While the Japanese media are putting pressure on Moriyasu, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is nestled in his office at A.T. Kearney's base, discussing the next round of opponents Burnley with the three assistant coaches.

Burnley are a well-deserved relegation team and are one of the favourites to relegate from the Premier League this season, along with Arsenal's opponents in the previous round, Norwich.

In the first four rounds, Burnley drew one and lost three, only got 1 point, scored 3 goals and conceded 8 goals, ranking third from the bottom.

For this game, Arteta will be aiming for a win.

However, after the twists and turns of the difficult win in the last game, Arteta did not dare to underestimate any opponent, carefully analyzed Burnley's style of play, and considered how to arrange the starting line-up in a targeted manner.

Two hours before the game, the coaches of both teams announced their starting line-ups one after another.

Burnley used a 4-4-2 formation in goalkeeper and Lorton, Taylor, Tarkovski and Benjamin M.

In midfield, Gudmundsson, Brownhill, McNeil and Westwood will need to provide ammunition up front.

Up front, Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes are tasked with destroying the city.

The other side.

Arsenal continued with a 4-5-1 formation.

In goalkeeper position, Ramsdale returned to the starting line-up.

The back line continued the lineup from the previous round, with Tierney, Gabriel, Ben White, and Tomiyasu Kenhiro lined up from left to right, sitting in the rear.

In midfield, Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Pepe continued to start, with Smith Rowe and Thomas replacing Lokonga and Niles, who started in the previous round.

The biggest change is in the forward line, with Zheng Yaxin making his second appearance as a starting striker this season.

Before the game even started, Rio Ferdinand was the first to show his attitude: "In this game, Arsenal are obviously the stronger side when they play away, but given the tough relegation situation, I think Burnley will fight hard in this one. Gary, what do you think? ”

Neville nodded: "Indeed, Arsenal is stronger, and with the power of four consecutive wins in the opening game, Zheng is playing as a striker this time, and I feel that it is difficult for Burnley to withstand Arsenal's attack." ”

"Personally, I think it's going to be a big win and it's going to be 0-3 or 0-4."

'It's hard to say, I feel like it's a draw or a narrow win for Arsenal.' Ferdinand shook his head, not quite agreeing with this view.

"Zheng has scored a lot of goals, but most of his goals are dribbles and chance balls, strictly speaking, whether it is Arsenal or Zheng, there are not many means to break the dense defense. Don't forget, in the last round against Norwich, Arsenal had nothing to do with the bucket formation, and almost lost, and in the end it was only a one-goal victory. ”

"Moreover, William Hill's odds for an away win for this game are 1.10, which is honestly exaggerated and Arsenal playing away is seriously overrated."

"You must know that when the universe team Barcelona and Real Madrid played weak teams away from home in the league, they couldn't give such low odds."

Neville raised an eyebrow, "Do you think there will be an upset in this game?" ”

Ferdinand said in the affirmative: "That's right! Arsenal can't afford to win on a winning streak with the most shots on goal and the most shots on target! ”

"The most important thing is that Zheng is not a goalkeeper in this game! I have to remind you that when Zheng was not a goalkeeper, Arsenal conceded an average of one goal every 15 minutes, and they conceded a total of nine goals in 135 minutes! ”

Just as the two were discussing kung fu, the game officially began.

Burnley kicked off first, and as soon as the game started, Burnley completed their first attack and gave Arsenal a shock.

Burnley midfielder Westwood advanced quickly with the ball on the left side, and after hitting the wall several times in a row with Chris Wood, he went down to the bottom line and passed back to the penalty area, and the follow-up striker Barnes met the ball with a furious shot!

The ball was so sudden that the shot was so powerful that Kenhiro Tomiyasu, who was in charge of marking Barnes, had no time to block it, but fortunately Ramsdale's concentration and slap the ball off the line.

Less than 30 seconds into the game, Burnley won a corner.

Moments later, the corner kick was taken, and it was Barnes! He jumped high and grabbed the landing point above the head of the 1.88m Kenhiro Tomiyasu and headed the ball towards the top right corner of the goal!

