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Chapter 886 Luck is very important (two in one)

"Gervinho, God, I didn't grasp such an opportunity," when the ball fell on Joe Hart, the Arsenal fans looked extremely depressed.

"Oh~~~" The ruthless ridicule, compared to the depressed sighs of the Arsenal fans, undoubtedly, the ruthless ridicule of the Manchester City fans is the harshest.

On the sidelines, Wenger, who has always been elegant, jumped his feet angrily. Such mistakes are really rare in the game, so it's no wonder Wenger couldn't sit still.

This is also the reason why Gervinho has never been able to become Arsenal's thigh. You must know that Gervinho has quite good skills at his feet and very good physical fitness. Unfortunately, his consciousness is a little weak and his state is not stable enough.

In the midweek Champions League match, Gervinho was Arsenal's best player and was unanimously praised by the media, but now, there are low-level mistakes that should not have occurred.

However, such a mistake did not cause any burden or impact on Gervinho. It can also be seen from this that this guy also has a big heart.

No. In 205 minutes, Zabaleta's attack was intercepted by Cazorla. Diaby took the ball in the middle and forcibly wiped Rodwell's long shot, which was blocked by Boateng in the penalty area.

After 1 minute, Arsenal made a comeback, or Gervinho made a comeback, and his wonderful performance on the wing once again won the cheers of the Arsenal fans at the scene.

It's just that the goal was still a little off. Under the threat of Li Feng's defense, Gervinho hit the goal a little impatiently. In the end, the shot deviated too far from the goal and flew out of the baseline.

"Arsenal's offensive frenzy, in the Etihad, Arsenal actually overwhelmed Manchester City in the past few minutes, but it is a pity that Arsenal are always a little short of scoring."

This is the Ittihad, watching the opponents show off their power at home, Manchester City fans began to quit, so, more than 4 Manchester City fans began to shout crazily.

In the stadium, Manchester City players also responded to the fans' cries with their performance. No. 30 minutes, Manchester City made a wonderful cooperation. Li Feng sent a through pass in the middle of Arteta and Ramsey's double-team. Silva inserted at high speed from the side, grabbed the ball before the defenders, and then crossed the center.

"Van Persie~~~ No, Van Persie didn't touch the ball, he just attracted Koscielny's attention, then point, Aguero, Manchester City's chance."

Van Persie missed the first point, Aguero used a turn-back run to throw off Gibbs, the ball just flew to the back point, Aguero stretched his left foot, shot, the ball turned back and flew towards the Arsenal goal.

However, today seems destined not to be Aguero's lucky day. Although Mannone made a flying save and missed the ball, the crossbar stood up again.

"Oh~~~It's a pity, crossbar, Arsenal's goal once again stopped Manchester City and Aguero, but from another perspective, Aguero's luck today does not seem to be very good."

However, Manchester City was just Aguero's bad luck, not the whole team. Then, Manchester City's offense finally achieved the desired result, and the scorer was quite unexpected.

Just 2 minutes after Aguero's shot, Manchester City scored in Arsenal's half. This time, Li Feng did not choose to pass the ball, but used his excellent dribbling ability and strong body to crush Arsenal's two midfielders.

Both Arteta and Ramsey are technical midfielders, and defense is not their forte. This season, after Alexander Song left, Arsenal completely lost their midfield barrier players.

I have to say that this summer, Arsenal's transfer is really confusing. Van Persie's departure is his own insistence. This is understandable. Van Persie has no time to wait.

But Alexander Song never thought about leaving Arsenal from the beginning to the end, but they gave him to Barcelona abruptly, and they didn't make up for it in the middle.

Of course, Arsenal's midfield is full of talents. Not to mention Diaby has been suffering from injuries. Even now, on the bench, there are two talented young players, Wilshere and Chamberlain.

However, this is not the first time Wenger has done such a situation. Before, Wenger did such a thing in order to let Fabregas take the position. Unfortunately, he was betrayed by Fabregas in the end. The latter did not hesitate to pay out of his own pocket in order to return to Barcelona.

