222 Offense, offense, offense
With home advantage and momentum, Blackburn Rovers attacked Arsenal's heart fiercely from the early stages of the game.
Although this kind of blind offense has never been advocated by George, in this game George encouraged Blackburn's offense. The shame of 0-8 can be said to have weighed on the Blackburn players for a whole year, and if you don't let this breath out, it's too suffocating to hold it in your heart.
So George just used the tone in their hearts to play this game.
The Arsenal players saw a group of red-eyed Blackburn Rovers at the start of the game, and their attack seemed to be endless.
Petit felt very tough, and Miku in this game was like a tiger coming down the mountain. The last game was a year ago. At that time, Miku was immature in front of Vieira, and the responsibility for Blackburn's heavy defeat Miku was very large.
But Miku in this game, whether it is passing, passing, or receiving, he did everything well.
Petit was already very uncomfortable defending Miku. But Pire's coming over from time to time to help Miku made Petit feel more and more tired to defend Miku alone.
Blackburn fans remember the 0-8 with a strong heart, so now Blackburn Rovers are in full swing, so Ewood Park is cheering all over the stadium. Of course, as soon as the Arsenal players got the ball, it was booed from the whole stadium.
Arsenal fans won't let Arsenal be bullied like this, they chant "0-8, we're going to be 0-8!" βγ Using this kind of singing to mock Blackburn is also to fight back against Blackburn fans.
Arsene Wenger rarely stands on the sidelines, he sits more often on the bench and quietly watches the game. Occasionally, he would talk to Rice next to him. But as soon as the game began, Arsene Wenger looked at the situation on the pitch with a tight frown.
Because Blackburn attacked very unexpectedly. Although he thought that George must not be willing to accept the defeat last season, Wenger did not expect Blackburn to attack so recklessly. Because Blackburn's traditional style of play is to stabilize the midfield and then press the opponent.
Blackburn's offense is slow and fast, fast and slow, and there are very few such straightforward and fast offenses.
That's why Arsene Wenger looked at the situation on the pitch anxiously.
"It seems that George really remembers last season's fiasco. You see, Blackburn are playing completely desperately. "Martin. Taylor looked at the game and smiled.
"Of course, you think. George's coaching career has been smooth sailing since he started as head coach at Burnley. He double-jumped in three years and won the League Cup and FA Cup. But it was last season that they were beaten 0-8 by Arsenal. How could someone like George forget this shame. "Andy. Gray nodded as well.
"But this kind of strong attack can only be short-lived. I think after about fifteen minutes, if the score hadn't changed, Blackburn would have been back to the way they came. β
Andy. Gray is indeed a very professional narrator, and he understands George's ideas thoroughly. George was going to use the first fifteen minutes to catch Arsenal off guard. It is impossible to use the whole game with this kind of reckless play now.
Twelve minutes into the game, it was Miku who got the ball from Deco.
Vieira covered a wide area, but also under the attack of Blackburn, but instead retreated. This time he tried to block the pass, but Deco didn't bother with him at all and passed straight to Miku. Miku didn't take the ball, but let it slip through his right.
Then in an instant, he turned from behind to the left of Petit. This beautiful move made Petit, who had a strong defense, not expect it at all. Miku got past Petit and got the ball and gave him a gentle push down the left flank. The ball was passed through the gaps between Arsenal's right-back and centre-back.
Pire got in very well and got the ball. Breaking through directly to the inside, seeing Keown's block, he gently passed to the vicinity of the small penalty area with a pocket of his left foot.
ββ¦β¦ Miku, beautiful. Miku's big man of 1.88 meters was able to play such a good trick. It's incredible...... Pire, got the ball, he passed to the edge of the six-yard box...... It's Miku! β
After Miku passed it to Pire, he continued to run forward without stopping. Then Pire's return pass was in Miku's footsteps.
Keown blocks Pire, Adams defends Klose. And Miku's position should be Petit's, but after Petit was shaken by Miku, he couldn't keep up in time.
It's a very classic combination, Miku passes to the two wings, and then the two wings go to the baseline and do the backpass. Miku from behind or Deco shoots. This seems to be a very simple combination, but when Blackburn played, it was tried and tested.
"Miku! Shot...... Pretty. The ball was so powerful that Seaman didn't have time to react at all. β
Miku faced Pire's return pass and fired a powerful shot straight at goal. Seaman pounced in the right direction, but the ball was too fast, and he was still a step late.
βgooooooooalοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌβ With a little over 13 minutes ahead of Arsenal and the on-site commentators were very excited. "John. Miku! He tells us that he is the best. We don't want Zidane because we have ......"