There was a loud bang.

The ball hits the crossbar and pops off the bottom line!

Almost!

The ball didn't go in!

"Wow, Burnley opened with a lot of momentum."

"When Zheng is not in front of goal, Arsenal's defence is still a little uneasy. A top goalkeeper is too important for the team. ”

"This ball, obviously Tomiyasu's marking is half a beat slower."

"The Japanese are too slow to get into the game!"

Ferdinand couldn't help but complain about Tomiyasu Kenhiro, he actually found out in the last game that Tomiyasu Kenyo's defensive ability is very average, and there are often situations where he can't keep an eye on people.

On the pitch, the ball came to Arsenal's side.

Midfielder Odegaard attacked with the ball, he looked up at the front of the field, and found that Zheng Yaxin, who started as a striker today, was not very active, so he was in the defender pile of Burnley, and he did not run, so he gave the ball to Pepe on the right side!

Pepe had two Burnley players in front of him, he didn't risk breaking through, and immediately returned to Thomas, and the Ghanaian passed back to Gabriel, who made a long pass! Find the full-back Saka on the other side, Saka unloads the ball and carries the opposing defender's diagonal pass into the penalty area!

Zheng Yaxin raised his foot and shot.

Boom!

The ball flew into the stands.

This shot is a bit outrageous, not at all like Zheng Yaxin's previous shots......

In the opening minute, both sides completed an attack each.

Burnley's offensive routine is quite simple, two or three passes after getting the ball to the Arsenal backfield, and then pick up the penalty area, let Barnes and Tomiyasu Kenyo compete for the top, although Barnes is only 1.85 meters tall, 3 cm shorter than Tomiyasu Kenyo, but the bounce power is significantly better than Tomiyasu Kenyo, the first to fight for the ball, a look back at the moon, the ball flew directly towards the back of Arsenal's goalpost!

Another Burnley striker, Chris Wood, rushed to the back post at a fast pace, threw Gabriel, who was a little messy at a pace, behind him, and swooped to complete the header relay!

By the time goalkeeper Ramsdale reacted to the defense, the ball had already gone straight into the top left corner of the goal!

Despite Ramsdale's save, it didn't help.

“goooal!”

“gooooooooooooooal!”

“goooooooooooooooooooooal!”

"The ball is in!"

"Chris Wood! Header to the top! ”

"Burnley scored in less than three minutes!!"

'The pressure is on Arsenal's!

Ferdinand was amazed.

"No one was expecting Burnley to win before the game, but now Burnley are ahead!"

"As I expected, this is the goalkeeper for Zheng, and the goal will probably be saved, but now the fact is that Burnley is ahead."

"1:0, Burnley takes the first city at home!"

"Gary, what do you think?"

Neville was stunned and looked at the Burnley players who were celebrating passionately on the field, and the whole person looked a little confused, "Wardfack? Arsenal conceded a goal? ”

"What the hell is this guy doing? Can this ball be topped by the opponent? He's the taller one! ”

Neville couldn't help but question the Japanese defender who started the game.

On the sidelines, Arteta waved angrily at Tomiyasu.

"Focus!"

"Don't lose your position!"

Obviously, he was unhappy with the defense.

"What's the matter with you? How can you get him to pass the ball over your head? Ramsdale also expressed his displeasure with Tomiyasu.

Gabriel, who was also out of position in defense, couldn't help but mutter: "This guy's defense has always been like this." ”

"If he is willing to jump, the ball will not be passed......"

Zheng Yaxin stood in the midfield with his waist crossed, and he also shook his head vigorously.

Playing a relegation team and conceding a goal at the beginning of the game is really a bit demoralizing.

But Zheng Yaxin didn't say anything.

It's just the beginning, and it's not fatal to concede a goal, just wait for the next kick to come back.

In this game, he didn't use "live deduction", and if he wanted to score goals, he could only rely on two means: "violent header" and "10 corner elevator free kick".

If Burnley don't give a free-kick in front, it won't be enough for a team-mate to get a high cross.

In short, Zheng Yaxin was not panicked at all.

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