PS: Fighting the street book can support the genuine ~~~

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This is the third meeting between Manchester City and Arsenal in January.

In the previous League Cup semi-finals, Manchester City played a game with Arsenal at home and away, with a score of 2:2 and 2:1, which also proved the current strength and state of Arsenal, although they lost to Manchester City and were eliminated from the League Cup, but Manchester City won not easily.

The Arsenal vs Fulham match in the last round also proved this.

Arsenal beat Fulham 3-0 away.

The media commented on the game after the game as "a complete victory in the style of a typical Gunners." ”

Not only did Arsenal take the initiative firmly into their own hands throughout the game, scoring three goals like chopping melons and vegetables, but Fulham didn't even have a decent chance.

Statistically, Arsenal had 54 per cent possession of the ball, which may not be enough to show Arsenal's dominance, but Fulham's six shots on goal, none of which hit the woodwork, show that the home team's attack is weak.

In this regard, manager Arsene Wenger did not hesitate to praise the performance of the whole team, "I think for 90 minutes, we were in control of the game. We didn't miss too many chances and scored three goals away from home. In the first half I felt like the whole team played well and in the second half we controlled the game. We didn't give the opponent a chance and could have scored more goals if we could. ”

Arsenal scored three goals from 11 shots, four of which were in the woodwork, which was surprisingly efficient, and Arsene Wenger was also very happy: "All in all, I'm very happy with the performance and the message that is being sent. I think it's a wonderful result. ”

Arsene Wenger was even happier with Arsenal's positive outlook in the game, "We played a very convincing performance in this game, which is a huge boost for the whole team. The quality of the players dictated the game, and that is indisputable. ”

In this game, Arsenal's three goals were made from both crosses from the left and right sides, as well as penetrating from the middle, which made Wenger proud, "We feel like we can create goals from anywhere, even from set-pieces, we have done well this season. And the way we played today showed a strong signal of the desire to score. ”

Bam Adebayor received two crosses from his team-mates in the first half and scored twice with a header to seal the win.

After the game, a cheerful Arsene Wenger also praised the wonderful performance of the Togolese player. 'When the team was able to form crosses, he once again showed his intimidating power in the box. He was excellent in all aspects of the game and I was very happy with his two crosses. ”

Currently, Bam Adebayo has scored 15 goals in the league, just behind Darren Bent and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the media believes that "Adebayo still has a lot of hope in chasing the top scorer of the season." ”

Arsenal are not the only Adebayor players who have been doing well, they also have Robin van Persie who has come in and scored on the pitch, and the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Klich, Rosicky, Da Silva and Hleb have also performed quite well.

Such an Arsenal team is enough to pose too much threat to Manchester City.

The two rounds of the League Cup have proven a lot.

However, in those two games, Manchester City still dominated the whole game, and Arsenal's goals relied more on counter-attacks, and they did not pose much of a threat to Manchester City in the middle of the game.

But this league game is different.

Arsenal are clearly reeling from being eliminated from the Carabao Cup, as they have little hope of competing for the league title so far, and at the same time, they have not qualified for the Champions League, so the Carabao Cup is the only thing they can strive for, and Manchester City have killed their hopes of winning the title.

This game, for Arsenal, is a revenge.

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When many Manchester City media and fans still thought that Arsenal could not threaten Manchester City, the Manchester Stadium game completely turned their perception upside down.

The game was in the 60th minute.

Just now, Bam Adebayor scored a goal to rewrite the score to 0:2, and after home and away, Arsenal led Manchester City by two goals away.

"Adebayo! Adebayo! ”

Sky Sports commentator George Woodgate exclaimed in an incredulous tone, "Bam Adebayo helped Arsenal score their second goal!" The first goal of the first half belonged to Klich, and now it is Adebayor again, and Arsenal lead Manchester City 2-0! ”

When Arsenal celebrated wildly, the Manchester City players stood from a distance and watched, looking a little helpless.

'Man City didn't play particularly badly in this game, they played well, but obviously the Arsenal were the better and they played a series of fine combinations that City couldn't do anything ......

The camera pointed to the sidelines, and saw that Wan Sheng also had worry on his face, "Wan Sheng obviously didn't expect the game to be like this, this is the price of contempt......"

Did Manchester City despise Arsenal?

Definitely.

