943 This years Premier League is particularly cold
Entering December, a sudden cold wave invaded the British Isles.
Far away in north London, at Colney training base, Wenger's mood was even colder than the weather outside.
Sagna and Gibbs are injured!
This was discovered during today's training, and the team doctor told him that these two players will miss the fourteenth round of the Premier League at the weekend.
This is to tell Wenger that in the away game against Manchester City, he will not have even a regular full-back in his hands.
Damn it, how can you play like this?
In the League Cup in the middle of the week, he did not play as a traditional full-back because he wanted to defend firmly. The result was good, but he still lost.
Now he has made up his mind, since the defense is not good, I will risk my life with Manchester City and fight with Guardiola.
Unexpectedly, all the full-backs were injured.
Damn it! That’s incredible, isn’t it?
Have you ever seen anyone so unlucky?
Wenger wanted to go crazy and became very irritable.
Arsenal is currently ranked seventh in the Premier League standings, only three points away from fourth-placed Newcastle. However, this does not mean that Arsenal has a good chance. On the contrary, because before Arsenal, they were ranked fifth and fourth.
Sixth place is occupied by Chelsea and Liverpool. These two teams are also eyeing the top four.
Based on Wenger's own conjecture, it is unlikely that Newcastle will maintain the top four rankings, but Tottenham Hotspur still has great hope of holding on to the top four, and Manchester City and Manchester United, which are at the top, are relatively stable.
Manchester City, in particular, has maintained an unbeatable record of victory so far.
In this case, if you want to break into the top four, you must show real results.
In other words, Arsenal must try to steal points from strong teams and gnaw on hard bones.
Against Manchester City, no matter from which point of view, Arsenal has no reason to let it go.
But how to deal with Manchester City?
Thinking of this, Wenger sighed helplessly.
He is making suggestions to the management, hoping to make appropriate signings during the winter break. Otherwise, given the current situation of the team, the second half will be very difficult. If the top four in the league are lost, it will be very difficult for Arsenal.
It would be a very fatal thing.
Robin van Persie's contract extension is likely to be unexpected.
You know, so far this season, Arsenal's offense is very dependent on Van Persie. Under Van Persie, the team's second leading scorer is the little tiger Walcott, but his goals on all fronts are
Four.
This means that except for Van Persie, Arsenal's other attackers collectively stretched their hips.
If Van Persie cannot renew his contract, what will the Gunners do?
Judging from the situation in recent seasons, if you want to improve your strength, you must make signings.
It is no longer possible to stay in the top four in the league if you are unwilling to invest.
Today's Premier League is no longer the Premier League of the past.
Ferguson only spoke out a few days ago for Manchester United's setback in the Champions League. He believed that the reason why Manchester United performed poorly in the Champions League was because the internal friction in the Premier League was too serious. Manchester United only performed poorly in the Champions League because of excessive consumption in the Premier League civil war.
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This may be an excuse, but it may not be the reason.
Wenger has basically made contact, and Henry, who plays in Major League Soccer, is also interested in returning to Arsenal to ease the Gunners' forward crisis, but this deal still requires the approval of the management.
It's still unknown whether Henry will join, but Manchester City is imminent.
Heading north to Manchester, the Gunners must do their best to grab points in this battle.
Even a draw is acceptable.
At the very least, it stopped Manchester City's winning streak.
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On the afternoon of December 3rd, Manchester Etihad Stadium.
In the fourteenth round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Arsenal at home.
When referee Phil Dodd blew the whistle to start the game, City quickly passed the ball back to the back line.
Arsenal's players, led by Robin van Persie, moved forward as quickly as possible, approaching Manchester City's defense and chasing closely, forcing Manchester City to pass the ball back to goalkeeper Courtois.
The Belgian goalkeeper kicked the ball into the frontcourt with a big kick near the penalty spot.
Sudong grabbed the spot and headed the ball to his midfielder teammate David Silva. As a result, Arsenal strangled the midfielder again, forcing Manchester City to pass the ball back again.
This time when the ball was passed to the right, Zabaleta kicked the ball to Arsenal's left winger Gervinho and out of the sideline, forming a throw-in.
After Manchester City sent a throw-in, just after it passed the halfway line, it was attacked by Arsenal again, but this time it was Sanchez who finally touched the ball, so it became an Arsenal throw-in.
Players from the two teams passed the ball back and forth in the midfield, fighting desperately and fiercely fighting for the ball.
Arsenal also changed from the previous League Cup knockout match at home and took the initiative to face Manchester City. They did not retreat, but acted very aggressively. Apparently, they also learned from the experience and lessons of the League Cup defeat.
The Gunners' strangulation tactics in the midfield and frontcourt are a great test for their physical exertion, while Manchester City is trying hard to slow down the pace of the game and incorporate it into the rhythm and state they are most familiar with, slowly following Arsenal.
Napin consumption.
However, Manchester City's passing and possession were interrupted time and again by Arsenal, and the final rhythm of the game was also disrupted time and time again.
This made the beginning of the game not smooth and not good-looking.
