Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 237

In the following time, both sides had opportunities, but both lacked some luck.

In the end, Manchester City, playing away, entered the locker room with a score of 2-1.

In the away team's locker room, Guardiola emphasized the importance of the team's overall forward movement when attacking.

In addition, Jesus' performance was not recognized by Guardiola. Due to tactical arrangements and on-the-spot adjustments, Jesus will be substituted.

The Brazilian was obviously a little unhappy.

But there is no way. In football games, the authority of the coach is unquestionable.

Guardiola turned his head and looked at De Bruyne and Chen Chen again. He mentioned that Chen Chen and the other two could try to shoot and score by themselves after instigating the attack.

In the 17/18 season, Arsenal's strikers stood in the opponent's half, supported the front arc, and the offensive focus was transferred to the midfielders.

Who are they? They are Xhaka, Wilshere and Erdog.

Now Guardiola has also thought of this.

The 15-minute break ended quickly.

Manchester City took the lead in making substitutions, Jesus went off the field and Gundogan came on.

In this way, Manchester City's formation will become a 4222.

Sterling and Mahrez rushed forward, Chen Chen and De Bruyne waited for an opportunity behind them.

Gundogan and Rodri swept the back midfielder area.

Arsenal did not make any substitutions.

After the start of the second half, the Arsenal strengthened their attack.

Lacazette and Saka began to attack Manchester City's left defense line. Their intention was very clear, that is, to destroy the Ake + Rodri line!

But they obviously underestimated the Dutch defender.

Yes, Ake is the main central defender, but his wing attributes are not much worse!

54th minute.

Saka dribbled the ball and broke through, facing Ake directly.

Saka first did a bicycle kick, and seeing that Ake was unmoved, the Englishman simply stopped wasting time.

Saka pushed the ball directly to the sideline, and then the whole person sped up instantly!

His intention was very clear, that is, to use a momentary burst to distance himself from Ake and take a sideline burst route!

Unfortunately, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Ake aimed at Saka's running rhythm, the Dutchman approached, and then used a ruthless leg to intercept!

The Dutch international easily grabbed the ball!

Ake turned around immediately after getting the ball, and he passed the ball to Chen Chen who was retreating to participate in the defense without any hesitation.

At this time, Sterling, who was in front of Manchester City's left, turned around and ran.

Chen Chen understood Sterling's idea, and he quickly passed the ball over.

Sterling looked at the landing point of the football.

With a simple chest stop, the ball was accurately stopped by the British star not far from his feet.

When Sterling gets serious, he has a place among the fast winger in football.

Facing Takehiro Fuyasu, Sterling pretended to do a bicycle kick.

But in fact, he was preparing to turn around and cut inside!

Takehiro Fuyasu was not fooled, but Sterling's speed of turning inside was too fast.

So Takehiro Fuyasu gritted his teeth and stuck to him.

Takehiro Fuyasu stretched his legs to try to steal the ball while pulling it.

After Takehiro Fuyasu got the ball, Sterling sensibly cried out "ah" and fell to the ground.

"Beep!"

The referee Atkinson ran over and blew the whistle, giving Takehiro Fuyasu a yellow card.

There was a booing in the Emirates Stadium!

Partey, who was close, tried to think that Sterling was diving, and he tried to pull Sterling up, but Sterling just couldn't get up.

Seeing this, Gundogan directly pushed Partey away!

The two began to curse at each other!

The gunpowder smell came up all of a sudden!

After a long time, the two people who were ready to fight were finally pulled apart by their teammates.

Atkinson's penalty today was "fair and square", and Gundogan and Partey each received a yellow card.

Manchester City got a set-piece opportunity in the front court, which was the result of the penalty for Fu Yasu's pulling down Sterling.

Chen Chen stood alone in front of the ball, and De Bruyne did not come over.

The Belgian stood at the far side, and the top of the arc and the position in front of the center circle were left to Ake and Gundogan.

Although it was highly likely that Chen Chen would take the penalty, when they really saw Chen Chen standing in front of the penalty spot, the Arsenal players immediately sounded the alarm in their hearts!

Each one was like facing a great enemy!

There was only Lacazette left in front of the Arsenal as a counterattack point, and the others all came back to participate in the defense.

Lacazette's position was also very interesting, he stood between Gundogan and Chen Chen.

The French were afraid that Chen Chen would pass the ball horizontally, and then De Bruyne, Gundogan, and Chen Chen would be connected in a line.

"Beep!"Referee Atkinson blew the whistle.

Chen Chen took a deep breath, then stretched out his right leg with a determined look and kicked the bottom of the ball!

The ball instantly took off and flew towards the Arsenal penalty area with a violent rotation arc!

At the moment when Chen Chen kicked the ball, the three people in Manchester City's back position: Mahrez, Sterling and Rodri immediately squeezed towards the goalkeeper.

Again, although it is unfriendly to collide with the goalkeeper, this trick is really useful!

Because it can really squeeze the goalkeeper's saving space!

However, this time Chen Chen was not aiming at the guys at the far point, but near the penalty spot!

This is another angle of application of Manchester City's set-piece tactics.

When the Blue Moon arranges offensive personnel at the back point, the home team Arsenal must have corresponding defensive players to guard one-on-one.

Okay, then the question is.

The back point and the small penalty area are all guarded, so what about the position near the penalty spot?

Doesn't this reveal a defensive gap?

The dumpling is really rotten on the edge---the filling is exposed!

"Bang!"

Laporte inserted from the back point, he turned his body sideways to face the direction of the ball, and the Spanish defender swung his head and headed it!

The ball was changed by Laporte and flew straight to the goal!

Ramsdale in front of the goal had no time to react, he could only watch the ball drill into his upper right corner!

"The ball went in!"

"Header from Laporte!"

"Blue Moon 3-1 Arsenal!"

"Manchester City's tactics are too rich! Corner kicks can be used in the small penalty area and the back point, and set pieces can be used for penalty kicks. This is simply a big deal for the purse of the little girl (the youngest little girl)---so many tricks!"

"Huh!"

Zhan Jun paused for a moment, then took a breath and continued to comment,

"Arsenal's recent performance is very good, and they have achieved an impressive five-game winning streak in the last five games."

"But it's a pity. In the face of absolute strength, in front of Manchester City! Their performance It's still too bad!"

"In the first round of this season, Arsenal suffered a painful 5-0 defeat. Will the Arsenal lose again today?"

"You know, many Arsenal fans said in interviews before the game that 'we Arsenal are invincible', and the fans have infinite expectations for the team."

"But judging from the current performance, Arteta obviously can't satisfy the Gunners fans!"

After scoring, Laporte ran in the opposite direction. The Spanish defender crossed the corner flag area and came to the Manchester City diehard fans area to cheer and celebrate!

Chen Chen and Mahrez and others quickly followed, and a group of people and fans began to scream and cheer!