The highlight of Christmas is Arsenal's home game against Manchester City.

As the top four of the Premier League, and ranked in the top three of the standings, the battle between the two teams is enough to attract the focus of the media and fans.

But in this round of games, as long as Lyicester City, which kicks off first, wins, they will win the Christmas championship safely.

This makes the focus of the battle between Arsenal and Manchester City a lot of darkness.

Goodison Park is hard to find.

This is not an ordinary league, but a match to witness the Christmas champions.

In this game, Leicester City has made some changes in the lineup.

Centre-back Hutter was suspended for accumulating yellow cards and was replaced by Vasilewski.

With Drinkwater and Schlupp out injured, Andy King is back in the starting line-up.

Compared to Everton, Lyicester City's injury situation is relatively good.

The schedule ushered in the first wave of injuries, and teams began to experience massive injuries.

Everton had as many as six injured before this round.

Among the traditional giants of the Premier League, Chelsea have 2, Tottenham Hotspur 3, Manchester City has 5, Manchester United has 5, Liverpool has 6, and Arsenal has as many as 7.

Coupled with the red and yellow cards suspended, the players who can be lined up are stretched.

Traditional giants, they have deep enough bench depth and enough players to survive this injury period relatively peacefully.

But other middle and lower teams, without such strength, tend to drop the chain during this time.

This is also an opportunity for teams to temporarily replenish their personnel through loan players in the winter window.

Due to the limited number of tickets, there were only 3,000 fans traveling with Lycester City.

They are concentrated in the area behind the goal, where the view is not very good, and it is impossible to see the whole game.

However, if there is a goal, they can clearly see the whole process of the ball rolling into the net.

Everton's performances have not been up and down this season, and halfway through the season, the team must bring in reinforcements in the winter window to make up for injury problems.

In the previous games, whether or not they can stabilize their position in the standings is particularly crucial.

Referee Jonathan Moss blew the whistle for the start of the game and Everton kicked off.

Everton, who kept the main team that was relatively complete from last season, brought in wide player Deulofeu from Barcelona and used him to dribble inside on the wing and create chances.

The 35-year-old Vasilewski, whose competitive form has declined significantly, is the focus of Everton's attack.

Ranieri is looking to use his defensive experience and height advantage to limit Lukaku.

In addition, Kante's position was also fixed, requiring him to assist Vasilewski in the defence.

In Drinkwater's absence, Lyicester City moved as far as possible as they could when switching from defense to attack.

It's easy to be pinned down the flanks by your opponents.

Therefore, Jamie Vardy's position will move to the middle to respond and assist in the attack.

Rosie is at the forefront.

Everton manager Roberto Martinez was very wary of Rossi's erratic movements, and during midweek training, he stepped up his players' training for offsides.

The backline must maintain a high degree of unity and coordinate operations and remind each other to ensure the success of the offside tactic.

In the 5th minute, Lyicester City launched an attack on the left side, and Mahrez, who has been in great form recently, held the ball horizontally along the edge of the big penalty area to attract the defense.

His left-footed shot has become a very threatening killer.

In the last game against Chelsea, he used this way to humiliate half of the defending champions' backline.

Barry is close to him, his feet move quickly, his follow-up defense is very tight, and he has no intention of breaking the ball, as long as it forms interference and pressure, and then affects the opponent's mentality.

But Mahrez didn't rush and kept using feints to try to create chances and watch his team-mates' movements.

Rossi and Vardy, after a cross on the edge of the penalty area, Riyad Mahrez curled a ball with the outside of his left foot.

Vardy stepped forward and responded, slotted the ball forward with his right foot, adjusted his foot, and shot with his feet.

Drip!

The referee's whistle sounded!

Jamie Vardy stopped shooting and looked back to the referee in some confusion.

I saw the assistant referee raise the flag with one arm, and then slowly descend until it was flush with his chest.

Offside?

Vardy could only shrug his shoulders helplessly and slowly run back.

When Vardy and Rossi crossed the run, Everton's defensive core John Stones saw Vardy's intention to step forward, commanded his teammates, and formulated offside tactics.

He himself was on the same level as Vardy and lifted up in time for Mahrez to pass the ball for offside.

This offside tactic may seem simple, but in the ever-changing field, if you are not careful, you will be caught by the opponent.

So, when setting up the offside trap, in addition to the lagging Stones, defend the opponent's forward player.

