Chapter 417: "Red Devils, Gunslingers, Grievances and Hatreds"

It's often said that when you're busy, it feels like time flies very quickly. There is nothing wrong with this statement at all.

When Li Zihan and his teammates were training at the Kearney base with peace of mind, the 26th round of the league quietly arrived.

This round of Arsenal will be at home to their arch-rivals Manchester United.

When it comes to the feud between Arsenal and Manchester United, there is not much of a grudge in history. At most, Arsenal beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup, which is the earliest thing that the two sides did not like each other.

On December 10, 1990, a scuffle broke out between the two teams. Arsene Wenger had not yet arrived in England and it was an ordinary game, but some believe that the seeds of enmity between the two giants were planted from there. Andreas Ripa scored the only goal of the game, but Arsenal's victory was overshadowed by the clash between Winterburn and Dennis Erwin, with Manchester United striker Brian McClair joining the fray, making the clash bigger and bigger, with almost everyone in a mess, except for David Seaman.

Then there was Ian Wright's stomp on Kasper Schmeichel, and the FA Cup semi-final, where United beat Arsenal 2-1 in extra time, with Ryan Giggs scoring the winning goal in extra time with five men in a row, and this season United also won the legendary treble. Then came on 5 February 2001, when United humiliated Arsenal 6-1, Arsenal immediately returned the favor and won the title the following season at Old Trafford.

On September 21, 2003, Arsenal won 0-0 Manchester United in the league, when Ruud van Nistelrooy became the target of the public. Despite not scoring, the game was hot enough that before the end of the game, Vieira kicked Ruud van Nistelrooy and the Dutchman faked a downing gesture to send Vieira off. In stoppage time, Ruud van Nistelrooy missed the penalty and the game ended, when Arsenal big man Keown led the gunners to besiege Ruud van Nistelrooy, cheering and provoking Ruud van Nistelrooy, and hitting Ruud van Nistelrooy in the back of the head; Ashley Cole learns monkey jump in front of Ronaldo and mocks the Portuguese; There was a clash between Parol and Gary Neville

Fast forward two years, and in the 05-06 season, Arsenal have previously been unbeaten in 49 league games. However, in the Premier League on October 24, Manchester United beat the Gunners 2-0 at home, due to the controversy over the penalty created by Wayne Rooney in the game, and the players of both sides left the field after the game to have a massive clash in the tunnel and the "Pizzagate" incident ensued - Xiaofa, who was already a Barcelona player, threw a piece of pizza in Ferguson's face.

The battle between Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is almost the entire Premier League era, and it is also a major theme of feuds between the two teams. Of course, after Ferguson retired last season, this grudge was resolved, and the two cherished each other, and the so-called heroes cherish heroes is the most appropriate to describe them.

Then there is the "relationship" that has to be said between the famous pair of enemies, Manchester United big man Keane and Gunners Vieira

Then came the humiliation of Arsene Wenger by Manchester United fans, and Arsenal's defeat by Manchester United once again, with Manchester United almost equalling the Premier League's record for most goals scored in a single game at Old Trafford.

Finally, it was the "gun king" Van Persie who switched to the Red Devils not long ago.

It can be seen that the grievances between the two teams are hot, so the 'unexpected encounter' between Arsenal and Manchester United every season is thought of being hot.

This season was no exception, and before the game even began, fans of both teams had a "friendly" and "cordial" interaction in the stands of the Emirates Stadium

In this game, the former "gun king" Dutchman Van Persie did not come to the Emirates Stadium with the team, and the first player on the front line was the British black Welbeck, who was affectionately called "Black Bey" by the fans, and Rooney continued to be transformed into a forward position.

And Arsenal's side naturally went out with all the main forces, and Li Zihan returned to the starting position.

As soon as the game began, Arsenal, playing at home, launched a fierce attack as a way to show their "friendliness", and the boos and insults against Manchester United fans in the stands did not stop. The Red Devils fans who drove to the away stadium naturally counterattacked, but their numbers were simply scum with only five combat effectiveness in front of the Arsenal supporters at home

Mesut Ozil's frequent passes of his own set set the team's attack together, and United's players were not stupid and immediately blocked several key Arsenal players.

Arsenal's attack could not open the situation, Manchester United did not dare to be distracted defensively, and the two teams were at a stalemate.

And when the fans in front of the TV saw that Rooney actually retreated from the center to the front midfield, they hesitated and Arsenal couldn't get the ball when they took the initiative, so they took the initiative to retreat to take the ball and go to the midfield.

And when Arsenal attacked fiercely, he immediately returned to his own half to help defend.

