Chapter 837 Stop him!
"Dear viewers, this is a live broadcast by Sky Sports. The focus of the 22nd round of the 2010-2011 Premier League season is Arsenal playing against Manchester City at home."
"This is a fascinating clash between the team currently leading the Premier League table and the team in third place."
"Manchester City has performed very well this season. Since they reversed Chelsea, they have been in the leading position. Arsenal's current ranking is also pretty good. As a veteran team, they have a strong foundation in the Premier League, which is something that the upstart Manchester City does not have."
"In the first leg of the match between the two sides, Arsenal drew 3-3 with Manchester City away from home."
"However, that game sparked intense controversy as the referee gave the home team Manchester City a red card just four minutes into the game, sending off Micah Richards, forcing City to play with one man down for the entire game."
"It can be said that the two teams have a deep grudge against each other, and now it is the most critical moment of the league."
"Arsenal, who are playing at home, will play with all their main players tonight."
"The goalkeeper is Fabianski, the back line is Clichy, Koscielny, Djokovic and Sagna, the midfield is Alexander Song, the front is Fabregas and Denilson, and the front is the trident combination of Nasri, Van Persie and Walcott."
"We can see that Wenger's trusted local player Wilshere was put on the bench. There are also players like Chamakh and Rosicky, who have performed very well this season. I believe they will be the surprise players in this game."
"Manchester City also deployed their best 4-3-3 formation."
"The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the back line is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfield is Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos are in the middle, and the front court is a combination of Di Maria, Sudon and Sanchez."
"Manchester City is also strong now and there are not too many injuries."
"In order to better impact the league championship, Manchester City has already waved its checkbook and introduced a number of talented players just after the winter transfer market opened, greatly strengthening the team's lineup and overall strength."
"We have every reason to believe that this season Manchester City has become a force that cannot be ignored in the Premier League."
"This is Mike Jones, the referee for tonight."
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Led by referee Mike Jones, players from both teams walked out of the court one after another.
Arsenal was greeted with cheers, while Manchester City was greeted with boos.
Especially Su Dong, who was walking at the front of the team. The tallest player, he was like Manchester City's flag bearer and endured the most boos and abuse, which is also what any team will encounter away from home.
Manchester City won the ball when guessing the side, and Arsenal didn't look too concerned.
"How about it?"
When Su Dong walked back to his own half, Pepe and others immediately came to meet him.
"It seems that they were well prepared." Su Dong replied.
This is purely the experience he has accumulated over many years of competition.
Although the game has not started yet, looking at the spirit of the Arsenal players, it is not difficult to see that they are also preparing carefully for this game, and may even be more prepared than Manchester City.
After all, Manchester City does not have as much experience as Arsenal when it comes to dealing with the devilish Christmas schedule.
"What should we do then?" Pepe asked again.
Su Dong grinned and laughed, "Just do it!"
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With the referee's whistle, Su Dong quickly kicked the ball to Sanchez.
The latter took a few steps to the right, passed the ball back to Busquets who was lagging behind in the midfield, and then passed it back to the defense line.
Kompany stopped the ball forward and made a long pass directly to the frontcourt to find Su Dong.
But the Belgian center back's long pass was a little hasty, and it was somewhat different from the landing point that Su Dong had originally planned.
Koscielny quickly chased back and caught up with the ball in front of the penalty area. As soon as he stopped the ball, he heard a warning from goalkeeper Fabianski.
"Watch your back."
Koscielny was shocked and immediately protected the ball. He felt a pressure coming from behind him. He immediately passed the ball back to the goalkeeper and felt the pressure behind him relieved.
A gust of wind blew past, and Su Dong went straight towards the goalkeeper.
Koscielny couldn't help but curse in his heart: Damn, it's really fast! After Fabianski received Koscielny's pass, he had already prepared for Su Dong's pressing. He moved to his right side and quickly passed the ball to the front court.
Pepe got the ball and headed it to Kompany, and Manchester City regained possession of the ball.
After a series of back and forth passes, Manchester City pushed the ball across the center line again.
After Toni Kroos got the ball on the right side of the center circle, he took a few steps to the right and suddenly sent a straight pass, accurately passing it behind Clichy.
Sanchez suddenly started, forced a sprint with great speed, stopped the ball before Clichy, ignored Clichy's entanglement, waded into Arsenal's penalty area, and suddenly stopped in front of the baseline. After dribbling past Clichy, he dribbled the ball straight to the center line, attracted the attention of the defense, and suddenly knocked the ball back to the front of the penalty area.
David Silva quickly followed up and shot directly.
The ball went slightly wide of the goal.
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Guardiola watched the game attentively on the sidelines.
He found that Wenger consciously adopted a defensive strategy tonight and did not intend to fight hard with Manchester City.
