Arsenal, who adopted a contraction defense, did not dare to shrink too much, because Tottenham Hotspur's long-range shooting ability on the edge of the penalty area was also quite good, just like when Yaya O Toure played Manchester United, he directly and silently hit two very high-quality long-range shots in the second half, who would dare to let go of the edge of the penalty area?

In this case, the key defense should still be arranged in the 30-meter area, and the defense line should also be kept in the front of the big penalty area.

But in this way, Tottenham Hotspur's individual ability has room and room to play.

When Tottenham Hotspur launched an attack, Cesc Fabregas rushed to the top of the arc of the penalty area with the ball, and wanted to find Cavani and Messi to cooperate, but the ball was poked off by Alexander Osong, and Denilson was about to rush forward after dribbling the ball.

But when Denilson just broke the ball and went forward, David O Silva, who had been guarding behind Fabregas, stepped out to snatch the ball, which also blamed Denilson's meritorious work, and this kick was a bit big.

David Silva cut off the ball and kept Denilson out behind him, taking the ball diagonally to the right

Alexandre O Song followed him at the top of the arc for the first time, Squeiraci blocked Cavani, Koscielny protected him, and left-back Klich also blocked Messi behind him, blocking Messi and David Silva.

But just when Arsenal's defenders felt that their defense had been very tightly arranged, David Silva suddenly smashed the ball, got a little space from the left side of Alexander O Song, and made a delicate and light cross with his left foot.

The height of the ball is not high, it is just at the height that it is difficult for Alexander O Song and Koscielny to block with their feet, and the speed is relatively fast, the angle is very good, through the gap between the two players and Klich, directly penetrated the entire Arsenal defense, and came to the feet of Messi, who was originally blocking in front of Klich at this time, was blocked by Messi at this time.

In such a dense and narrow area, it is indeed very subtle and not easy to pass such a ball, but Arsenal's defense is also very tightly arranged, especially the distance between the back line and the goalkeeper is very good.

Goalkeeper Fabianski did not hesitate to attack as soon as he saw David Silva picking up a pass, because it was not far away, so he was sure enough to prevent Messi from shooting directly on goal.

In fact, Messi really didn't have enough time to shoot, because Fabianski's timing was too good.

But Messi is not a fuel-efficient lamp, at the critical moment, he showed the strength and value of his world's top superstar, he chose to meet David Silva's pick, lightly picked up with his left foot, picked the ball over the head of the attacking Fabianski, and then rushed past Fabianski, grabbed before the returning Squeerage, and volleyed with his left foot

With Messi's volley, the ball went into the net, and the distance was so close that Squeerage couldn't stop it at all, 0

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

“at,1”

With Andy Gray's exclamation, the Tottenham Hotspur players rushed out of the stadium quickly, and Messi rushed out of the bottom line, turned back to David Silva, who rushed over, a tight hug, and a group of people stood on the sidelines and celebrated.

For everyone at Tottenham, celebrating a goal on the home side of a sworn enemy is definitely the most wonderful and magical thing to do, because there is no more satisfying thing to put the ball in the goal of a sworn enemy, and I believe that at this moment, all Tottenham Hotspur fans will be celebrating the goal in front of the TV.

"Very, very, very, very subtle attack"

Andy O Gray looked very excited, "David O Silva's pass was beautiful, very beautiful, but at the same time, Messi's handling was just as beautiful, picking the goalkeeper and then volleying the goal, which shows Messi's reaction speed to deal with sudden changes in a short period of time, and his delicate technique, he can score goals in almost any way"

Perhaps because he felt that his previous sentence was not rigorous enough, Andy O Gray quickly added, "Of course, Messi's header is indeed a big weakness, but he can use his almost magical feet to bring everyone a mesmerizing feeling, and he has created surprises for us again and again"

In the live broadcast camera, the whole process of David Silva's pass and Messi's volley after passing the ball is constantly replayed repeatedly, the whole process gives people a very relaxed feeling, and everyone can see that this ease is actually based on their own strong technical skills.

'It's a terrible situation for Arsenal because they have to realise that Tottenham Hotspur are fully out of shape now, and Arsenal haven't put too much defensive pressure on Tottenham Hotspur for the first twenty minutes or so, they're almost undefended

"Conceding two goals in a row is definitely a painful blow for Arsenal, especially considering that the game has only started for less than half an hour, and if there is no way to contain Tottenham's strong attack, Tottenham Hotspur will definitely continue to score goals in the future"

Andy Gray has made his own professional judgment, and I believe that at this moment, no one will think that Tottenham Hotspur will give up on this, which is certainly not Tottenham's style, because what this north London team does best is to completely beat you to the point of collapse and play until the moment the whistle blows at the end of the game

With the successive goals conceded, Arsenal's players also had some less calm situations, including Squeerage and Alexander O. Song both received a yellow card in defence, but the real doubts came after 30 minutes.

