Chapter 838: Skilled and Courageous
"Arsenal's attack advanced to the outskirts of Manchester City's penalty area."
“Look at the organization this time.”
"The ball was passed back from the outside, Fabregas came over to receive it, turned around and sent a straight pass."
"Walcott quickly penetrated the right side of the penalty area and shot!"
"Pepe was very steady and didn't give Walcott any chance. The shot was caught by Joe Hart."
"From the slow motion footage, we can see that Pepe's physical fitness is really excellent and his speed is not slow at all. Facing Walcott, who is famous for his speed and explosiveness, Pepe was able to keep up with the rhythm and did not leave Walcott any angle to shoot."
"The performances of these two central defenders of Manchester City this season are very outstanding."
"Joe Hart threw the ball quickly, Busquets stopped it, went to the left and passed it to Marcelo."
"Marcelo stopped the ball and passed it forward with a big foot, directly behind him."
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Su Dong quickly cut in from behind Manchester City, hit the gap behind Sagna, and stopped the ball on the left side outside the penalty area.
But at this time, both Djokovic and Koscielny had returned to the front of the penalty area in time.
After Su Dong stopped the ball, he dribbled straight to the left corner of the penalty area.
Djokovic kept backing away, and Koscielny behind him was always ready.
"Manchester City's attack, one against two, let's see if Su Dong plans to do it himself or wait for his teammates to catch up."
"It's true that a skilled person is very courageous. Su Dong has decided to go it alone!"
When Su Dong rushed to the left corner of the penalty area with the ball, facing Zhu Lu who was constantly retreating, he first pretended to kick the ball to the left with his right foot, as if he was going to go to the bottom, forcing Zhu Lu to react, and suddenly he pulled the ball horizontally to the middle with the outside of his foot.
It was just such a simple and direct, yet very deadly move. In a blink of an eye, Su Dong shook off Zhu Lu, dribbled the ball sideways and cut inside. Without waiting for Koscielny to move forward, Su Dong suddenly accelerated and forced his way through the gap between Koscielny and Alexander Song.
Just after breaking through the double-team of two players, Su Dong no longer hesitated and shot with his right foot on the left side of the penalty area.
The ball flew in an arc at lightning speed and quickly went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Fabianski tried his best to make the save, leaning back and stretching his arms as far as he could, but it was still out of reach.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
“Two to zero!!!”
"In the twelfth minute, Su Dong took on three opponents at once. He made a wonderful move by dribbling from the left and then shot a curved ball into the goal, scoring another goal for Manchester City, 2-0! He also scored twice!"
"Oh my god, this is an absolutely incredible start."
"The game had only just started for twelve minutes, and Su Dong scored two goals for Manchester City with two shots."
After scoring the goal, Su Dong excitedly rushed out of the stadium and ran all the way to the area where Manchester City fans were, celebrating his goal.
The teammates behind him also caught up and surrounded him.
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In front of the home team's coaching booth, Wenger opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopped, feeling only bitterness in his mouth.
It's like taking a sip of Italian espresso, even the root of the tongue is bitter.
He suddenly had a bad feeling.
The situation seemed to be completely beyond his expectations.
According to his original idea, Arsenal should have stabilized its defense and then slowly fought a war of attrition with Manchester City, creating threats through counterattacks. However, unexpectedly, not long after the start of the game, Manchester City seized the loopholes between Arsenal's central defenders and Su Donglai scored, which caught Arsenal off guard.
The Gunners' players are generally young, and in this situation, they began to seem a little anxious, so they started to counterattack.
Walcott's shot just now was Arsenal's first shot in this game, but with more offensive forces, the defense became empty. Manchester City counterattacked with a long kick and Su Dong scored again.
One versus three!
That's one against three!
Wenger could easily imagine that even if Su Dong didn't kick the ball himself, he could still cooperate with Sanchez, because Sanchez had already caught up with him at that time.
But Su Dong decisively chose to kick the ball himself, which shows his confidence in his own abilities!
Conceding two goals in six minutes, Wenger is no stranger to such scenes.
Continuously conceding goals has been a very serious problem for Arsenal this season.
The team's strength is one aspect, and too many young players is another. A combination of multiple factors has led to Arsenal's predicament.
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After conceding two goals in a row, Wenger immediately adjusted the team's tactics and required all players to pay attention to defense.
Arsenal began to adopt a strategy of shrinking defense, but it can be seen that the players were not resolute in executing it, especially when they seized the opportunity to counterattack, they would still resolutely engage in the attack.
The contracted defense allowed Manchester City to play to its advantage in passing and controlling the ball. The two wingers played more actively, actively exerting Su Dong's dominance and deterrence in the penalty area, suppressing Arsenal's defense.
Sanchez failed to break through quickly on the right and had to pass the ball back to Zabaleta who came in from behind.
