On the afternoon of September 12, Manchester City Stadium.

As soon as he returned to the locker room from the court, Gao Han received a send from assistant coach Brian Kidd. The list of Arsenal's game was puzzling to see.

Not only him, but Brian Kidd next to him also felt very strange.

"What's wrong?" Sergio Garcia was confused.

Gao Han casually stuffed the paper with the list into his hand and replied: "Wenger has changed the formation."

Two weeks ago, when Arsenal challenged Manchester United away, Wenger lined up a 433 formation, including Bentner, Walcott and Van Persie in the frontcourt, but in this game he lined up a 442 formation.

The goalkeepers are Amunia, and the defenses are Krish, Galas, Vermalen and Sarnia.

The most troublesome thing is the four midfielders, Alexander Song, Diaby, De Nelson and Fabregas. How will these four players be ranked? Should they adopt the traditional 442 that Arsenal had been good at before? Or are there other arrangements?

The two forwards are Bentner and Van Persie.

The central axis of Arsenal's entire lineup is closely related to Gao Han. Galas is the reason why Gao Han left Chelsea angrily. Fabregas and Van Persie were both excavated and promoted by Gao Han.

Gao Han never doubts the strength of this team, just this game...

"Diaby and Denilson are both young players who Wenger has focused on in recent years and have played many positions. On the contrary, Alexander Song and Fabregas are basically fixed in the middle."

Brian Kidd's words made Gao Han nod slightly, "You mean, the two of them are pulling the edge, Alexander Song and Fabregas are in the center?"

"It's totally possible." Brian Kidd nodded.

These two players are obviously not typical wing players. Wenger should have arranged them to play for only one purpose, to compete with Manchester City to control the ball, and at the same time try to suppress Manchester City's midfielder.

"Wenger is quite afraid of us, and they are not unfamiliar with four and four two formations that are more inclined to attack before, and they are not unfamiliar with four and four two formations." Gao Han smiled.

Brian Kidd nodded, "Arsenal's regular formation last season was four and four two."

"That's different. Before, their forward had Adebayo on the line, and Rosici and Walcott on the wing, but this game was arranged by Denilson and Diaby..."

Gao Han suddenly smiled, "Are you too cautious?"

Everyone couldn't help but find it funny after hearing this. Gao Han's so-called caution was actually teasing Wenger for being conservative.

Adebayo was Arsenal's main center last season, and Togolese players were one of the best centers in the Premier League last season. Although they were not Arsenal's scoring champion, the role of this type of player is often not measured by the number of goals.

But this summer, after Adebayo fell out with Arsenal and Wenger, he transferred to Real Madrid and played for Mourinho, which caused problems in Arsenal's forward line and many players had to adapt again.

So far this season, Arsenal has scored the most goals in the Premier League, with a total of 15 goals scored in the first four rounds, but among these 15 goals, only two of them were scored by forward players. The goal efficiency of main forwards such as Van Persie is even worse than that of midfielders such as Vermullen, Diaby and Fabregas.

It is obvious that Wenger's team needs to re-adapt from the offense without a top center, and Van Persie also needs to re-adapt the new role of center.

Judging from the four games in the new season, both Diaby and Denilson still have attack power.

"Do we want to make some adjustments?" Brian Kidd asked with concern.

Before the game, