Neither Arsenal nor Manchester City scored again before half-time, with both teams returning to the dressing room with a 1-1 scoreline.

For Manchester City, who are playing away, the score of 1:1 is not bad, but everyone played very hard in the first half, so back in the dressing room, there was no joy or anything, they all did their own thing silently, or rested in their seats, even if they talked quietly, they talked quietly, which made the atmosphere in the dressing room a little depressing.

When Wan Sheng walked in, he saw such a scene, so he waved his hand high and said loudly, "Guys, what are you doing!" We're tied and it's Highbury Field! I have to say, 1:1, we did a good job in the first half! ”

Many people shouted out.

Seeing that the atmosphere was more lively, Wan Sheng began to talk to everyone about the style of play in the second half.

In terms of tactics, no adjustments have been made on the whole, and the lineup has not been made either, what to say is that there are some problems in the first half and what needs special attention in the battle with the opponent, especially in defense, the forward line led by Henry still needs to be paid attention to, and if you are not careful, you may be seized by the opponent to score, which directly determines the outcome of the game.

Wan Sheng explained very seriously in this regard, and then he specifically ordered Anelka, "You should be calmer!" Pay attention to the cooperation with other people! However, he took care of Anelka's face and didn't say much.

Later, after letting everyone continue to keep themselves busy, Wan Sheng found Anelka alone, walked to the door of the locker room and talked to him carefully.

"You're a little too lonely in the game. Many times your best bet is to pass the ball to your teammates, and you should trust the others! Wan Sheng said seriously, "You have to play according to the tactics." Otherwise I wouldn't mind replacing you! ”

The last sentence is a bit harsh.

Anelka is the same age as Wan Sheng, and he is the team's first star, and it still feels very shameful to be said by Wan Sheng, but he doesn't feel weird, because Wan Sheng is the head coach, and he has been said this more than once in the previous summer preparations. I didn't think it was anything, but he was still a little dissatisfied because he felt that he had done a good job.

'I got a goal. The goal was a testament to my performance! ’

Anelka thought.

So he didn't care about Wansheng's statement.

Every coach is emphasizing tactics and things like that, and Keegan before was the same, but when it comes to the game, it's not about the players to perform? He has been following Keegan's tactics to play, and the result has been one defeat after another.

Now he feels like he's in good shape. You should give yourself the freedom to do so!

Tactics or something. It's not all about scoring goals, such complex tactics, what to cooperate with teammates, what to keep running, isn't it still to create opportunities for goals!? So as long as you can score, nothing else matters.

Anelka lowered his head, as if listening carefully to Wansheng's words, but the corners of his mouth pursed in disdain. He took these words completely as wind in his ears.

Wan Sheng didn't know what Anelka was thinking.

When he saw Anelka's constant penalty, he thought what he said was still working. I put my mind at ease and continued to give some tactical guidance to others.

And so it was time for the second half to start.

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines at the beginning and he needed to watch the game carefully to see how the team performed after a half, as well as to take some command on the fly.

He didn't feel the need to do anything, but his heart soon reopened—it was still Anelka.

Manchester City launched a wave of attacks.

Sinclair ran wildly with the ball, completed the pass on the wing, and the ball fell to Anelka's feet, Sinclair waved Anelka back, which was a simple one-two to shake off the defender.

This kind of small combination, of course, is to pass back, so that Sinclair can dribble the ball deeper - into it, and then he will complete the cross on the wing, and if there is no chance, he will also pass back to stabilize the rhythm and look for opportunities again.

This is City's tactic.

But now the situation is different, after the football is at the feet of Anelka, he does not pass to Sinclair again, but takes the ball himself and makes a shot on goal, which deceives the young man who retreats to defend Fabregas, and he wants to dunk the ball in again.

Anelka obviously underestimated Cesc Fabregas, the Spanish youngster is a young talent that the 'French professor' focuses on cultivating, and is a player who replaces Vieira as Arsenal's midfield engine, whether it is offensive and defensive, or individual ability reaction speed, etc., Fabregas is quite good.