After stopping the ball, the Argentine right back took a look at the penalty area and kicked a cross into the penalty area, trying to find Su Dong.
Su Dong was unable to get the ball to land as he was trapped from both sides by Djokovic and Koscielny, and the ball was headed out of the penalty area by Koscielny.
But just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they found that Alexander Song was still in the penalty area, but Manchester City's Toni Kroos followed him, stopped the ball with his chest, adjusted slightly, and without waiting for Alexander Song to pounce, he kicked directly.
The ball went along a straight line and into the lower right corner of Arsenal's goal.
Three to zero! Everyone was stunned!
The players on the field couldn't believe what they were seeing.
How long has it been? Three goals?
All the Arsenal fans at the scene were also stunned.
They all walked into the stadium full of hope, hoping to see Arsenal snipe Manchester City at home.
Before the game, everyone from the head coach to the players said this, but who could have thought that when the game really started, they would concede goals one after another.
Twenty minutes and three goals, is this the rhythm of a big score?
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"What the hell is going on with Arsenal tonight?"
"Oh my god, how could this happen?"
"I can't believe we keep losing the ball. Where's our defense?"
"God, Manchester City's attack tonight was accurate. How can we play this kind of game?"
Sitting in the stands of the Emirates Stadium, David Luiz listened to the cries of Arsenal fans in the surrounding stands. He felt sympathetic but also extremely surprised.
He never thought that Manchester City would be so strong tonight, and it looked like they were going to completely blow up Arsenal. Could it be that Manchester City was really that strong? David Luiz covered his face with his hands and watched the game intently.
He could feel that Arsenal's defense was under great pressure, especially the two central defenders.
They couldn't stop Su Dong at all, and didn't even have much power to resist.
Su Dong is so strong!
The one-on-three situation at that moment was a reflection of Su Dong's personal ability. It was also that goal that made Arsenal's defenders panic. Every attack by Manchester City made them nervous.
Toni Kroos' long-range shot was because Alexander Song failed to provide timely protection in front of the penalty area, and the reason why Song failed to provide protection was because he was in the penalty area.
Then why was he in the penalty area?
Koscielny and Djokovic flanked Su Dong from both sides, causing a gap in the front of the defense, which Song had to fill.
Ultimately, it's a vicious cycle.
When one person, or even two people, might not be able to stop Su Dong, Arsenal had to treat every defense as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
This is definitely a defender's nightmare! David Luiz plays for Benfica in the Portuguese Super League. As the rival of Sporting Lisbon, he has heard a lot about the legend of Su Dong.
Even though many years have passed, the story of how Su Dong abused Benfica's central defenders is still circulating within the Benfica team. Even Porto's Carvalho and Ferreira were traumatized by Su Dong's abuse.
There are reports that every time Ferreira meets Su Dong in a match, he would tremble and then perform poorly.
David Luiz has now experienced this firsthand. If he were an Arsenal player and faced a player like Su Dong, he would not be sure he could defend against him.
One thing he was sure of.
That is, he absolutely does not want to be an opponent of such a player!
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Despite being three goals behind, Arsenal still tried hard to maintain their position.
After all, this is their home court, and no one wants to lose too badly at their home court, so they tried very hard to maintain the situation, but Manchester City kept trying to organize an attack.
Especially after entering the 30th minute, Manchester City organized several consecutive attacks.
Marcelo made a sudden long pass, trying to transfer the ball to the right side and pass it to Sanchez who was poorly defending.
Alexander Song quickly stepped forward and headed the ball back to the center line.
Toni Kroos took the lead, intercepted the ball, and quickly passed it back to Busquets, while he ran to the open space to receive the ball.
When the German midfielder received the pass from Busquets, he had already turned around and was facing the direction of attack. He made a feint to the left, making people think he was going to pass the ball to the left, but suddenly he moved the ball to the right.
It was left to Sanchez who was unguarded on the wing.
After the Chilean winger stopped the ball with his chest, he dribbled straight to the right side of Arsenal's penalty area. Facing Clichy who returned to defense in time, Sanchez dodged, deceived Clichy with a fake move, and suddenly made a cross from the bottom.
In the middle of the penalty area, Su Dong originally retreated to the outside of the penalty area to respond. After seeing the ball passed to the right, he turned back and faced the goal. When Sanchez made a cross from the bottom, he had already quickly moved forward, but did not compete with Djokovic and Koscielny for the middle. Instead, he changed direction and rushed directly behind Djokovic, which was behind the goal.
When Sanchez passed the ball, he saw Su Dong's running route and made a direct cross.
The ball passed the front and middle of the penalty area and fell directly to the back point. Su Dong, who quickly inserted himself into the penalty area, made a diving move at the front of the small penalty area and leaped towards the flying football.
(End of this chapter)
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