Some have said that the best strategy to break through a tightly defended "bus" tactic is to frequently attempt long-range shots, make clever crosses, and actively create corner kick opportunities.
Arsenal clearly understood this principle. At the start of the second half, with their opponents relinquishing possession, Arsenal were able to unleash a barrage of attacks.
However, despite their tremendous efforts in attack, they failed to score a single goal until the 80th minute.
Faced with this situation, the Arsenal fans on the sidelines could no longer contain their excitement and stood up to sing the team song.
The rousing songs echoed through the Emirates Stadium, seemingly inspiring every player.
With the league now at this stage, every match is crucial for Arsenal.
Southampton was originally a team that Wenger had to beat, but he didn't expect them to show such tenacious fighting spirit in this game.
Despite Southampton's players focusing on defense, statistics show that they covered more ground than Arsenal's players, especially in the first half.
Despite the team's inability to break the deadlock, manager Arsène Wenger remained calmly standing on the sidelines, watching the game with his arms crossed.
Although he was a little anxious, he didn't show it. He knew very well that the team didn't need to make any adjustments at this time. Everything depended on the players' efforts. Even if the game was forced to a draw, they would still have a chance.
Just as Wenger was pondering the problem, gasps of surprise suddenly erupted from the fans in the stadium.
Upon closer inspection, he realized that it wasn't them who had scored, but rather Southampton who had launched a counter-attack while Arsenal were struggling to break through.
At this moment, Southampton's number 11, Tadic, somehow managed to break through and find himself one-on-one with Arsenal's goal.
Seeing this situation, Wenger, who had been somewhat calm, couldn't help but become more alert.
At this moment, Lei Ming did not choose to abandon his goal to defend against the opponent. Instead, he stretched his body as much as possible to block the opponent's shooting angle.
When facing a one-on-one opportunity from the side, all goalkeepers will block the near post and leave the far post for the opponent to shoot, and Lei Ming was no exception this time.
Southampton's attacking player, Tadic, appeared very nervous at this moment, knowing full well that this could very well be their best chance of the game.
Facing this talented Arsenal goalkeeper, Tadic was far from calm.
But he knew very well that if he could score that goal, he would become famous, because so far, very few Premier League strikers have been able to score against the opposing goalkeeper. No matter which big team, they all seem very nervous when facing Arsenal's goalkeeper.
In a flash, Tadic saw the opponent block the near post and almost without hesitation tried to curl a shot towards the far post to break the deadlock. After he made the shot, he froze.
Because right across from him, the goalkeeper seemed to have accurately predicted his intentions, easily blocking his shot with his foot. Fortunately, the blocked ball didn't fly far, but landed in front of a Southampton player again. Faced with this golden opportunity, Southampton's star striker, number 7, Shane, unleashed a powerful shot.
But at that very moment, Arsenal's goalkeeper miraculously appeared in the path of the ball and successfully caught the shot.
"My God, what a spectacular save! Two consecutive saves!"
"Southampton's players wanted to make Ray's goal the backdrop for their own goal, but Ray showed them no!"
"Rey has once again saved the team with his strength, which is really exciting!"
"A counterattack! This is definitely our chance!"
After seeing Lei Ming successfully save the team with two miraculous saves, the on-site host excitedly slapped the table. Then he saw Lei Ming launch another very threatening long pass.
At this point, Southampton's formation was no longer as compact as it had been during their attack, and the Arsenal players were well aware that this was a golden opportunity.
Once the call to counterattack was sounded, Arsenal's four key attacking players began to pressure Southampton's defense.
Sanchez intercepted the first ball from the long pass and headed it to Rice Nilsson. After Rice dribbled a few steps, he played an imaginative through ball to Aubameyang, who had made a run into the attacking third.
Southampton players and Aubameyang battled for the ball, but from the perspective of the game, Aubameyang clearly had the upper hand, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should win the ball.
As predicted, Aubameyang, who had intercepted the ball first, found himself in a half-breakaway situation. However, instead of shooting, he passed the ball directly to Lacazette who was following up.
Faced with such a comfortable ball, Lacazette also showed his striker mentality, calmly pushing the ball into the net.
In the 89th minute, Arsenal finally secured a dramatic 1-0 victory at home.
Lacazette, who scored the goal, excitedly hugged Aubameyang and thanked him again.
He knew very well that if the opponent wanted to shoot, there was actually a 50% chance of scoring, but he didn't expect that Aubameyang would selflessly pass the ball to him again.
"Haha, no need to thank me. I already said I would definitely help you get the Golden Boot."
In fact, Aubameyang had a very frustrating game. No matter how many opportunities he created, he was always just a hair's breadth away from scoring. Several of his shots were even denied by the crossbar. After being repeatedly denied, he even began to doubt himself.
Just then, he caught a glimpse of the player following behind him out of the corner of his eye, so he naturally chose a safer approach to attack. Lacazette did not disappoint him at all, not only appearing in the crucial position in time, but also calmly putting the ball into the opponent's goal.
The Emirates Stadium trembled slightly when the goal was scored.
The fans at the stadium were so excited when they saw this wonderful and hard-won goal that they all hugged and jumped for joy.
Many people had already accepted the fact that the team had been held to a draw, but the team never expected to pull off a last-minute comeback victory. How could this not be exciting!
When the five minutes of stoppage time were over, all the home fans at the Emirates Stadium roared with joy, "We can do it! We will continue to challenge for the championship! No one can take the championship from us!"
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