He reacted and quickly turned to stand in front of Anelka again.

Anelka kept shaking his feet, trying to find another chance to get past Fabregas, but the latter was shaken once and was not fooled at all, just stopping him, only to stop him, only to Pire to run over and close the door with Fabregas.

Seeing this scene, Wan Sheng immediately covered his face and scolded, "Idiot! ”

As if in response to Wan Sheng's words, Anelka was forced to scrambled by the two of them, and after barely controlling the ball twice, he was still directly cut off, and even he was shoveled to the ground by Pire's broken ball, that embarrassed elephant was really a little pitiful.

He fell to the ground and raised his hands, but unfortunately the referee turned a blind eye.

'It's not a foul, it's a normal break and Anelka seems to have been shaken down by himself...... He should have passed the ball early, he was a bit too alone in this game, but he played well, there was a goal in the first half, hopefully he can still find his chances......"

The narrator speaks for Anelka.

Wan Sheng, who was standing on the sidelines, scolded directly, "Idiot! ”

……

Wan Sheng had thought that the break would give Anelka some warning, but it was clear that he was very wrong.

Then Anelka remained so assertive that for a long time, City's attack did not improve, and when the attack bypassed Anelka, it was slightly better. But as soon as the football got to Anelka's feet, he began to show his ball skills and then gave opponents a chance after chance.

It must be admitted. Anelka's technique is really good and his form is very good, sometimes he can even contain more than two Arsenal defenders, and he can shake off the defense to find passes and shots, but unfortunately most of the time he can't do it.

He could only be cut off after showing his skills, and the best result was only to pass the ball to his teammates. This makes the previous performance meaningless at all.

Anelka doesn't seem to know that, he just keeps trying to perform, and it's like the pressure is on him alone. He was also the team's only hope of scoring.

At the same time, Wansheng couldn't bear it anymore!

Anelka was in great form and performing very well, scoring a hat-trick in the last game. The game was completed with a goal. But that's not a reason why he can be free to play on the pitch, he's just a player in the team, not a special one.

In the entire team, there is absolutely no one who is special, and if you want to say special, it can only be Wansheng himself, so Wansheng can't tolerate this kind of thing.

……

In the 57th minute, Arsenal scored a goal. A header from centre-back Campbell gave them a 2-1 lead over Manchester City.

This goal also made Wan Sheng choose to make a substitution without hesitation.

That happened after Arsenal scored, less than fifteen minutes into the second half.

"Look! Manchester City are going to make a substitution! ”

"It was No. 39 who was replaced!? Anelka! That's right. It's Nikola Anelka! He was replaced by No. 12 teenager Darren Bent! ”

"Anelka is going to be replaced! It seems that Wansheng is not very happy with his performance, but Anelka scored a goal in the first half and the overall performance was good......"

"He's just a little too lonely......"

"Or maybe it's just a tactical change, Anelka doesn't pose much of a threat to the Arsenal goal on the pitch and Darren Bent is a bit more capable of picking up points in front of goal."

"We should introduce the new youngster Darren Bent, who has been doing well since joining Manchester City in the summer, and has scored three goals so far, which is not a lot for a striker, but Darren Bent has only made seven appearances and three times as a substitute, so far his efficiency is still very good, and it seems that Wansheng has made a very real deal......

“……”

Regardless of what the commentators say, Manchester City have already raised their substitution cards.

This substitution made many people stunned.

The first to bear the brunt is the replaced Anelka, he was already unhappy with the team being suppressed by Arsenal, he didn't think that this would be his own problem at all, but he felt that the team as a whole was not good, but this is nothing, after all, the previous two seasons were like this, and even many times they will play more passively, and now it is good to be able to play like this.

At the same time, he also feels that he is doing well.

He showed his skills in the game, scoring in the first half and would have been the biggest contributor if the team could have drawn with Arsenal at Highbury Stadium or won against Arsenal.

When he saw himself being replaced, he was completely stunned.

"How is that possible? Is there a mistake? I was actually replaced? He was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking, but soon after he was sure, his face darkened.