Now, Wenger sent Song away again for the sake of young players. Unfortunately, Wenger was destined to be disappointed this time. Young players such as Wilshere did not grow up like Fabregas.

These are all things to talk about. The most important thing now is that after losing Alexander Song, Arsenal lost their barrier in the middle. Although Li Feng didn't make a breakthrough before, it was because his teammates were in a better position.

Now, Li Feng chose to attack by himself, so Arteta and Ramsey completely became Li Feng's background. In order to intercept Li Feng, Koscielny had to leave the penalty area.

Under such circumstances, with Van Persie's ability, it would be much easier to get rid of Mertesacker, so after Koscielny blocked him, Li Feng decisively sent the ball into the penalty area.

"One-on-one, Van Persie faces Mertesacker," controlled the ball, and Van Persie turned his right foot around the ball, pulling and moving sideways. For Mertesacker, who is nearly two meters tall, flexibility is what he lacks most.

And as a former teammate, Van Persie is too familiar with Mertesacker. Of course, this is relative, which is why Van Persie only hit the goal with one kick from the beginning of the game.

Mertesacker followed closely. Unfortunately, although his legs were long, his frequency was too busy. The final result was that he was pulled away by Van Persie, and then Van Persie had a gap to shoot.

"Arsenal is in danger, Van Persie, Mertesacker's speed is too slow, Van Persie pulls half a body away, and shoots~~~~Oh~~ Mannone, the Arsenal goalkeeper has made a contribution, flying with one hand and holding Van Persie's foot to hit the goal, trying to keep the goal clean."

The corner kick is Manchester City's opportunity. Silva came to the corner kick point immediately. In Manchester City, if the free kick is taken by Li Feng, then the corner kick is exclusive to Silva.

This caused Kolarov's tragedy. The full-back's free kicks are quite good. Before Li Feng came, he often scored wonderful free kicks.

But now, he basically has no chance to kick free kicks. Of course, Kolarov also knows that he is far behind Li Feng in terms of free kicks.

This can be seen from the current situation of Manchester City. You must know that the opponents Manchester City encounters now try their best to avoid fouls outside the penalty area. This is the effect brought by Li Feng.

Silva took the corner kick, the ball faithfully carried out the order given by Silva, and flew into the sky above the restricted area of ​​Arsenal's restricted area, and Mertesacker jumped away from Van Persie just now.

I was going to wash away the shame just now, but it was a pity that beside Mertesacker, Manchester City captain Kompany took off at the same time as Mertesacker, and the entanglement between the two in the air eventually made each other miss the ball.

The ball flew over the heads of the two and landed on the left side of the goal, but there was a blue figure standing there at the moment, without any defensive players around.

"GOAL~~~~ The goal was scored, hahaha, Boateng, Boateng's header, Manchester City's central defender ushered in the first goal of the season, and it was an unbelievable header."

"In the end, Mertesacker and Kompany didn't take advantage of each other. Koscielny stood by Yaya Toure's side, and Boateng didn't have any defense."

"But this is also understandable. After all, Germany's header ability is really unflattering. Manchester City's corner kicks can hardly see the central defender."

"But the game is often full of drama. The most unlikely person scored in the most incredible way. When the ball landed on Boateng's header, all the Manchester City central defender had to do was flick it."

"Jerome, this goal is generally credited to me." After scoring the goal, Kompany rushed to his partner immediately, and did not forget to claim credit.

But what Kompany said is true. If Kompany hadn't entangled Mertesacker, the corner kick would have been cleared by Mertesacker instead of being lucky enough to land on Boateng's head.

It is not an exaggeration to use this word to describe Boateng's goal. Last season, Boateng only scored one goal. Now he has tied the record of last season, and this is only the third goal of Boateng's career in the league.

In this regard, Boateng has no way to compare with Kompany. The captain of Manchester City can rely on corner kicks to score a few times every season, and sometimes the goals are even crucial.

