Despite the mistake in the opening period, United's defence was not disrupted by this, and under the shouts of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from the sidelines, they quickly began to defend according to the pre-match plan, and soon the whole defence quickly stabilized.

Harry Maguire still had some quality as a centre-back, and he kept out Arsenal's crosses twice in a row.

Zhan Jun watched the live broadcast and said with emotion: "It seems that Maguire can transfer from Fox City to the Red Devils Manchester United at a high price, and he does have some ability, if his value is a little lower, it may be more affordable." ”

Director Zhang smiled: "Definitely, because Maguire needs the help of his teammates in front of him, let him defend the opponent alone, and he will definitely make mistakes." ”

Zhan Jun said with a smile: "So, whether you can use Maguire well or not, this is a test of the mentality of the head coach, and of course, it is also a test of the mentality of the fans." ”

Director Zhang laughed and said: "But Arsenal should not be too optimistic, if you want to win, you can't always wait for the opponent to make a mistake." I have the feeling that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must have studied Arsenal's attack seriously. ”

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Soon, United were under pressure to turn their football forwards to striker Marcus Rashford.

Even though there is a high chance that they will lose the ball, they will not dare to make mistakes at the back.

Because once the transmission is wrong, the Arsenal striker will grab the ball and face the goal.

There were no surprises, as Arsenal's backfield snatched United's long ball and they immediately went on the attack.

Because the equation did not play, the attacking direction of this game is mainly on the right side, and the first time everyone gets the ball, they will look at Saka on the right, and want him to tear apart the opponent's defense.

Saka did pose some threats in the first few minutes.

The attention of the audience was focused on him,

This season, Saka has shed some of his youth after a lot of game experience, and his style of play has become smarter.

Now, there are many people in the outside world who often compare Saka to Equation, and many people talk about the two of the most powerful young players in the Premier League, who has the best hope of becoming the leader of the new generation.

And local Premier League fans are actually more inclined to Saka.

After all, Bukayo Saka is a well-established academy player.

Although he has been in the Arsenal academy for a few years, he is still an outsider after all. At best, his identity is more of a sense of belonging than that of a mercenary.

This is an objective fact. Zhengmi is also a place that pays attention to origin.

Because the bench is very close to the fan stands, Equation can occasionally faintly hear some chatter of envy for Arsenal's academy.

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On the field, although Saka is facing the opponent's help defense,

But he still doesn't spare any effort to come back and impact,

Bukayo Saka looked like he was the first to get into the game, and his range covered the right midfield, much like the aggressive Black Bull.

The relationship between Arsenal and Manchester United can be considered hostile, as the two teams have often competed for the top spot in the Premier League before.

Since it's an old rival, you must go all out.

And Arsenal are missing the core of the midfield, and Saka has rarely become the focus of the whole game.

But

Manchester United will certainly not let Saka continue to indulge like this in the Theatre of Dreams.

Pogba suddenly pulled back, stretched his leg from behind, and brought Saka down to the right-hand corner of the penalty area.

Anyway, he knew very well that Equation was Arsenal's master of free-kicks, and since Equation was on the bench, he would rather foul than let Saka in this position.

Sure enough, after the free kick tactics of the equation, Arsenal did lack the opportunity to score from a direct free kick.

Xhaka captained the free-kick and took the free-kick.

He kicked a curling kick that flew over the wall, but it didn't hold down the height, and the ball flew high over the crossbar.

But

Xhaka kept Pogba's foul on Saka in his heart.

Then when United snatched the ball, Pogba received a pass from a team-mate.

When he was about to advance with the ball,

Suddenly, Xhaka rushed up from the side and knocked Pogba to the ground.

At this moment, there was a huge boo in the stadium,

The Reds fans were furious, and no one could tolerate such a rude foul by Xhaka at their home stadium.

"Send him a red card, this is Old Trafford!"

"Dirty thing, is this your beautiful football?"

"Let me in, I'm going to beat him up"

Xhaka then faced the yellow card shown by the referee with a calm expression.

Anyway, his style of play is like this, he can't see his teammates suffer, let alone accept his own losses.

Pogba lay on the ground for a moment before rubbing his waist. It's a good thing that the hairstyle hasn't been messed up, otherwise he would have had a big fight with Xhaka.

The foul was just an episode, though.

The referee of this game was Anthony Taylor, and his several blows effectively stopped the foul thoughts of both teams.

Anthony Taylor is a relatively neutral Premier League referee.

