"It's dangerous!! As soon as the game started, the Manchester City players playing at home were very excited! ”

In the studio of the Dragon Country National Television Station, Duan Xuan was so shocked that he almost dropped all the competition materials in his hand to the ground.

"Aguero said before the game that they will let Arsenal know the strength of the defending champions, in fact, this game is also related to the change of the standings, although the season has just begun, but this season many Premier League teams have not started too well, and now the unbeaten teams are Arsenal and Manchester City, Arsenal has won four consecutive league games in four rounds, while Manchester City is three wins and one draw, and the difference between the two sides is only two points!"

'In fact, Manchester United and Chelsea are only three points behind Arsenal. Xu Yang, who was on the sidelines, added, "I'm starting to worry now, because for well-known reasons, Manchester City must be fighting high"

"That's right, this game is a big test for Arsenal, or for Yelo!"

Duan Xuan added.

"The game had just started and before we even had time to announce the starting line-ups, Manchester City started aggressively pressing and attacking, which probably set the tone for the game!"

In fact, it is.

The game has just begun.

The managers on both sides couldn't sit still and came to the sidelines.

Mancini, who was on the sidelines, looked calm with his hands in his pockets, but his hands were actually trembling slightly, and his leaning forward body and stiff shoulders showed that the Italian coach's psychology was not calm at all.

Although in front of the media, Mancini looked full of confidence.

But he was actually very nervous.

It's not that I'm afraid of Arsenal, but I'm a little jealous of Yelo's state.

In four league games, Yelo scored seven goals!

Second-placed Robin van Persie and Sergio Aguero scored just four.

And the goal alone doesn't show Yelo's huge influence on the game.

Just looking at the goals, it seems that Aguero and Van Persie are only three goals behind, and maybe they will catch up in one game.

But Mancini knew that this could not be directly compared.

Because the impact on the game is not only reflected in the goal statistics.

Yelo's activity up front, his movement, his passing, his passing, his suppression and intimidation at the back, and even the psychological pressure he puts on the opposition defenders.

None of this is reflected in the data alone.

Mancini, of course, knows that.

So he is actually not very sure whether Manchester City can prevent Yelo.

than defense.

He's actually more inclined to use attack at home to solve problems - Yelo is very good, he is very good at scoring goals, but if we score more goals than him, won't we win this game?

So as soon as this game started, Manchester City's aggressive pressing and attacking was decided by Mancini and his coaching staff.

And that's what makes the Manchester City players, especially their attacking players, so good!

In this game, Manchester City put on a 442 formation.

The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, and at the back, centre-back Vincent Kompany partners Lescott, left-back Klich, right-back Zabaleta, and Yaya Toure and Xavi in the middle of the midfield. Garcia, the fast-moving Sinclair played a right midfielder, and the left was handed to David. Silva.

On the forward line, it is the classic center-forward combination of Dzeko and Aguero - of course, Dzeko is in charge of height, and Aguero is in charge of fast.

On the bench.

There are defenders Barry, defenders Kolarov and Nastasic, strikers Carlos Tevez and Balotelli, as well as former Arsenal players and Nasri, one of France's four little swans who is on par with Karim Benzema but gradually lost his main place at the end of last season.

This lineup can be said to be quite powerful.

On Arsenal's side, if Yelo is excluded, their squad may not be stronger than last season, or even weaker.

The reason, of course, is the loss of Van Persie.

The average age of Arsenal's squad is now just 22.

It's too young – in a Premier League game like that, it's a luxury for such a young squad to maintain a consistent performance.

Mancini was emphasizing this before the game: Arsenal are young, and being young means instability, emotionality, mental endurance and so on.

But there are also benefits to being young.

That's when they go crazy, they play really well!

It's like yes. And so now!

Manchester City's aggressive opening posture did not intimidate Arsenal, but stimulated the opponent's performance.

The current game picture made Mancini frown a little.

Ye Luo broke through with the ball and returned the triangle on the left side of the penalty area. Cazorla shoots!! Joe Hart makes a crucial save! ”

"Arsenal's corner! Cassel pulled to the back post and Giroud headed straight at goal!! Slightly out of the way! ”

"Arsenal have the meaning of anti-guest, they have created a lot of offensive in the past few minutes!!"

The narrators in the commentary booth spoke as fast as machine guns.

Because the pace of the game is really fast now.

Manchester City quickly drove the ball out, and Joe Hart's big foot ball went straight to the touchline, causing the fans in the stadium to let out a sigh of regret.

Joe Hart is now England's first-choice goalkeeper.

But as a traditional English goalkeeper, his work is clearly his weakness.

Before Joe Hart could apologise to his team-mates, Arsenal were on the verge of sending a touchline ball.

Amid the boos at the Etihad Stadium, Yelo received the ball and cut into the middle and fired a shot from a distance of almost 30 meters!

Joe Hart reacted quickly, and he jumped and with his height and hand length, he racked the ball off the line.

Although the work under the feet is not good.

But Joe Hart had a good job at hand.

Although fans often joke that Hart is the backdrop of the world wave.

