Chapter Twenty-Eight: What? Only 9 seconds?
"Yes! Arsenal have scored again! Once again, they scored first in the strong conversation!! It was a real surprise, just before this season. Arsenal have been at the bottom of the top five table for several seasons in a row.
Andy Gray said, shaking his head.
In fact, the so-called Premier League BIG6 is not mentioned by many people in this era.
Mainly because Tottenham's results are too stretched, and it was not until Pochettino took over Tottenham that Tottenham had the strength to compete steadily in the top six.
Before Manchester City's rise, the Premier League was usually the traditional top four: Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea.
After the rise of Manchester City, some media in England called the Premier League Five, but this title was replaced by the so-called big6 in a short time.
And in the standings of these five teams, Arsenal have been at the bottom of the table all year round.
This also made many fans ridicule Arsenal for being too weak and basically losing points in the face of strong teams.
And now, Arsenal have won all three games against Liverpool, Manchester City, and Chelsea, and all of them are playing away!!
"It's all what Yeloh brought! Arsenal have found a leader! A leader like Henry, Vieira, and others. Lineker said.
"That's right! Yelo was the leader of the team in Malaga, he is a leader who can fit the team together and, even more rarely, his individual quality is also at the top level in history. Andy Gray added, "It's very unfavorable for Manchester United at home, they were still attacking fiercely before that, and the result was a counterattack, Arsenal scored, this was Arsenal's first shot on goal in this game, this ability to seize the opportunity is so strong that the Old Trafford fans are blinded by this goal, they seem to have been poured cold water on their heads."
It's not just cold water, it's ice water.
Manchester United's players are a bit confused.
The opponent's attack was like an armor-piercing bullet, stabbing a hole in its own defense line in the blink of an eye.
After the game restarted, Manchester United's players were a little bit of a mouse-thrower, and they didn't dare to press the attack.
They were all afraid of the speed of Arsenal's counter-attack.
Since Manchester United's side did not dare to press the attack, then Arsenal's side was not polite.
Soon.
Arsenal went on the attack again.
Ye Luo dribbled through the halfway line, and in the face of United's very cautious defence, Ye Luo simply continued to press forward, forcing United's defenders to respond as well - otherwise Ye Luo would have to wait for Ye Luo to shoot directly and comfortably from the shooting range?
Everyone knows how threatening Yelo's long-range shot is.
Cleverley pressed along with Rooney, who had withdrawn to join the defense.
How else to say that Lu Xiaopang is a good player.
Strong sense of responsibility on the field and active running.
Although he is a striker, he does not complain about the dirty work of pressing and defending.
He used to be a wingman when he partnered with Ronaldo, and later he became the top name of Manchester United, and he is still a brick for the Chubby Red Devils, where there is a shortage of people, where to move.
Under Ferguson, Lu Xiaopang has played as a center forward, a left winger, a right winger, a left and right forward, a forward midfielder, a central midfielder, and even a midfielder.
Now he and Van Persie are paired as two central strikers, and Van Persie remains in the frontcourt, and he will still be responsible for pulling back to participate in the team's organization and defensive pressing.
In the face of the two coming up, Yelo chose to pass the ball to the right wing, and Sagna met on that side.
At the same time, the positions of Ramsey and Arteta also moved forward near the halfway line, and the two full-backs also pressed into midfield.
Arsenal put on a posture of pressing on the attack.
Sania didn't stop after receiving the ball, and directly passed the ball diagonally forward to the feet of the centre-forward Giroud, who had withdrawn to receive it.
Giroud defended the ball with his strong body, and although his back was to goal, the United defenders did not dare to take it lightly, and if they gave Arsenal a free-kick, everyone knew how dangerous Yelo's direct free-kick was in this area.
Giroud certainly didn't stay at his feet for long, noticing Yelo's run when he received the ball, and after carrying Evans, he crossed the ball diagonally to the front of Yelo's running line!
At the moment of Giroud's pass, Ye Luo immediately accelerated from the state of running at a constant speed, shook off the defenders behind him, and then faced the football passed back by Giroud, and shot directly with his right foot!
The ball barely had any spin and went straight towards the goal.
This time De Gea made a fine save and showed what he could do from the goal line.
I saw him get up and lift the ball off the crossbar with his left hand.
"Yelo. Brilliant shot! ”
Andy Gray exclaimed.
