Chapter 340: Fast-paced rhythm

Journalists have benefited, and so have Arsenal. Because the media pointed their guns at the three managers, Arsenal's players were rarely "harassed" by the media, there was no outside interference, and the preparation was also concentrated.

For this round, Arsene Wenger had already prepared his training and tactical plans before the match against Marseille, so at this time he could rest assured that he would fight with the managers, and then let his coaching team prepare according to the plan.

All in all, the game started with the long guns and short guns of many media reporters.

In the middle of December, the temperature in England is already a little cold in winter, and the cold wind in Manchester, which is not very far from the sea, is not far away, and it is not far from Christmas, the most important holiday in the West. It's about the same as before the Chinese New Year, although there are still ten days before the festival, but at this time you can already see the atmosphere of the festival.

Festive elements are already clearly visible on both sides of the road, and "Santa Claus" has already begun to wander the streets, with giant Santa Claus and his balloons in the shape of sleds or plastic sculptures, occupying the most prominent corner of the squares of major markets and shopping malls.

Looking down at the Etihad Stadium on the east side of Manchester city centre, the Etihad looks like a great emperor in the snow.

Of course, if Li Zihan were to describe it, Ittihad looked like a pile of cute banknotes.

Because when this famous stadium was built, it cost 110 million pounds!!

Although the heavy snow has stopped for a while, the fluttering light snow still refuses to leave Manchester, as if this fan from the natural world also wants to witness what is destined to be an exciting contest for himself.

"Welcome to Manchester City Stadium, also known as the I-Tihad Stadium, located east of Manchester in the north of England!! The home stadium of Manchester City, a famous Premier League giant. This stadium has many unofficial names, such as Manchester City Stadium, East Stadium, etc., and this season, it has a new name - Magic! Ghost! Host! Field! ”

"I think we're all quite familiar with the stats that are generated on this pitch, so I won't explain too much. And today's game is destined to be an intense, exciting, and passionate game, and it is the Blue Moon to defend its home glory? Or does Arsenal's away record continue to go crazy? Is Manchester City one step closer to league leaders? Or will Arsenal continue to establish themselves unwaveringly in the lead? Of course, it could also be that Mourinho and his Chelsea, who are still in London, and Brendan Rodgers and his Reds in Liverpool next door, had the last laugh. ”

After the necessary ceremonies, the focus of this round of battles officially began.

"Alright, the game is now officially underway, I'm going to introduce you to Navas!! High-speed touchline breakout, cross. Negredo jumped up for the top, but the ball was cleared by a tall Merdessat header. ”

The commentator originally wanted to introduce the starting line-ups of both sides, but before he could pronounce a name, Manchester City, who were playing at home, took the lead in attacking.

"It's the craziest home against the craziest away, and it's only been less than a minute before the attack has begun. Alright, let's move on to Olivier Giroud!! No shot on goal for Cazorla, Cazorla shoots from outside the box! The ball is confiscated by Joe Hart. ”

"To hell with the starting lineup, let's take a look at the offensive of both sides."

Although Manchester City took the lead, Arsenal immediately returned the color, without the slightest awareness of "it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years", but in this way, there was no chance for the commentator to read the list.

"It's only been a minute since the game started, and both sides have an attack, so I have a hunch that this game will be the end of the big score!"

Manchester City have the ball, in fact, they don't have the awareness to keep the ball. David Silva dribbled the ball in midfield and was tackled by Flamini, and the heart of the Spanish midfield made a fake pass to Aguero, but it was a flick and slipped past the French veteran's outside line.

Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero immediately flanked in the middle, with starting striker Negredo compressing Arsenal's central defence.

Gibbs obviously can't let a threatening guy like David Silva go ahead and rush inside from the touchline to get David Silva in trouble. Who is the experienced David Silva? Seeing Gibbs's action of grabbing, he understood and quickly distributed the ball to the feet of Yaya Toure, who received it.

But Gibbs's movements were not contained after the most sluggish, leaning on David Silva's body, and Dawei Silva, whose body is not his strong point, was directly brought to the ground. The referee did not blow the whistle, but the two sides equalized to signal that the game continued - the attack was advantageous!

Although Yaya Toure is tall, his dark body is an absolute advantage. But his foot skills are very nimble and can slip away. Subverting the image of the rough feet of an African player, he is an atypical African player.

He took a small step to deceive Ramsey, and then slammed a kick past the opponent, but Giroud, who was chasing back, split the ball to the right.

