Chapter 473: Core Abilities

When the game reached the 65th minute, Manchester City, who were one goal behind and could not open the attack, made another adjustment.

Yaya Toure, the core of the midfield, is finally on the court, although Yaya Toure, who is a black African, has always been in very good physical condition and physical condition, but after a long season like a marathon, the iron man can't hold on, especially the core who plays the full 90 minutes in every game.

So Yaya Toure has some fitness problems, and the Manchester City team doctor thinks he can't play the whole game, otherwise it will be bad for his body and it will be easy to get injured. So Pellegrini plans to let the core of the midfield come on as a substitute in the second half, if Manchester City had controlled the game before, Yaya Toure would not have to play and would have rested the whole game, but if the situation is not good, the African elephants will have to work hard.

Now for Manchester City, the situation is not good, it has been more than 60 minutes, Manchester City is still out of a backward situation.

After seeing Pellegniri replace Yaya Toure, Wenger began to hesitate, in fact, Arsenal's tactics and overall view are set, but after seeing that this game has a good chance to win, the professor wavered

Arsene Wenger is actually such a man, even though he is a very good manager and manager. But he was often hesitant and indecisive during the game. If Mourinho were replaced, the Portuguese would be very determined.

Yaya Toure came on to replace the average Spanish midfielder, the young Xavi Garcia! And took over the command of Manchester City, Yaya Toure played as a midfield commander and metronome, while Fernandinho continued to play his defensive midfield, which is the main core configuration of Manchester City's midfield this season.

Just when Wenger was still hesitating, the attack of the blue moon was launched again.

The new Yaya Toure took the ball directly from the edge of the box and fired a long-range shot that hit the post of the goal. Dzeko's follow-up effort was blocked by Koscielny, and a later City corner was headed over the bar by Vincent Kompany.

By the 72nd minute, Arsene Wenger knew he couldn't hesitate any longer. Arsenal on the pitch are now on the back foot, and City's attack is getting more and more intense. Although they are now the leaders, the one-goal advantage against Manchester City is not reassuring and he has to make a change.

In Arsenal's warm-up area, Ramsey and Rosicky had already warmed up and stood in front of the fourth official, and when there was a dead ball, the two came on one after another.

It was midfielder Flamini who was replaced, and the veteran Frenchman was out of breath and was no match for Yaya Toure in terms of physical confrontation. The young Ramsey was in good health, and although he could not compare with the black and hard Yaya Toure, he was still much better than Flamini in his first year.

The other substitute was Podolski, who missed the chance to extend the lead for Arsenal, who had a chance to extend the score for Arsenal in the first half and take the score to a relatively safe 2-0, but in the final moment he chose to shoot himself instead of passing to Giroud, and he himself flew away.

After the second half of the league season, Podolski has been gradually marginalized by Wenger, in the first half of the season, the German winger can still form a good combination with Li Zihan, but in the second half of the season, Giroud and Ozil gradually find their senses, and when he himself is not in good shape, he lost the main position of the team, and now can only play rotation and substitutes.

There are also rumours that the unhappy German winger at the Emirates Stadium is looking for a new club, with Podolski, who is about to turn 30, looking to make a final transfer of his career, with a said move to another Premier League side or a return to the German league.

What the hell is going on, I guess only he knows.

Arsenal had just made a substitution, and Ramsey and Rosicky had just arrived in the position when Manchester City's attack came, and the blue moon was caught off guard by the opponent.

Yaya Toure took the ball and sent a long ball over the top to Dzeko's feet. Dzeko played the ball back to Milner before running into the box himself to press down Arsenal's halfway point.

Milner took the ball and made a long-range move that forced Arteta to come and reach out to intercept, but Milner gave the ball to Jovetic who cut in from the wing. The Montenegrin striker adjusted the ball and then brushed past Monreal before bursting into the box and hitting straight at goal.

Koscielny stuck out his thigh and blocked the shot. However, the French centre-back failed to control the ball and the ball bounced to the edge of the box.

Yaya Toure unceremoniously fired a powerful long-range shot from a distance, and the ball flew towards the Arsenal goal like a surface-to-air cruise missile.

Szczesny saw the ball get to Yaya Toure and had a premonition that the opponent was going to shoot from distance. So when he saw the other party's feet, he decisively threw himself out.