This shot was very sudden, the ball was played directly without stopping, the quality was still very high, and the ball speed was very fast.
If you change to another goalkeeper, you may not be able to react so quickly.
And Yelo's shot also woke up the Manchester United players.
As the hegemon of the Premier League, a team of champions who have won the championship almost every season, Manchester United's players naturally have a certain championship player mentality.
A player who can play in the starting line for a team like Manchester United naturally has his ability to adjust mentally.
With the encouragement and reminders of several team bosses, Manchester United's players also began to adjust their mentality and focus.
Cazorla takes a corner kick and the ball is headed out by Rio Ferdinand.
The perimeter continues to be dominated by Arsenal.
But then United showed their ability to counter-attack in the low post.
In the 23rd minute of the game, after Evans completed the break, Manchester United immediately launched a counter-attack.
The football quickly passed to the feet of Carrick, who crossed Valencia, who immediately rushed forward with the ball along the sideline, and then swept the box vigorously near the baseline!
The ball scurried to the ground in the six-yard box, and in the process, Arteta fell to the ground to block and his partner Aaron Ramsey could only stab the ball forward in the face of the onrushing Cleverley.
The football happened to fall at the feet of Ye Luo, who was on the line of the big penalty area.
Yelo received the ball with his back to the attacking direction, and Van Persie, who was in this position at this time and was ready to eat cakes, rushed up as soon as possible, he was ready to foul, and he was ready to foul and press Yelo down in the penalty area - anyway, it was not his own penalty area, and this ball was worth it even if he received a yellow card.
Van Persie is a centre-forward, not a defender, and the likelihood of receiving two yellow cards in a single game is low.
At this point, Yelo, who was completely focused on football, seemed to have no idea what was going on behind him, but he soon showed his technical ability with his superb footwork.
Ye Luo didn't look behind him at all, as if he had eyes on the back of his head, but just lifted the ball slightly outside his instep, and the ball flew into the air and flew past Van Persie's left waist, and the ball spun in the air, forming an arc-shaped parabola.
Ye Luo, on the other hand, completed the turn with his left foot.
Turn your back and divide the ball!!
"Good Ball !!"
Duan Xuan couldn't help but applaud when he saw Ye Luo get rid of this.
Many Old Trafford fans exclaimed.
This light pass is getting rid of it, so that many fans are still replaying the picture they just saw in their minds.
Van Persie could only watch Ye Luo move away from him.
Ye Luo accelerates forward and advances with the ball.
"Arsenal's counter-attack is here again!"
In the excited cheers of the commentators.
Yelo made his way down the middle, flicked past Carrick and forced all the United defenders to shrink towards the middle before plugging his ribs and creating a direct shot for Cazorla.
Cazorla fired a low left-footed shot and the ball hit the ground towards goal.
At the critical moment, De Gea hit Guanyin sat on the lotus, and the ball fell to the feet of Ferdinand in addition to the penalty area, and Ferdinand launched a long counterattack at the first time!!
Arsenal can't counterattack, Manchester United counterattacks on the spot!
It's very easy to score a goal in such a scene.
The ball crossed the midfield and found Ashley Young on the wing, and Professor Young took a step inside to play his signature "rainbow shot".
Arsenal certainly don't dare to slack off.
Although Ashley Young was the first of Manchester United's four dark kings.
Known as Asley. Yang though.
But now Ashley Young is still quite powerful, fast, very accurate in crossing, and also has his own trick "rainbow shot".
So after seeing Professor Yang make a shot, Arsenal's defenders did not dare to slack off, and Coquelin and Sagna both pounced and prepared to block the shooting route.
Ashley Young saw that the shot on goal could not be missed, so he had to pass the ball, he crossed the ball to the top of the box arc, and the ball fell to the feet of Van Persie.
Van Persie pulled away with his right foot and faked a real shot when Ramsey pounced, dunking the ball to his left foot!
Kim left-footed Van Persie is coming for real this time!
Left foot forestep volley!
Football has just taken off!
A sliding shovel blocked the ball off the line!!
"Van Persie shoots Yelo!! Wow oh oh!! Nice blocking!! ”
"Ye Luo participated in a counterattack and immediately returned to the defense at high speed, blocking Van Persie's left-footed volley at the critical moment!"
