Nine Hundred and Forty-Three This Year's Premier League Is Particularly Cold

Entering December, a sudden cold snap hit the British Isles.

Far away in north London, in the Kearney training base, Wenger's mood is even colder than the weather outside.

Sarnia and Gibbs are injured!

This was discovered during training today, when the team doctor told him that the two players will miss the 14th round of the Premier League at the weekend.

This is to tell Wenger that in the away game against Manchester City, he will not have even a regular full-back in his hands.

Nima, how can this be kicked?

In the midweek League Cup, he didn't play as a traditional full-back because he wanted to defend steadily. The result was good, but he still lost.

Now he's made up his mind, since the defense is not good, I'm going to fight Manchester City and Guardiola.

Unexpectedly, the full-backs were all injured.

What the hell! Simply, isn't it?

Have you ever seen such bad luck?

Wenger wanted to get mad and became very irritable.

Arsenal are now seventh in the Premier League table, just three points away from fourth-placed Newcastle, but that doesn't mean Arsenal have a good chance, quite the opposite, because ahead of Arsenal, fifth and third The six are Chelsea and Liverpool, both of which are also eyeing the top four.

According to Wenger's own conjecture, it is unlikely that Newcastle will maintain the top four rankings, but Tottenham Hotspur still has great hopes of holding the top four, while the top Manchester City and Manchester United are both relatively stable. Manchester City, in particular, have maintained an unbeaten record so far.

In this case, if you want to rush into the top four, you must show solid results.

That is to say, Arsenal must try to grab points from the strong team and bite the bullet.

Against Manchester City, no matter from which point of view, there is no reason for Arsenal to let it go.

But how to get Manchester City?

Thinking of this, Wenger sighed helplessly.

He is proposing to the management, hoping to make appropriate signings during the winter break. Otherwise, with the current status of the team, the second half will be very difficult. If the top four in the league lose, then for Arsenal, would be a very fatal thing.

Van Persie's contract extension is likely to be a surprise.

You know, so far this season, Arsenal's offense is very dependent on Van Persie. Under Van Persie, the team's second-leading scorer is the little tiger Walcott, but his goals on all fronts are four.

This means that, in addition to Van Persie, Arsenal's other attackers collectively pulled their hips.

What will the Gunners do if they can't renew Van Persie's contract?

Judging from the situation in recent seasons, if you want to improve your strength, you must sign new players.

Unwilling to invest, but also want to keep the top four in the league, this is impossible.

Today's Premier League is no longer the Premier League of the past.

Ferguson only spoke out for Manchester United's setback in the Champions League a few days ago. He believes that the reason why Manchester United did not perform well in the Champions League is because the internal friction of the Premier League is too serious. .

This may be an excuse, but it is not necessarily the reason.

Wenger has basically made contact, and Henry, who played in the Major League, also intends to return to Arsenal to ease the Gunners' striker crisis, but the deal still needs a nod from the management.

It is still unknown whether Henry will join, but Manchester City is imminent.

Heading north to Manchester, the Gunners must try their best to score points.

Even a draw is acceptable.

At the very least, it stopped Manchester City's winning streak.

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On the afternoon of December 3, Etihad Stadium, Manchester.

Manchester City host Arsenal in the 14th round of the Premier League.

When referee Phil Dodd blew the whistle to start the game, Manchester City quickly returned the ball to the backline.

Arsenal's players headed by Van Persie moved forward at the fastest speed, pressing on to Manchester City's defense line, chasing them all the way, forcing Manchester City to pass the ball back to goalkeeper Courtois.

The Belgian goalkeeper is near the penalty spot,

A big foot directly kicked the ball to the front court.

Su Dong grabbed the spot and headed the ball to his midfield teammate David Silva. As a result, Arsenal strangled the midfield again, forcing Manchester City to pass the ball back again.

This time, when the ball was passed to the right, Zabaleta kicked the ball to Arsenal's left winger Gervinho and went out of the touchline, forming a throw-in.

After Manchester City sent the throw-in, just after the halfway line, they were sniped by Arsenal again, but this time it was Sanchez who finally touched the ball, so it became Arsenal's throw-in.

The players of the two teams passed back and forth in the midfield, fighting desperately to fight for the ball.

Arsenal also reversed the previous League Cup knockout game at home. They took the initiative to face Manchester City. Instead of flinching, they behaved very aggressively. Obviously, they also learned the lessons of the League Cup defeat.

The Gunners' strangulation tactic in the midfield and frontcourt is a very big test for their physical energy consumption, while Manchester City is trying to slow down the pace of the game and incorporate it into the rhythm and state that they are most familiar with, and slowly follow Arsenal. Napin consumption.

However, Manchester City's passing and possession were interrupted again and again by Arsenal, and the rhythm of the final game was also disrupted again and again.

This made the start of the game not smooth and not good looking.