However, Wan Sheng is mentally prepared for the game to be like this, he has been asking everyone not to despise the opponent before the game, but with the team's victory after victory, and even two seasons of unbeaten home and away against Arsenal, everyone feels that playing Arsenal is not a problem, and what Wan Sheng said cannot change the past results of the two teams, these results make everyone in Manchester City feel that the coach is just boosting morale, and in the actual game, Arsenal cannot pose a threat to the team.

Not only against Arsenal, but also against other teams, Manchester City's results are so good, proud of all teams in the entire Premier League, even if they are repeatedly reminded to be serious, but everyone will always be a little proud in their hearts.

This mentality will affect the team's performance, and losing in the future is definitely inevitable, but will it be this one?

Wan Sheng is also asking himself.

But immediately, his fists were clenched tightly, and his face was much firmer.

The team is already two goals behind, what's the point of thinking about the big picture, thinking about the team's mentality, thinking about winning or losing!? Just like he said to the players, every game must be held to the end, and before the last time, there is no decision whether you win or lose!

If even as the head coach, he thinks that the team has a problem with mentality and will definitely lose the last game, then the team will definitely have no hope.

30 minutes, two goals, not an absolute difference!

Team, there's still a chance!

So Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and began to yell, "Kick well, we haven't lost yet!" ”

"Run! Offensive! ”

"Be positive, be positive, just one game, and stick to the end!"

He used a loud yelling to remind everyone to keep trying.

A roar is equivalent to a signal, it doesn't have to have any command significance, but it can remind everyone that the game is not over yet, and Wan Sheng, as the head coach, doesn't think that he will definitely lose, so the players on the field have become a lot more positive.

But just playing aggressively doesn't necessarily mean scoring quick goals.

For more than ten minutes, Manchester City still did not break through the door of Arsenal, and as the game time passed little by little, many media thought that Manchester City had no chance.

In the 75th minute, the game was still 0-2, the visiting team Arsenal was ahead, and the reporters in the media box had already begun to play the post-match report.

"Manchester City have been doing well, they are unbeaten in 61 league games, but no team can keep winning, it will end one day. The only thing I didn't expect was that they would end up at the feet of Arsenal......"

"In January, Manchester City played three games against Arsenal, and in the third game, which was the first round of the league, Arsenal showed unrivalled form, each of their players performed quite well, and goals from Clichy and Adebayor helped them win the ...... of Manchester City."

This is Manchester City's support for the media, even if it is a report of a loss, they have to talk about Manchester City's brilliant results first.

Other media are different.

"Manchester City are so proud! They think that if they create a new record of unbeaten Premier League performance, they can really sweep the Premier League, but now the Premier League is very competitive, and they want to dominate the Premier League, but it is just an unrealistic delusion! ”

"This game says a lot about it, Manchester City almost lost to Arsenal at their home stadium! They barely stand a chance! ”

"After this round of league games, Manchester City's unbeaten golden body has been broken, and their future league results will definitely be affected, and maybe they will continue to sink and sink after that...... It's not surprising to lose the league title in the end, or even affect the Champions League and cup competitions......"

Someone else directly intends to say, "That Chinese has an outrageous appetite, which is already doomed to nothing......"

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In the 80th minute, the team still did not score, and even some Manchester City fans gave up.

In fact, the league is unbeaten for 61 games, which has set a new record, which is acceptable to both the team and the fans, as for losing this one, Manchester City fans actually don't feel anything, because the team's results are so good, they have no reason to complain, whenever they think of the unbeaten history of the five major leagues in the future, they will definitely think of Manchester City, and they feel very honored.

However, Manchester City have not given up on the game yet!

Under the roar of Wansheng, the autumn geese on the field were united to equalize, and they suppressed Arsenal for a while.

In the 81st minute, City created a good chance when Mesut Ozil played the ball to the feet of Torres in the box.

In the face of Arsenal's strict defense, Torres has no chance to get up at all, and Senderos, who is defending next to him, is not very strong, but he can't stand today, Arsenal's full staff is like playing chicken blood, and he is very dead defended, Torres has no good way, he can only pass the ball out again.

It was then that Torres saw Ivan Crewe's run and wanted to pass the ball but couldn't, so he pushed the ball back to Ozil and shouted, "Over there!" ”

Mesut Ozil noticed, but instead of giving the ball to Ivan Crewe, he played it to the left in the opposite direction.

There's a vacancy there!

