Silva didn't fully understand why Qin Xiong wanted him to take the initiative to participate in the encirclement and suppression, that is, to rob Pennant's work.

In fact, if Silva is to be more aggressive defensively, then he should be targeting Ezette in the middle.

But Silva trusted Qin Xiong and had long admired Qin Xiong's insight in the game.

From the first time they met on the field, that is, in the Champions League knockout round the previous season, Qin Xiong's insight and acuity in the game impressed him.

Before proceeding with the counter-robbery work against Pennant, Silva went to do another layer of security.

He walked to Flamini's side and told Flamini to pay attention to the back line, Flamini himself plays in the back, so he is in the full-back position to protect the penalty area is in place, he lacks only attacking ability, and Silva is not too demanding, Flamini will be easy to complete, as long as his full-back defense area does not encounter the impact of the opponent.

Silva did this for a reason, and if he was involved in the defence against Pennant, then Pennant's own impact on Flamini's zone would be reduced or not at all.

Flamini was freed up to fill the void behind Silva's scramble.

This kind of adjustment at the back is still no problem with Arsenal's technical and tactical strength.

Arsenal's regular attack struggled to shake the opposition's defence, but in the 28th minute, Arsenal played a beautiful wave of attacking and defensive transitions.

It was an attacking opportunity for Birmingham City, with Melchiott passing the ball to Pennant and Hleb himself pretending to counter-attack Melchiott in order to force the ball out.

And since the opponent passed the ball to Pennant. It's right in the middle.

Hleb immediately turned around and harassed Pennant from behind. Pennant was unsteady in possession. He wanted to play the ball in the middle, but he was stunned to see Qin Xiong appear less than five meters beside him, blocking his passing lane.

He could only force the ball forward and then accelerate away from Hleb's pressing.

The ball had just been kicked out of the way and he was about to accelerate when he found Silva managed to control the ball in front of him!

Faced with the three of them, Pennant was shocked and a little annoyed at the same time!

Silva immediately passed the ball to Qin Xiong, who turned forward with the ball. Izet was originally running forward, but this time Birmingham's attack was suddenly terminated, and he turned around again, unable to form an interception of Qin Xiong at all.

Qin Xiong handed the ball to Hleb in front of Bart, and then he stepped forward, Hleb passed back to him, Bart was behind, Upson was in front, the two went up and down, Qin Xiong decisively pulled the ball sideways and then shook out of space. Henry slashed behind Upson, and Qin Xiong's pass came as scheduled!

In the midst of a heavy siege. Qin Xiong's through ball allowed Arsenal's attack not only to continue, but also to enter another vast world.

Cunningham rushed to Henry in a frenzy, and Henry swiped sideways past him, then easily volleyed the ball into the net with his legs, and goalkeeper Taylor had to surrender!

'Thierry Henry continued his good form, he scored! He was far ahead of the scorers' charts, and this was another assist from Qin Xiong, Birmingham's counter-attack didn't work, Pennant made a mistake, and he forced a breakthrough that led to a goal, and he probably kicked the ball off the sideline without causing Birmingham to concede a goal. ”

Henry greeted Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong pulled Hleb, and the Arsenal players celebrated the goal together, and the cohesion continued to improve in the successful cooperation again and again.

Hleb served!

I'm convinced!

Only then did he know that his role as the attacking core in Stuttgart and Qin Xiong's role as the organizational core at Arsenal were two completely different levels!

He is just focusing on himself, while Qin Xiong is focusing on the overall situation!

It seems that many details on the field that cannot be seen by the naked eye can be captured by Qin Xiong.

No wonder he is the fastest rising and strongest superstar in European football, and no wonder Arsenal, which has been raining overnight, can still be as strong as a rainbow under the leadership of him and Thierry Henry!

The Birmingham players looked at Pennant intentionally or not.

He was excited before conceding the goal, a little too excited.

Now, Pennant's mood took a turn for the worse, he clenched his fists through gritted teeth, and roared in his heart: Arsenal!

He wanted to prove himself too much, he wanted to wave his arm and slap every Arsenal man!

But when he became the team's goal-conceding sinner, the gap between his expectations and the pressure he was under was so great that it almost made him lose his mind!

Arsenal are still problematic in this game.

Ljungberg, who has returned from injury, is not in good shape, Hleb is not efficient in frontal attack, Qin Xiong and Henry are cut off by the opponent under dense defense, and so on.

But Arsenal scored and began to focus on using their previous experience to extend the exploitation of Pennant's breakthrough.

Birmingham can't always play Gray on the left, Eboue defensively solid, and with Cesc Fabregas assisting, Birmingham's attack has been dominated on the left side for a while, but it still has to suddenly shift the attack to play on the right.

And in this way, it has allowed Arsenal to seize more opportunities.

In the 39th minute of the game, Bart's pass to Pennant was directly cut off by Qin Xiong!

Qin Xiong not only broke the ball successfully, he also directly had the opportunity to set the edge, he advanced along the side, Hleb took the initiative to go to the middle, he waited for Qin Xiong's pass, but Qin Xiong didn't seem to have any signs of passing to him at all.

Qin Xiong suddenly cut in front of the penalty area, and moved the ball to the middle with a fast cadence, Bart saw that the situation was not good and sniped him, Qin Xiong slammed his feet, pulled the ball to the periphery and then rewound back to the inside, Bart was amazed by Qin Xiong's ability to combine the ball with the ball, and after he was erased, Birmingham's defense was in a mess.

Hleb was forced to run step by step, he almost avoided Qin Xiong, and in the process of dodging, he could only move forward, it was impossible to run to the backfield, so when the problem of marking the Birmingham back line was exposed, Qin Xiong suddenly sent a diagonal through ball, which made Hleb a little surprised.

He ran unconsciously at all, but came to the empty spot, and Qin Xiong's pass was to pass the ball to his feet.

Hleb hurriedly got up and shot straight at goal, and Wenger watched from the sidelines that Hleb's shot was almost broken!

It was a golden opportunity, but Hleb shot the ball at the feet of goalkeeper Taylor!

Not only was Hleb ill-prepared for the shot, but the panicked Taylor was also not fully prepared, and if he could save the ball calmly, he could hold the ball directly in his arms as long as he lowered his center of gravity.

But he subconsciously blocked it with his foot, and the ball bounced in the small penalty area, at which point a figure rushed in front of Taylor and stabbed the ball into the goal with his toes before he could pounce on him and press it under him.

King of Highbury, Henry!

Brace! (To be continued......)