rpbooks Chapter 349 Against Arsenal
Chapter 349 Against Arsenal
Chapter 349 Against Arsenal
Manchester City's opponent in the fifth round is Arsenal, which lost in the previous round.
Although they lost the game, Arsenal has a very good momentum this season. Fabio's brain, Arshavin's sharp knife, and the newly joined Vermaelen are in defense, so they are still a formidable opponent.
The characteristic of young teams is that the upper limit is high, the lower limit is low, and the performance is very unstable.
If they can play more stably, I believe Arsenal will go further.
In this game, Duncan chose to rotate. The newly joined Sanchez and ZAP in the summer all got the chance to play, and then Martin Petrov and Sturridge also got the chance to play.
Sneijder, who just joined, sat on the bench.
Although some other players have taken turns, but on the central axis, Thiago Silva, Toure, and David Silva, the central axis, have started.
This is a guarantee of Manchester City's strength.
At the beginning, Arsenal's momentum was stronger, and the boys were very aggressive, especially Denilson and Alexander Song, who were very active.
The two strikers, Bendtner and Van Persie, are equally active.
Manchester City has strong control and can often penetrate Arsenal's defense through tacit cooperation.
From the perspective of the scene, it is quite exciting.
At least fans who bought tickets for this game will not be disappointed.
The process of the game is also like this.
Arsenal are not a good defensive team, and Manchester City will not be conservative either.
So in this game, both sides played a bit open.
Although the game was exciting at the beginning, no one scored.
It wasn't until a goal that no one would expect that changed the direction of the game...
This goal happened in the 20th minute of the game.
Manchester City attacked the frontcourt, and Silva disrupted the opponent's defensive rhythm with his smart steps. Diaby's slightly bulky body couldn't keep up with David Silva, and he was quickly thrown out of space by him. .
Helpless, Clichy could only foul and give Manchester City a free kick to the left in front of the penalty area.
The free kick was a bit far, David Silva did not choose to shoot, but sent a pass.
With a violent rotation, the football came to the back point.
In the crowd, Thiago Silva grabbed the ball, and from 13 yards, he fired a lob shot over the head, which went past Almunia's fingertip and hit the left. The post bounced back.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the bounced football hit Almunia on the back of the head again and bounced into the goal.
1: 0!
Manchester City scored a goal that was both dramatic and accidental.
This accidental goal broke the deadlock on the court, and also pierced some window paper.
Starting from this goal, the whole game's delicacy from Xiaoqiao Liushui suddenly changed into the bloody murderous aura of young and Dangerous.
In the 32nd minute, with a long pass from Xiaofa, Arshar broke into the penalty area, surrounded by chaotic troops, suddenly shot violently, the football flew into the goal, and Arsenal equalized the score.
1: 1!
This conceded goal is also Manchester City's first conceded goal this season.
After the goal, Arsenal's morale was boosted, and the offensive gradually improved.
Then Van Persie's grab point was saved by the brave Joe Hart with both hands.
Van Persie covered his head, his eyes were full of disbelief, as if he had "seen a ghost".
He was very surprised that such a shot could still be saved.
And through these two offenses, Arsenal suddenly realized one thing: Manchester City's defense is actually not that good?
We, maybe there is an opportunity to take advantage of it?
With this in mind, Arsenal's next tactics gradually became a few levels up.Especially when they saw that Manchester City's defense was not so tight and they could still find opportunities, they began to push forward slowly, pressing higher and higher.
Because they feel that it seems that the goal is very close to them.
In fact, the goal is very close to them, and the goal is also very close to them.
Angels and devils are sometimes alone.
In the 35th minute, Pedro made an active counterattack in the frontcourt and got the football, which gave Manchester City a chance to counterattack. Silva ran to the middle to attract Arsenal's defense, and the football was passed to AZP who was inserted.
AZP doesn't like to get into the box like Lichtsteiner, he prefers wide crosses.
Taking advantage of Silva attracting the opponent's passing route, AZP glanced at it and decisively chose to pass.
Sturridge took Werneren and ran diagonally all the way, from the middle of the penalty area to the front point.
Vermaelen clung to Sturridge tightly to prevent him from turning around, but Sturridge didn't turn around at all. He leaned against Vermaelen, and then defended against the football, then raised his right foot, heel lightly A touch of football.
The football changes direction and enters the goal from a rear point.
Spiritual heel goal!
2: 1!
Manchester City overtook the score!
Almunia stood at the front point, and when the football entered the goal, he was still foolishly waiting for the football to arrive.
Little did they know that Manchester City had already scored.
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and even the Arsenal fans laughed happily.
It wasn't until Cesc Fabregas patted Almunia on the shoulder that he recovered from his embarrassment, his face turning red.
"This guy is so cute." Duncan said to Jim Cassell with a smile.
"More than that, I should thank him for his stupidity." Jim Cassell said.
In the second half of the game, the two sides continued to attack each other.
In the 53rd minute, Arsenal players pressed too high, and Manchester City played a classic counterattack.
Pedro took advantage of his speed to rush forward with the ball, and two consecutive Arsenal defensive players were left behind by him.
Arsenal's defense has a lot of space. Pedro cuts into the middle with the ball, and Sturridge and Samaras are actively running to open up space for him.
Just when everyone thought he was going to pass the ball, Pedro shot directly near the arc of the penalty area.
The ball took an arc and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal. Almunia wanted to save it, but it was too late. He could only look up and watch the ball go into the net.
3: 1!
Wenger made some adjustments in the second half. He thought it would be effective, but he didn't want to play, and Manchester City scored a goal.
Manchester City's lead reached two goals.
The score gap was widened again, and the Arsenal boys were a little irritable.In the first three games of this season, they all went smoothly, but they were defeated by Manchester United with a controversial goal in the last round, and Manchester City led by two goals in this round.
The consequence of the irritability is that Arsenal's frontcourt players have launched a single-force mode one after another, and the original smooth cooperation is gone.
Everyone wants to dribble the ball, pass five passes and be the hero of the team.
Where is such a beautiful thing?
In the 66th minute, Samaras retreated and brought out Arsenal's central defender. Silva took the opportunity to send a through pass. Sturridge used his own speed to insert diagonally, and then hit the goal from a small angle.
4: 1!
When the young man encounters a tailwind, he really can play anything, and Sturridge has already scored twice.
On the other hand, Arsenal's mentality began to collapse, and the offense was completely paralyzed.
At 70 minutes, Manchester City changed three people in a row. Otamendi, Diego Milito and Ireland played together. Manchester City changed one person on all three lines.
In the end, although Xiaofa relied on a free kick to win back a city before the end of the game, Arsenal fell too far behind in the big score and lost the game.
4: 2!
While Manchester City scored three points, they also threw Arsenal out of the championship group.
(End of this chapter)