Ibrahimovic's goal brought a brief silence to the stands of over 60,000 people. Not a sound came from the Emirates Stadium's sound system. The commentator seemed to be frantically searching for words in his mind. To be honest, he couldn't think of a way to describe Lehmann's mistake in a way that wouldn't seem so foolish in a short time.
Moments later, a cacophony of boos erupted from the stands behind the Arsenal goal, quickly spreading throughout the stadium.
However, judging from the elegant phrases interspersed among the boos such as "idiot German," "Why haven't you retired yet?" and "Your son is born without an anus," it seems that these boos were not directed at the Leeds United players and Lee Shiguang who were celebrating together.
Not to mention the fans, even the Arsenal players didn't expect to concede a goal in this way today. At this moment, everyone stared at Lehmann, who was lying in front of the goal, with complicated expressions. It seemed that no one was willing to go up and help the culprit who caused the team to fall behind.
Across from the Leeds United bench.
When Lehmann attempted to dribble past Ibrahimovic, Wenger had already lost his composure. He angrily kicked away the water bottle in front of him and roared at the equally incredulous Patrice standing beside him: "Damn it! This madman, is he out of his mind?! He's almost 38 years old, how can he still make such a stupid, low-level mistake?!"
Eddie Gray and Norman Hunter, watching from the studio, were also incredulous; they never imagined that the first goal of the game would be scored in this way!
“Uh… what words can I use to describe Zlatan’s goal?” Eddie Gray found it strange that he couldn’t even muster the energy to celebrate Leeds United’s goal. He looked at Norman Hunt, who had a subtle smile on his face, and asked softly, “A gift from God?”
Norman Hunt winked and replied with a smile, "I think 'Lyman's Gift' would be a more fitting name."
Hahahahahaha.
Unable to contain themselves any longer, the two finally burst into unrestrained laughter in the studio.
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"Yaya Toure is in such great form today! After this game, I think Bregas can find a chance to talk to Carrick, after all, they are both victims, haha." Eddie Gray watched the TV screen with ease, even joking with Carrick.
After a brief celebration, the game restarted. Leeds United, now in the lead, didn't relax their pressing in the midfield and attacking third. Arsenal tried several times to pass the ball to Fabregas to orchestrate attacks, but Yaya Toure intercepted each time, launching counter-attacks and threatening Arsenal's penalty area!
“Yes, but Leeds United also need to be careful.” The more experienced Norman wasn’t as relaxed as Eddie Gray. “Although it looks like they’re constantly compressing Arsenal’s space in their own half, they’re also walking a tightrope. If they push their formation too far forward, be careful that Arsenal doesn’t seize the opportunity to launch a counter-attack. Even if they’re not as good as Henry, Adebayor and Van Persie are still two fast horses!”
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"Pass the ball! Holy crap!"
Adebayor, who had retreated to midfield to receive the ball, saw that Hleb had the ball snatched from his feet again by Bale, and finally couldn't help but curse.
Adebayor finally got a chance to start and show his skills while Henry was injured, but he hasn't received a single proper pass so far. He was originally planning to vent his anger on his former club today.
Almost 39 minutes into the first half, the score is still 0-1.
From the start of the game, Adebayor and Van Persie barely received any normal ground passes in the attacking third, spending most of their time competing with Kompany for long passes kicked in from in front of the goal by Lehmann.
After the team fell behind, the two realized that this couldn't go on. After a brief discussion, they decided to have Adebayor drop back a bit, hoping to use his strong physique as a reliable fulcrum to receive the ball and try to launch an attack on Leeds United from the ground.
Adebayor did manage to retreat, but he just couldn't receive the passes from his teammates! Hleb had a chance to pass the ball, but he hesitated for a moment and was intercepted by Bale who rushed up at high speed.
This caused Adebayor to suddenly lose some motivation.
My mind is filled with the image of Wenger coldly rejecting my request for a pay rise if I were to renew my contract yesterday.
"Hey Emmanuel, what are you doing? Getting ready to grab a spot!"
Van Persie's shout from the side interrupted Adebayor's random thoughts. Looking up, he saw that Leeds United's counter-attack had been intercepted by Gallas halfway through, and Gallas was now poised to launch a long pass!
Holy crap! What a great opportunity!
Seeing Kompany struggling to run back, Adebayor instantly realized this was a golden opportunity.
That was a counter-attack by Leeds United, with most of their players crossing the halfway line to join the attack. Now, only Cannavaro remains alongside him. Undoubtedly, at only 1.75 meters tall, Cannavaro will find it difficult to gain an advantage in headers.
After Adebayor blocked Cannavaro's position, he easily headed the ball to Van Persie on the side, and then started sprinting towards the Leeds United goal.
"Fabio, you mark Persie! Vincent, you must keep up with Emmanuel, don't let him get the ball easily!"
"Xavi, hurry, hurry, run! Don't let them equalize!"
Seeing that Arsenal's counter-attack had taken shape, Li Shiguang, regardless of whether the players could hear him, rushed to the sidelines and began to loudly instruct his players to return to defense.
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