"Huh!"

The sound of turf scraping.

Xiang Hao wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get up, but someone didn't let him. Kompany, the future captain of Manchester City and the Belgian who is also the soul of the man, made a sliding tackle and directly shoveled the ball pulled out by Xiang Hao out of the sideline.

Simple and crude. That's Hughes's tactic, doing everything possible to disrupt Arsenal's midfield. And that's just the first time.

Soon, Manchester City's frantic interceptions in midfield were staged one after another.

In the second minute of the game, Cesc Fabregas took the ball and got rid of it on the spot, which was hooked to the ankle by De Jong.

In the fifth minute, Arshavin and Xiang Hao made a cooperation, Xiang Hao stepped forward, but was blocked by Zabaleta.

In the sixth minute, Adebayo collided with Song when he was competing for a header again, and was punished by Dodd for a foul.

In the ninth minute, after Fabregas got the ball in the midfield, before he could turn around, he was attacked by Kompany behind him and took the ball.

Although the Arsenal fans continued to cheer after the opening, the Arsenal players were very passive.

Manchester City's players were to play confrontation from the beginning, completely interrupting Arsenal's attacking rhythm, and the focus was on Arsenal's midfield.

This is also the reason why when shaking hands before the game, Adibayo directly provoked Xiang Hao, because of the blocking pressure in the midfield, they will have a lot of opportunities to fight.

Among them, the player that Manchester City's players focus on is Cesc Fabregas.

The Spaniard now occupies the middle of the midfield, and at the same time is in the back, occupying a lot of possession of the ball in the midfield, whether it is Xiang Hao or the players in the front and back, they are the first to hand over the ball to him.

This is also to get Cesc Fabregas back into the game, which Wenger specifically requested.

However, in this game, it was heavily marked by Manchester City's players, and the confrontation in the midfield was very fierce from the beginning.

Coupled with the fact that he had not played for more than three months, Cesc Fabregas's reaction was inevitably stumbling, and Dodd did not intend to give cards at first, and the rhythm was slowly isolated by the Manchester City players, and the game was very anxious at the beginning.

"Fabregas doesn't have a good chance right now, and the ball in the midfield should be handled by Kai Hao, running and looking for a pass, which may change the situation for Arsenal now."

Looking at the tepid situation on the field, Lineker was slightly disappointed and gave a suggestion.

'Cesc Fabregas has just come back, so both he and Arsenal need to adapt and I think Arsenal will slowly get into the game as the game progresses.

Lineker was a little worried about Arsenal's problems, but Motensen saw a lot of vision. Apparently he also sees that Arsenal's current problems are only temporary.

With a player of Cesc Fabregas's level, it's absolutely fine to deal with such a situation, as long as he finds the rhythm of the game.

Although the Manchester City man intercepted fiercely, the effect was not fatal, at least Cesc Fabregas was not lost.

Arsene Wenger also has the same confidence in Cesc Fabregas, and the most important thing for him in that position is to see the game clearly and find the ability to read the game.

As long as he finds the sharp ability to build fighters in the past, he believes Cesc Fabregas will soon bring the game up and Arsenal's attack will come alive once again.

For this reason, Wenger temporarily sacrificed Xiang Hao and chose to let him run for the Spaniard, but he believes that this sacrifice is worth it and is short-lived.

Sure enough, fifteen minutes into the game, as Cesc Fabregas himself said in training, as soon as he came on the pitch, he could quickly lead the team.

First, Xiang Hao, who was in front, intercepted and compressed the Manchester City midfielder, and took the opportunity to do it back, Fabregas, who had a little space, did not stop the ball, and directly distributed the ball to the left side, tearing up the space behind Richards.

Klich, who was cut in at high speed, passed the ball into the box. Arshavin, who was ambushed on the left rib, got a half-solo chance and followed up with a powerful left-footed shot. Unfortunately, the ball pushed past Given, but it also pushed off the far post and slid past the goal.

The Emirates Stadium was filled with sighs. But soon, another wave of Arsenal's attacks struck, more and more active, more and more times, and Arsenal burned the fire outside the Manchester City penalty area.

In the 21st minute, Arshavin combined with Cesc Fabregas to kick the wall outside the box. In the final shot, Cesc Fabregas played a relaxed cushion with the arch of his right foot and tricked City's entire defence into the box.

Just when the Arsenal fans in the stadium were about to shout, there was another long sigh of regret.

Arshavin turned beautifully and followed up with a curling kick with a dashing and light movement, but unfortunately, the final shot went wide of the far corner. Everything is useless.

Both great chances were snuffed away by Arshavin and it was clear that the Russian, having consumed too much energy during the international break, was not at his best.

But even then, Arsene Wenger has to put him on who makes the rest of the Arsenal squad worse than he is. He was able to get on the pitch and give his chances, but Van Persie, Nasri and others were still lying in the hospital bed.

Arsene Wenger can only hope that his players on the pitch can hold on and win this game.

Arsenal's players on the field also felt that Arshavin was not in good shape on the field, so they quickly shifted the direction of attack from the left rib to the right rib.

After playing for more than 20 minutes, Walcott's pace has not yet made Manchester City suffer.

Arsenal's midfielders, especially Cesc Fabregas, gradually gained a foothold in Manchester City's blocks, and immediately adjusted the attacking tempo in time to speed up.

In the twenty-third minute of the game, Xiang Hao flicked with his right foot, suddenly accelerated, entered from the side to the middle, and completed the cross exchange with Arshavin, attracting the attention of the entire Manchester City defense, and immediately sent a razor-like curve ball.

The ball rolled so fast that the City players could not react and cut through the right rib of the Manchester City team. The ball was sent behind Dunn for a penetrating pass.

Arsenal fans waited to see the little tiger running around the Emirates Stadium, but unfortunately, the big man Bendtner and Walcott ran together.

When the two men were separated, the Manchester City defence also made up for it. Walcott's final shot was also flustered and saved by Given. Arsenal's attack still failed to bear fruit.

However, although it did not work, the idea was cleared.

In the twenty-fifth minute of the game, Walcourt came again, using his speed to pass the famous nest man - Bridge, and crossed.

Given's alert preemptive attack and fell to the ground to intercept it, so that Bendtner from behind had a chance to push.

In the twenty-ninth minute, it was Walcott again, who used his speed to go around and around, and saw that he had no chance to enter the penalty area, and suddenly handed it to him.

The inept Sagna directly took the ball high, and Cesc Fabregas, who inserted it into the penalty area, jumped into the goal and pressed De Jong to complete the header.

Thankfully, Given's response was brilliant and he saved the Arsenal captain's chance.

Hughes saw his team being beaten on this side one after another, and immediately signaled his players to strengthen the defense on the right side.

Soon, Manchester City took care of Theo Walcott.