Chapter 123: Stepping Into a Desperate Situation

"Tottenham scored again, which made the situation of the game begin to tilt towards Tottenham. It is hard for us to imagine that Arsenal, who performed well this season, suddenly faced such a dilemma! At the same time, we also need to admire the performance of Pochettino and Tottenham players. They are ready to interrupt Arsenal's unbeaten record with their wonderful performance!"

Paul Merson's words were full of emotion. Who would have thought that Arsenal, who performed so well this season, would be scored two goals in a row by Tottenham in their home court in the semi-finals of the English League Cup.

With these two goals, Arsenal fell into a great passive situation, and even their tactical system was difficult to maintain.

In the game, Arsenal players no longer had the calmness of the past. After Tottenham scored the second goal, Arsenal really felt defeated.

For this reason, at this moment, everyone is trying their best to turn the situation around.

However, Tottenham is not a soft persimmon. After leading by two goals, they retreated again as a whole and continued to resolve Arsenal's offensive.

"One person on the left, don't rush forward!"

"Steady! Steady!"

"Asshole! Don't shoot!"

Lucky kept shouting in the midfield, his voice filled with anxiety.

After all, failure is just around the corner, even Lucky can't stay absolutely calm.

And he also needs to hold back these teammates who are getting excited.

At this time, the Arsenal players have begun to get anxious, which can be seen from their passing and shooting.

They want to equalize the score and turn the situation around.

But the problem is that they can't rush to fight or even shoot for this.

Everything must be built within the system. Once they become no longer calm, the scales of victory will only tilt more towards Tottenham.

Lucky no longer plans to retreat. Kante is watching from behind, and Tottenham has no intention of continuing to attack. Just stop their counterattack.

The most important thing is to score!

That's right!

It's a goal!

Only a goal can turn the situation of the game around.

Unconsciously, the sweat on Lekai's face has become thicker, and the whole body has become heavier.

This is the first game this season that has given such great pressure from the physical and psychological aspects.

It must be said that Tottenham's overall performance is extremely excellent, and the tactical restraint is also extremely effective.

Unexpectedly, Arsenal fell into a passive situation, and prepared to win the game based on this.

"Arsenal is constantly trying to advance the offense and want to score a goal in a limited time, but Tottenham's defense is very solid, and they are not ready to give up the advantage they have gained!"

The confrontation between the two sides is extremely fierce.

Especially after entering the second half, both physically and mentally.

There have been several disputes between the two sides, which also delayed the game time.

Arsenal players are not as calm as imagined. They are also human beings. In the face of such a difficult moment, they will also be anxious and uneasy, thus losing their previous calmness.

Lekai is still trying to attack. He keeps receiving and passing the ball, and uses himself as the starting point to advance the offense.

However, his teammates were too anxious, and often the ball was passed to them, and often it was shot or even intercepted by teammates.

Tottenham did a good job in defensive linkage, and almost did not give Arsenal too many good opportunities.

Especially in the penalty area, Arsenal almost had a hard time getting in.

Off the court, in the coaching booth, Mourinho's expression was also extremely serious.

He watched the situation of the game gradually get out of control, and he knew that it was time to make a change.

"Dembele!"

Mourinho turned around and shouted: "Go warm up!"

Dembele stood up immediately, he was always ready.

And being able to play in the derby is also a key link for him to integrate into Arsenal.

Soon, Dembele finished warming up.

Mourinho put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Remember! What we need is the threat of the wing. Use the breakthrough of the wing to relieve the pressure in the middle. What you need to do is very simple, just like before, keep exerting pressure on the wing!"

"Don't be afraid of not being able to advance. Wilshere will support you. If there is a good opportunity, you can cross the ball or pass it to Kai!"

Finally, Mourinho patted Dembele's back hard.

The latter also nodded heavily.

In the 65th minute, Arsenal chose to make a substitution.

Aubameyang went off the court and Dembele came on the court.

Bellerin went off the court and Saka came on the court.

Mourinho was going to attack with all his might.

Arsenal gave their choice, and Pochettino immediately made corresponding substitutions and strengthened the defense.

After the substitutions on both sides, the game started again.

Arsenal frequently sent the ball to the left wing, hoping to pry open a gap through Dembele's breakthrough.

Dembele, who is full of energy, will also put enough pressure on Tottenham, but perhaps because of the two-goal lead, Tottenham's mentality is very stable and they will hardly make mistakes. Even facing Dembele, they can defend well.

"Dembele's role cannot be fully reflected! The main reason is that Tottenham's blockade of the left wing is too serious. Maybe Arsenal should find other ways."

Before he finished speaking, Dembele and Wilshere played a wall-to-wall match, and Dembele broke out instantly and shook off the opponent's full-back and rushed into the penalty area.

"Dembele!

Opportunity!

"

Paul Merson yelled: "Can he seize this opportunity?"

Dembé came into the penalty area and shot directly before Vertonghen arrived.

But this shot was too straight.

Goalkeeper Lori didn't need to move his feet and easily hugged the ball.

"Ah~~~~~~ The shot is too straight! A great scoring opportunity for Arsenal!"

Paul Merson rubbed his hair irritably. He felt that this game was really hanging.

Tottenham's defense was getting more and more vigorous.

And Arsenal was still facing a two-goal deficit.

The most important thing is that time is still passing quickly.

When Lucky looked up again, he found that the time had reached 80 minutes.

"Damn it!"

Lucky cursed in his heart.

He felt that time passed too quickly. He had only made a few attacks and the time had reached 80 minutes.

There were still ten minutes left in the regular game, plus injury time, it was only about thirteen minutes.

It is undoubtedly a very difficult task to equalize the score or even overtake in this time.

But no matter how difficult it is, we need to try.

In the stands, Arsenal fans also looked at the stadium anxiously. They never thought that Arsenal would lose, and lose to Tottenham in this way.

Losing to other teams is acceptable, but losing to Tottenham is not acceptable.

The most important thing is that this is still their home court.

Losing to Tottenham at the Emirates Stadium is simply a disaster.

They can imagine how these damn Tottenham fans will ridicule them after the game.

For this reason, although they feel angry and uneasy in their hearts, they still grit their teeth and wait for the situation to change.

They firmly believe that their warriors can turn the situation around.

In this way, another ten minutes passed.

"The regular 90 minutes of the game is over, the fourth official raised the card, 4 minutes of injury time, Arsenal still has four minutes to change the score, and they are currently two goals behind."

"This time, Arsenal is really close to failure!"

"We have thought about how Arsenal will interrupt their unbeaten record this season, but we never thought that they would lose in the derby against Tottenham, and at home!"

"Obviously, among countless possibilities, this is the most unacceptable situation for Arsenal fans."

"But it just happened, huh~~~~~~"

Paul Merson sighed for a long time, and his tone was complicated: "We can see that the expressions of the Gunners are extremely painful, and they have little physical strength left. In this case, can Arsenal still equalize the score?"

"And it's two goals!"

Paul Merson's last sentence made Arsenal fans feel desperate.

In the injury time, many people scored two goals in a row.

But many of them were in a big advantage. It is almost impossible to equalize two goals in a disadvantage.

Arsenal is in this situation right now.

Many Arsenal fans have even begun to accept the loss of the game.

They hang their heads and stare at the court with dull expressions.

In the first half of the season, their performance was so wonderful.

And this game was so bad!

Arsenal is really going to lose~!