Until the sixth minute, after getting the ball from the left of the frontcourt, Hazard suddenly cut in and tried to get rid of the defender. He was fouled by Alexander Song and won a direct free kick from the left of the frontcourt for Manchester City. .

Su Dong took the penalty himself and kicked a high-quality free kick, but due to the long distance and the angle to the left, his shot was not pressed down and was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Arsenal were all in a cold sweat, but Manchester City failed to score.

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"Damn, pay attention, Alexander, I said, don't foul on the front of the box!"

Wenger was furious on the sidelines.

How high is Su Dong's free-kick skills, the whole world knows that fouling at the front of the penalty area is not equal to giving him a chance to score?

Although the location just now was relatively remote, it was also very dangerous, wasn't it?

Alexander Song was also very depressed, and he didn't want to commit a foul, but the short boy from Manchester City just now was too flexible and cunning, and he carried the ball so well that he couldn't hold it when he was forced to go out.

Arsenal were somewhat shocked by this ball, but Wenger still did not change and insisted on letting the team press it out.

The League Cup game in midweek strengthened his determination to fight Manchester City to the death.

The more you give in, the faster you die!

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Arsenal seem to adopt a three-midfield, but the position is actually more like a four-two-three formation.

Not to mention the first three, Ramsay's position is also higher, obviously to suppress Busquets.

Alexander Song and Arteta formed a double midfielder, just want to protect the defense line, notify Ramsey to suppress Manchester City's midfield, and the defense line cooperates with the midfield and the frontcourt to press forward as a whole.

This kind of play is actually very risky, because everyone knows that Manchester City is very good at passing the ball and hitting directly behind.

Just like Su Dong's free kick two minutes later, David Silva sent a through ball and sent the ball directly into the penalty area, allowing Su Dong to chase after him, but the goalkeeper Shiqin Snee resolutely gave up the goal, fell to the ground at the penalty spot and hugged the ball.

Two consecutive attacks showed the momentum of Manchester City, and as the game deepened, after nearly ten minutes of play, Arsenal's pressing force was slightly weaker than at the beginning.

After all, they are also humans, not machines, and need to rest and breathe.

But the scary thing about Manchester City is that when you can't always maintain high-intensity pressing, and you are unwilling to take the initiative to retreat and compress the defensive space, Manchester City can always use that kind of player's back and forth and passing the ball to penetrate, tearing you apart. line of defense.

Like the tenth minute this time.

Pepe stopped the ball forward and back and quickly passed the ball to David Silva.

The Spaniard then passed on to Hazard.

After the Belgian winger returned to stop the ball, he failed to turn around, so he could only bring it back and pass it back to Busquets.

But when Hazard was retreating, he brought out Koscielny, who played as a right-back, and made Arsenal's right-sided defense over-pressed. At this time, Leighton Baines was the best. Fast forward, close to the left line.

Busquets seized the opportunity and made an oblique pass. He accurately passed the ball through the midfield and directly to the line where Leighton Baines advanced. The England left back stopped the ball and went straight to catch up. Go up, take a look at the middle lane, pass the left foot diagonally to the top of the arc in the big penalty area to find Su Dong.

Su Dong was in ambush in the middle. After seeing Leighton Bynes move forward, he also quickly moved forward. At the moment when the England left back passed the ball, with speed and explosiveness, he rushed past Zhu Lu and Mertesacker. , rushed to the top of the arc at the front of the penalty area, and stopped the ball with his right foot into the penalty area.

"Single knife!!!!"

There were exclamations from Manchester City fans.

I saw that after Su Dong stopped the ball, his speed continued to catch up again. Before Szczesny could strike in place, he quickly volleyed with his right foot.

The ball swept past Szczesny at great speed and went straight to the bottom of Arsenal's net.

One to zero!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"The tenth minute, the tenth minute, Manchester City opened the scoring!!!"

"Sudong received Leighton Baines's cross from the left, then plugged in to form a single-handed shot, and scored the first goal of the game for Manchester City!"

"It was a standard Manchester City goal."

"The back-and-forth and interspersed from the midfielder, after pulling away the defender, Leighton Bynes stepped in, and quickly hit behind Koscielny, this pass from Busquets It was also very well given, and the subsequent crosses were also very precise."

"Look at Su Dong's foot stop. It's very beautiful. The ball seems to stick to his feet. He completely obeys the instructions given to him.

"The whole scoring process is the embodiment of Manchester City's football philosophy, and it is also a demonstration of Su Dong's personal ability."

"It's a pleasure to stop the ball with just this kick!"

While Su Dong celebrated his goal, the Manchester City fans in the stands were shouting his name frantically, and the whole Etihad Stadium became very frenetic, as if the air was lit.

Only Wenger, who was in front of the visiting team's coach, involuntarily tightened his suit.

Damn, it's colder in Manchester than in London!