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"Torres! Will pass the ball, Ozil will pass again! There's a vacancy there! Who is it...... Let's take a look at ......"

"Peternes! Martin Peternes! ”

"Good opportunity! Shot! ”

"Oops...... Pity! Senderos blocks the ball...... Shoot again! ”

“……”

"TorrestoresTorresTorrestores !!!!!"

"The ball is in! Fernando Torres scored a goal back for City! ”

“1:2！ 1:2！ Manchester City used this goal to tell Arsenal that the game is not over yet! ”

Torres raised his arms in cheer as he gave Ozil a thumbs up.

Just now he thought Ozil would hand it to Ivan Crewe, but apparently the left side was better, Martin Petrov didn't play well, but Senderos blocked the ball and rolled to his feet.

So he kicked the ball into the goal.

There was an element of luck in the goal, but that's the way it is in football, especially for a striker, the process of creating chances is not important, it's the ability to take them.

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Without any celebration after City's goal, Torres ran over to hold the ball and returned to the centre circle to prepare for kick-off.

Now the team is still down by one goal, but there is no time to celebrate.

Combined with stoppage time, there are less than ten minutes left in the game.

Soon the two teams restarted and everyone's spirits returned.

Just now, most people thought that Manchester City was hopeless, but now Manchester City have a goal back, and there are ten minutes of stoppage time, Manchester City still have time to chase another goal.

It depends on the performance of both sides.

But obviously Arsenal is in very good shape, they defend very tightly, Manchester City has been unable to find opportunities, not only that, they have counterattacked or pushed forward head-on after getting the ball, and they have played quite well, Manchester City has to focus part of their energy on defense, and they can't effectively suppress Arsenal at all.

Another 5 minutes passed, and by this time many people thought that there was no suspense again.

'Although City relied on Torres' follow-up to pull a goal back, they trailed Arsenal by two goals instead of one......

'Man City were good late in the game, but Arsenal were clearly better......

'If City end up losing, their winning streak will be fixed at 61 games, which is already great and Man City should be satisfied......

Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines, a little hesitant.

It's only five minutes before the end of the game, and although a goal has just been scored, under normal circumstances, there are only five minutes to go, and the team doesn't have much chance of scoring another goal.

Arsenal defended too tightly and not only that, but they can also pose a threat on the counter-attack.

Wan Sheng thought about it for a moment, and immediately raised his hands.

This obviously commanding action immediately attracted a lot of attention, and the camera pointed over, only to see Wan Sheng make a forward push movement with both hands.

Immediately, a commentator speculated, "Wansheng wants the team to continue to press?" ”

As the media commentators thought, this command action is to let the team adopt a full-line offensive strategy, but there is also a little difference, other teams press on all fronts, which is nothing more than to let more players enter the opponent's half and look for opportunities at any cost with numerical advantages.

Manchester City is different.

Football training master's 'arrangement' system will automatically discharge the formation with the strongest offensive ability, this formation is not all players squeezed into the opponent's half, there will also be a difference between the front, the midfield, and the backfield, but the pressure is very high, and the front, middle, and backfield will cooperate with the attack as a whole.

It's a suppressive formation, but it's also a tactic.

Of course, the strongest attack also means the weakest defence, and Manchester City is often familiar with this formation when they are in tactical training, and Wan Sheng uses it as a killer tool.

This is not the first time Manchester City have used this tactic, they have used it in previous games against Manchester United and Chelsea, and it has been used when they are behind, and the effect is quite good.

But after a few uses, the opponent actually didn't notice, because this tactic is not much different from pressing on the whole line, but Manchester City is not a swarm to go to the front, and the play is more orderly.

While showing the strongest attack, the team's defense will also be very weak, and this style of play is tantamount to a gamble.

Now it's time for gambling.

Manchester City is one goal behind, and if it continues, it is basically a loss, and if it loses, it makes no difference between being one goal behind and two goals, so this is a gamble without chips, even if the bet is lost, it will only be a loss in the end, but if the bet wins, it is possible to tie the score.

Arsenal knew that Manchester City would definitely launch a big attack, but they did not know how fierce Manchester City's attack was.

Seeing Wan Sheng's command movements, they subconsciously shrank the defensive line.

But after Manchester City launched a large-scale offensive, Arsenal was still caught off guard, they didn't expect Manchester City to press so high, and many players could still play so orderly when they entered the front, and suddenly the defensive formation was a little unstable.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger frowned when he looked at it.