Soon the game restarted, Arsenal launched a fierce counterattack, Podolski retreated and cooperated with Ramsey, and finally Podolski passed through, Gervinho hit the ball high again under the defense of Kompany.

Although Gervinho's state is not flattering in this game, it does not affect his desire to score in the slightest, and he has the most shots in the team.

Both teams seemed to have such a person who had the most shots, but he couldn't score a goal. Afterwards, Aguero hit the goal again. Li Feng and Aguero switched positions.

In the following time, Arsenal was basically attacking. Manchester City fought two waves of counterattacks, but the results were not very good. Of course, the same is true of Arsenal's offense.

The combination of Boateng's Kompany perfectly froze Podolski, Gervinho was unlucky, and Diaby was at a loss on the wing, unconsciously moving laterally to the center.

Cazorla executed the tactics arranged by Wenger very well, but unfortunately, he met Zabaleta, who is known for his stability, and the two faced each other evenly.

Finally, after Podolski's kick went high, Webber blew the whistle to end the first half, and Manchester City was able to enter the break with a one-goal lead.

However, after returning to the dressing room, although Manchester City was in the lead, Van Basten was not satisfied, because after the goal, Manchester City's offense was suppressed by Arsenal. In the last ten minutes of the first half, Manchester City could only rely on counterattack.

"If a one-goal lead makes you relax your vigilance, then you will get nothing after the season. Why did we achieve the double crown last season?" Van Basten frowned and looked at his disciples expressionlessly.

"Guys? We are facing Arsenal, the traditional giants of the Premier League, and our real competitors on the road to the championship. If we want to defend the title, we must try our best to step on them instead of being complacent after leading by one goal."

Of course, Van Basten also knows enough is enough, otherwise he would not be loved by so many players now, you know, now Van Basten has reached the point where he can say nothing in Manchester City.

As for the other side, Wenger must also be preparing for the second half of the game. Soon, 15 minutes passed, and the players from both sides returned to the field.

Unlike Manchester City, who did not make any adjustments, Arsenal made a decision to make a substitution. French striker Giroud came on and replaced Podolski, who was frozen by Manchester City in the first half.

This also indicates that Arsenal's tactics in the second half will definitely change, because Giroud and Podolski are completely unused forwards. The French forward is tall and strong, with good header ability, and belongs to the center type.

Even, the growth experience of the two is completely different. Podolski became famous at a young age. In 2006, he represented the German team in the local World Cup, and joined the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, and then returned from Bayern Munich to Cologne.

Before 2010, no one knew Giroud. He was a typical late-blooming player. He had been playing in Ligue 2010 until he joined Montpellier in [-].

It wasn't until he helped Montpellier win the Ligue [-] championship last year and became the top scorer in Ligue [-] last season that he finally got Wenger's favor this season and finally realized his wish to join the giants.

The joining of Giroud is also considered by the media to be a substitute for Van Persie, but the performance of the Ligue [-] Golden Boot so far is really disappointing, without any goals.

Therefore, after his debut, Giroud was very active, and Arsenal also intended to play Giroud. Arteta scored a goal in the middle, Diaby failed to break through from the side, and chose to play for his teammates behind him.

Jenkinson cuts in at high speed, and Kolarov's attention has been on Diaby, who is easily passed by Jenkinson. After the latter hits the bottom, he immediately makes a high pass.

The war between Giroud and Kompany was just in terms of height and physical fitness, neither of them could get in, and even in terms of age, the two were both players in 86.

"Giroud~~~Arsenal striker overpowered Manchester City captain and blasted a very good header, Joe Hart, unfortunately, although Giroud overwhelmed Kompany, it's a pity that he couldn't break through Joe Hart's ten fingers."

It's not rude to come and go, not to mention that the Manchester City players who were scolded by the head coach during the halftime break are just the time to vent, so Arsenal are out of luck.

(End of this chapter)