Chapter 351: A Surprise Adjustment for Both Sides

City extended the score to 5-1 in 55 minutes. Arsenal chased the score from 1-5 to 5-5 in less than five minutes

Even the commentator is saying that Li Zihan has officially become a star-level athlete. This is the individual ability of a star, and at a certain moment, a flash of inspiration can determine the outcome of a game.

And for Arsene Wenger, it's also a tactical performance. Although these four goals were scored by Li Zihan, it also has a lot to do with his pre-game arrangements. The support of several people in the front court for Li Zihan, as well as Giroud's impact on the opponent's central defender, to know the goal after the most difficult goal, Demichelis gave a big gift that Giroud entangled him in the first half and made him waste a lot of physical strength.

Demichelis has such a problem, and he played quite steadily in the first 60 minutes, and even had an excellent performance. But as his physical fitness declined, within thirty minutes of his last 30 minutes, he would dig a hole and sell his teammates.

When the game resumed, City kicked off and continued possession. It's just that this time it's not in their own backfield, but after the opponent's backfield crosses the halfway line, so the safety is greatly improved, and it seems that the previous goal still makes them feel uneasy.

Nasri won the ball on the touchline and engaged Podolski in a tussle, but Zabaleta did not rush forward to assist this time, but stayed behind, but Yaya Tourella moved closer to the wing to respond.

And Fernandinho firmly occupies the position of the midfielder, preventing the opponent from quickly counterattacking after a sudden steal.

The two sides made quite fierce tackles and counter-attacks in the area of Arsenal's backfield a little past the halfway line, and if Manchester City had the ball, Arsenal would come forward and pretend to make some tackles. But if City want to attack through passing or dribbling, Arsenal will make frantic tackles.

For example, David Silva wants to use the pass to penetrate the Arsenal defence, but every now and then, Cazorla and Sania will form two solid lines, one is responsible for cutting off his passing path, and the other is responsible for stepping forward to interfere with the tackle, even if it is time to directly bring David Silva down.

And if Nasri gets the ball, Arsenal prefers it. Let the opponent play casually on the sideline, but once you want to break through to the core area, then the 'security' 'at the door' Podolski and Gibbs and the defending Ramsey will use the 'baton' to knock the opponent out of the 'stick'.

Arsenal's players are also familiar with Nasri, after all, the talented French attacking midfielder 'defected' from Arsenal.

So if Nasri sticks the ball, they will be happy to see it, at least it won't be much danger to their own goal.

And if Asen grabs the ball and is about to launch a counterattack, then the midfielders Yaya Toure and Fernandinho will suddenly come out to intercept, these two midfielders are quite good in terms of skill and body.

And Zabaleta and Kolarov, who did not come forward to assist, can also defend effectively on the wing or in the middle, not to mention that there are two central defenders behind the opponent, Demichelis and Kompany.

The game seemed to be a stalemate, with players from both sides fighting fiercely and at a fast pace, but neither of them could threaten the opposing goal.

"When it comes to a score of 5-5, both Manchester City and Arsenal are quite unwilling to win a draw. Manchester City once dominated the game with a dominant position, but Arsenal suddenly played a magical four minutes and instantly unravel City's efforts for 55 minutes. ”

With 70 minutes to play, Arsene Wenger made his second substitution.

"Arsenal began to make substitutions, and the starting No. 13 French high school striker Giroud was replaced and replaced by the teenager Wilshere, as the main force and representative of the young generation of Arsenal, it was a little incredible to let Wilshere play at this time. And it was Giroud who was replaced, in all fairness, although Giroud did not score, but his performance on the pitch was quite good, and he could create a lot of opportunities for Li Zihan and Ozil behind him to impact the opponent's central defenders at the same time, and he could also withdraw when defending to prevent the opponent's high ball crosses and set-piece tactics. ”

When the broadcast camera caught Giroud's limping and played Giroud's stats at the bottom of the screen, the commentator understood: "Oh, this is actually a passive substitution, Giroud can't run anymore." According to the broadcaster's statistics, Giroud has traveled 12.8 kilometres in 70 minutes, which is more than most players have covered in 90 minutes. ”

"Judging by his expression and movements when he came off the field, he already had cramps in his right leg. This is really for the conscientious player, although he has more scandals off the pitch, but on the pitch, in the current Arsenal, the reason why Giroud can often play is mainly related to his diligent running on the pitch. ”

'Replacing Giroud was also a last resort because Arsenal no longer had a reliable striker on the bench. Therefore, the replacement of Wilshere in this tactic is to increase the control of the midfield. Second, because Podolski can also play a temporary cameo in the center forward position, Li Zihan, Ozil and Wilshere can actually be pulled to the side, so Arsenal's attack power has not decreased because of the removal of a center forward. ”

Li Zihan came up and hugged Giroud, while Ozil was supporting his legs with his hands on the side, and it looked like he was tired enough.

