73. The strength of the Arsenal team
All eyes in the audience were drawn to the ball, and they watched it with bated breath.
Almuña and Fernando 61 Torres are in a desperate race, Fernando 61 Torres's long legs are like the wheels of an F1 car, rolling rapidly, and Almunia is also shooting at the football like an arrow.
Almunia's choice seems to be very risky, but in fact it is his only choice, because he is facing Fernando 61 Torres, if Fernando 61 Torres is allowed to hold the football and slash into the penalty area, even if he Almunia has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to stop Fernando 61 Torres from scoring.
The two of them galloped towards each other, as fast as lightning.
The ball was rolling towards Almunia at a rapid pace, who seemed to have a huge advantage. In fact, his speed is 61 Torres of Fernando, and at the same time, the football seems to be a little further away from him.
Everyone at the scene was extremely nervous, their hearts were praying, and their foreheads were sweating.
Ten meters! The distance between the two is only ten meters, and the distance from the football is even shorter.
Five meters! Almunia felt that the football was in front of him, and he was overjoyed. And Fernando 61 Torres gritted his teeth and rushed forward, he also felt that he could get the ball before Almunia.
Three meters!
Not good! Almunia and Fernando 61 Torres both shouted at the same time because they felt that their opponent could touch the football, and they were horrified.
Can't wait! Both thought at the same time, and then both fell to the ground and shoveled at the football.
"Ahh Seeing the actions of the two, all the fans at the scene were shocked, they didn't expect the two of them to have such a move to grab the ball, and their hearts were extremely nervous, because in their eyes, both of them could get the football.
"Tackle! Both shoveled towards the football! Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson said with a trembling voice.
On the sidelines, the managers of both teams stood up at this time, without their previous calm, and they looked nervously at the front of the Arsenal team's big penalty area.
Boom! A muffled sound came, and the audience was silent.
"Almunia! Touching the soccer Almunia! He saved the Arsenal team! He's the savior of the Arsenal team, beautiful! Nice tackles, nice defense, pretty! Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson roared with excitement, his heart almost jumping out of his mind.
It's Almunia! Almunia scrambled to touch the ball a little bit and shoveled it off the sideline. Fernando 61 Torres was not able to get the football.
"Ahh The Arsenal fans roared excitedly, they were extremely excited, and they shouted frantically to express how excited they were at this time. They also chanted Almunia's name as a token of gratitude. At the same time, they did not forget to hit the Liverpool players and loudly sarcastically mock the Liverpudders.
Liverpool fans erupted in a collective sigh, it was a shame that the goal did not score.
"It's a shame that Liverpool had a very difficult chance and that Liverpool wasted it." Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson also lamented Liverpool's attack, which was a really good opportunity.
It's a pity that Liverpool had a very difficult time to get such an opportunity, and maybe after that, Liverpool will not be able to get such a chance.
"I really don't understand, since Rafael 61 Benitez has firmly defended the counter-attacking style of play, then he weishenme does not send the faster and more suitable for the defensive counterattack Robbie 61 Keane, and Fernando 61 Torres? If it had been Robbie 61 Keane, I don't think Almunia would have had any chances. Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker questioned.
Indeed, up front, Robbie 61 Keane is significantly faster than Fernando 61 Torres. Moreover, Robbie 61 Keane is more suitable for this kind of defensive counterattack tactics than Fernando 61 Torres, and this game should indeed be more Robbie 61 Keane.
It's not just Gary 61 Lineker who thinks so, but also a lot of Liverpool fans on the scene and in front of the TV, and of course Robbie 61 Keane sitting on the bench. He came in the cloak of more than 20 million, and he didn't come here to sit on the bench, and Raphael 61 Benitez's arrangement made them very dissatisfied.
In the coach's seat of the Arsenal team, Arsène 61 Wenger was fortunate at this time, glad that Rafael 61 Benitez did not send Robbie 61 Keane, otherwise the Arsenal team would have lost the ball.
For the current situation of the team, Arsène 61 Wenger is a little dissatisfied, and at this time, it is absolutely impossible to let Liverpool's players play a counterattack. Arsène 61 Arsène Wenger shouted loudly from the sidelines, reminding the Arsenal players that there must be no next time.
This time the Liverpool players also gave the Arsenal players a wake-up call, and the Arsenal players themselves realized that they had made up their minds that in the following games, they must pay attention to defense and will not give Liverpool such a chance again.
The Arsenal players immediately returned to defence and it was Liverpool's touchline ball, Liverpool full-back Joel Luca threw the ball out, Gerrard caught the ball, and then immediately handed it back to the feet of midfielder Xavi 61 Alonso.
