Chapter 574: Helpless Everton

Naismith's goal sparked Everton's passion, and in their opinion, such a tactic was indeed effective and feasible, otherwise how could they have scored, as neither Manchester City nor Sevilla had knocked on Arsenal's goal.

So when the game resumed, Everton played more aggressively, and if they could lock the score at 2-0 in the first half, they didn't have to think about the lack of fitness in the second half.

Arsene Wenger stood on the sidelines frowning, a look he often saw on his face.

'Arsene Wenger was more stern and it looked like they were in trouble with Everton, and Martinez's tactics were very targeted.

Arsene Wenger clapped his hands to draw the player's attention, then made a gesture – a horizontal knife with his right hand, then clasped the fingers of both hands and pushed his right hand to the left.

Receiving the signal, Arsenal's kick-off began to change according to Arsene Wenger's instructions, narrowing the distance between the three lines and then increasing interception and possession in midfield.

Pogba, Rass Bender and Ramsey began to work closely together, and even Mesut Ozil began to retreat.

Arsenal is not defending against the counter-attack, but the ability to fight the opponent in the midfield for possession and tackles.

The two sides were stuck like this, but it did not affect the goalkeeper's goal, but the fire in the midfield burned fiercely.

'It's going to be a tough game for Arsenal,' said Herhouse, with some concern.

The current Arsenal may not be afraid of giants like Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United, but it is still difficult to entangle a spoiler like Everton.

That continued until the end of the first half, with Everton taking a one-goal lead into the break and picking up three points at Goodison Park if they held on in the second half.

After a fifteen-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Everton came up as in the first half, using the frantic pressing and impact of the midfield to suppress Arsenal. And Arsenal did not make many changes, they did not make substitutions, and they still played with Everton in midfield.

It's just that Arsenal started to try to pass the football to the feet of the forward strikers after the midfield scramble, Sanchez retreated to receive the ball to help the team, and Li Zihan looked for opportunities in front.

The two sides continue to be at such a stalemate.

The game came to the 65th minute of the game, and Everton was thinking about fitness at this time. They deliberately began to control the rhythm, no longer fighting hard with Arsenal in midfield, but passing the ball back to the central defenders and goalkeepers, they planned to save a little bit of body to support the last 20 minutes of the game, otherwise, they may not be able to defend Arsenal's attack because of physical problems in the 75th minute.

Arsenal clearly know what Everton are up to, and as captain Li Zihan has a very strong ability to read the game, Wenger made him captain not because he can score goals, but because he can read the game and control the big picture and most importantly, he can often lead the team to victory.

Li Zihan waved his big hand - press, attack!!

Arsenal began to speed up, Li Zihan went to the left wing, he and Sanchez formed two fast lanes left and right, different from ordinary wingers, Li Zihan and Sanchez belong to the kind of wingers who cut inside, so they can still form a fatal threat to the opponent's middle without a center forward.

Gibbs and Chambers on the left and right followed up on the sidelines, and although the two full-backs with knives were much worse in shooting, they barely crossed a shot.

Pogba is more of a forward and more of a centre-forward a lot of the time.

"There is no problem with Arsenal's tactics, when the opponent wants to be fast, they add interceptions and obstructions in the midfield to prevent the opponent's rapid attack. As soon as Everton wanted to slow down the tempo, Arsenal immediately picked it up. Football is like this, you must not follow the rhythm of the other party, if you fall into the rhythm of the other party then it is easy to be won by the other party, in short, how to make the other party uncomfortable! ”

Arsenal's acceleration did make Everton very uncomfortable, because the non-stop running and pressing throughout the field had made them feel very tired, and now when they finally wanted to rest, Arsenal suddenly picked up.

Within five minutes of Arsenal's pick-up pace, Everton's backline was in constant jeopardy and might have conceded had it not been for the recovery of American goalkeeper Howard and the help of England's veteran midfielder Barry.

When the game came to the 75th minute, Everton finally couldn't withstand Arsenal's continuous attack.

Sanchez took the ball directly through the combined defense of Barry and McCarthy, and Barry chased back hard, but suddenly fell to the ground in the process of chasing back, although he quickly got up, but could not catch up with Sanchez.

Sanchez cut inside on the touchline and then met the defence of veteran centre-back Jajerka and did not burst in, but swept the ball out.

"Pass!!"

Pogba follows up in the middle, he's as impactful as a centre-forward! Distin and Ross Barkley formed a joint defence against Pogba.

But although Pogba came into this position, he didn't receive Sanchez's pass, and he was about to run to the football position when he suddenly made a sudden stop.

This took Jajelka, who was defending him, a little by surprise, and then watched as the football slipped between the two of them.