In a one-on-one with Kompany to break through the Tottenham Hotspur defense, Chamak was cut off by Kompany, but the Arsenal striker immediately launched a counter-attack, and in the process of counter-tackle, there was an obvious pulling action under the nose of the referee, and the referee did not hesitate to blow the whistle of a foul.

"Wow, it's an obvious move, Chamak already has a yellow card, will he get another yellow card? You know, Philip Dodd has always been known for his fairness and seriousness, will this time send a red card directly to the home team's players within half an hour? Andy Gray's words are a bit suspicious of the world's chaos.

But it was clear that the referee still didn't have the courage to do so, and in the end he just called Chamak to his side, reprimanded him loudly, and warned the Gunners that it was a very serious warning, and if there was another malicious foul, no matter what the circumstances, it would be a red card.

At the same time, Philippe Dodd also specially called Tottenham Hotspur's captain Thiago Silva over and explained to him the reason for his decision, after all, this is Arsenal's home stadium, and Tottenham Hotspur is already two goals ahead, and at this time, sending off another Arsenal player is a bit of a suspicion of killing the game.

Thiago Silva has been captain of the team for a long time, and he is well aware of the referee's art and standard of enforcement, so he nodded to indicate that he can understand the referee's intentions and give full recognition and support, but hopes that the referee can warn Arsenal that it is better for them to do less dangerous actions.

You know, a lot of the time, Arsenal players defend in a stalking posture, and the referee sometimes sees it but doesn't blow it, and sometimes it doesn't see it, after all, this kind of thing happens every game.

Chamak did not receive the ruby good guy card, which made Arsenal breathe a sigh of relief, but the referee's serious admonition also made them a little restrained when defending, and they did not dare to be overly entangled, but in the case of obvious inferior strength, morale and the situation on the field are obviously inferior to the opponent, and the result of losing the weapon of hand-to-hand combat is that they are more passive on the field.

Edinson Cavani and Messi both scored in succession, and Ribery also looked active and very motivated to score goals, after all, the other two players of the trident have scored, and it would be a bit of a loss of face if you didn't score.

I saw Marcelo step forward once, David O Silva split the ball to the left side, after Marcelo got the ball, attracted Sagna, knocked back to Ribery in the left corner of the penalty area, Squeiraci rushed up for the first time, and Ribery was a feint to go down the bottom after a sudden smash and cut horizontally.

Alexandria O, who had already returned to the penalty area, also moved over as soon as possible to join forces with Squeerage to block Ribery, after all, the most threatening thing after cutting inside was to hit the goal directly.

In fact, even in a one-on-two situation, facing the direction of attack, Ribery still grasped the initiative and got his own advantage, but in the process of cutting inside, before Squealer and Alexander O Song had formed a circle, he suddenly shot from a distance and hit a powerful volley on the penalty line.

The ball was headed into the bottom right corner and goalkeeper Fabianski made a flying save to keep Franck Ribery out of the net, but Cavani quickly followed up and volleyed in from Koscielny, but he played a ground bounce ball because the angle of the ball was not good enough.

At this time, Fabianski, who fell to the ground, still showed his strength, and once again blocked Cavani's low-quality shot, and resolved the crisis twice in a row, which made Arsenal fans feel happy and surprised.

But one of their hearts has not yet fallen, but they saw Messi appear on the line of the small penalty area like a ghost, facing the ball that was saved by Fabianski, a volley, the ball crossed Fabianski and Koscielny, who returned to the defense, and crashed into Arsenal's goal, 0

At this moment, the expressions of the Tottenham Hotspur trident are different, Cavani and Ribery are obviously regretting, this should have been their goal, but in the end it was cheaper for Messi, and the Argentine, who scored two goals in a row, rushed forward excitedly, hugged Cavani for no reason, and celebrated the goal on the sidelines.

Although the three players cooperate with each other very well and have a good sense of teamwork, everyone wants to perform better, whether it is the two superstars of Ribery and Messi, or the rising star Cavani, they all hope to prove their strength with more outstanding performances and better goals

Therefore, although they have a good relationship with each other, there is also healthy competition.