"If the sky is loved, the sky will be old, and I will see Hartmund kick."

But that also seems to tell

It's hard to threaten Hart's goal with an ordinary shot, and it's up to the world wave.

"Hart's Critical Save!! Yelo's long-range shot is very threatening! Ye Luo was by far the most active player in the game! ”

'He's got a lot of range and you can see him up front and in midfield. Now Arsenal's lineup once had a bit of a 4411 meaning, Oxlade-Chamberlain retreated to the midfield to play full-back, Yelo retreated to the midfield and the forward line, Giroud as a bridgehead at the front to open up space for Yelo, now it seems that Van Persie's departure from Arsenal is not necessarily a bad thing for Arsenal, because Van Persie's scoring ability is stronger than Giroud, but to say that a bridgehead, to open up space for his attacker, Van Persie's ability to play deputy is not as good as Giroud - and he may not be willing! ”

Andy Gray said from the commentary booth at the scene.

At this moment, the entire Etihad Stadium was booing from the point of sharp to the extreme.

Yelo's long-range shot just now scared the Manchester City fans.

Now their boos are more like a stress response.

'Yelo's position at Arsenal is so interesting, I even feel like Professor Arsene Wenger is going to resurrect the libero tactics, of course, a libero in midfield. Lineker laughed.

"It's close, isn't it? Anyway, I can't tell what position Ye Luo is playing, winger? Center? Front waist? Midfielder No. 8? Andy Gray shook his head and said, "Although one of the trends in modern football is to weaken the positional attributes and require players to be able to specialize in multiple abilities, it is almost rare to see activities like Yelo in the front court with almost no restricted positions. ”

"He's not running around, he can kick like this, or because of his strong personal ability!"

England football legend Lineker was also a good professional at the time, so he knew what it would take to play like Yelo.

The free man tactic has been gone for a long time.

Football tactics evolve as the rules of football change.

Liberos like Beckenbauer have lost their place on the court.

It's the same as the decline of the traditional front midfield.

Football is constantly evolving.

But now Ye Luo actually has a little bit of a tendency to resurrect the "absolute core" style of play decades ago.

This is entirely because of the strong individual ability, and it goes against the trend of football development.

"That's amazing."

Andy Gray sighed.

As the two of them spoke.

Arsenal got the ball again and attacked.

Yelo got the ball in the middle of the field.

He turned and pushed forward without hurry.

Manchester City's players did not dare to take it easily, so they had to fight and retreat.

Cazorla pressed into the box as Yelo retreated, crossed with Giroud and made space for Yelo to contain defenders.

A cross between the two of them, like a stick across the calm water, made City's defence ripple.

But this fluctuation is not really a hole in the defense.

After all, this is just a small loosening in the defensive line.

But Ye Luo immediately sensed this little bit of loosening, and then suddenly accelerated!!

He slammed away from Harvey. Garcia rushed to the side, Lescott was the first to grab it, and Yelo smashed the ball into the box.

Lescott raised his hands high to signal that he had not committed a foul, and then planned to block Yelo's path with his body.

But Ye Luo slammed his shoulder and squeezed him away and volleyed with his right foot on the line of the penalty area!

The soccer ball sticks to the ground and scurries towards the goal!

At the crucial moment, it was Kompany who stepped out and blocked the ball off the line.

The Etihad Stadium was amazed.

Because the refraction of the ball on Kompany's foot looks like it is going in the direction of the goal, and by this time Joe Hart has pounced in the other direction, and the ball will be scored if it is slightly off!

The soccer ball grazed the upright and went out of the bottom line.

On the sidelines, Mancini's forehead was dripping with sweat, and his back was already wet with cold sweat.

Almost!

His eyes involuntarily looked at Ye Luo in the penalty area.

The guy is in very good shape today.

It's too dangerous.

You have to find a way to limit his play, preferably to let him get the ball less.

So what to do?

Mancini thought for a moment and then came to the sidelines and made a gesture.

This looks like a signal for a change of tactics.

As a manager, he certainly can't prepare just one tactic in a game.

Any manager will prepare several well-rehearsed tactical plans before the game.

So Manchester City's players quickly got Mancini's signal as well.

It's a defensive tactic to play Arsenal's counter-attack.

After all, now that Arsenal is attacking so fiercely, the strategy of "suppressing the opponent with attack" prepared before the game is no longer self-defeating.

So City have to make a change.

And since it is necessary to be on the defensive.

Manchester City, for their part, naturally have their own strategy.

Mancini thought it was impossible to completely restrain Yelo.

Since comprehensive containment is impossible.

Then focus on containment.

What's the point?

In the middle of the lane!

This is not a new strategy, and the solution on Manchester City's side is to defend tightly in the middle and drive Yelo to the side.

Although Ye Luo is a threat everywhere.

But he's certainly a much bigger threat with the ball in the middle than he is on the wings.

So it's the lesser of two evils.

The wings are farther away from the goal and have a smaller angle, so the likelihood of a direct threat to the goal is low.

As long as Yelo doesn't directly threaten his own goal, even if he passes the ball to other Arsenal players, the threat is much less.

(End of chapter)