"It's really strange that Arsenal have such a clear advantage, is this still the Arsenal I know?"

Seeing that Arsenal was leading the field in the first half, and from the perspective of the field, it was also Arsenal who pressed Manchester City to play, which made many fans who had just turned on the TV to watch the game feel very surprised.

In their impression, Arsenal doesn't seem to be so strong, right?

How do you feel like you're suddenly stronger?

"Oh, I see, it must be the law that Manchester City gets stronger at work!"

In recent times, the teams of the Premier League, whether they are ordinary teams or giant teams, as long as they meet Manchester City on the field, they are like playing chicken blood, and they can always play beyond the normal level of strength.

This phenomenon is known to fans as Manchester City's Law.

"Arsenal played really well in this game, especially Mesut Ozil, this guy played so well in the first half, if he can continue to perform like this throughout the game, then the MVP after the game will definitely be his!"

On the pitchside, Arsene Wenger, like the fans, was pleased with Ozil's performance.

After Mesut Ozil joined Arsenal, he was met with mixed reviews.

Some people criticized him for being too soft, afraid of confrontation, and not adapting to the rhythm of the Premier League.

Some have praised him for his excellent technique, great vision, and a well-deserved midfield master.

Both of these evaluations are actually correct, Ozil really does not like physical confrontation, and is even a little afraid of physical confrontation, so in the Premier League, he is often bullied by players from other teams, and sometimes even becomes a breakthrough for Arsenal.

And his own mental attributes and aggressiveness have always been a problem, watching him play football has always been that slow style, never in a hurry or slow, and the expression on his face has always been a look of not waking up, and I can't see any emotional changes.

This kind of person obviously can't be the leader of the team, and he can't be expected to stand up in times of adversity, he is more suitable to act as a wingman for his teammates.

If he is paired with a strong team-mate, such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, then Mesut Ozil can provide his team-mates with very comfortable passes and help these top goalscorers score more goals.

When Mesut Ozil first arrived at Arsenal, Gunners fans had high hopes for him, thinking that he could become a key player like Jr. and Robin van Persie.

But Mesut Ozil proved in just one season that he couldn't live up to the expectations of sought-after fans.

As the all-time champion of the Arsenal team, it is normal for the outside world to have disillusionment with him when he cannot meet the expectations of the fans.

Arsene Wenger was clearly aware of the problem, and when it was determined that Ozil could not be on his own, he reluctantly reprimanded the huge purchase of Barcelona's winger Alexis Sanchez, which solved the problem.

Alexis Sanchez is a strong player and is one of the top wingers in football at the moment.

But Sanchez is a little bad, he plays a bit alone, and the cooperation with his teammates is not ideal, and Arsenal's current passing and cutting cooperation still does not achieve the effect that the professor envisions.

Thinking of this, Wenger couldn't help but look at the man wearing Manchester City's 10 sky blue shirt again.

What if he hadn't chosen Arsenal instead of Manchester City?

Such thoughts have come up more than once, and every time Arsenal and Manchester City play each other, Wenger seems to sigh in his heart.

There are so many great players he has missed in his life!

Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo, Messi and later Lin Quan, the strongest top stars in today's football, almost all passed by Arsenal.

It's also a skill to miss so many top superstars one after another!

However, this also shows from the side that Wenger and his team still have a very accurate eye for people.

It's just that for various reasons, they didn't firmly bring the person they liked to their own team!

In the first half, Arsenal were in full swing and Manchester City went on the defensive, but Pep Guardiola did not let the opposition midfielder do whatever he wanted.

Under his arrangement, Kante set his sights on Arsenal's brain, Mesut Ozil.

After being marked by N'Golo Kante, Ozil could no longer observe the situation on the pitch as he did before, and deliver precise passes.

With N'Golo Kante's scrambling, it became difficult for him to even protect the ball, and it became almost impossible to pass forward.

As a result, he had to pass it back to his team-mates and let Ramsey or Cazorla reorganize.

