At this point, Leeds United only had Thiago Silva and Vincent Kompany as center-backs in their half, with Arsenal forwards Bastian Adebayor and Robin van Persie alongside them.
This prevented the two players from rushing forward to stop Walcott's advance, and they could only retreat while blocking Arsenal's two forwards.
In less than five seconds.
Walcott has dribbled the ball to the edge of Leeds United's penalty area.
There was no way out.
Kompany made a tough decision and had no choice but to abandon Adebayor and pounce on Walcott.
Walcott had been watching Kompany's movements closely. Just a second before Kompany was about to collide with him, Walcott stretched out his left leg and poked the ball forward again. Then, with a burst of power, he deftly dodged Kompany's impact and broke into Leeds United's penalty area, sending a low cross into the box!
After Kompany charged toward Walcott, Silva immediately moved toward Adebayor.
But Adebayo's positioning is very cunning.
He immediately made a move to run in the opposite direction from Silva.
And this action.
This also created some distance between himself and Silva.
When Adebayor ran to the vicinity of the penalty spot.
Walcott's cross was perfectly placed.
The next second.
The former Leeds United player simply pushed the ball gently towards the goal.
The football then changed direction.
It rolled past Neuer on his left and nestled into the bottom left corner of the Leeds United goal!
2:2!
With just a few minutes left in regulation time, Arsenal equalized!
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