The ball met Szczesny on the goal line, and despite the height of the Polish international, it hit his finger and bounced off the inside of the post before bouncing into the Arsenal goal.

Yaya Toure equalised for City shortly after taking on the pitch, highlighting the quality of his core players.

Pellegniri let out a vicious breath and shook his fists the sidelines.

Arsene Wenger frowned and expressed his displeasure to the players on the pitch with a straight face.

The goal was caused by a mistake by the midfielder, and when Yaya Toure, who knew that the opponent had a very strong long-range shooting ability, was present, the midfielder did not keep up with the defense at the edge of the penalty area, and guided the opponent to have the time and opportunity to shoot. This position was supposed to be an area for lower back protection and sweeping.

The goal was another example of Arsenal's lack of interception and sweeping in midfield, as they did not have a reliable defensive sweeping midfielder. Chelsea have Nemanja Matic, Manchester City have Fernandinho and even Manchester United have Fellaini now, although at the moment it seems that Fellaini would prefer command and tandem in midfield

Arsenal only have a 31-year-old Spanish veteran Arteta, and a 30-year-old French veteran Flamini. Both of them are not young, their physical confrontation ability has also declined, and the body is not able to keep up with the rest of Ramsey, who is more of a tandem role, linking the tasks of the midfield and the front court and the forward position.

When the score was equalized, the two teams began to fight for bayonets in earnest. Manchester City wants to take advantage of this breath to overtake the score and win Arsenal.

The Gunners, on the other hand, were not content to be equalised, hoping to score more goals to establish their home position.

The current lineups and tactical arrangements of the two teams are similar, and they are both taking a side-to-side combination. Arsenal have Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the touchline, while Manchester City have Keylor Navas. Manchester City have Jovetic inside and Arsenal have Rosicky. Manchester City have Yaya Toure and James Milner in the middle, Arsenal have Mesut Ozil and Ramsey, Arsenal has a high school striker Giroud in front of them, and Manchester City has Dzeko

It can be described as evenly matched, but in terms of defense, Manchester City are much more reliable than Arsenal. When Arsenal started attacking, the Gunners' backline started to drop a bit of a chain, not as impressive as in the first half, and they often gave City plenty of chances.

On City's side, the defensive-minded Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho is much more capable than the veteran Mikel Arteta, and Milner is also a full-pitched character. When attacking he is a striker, when he needs to defend he is a midfielder or even a centre-back. With Manchester City's midfield so much in the background, Milner will be hoping to get more chances in that way.

When the game came to the 80th minute, Pellegrini saw that Navas on the wing still had no choice, so he decided to replace the Spanish winger.

There were loud boos from the Arsenal fans at home, as well as invective.

"When there was such a huge boo and some other unfriendly voices at the Emirates Stadium, I didn't have to look to know that Nasri was on the pitch!" Lineker, an English football legend who was watching the game, posted a joke on his Twitter.

Yes, Pellegrini brought Nasri on. As the most hated "defector" of Arsenal fans, Nasri is the only one who has been able to enjoy such treatment for so many years, and now even Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas will not be so "popular" when they return to the Emirates Stadium.

And when it comes to the game, every time Nasri takes the ball, every dribble, and even every time he appears on camera, it will attract unfriendly boos from the home fans

Until the end, Wenger did not send his "big killer" Li Zihan on the field, I don't know for what reason, the score of 1-1 lasted until the end, and Arsenal and Manchester City shook hands again.

The last time the two sides met at the Etihad, Arsenal were three goals down in the early stages. In the end, with the substitute Li Zihan playing like a god, they tied the score by force, and even they almost took three points from the Etihad, and the last two teams also broke the record for the most goals in a single game in the Premier League!

In this game, although the two sides were also drawn, the number of goals added up was only two, which was not as many as the average goals per game of Arsenal and Manchester City

However, it is also understandable that the absolute core of both teams, such as Li Zihan, Sergio Aguero and David Silva, did not play, and even Yaya Toure and Aaron Ramsey came on as substitutes in the second half.

The broadcaster finally gave Li Zihan a close-up, his facial expression was not good-looking, it was like losing the game, although he tried hard to hug and joke with his teammates, but his expression still betrayed him.

Then immediately the camera switched to Wenger's body, and the professor's face was also very ugly, of course he did not blame his players