Andy O Gray was puzzled by Arsenal's defensive arrangement and positioning, "Look at Ribery when he cuts, Squeerage and Alexander O Song, plus Koscielny and Klich next to him, are all standing in a straight line, so after Ribery cut, if I don't choose to hit the goal directly, I would be strange"

"The main problem with Arsenal's defense is that when Tottenham Hotspur pulls the ball to the wing, or rushes to the middle, their defense can effectively form a targeted defense, but when the ball moves from the wing to the middle, or from the middle to the wing, Arsenal's defense will be changed, and the problem will arise."

'At the end of the day, it's a matter of quality and the manager putting up the defensive aspect of the manager.

But less than three minutes after Andy Gray's words, and less than two minutes after the last goal, Tottenham Hotspur got another chance.

Ribery just entered the 30-meter area of Arsenal, received a pass from David Silva, in the middle of the left side, when he saw that the Arsenal defense was not fully arranged, he suddenly accelerated, chose to cut in diagonally with the ball, rushed directly to the top of the arc of the penalty area, and then on the left side, directly kicked a long shot.

If the game picture is frozen at this moment, it will be found that in the whole picture, Arsenal has six defenders in the front of the penalty area, two of them facing Ribery, and one is looking at Cavani, in addition to Arteta, Denilson, Rosicky and others are also back to help, and the advantage in the entire 30-meter area is very obvious.

But the problem is that Ribery's long-range shot went straight through Fabianski's goal, 40

Such a conceded goal made Wenger, who was sitting in the coach's seat of the home team, unable to sit still, rushed to the sidelines, and loudly reprimanded the players on the field, he was obviously wondering, what are they thinking on the field?

Six men defending two opposing players and making it so easy for them to get a kick and shoot and score?

"Arsenal's defense is like paper, it has become a lot of holes, and it is powerless" Andy Gray also felt very helpless about this, no one thought that the first half would turn into such a situation, Tottenham Hotspur scored four goals in just 40 minutes or so.

It's amazing

Is this a contest between two Premier League giants with the most flashy style of play and the most emphasis on technology and detail between the two Premier League giants? This is still the Arsenal team that put on an unbeaten season and swept the Europa

'Remember Arsene Wenger had a prediction about his squad at the beginning of the season and he said that you may not know the young or new players in the Arsenal squad right now, but it doesn't matter because after a season you will be shocked by their quality and performance'

Andy Gray recounted what Arsene Wenger said in an interview with the media before the season, expressing his optimistic and positive views on the new season: "We are really shocked now, maybe Arsenal have had a good performance against some other teams in the Premier League, but we also noticed that we were shocked by their performance in this game. ”

"It's just that, regrettably, we believe that this kind of shock is not what Wenger wants to see, nor is it the kind of shock he said at the beginning, but we are shocked that Arsenal's back line is so weak, so vulnerable, and even we are thinking, how can Wenger rely on this group of players to break into the top four of the league? Or even win the championship? ”

In this game, Arsenal's back line did perform miserably, and even in all of the team, it was obviously bad, the front court couldn't hold the ball, so the ball was lost as soon as it arrived in the front court, but Tottenham Hotspur's counterattack was a hit and an accurate, almost making Arsenal tired to cope.

"This kind of game is very beneficial for Tottenham Hotspur, because their physical exertion is not large, they are completely using their passing and receiving to pull and mobilize the Arsenal players to run, while the physical exertion of the Arsenal players is very obvious, because they can only use running to fill the gap when they can't pass and receive the ball."

Andy Gray said with a bit of sympathy, "I hope Arsene Wenger will be aware of this problem early, but if you look at the situation throughout the first half, I hope even more that Arsenal's management can see that there is already a huge gap in quality between themselves and the Premier League powerhouses. ”

"Even we can say that the current Arsenal is not to say that it is the league championship, even in the competition for the top four in the Premier League, or even in the competition for European qualification, they are not absolutely sure, because the overall competitiveness of the Premier League is completely different from the pattern of the two giants competing for hegemony and the top four monopolizing later

"While teams such as Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, West Ham United and Newcastle have greatly strengthened their teams, Arsenal's strength has not improved at all, which has become a regression in the overall trend of the Premier League."

The first half ended with Tottenham Hotspur's 40 lead.

When referee Philippe Dodd re-entered the players' tunnel, neither boos nor cheers could be heard from the stands at the Emirates Stadium, because Philippe Dodd, as the referee, actually did a good enough job to at least let Arsenal lose a red card and fully take care of the emotions of the home team's fans.

But they are unlikely to give a cheer either, as their side are now trailing their arch-rivals by a score that is almost impossible to turn around, which is also an absolutely unacceptable fact for Arsenal fans

In this case, they chose silence.

Perhaps, sometimes, the silent silence is also a strong protest