From the center to the midfielder, then into the midfielder, then into the back, and finally the defender watched Rooney's position change with the game, everyone couldn't help but sigh "Little Fat Dun is actually quite hard"

It's just that Rooney's use of Rooney, Moyes's tactics and coaching philosophy have once again been questioned. Because in everyone's eyes, the former striker has now become a midfield engineer, which is undoubtedly a step backwards for Rooney, and a questionable approach. Because even the fans know that Rooney only gets closer to goal, the more dangerous he is.

The game continued until the 60th minute of the game, and the game was 0-0 at the beginning. Although Arsenal had the upper hand on the field, they just couldn't pry back the Manchester United goal.

Arsene Wenger began to make changes, with Podolski, who had returned from injury, replacing teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Oxlade-Chamberlain's performance was excellent, but his shooting injury was never resolved, so Arsene Wenger replaced him with Podolski. In this way, both sides of Arsenal, Podolski and Cazorla, have good ability to cut inside and shoot inside.

Strengthening the inward cut on the side is to disperse the opponent's defensive strength, so as to share the interference of the opponent in the middle to Li Zihan.

In a short period of time, Arsenal launched several fierce attacks on Manchester United's two central defenders. Rio Ferdinand, the former world's No. 1 centre-back, is in his mid-thirties after all, and his partner Nemanja Vidic is also 32 years old. So Arsenal considered their weaknesses and launched an attack on the middle. Podolski and Flamini in the back frequently came to the middle to help Li Zihan attract the interference of the opponent's central midfielder and midfielder Carrick, so that Li Zihan could get more opportunities.

Although the two are experienced, they are completely blown up by Li Zihan in terms of speed and flexibility. It's just that Li Zihan's shot today lacked some luck, and was defused by David De Gea several times, and he hit both the goalpost and a crossbar.

Li Zihan couldn't help but scold, obviously it was Arsenal's goal, but he helped Manchester United, a typical traitor

If the goal could speak, he would definitely shout injustice, thinking that he was more wronged than Dou E. "Obviously, I just stood here and didn't move, you have to shoot at me, and you complain that my son was really shot while walking!"

When seeing Arsenal's constant targeting of his two veterans, Moyes also thinks that the time has come to make a substitution, after all, when encountering this kind of opponent who does not "respect the old", you must send the "young" on the field to complete a successful combination.

Smalling, a homegrown England centre-back between the post-80s and post-90s, came on the field and replaced Rio Ferdinand, who was too physically!

Although Moyes led the team to a bad result, it doesn't mean that he is stupid. Knowing weaknesses and not correcting them

In fact, Manchester United's centre-back partner this season has always been an experienced old man with a young man, but Rio Ferdinand's partner Phil Jones is injured, and Smalling is not ready to start such an important game, so he can only let the two old centre-backs start first.

Seeing that Manchester United adjusted, Arsene Wenger changed his formation again. Podolski went to the center of the position, and Li Zihan was pulled to the wing. Li Zihan's main role is to target the fullback Evra, the speed of the old French fullback can no longer keep up with the youth, so once he attacks, Arsenal seizes the opportunity to counterattack. Relying on Li Zihan's speed, this side is basically wide open.

Evra is also smart, and after being counterattacked twice by Li Zihan, he simply didn't go up to assist, and stayed directly in the backfield to defend.

Only in this way, the stalemate between the two sides continues again.

When the game came to the 80th minute, Moyes was not willing to accept a draw, because he was actually under more pressure than Arsenal.

Because he needed a win to silence the United fans and move the team up two places in the table, while a victory over a sworn enemy would ease the doubts of the club's hierarchy.

So he used the last two substitutions in one go, with Valencia, who was not on the table, and central midfielder Michael Carrick being replaced at the same time. Mexican center forward "Little Pea" Hernandez joined Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini on the pitch.

In this way, you will be able to increase your offensive power in the front court without weakening your own defensive strength. Marouane Fellaini is an attacking and defensive midfielder who can tackle and defend in midfield and midfield, and can play as a high striker once he rushes forward

Once Hernandez came on, Welbeck moved to Valencia's wing, giving up the central striker position to Mexico.

It's good that there have been changes, but David Moyes' side still haven't learned the same lessons and performances that came from the old lord's time.

Naturally, there is no lore.

In the end, Manchester United drew 0-0 away at Arsenal, which was not an unacceptable outcome for Arsenal. Because of the impact of Liverpool in the last round, many players are no longer in shape in this game, and it is acceptable for Arsenal not to lose.