The other City players were stunned.

The best performance of the team this season should be Anelka, in the summer training preparation, Wan Sheng also took care of Anelka, tactically many frontcourt routines are to create opportunities for him, under such conditions, Anelka also performed quite well, look at his current top scorer ranking.

That's the number one shooter!

He scored more goals than Thierry Henry played at the same time!

Such a capable player will definitely be a treasure in the palm of every coach's hand, and Wansheng's weight on Anelka, everyone also sees it, he has played the whole game, and even almost catches up with Morris, in the case of such fierce competition in the forward line, this kind of playing time has said a lot.

But now, for no reason, I said that I would replace it?

Isn't the coach afraid that Anelka will be dissatisfied?

Many players looked at Wan Sheng, only to see that he was coaching Darren Bent, who was going to play, and he didn't seem to care about Anelka's substitution at all, which was like treating ordinary players, which surprised many players.

They suddenly remembered some of the media reports about the young coach - he was a dictator, an unreasonable madman!

This...... Seems to make sense!

Since coming to the team, the young coach has shown an unusually tough attitude in the case of Bischev, and he has been very kind on weekdays, but maybe this is just an illusion, because it has not touched his bottom line.

Now that Anelka doesn't follow the tactics to 'play freely', it seems that he has touched his bottom line, and maybe he will show his cruel side again.

Thinking of this, many players looked at Anelka with some sympathy.

……

What the others thought, Wan Sheng didn't care, and at this time he was giving Darren Bent a final admonition.

"After you come on the pitch for a while, pay attention to the front, look for opportunities, cooperate with other people, just like you do in training on weekdays, don't be afraid of anything because the opponent is Arsenal, I have won them many times, they are nothing remarkable!"

Darren Bent nodded repeatedly.

"Go ahead, try to show your strength, I believe you can do a good job!"

Wan Sheng patted Darren Bent on the shoulder encouragingly, and let him play, and at the same time Anelka also walked off the field, he didn't even hug Darren Bent, he walked straight off the field, and when he got to the bench, he pushed away the water bottle handed by Pierce and sat directly on the bench.

Then it's almost like inscribed on the door of your head, 'I'm dissatisfied.'"

But Wan Sheng only glanced at him, ignored it, and then walked directly to the fourth official, roaring angrily for Arsenal to celebrate and end quickly, "They are stalling for time!" Our substitutions are over! ”

Mr. Fourth Official felt helpless that the young coach had taken his anger out on him, but he still had no choice but to signal the linesman to inform the referee.

Soon the game was restarted.

By this time, the topic of goals had passed, and commentators were back to discussing City's substitutions.

"Anelka was replaced by Darren Bent? Not surprising at all, he was a little too lonely in the first half. ”

The camera camera also pointed to Anelka on the sidelines, and I saw that his face was very bad, but neither the coach nor the players next to him paid attention to him.

Then everyone talked about Darren Bent, "Darren Bent is still a little too young, he has been playing for Ipswich in the second division, although he has three goals in the first few rounds, but the opponent in this game is Arsenal, which is still too much pressure for a young player who has just landed in the Premier League......"

Anelka's agents, Claude and Eric Manasse, who were also watching the game in a VIP box, were stunned when they saw Anelka being substituted, and immediately complained to Manasse, "My brother has a goal and is doing so well, how can he suddenly be substituted?" Doesn't that Chinese want to win? ”

"How does that Darren Bent compare to my brother? This substitution is so stupid! ”

Eric Manasseur glanced at him and said nothing.

He used to think that although Claude valued money, he still knew a little about football, but now he suddenly found that Claude didn't understand football, especially when it came to his younger brother, so he was completely unreasonable.

Anelka and his brother had very similar ideas, and he also thought that this change was too stupid.

Darren Bent?

What's so great about this young boy that he can replace himself?

Now the team is lagging behind, and it is not yet at the stage where the newcomers have to adapt to the game, and it is really a stupid choice to replace themselves, so that the team has no chance at all!

It seems that the coach is not going to win the game! (To be continued......)