Although he is sometimes complained by fans that he is a blind monk, every strong team has suffered at his hands. Therefore, from a certain point of view, his blowing penalty scale is also fair.

United's side then lost possession and they shrank back again to wait for the next chance to counter-attack.

And Arsenal's front field is still a little uncomfortable after the lack of an organizational core.

With equations on the pitch, he can kick a quality long-range shot, with short passes to be creative, while making opponents afraid of free-kicks.

Although Ronaldo's ability to grasp opportunities and shooting skills are top-notch, and his passing is good, so far he still lacks a bit of breakthrough ability with the ball.

It is because of the lack of this breakthrough ability that Manchester United's defense is not in a very passive situation.

As a result, Arsenal's two sides of the road were quickly targeted by the assistant defense,

Alexandre Lacazette struggled a bit in the middle of the box and was alone on the radar of Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof.

He was already somewhat isolated.

And Maguire is not afraid of a fulcrum striker like Lacazette,

Maguire has the height and can fight, but he will only be afraid of the opponent's small agility.

As long as he has team-mates in front of him, Maguire's defensive performance has been consistent.

Saka once again broke through on the wing, not believing that he couldn't create chances.

However, Luke Shaw still didn't fall half a step behind and chased Saka very closely.

There was no way, Saka could only kick the ball into the middle when the ball was about to go out of the line.

'Bukayo Saka crossed and although Luke Shaw was following closely, the ball slipped under his feet. It was a rare opportunity to attack. ”

"Lacazette is in the box to grab the point!"

Zhan Jun immediately explained loudly.

However, goalkeeper David De Gea was very focused, saw the path of the incoming ball and immediately struck forward.

Maguire, meanwhile, took Lacazette ahead of him and strode forward, jamming the spot.

By the time Lacazette dragged Victor Lindelof to grab the point, it was too late.

The cross was smashed under goalkeeper David De Gea.

"Hey, Lacazette, he's been held back by Lindelof. Bukayo Saka's cross was a bit of a threat, but they lacked support in the box to threaten the goal. Zhan Jun analyzed carefully.

And on the sidelines, manager Arsene Wenger naturally saw this, frowning slightly.

The team has been unable to create a truly threatening pass after getting rid of the breakthrough in the front court without the equation.

In addition, as soon as Martinelli and Saka get the ball, they will be defended by two people, or even three people.

As a result, Arsenal did rarely threaten Manchester United's door in the first half.

Manchester United's bus defense is really good.

"Do you want to change the equation?" Arteta walked out, covered his mouth with his hands and asked Arsene Wenger.

Wenger thought for a moment and said, "That's all there is to it, but wait"

After all, the first half is not over yet, and if a substitution is made at this time, it will be a big blow to the confidence and dignity of the young players.

Time slips away imperceptibly.

Seeing that the first half was about to end, Lacazette and Xhaka made a mistake in hitting the wall in the middle.

Pereira cut off the ball in the middle and was about to hit Arsenal on the counter-attack.

However, Martinelli also ran over and decisively slid the ball from the side.

Andreas Pereira was looking up at the front of the pitch and trying to find striker Marcus Rashford with a long pass, completely oblivious to Martinelli coming from the flank.

Pereira's action was slow, he was brought to the ground by a sliding tackle, and he didn't understand what was happening.

The football rolled right in front of Ronaldo,

Ronaldo met it with a volley.

Bang bang -

Lindelof gave up his life to block the door.

The audience was in an uproar.

"It's a pity, Ronaldo's shot was blocked, this is a rare opportunity to score!" Zhan Jun couldn't help but say with a little regret.

Director Zhang said unhurriedly: "I still have to change the equation to play." Don't look at Arsenal's attack around Manchester United, it has always been thunder and rain until now. The key is that they also have to be careful of being beaten by Manchester United on a quick counter-attack. ”

At this time, manager Arsene Wenger was watching from the sidelines a little anxious.

I thought to myself that this was a rare and good opportunity, why didn't I get in.

forthwith

Arsene Wenger anxiously gestured to the players on the field,

It's like saying that you have to speed up the interspersed runs, and the full-backs have to go up to the edge in time.

However, Manchester United, under the leadership of Suo Zige, also plays defensive counterattacks, and the forwards have speed, and the whole Manchester United team has become accustomed to this efficient style of play.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clasped his hands and was not in a hurry at all. It seems that the rhythm of the first half of the game was expected by Suo Zige.

Just with the last minute left,

Pereira rushed towards the pass and became directly entangled with Ronaldo, who received the ball.

