Chapter 381 Wearing the crotch straight plug
After the game started again, there was no challenge in the battle between the two teams.
Arsenal is still taking the initiative to attack, and their tactical style is like this. They will not be able to get on the edge just by leading by one goal. This is Wenger's Arsenal. Offense is synonymous with them. They will not become conservative just because they lead.
Wenger sat steadily on the coach's seat.
So far, the Frenchman is still satisfied with the team's performance. Although Liverpool scored a goal at the beginning, Arsenal has found its form and surpassed the score. What satisfied him the most was that the team regained its form when it was behind.
Wenger can't know much about his team.
All attack and defense are their tactics, and defense is not necessarily passive. His team uses offense to defend. When the opponent takes the ball, all players have to retreat to defend. This kind of defense is relatively proactive. When attacking, there are many players who come forward, and the threat will be relatively large.
Wenger believes that as long as he maintains this state, Arsenal will definitely win the game.
On the other hand, Benitez is quite satisfied with the game. Liverpool plays a defensive counterattack. Although Arsenal overtakes the score, no team in the world dares to say that they can defend the goal against Arsenal's offense, and Liverpool is naturally no exception.
It is normal for Arsenal to score goals, and it is normal for them to overtake the score. The key to determining the outcome of the game is whether the team can find the feeling of counterattack in the next time.
In a match against Arsenal, the outcome does not depend on defense, but on how many goals are scored.
Defensive counterattack, counterattack is also very important. If you cannot guarantee that you can defend the goal, it is also crucial to score a goal naturally.
If the opponent is Chelsea and Manchester United, one goal behind may determine the outcome, but when the opponent is Arsenal, Benitez has nothing to worry about, because Arsenal will never defend conservatively at Highbury Stadium.
There is still a lot of time for the game and they will have a lot of opportunities.
It all depends on the forward ability.
Benitez looked at Zhang Tiehan running on the field. He knew that Zhang Tiehan's goal today was the key to the outcome. If Zhang Tiehan could score again, the team would play very smoothly. On the contrary, Zhang Tiehan could not score. It was not easy for other Liverpool people to break the Arsenal goal. If they wanted to win or even get points, it would depend on God.
In the last stage of the first half, Liverpool still maintained a slow attack range. Benitez did not make any adjustments, and the players played according to their original tactics.
Arsenal are playing better and better. They have completely controlled the situation on the court.
In the wind, the advantage of being all offensive and defense is reflected. Each of their players is fully committed to the game, posing a threat to Liverpool's goal again and again, which makes Liverpool's defense in danger again.
Some Arsenal fans began to look forward to the team being able to score another goal before the end of the first half to widen the gap.
It's so wonderful to be able to score three goals in one half.
But what Arsenal players didn't notice was that they were involved in the game. While enjoying the feeling of controlling the game, they were becoming increasingly lazy in the work of "full defense". Everyone wanted to attack, everyone had to intervene. Liverpool's defense line retreated very well, which made Arsenal push further forward. Under this rise and fall, Arsenal was increasingly not paying attention to defense. Especially in the game, Arsenal almost all of them were pressing against Liverpool in the half.
But they didn't realize that Liverpool is not a small team in the Premier League.
Although Liverpool has not performed well in recent years and cannot catch up with Arsenal at all, they are also Premier League giants. Their overall strength is not much worse than Arsenal. What's more, after Zhang Tiehan arrives this season, Liverpool's performance is better than Arsenal.
With the same strength, if you suppress the other party in this way, there will definitely be problems.
They paid the price for it.
In the second minute of stoppage time, Arsenal wide forward Lyonberg made a mistake when cooperating with forward Adebayo. The football was cut off by Riser. Riser grabbed the ball and passed it to Gerald with one kick.
Gerald was in the middle and was hit by two Arsenal players after getting the ball. He passed the ball in a diagonal length to Garcia in the front of the left without hesitation.
In the whole first half, except for Zhang Tiehan, the only one who is most active in the offense was Garcia. The Spanish boy has been trying to create a threat with Zhang Tiehan, but Arsenal was too strong and he had no chance, and he didn't like defense.
So Garcia's position has always been a bit ahead.
But it doesn't matter. He is the most forward player on the wing. Now when he gets the opportunity, his positioning advantage is reflected. After Garcia got the ball, he was very prepared to transfer the ball to the middle with a big foot, where Alonso had already followed.
Alonso reacted quite quickly!
When Riser intercepted the ball and saw him passing it to Gerald, Alonso ran forward without hesitation. Fabregas next to him didn't react at all. By the time he was about to follow, Alonso had already thrown away his position.
At the same time, Liverpool's formation quickly advanced towards Arsenal's half.
