half, Arsenal's performance seemed very quiet, after 45 minutes, they only had four shots on goal, only once in the woodwork, or Giroud used his height advantage to complete a header in the penalty area, and that, under the interference of the opposing defenders, they failed to top the strength and were easily confiscated by goalkeeper Howard.

With Arsenal's strong attacking firepower, coupled with SOQ, the attacking combination with the most efficient goals in Europe this season, this embarrassing statistic is extremely rare, but Everton's "eighteen stickers" are really perfect, and Arsenal has not been able to find a way to break the cage for a while.

The only consolation is that, because they put all their energy into "sticky", although Everton have been successful defensively, they have not been able to achieve anything in attack, their attack is almost paralyzed, and the number of shots on goal is less than Arsenal's, only two feet, and there is not a single shot that hits the goal frame.

In fact, a draw is an acceptable outcome for both Arsenal and Everton. The former has an obvious lead for Liverpool, which is chasing behind him, so even if he only takes one point, he can't hurt his bones, and the latter, who can draw Arsenal at home who is a strong mess this season, has one point in the account, and is quite satisfied, in their income book, Arsenal's three points (one point) are not taken into account, and it doesn't matter if you have the best points, it doesn't matter if you don't get it, anyway, there is no name of Arsenal among the opponents who must be won.

But football is like this, no matter what the initial idea and intention is, in the game, you have to go all out, except for match-fixing and stopping here, there are very few cases where the game is not over and give up early, especially when the score is not behind, football is round after all, anything can happen, if you don't work hard, who knows what the final result will be?

The score was 0:0 in the first half, and after the start of the second half, Arsenal obviously strengthened the speed of passing and attacking advancement, but the effect was still not obvious, Everton still used a kraft candy defense, sticking to them tightly, making it difficult for them to have too good scoring opportunities.

The deadlock was broken in the 73rd minute, following a change in Arsene Wenger's personnel, with Alexis Sanchez and Cazorla coming on and Ramsey and young French striker Sanogo coming on. The combination of the front line became Giroud and Sanogo, the two big men, and Arsenal's tactical play became more simple and direct, just playing the football to the two wings, with Mesut Ozil and Qin Shou on the right side making a low cross, and then letting the two towers in the box go to grab the point.

This adjustment has worked wonders, with Ramsey and Flamini in the middle to stabilize, while Ozil and Qin Shou on the flanks are both players with strong individual ability, and Everton is still very "clingy", but there is nothing to be done about the breakthrough of these two.

With a steady stream of cannonballs, substitute Sanogo finally seized an opportunity and broke Howard's 10-finger pass with a header to help the team take the lead.

After falling behind, Everton had to put down their pestering efforts and began to invest more in attack, and after they pulled out to attack, they fell into the arms of Arsenal instead, and Arsenal's pervasive passing kept them firmly suppressed.

In the end, Arsenal won a difficult 1-0 away victory, although the team dominated the field in the final period, but could not score again, only a narrow victory to win the game.

But that was enough for Arsenal to take the three points as they wished, taking the lead in two short meetings between the two teams.

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