Pereira has a hidden little movement on his hand, which makes Ronaldo feel uncomfortable,

Immediately afterwards, Ronaldo's foot ball was accidentally poked out by Pereira.

Pogba grabbed the ball, he was a World Cup champion midfielder, and his pass was very accurate.

He slammed a diagonal long ball and found Marcus Rashford, who was on the left side of the pitch and was on the counter-attack.

In the middle of running, Master La stopped the long ball that fell very angrily, and then Master La took the first step and cut into the big penalty area with the ball.

Gabriel was half a position behind, and he wanted to foul, but it was too late.

Goalkeeper Leno immediately abandoned the goal and tried to stop the one-on-one ball of the master.

However, Pulla was calm and immediately used his left foot to steadily push a shot into the far corner of the same style as Nunez.

Then, football. Sliding the door through.

A sigh rang out from the audience.

"Didn't you go in with this push?"

"What stinky feet is this! Come home and wash up, *%&"

"Oh my God, it's the most promising one-on-one ball of the game."

Seeing that the goal didn't go in, Master La held his head in both hands, and couldn't believe that he had made a mistake in pushing the far corner.

Coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer only felt that his whole person was not good, and he was so angry that he closed his eyes and only took a deep breath.

The equation watched the fun on the bench for a while, not to mention, this kick really has a bit of charm.

Haaland, who was next to him, was puzzled and whispered: "This can be a pick, or it can pass the goalkeeper, why push a far corner?" ”

The equation is happy, who can know this kind of thing.

At the same time, the Premier League guide gave a shot of Arsenal's bench to signal that Arsenal's attacking core had not yet come on and that the situation could change in the second half.

When Director Zhang saw this shot, he smiled and said: "Rashford didn't score this goal, and the mistake was big." In the second half, Equation will definitely come off the bench. When the time comes, Arsenal's attacking routines will increase, and whether Manchester United can hold on to it is a big question."

Zhan Jun also agreed: "Arsenal did not score in the first half because Lacazette lacked support, and he needed teammates to take away the defense around him, otherwise it would be useless even if he replaced Haaland." By the way, Mr. Zhang thinks Du Wenliang can come off the bench in the second half? ”

'It's difficult, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hasn't given him a chance to come off the bench and now it's an important game against Arsenal that won't let him play.' Director Zhang replied without thinking.

It was also at this time that the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

The managers of both teams immediately turned away from the pitch and walked silently towards the dressing room.

It can be seen that the managers of both sides are not satisfied with this 0:0 scoreline.

Equation stood up, but saw Du Wenliang on the opposite bench, and walked over to the latter.

"Do you have the confidence to come off the bench in the second half?" As the equation approached, he asked.

Du Wenliang said lightly: "I didn't think about it so much, anyway, when I was training in the team, I was always able to learn and slowly improve. ”

Ephemer agrees with this idea and says, "Yes, learn more, and what you learn is your own." At the end of the day, we didn't get a chance to play, so we had to think of something else. ”

Du Wenliang snorted and joked: "It's Brother Fang, you go up in the second half, don't make our score too ugly." ”

The equation waved his hand and refused the poisoned milk, "How can it, I still have injuries, it would be good if I still had a state." ”

Still, that being said, it was the beginning of the second half.

Manager Arsene Wenger made substitution adjustments, the equation was replaced, and Ronaldo was replaced.

Facing the talented midfielder, Equation hugged him in a friendly way before running out onto the pitch.

Only a minute has passed, and the equation is running longitudinally, and suddenly it gets a direct pass from Thomas,

McTominay hurriedly stuck to it and tried to interfere with the equation, but he slipped under his feet and accidentally fell!

The whole audience rang out, how could this fall without contact?

The equation was too late to be surprised, so he decisively flicked the ball and dribbled into the penalty area.

In this regard, Wan-Bissaka's eyelids jumped, and he quickly gave up the side and made up for the equation.

But it's too late,

Lacazette leaned on a defender diagonally to the right,

So, Equation kicked the ball and let Lacazette help him make the ball, so as to dodge Wan-Bissaka's defense.

In the next second, Lacazette tapped the ball back and rolled it in front of the equation, right on the way.

The equation has been facing the goal,

Although there is still Lindelof in the front, for him, it is already nothing.

The equation is facing the football, that is, kicking a shot,

The ball thumped and flew out in a small arc towards the far corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper David De Gea's vision was blocked and by the time he reacted and made a save, it was too late.

The soccer ball crashes into the net in an instant!

(End of chapter)