Chapter 317: Moyes with a hard life
Chapter 317: Moyes with a hard life
The final score was still locked at 1-0, and Arsenal avenged the defeat they had suffered at home by Borussia Dortmund. In the last five minutes of stoppage time, both sides were still actively scrambling and attacking, and such a cheating group made both sides not want to miss any opportunity or minute.
After Hummels went down, Dortmund's defense was a little tight, and in stoppage time, Li Zihan almost gave Li Zihan another goal.
In the post-match press conference, Klopp did not comment on Hummels' red card, saying only that Hummels' inability to play in the next game against Napoli caused him a lot of problems.
Arsene Wenger, on the other hand, said it was a hard-fought victory, but it was over after all. Despite the win, Arsenal still face a tough situation and it is time to turn their attention to domestic competitions.
The results of the other Napoli game were also in, with Napoli beating Ligue 1 giants Marseille 3-2 on their home turf. Although he scored three points, he conceded two goals
In the current situation, Arsenal and Napoli have nine points, but Arsenal defeated Napoli in the previous game, so they once again sat in the first place in this group of death by winning and losing, Napoli was second with the same points, Dortmund followed by six points, and Marseille still did not score a point
After the Champions League match, Arsenal's players did not have time to rest and rushed back home for the weekend's league game.
The league has reached its 11th round, and this round Arsenal will face the giants and rivals Manchester United in the legendary "Theatre of Dreams". It was a tough game for Arsenal because the midweek game was too hard against Borussia Dortmund, so Arsene Wenger sent on a large number of substitutes for the sake of the players' fitness and health.
Manchester United, on the other hand, faced a weak La Liga side Real Sociedad in midweek, and although United were not satisfied with the result because they drew 0-0 with Real Sociedad, many of their main players were rested, and players who rarely played after David Moyes took over the reins of Manchester United were given some time in the last game, such as Japanese Shinji Kagawa and Portuguese winger Nani.
Although he understands the importance of this contest against his mortal enemy, Wenger still does not dare to gamble with his disciple's health and future matches. Strong enough to be Professor Arsene Wenger, he is still frightened by the massive injuries of recent years.
Goalkeeper Szczesny followed up in this game, with Monreal and teenager Jenkinson on the wing-backs, and the famous Iron Man Merdesart, who has been partnered by this season's unreliable captain Vermaelen, in central defence. In midfield, midweek vice-captain Mikel Arteta was given the start, and he was joined by veteran Flamini. In the front midfield, the old handsome Rosicky is the starter, Cazorla and the young Oxlade-Chamberlain are the two wingers, and Giroud is in the center!
There is no doubt that the central defenders and center forwards in such a lineup are the most worrying existence for Arsenal fans, one is the captain who is unreliable and loves to make mistakes this season, and the other is the French high school striker who often does not score
As for why Wenger did not let Cazorla, who has performed well this season, play in the Champions League in midweek, it is estimated that he is also staying for this game.
As for Li Zihan and Ozil Wenger, they did not let the two enter the eighteen-man list at all. Because the advice of the team doctor is that Li Zihan and Ozil are not physically fit enough to cope with this game, even if they are substitutes.
So Wenger waved his hand and let the two sit in the training base for physical recovery training.
Manchester United's lineup is much more powerful, including England's super chubby Dun, super center forward Wayne Rooney, midfielder Carrick, winger Valencia, outstanding young player Januzaj, talented right wingback Rafael and others.
The Reds' starting line-up is a grinding of knives, with most of the players not playing in midweek and having no fitness problems at all, even if they are all substitutes
The other centre-forward, the Dutchman General Van Persie, did not appear in the eighteen-man roster due to injury.
Although Red Devils fans are dissatisfied with this season's results, and dissatisfied with Moyes, who single-handedly led the wealthy and handsome team into a dick team, most Red Devils fans still firmly support their own team for this game.
They are clear from wrong, and although they are strong Moyes is out of class, they are still united in the face of mortal enemies. Of course, they support the team, but it would be unclear if they don't support Moyes.
Speaking of dismissals, Black Cats Sunderland's personality manager Di Canio was sacked last month, becoming the first manager to be sacked in the Premier League for the new season. However, immediately afterwards, Portuguese young coach Villas-Boas was also sacked by Tottenham. The young and aged Portuguese was a complete tragedy, spending a total of £100 million on seven players with the money from the sale of Bale.
However, it was the "Seven Hulu Babies" who caused the fatal point of his dismissal, and few of the seven played normally, including Argentine genius attacking midfielder Lamela and Danish genius Eriksen. They have all suffered from the Premier League syndrome, and Brazil's tough midfielder Paulinho has played quite well.