Ramsey and Cazorla are certainly not as good as Ozil's passing ability and overall vision, and once the ball is at their feet, it is difficult for them to make a dangerous pass like Ozil.

And because of the position, it is difficult for them to form a combination with Sanchez, which has led to a lot of Arsenal's attacking threat falling a lot.

On the sidelines, Wenger, who was still smiling and admiring Ozil's wonderful performance, saw that Ozil couldn't hold the ball under the opponent's pressure and was forced to pass back, and his face immediately changed.

Arsenal played the way they played in the first half, where they needed to pass the ball forward and constantly threaten City's goal.

Once their attacking rhythm is broken, then Manchester City's counterattack may be coming soon!

Sure enough, seeing that Arsenal's attack was contained, Manchester City's formation immediately began, and the two wingers received the full-back position inside and joined the midfield strangulation.

Seeing that their midfield was at a numerical disadvantage, Arsenal were forced to change formations, and their wingers had to follow suit.

Frequent physical contact and confrontation have made the rhythm of the game between the two teams begin to move closer to the direction of traditional Premier League teams!

Although Manchester City are not a team that is very fond of using physical confrontation, after all, they have better weapons to choose from.

However, their opponents, Arsenal, are a team that is not good at physical confrontation than them, and in terms of squad hardness of both teams, Manchester City is clearly superior.

In that case, Pep Guardiola naturally doesn't mind taking full advantage of this.

And when the physical confrontation between the two teams became intense, Ozil's performance began to fall off a cliff, and even gradually disappeared from the field.

On the contrary, Cazorla, who is short in stature and less than 1.7 meters tall, performs better than Ozil on the court, at least under the fierce scramble of the opponent, he can protect the ball, so as not to lose the ball all of a sudden, allowing the opponent to counterattack.

However, the inability to protect the ball and gain the upper hand in the midfield means that their attack will be difficult to sustain.

This made Arsenal's momentum begin to decline rapidly, and the chicken blood that was played before seemed to be a little unsustainable at this time.

As a result, the dominance of the game began to fall into the hands of Manchester City, who began to gain the upper hand in the midfield scramble and gradually began to launch counter-attacks.

"Sure enough, Arsenal is still the familiar Arsenal, nothing has changed!"

Seeing that the opponent was quickly beaten back to the prototype and his own attack began to take off, Manchester City's assistant coach Blatter sighed.

If he were a spectator, he would have chosen to watch a Premier League game, and after excluding Manchester City, he would most likely choose to watch an Arsenal game.

The reason is simple, Arsenal's style of play is flashy, and they can play dazzling combinations in attack, which is pleasing to the eye.

However, it is too difficult for Arsenal to play such a fluid combination.

And once Arsenal's tactics don't work, their threat plummets.

As the focus of this round of the Premier League, there are certainly a lot of people who are following this game.

After the game, the game will definitely be watched and studied repeatedly by the coaches of many teams, and the method used by Guardiola against Arsenal in this game will definitely be used by many teams.

There is no doubt about this, after Pep Guardiola came up with the three-centre-back tactic, almost overnight, the Premier League teams have played the three-centre-back system.

Of course, most of them are anti-dogs, and they quickly abandon this style of play after self-defeating, but there are still some who choose to stick with it, such as Jurgen Klopp of Liverpool.

After trying it out, he found that this tactic worked quite well when attacking.

Pep Guardiola's answer in this game is: give Arsenal intensity and strangle their midfield.

It's the easiest and most practical way to do it, and it's something that almost all Premier League teams can replicate, after all, most Premier League teams have tough squads, and some even rely on physical confrontation and hand-to-hand combat, such as the Hammers for West Ham.

Seeing that the team was gradually starting to be at a disadvantage, Wenger on the sidelines was secretly anxious, but he couldn't think of any good way for a while.