He knows what is going on - if Arsenal can hold off this wave, or simply keep the ball at their feet and not allow City to fight back easily, then the initiative can return to Arsenal's feet and the team can even take advantage of the opportunity to find a good opportunity.

If you can't stand it...... Naturally, it was scored.

The game is decided by this wave, and what the final result will be depends on the performance of the players of both teams.

Arsenal were visibly flustered in the face of City's pressure on the attack, but they quickly stabilized their position and did not give City too many chances.

After Silva got the ball on the perimeter, he frowned at the sight of the dense defense in the box.

The team's offensive ability has naturally improved by a notch, but if the opponent's defense is solid, the team has no good way.

Silva is well aware of the current situation, and now it is a wave that will decide the winner.

When the team trains this kind of full-line pressure attack on weekdays, Wan Sheng also repeated this point, "We must play absolute suppression and not give the opponent any respite, which is a tactic that will only be used in times of crisis." If you can score, drop back to defend immediately. Without scoring, of course, we can't win......"

That is, if this wave does not bring goals, then the team will almost certainly lose the game.

Otherwise, it will be able to tie the score.

But there are not too good opportunities in the penalty area, and it is not easy for the outside shot to penetrate the tight crowd in the penalty area, so what now?

If Morris hadn't been injured, Silva would have passed the ball over and let Morris make the decision, but now he is at the heart of the team, the leader of the eleven on the pitch, or at least the leader in attack.

Silva gritted his teeth and made a decision.

He glanced to either side, waved his opponent forward, and then kicked the ball into the box.

The ball arced high in the air and plunged headlong into the middle of the penalty area.

In the restricted area, there are many people.

Six Arsenal players, including Senderos, Klich and Cesc Fabregas, and four Manchester City players including Darren Bent, Mesut Ozil and Torres, were crammed into the box.

The number of defensive players is dominant, and every Manchester City player is defended to death.

Darren Bent stood on the left, staring at the falling football in the air, he is Manchester City's top scorer, and will naturally be guarded tightly, with a height of 180cm, there is no advantage in the competition for high balls.

Klich was defending next to him and Darren Bent knew he didn't have any chances at all.

He glanced to the right.

Torres was there, also stuck in his position by Senderos.

At this moment, Darren Bent made a decision, he jumped up on the spot as if to grab the ball, and Klich was startled and immediately jumped up to prevent Darren Bent from grabbing the ball.

It was almost impossible for Darren Bent to grab the ball, but at this point, Klich couldn't make a rational judgment, he jumped up, and then saw Darren Bent just make a move and the ball fell high above his head.

"Deceived!"

By the time Krish realized it was too late, there was nothing else he could do.

Darren Bent's sway also attracted Senderos's attention, and at this moment, Torres suddenly squeezed out of position and jumped violently.

"Danger!"

The Arsenal players were aware of the danger, but Sendros was too slow to do anything more, almost watching Torres jump and pout the ball with the back of his head.

The ball hit Torres' head and changed direction towards goal.

Almunia made a save.

But apparently his judgment was inaccurate, and the ball almost flew around his hands.

"Hoo ......"

"La......"

Manchester Stadium was silent for a moment, and then erupted like a volcano.

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“GoooooooooooooooooooooooaL！！！！！！”

"Torres Torres Torres - "

The moment the ball crashed into the goal, Belbart raised his head to the sky and shouted, "Torres! He scored the second goal to level the score 2-2 for Manchester City! ”

The whole Manchester City fans were boiling!

They didn't have any hope for the game before, even after Manchester City scored a goal, after all, the team was two goals behind, but what they didn't expect was that the team actually equalized.

The last goal made them very excited, and at the same time excited them and the result of the game, 2:2, not a win, not three points, but enough for Manchester United to continue their unbeaten run in the league.

"Unbeaten in 62 league games! Manchester City did it! ”

Sky Sports George Woodgate also said excitedly, "Manchester City miraculously equalised the score and miraculously continued their unbeaten league record! 62 games, great record! ”

"We don't know when City's unbeaten streak will end, but what we've seen is that even after two goals down, City didn't give up on the game, they didn't lose their fighting spirit because of the unbeaten streak, but they were trying to win game after game!"

"This is Wan Sheng's Manchester City, they have almost become the benchmark of English football!" (To be continued.) )