On October 24, 2010, the highlight of the ninth round of the English Premier League began; Manchester City, who sit second in the league table at Manchester City Stadium at home, will face a challenge at home to the league leaders. It's a game where Manchester City make their voices heard, and they will be eager to show everyone the fangs of the upstart City by beating defending champions Arsenal in this game. As for Arsenal, they are very concerned about this game, although they are now five points clear of second-placed Manchester City in the table, but they really need to continue to solidify their advantage, because Arsenal still have a Champions League battle, where Arsenal will have more tough games.

Judging from the experience of the two teams and the number of championships, although Manchester City has not won any titles in the past 34 years, with the support of the Abu Dhabi royal family, many strong reinforcements have been introduced in recent years, and the number of league titles won by the players in the team is not weaker than that of Arsenal, which just won the double last season. Often, the more crucial the game, the more the influence of the champion player will be revealed.

And to put it bluntly, the Arsenal youth team is because of their lack of experience, so they were still repeatedly dropping the chain before last season; Although Arsenal won the double last season, the root of the lack of experience is that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has let go of too many veterans in the past few years, and there is also a lack of Mesozoic players, resulting in young players being overwhelmed and lacking a lot of training and game experience. In the past few years, as young players have grown up, Xiaofa, Nasri, Song and others have slowly reached the peak, and Xiao Qing's joining has made Arsenal more and more resilient; Arsenal are not worried about their form and resilience as they will be more tenacious than other teams. They will be better at seizing opportunities.

Arsenal fielded a regular 4-4-2 formation for this game. goalkeeper Fabianski; At the back, Sagna, Giorrou, Squeerage and Clichy lined up; Defender Alexander Song; attackers Denilson, Cesc Fabregas and Arshavin; Twin strikers Xiao Qing and Chamak.

Arsenal although Sagna returned from injury. But Vermaelen, Almunia, Ramsey, and Van Persie are still recovering from injuries, which is indeed a great weakening of Arsenal's strength; As Xiao Qing said before the game, the current Arsenal has not yet reached the most haode state, in fact, they can become more haode!

For Manchester City, although Arsenal veteran Adebayor scored a hat-trick in the previous Europa League, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini did not let him start, and Tevez continued to play as a lone arrow. Another Arsenal veteran, Kolo Toure, is out injured, while golden boy Balotelli has recovered from injury in August but is now on the bench.

So Manchester City goalkeeper Hart; Richards, Boyata, Kompany, Boateng at the back; Midfielders Silva, Yaya Toure, De Jong, Bari, Milner; Tevez plays as a lone arrow.

Arsenal are not worried about Manchester City's lineup at all. Although Manchester City's current squad is strong as a whole, and although Manchester City is now a representative of a rapid rise, Arsenal are still confident enough to take away a win away from home. Although Manchester City's rise is strong, the Gunners believe that the rising blue moon will not be able to stop Arsenal's progress.

Arsenal are eager to defend their league title, so they have to be more cautious about a tough opponent like Manchester City, knowing that Manchester City will be one of their main rivals; And the Blue Moon are hungry for a complete rise, so they also understand that they must move away from Arsenal who are in front of them.

While the players of the two teams stood silently in the tunnel and the noise of the Manchester City Stadium was heard, the players of the two teams who were hostile to each other were eager for the game to start quickly, and they needed to tear the opponent apart completely. They want to teach their opponents a hard lesson in the game.

The players of Arsenal and Manchester City did not like each other, so the players of both teams were careless in the handshake at the opening ceremony, which was considered to have made enough face. They weren't that friendly with each other. Especially before the game, both teams were obviously very contemptuous of each other, and it was good to be able to complete this handshake ceremony at this time.

As soon as the whistle blew, the Manchester City team, which was playing at home, began a ferocious attack; A minute into the game, Tevez got away from Djoroux on the right and knocked on goal, and Silva, who was outflanked in front of goal, fired a sideways backheel shot that Arsenal goalkeeper Fabianski fell to the ground to destroy the ball with one hand. In the third minute, Richards received a pass from Tevez and sent another threatening ball down the right, and Squeerage cleared.

The Manchester City Stadium was thunderous, and the Blue Moon at home gave Arsenal a hard blow at the beginning of the game, and their ferocious attack made Arsenal almost breached; If it weren't for Fabians' outstanding performance, perhaps Arsenal would have fallen behind at the start of the game.

Arsenal were certainly taken aback by City's ferocious attack from the start, but the Gunners were not worried about going up against any team at all, and they didn't think City would be able to beat Arsenal in such a matchup. Although the resolute attack at the beginning of the Manchester City game made Arsenal a little stunned for a while, the arrogance in Arsenal's heart that reacted was also stimulated, since these guys want to attack, then Arsenal will not be polite!