Wenger's on-the-spot command and adjustment ability has never been strong, and his character is not decisive enough, like some coaches, as soon as he sees that the situation is wrong, no matter how many minutes the game goes, even if it is just a few minutes into the game, at the risk of offending the players, he must immediately change and adjust.

Arsene Wenger intends to wait until half-time to make adjustments and see if he will make a substitution or change his tactical approach.

I have to say that the Arsenal players who play at home are still working hard and desperately.

Despite being physically disadvantaged, they were tenacious in their midfield to maneuver City around.

There was not much time left in the first half, and the score remained 1-0 until the end of the first half.

Arsene Wenger on the sidelines finally breathed a sigh of relief and finally persevered.

It seems that at half-time we will have to adjust, otherwise, if we continue to play at the same pace at the end of the first half, Manchester City may soon be on the verge of equalising.

Arsene Wenger intends to make changes to his team's tactics and line-up, and coincidentally, Guardiola intends to do the same.

"Forget about that goal, you were good in the first half, but you could have done a little better!'

Pep Guardiola is a man who strives for excellence, he always wants to do one thing to the extreme, so it is very difficult for him to praise the players, except for Lin Quan.

The players expected to be criticised when they returned to the dressing room, but instead of criticising them, Guardiola praised them.

This made many players feel very excited in their hearts, and they couldn't help but raise their heads, look at the head coach, and listen carefully to his tactical arrangements.

Fifteen minutes were over quickly, and the second half began.

Both teams made personnel changes, with Arsenal bringing on defender Gibbs and midfielder Campbell ready to strengthen their defence.

Manchester City, on the other hand, replaced a defender and brought on a midfielder.

Just from the substitution choices of the two teams, it can be seen who attacked and who defended in the second half.

"Isn't it, Arsenal just played half the game?"

'Didn't Arsenal play well in the first half? Why this adjustment? ”

"Hehe, the professor is instigated!"

Fans were surprised by the substitutions of both teams, Arsenal played so aggressively in the first half, and replaced the attacking players with the defenders as soon as the second half came up, giving the feeling that they had to make 180-degree adjustments.

This change is too abrupt and radical, isn't it?

"Arsenal are in the lead now, it's not wrong to be conservative, as long as they can keep this score and get the final win!"

"That's right, the reason why the tactics in the first half were so effective was all based on the players running at all costs, but the players were not iron-clad, and it was impossible to run like that for the whole game."

Not everyone is criticizing Wenger's move, and some more calm and rational fans think Wenger's choice is very pragmatic.

Arsenal are not Liverpool, they can't run like Liverpool for the whole game.

This tactic can have a surprising effect when used occasionally, but it is obviously unrealistic to use it all the time.

If they don't change their tactics, then after 70 minutes, their players are out of fitness and can't run, and City will be able to beat them without much effort.

"Can you really hold it?"

"yes, we're only one goal ahead, and the margin is too small!"

Many Gunners fans are thinking of the previous game against Bayern Munich at home, when they were beaten by Bayern by two goals.

Now they are facing Manchester City, which is not inferior to Bayern, or even stronger than Bayern, and many Gunners fans are worried that what happened before will happen again.

In the 56th minute of the second half, Manchester City played an offensive climax and formed a siege on Arsenal's goal.

Lin Quan, Son Xingmin, De Bruyne, Kroos and others shot one after another, making Arsenal's goal loud and tidy, and also making the hearts of countless Gunners fans tugging.

Although thanks to Cech's heroic performance, Arsenal survived Manchester City's attack.

But after they lost control of the midfield, they simply couldn't stop City's attack.

In the 67th minute of the second half, De Bruyne and Lin Quan formed a collision with the wall, and Lin Quan faked a real pass and sent a delicate through ball to Aguero in the penalty area.

Sergio Aguero didn't waste the chances created by his team-mates and calmly slotted the ball in.

The score became 1:1.

The Emirates Stadium fell silent at this moment.

There is nothing more desperate in the world than to see hope and see it shattered.

And at this time, Gunners fans are going through this.

(End of chapter)