Chapter 16: Breaking Manchester City's Goal Again

In the second half of the game, Manchester City continued the tactics of the first half. Foden ran all over the field, sniping Arsenal's conduction on one hand, and creating a space for his teammates to attack on the other hand.

But unlike the first half, Foden obviously felt more pressure when he turned to attack.

Kante no longer let him do whatever he wanted like in the first half. The moment he held the ball, he had already pressed him closely and put pressure on him.

Foden was very fast, but it was not easy for Foden to get rid of Kante when he was close to him at the first time.

In most cases, Kante was able to limit it with his experience.

Even if there were a few times when the opponent passed the ball to cooperate with two-on-one, the teammates behind him could fill in the position in time.

Arsenal would not let Manchester City advance the attack like in the last period of the first half, and all they needed to do was to strengthen the confrontation in the midfield.

Eriksson lost his voice a little during this period, mainly due to the opponent's fierce pressing.

Eriksson is not particularly adapted to this kind of high-intensity confrontation. He was very easy to do this during the Tottenham period.

In Arsenal, even with the support of his teammates, he dared not hold the ball too much to get rid of it.

Not holding the ball in the midfield position, which caused the midfielders to bear more pressure.

However, Lucky has begun to take more responsibility for holding the ball and organizing the work.

"Pass it to me!"

After passing the ball, Lucky went around to another gap and immediately signaled to pass the ball.

His teammates passed it without thinking.

Even if there was someone behind Lucky.

Lucky faced the ball, stepped forward to open the distance, and then knocked the ball to Kante behind him with his left foot.

After passing the ball, Lucky was like running again, and pulled out of the gap to receive the ball again.

After running and passing again and again, Arsenal's midfield connection was connected again.

Even if Eriksson lost his voice, Arsenal still had Lucky.

Eriksson also knew that he had a problem with his qualification, so he ran and pressed harder.

Even if he couldn't give too much help in the offense, at least he had to actively participate in defense.

This is the attitude that Eriksson showed.

"Eriksson's running-in with Arsenal is not particularly good. He performed very well in the first half, but was soon suppressed by Manchester City. Faced with this kind of pressure, Eriksson began to have old problems again!"

Andy Gray shook his head slightly.

He hoped that Eriksson would play more confidently and more toughly.

In this way, the team can get a better offensive rhythm, but personality is something that is difficult to change.

Even if Eriksson realized this, he would subconsciously make a safe return pass.

Compared with Lucky who actively sought confrontation, Eriksson played away from the opponent.

This also led to the gradual separation of Arsenal's rhythm in the midfield.

If Lucky had not intervened in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Lucky stood in front naturally, and Eriksson also retreated to make up for the defense.

Facing Manchester City's fierce pressing, Lucky still played calmly, sometimes transferring, sometimes holding the ball and waiting.

Many times, in order to grab the ball, Manchester City would increase physical confrontation and try to put more pressure on Lucky.

But even with the increased confrontation, it was still difficult for them to grab the ball from Lucky's feet.

This made Manchester City feel quite depressed.

"Kai's condition is still so good!"

Seeing Lucky become the midfield pillar of Arsenal and put up wonderful performances on both offense and defense, Andy Gray couldn't help but admire.

"Kai is Arsenal's biggest insurance device!" Richard also nodded and said: "When Arsenal encounters difficulties, they always concentrate the ball on Kai to deal with, and Kai will not let his teammates down. Because of this ability, Arsenal's midfield rarely suffers!"

"Eriksson needs to learn this decisive and confident mentality from Kai, only in this way can he break through his own limits."

In the game, Lucky kept running in the midfield area to maintain Arsenal's rhythm.

During this period, he would also encounter the opponent's pressing, but Lucky was always able to pick the ball out of the dangerous area and pass it to a safe teammate.

In this way, they can maintain their possession of the ball.

Even if he was robbed, Lekai would immediately engage in the counter-robbery phase. Under Lekai's leadership, other Arsenal players were also very active in pressing.

Manchester City's influence based on Foden in the midfield is slowly fading.

At the same time, Arsenal began to invest more in active offensive advancement.

Seeing this scene, commentator Andy Gray said with emotion: "Arsenal will give us some surprises every season, and in this game, the biggest surprise they gave us was their active offensiveness."

Richard; "Last season, Arsenal rarely took the initiative to attack, and most of their goals were scored in defensive counterattacks. This season, they are not so impatient. Even in difficult situations, they do not use hard-hitting and violent counterattacks, but use the space on the court, changes in rhythm and frequent running to reverse the situation. Rather than growth, I always feel that the word "control" is more appropriate."

Andy Gray nodded; "Yes! If Arsenal can win this game, it proves that Arsenal's dominance over the Premier League and even the Champions League is still continuing so far."

As soon as the voice fell, in the court, Leka pulled the ball and turned around. After pulling out a gap for passing, he passed the ball in a sheep-like manner, but his feet were dunked.

This dunk allowed him to get rid of Gundogan's restriction, and Leka immediately stuffed the ball diagonally in front.

Aubameyang rushed forward at full speed to chase the ball.

In an instant, Arsenal's attack on the wing opened up.

"Aubameyang got the ball, is he going to pass it?"

Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Aubameyang began to sway left and right, trying to attract the opponent to stretch his feet and take the opportunity to get rid of him.

But Zinchenko is also experienced and is not fooled at all. He lowered his center of gravity and stood sideways to avoid being penetrated by Aubameyang, and at the same time he was able to start quickly.

Aubameyang had no chance to get rid of the opponent, so he could only try his best.

He dunked the ball to the right and started directly.

He wanted to use his explosive power to shake off Zinchenko, but the opponent's reaction was also very fast, and when he was about to pass the ball, he immediately stretched out his foot to block it.

Seeing the opponent stretching his foot, Aubameyang was delighted. He stepped on the ball with one foot, pulled it back, and a V-shaped pull made him easily get rid of Zinchenko and face the goal directly.

At this time, Aubameyang was on the left side of the goal.

At the near point, goalkeeper Moraes was watching with a fierce look.

Giroud in the middle was tightly guarded by the opponent's two central defenders, and Mane at the back point had not yet arrived.

In a flash of opportunity, Aubameyang chose to go it alone.

He directly slammed the ball towards the goal, aiming at the upper position of the far point.

But facing this kind of shot, Manchester City goalkeeper Moraes easily lifted the ball out with one hand.

The ball hit Moraes' palm and was lifted out of the penalty area.

From the distance it flew, you can understand how powerful the ball is. Moraes felt his right hand trembling.

But Moraes didn't have time to cry out in pain.

The ball was dragged out, but by chance, it was dragged in front of Lekai.

Morais made a save.

At this time, Lekai faced the falling ball and made a shot.

The moment the ball bounced off the bottom, Lekai shot violently.

The instep of his foot hit the ball firmly, and the force of this shot was very strong, flying straight towards the goal.

Morais watched the ball flying towards him, and he was ready to hold the ball. He thought that Lekai did not grasp the angle of this shot.

But at this moment, the ball suddenly drew a strange arc to the left.

Although it was a very small arc, it was difficult for Morais to save it when he was already in position.

Finally, he stretched out his left hand again, trying to hit the ball.

But when the ball hit his hand, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his wrist, and the next second, the ball flew out of his hand and flew into the goal.

In the 67th minute, Arsenal scored again with a long shot from Lukay.

The score was also pulled to 3:1 by Arsenal.

This goal also caused Wembley Stadium to burst into intense cheers again.