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535. Main battle against Arsenal

Wenger and Wensheng did not have a conversation before the game, and they gave each other a greeting and returned to their own positions.

Manchester City has all the main players. Apart from Silva, Silva has some injuries and can only sit in the stands to watch the game in this game.

Manchester City Navas is in the goalkeeper position, Joe Hart is substitute, and Van Dijk and Kompany are partnering with the centre-back. Kompany did not play in the mid-week game against Leicester City. Right back Wensheng arranged Milner and left back Hills.

Hills also did not compete against Leicester City in the middle of the week.

The two midfielders are Casemiro and Dembele, and the attacking trio are Lampard, De Bruyne and Costa. Suarez continues to take charge on the front line.

The goalkeeper on Arsenal is Ospina, the center back is paired by Mertesacker and Coscheerny, the right defender Bellerin, the left defender Monreal, the midfielder Ramsey and Coquelin, the three attacking midfielders include Sanchez, Casorla, and Coutinho, and the forward forward is Giroud.

Both teams use the 4231 formation. Wensheng's Manchester City's technical and tactical styles this season have returned to nature, and their offensive tactics are more direct. On the contrary, Wenger's team Arsenal is good at controlling this season.

The players on Manchester City are ambitious. They have narrowed the gap with Chelsea. Even if the mid-week win is difficult, everyone has the feeling of destiny.

Arsenal players don't seem so confident. Wenger actually didn't mobilize before the game. He just recounted his established tactical arrangements.

"Manchester City must win Arsenal!" Before the game started, guests such as Xiao Lei, Ian Wright in the live broadcast room of the TV station were discussing the league situation, and Xiao Lei said this in a positive tone.

"Yesterday Chelsea beat Swansea and successfully scored three-pointers! Manchester City is much different from their points, and there is only one game left in the make-up game. Manchester City cannot defeat Arsenal in this game, which will definitely hit their morale seriously. I believe Manchester City will definitely make a comeback in the league after winning Arsenal!"

In short, Xiao Lei regards this game very important and thinks it is very likely to be a watershed in the league.

Ian Wright disagrees with this view, "Don't forget that the next league game is Chelsea against Manchester City, which is the most critical battle to decide the league championship!"

It is now January 18, and Manchester City will go to challenge Chelsea away in the 23rd round of the league.

The man said he was right and the woman said he was right. In fact, both of them were talking. Wensheng and Wenger had a very different understanding of this game. In Wensheng's opinion, this game was not decisive. He had the same idea as Wright. The match was the watershed of the season, and the importance of this game was to give Manchester City three points. As for the blow to win or lose, Wensheng felt that it was nonsense, because Arsenal was no longer the opponent that Manchester City players need to be afraid of.

Soon the game started under the whistle of Kratenberg. Wenger stood up and went to the coaching area to watch the game without sitting next to the chair for a minute.

Manchester City's start is not complicated, and they attack wildly when they come on the court. The most important thing is that they show better form. The overall formation is pressed, the forward defends at high positions, and after losing the ball, they quickly launch a counter-attack. Wenger's two central defenders, Mertesacker, Koscheerney and goalkeeper Ospina are not capable of making a strong shot, which leads them to clear the ball, which makes Manchester City continuously suppress them.

Mr. Wenger has been willing to spend money in the past two years, but he is only willing to be willing to be in the midfield and frontcourt. He is really not willing to be willing to be in the defense. This season, they have completed 11 games away games, scoring 16 goals, conceded 15 goals, and played 21 rounds in the league. They have conceded 25 goals, and the number of conceded is a weather vane. They have conceded so many goals, and they naturally cannot rank high. You should know that the top teams have not conceded many goals, and Southampton and Manchester City have not conceded more than 15 goals, and Chelsea have only 19.

Wenger's Arsenal offense is actually not that big. In the past, there were great masters on the front line, and the goal was relied on the masters to fight against. Now, there is no forward god. Their attacking midfielder bears a lot of responsibilities. Sanchez is in very good shape and the Turkish.

But because there is no striker, Arsenal sometimes suffers from tough battles, especially when encountering strong teams.

Wenger asked the disciples to recover quickly, on the one hand, to help defend, and on the other hand, to facilitate the return pass.

He knew how Manchester City would play. He made up his mind to counterattack in this game, but now the key is to withstand Manchester City's first wave of impact.

Wensheng has been on the sidelines for a long time, and the team's condition is obviously better than mid-week. Not to mention anything else, at least in the suppression, it is really suppressing Arsenal. Wensheng never thought that Arsenal would take the initiative to take the initiative to take the initiative to take the initiative to take the lead. After all, the opponent is not like a defensive counterattack, and with Arsenal's defense line, it is very likely that he will backfire and really take off himself.

I have to say that Wenger also took great risks when formulating the game strategy, but this is the case in this world, so you have to bet.

Wenger bet right, Arsenal's defense is in very good shape, Mertesacker and Koscheerney are not capable of making goals, but the defense clearance is quite good. Their defense makes Suarez awkward, and then Suarez is anxious again.

Wen Sheng looked at Suarez and was very worried. He was afraid that the forward god would start to be irrational again. If he caught someone and took a bite, it would be a big deal.

Ten minutes later, Manchester City took the absolute initiative, with a ball possession rate of up to 70%. Arsenal's midfielder was completely below the confrontation, and they could only defend passively, but Manchester City completed 4 shots, not even within the goal frame range, and several shots seemed very barely.

"Arsenal's defense is doing very well!" Redknapp Jr. praised in the live broadcast room.

"Their defense is not very good in the away game, and today seems to be an exception!" Wright was also surprised.

"Actually, the offense was sacrificed, and Giroud returned to halftime to help defend! So I couldn't see any decent attacks they had in these ten minutes!" Xiao Lei analyzed, and an unexpected situation occurred on the court before he finished speaking.

Arsenal got a chance to get the ball. Coutinho on the right side held the ball. Arsenal had too few counterattack points, so he chose his own breakthrough. However, Coutinho's speed was not particularly fast. He was just explosive. When he faced Kompani, he was hesitant. Hills, who was chasing back from the back, had already gotten in place and tackled his ball under his feet from the side and back.

The ball was very clean. Although Coutinho complained, he was not hurt. He quickly got up from the ground, but Hills, who was using the shovel, was hit.
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