'Corner, Manchester United got a corner, but I think the players don't want it because Van Persie is really sure of his left-footed volley on the edge of the box, and if this goal is not blocked, Szczesny will be in trouble."
Manchester United corner kick in the way.
Van Persie stared at the incoming ball, judged the landing point, and made a fake run before rushing to the landing point, ready to jump and head the ball to the top.
But it was still in his way. Ye Luo!
Yelo was directly in a card, and did not go to top the ball, but gave the ball to goalkeeper Szczesny to get it.
Van Persie slammed into Yelo's back, only to find himself as if he had hit a wall.
This round is over.
The camera lens first gave Ye Luo a close-up, and I saw him running forward calmly, raising his hand to ask for the ball, and his face was very calm.
The camera then gives Van Persie a close-up.
I only saw a look of helplessness.
On the defensive end, he was easily eliminated by Ye Luogang.
On the offensive end, Ye Luo twice defused his confident shots.
It can be said that in this round, Van Persie was completely compared to Yelo.
Arsenal fans are very excited.
They chanted from the stands, "Our new No. 10 is so much better than you, Robin. Van Persie! ”
Hearing this, Van Persie looked into the stands and then refocused his attention on the pitch.
"We need to attack, Robin!"
Rooney came over and patted him on the shoulder.
He didn't say much, because now that the team is settled, it really needs to attack.
The Reds played in a typical English four-and-four midfield 442 position, with Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie partnering as a central striker.
Arsenal's players are confident right now.
They know how powerful Van Persie is, but Van Persie failed to exert any power on both occasions.
Coupled with the fact that the team is now in the lead, the players have gradually eased from the tension of the opening stages.
But as the saying goes, when the moon is full, it loses, and when the water is full, it overflows.
If you are too nervous, you can easily play abnormally.
If you are too relaxed, you will underestimate the enemy.
Especially in the case of their own misjudgment - to the surprise of the Arsenal players, under the premise that the attack was blocked repeatedly, Manchester United's attack not only did not suffer, but became more and more courageous!
The United players had a clear goal: to equalise before half-time!
It hasn't been long since Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie partnered as two central strikers, but the understanding of football among the top players is on the same level.
Led by two top centre-forwards as arrowheads, United's attack began to pick up in the second half of the first half.
Alex Ferguson's Manchester United are undoubtedly a resilient team.
They showed their resilience when they fell behind.
Forty-first minute of the game.
Manchester United attacked from the right flank.
Valencia and Raphael were both on this side, and with Van Persie cruising over, the trio formed a local triangle.
With a back-to-back kick, Rafael got an open cross near the baseline, and he didn't sweep the ball into the box as hard as Valencia did.
Instead, after seeing the position, he passed the ball to Van Persie's feet with his right foot, and Van Persie stopped the ball with his right foot and shot with his left foot.
Szczesny almost instinctively raised his hand and blocked the ball back into the box.
There was chaos in the penalty area, and in the end, Ye Luo came back to clear the ball and kicked the ball out of the sideline.
Forty-fourth minute of the game.
Manchester United's attack is back.
Rooney pulled the ball down the left flank and cut inside, straight into the box, and passed the ball to the feet of Van Persie, who stopped the ball and cut in front of Koscielny, and then suddenly slotted it to complete the breakthrough.
Koscielny's center of gravity was shaken, and when he hurriedly turned around, his feet slipped, and his body suddenly pressed against Van Persie's right foot, and both of them lost their balance and fell into the box.
"Two people in the Koscielny penalty area fell to the ground! It could be a lethal defense," Andy Gray in the commentary box exclaimed immediately after seeing Koscielny's movements.
Really.
Oliver, the referee on duty, did not hesitate.
In the midst of the boos at Old Trafford.
Oliver made a decision that got the United fans in the stadium cheering him on – he blew the whistle and pointed to the box.
Penalty kick!!
"Penalty!! Referee Oliver awarded a penalty!! ”
"At the end of the first half, Manchester United won a penalty!!"
On the commentary seat, many commentators were exclaiming.
Andy Gray shook his head slightly and said: "After taking the lead, Arsenal didn't expect Manchester United's counterattack momentum to be so fierce, maybe they didn't expect Van Persie's fighting spirit in this game, we can see that most of Manchester United's offensive threat comes from Van Persie's feet!" For Van Persie, he must be very eager to make a difference in this game! ”
At this time, in the Arsenal penalty area.