Zhang Tiehan was in the front, Cice followed closely behind, Alonso and Garcia were in a straight line. When Alonso jumped over the center line, there were only three Arsenal players in front of him - right-back Flamini, center-back Toure and Sendros.
Flamini's position could not stop Alonso at all. Toure had been defending Zhang Tiehan, and only Sendros came up.
Alonso rarely visited anyone.
This time, when he saw Xisai and Zhang Tiehan ahead, he did not choose to go beyond his own position, but passed it to Xisai with one kick.
Flamini was still running desperately towards the middle, Toure was defending Zhang Tiehan, while Cisse had no defense at all. After he got the ball, he walked forward with his feet.
At this time, Tule's experience of the Taoist master was revealed.
He gave up Zhang Tiehan without hesitation and went forward to defend Xisai. When he did this, Zhang Tiehan was in an offside position. It was impossible for Xisai to pass the ball. Zhang Tiehan was running forward. When he saw Toure doing this, he could only stop and wait.
Flamini followed.
At this time, the frontcourt was in a three-versus three-way situation. At the end, Alonso and Sendros dribbled the ball and were entangled in front by Toure, and Zhang Tiehan and Flamini were also in the horizontal direction.
Cice originally wanted to walk through Toure with big feet, but Toure was not that easy to match. He took a few kicks forward and did a few moves but failed to deceive Toure. In the end, he had to turn around to protect the ball.
The counterattack time waits for no one.
Time is the most important thing. Cicedo delayed for two seconds and the rest of Arsenal players could follow, so he was still moving forward with the ball in his protection, but he already knew that he could not have shook past Toure alone, and his eyes swept towards Zhang Tiehan's position.
Zhang Tiehan was coming to pick him up, and he had a good position against Flamini, and Cice passed the ball without hesitation.
Zhang Tiehan got the ball!
The hearts of Arsenal fans were immediately grabbed.
Liverpool's counterattack was panicked by Arsenal fans at the beginning. They thought the first half would end like this, but they didn't expect Liverpool to have such a counterattack opportunity. Arsenal players had no time to retreat, and as a result, there was a three vs and three in the backcourt.
When Alonso passed the ball to Cice, Arsenal fans were even more worried.
But Toure's decisive choice made Zhang Tiehan a little embarrassed. It was not easy for Cice to throw away Toure. Flamini came to defend. It was not easy for Cice to pass the ball. But in the end, Zhang Tiehan still got the ball, which made Arsenal fans extremely worried.
Cice, they don't worry.
Cice hasn't scored a goal for a long time, and has never heard of Cice's crazy performance. Zhang Tiehan got the ball, and even if Flamini defended in front of him, Arsenal fans still think this is more threatening than Cice's single shot.
As for Flamini's defense... Arsenal couldn't bear to look at it.
Flamini is a midfielder. Although he can also play fullback, he actually does not perform well in defense. He joined the local big club Marseille as an apprentice. On December 20, 2003, approaching 2004, Flamini played for Marseille. He was twenty years old at the time and then played 14 times, reaching the UEFA Cup final with Marseille, but he lost to Valencia, the La Liga champion.
In the summer of 2004, Flamini was signed by Arsenal.
This is his second season at Arsenal, but it is undeniable that Flamini has always been a reserve player for Arsenal. It is only because Arsenal has recently replenished players and the team has suffered an injury crisis that he has the opportunity to start.
Such a player defends Zhang Tiehan, who is rampant in the Premier League?
What can you expect from him?
Arsenal fans think they still expect goalkeeper Lehman to perform better, but what they didn't expect was that Flamini performed well this time. After Zhang Tiehan got the ball, Flamini was not deceived by his small moves, but just stood steadily in front of Zhang Tiehan. It would be difficult for Zhang Tiehan to break through.
Flamini’s idea is very simple, that is, to delay time.
As long as he can drag it for a few seconds and other teammates come back to defend, his defense will be a success.
Zhang Tiehan naturally didn't want him to succeed, it meant he lost the opportunity, but Flamini remained unmoved, and it was difficult for him to get around.
After only one stalemate for more than a second, some people made a judgment!
"Framini blocked Zhang!"
"He resolved Arsenal's in-sight crisis!"
"He did a pretty job this time!"
Seeing that Fabregas and others behind were about to chase after him, Zhang Tiehan would soon be trapped in a siege, Arsenal fans also breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next moment their hearts rose again, and Zhang Tiehan made a choice-he passed the ball!
This is very unexpected!
Almost no one would think that Zhang Tiehan was passing the ball at this time. In Zhang Tiehan's style, he even had a long shot directly and could score a goal. Although there was not a big chance, this was Zhang Tiehan in the eyes of fans. But at this moment, Zhang Tiehan really passed the ball, and the pass was quite eye-catching.
The football passed between Flamini's legs and rolled horizontally toward Cisse!
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