The football came to the other side, and Li Zihan happened to appear in this position after plugging it in at high speed. didn't stop the ball, facing the rolling football Li Zihan slammed his foot and hit the goal directly.

Although Howard was shaken by Pogba, he was prepared. watched Li Zihan's shot and then flew out, but the speed of the football was faster than he imagined!

Li Zihan's shooting strength is relatively large, and the speed of the football in the air is naturally fast.

Eventually, the ball flew into the goal behind Howard before he did.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！！”

Li !! Or Lee!! It's Li !! again When Arsenal are behind, when the scene is stale, when Arsenal fans are expecting heroes!! It was always Lee who stood up, and he became the most trusted of Arsenal fans, so Li Zihan had no problem at all as captain. Because he always brings hope and light to Arsenal!! ”

"One-to-one!! Relying on Li Zihan's goal, Arsenal equalized at a critical moment, and now the game is watching! ”

After the goal, Li Zihan did not accept the celebration from his teammates, but simply hugged Sanchez, who gave him a pass and assist, and threw himself into the next game.

"This is Lee!! He never gives up on the pitch, and once a teammate of Lee's once said that as long as the referee doesn't blow the whistle, Lee won't stop running. I don't think that's wrong at all, everyone always sees Lee scoring again, assisting again, and reversing the game! But I didn't see Li's spirit of never admitting defeat, which is an excellent professional spirit. Herhouse said.

Zhan Jun said: "The most important thing Li Zihan brings to Arsenal is not goals, not offense, not even wins and sponsorship income. It's that kind of iron-blooded spirit, Arsenal in the past was always a little feminine, not masculine enough, and it was easy to drop the chain when encountering a team with a tough style of play. However, now Arsenal, which has Li Zihan, has also become an iron army that dares to fight, and this spirit has also brought them championships! If our international players play like this, I don't think any fans will hack them, even if the results are not very good. In what Li Zihan's fans once said, life is endless, and playing football is not stopped! ”

Everton, who were scored by Arsenal, were beaten a little blind, and they didn't know what to do next, whether to continue to hold on to a point? Or do you want to fight and press the offensive force to fight for three points?

That's when they heard the whistle, and the familiar Everton players knew it was the characteristic whistle of their manager, Espanyol Martinez, who was always loud and usually chewed gum.

They saw Martinez's gestures, which outsiders didn't understand but they did.

Martinez means to get three points!!

So Everton was ready to press the attack, but at this time they didn't have a chance for the time being, because the ball was controlled by the opponent.

Although Everton kicked off in the middle circle, they were quickly tackled by Pogba and Ramsey, who pressed up, and neither of them had a chance.

Paul Pogba and Aaron Ramsey controlled the ball in midfield, and when Everton were sure they were going to attack, he played a long ball over the top.

The ball went over the heads of Milaras and Ross Barkley, and Lee deftly got away from his youngster John Stones. The Everton right-back, who was born in 94, was inexperienced, and a feint was shaken off by Li Zihan.

Li Zihan, who came behind Stones, immediately took the ball and cut into the penalty area, and when he encountered Distin, Li Zihan directly used his speed to eat the opponent, and Distin, who was born in 77, was already in his thirties, and he was not Li Zihan's opponent at all in terms of speed and physical flexibility.

Captain Jajerka came over to fill in the position to assist in the defense, and Li Zihan threw the football out with his right foot and made a feint to cut inside and break through the penalty area.

Jajerka reached out to intercept and reached out to grab Li Zihan. Li Zihan pulled the football back with his right foot at this time, and when he dodged a small space, Li Zihan did not cut in, but directly hit the goal outside the penalty area.

The ball flew towards the Everton goal and Howard flew again to save.

Howard, who was stretching his limbs in the air, felt that he should not be able to catch the ball, the football was too high. Although he couldn't catch it, he wasn't nervous, because he couldn't pick up the height with his hands, so he was basically about to fly out of the bottom line.

The ball flew over Howard's palm, but instead of flying directly off the baseline, it slammed into the crossbar of the goal.

The ball bounces back and falls like a penalty spot. Howard, who was still falling, was shocked because he saw that Li Zihan was already waiting near the penalty spot, and from his angle, he could just see the football falling from the sky, and then came to the front of Li Zihan, Li Zihan once again picked up his habitual foot and hit the goal with his right foot for the second time.

The ball flew into Everton's almost unguarded shot with great ease.

"There is a !!"

"Li Zihan's signature stunt - Li Zihan passed the ball three seconds ago to Li Zihan three seconds later - time and space travel !!" Zhan Jun yelled excitedly!!