Xavi 61 Alonso immediately sent the ball to the feet of Qiu Ze, who received the ball and turned with a heel knock and shook Denilson, and then he immediately sent the ball to the front wing.
Gerrard, who rushed up, did not stop the ball and fired a long-range shot against the football.
With a bang, the football shot at the Arsenal goal like a cannonball, which scared the Arsenal fans a lot.
Almunia reacted in time, got up, and held the football in his arms. This guy was very excited at this time, and he hugged the football directly.
Liverpool fans were disappointed, it was Liverpool's first shot on goal, they thought Liverpool would be lucky, but unfortunately, it was not the case, they were disappointed.
Almunia took the ball in his arms, then rushed out quickly and threw it to Denilson, who immediately sent it to Cesc Fabregas's feet.
In midfielder, Cesc Fabregas caught the ball and he quickly played it to the Frenchman Nasri on the wing. As soon as the new Zidanennasri received the ball, he spotted Liverpool's full-back Steven Gerrard appearing in front of him.
Nasri had performed well in the previous game, and Liverpool naturally strengthened their defense against him, and Gerrard immediately posted it.
New Zidanene Nasri's feet immediately quickened, and he began to play jishu under his feet, his feet kept changing back and forth in front of the ball, constantly flashing, and it was dazzling to watch. Gerrard was even more dizzy when he saw it, and at this time, Nasri suddenly came and gave Gerrard a complete pass.
Just when everyone thought that Nasri was going to go solo again, suddenly Nasri's eyes flashed, and Joel Luka rushed out, fell to the ground and tackled, shoveling the ball off the sideline.
Liverpool's marking of Nasri was much tighter, and Arsenal fans still gave Nasri a round of applause.
Arsenal hit the ball on the touchline, Denilson threw the ball and it fell to Nasri's feet, but it was quickly poked out by Gerrard. The ball reached the feet of Cesc Fabregas, who immediately dribbled forward and Mascherano quickly pounced.
Cesc Fabregas didn't get tangled up with Marcellano, he passed the ball directly to Van Persie, who retreated down the middle, and then Van Persie pushed the ball back to Cesc Fabregas, who had passed Mascherano.
Two by one, and Mascherano was passed by.
Cesc Fabregas received the ball and didn't break through. Instead, he immediately passed the ball out and into a big gap on the right flank. Little Tiger Walcott immediately went at great speed, shook off Arshavin and Aveloa and cut in to catch the ball at high speed.
After receiving the ball, Walket slashed diagonally into the box from the corner of the box and rushed towards the heart of Liverpool.
Liverpool's central defender Carragher posted that at this time, it would be impossible for him not to come out.
Walcott quickly lunged to the baseline to avoid Carragher, who quickly followed. At this time, Van Persie in the penalty area suddenly retreated to the edge of the box, which made the Liverpool defender in the middle not notice.
And Joel Luka on the wing is close to Denilson, who rushed up, and Gerrard has become a full-back at this time, looking at the new Zidane.
However, Nasri was very cunning, and as he was running, he suddenly cut through the corner of the big penalty area to the middle. This surprised everyone, and Gerard immediately followed at this time.
However, Nasri's change of direction was very abrupt, and the speed was very fast, Gerrard was pulled away by him more than two positions, this time, Nasri's guy was naturally vacant, and the Liverpool fans on the scene were shocked.
Walcott, who was on the wing, had been keeping an eye on the situation in the middle, and he naturally spotted Nasri in the gap, and he was not slow on his feet, and immediately knocked the ball towards the middle.
Nasri rushed at high speed, didn't stop the ball, and shot straight with his foot on goal.
Carragher turned early on Theo Walcott's pass and when Nasri saw him shoot, he quickly fell to the ground and stretched out his foot to block the ball. However, the ball was so fast that he only touched the bottom edge of the ball a little bit, and then the ball quickly changed direction and flew up, but continued to fly towards the goal.
The Liverpool fans at the scene were terrified, and there was no blood on their faces.
The ball was very dangerous, but fortunately, Reina in front of the goal reacted quickly and held the ball in his arms, so that the ball did not smash into the goal again.
"Oooo The Liverpool fans at the scene immediately shouted with relief, it was really too dangerous just now, and Liverpool was almost about to concede the goal again. It was so dangerous just now, and Liverpool couldn't afford to do that anymore.
It was then that the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and Arsenal temporarily led Liverpool by one goal on their home turf.