After Giroud left the game, Li Zihan came to Ozil's side and whispered: "Come on, don't pretend." How far have you only run, and you're tired like this? Beware of the professor replacing you. ”

Ozil smiled awkwardly: "I'm already quite tired." ”

Mesut Ozil has been at Arsenal for a long time, and the relationship between Li Zihan and Mesut Ozil is not generally good, so he knows the German talented midfielder very well. Mesut Ozil is good at everything, but he lacks some tenacious fighting spirit on the pitch, and once his confidence is hit, he is easy to give up, he is in a bad mood, and he is not active in running on the pitch.

It doesn't look like the German spirit at all, or perhaps that part of the Turkish blood is at work.

Three minutes after Arsenal's substitution, Manchester City also made a substitution.

It was a reversal substitution up front, with Negredo in the starting line-up being replaced and coming on by the main No.10 jersey successor, Bosnia-Herzegovina striker Dzeko.

It looks like Manuel Pellegrini has a backhand as well.

It's just that the commentator was a little puzzled by this substitution: "Negredo performed quite well in this game, how did the intellectual manager Pellegrini replace him without the influence of injuries and physical factors?" He should continue to be on the pitch and maintain a high level of pressure on the opposition centre-backs, so that the likes of Sergio Aguero and David Silva on the flanks will have plenty of opportunities, even more so that Arsenal have kept Giroud using the same tactics as a two-centre-forward. Manuel Pellegrini didn't understand. ”

If Pellegrini had heard that, he would have been sarcastic: That's why I'm a well-known manager and you're just a commentator.

Dzeko is not as tall as Negredo in terms of height and his shortcomings in terms of speed, so it stands to reason that Arsenal should be better defensive.

But

Nasri was still trying to play some tricks on the touchline, but saw Yaya Toure raise his hand and had to pass the ball over.

Yaya Toure took two steps and then handed it to David Silva, who was diagonally ahead. David Silva fended off Sagna's interference before handing the ball to Sergio Aguero.

Sergio Aguero took the ball and squeezed Ramsey directly with his body, and the talented Welsh midfielder, who was burdened with a yellow card, did not dare to make too many moves. It also gave Sergio Aguero the chance, with the Argentine striker sliding straight into the ribs of the box.

"Aguero!! This is the shortcoming of no back!! ”

Sergio Aguero got into the ribs of the box and everyone thought he was going to shoot himself. When he saw Aguero make a shot, Merdesart had already stretched out his long legs to block.

But Sergio Aguero did pass the ball out, yes, not by himself or to his team-mates, and sent the ball deeper into the box, but unexpectedly to the edge of the box, at the top of the arc.

Yaya Toure appeared in this position, did not adjust to the ball, and hit the goal directly!!

A powerful shot that whistled towards Szczesny's goalkeeper.

"Yaya Toure is another long-range !!"

Szczesny was very focused, stretching his limbs as hard as he could as he could as he flew sideways, in order to expand his defensive area.

After the last, the Polish national saved Yaya Toure's long-range shot, but the ball was too strong to be completely held, and the most Lu got rid of it.

Dzeko has a very keen sense of smell in front of the goal in the penalty area, and appeared at the spot where the ball landed for the first time, even faster than Koscielny.

Greet the ball with a small swing of the leg, and the body reflexively pumped a kick.

The ball flew towards Arsenal, who were almost empty.

Merdesart also wanted to stretch out his long legs, but it was too late to reach the ball.

The ball hit the side netting inside the far end of the goal

“GOOOOOOOOAL！！！ Dzeko!!! Play five minutes!! ”

"God, could it be that today's game is a feast for the two substitutes?? Dzeko scored a goal for City after just five minutes on the pitch and now City are back in the lead!! ”