Arsenal's players have defended Koscielny with the referee.
The Manchester United players pulled Van Persie up and high-fived him in celebration of the penalty.
Inside the restricted area.
Joy, anger and sorrow are clearly distinguished.
Van Persie looked at Yelo, who was wearing the captain's armband and negotiating with the referee.
Last season.
The role is his.
But this season it was replaced by Yelo.
It's just that
Van Persie looked at the visiting stands.
See?
That's what I moved to Manchester United for!
Even if you have Yelo.
But I'm still convinced
Manchester United is the real hegemon of the Premier League, and here, I will definitely win the championship!
Certain!
Penalties are certainly not controversial.
The pleas of the Arsenal players were useless.
The referee will not overturn his decision.
For the Arsenal players, they only hope that the referee will not card Koscielny.
But Oliver didn't pay any attention to it, and instead showed Koscielny a yellow card very resolutely.
As a starting centre-back, with a yellow card on his back before the second half of the game even started, it must have had a big impact on his performance.
In the end, when the Arsenal players had no choice but to disperse.
Van Persie was already standing at the penalty spot with the ball.
In fact, Manchester United's current first penalty taker is Rooney.
But now Manchester United are letting Robin van Persie take the penalty, which is a bit murderous.
I'm not only going to take away your core, but I'm going to get him to play well against Arsenal and score the goal.
It's better to celebrate with another kneel slip.
Of course.
Van Persie didn't slip right away.
He's still quite reserved.
After comfortably converting the penalty, he raised his arms to signal that he would not celebrate.
But the rest of United's players care about that, and they don't want to maintain their persona in front of Arsenal fans.
They cheered wildly and celebrated.
Old Trafford also fryed.
The whole stadium was boiling.
Coach's bench on the sidelines.
Still red-faced, but this time instead of anger, an excited Ferguson chewed gum and rushed to the sidelines, jumping in celebration.
I really don't know what brand of gum this old man's mouth is, and he can chew it for so long.
Under this cheer, Wenger shook his head helplessly.
He looked at Alex Ferguson, who was not far away, and then at Van Persie, who had just scored on the pitch.
If it weren't for Ye Luo, this old guy's plan might have succeeded, right?
Abducted Robin van Persie, won the last Premier League title, and retired with honor.
It's a pity.
Your plans are going to be in vain.
Arsene Wenger felt a little smug in his heart.
Even if the score was equalised, he didn't feel nervous at all.
Because, there is still so much more time to play.
In fact, even if Arsenal can't get out of Old Trafford in this game, Wenger will not regret it.
Because Arsenal has Yelo, it is already very stable in terms of scoring stability, plus the whole team is now playing around Yelo, with Yelo as the captain and leader on the field, and the strongest scorer.
What if Arsenal concede those three points?
Ensuring the efficiency of scoring against the middle and lower teams is the key to winning the championship.
Not to mention.
In the first half of this season, Arsenal played these strong teams on the road.
This also means that in the second half of the season, Arsenal played at home for Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, and other teams.
In the first half of the season, Arsenal beat three of the top five teams to pick up nine points.
It is already ranked first in the top five small standings.
Losing one game is nothing.
Arsene Wenger didn't panic in the slightest.
The first half ended shortly after Manchester United equalised.
Players from both sides walked off the pitch.
As the scorer of the two teams that scored in the first half, he was naturally the focus of the TV picture.
Close-ups of the two also appeared on the television screen.
Arsenal fans have mixed feelings.
Arsenal's two captains were the best performers of their respective teams in the game.
In the away team dressing room.
The goal conceded in the final stages of the first half made the atmosphere in the dressing room a little dull, and everyone was relatively silent and morale was relatively low.
Arsene Wenger pushed the ball in and did not criticize the player after seeing the scene.
'It's nothing, it's just a draw, it's not a lag. In the second half we needed to take control of the game back and we had to work on the offensive end. The two full-backs don't press too hard in the second half and help the centre-backs defend. ”
In the second half, we had to push on the attacking end, but we asked the full-backs not to press up.
It sounds paradoxical.
But those in the know know that this is Arsene Wenger in Versailles.
Why can Arsenal step up their attack when full-backs are less involved in assists?
Because of Yelo!
In the home dressing room.
Ferguson was also praising the performance of his players.