Until the sixth minute, after Hazard got the ball on the left side of the frontcourt, he suddenly cut inside and tried to shake off the defender. He was fouled by Alexander Song and won a direct free kick to the left side of the frontcourt for Manchester City.
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Su Dong personally took the penalty and kicked a high-quality free kick. However, due to the remote distance and the angle to the left, his shot was not suppressed and was slightly higher than the crossbar.
Everyone at Arsenal was in a cold sweat, but Manchester City failed to score.
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"Damn, be careful, Alexander, I said, don't foul at the edge of the penalty area!"
Wenger was furious on the sidelines.
The whole world knows how accomplished Su Dong is at free kicks. Doesn't a foul at the front of the penalty area give him a chance to score a goal?
Although the location just now is relatively remote, it is also very dangerous, isn't it?
Alexander Song was also very depressed. He didn't want to foul, but the short boy from Manchester City just now was too flexible and cunning, and he dribbled the ball well. When he was forced to take a shot, he couldn't hold it back.
Everyone in Arsenal was somewhat shocked by this goal, but Wenger remained unchanged and insisted on letting the team press out.
The League Cup game in midweek strengthened his determination to fight Manchester City to the death.
The more you give in, the faster you will die!
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Arsenal may appear to be playing a three-man midfield, but their positioning is actually more like a four-two-three formation.
Needless to say about the first three, Ramsey is also positioned higher up, obviously to suppress Busquets.
Alexander Song and Arteta form a double defensive midfielder, which is to protect the defense line, notify and cooperate with Ramsey, and suppress Manchester City's midfield. The defense line cooperates with the midfielder and frontcourt, and presses forward as a whole.
This style of play is actually very risky, because everyone knows that Manchester City is very good at controlling the ball through passing and playing directly behind them.
Just two minutes after Su Dong's free kick, David Silva sent a through ball directly into the penalty area, allowing Su Dong to step in and chase, but goalkeeper Shi Qin
Snee decisively gave up the goal and fell down to hold the ball at the penalty spot.
Two consecutive attacks brought out Manchester City's momentum. As the game progressed and lasted for nearly ten minutes, Arsenal's pressing intensity became slightly weaker than at the beginning.
After all, they are all humans, not machines, and they also need to take a break and catch their breath.
But the scary thing about Manchester City is that when you are unable to maintain high-intensity pressure all the time, but are unwilling to take the initiative to retreat and compress the defensive space, then Manchester City can always tear you apart through the back-and-forth kicking and passing penetration of those players.
line of defense.
Just like this time in the tenth minute.
Pepe stopped the ball and quickly passed the ball to David Silva.
The Spaniard then passed it to Hazard.
After the Belgian winger retreated to stop the ball, he was unable to turn around and could only bring it back and pass it back to Busquets.
But when Hazard retreated, he brought out Koscielny, who was playing as a right back, causing Arsenal's right defense to be too pressed. At this time, Leighton Baines used his best to
Quickly, cutting forward close to the left line.
Busquets spotted the opportunity and passed the ball directly through the midfield with a diagonal pass, directly to the path of Leighton Baines. The England left back stopped the ball and chased it forward.
Go up, take a look at the middle, pass diagonally with your left foot to the top of the penalty area to find Su Dong.
Sudong was ambushing in the middle. After seeing Leighton Baines advancing, he also quickly moved forward. When the England left back passed the ball, he rushed away from Djurou and Mertesacker with speed and explosiveness.
The defensive line rushed to the top of the arc at the front of the penalty area and stopped the ball into the penalty area with his right foot.
"Single sword!!!!!"
There were continuous exclamations from Manchester City fans at the scene.
After Su Dong stopped the ball, he continued to catch up with him without losing speed. Before Szczesny could get in position, he quickly volleyed with his right foot.
The ball passed by Szczesny at great speed and went straight into the bottom of Arsenal's goal net.
One to zero!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"In the tenth minute, in the tenth minute, Manchester City opened the scoring!!!!"
"Su Dong received a pass from Leighton Baines from the left, and then broke in to form a single shot, scoring the first goal of the game for Manchester City!"
"This is still a standard Manchester City goal."
"The back-and-forth back-and-forth players from the midfield and backcourt separated the defenders, and then Leighton Baines stepped in from behind and quickly hit Koscielny behind. Busquets' pass
The delivery was also very accurate, and the subsequent cross was also very accurate."
"Look at Su Dong's stop of the ball. It's very beautiful. The ball seems to be stuck to his feet. He completely obeys the instructions given to him. After stopping in the penalty area, he directly takes the ball and hits it again."
"The entire scoring process is the embodiment of Manchester City's football philosophy, and it is also a demonstration of Su Dong's personal ability."
"Just this one shot to stop the ball is really pleasing to the eye!"
While Su Dong was celebrating his goal, the Manchester City fans in the stands were also shouting his name crazily. The entire Etihad Stadium became very enthusiastic, as if even the air was on fire.
Only Wenger, who was standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, involuntarily tightened his tight-fitting suit.