Keylor Navas, who had a brilliant breakthrough on the wing, received the ball again and did not hesitate to do what he was good at.

Soon after Navas joined Manchester City, he was a sharp knife in the hands of Chilean engineer Manuel Pellegrini, and his sharp penetration and ability to dribble on the flanks often caused trouble.

But there is no problem with relying on the speed of the side to deal with other teams, but Arsenal, one of the mainstream of Arsenal is also the speed of the side, and now in Europe, in addition to Real Madrid's "200 million Qi Fei" and Barcelona's Neymar and Messi's cooperation, it is really rare for a team to eat Arsenal raw on the side, especially Li Zihan went to Arsenal on the side.

Li Zihan did not appear in the starting list in this game, and Walcott is still recuperating in the hospital, as for when he will recover, he will have to wait for the final comprehensive examination in the hospital tomorrow.

But that doesn't mean Arsenal's wide flanks have allowed City to shine like this, with Podolski disrupting Keylor Navas with a timely return.

But Keylor Navas still passed the ball out of the ball at the end of the day, but it was only on target

Sergio Aguero barely received the ball in the middle, and before the Argentine striker could adjust, Koscielny immediately rushed forward to press, and the French centre-back was well aware of Aguero's individual ability.

Sergio Aguero wanted to break through on his own, but the ball was too big, and the ball was behind him, and he barely reached back to touch the ball.

Not wanting to stop the attack, Aguero slammed the ball behind him with a slick of the momentum.

"Aguero!! Beautiful behind-the-back pass, Yaya Toure!! ”

The African midfielder lighthouse takes the ball, adjusts it a little and shoots straight from distance.

Negredo didn't care so much, and jumped directly to the top, and by the way, he took Medessat to jump too.

But he didn't touch the ball, and with a deflection of his neck, the ball leaked over his head.

Szczesny was a little ill-prepared and barely made a save, but the ball hit his hand and without much change of course, it flew straight into the goal and hit the inside netting.

“GOOOOOAL！！ Yaya Toure !!! It's only been three minutes since the start of the game!! Three-minute !! With Yaya Toure's cross-like shot, he pried open the Arsenal defense and broke through Szczesny's ten fingers! Manchester City are 1-0 up at home, and it is really crazy home. The next step is how to deal with Arsenal, the game was very tense and fast from the first minute! ”

Yaya Toure frantically ran around the touchline to the stands where City supporters gathered, Yaya Toure has not scored many goals this season, but it was undoubtedly more exciting than the previous two combined.

Such a goal is more of a morale blow to the opponent.

Szczesny shouted at his team-mates with his hands outstretched, clearly having a huge deal to do with the ball's own lack of attention from the back.

Flamini was a little helpless or aggrieved, but he still raised his hand to signal the problem on his side.

Although conceding a goal too early can easily affect the morale of the opponent and easily beat the opponent's nerves all at once, Arsenal is a team that has experienced strong winds and rains.

Their first reaction to conceding the ball too early is: fortunately, the ball was conceded early, and there are still 87 minutes to tie or even overtake, and it is troublesome to lose the three-point shot after the most dissipation

Later on, Arsenal began to fight back against Manchester City.

Arsene Wenger's task ahead of this game was simple, playing the gap created by the two wing-backs who came up to assist. Whether it's Zabaleta or Kolarov, they are all wingbacks who are very good at assisting, that is, the legendary "defenders with knives!" ”

The fullback with a deep assist has many advantages but also a lot of disadvantages, because the assist is too deep, and the opponent may not be able to guarantee that the defense can be returned when counterattacking, and it is inevitable that there will be gaps behind him.

However, the second tactical target was placed on the central defender Demichelis, and the unexpected injury of the young talented central defender Nastasic made the central defender who started this game fall to the old Argentine central defender Demichelis.

The 33-year-old Demichelis is actually in pretty good form, and his experience makes his defence solid. But there is a shortcoming, that is, the defense in the first 60 minutes is very good, but in the second 30 minutes, Demichelis, who gradually declines in fitness, will sometimes give big gifts to the opponent.

Sagna's cross from the touchline was slashed 45 degrees, and Giroud immediately jumped for the top. However, the French striker jumped in the defensive zone of Demichelis.

Demichelis and Giroud jumped at the same time, but the 1.84m Demichelis couldn't do much to get the 1.92m Giroud on the header. And Giroud also kept an eye on it, and when he jumped, his whole body was slightly tilted towards Demichelis, pressing the opponent, and using some slight physical contact to wear off the opponent's physical strength.