Manchester City's Leroy Sané was visibly excited after scoring, and even after performing a sliding knee celebration at Wembley Stadium, he still seemed unsatisfied.
The Manchester City fans in the stands gave the player who created the goal the loudest applause.
After all, they all knew very well that it was really difficult to score against Arsenal. In such a crucial match, Sané was able to withstand the pressure and successfully score a goal, which is undoubtedly commendable.
Although the Manchester City players felt they should increase their attacking intensity, they had no choice but to comply since the manager had given the order.
After Manchester City switched from attack to defense, the game immediately became much less appealing.
They used every possible tactic—interference, delay, confrontation—at this moment.
Manchester City's players are really going all out to save face.
Bernardo Silva, panting heavily in the attacking third, continued running tirelessly.
It was a rare sight to see the team take the lead against Arsenal, which gave him hope of defeating their opponents. He really gave it his all to beat Thunder.
Although he often appears nonchalant about losing, to be honest, he still harbors a deep aversion to defeat. He really wants to see his team beat their opponents, even just once.
For this victory, he ran tirelessly, and whenever he saw an opposing player with the ball, he would immediately step forward to interfere, not letting the opponent have the ball comfortably.
Arsenal's players are also very anxious.
With the quadruple crown within reach, they just couldn't get past Manchester City's defense, which was very frustrating for them.
In an effort to achieve a breakthrough, they made several attempts, but the results were still not very good.
As time went on, up to the 90th minute of the match...
Arsenal have finally had their best chance yet.
This is a free-kick opportunity in a very good position, and Ramsey will take the free kick.
Ramsey lived up to expectations, scoring a classic free-kick goal.
The goal was fast and difficult, with a very tricky angle, flying straight into the top left corner of Manchester City's goal. Ederson seemed powerless to stop it. Although he judged the direction and angle correctly, the ball was too fast. By the time he reacted, it had already flown into the goal.
"Boom~~~"
When Ramsey scored, the Arsenal fans in the stadium erupted in cheers.
Anyone would feel terrible having been suppressed for the entire half of the game, but thankfully, they finally tied the score in the final moments of the match.
Arsenal's players excitedly rushed forward, surrounding Ramsey and praising the perfection of the goal.
This goal was absolutely crucial, as it bought them a lot more time.
At that moment, even Lei Ming in the backfield couldn't help but run over to Ramsey to celebrate the goal with him.
He truly deserves to be called Arsenal's soul. Whenever Arsenal is unable to break the deadlock, he always steps up at crucial moments. This season, many of Ramsey's long-range goals have been pivotal.
At this moment, frustration and disbelief filled Guardiola's eyes, and he seemed very sorry that the team could not hold on to the score in the final stages.
At this moment, he had a bad feeling.
Soon, he realized where his bad feeling came from. After the regular 90 minutes plus 5 minutes of added time, the two teams entered the second half of extra time, each lasting 15 minutes.
At this point, both teams have used up almost all their roster spots, making it impossible to make any effective adjustments to their lineups.
On the field, most of the players were already feeling severely exhausted by this point in the game. If it weren't for a strong belief supporting them, they would probably have collapsed very soon.
At this point, even the referee was not having an easy time. He had covered more distance than some of the players. When the extra time reached thirty minutes, he blew the whistle to end the game.
The moment the whistle blew, many players couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground.
However, everyone knows that this is far from over. Next, they will have a tense and fierce penalty shootout to determine the champion.
It was only when the team held on until the penalty shootout that Lei Ming finally let out a long sigh of relief.
He had finally arrived at his area of expertise, and he could feel the FA Cup title beckoning him, and Arsenal's quadruple was slowly approaching.
Penalty shootout?
All of Arsenal's teammates said, "This is great!"
They prefer this segment to the competition because they all know very well that this is the captain's domain!
Even the coaching staff on the sidelines embraced each other excitedly when they saw the penalty kick go in.
This scene left Guardiola, who was watching from a distance, speechless.
The penalty kick hasn't even started yet, and you're already celebrating? Isn't that a bit premature? He's quite confident about the penalty kick.
But he didn't know that at that moment, there was a player in Manchester City who had a completely different idea from him, and he even directly refused to take the penalty kick position.
This person is B-Six, who knows Lei Ming very well.
He knew very well that he couldn't score in open play, let alone in a penalty shootout, because Lei Ming was absolutely capable of keeping them out.
Although he knew this, he didn't tell his teammates because he was afraid it would cast a shadow on their minds and affect their performance.
The free-throw shooters for both sides were quickly determined.
For Manchester City, the five penalty takers were: Aguero, Sterling, De Bruyne, Gundogan, and Kompany.
Arsenal's lineup includes: Lacazette, Ramsey, Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan, and veteran captain Mertesacker.
The first shot was taken by an Arsenal player. Lacazette took a deep breath and placed the ball at the 12-yard mark. As a player in a big game, his mental fortitude was quite good, which was the main reason for Arsenal's first goal.
As the referee blew his whistle, he didn't even pause or feint during the shot, unleashing a powerful shot directly at the ball.
The ball flew into the goal before Ederson could react.
After scoring, Lacazette waved vigorously, having successfully completed his mission.
Soon, when it was Manchester City's Aguero's turn to take the penalty, Lei Ming stood in front of the goal staring at his opponent.
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