Especially the focus is on Van Persie.
He then stressed that the team should pick up the tempo in the second half, take advantage of the two center forwards, and pass the ball to the opponent's penalty area.
Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie can help United solve their problems as long as they have more possession of the ball in the opposition box.
It's like that penalty in the first half.
After a fifteen-minute break and adjustment.
Players from both sides soon reappeared on the pitch.
Arsenal kicked off first in the second half.
Ye Luo passed the ball to the back and immediately rushed forward.
Arteta received the ball, saw the direction of Yelo's running, and directly launched a long pass!
The soccer ball chased Yelo's line like a cruise missile, and as it ran, the soccer ball passed over Yelo's head.
Many Arsenal fans are sighing with regret at this time - they thought the ball had been overdone.
'Arteta's long balls are very accurate. Ay.. It's a pity! Duan Xuan was also regretting, but in the next second, he paused for a moment, and then exclaimed: "Ye Luo! What a fast speed!! ”
In Duan Xuan's exclamation, Ye Luo suddenly accelerated!
No one expected that Ye Luo would be able to accelerate in this situation - including Raphael, who was chasing back.
So when he saw the ball over Yelo's head and was about to go out of the sideline, he relaxed and slowed down.
Then he watched Ye Luo's speedy performance in amazement.
The soccer ball was hooked back by Ye Luo's outstretched leg.
Such a fast ball speed, such a fast run.
In such a situation, he was able to put the ball almost on the instep of his foot and put the ball back on the grass.
Ferguson stared at this scene with a look of disbelief.
He seemed to remember something.
Such a stop-ball technique.
Such a ball sense.
and Ronaldinho, who almost joined Manchester United that year.
Not to mention that it is very similar, it is exactly the same!!
But here's the difference.
Ye Luo not only has such a ball sense and skill.
And strong physical fitness.
Speed, confrontation, physicality, much better than Ronaldinho.
Of course.
Even more critical.
Yelo barely appears in nightclubs, nor does he linger in the flowers like Ronaldinho.
This kid.
It's literally made for football.
Ferguson's heart rose to his throat.
nervously looked at Ye Luo, who re-accelerated and rushed towards the penalty area.
"Ye Luo!! Pretty! Nice stop!! ”
"Raphael was dumped!! Ye Luo dribbles the ball to the penalty area!! ”
"One dozen two!! Now only Rio Ferdinand and Evans can stop Yelo in United's defensive area!! ”
On the commentary seat, the commentators exclaimed.
After Ye Luo stopped the ball from the air, he immediately accelerated with the ball to the penalty area.
Ferdinand rushed up from left to right.
Ye Luo looked at the goal, made a shooting feint and shook the center of gravity of the two, then smashed the ball with his right foot to his left foot, and pushed forward with the ball with his left foot!
"Croquettes!!" Andy Gray shouted!!
Yelo took the ball and crossed between Ferdinand and Evans.
Moment of truth.
Both of them made tackles at the same time!
At this moment.
I don't know how many cameras captured this scene.
The two central defenders put tackles at the same time, but Ye Luo was unstoppable, he took the ball forward, and started to speed!
Rio Ferdinand and Evans couldn't get a solid tackle on Yelo's foot, but their spikes still scraped the outside of Yelo's foot.
In the state of high-speed movement, even a slight block can make people lose their balance.
Not to mention the scratching of shoe spikes.
But when Yelo broke out of Ferdinand and Evans' blockade, he himself stumbled.
"Ye Luo! Passed!! Duan Xuan was about to break his voice.
All the Dragon Nation fans in front of the TV clenched their fists.
Like in the stands, in the away stands, and Arsenal fans everywhere.
Everyone leaned forward and looked at the court expectantly.
The stumbling Yelo had an unsteady center of gravity, and he struggled to control his body while observing the goal.
De Gea has struck this time!
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ye Luo's state, and then he was just about to exert his strength and pounce the rolling football under him.
Ye Luo, who was stumbling, suddenly stabbed forward with his right foot.
Before falling to the ground, he poked the ball towards the goal
Amidst the exclamations of the fans at Old Trafford at the scene.
The ball rolled under De Gea's crotch.
Rolled towards the goal.
In the press gallery.
Many people looked at the time of the big screen on the scene.
Second half of the game.
Start .9 seconds!
(End of chapter)