Chapter 191: Arsenal Gifts
Xiao Qing can clearly feel that Manchester United's players do not like him, the two teams are direct competitors for the league title, and in the past two seasons, Xiao Qing and his Arsenal have also given Manchester United a lot of unpleasant memories, which naturally makes the grievances and contradictions between Manchester United and Arsenal deeper. Although these two teams are not mortal enemies, their relationship is not necessarily very friendly.
Xiao Qing once again poured salt on Manchester United's wounds before this high-profile battle, which also made Manchester United very angry, they felt Xiao Qing's provocation, and they felt that they were being despised . Therefore, the current Manchester United should teach Xiao Qing, who is not aware of the sky, a lesson, and they want to tell Xiao Qing, who has just won two Champions League titles and has completely swelled up, to be more low-key.
Although it was the boos of the audience, Xiao Qing automatically ignored it; Old Trafford is the premier stadium and has some of the craziest fans here. Xiao Qing's unfriendliness before the game made Manchester United fans even more unfriendly to see Xiao Qing, because Xiao Qing despised the team they loved and were proud of. Coupled with the incomparable success of Arsenal in the past two seasons, it can be said that Manchester United is constantly advancing, which naturally makes Manchester United fans feel more injured.
goalkeeper David De Gea; Smalling, Phil Jones, Evans, Patrice at the back; Nani, Cleverley, Anderson, Ashley Young in midfield; Up front, Wayne Rooney, Welbeck. Manchester United's starting line-up is still very good, they have made some reinforcements this summer, and the first two rounds of the new season Manchester United are also two wins in a row. Naturally, they are full of confidence.
Manchester United have Rio Ferdinand and Hernandez recovering from injury. Nemanja Vidic and Rafael continue to be out of action due to injury; But Ferguson has plenty of confidence in the young players. Both were on the bench and started exactly the same as in the previous round, with a 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur; Manchester United have a squad of quality and depth, they have full confidence in this season, and they believe that they have the capital to overturn Arsenal and win the title again this season!
Arsenal's squad is also good, although the players do not have much opportunity to rest, although Arsenal's main midfielder is banned, of course, there are some injuries, but Arsenal's squad is still relatively good, and they are also sure enough to be able to wrestle with Manchester United in the game. In this game, Arsenal will continue to play the role of bitter hosts against Manchester United in the previous two seasons.
goalkeeper Szczesny; On the back line, Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen and Alaba, lined up from right to left. The midfielder was banned because of the main midfielder, and Arsenal chose more attackers, Arteta, Arshavin, Cazorla and Walcott formed a very aggressive midfield combination; On the forward line, it is naturally a super forward combination of Xiao Qing and Van Persie.
Arsenal are confident of this game and they are confident that they will be able to score at Old Trafford and walk away with the win; Although Alexander Song was banned, he had to admit that Arsenal's power in attack has not declined, and Arsenal also hopes to use their strong attacking power to contain Manchester United, and Arsenal also has full confidence and confidence, because they have the ability to do this.
Xiao Qing and his teammates are full of confidence, and they slowly find a tacit understanding of cooperation, although Arsenal will have some shortcomings now. However, Arsenal's players are more confident of taking the win away at Old Trafford; It doesn't matter if the main midfielders are suspended and the players don't have time to rest. Because Arsenal are so aggressive, they are able to maintain enough threat in attack.
The Arsenal players are ready and Arsene Wenger has full confidence in his team; Arsenal are confident they can use their superior firepower to finish down the Reds, and they have absolute confidence that they will win this game. However, the game did not seem to enter Arsenal's expectations, although Arsenal maintained enough attacking firepower in the game, but the lack of midfield interception, Arsenal's defensive deficiencies were also completely exposed.
Arsenal wanted to have an unrestrained offensive battle with Manchester United, but Arsenal underestimated Manchester United's attacking ability, and they also paid a huge price in this game; Arsene Wenger's tactics may have been correct, but Arsenal did not find their expected rhythm in the game, and they were blinded by Manchester United's superior firepower at the beginning of the game, and Arsenal had not had time to complete their tactical arrangements and had completely fallen into passivity.