Obviously, Arsenal's goal is to stabilize their defense first.
Could it be that Wenger guessed that he would use Arsenal's weakness to organize an attack? Guardiola couldn't guess what Wenger was thinking, but he knew that Wenger couldn't have been unaware.
Of course, Wenger can't be so conservative as to prevent the team from counterattacking and attacking. It's just that relatively speaking, he plays more conservatively and the team retreats faster.
Therefore, Guardiola quickly walked to the sidelines and signaled the team to speed up the attack and switch from defense to offense quickly after stealing the ball.
Pass and run quickly!
As soon as Guardiola finished speaking, David Silva suddenly passed the ball to Di Maria's feet. The Argentine winger shot with his left foot, but the shot was very forced and did not threaten Arsenal's goal.
Guardiola walked to the sidelines and applauded Di Maria's shot, but at the same time signaled him to open up the width.
"Play more on the wing and pull Sagna away."
Guardiola walked over and gave instructions to Di Maria who was walking back.
The Argentine panted and nodded in agreement.
If the defense line is stretched, Su Dong in the middle will have more chances.
Guardiola also keenly noticed that Denilson returned to defense very quickly.
"David, when you get the ball, don't carry it too much, be careful of Denilson." Guardiola reminded.
David Silva raised his left hand and he noticed it too.
When Manchester City switched from defense to offense, Arsenal always adopted the strategy of quickly returning to defense. Denilson always returned to Alexander Song's side to assist in defense as soon as possible, looking like a double defensive midfielder.
David Silva looked at Su Dong and found that he began to approach Arsenal's two central defenders intentionally or unintentionally, and sent clear signals to David Silva and Toni Kroos.
He was confident that he could break through Arsenal's defense and asked his teammates to pass the ball to him.
David Silva estimated the distance of his pass. He did not move forward too much, but moved to the side intentionally or unintentionally.
Di Maria, David Silva, and Marcelo are enough to draw Arsenal's defensive attention to this side.
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In the sixth minute, Manchester City launched an attack from the left. After receiving the pass from the defense line, Marcelo quickly dribbled forward and passed the ball to David Silva who ran to the open space.
The Spanish midfielder stopped the ball in an unguarded area and just as he turned around, he found that Denilson was about to return to his position.
In front of him, Arsenal had organized two lines of defense.
But David Silva did not intend to rush with the ball himself, but looked forward.
Djokovic was standing on the left, with a certain gap between him and Koscielny. Su Dong was intentionally or unintentionally rubbing around the area, waiting for David Silva to pass the ball.
The Spaniard understood what he meant, turned around and adjusted, and without waiting for Walcott to get close to him, he quickly passed the ball to Su Dong with his left foot.
Almost at the moment David Silva passed the ball, Su Dong quickly approached Koscielny.
When David Silva passed the ball over, Su Dong just broke away Koscielny, inserted from the back row, stopped the ball towards the penalty area with his chest, accelerated to catch up, and had a one-on-one opportunity.
Both Djokovic and Koscielny were shocked and started to chase after the player behind them.
In front of the home team's coaching booth, Wenger was already shouting loudly with excitement.
"Damn it, stop him!"
After Su Dong accelerated and caught up with the football, he had already rushed to the left side of the penalty spot.
Goalkeeper Fabianski left the goal to attack, but Su Dong had dealt with such one-on-one shots many times.
After a skillful feint that fooled Fabianski, Sudong pushed the ball into the empty goal behind him with his left foot. He continued to run towards the sidelines without losing momentum, jumped high, and punched the Manchester City fans who followed the team to the away game to celebrate.
When the referee Mike Jones blew the whistle to signal that the goal was valid, the entire Emirates Stadium was filled with the crazy cheers of Manchester City fans and the continuous exclamations of Arsenal fans.
No one expected that the goal would be conceded so quickly!
In front of the home team's coaching booth, Wenger looked at the field in shock. He could never have imagined that his carefully prepared defense would have such obvious loopholes and mistakes.
The gap between Djokovic and Koscielny was too big.
Although David Silva did not move forward, his passing accuracy and the tacit understanding between him and Su Dong made up for the distance between them on the field and seized the gaps in Arsenal's defense.
Damn it! "One to zero!"
"Just six minutes into the game, City had made a fantastic start."
"Sudon's goal opened the scoring for Manchester City and also caught Arsenal off guard away from home."
"Wenger also looked very disappointed. The gap between Djokovic and Koscielny was too big. Su Dong keenly captured this opportunity. David Silva's pass was also just right. The two accurately hit the loopholes in Arsenal's defense."
"Manchester City temporarily takes the lead with a score of 1-0!"
(End of this chapter)
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