The team's results plummeted, not to mention how much money was spent, but even scoring goals became the biggest problem, and there was a Soldado at the beginning of the season, and now
So Red Devils fans are hoping that the Scot will follow in the footsteps of Villas-Boas, despite the fact that retired godfather Alex Ferguson, who is no longer in charge, has repeatedly called on fans to give Moyes more time.
However, Moyes has been clearly tough lately, and after the smothered draw against the underdog Real Sociedad, the fans have been getting louder and louder to let Moyes go down. Three days later, however, David Moyes silenced the crowd with a victory against a sworn enemy.
Arsenal is destined to collapse in this game at the Theatre of Dreams, and if Arsenal, which lacks most of its main players, can still beat their rivals away from home, then Moyes deserves to be sacked.
Arsenal's attacking line was no longer in form throughout the game, and Oxlade-Chamberlain's sideline breaks and passes did create a lot of chances, but the shot on goal was too poor. Cazorla moved nimble between the flanks and the middle and shot a bit of a thief, but De Gea was also impressive, perhaps because of the competition from Dutchman Lindegaard, and this season's talented Spanish goalkeeper was excited.
In a stalemate, veteran Rosicky stepped up, but his shot was fished out by full-back Rafael just as he was about to enter the goal line
However, Manchester United's attack, although a bit of a pain in the eye, does not look like the defending champions at all. But Chubby Dun'er's shooting and passing are really threatening, "There is Lu Xiaopang at home, and there is hope for life!" This is not false.
In the 60th minute of the game, Chubby Duner scored the first and only goal of the game for both teams. It was when he received a through ball from midfielder Michael Carrick and then stepped forward to get rid of Vermaelen from an offside position, and scored with a smash in front of goal. Szczesny made a save, but the ball was too fast and flew into the ball before he did.
In the end, Arsenal lost 0-1 in this battle with their sworn enemies.
This result is both expected and unexpected by the fans, and it is expected that Zhilu Dao and Dortmund fought too hard in midweek, so it is impossible to have a good performance in this game, and the unexpected is that the Red Devils, who can lose 1-2 at home to West Bromwich Albion, actually found their form and killed the league leader Arsenal
But if you think about it, West Bromwich Albion actually gave Arsenal a big stick, and they drew 1-1 with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Overall, Arsenal's loss to Manchester United was a small upset, poor Red Devils fans, when did winning Arsenal become an upset? Even Arsenal at their peak is something that has never happened before
And this round of the game is destined to be a period for bookmakers to make a lot of money, perhaps Li Zihan won them in the Champions League before, and the bookmakers who have accumulated enough character in this round of the league have exploded.
Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw at home by a tenacious West Bromwich Albion, and French striker Nicolas Anelka, who was more than Swedish super-striker Ibrahimovic in the horses, returned to Stamford Bridge, but those two goals had little to do with him, other than that he drew the attention of the centre-backs.
Another new giant, Manchester City, known as a local tycoon, was killed away by Sunderland, the black cat who had fallen into the relegation zone, 1-0, cleanly.
It seems that it is not just the Arsenal family that has been affected by the distraction of the Champions League.
And the Toffees, who have been very strong this season under the leadership of former manager of defending FA Cup champions Wigan Athletic Martinez, were also held to a 0-0 draw away from promoted Crystal Palace.
However, the only good performers were Liverpool, who had no European games to play, as they thrashed London-born Fulham 4-0 at home to the legendary Anfield, with Luis Suarez scoring a brace again, Sturridge scoring a hat-trick and a goal and Steven Gerrard netting a penalty assisted by Sturridge.
Another big score in this round appeared at St Mary's Stadium and Liberty Stadium, the Saints Southampton defeated the Tiger Hull City team 4-1 at home, after this battle, the Saints unknowingly rose to an eye-catching height, temporarily fourth in the league
On the other side, Swan City drew 3-3 at home to Sky City Stoke City, and the two sides staged a goal-scoring battle, which made the neutral fans addicted to watch.
With that, the 11th round of the league has come to an end, and two days later it will be the League Cup.
Seeded Arsenal had two byes in the first round, beating West Bromwich Albion in extra-time in the third round to advance to the fourth round, before facing one of their rivals, Chelsea
It was West Bromwich Albion that Arsenal almost lost to them, but fortunately they killed their opponents in extra time. However, although the results of this season's Sparrow West Bromwich Albion are average, the results against strong teams are not ordinary
This is a big headache for Wenger, the recent games are too dense and they are all strong teams, and this is not yet the Christmas game