At the start of the first half, Manchester United controlled the tempo of the game; Just 30 seconds into the opening game, Szczesny's big kick in the box was blocked by the tight Welbeck, and the Gunners' defense made people sweat from the beginning; Young goalkeeper Szczesny still doesn't have a lot of experience in the game, and if it weren't for Welbeck's lack of good rhythm, perhaps Arsenal would have fallen behind at the start of the game.
In the third minute, Nani cut through from the right, Smalling cut in a cross from the right and Cleverley cut in a low right-footed shot that went wide of the right post. In the fourth minute, Fat Rooney broke through and fired a right-footed shot from the left, and Szczesny was in a good position to get the ball. In the seventh minute, Ashley Young went through and Welbeck successfully countered offside, and his left-footed diagonal shot into the far corner from less than 15 yards on the left rib was deflected.
The atmosphere at Old Trafford was unusually hot, and Manchester United fans were happy to see the team complete the complete suppression of Arsenal; Because of the lack of midfield interceptions, Manchester United are in full control of the midfield, they are also very active in the game, they can continue to attack the Arsenal goal, they can get more chances to shoot again and again in the game.
Xiao Qing is also a little blindsided, Manchester United's aggressiveness in the game is staggering; Because the team's midfield is almost empty, Walket and Arteta are very talented in attack, but in defense they can't give Manchester United too many restrictions. As for Arsenal's offensive tactics before the game, it is also because of Manchester United's super offensive firepower, and Arsenal now has no way to come up with more offensive opportunities in the game; With so much defensive pressure on them, Arsenal's midfield attackers simply don't have the energy to organise attacks.
This is not what Arsenal should be, such a pace of play is completely beyond Arsenal's expectations, and the current Gunners are passive to the extreme, not to mention thinking about attacking in such a situation, Arsenal should now be more worried about the team's defense. Although Arsenal's attack is full of firepower, but once they concede a goal after the opening kick-off, then this game will really be quite dangerous.
Xiao Qing is really helpless, the team is obviously a little panicked now; The shortcomings of losing the heart of midfield are also starting to come to light, although it was the game against Porto that gave Arsenal some confidence. However, Arteta and Cazorla still can't completely fill the void left by the departures of Cesc Fabregas and Nasri. The tacit understanding with the team has not yet been completely formed, and now Manchester United has given them enough pressure; Mikel Arteta struggled to find his rhythm in the game and it was hard to guarantee that they would be able to organise their attacking attacks under such pressure.
And once the team's midfield playmakers lose the rhythm of the game, then it also means that it is really not a simple thing for Arsenal to play their own tactics now; It is now clear that Arsenal can only barely defend and in attack they can only play alone, and it will be difficult for them to maximise their attacking potential in the game.
In the fifteenth minute of the game, Arshavin knocked down Anderson and received a yellow card; Arsenal's players have fluctuated a little mentally under great pressure, and in the face of Manchester United's strong pressure, Arsenal's players have gradually lost patience. In the first fifteen minutes of the game, Arsenal basically did nothing in other attacks except for Walcott's long-range shot and Xiao Qing's long-range shot hit the defender.
Xiao Qing is very entangled, it is really difficult for Arsenal to ensure that they do not fall behind in such a game; Because they completely lost their rhythm, because Arsenal completely lost the initiative in the game. Seeing Manchester United's ferocious attack, seeing them organise enough attacking lines in an orderly manner throughout the game, it was really difficult for Arsenal to continue to persevere. And it needs to be admitted that Arsenal, who were not excellent defensively, are still a little young, such as Alaba, although he is very talented, but he is still too young.
In the twentieth minute of the game, Anderson picked up a pass in the penalty area, and the young Alaba only paid attention to his defenders, he did not choose to clear out of bounds but expected his teammates to play, or he didn't want to give Manchester United a corner, he hoped that this time the ball could be won by Arsenal; He didn't even notice Welbeck behind him, so in a moment of incredulity, Welbeck sprinted to the top from less than five yards and changed the course of the game just as the ball was about to roll off the touchline!
At 1-0, Old Trafford was in a boil, and everyone didn't expect Manchester United's goal to be so dramatic; Although Manchester United completely suppressed Arsenal, and the Red Devils also believed that the goal was coming, they definitely did not expect that it was Arsenal who took the initiative to give a big gift!
This is really something that all the people did not expect, because the young Alaba was inexperienced, because the Arsenal players were thinking too much at this time, so they were embarrassed and speechless and fell behind. (To be continued......)