At this point, the Blackburn Rovers crowd chanted "John. Miku !! βγ
"We have John. Miku, we have John. Miku !! β
Miku listened to their cheers and ran unhappily. Although last season's performance has made many people in English football very much praise Miku. I think Blackburn's deal is a very good deal. However, last season's performance against Patrick Vieira stuck with Miku in his mind.
He was always thinking about revenge.
Today's goal made Miku finally breathe a sigh of relief. My shame, I will come and report it myself.
Miku, who has always been an introvert, rarely loses his temper even after scoring a goal. But in this game, after scoring a goal, Miku ran from the opponent's penalty area to his own side. All the Blackburn Rovers players followed Miku and then into his own box, where Miku waved at the other players with his hands raised.
"Miku is really good, look at the moment he passed Petit. I thought I saw Bergkamp. "Martin. Taylor was still reminiscing about that beautiful person just now.
"yes, Petit is a world-class midfielder. In his career, it should be rare for someone to break through like this. George said Miku was as talented as Zinedine Zidane, and I'm more and more convinced of it now. β
George originally wanted to retract it, but when he saw the state of the players, he felt a chord. He stepped forward to face the celebrating player and made a gesture to continue pressing.
"George, we're ahead. Is it possible to take a break? "One of Blackburn's greatest skills is that they can control the ball in midfield, and they can control the slow tempo completely.
"These boys have held back for too long, and if they don't let them vent, they won't agree to it themselves. Since none of them want to be shrunken turtles, they just take advantage of their current momentum. George shook his head. The momentum of young people can only be drummed, and they cannot be let out. "Attacking and attacking, I'm going to break down Arsenal with my attack. Aren't Arsenal the best attacking team in the Premier League? I'm going to use the attack to make Arsenal surrender completely. β
Seeing George's gesture, Blackburn kicked even harder.
And Henry, who should be the biggest firepower on Arsenal's side, has been wandering in Arsenal's system. The most powerful golden corridor of Arsenal's later generations is Ashley. The left corridor of Cole, Pire, and Henry is formed.
But Ovimars prefers to solve problems on his own, and his passes are also for Bergkamp.
Henry was also accustomed to playing on the left flank, and instead occupied Overmars's breakthrough lane. As a result, Arsenal's attack has become even more chaotic.
George knows Thierry Henry will soon adapt to the Premier League and has scored quite a few goals this season. Now taking advantage of the fact that Thierry Henry has not fully adapted to the Premier League, Blackburn's attack is impressive.
Arsenal's continued pressure finally paid off, and on the 29th minute of the game, it was Miku who delivered a beautiful pass to Duff.
ββ¦β¦ Miku, Duff got the ball...... What will he do against Silvinho...... Duff, breakthrough! β
Duff did not hesitate at all in the face of Silvinho, and used his speed to eat Silvinho. However, as an attacking full-back, Silvinho is not slow at all. Seeing that Silvinho's speed was good, Duff paused and made a break through the outside, and Sylvinho was shaken by Duff. Then Duff slammed it up, and when Silvinho came back, he suddenly broke through to the outside.
These two feints completely stunned Silvinho. If it were Arsenal's former left-back Winterbour, it would not have been possible to be shaken off by such a small move. Fortunately, Silvinho has good offensive strength, but the defense is still too immature.
"Duff, he shook Silvinho. Silvinho completely out of position, Duff's cross! β
Duff's cross is different from other wing-backs' crosses. His crosses are characteristic, not the average wing-back's cross, but the kind of flat and fast ball. The ball speed is fast and the height is average.
The ball was soon in the six-yard box.
Keown and Adams are more on Klose, who doesn't know that Klose's header is the best in the Premier League right now. And it's not generally good.
So Keown and Adams are two people who pay a lot of attention to Klose.
Instead, he missed Pire, who came in from the left. Although Pire is a left-sided midfielder, his ability to grab points is not weak at all. When everyone didn't pay attention to themselves, he inserted it accurately and just touched it lightly, and the ball flew into the gate.
Duff's cross, the ball was just too fast. With a slight touch from Pire, the ball changed course. And the speed did not decrease at all, and flew straight into the door.
"Pire's goal! 2-0, Arsenal was completely stunned in this game. How could it be so easy to get Pire's goal. β
"It's 2-0, we're two goals ahead." With the goal, the Blackburn fans were completely thunderous. 0-8 is like a thorn in the hearts of Blackburn fans, and it was 2-0 ahead of Arsenal in the first half today, which made Blackburn fans happy.
(To be continued)