A draw was also difficult for Manchester City to accept, and after Liverpool's win, the Reds had already surpassed Manchester City on points.

This means that Manchester City's Champions League place is also a bit less secure.

Arsenal, on the other hand, are their direct rivals for a Champions League spot.

Therefore, this game, as long as there is a chance, we must resolutely win it!

After realizing that the focus of the opponent's back was on Manchester City's shift from defense to attack, the man who advanced with the ball, Lin Quan took the initiative to take over the burden.

Seeing Lin Quan stretching out his hand to ask for the ball, Gundogan hurriedly passed the ball to him.

In fact, Arsenal's defence is not only aimed at City's ball-handling promoters, but also at their midfielders.

Gundogan is obviously under the attention of the other side, so for him, football is like a hot potato, and the sooner it is passed out, he can be a little more relaxed.

Seeing that Lin Quan got the ball, Xhaka rushed over without thinking.

Lin Quan saw that the opponent was rushing fast, so he flicked the ball to the left, avoided Xhaka in the front, and rushed towards the side in an instant.

Xhaka can't do anything about Lin Quan's treatment, Lin Quan has gotten rid of his defense, and now he can only rely on his teammates.

"Beautiful, Lin's handling is quite smart, there is an empty space in front of him, and he can pass the ball!"

On the commentary seat, the two commentators couldn't help but praise when they saw Lin Quan get rid of the other party's interception.

From defense to attack, speed is very important, and many times the speed of counterattack cannot be improved, because it cannot pass the level where the opponent intercepts in the midfield.

As long as you can pass the ball smoothly or take it out yourself, the opposing defender will not have time to settle down.

In this way, the attacking side is not a complete backline, and it is much easier to score.

Lin Quan had already advanced to the top of the penalty area with the ball at this time, and the Arsenal fans in the stands were all nervous and couldn't breathe.

The two Arsenal defenders who had just retreated to the penalty area were almost all in the middle of the penalty area at this time, and they blocked Lin Quan's breakthrough line.

Lin Quan saw the position of the opponent's defender and passed the ball out without hesitation.

David Silva, who followed up from the right, fired a direct volley into the back of the net.

Manchester City once again overtook the scoreline, the score became 2-3, and Arsenal was only one step away from falling into the abyss.

With some time to go before the end of the game, Arsenal had to take advantage of that last chance to equalise.

This idea, very good, is unfortunately destined not to come true.

After David Silva's goal, City began to make changes.

Fernandinho came on to replace striker Sergio Aguero.

Obviously, Pep Guardiola has to strengthen his defence and not give the Arsenal man a chance.

Although Manchester City seem to have replaced a striker, the attacking power has been weakened a lot.

However, after Fernandinho came on, Manchester City's double back was extremely solid, which greatly freed Gundogan to devote all his energy to attacking.

In the 72nd minute, Manchester City played a fast attack, Gundogan sent a clever pass through the Arsenal defence, but unfortunately the opponent's goalkeeper attacked in time and broke the ball before the Manchester City players outflanked it.

In the 77th minute, Lin Quan used his personal strength to complete a breakthrough near the top of the arc, and Mustafi had to make a tactical foul, pulling him to the ground, giving Manchester City a well-placed free kick opportunity, for which he himself received a yellow card.

Seeing Lin Quan standing in front of the ball and preparing to take a free kick, everyone in Arsenal was extremely nervous.

This position is too dangerous, and it is easy for a free kick master to form a goal, and Lin Quan is such a master.

The Arsenal goalkeeper directed his team-mates through the wall and blocked the right side of the goal, while he stood slightly closer to the left.

In fact, from the position of the penalty taker, you can roughly judge which position they want to play, after all, standing on the left side of the ball is likely to use the right foot to punish, and standing on the right side is naturally to use the left foot.

For those players who have a clear habitual foot, there is no need to even guess this, but Lin has no backfoot and can open the bow on the left and right, so he has to judge by his position.

And Lin Quan was standing on the left side of the ball at this time, so he had to take the penalty with his right foot and send the ball to the left.

After seeing Lin Quan's position, Arsenal's goalkeeper was full of confidence, and he was ready to save.