The rest of the players have to maintain a relatively parallel position with their respective opponents, and lift up the ball at the moment when the ball carrier passes.

This offside tactic can not only play a role in positional warfare, but also work wonders when limiting counterattacks.

In the 10th minute, Everton launched an attack on Lesster City, with Stones, as the last defender, already pressing near the top of the arc in the centre circle.

As the attack was dismantled, Lyicester counter-attacked.

Albrighton received a long ball from the back on the right flank, with two defenders in front of him, and he fed the ball back to the unguarded Andy King.

The ball shifted from the strong side to the middle and Lyicester formed a great counter-attacking opportunity.

Vardy in the middle and Riyad Mahrez on the left had crossed the halfway line and moved forward.

Andy King spotted Vardy's running line and sent a through ball behind centre-back Mori.

Vardy again managed to cut in and form a one-on-one.

Drip!

Hearing the referee's whistle, Vardy jumped straight to his feet in anger.

Offside again!

Moments after Andy King's pass, Vardy first used a shift run to attract his defenders to Stones, and after a team-mate passed the ball, he suddenly cut forward.

But he didn't expect that Stones had already seen his intentions, and when his team-mate passed the ball, he didn't follow Vardy closely, but took a step up.

That was the first step to put Vardy in an offside position.

The home fans applauded Stones' god-level offside tactics.

After joining Everton, Stones quickly developed into an excellent defender in the Premier League and was favored by many giants.

Mourinho did everything he could to bring him to Stamford Bridge this summer, but the deal fell through due to the unwillingness of the hierarchy to pay a hefty transfer fee.

At only 21 years old, he already has a calm judgment and an excellent view of the big picture, and has vaguely revealed the temperament of a defensive leader.

With his help, Everton limited the few counter-attacking opportunities their opponents had.

Not only was he excellent defensively, but Stones was also able to help the team in attack.

Not only can he have a consistent shot at the back, but he can also use his pace and dribbling to push the ball through the opposition half.

In the 15th minute, John Stones made a fake facsimile dunk at the back, shook off Vardy's pressing, advanced the ball through the half, and passed to forward Ross Barkley.

With John Stones moving forward, Everton shared a lot of pressure on Ross Barkley after forming a numerical advantage in midfield.

After breaking through the midfield defence, the ball came to Lukaku.

Lukaku used his body to fend off Vasilewski's defence, forced a half-turn, and fell to the ground to shoot.

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel was so focused that he quickly fell to the ground and pounced on the ball to the touchline, with defender Fuchs keeping it at his feet.

Just when the home fans were about to applaud this attack, Lyrc City's counterattack began again.

Fuchs quickly distributed the ball to team-mate Albrighton, who was moving forward in the middle.

Due to the lack of organisation in the middle of Lyrcole City, when counter-attacking, the weak-side wide players will go to the middle, and the full-backs will step forward to act as wingers.

After Albrighton won the ball, Rossi, who was at the front, cut forward near the top of the arc in the middle circle and cut forward towards the opponent's half.

In front of him, there were Stones and Mori.

Murray stepped forward to defend Albrighton and John Stones defended Rossi.

Both men tacitly lifted up, ready to offside Rossi at the moment of the opponent's pass.

Sure enough, at the moment of Albrighton's pass, Stones quickly lifted up and crossed the halfway line to put Rossi in an offside position.

But Rossi stopped a small step before crossing the halfway line and then cut forward quickly.

[No offside, beautiful! ] 】

[Rosie has formed a single knife! ] 】

[The defender was left behind in an instant.] 】

Amid the roar of the on-field commentators and the boos of the home fans, Rossi dribbled the ball from midfield and advanced unhindered to the edge of the penalty area.

Facing goalkeeper Howard, Rossi suddenly slowed down at the edge of the penalty area, adjusted his pace with a walk, and picked up the ball with his right foot.

Howard, who was already ready to make a save, didn't expect that Rossi would shoot in such a way.

He didn't have time to jump, so he could only watch the ball fly into the net with a helpless gaze.

【goal！

！ 】

[Beautiful, this goal is so beautiful! 】

[Rossi's handling of the single-knife ball is too ingenious. 】

[It's not so much that he's lazy, it's better to say that he's scoring goals in the simplest, lightest, and least effortless way.] 】

[Even the goalkeeper omits the saving action.] 】

[Lyicester City is ahead, and they have the Christmas championship in their hands. 】

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