The current Manchester City team is quite excited, because they gave Arsenal a hard blow at the beginning of the game, and their sharp attack caused Arsenal to be in danger in front of goal. City had just two shots on goal from the start, but in less than five minutes they had created two good chances, which convinced the City players that they were not far from scoring and could be on the back foot in the next leg.

Manchester City, who have tasted the sweetness of the attacking end, want to continue to work hard to gain the initiative, and now they want to use a more ferocious fatal blow to take the lead at home. Therefore, at this time, the Manchester City team's formation is relatively high, and the Manchester City team, which focuses more energy on the offensive end, obviously underestimates Arsenal's offensive ability, because once Arsenal begins to break out, then they have terrifying energy that can destroy any opponent.

The fifth minute of the game. Cesc Fabregas, who had the ball in midfield, was surrounded by Manchester City players. Manchester City want to play on the counter-attack. They won't allow Arsenal to find their rhythm easily; But as they pressed, their formation inevitably stretched a little wider, and this was seized by top midfield commander Cesc Fabregas.

Cesc Fabregas's long-distance through plug found Chamak in the front, and the tiger-like Chamak crossed the somewhat careless Manchester City backline in an instant, and in the face of this penetrating scalpel-like through stopper, Chamakh instantly formed a single knife.

This time the Manchester City players panicked, and this time the Manchester City Stadium heard the frightened exclamations of Manchester City fans; No one expected the opening stages of the game to be so dramatic, and they didn't expect what had been a bit of a surprise when the Gunners erupted when City threw Arsenal into disarray with two successive attacks. None of them expected that the Manchester City team, which seemed to have the initiative, would instantly fall to the edge of the cliff.

At this time, the busy Manchester City team made a mistake in the hurry, and Manchester City defender Boyata hurriedly chased back, but Chamak, who had formed a single knife, continued to carry the ball forward, and at this time, Boyata actually put a shovel directly!

The referee's whistle blew, Manchester City Stadium burst into exclamations, and the fans of the Blue Moon stared wide-eyed and hugged their heads; Boyata did indeed shovel down Chamak, and actually put the shovel from behind, which is quite a bad action, this is a foul that will be punished by death! Although the Manchester City players tried to intercede with the referee at the first time, the Arsenal players also thought that the foul was quite bad. The referee can't be merciful just because it's Manchester City's home stadium and it's only five minutes into the game!

The referee ignored the entanglement of the players on both sides, and he walked towards Boyata, who was constantly trying to explain something. Seeing the referee put his hand in his pocket and saw the referee take out the dazzling red card from his pocket, the Manchester City team was really completely panicked.

Just five minutes into the game, Boyata was sent off for a tackle from behind, which was an absolute disaster for Manchester City; Although the overall strength of the Manchester City team is very good, they may not have the ability to retreat with 10 men when facing Arsenal.

The most important thing is that when Manchester City are missing one man on the field, it is not only a morale blow, Boyata is the team's central defender, and his sending off will make Manchester City's back line full of holes; For Arsenal, who like to play on the ground and pass the ball, they can now take advantage of the disadvantage of Manchester City having one less man on the pitch and continue to use familiar tactics to find more attacking space.

In the seventh minute, Cesc Fabregas broke the ball on the left flank, broke through on the left flank and crossed, Tevez blocked the bottom line. A minute later, Tevez was ready to break through at high speed, where Denelson was fouled in a flying tackle and received a yellow card. In the thirteenth minute, Sagna gave Cesc Fabregas a straight stop, and Manchester City midfielder Barry intercepted a foul in the middle and also received a yellow card.

The smell of gunpowder on the field surged, and the two teams were also more and more fierce confrontation at this time, and neither of them flinched. It's a rare opportunity for the Gunners, who now have one less man on the pitch and allow Arsenal to have more attacking opportunities.

Both teams will be hungry to get the win in this game, so they'll give it their all. Manchester City have one less man on the field, so they need to run harder to make up for the disadvantage of one less man in the backline, and in the face of Arsenal, who are becoming more and more ferocious in attack, Manchester City can only use fouls more and more frequently to slow down Arsenal's attacking tempo.

Arsenal's players are not good gentlemen right now, and after being fouled by Manchester City, the Gunners are also in color, and they will also foul. While Arsenal's players may not have a physical advantage, they will also use more fouls in the heat of physical confrontation to warn Manchester City: We are not to be trifled with!

Fierce physical confrontation is naturally indispensable for fouls, and the fouls that come and go make the referee's whistle sound frequently; The anger of the players also came up at this time, and they behaved more fiercely in the game. (To be continued......)