However, after seeing the goalkeeper's position, Lin Quan made a move that surprised everyone.

He did take the free throw with his right foot, but instead of touching the ball with the inside of his foot, he volleyed with the outside of his instep!

Arsenal's goalkeeper really didn't expect Lin Quan to have such a hand, but it doesn't matter, he still has teammates!

Arsenal's wall was on the right, and when Lin Quan shot at goal, they all jumped high to try to block the incoming ball from the air.

However, Lin Quan's kick was so tricky that the ball almost grazed the outermost player's ear (refer to Afif's goal in the Asian Cup final).

Arsenal's human wall is lonely!

It's just that this ball is over the human wall, won't it be high or off?

However, seeing the arc of the football in the air, the faces of the Arsenal fans suddenly changed.

Not good, this ball is dangerous!

Swish!

Almost just as they had the idea, they heard a thud and the ball went into the net.

The score became 2:4!

If there was still a glimmer of hope at 2:3, then now that the score difference has widened, the mood of the Arsenal people is really cool.

But Manchester City seem to be playing crazy and can't stop scoring.

In the 85th minute, Manchester City won a corner.

A scuffle ensued in the box after the corner kick was taken, and the ball was pushed out in the confusion and landed right at the feet of N'Golo Kante.

Kante lifted his foot and shot and deflected it off the opposition player.

The Arsenal goalkeeper was taken aback, made a hasty save, and racked the ball out in a thrilling way.

But the crisis was not resolved, and the ball that flew out hit the Arsenal defender again and landed in the small penalty area.

Just when the Arsenal defender wanted to clear the ball with a big kick, someone took a step faster than him, stretched out his foot and stabbed the ball into the goal.

The score became 2:5, and Arsenal were bloodied at home by Manchester City!

……

When the referee blew the final whistle, the Arsenal players on the field seemed to have lost their souls.

Some even fell to their knees, hiding their faces and weeping.

Not only the players, but also the Arsenal fans in the stands were really sad.

It was a very sad game for them, and at such a critical juncture, in such an important game, Arsenal collapsed.

After losing this game, they are three points behind Liverpool.

Could it be that this season, Arsenal can't keep four places?

Although the joys and sorrows of people are not the same, Lin Quan is still a little embarrassed to see Arsenal's players so depressed and Wenger on the sidelines so lonely.

If history hadn't changed, Arsene Wenger would have announced his retirement on this day next year.

It's hard to say whether his retirement was due to Arsenal's failure to continue the tradition and keep four successfully.

After all, since many years without a title, continuing to enter the Champions League has been the last bottom line for Arsenal to maintain their status as a giant.

But now, even this final bottom line has fallen, how desperate and cruel it is for an old man who is nearly 70 years old.

In fact, Arsene Wenger was thinking about retirement at this time.

The team's record is declining year after year, and there is no hope of improvement.

And the landscape of the Premier League is changing drastically, becoming more brutal and more intense, making him, an old guy, a little incomprehensible and unable to keep up.

In this case, then don't be stubborn anymore and take the initiative to choose to leave!

It might be a good thing for you and for the team, and it will also give both sides a decent idea.

So, at the post-match press conference, Arsene Wenger announced in public that he would step down as Arsenal manager at the end of the season.

The reporters at the scene were stunned one by one as if they had been struck by lightning.

Arsene Wenger is a veteran of the Premier League, the only remaining football manager, and his retirement means that the old era will come to an end!

There was no surprise, and after the game, the news quickly swept across the United Kingdom, and even the entire European football world.

Together with Barcelona, which almost created a miracle at home a few days ago, but ultimately lost regrettably, it has become a hot topic in football these days.

Lin Quan learned the news on the bus back to Manchester, and was somewhat surprised to learn that Wenger had chosen to retire this season.

This point in time was advanced by a whole year, and it is difficult to say that it was not influenced by his butterfly.

As for Barcelona's regrettable defeat and elimination by Paris, Lin Quan had heard about it before.

Barcelona, who was slaughtered 4-0 by Paris away, almost created a miracle after returning to their home stadium.

