110 Lead (Upper)
After more than 20 minutes of attacking, the Arsenal players gradually began to lose patience. Arsenal won the Premier League title, and it is unknown how many Premier League powerhouses they have beaten against opponents. But I've never played a game like this today.
In the Premier League, whether it is a strong team or a weak team, there is no such utilitarian style of play as Burnley. For now, Burnley's rogue tactics of strict defense are very hated by England fans. Although English football is technically inferior to South American players, it likes to play with an open surname.
Therefore, although Graham's Arsenal was strong, it was a headache for many teams. Graham ruled the army in the iron bowl and created an Arsenal team with a strong style of play and a tough style of play. But it is because of the boring 1:0 doctrine that the conservative style of play has been criticized by the English football world.
Although Graham brought Arsenal a number of trophies, even some Arsenal fans at the time would have felt that Arsenal's game was too ugly. Even joked that Highbury was a library in the Graham era, because the game was boring, the fans were disinterested, and the Gunners put too much emphasis on physical confrontation and had a bold style to the point of being rude. This is the England fan of this era.
Arsene Wenger has been in charge of Arsenal for less than two years, and although it is also a counter-attack, it has already made Arsenal a team with smooth coordination and gorgeous attack.
Arsenal have not faced even the weakest team in the Premier League and have not experienced a defence like Burnley's. The patience of the Arsenal players was wearing down little by little, and Vieira and Petit moved forward, and then the Arsenal backline began to move forward.
Although the attack was blocked, Arsenal's attack revolved around Ovemas on the left and Bergkamp in the middle.
As Burnley got closer and better, Arsenal's defence was getting more and more forward.
The game passed minute by minute, and soon it was thirty minutes. Bergkamp couldn't turn around with the ball because Neil Rennon followed Bergkamp like a shadow. As long as Bergkamp has the ball, he will keep pushing him from behind.
Bergkamp looked left and right at Burnley players wearing red and sky blue, while Arsenal players wearing yellow were only a minority. Bergkamp had no choice but to re-pass the ball to Patrick Vieira. Vieira gave the ball to Overmars on the left.
As soon as Overmars got the ball, Camoranesi came over to defend. Speaking of which, Camoranesi's defensive ability as an offensive fullback is very poor, but Camoranesi's style of play is tough, and he grew up in South America and played small moves. So it made Overmars very uncomfortable.
Camoranesi's small moves were basically non-card-winning moves, but they annoyed Overmars with the ball.
As soon as Overmars dribbled the ball, Finnan in front of him was already in position. But Ovimas is not afraid, and it is common to have one or two, or even two or three in the Premier League. Overmars has such strength, so Overmars changed direction lightly and increased his speed.
But the space was too narrow, and as soon as Overmars picked up speed, Matthew Holland in the middle made a tackle and left the ball in place. Of course, Ovimars was hooked, but the referee didn't blow the whistle. There are a lot of tackles and collisions of this level in England, and English referees also allow it.
Finnan saw the ball left in place, and naturally passed it to Ballack in the middle. It's a habit that has been formed over the course of the season, and when they don't know how to handle the ball, the Burnley players will hand it over to Ballack.
Ballack will have a heavier defensive task in this game as Matthew Holland will have to take care of the defense on the right flank. Overmars hasn't made much of a difference yet, but who can ignore it. Once Overmars breaks through, he has the ability to kill. That's why Matthew Holland has to help Camoranesi and Finnan defend Ovimas together.
And Neil Lennon, who has always been in charge of Burnley's central defense, will be tasked with keeping an eye on Bergkamp, and Neil Lennon will follow Bergkamp wherever Bergkamp goes. Therefore, of Burnley's three central midfielders, Ballack has the heaviest task. Ballack is the last barrier in the middle to protect the back line.
Although the current Vieira is not very strong in attack, it does not mean that Vieira really has no offensive ability. It's just that compared with Vieira, which matured later, the current Vieira is more immature. So Ballack has always been busy defending in the middle.
But Ballack is a Ballack after all, and George didn't put Ballack on the pitch just to defend. George gave Ballack a lot of power to choose defence and offense depending on the situation on the field. Therefore, Ballack has been watching the situation on the pitch until the Arsenal defence starts to move forward, knowing that the time has come to counterattack.
Finnan's ball came to Ballack's feet, and Ballack didn't hesitate and passed directly to the left.
"Daniel, it's Daniel...... It wasn't Ljungberg, it was Daniel who got the ball. Ballack crossed the ball to the left, Ljungberg didn't step forward, but Daniel rushed up from behind.
Seeing Daniel get the ball, Petit stepped forward to defend Daniel. Daniel didn't see Petit as if he hadn't seen it, and the speed swept past Petit together.
The Arsenal backline has not ignored Burnley because they have not been counter-attacking. Seeing Daniel take the ball, Dixon stepped forward to press, while the overall defense began to retreat. Daniel, who was already up in speed, saw Dixon coming to defend, and he didn't mean to brake at all, so he rushed up to meet Dixon.
With two metres to go, Daniel suddenly kicked the ball between Dixon and Keown, and then the man went around Dixon from the wing.
"Pretty man with a ball...... When Daniel accelerated, he was still two meters away from Dixon. But within a few steps, Dixon was already four or five meters behind Daniel, and Daniel was too fast! "Martin Taylor saw Daniel pass the ball and was amazed at how fast he was.
Daniel is not as good as Ljungberg in small skills and not as good as Overmars in a small area, but in terms of absolute speed and dribbling speed, he is far superior to Ljungberg and Overmars. Daniel's speed is completely comparable to that of the later spear king Henry. Like Henry, Daniel is also nearly 1.9 meters tall, and once he runs with long legs, no one can defend against it.
So Martin Taylor wasn't the only one who was surprised, but Dixon was even more surprised. The Arsenal backline from the Graham era, playing offside tactics is as pure as fire. But now that several people are older, what they are most afraid of is the anti-offside position of speed players. Dixon knew that once Daniel was allowed to run, it would be a fatal crisis for Arsenal.
So Dixon risked his cards and wanted to catch Daniel with his hands. Unfortunately, Daniel flew past Dixon like the wind, and Dixon's hand could only catch the air. Stunned, he watched Daniel depart quickly.
However, the Arsenal backline has been working together for many years, Keown immediately came over to help, and Adams continued to defend. Keown didn't expect to be able to stop Daniel, as long as he could slow Daniel down, he would have accomplished his goal.
"Daniel's amazing speed...... Arsenal were in danger and Daniel was in the middle of the box. Thankfully, Adams arrived in the box at the last minute and was ready to defend Daniel. Daniel's speed slowed down...... Winter has also entered his own penalty area and is ready to defend! ”
Once Daniel reached the penalty line, he slowed down in the face of Adams. Although Daniel is conceited, he is really not sure to get rid of Adams in such a small space. Adams didn't rush to the ball either, retreating and tightly protecting the box.
"Daniel, slow down...... Daniel! The ball was passed, Daniel was passed...... It was a very nice pass, ...... in the middle Robbie Keane! Empty door! It's an empty door! Martin Taylor didn't listen to Daniel from the moment he ran with the ball, and suddenly began to explain.
Daniel made an illusion of a break out and then crossed the ball into the box. This shook all of Arsenal's defensive sights, including Adams and Seaman. Seaman's attention was on Daniel, and a pass that immediately left Arsenal with a big empty goal.
Winterburn, who had just returned to the defence, had not yet fully found a defensive position, and Robbie Keane faced the situation with great ease. With just a slight push, the ball slowly rolled into the Arsenal goal.