Chapter 24 Giroud! Goal!

Impact after impact and passive defense again and again made the Manchester City players feel extremely painful.

Arsenal's offensive is extremely fierce, and their transfer speed is very fast. After touching the ball, they can immediately connect and shoot.

It can be said that if any blocking opportunity is missed, Arsenal can complete the shooting action.

This puts great psychological pressure on Manchester City's defenders and goalkeepers.

They were defending as much as possible, and even the midfielders dropped back to join the defense.

However, this is not a long-term solution. If the situation continues to develop like this, it will only be an even more painful situation for Manchester City.

But it seems extremely difficult to reverse the situation at this time.

The head coaches of both sides have already begun to make substitution adjustments.

But this requires a dead ball opportunity.

Guardiola stared at the field nervously, hoping that Manchester City could at least last until the substitutions were completed.

But the ball just can't be destroyed or enter the dead ball stage.

Arsenal played very steadily. In the fierce attack, they still did not have that impetuous mentality. Every touch of the ball was extremely reasonable.

Even in the face of Manchester City's fierce pressure, they would not rush into the penalty area and barely shoot.

Instead, pass back or transfer, and use this method to restart the offense.

Lucky was on the outside of the penalty area, and his eyes were constantly observing.

Wilshere's movement was from the right to the left, and even the Manchester City players were attracted to Wilshere.

To this end, Lucky gave the ball to Wilshere and at the same time ran in the opposite direction of Wilshere.

A cross move.

When Wilshere and Lucky crossed, Wilshere stepped on the ball and pulled back, not only taking away the defensive player, but also pulling the ball to Lucky's feet.

Lucky, on the other hand, took advantage of the situation and hit the ball into the penalty area.

"Kai! Enter the restricted area!"

shouted Paul Mawson.

Lucky's entry into the penalty area sounded the alarm for Manchester City's defense.

It is an extremely dangerous thing to have the player who scored two goals in this game so close to the goal.

For this reason, Kompany and Stones rushed towards Lucky almost at the same time.

But just when the two were about to take action, Lucky suddenly made a move.

The timing is very good.

Stones, Giroud and Kompany are on the straight line.

And Stones' Kompany's focus is forward, in order to block Lucky.

Giroud's center of gravity is further back and he starts faster.

The moment Lucky picked the ball, Giroud immediately opened up a position gap by shifting his center of gravity.

"Girou!

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George Adams, the on-site commentator, shouted excitedly.

At this time, Giroud was already in front of the goal, and there were no defensive players around him.

The ball fell in front of Giroud. Giroud turned sideways forward. Before the ball hit the ground, he twisted his waist, using the waist as the axis of his body, raised his right leg, and immediately connected with a volley.

This kick is powerful and very close to the goal.

The ball flew straight towards the near corner. Because it was too close to the goal, even Moraes was unable to react immediately.

Moraes reluctantly put his hands in front of his chest to block, but he was too hasty to completely remove the force of the ball.

When the speeding ball hit his arm, it bounced into the net.

At this moment, the entire Emirates Stadium burst into violent cheers.

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”

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"Girou!

! Arsenal's third goal!

We are ahead again!

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"In this game, Giroud wasted some opportunities, but in the end he helped us get the key leading goal!"

"A very clean volley, well done!

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Wow!

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Amid the fierce cheers at the scene, Giroud was also quite excited.

He sprinted to the corner and roared into the stands, venting his inner pressure.

In fact, since the World Cup, Giroud has not tasted scoring a goal for more than two months.

This is simply a terrible experience for a center.

Now, with this goal, Giroud has completely vented his inner frustration, and he believes that his condition will get better and better.

The crowd cheered and applauded.

Giroud celebrated with his teammates.

The Manchester City players looked at the celebrating Arsenal players with annoyed faces.

Kompany's expression was extremely unwilling.

His judgment just now was correct, but Lucky read their intentions, so before they acted, he picked the ball and completed an assist.

I have to say that Lucky put too much pressure on them.

One game, two shots and one pass, a dominant performance.

In the Manchester City coaching bench, Guardiola also showed a helpless expression.

This goal has escaped the so-called error range. It can only be said that Arsenal played very well and fulfilled its tactical characteristics.

However, Manchester City did not have the numbers and immediately made substitutions.

Aguero and Sterling exited.

Jesus and Sane come on.

This is to strengthen the offensive capabilities.

On the other hand, Arsenal put more emphasis on the ability of the midfield and backcourt.

Wilshere and Jimenez left the field.

Odegaard and Koscielny came on the field.

Bang!

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Wilshere slapped Odegaard's hands with both hands and said fiercely; "Run to your death. If I see you slacking off, you're dead."

Odegaard pouted and didn't say anything.

But he was already excited in his heart.

After all, he got a chance to play in the first game of this season, which shows that Mourinho intends to cultivate himself.

Jimenez also got a chance to rest.

And the injury on his forehead can be further treated.

After both sides completed the substitution, the game resumed.

After losing the ball, Manchester City wanted to launch an attack to save the situation again.

But this time, Arsenal was on the defensive. If there were no accidents, Arsenal would want to end the game with the current score and successfully win the opening of the new season.

However, they will also counterattack on the basis of defense.

"Although Arsenal started to defend, their pressing strength in the midfield was still very strong."

Paul Merson nodded secretly.

Defense does not mean that everyone must be in the penalty area, that is called parking the bus.

On the other hand, Arsenal's pressing tactics can better limit the opponent's advancement speed.

Odegaard ran quite actively.

Although he is an offensive midfielder, he cannot be just an offensive midfielder under Arsenal or Mourinho.

What Mourinho hates most is the guy who is visible when attacking and dragging his feet when defending.

Even your center forward has the responsibility to retreat and defend.

In the Arsenal team, everyone has the responsibility to retreat and defend, let alone Odegaard.

With the hard running of the Arsenal people, they finally got the ball.

Kante passed the ball to Odegaard, who was about to move forward when he heard shouts from behind.

"Pass back! Don't press forward!"

If it was someone else, Odegaard wouldn't care, but it was Lucky who shouted this.

Odegaard could only turn around again and pass the ball back.

Lucky received the ball, immediately pointed at Odegaard to find the next receiving point, and passed the ball to Kante.

Now Lucky's position is close to the central axis, and it is the most basic rule of football defense to avoid losing the ball in front.

After Kante received the ball, he did not make any fancy moves and directly passed the ball to Aubameyang.

This is what they appreciate most about Kante.

There has never been any strong desire to perform, or show off footwork, etc., a simple and most practical passing route.

"Now, Arsenal has taken the initiative to slow down the pace. Although they are testing on both sides, they are more likely to pass back, which means to ensure the possession of the ball and delay time."

Just as the commentator said, Arsenal just wants to delay time.

The score is good now.

They don't need to spend a lot of effort to attack or counterattack.

Unless there is a good opportunity.

Once Arsenal decides to delay time or take a defensive stance.

It will be very difficult for any team to break through Arsenal's defense.

After all, under Mourinho's coaching, Arsenal's defense is no longer as porous as it once was.

Even when facing the best striker combination in the world, they have the ability to resist, not to mention Manchester City, which is physically exhausted.