Suarez first scored with a lightning strike, igniting the passion of the Barcelona players.

Then the opponent made a mistake and gave them an own goal, allowing Barcelona to make the aggregate score 2:4, and they were still two goals behind.

In the second half, Barcelona scored another lightning goal, closing the aggregate score to 3:4, only one goal behind.

However, just when the Barcelona people saw the hope of an equalizer or even a reversal, the striker of Grand Paris, Edinson Cavani, also scored.

The aggregate score became 3:5, and the opponent still had away goals, and Barcelona had to score three more goals to win, which was almost an impossible task.

The frustrated Barcelona struggled to score in the ensuing period, until the game dragged on in the 88th minute, when Iniesta's goal once again ignited hopes that were almost extinguished.

A minute later, Suarez dived in the box and had already received a yellow card for a botched diving performance in the first half.

So the referee hesitated, made a surprise decision - a penalty and gave Marquinhos a yellow card.

This penalty is very outrageous, because there were many goals that should have been awarded by both sides before, and he did not award a penalty, and as a result, he was given a yellow card for such a diving that was not a foul at such a critical moment.

After the penalty was awarded, the score became 5:5, the score of the two sides was equalized, and Barcelona were still behind with an away goal.

They only need one more goal to win this game!

Barcelona, who played crazy, really scored goals very quickly.

Robert, who came off the bench, scored a stoppage-time goal that put the whole Camp Nou in a boil.

A miracle was born!

However, just when the Barcelona people were rejoicing, on the side of Paris, looking at Neymar, who was cheering and celebrating with his former teammates, his eyes gradually became resolute.

In the final stage of injury time, Neymar descended from the sky, received Di Maria's pass, passed his familiar former teammate, and calmly pushed the goal after entering the penalty area, rewriting the score to 6:2, and the total score immediately became 6:6.

Neymar's goal directly kicked the miracle created by the Barcelona people, and made this night change the sad night of all Barcelona people.

The process of this game is full of ups and downs, thrilling, and there are also scenes such as roommates fighting and opposing the old master.

So the topic exploded, and after the game, it was praised by countless fans as the most exciting Champions League game they have seen this season.

Many people even felt sorry for Barcelona, they almost set a record.

It's a pity that it fell at the last step!

If Neymar hadn't left and stayed in the team to play alongside his teammates, would Barcelona have a better chance of winning?

In fact, this game had a great impact on Barcelona, in addition to losing the game and stopping the round of 16, their coach Enrique announced after the game that he would resign as Barcelona coach after the end of the season.

There is a grapevine that Enrique's departure is inseparable from Messi.

According to the Catalan tabloid media, Messi made a hard condition for the renewal of his contract: Enrique must leave!

Although this kind of gossip may not be reliable, the contradiction between Enrique and Messi is obvious.

So when Enrique announced his resignation, there were also some voices criticizing Messi from the outside world.

Some people think that he is too deeply tied to Barcelona, or that Barcelona is too dependent on Messi.

If Enrique really leaves in this way, then the new coach will only have to look at Messi's face.

In this case, who would dare to coach at Barcelona?

But with Messi's status in Barcelona, Barcelona doesn't have a good solution.

Between Enrique and Messi, they can only choose Messi.

Even in order to appease Messi, in the new contract renewal with Messi, Barcelona will also raise his salary significantly, so that Messi's annual salary is comparable to Manchester City's Lin Quan.

That's in line with his status in the team!

It's just that Barcelona is now facing a serious problem of aging squad, and they need to spend money and time to bring in and develop new talents.

But once Messi is given a large salary increase, it will inevitably compress the salary space of other positions in the team, which is not conducive to their introduction of big-name players, and it is not conducive to the financial health of the team!

Therefore, Barcelona is now like this, which is obviously violating the laws of the market.

When Messi is old or leaves, Barcelona is bound to fall into the ground.

And Barcelona, which is in this state, may still be able to compete in the league in the next few seasons, but in the Champions League, their competitiveness will definitely become weaker and weaker.

If you want to recreate the glory of the original Cosmos Team, I'm afraid that it will be far away.

(End of chapter)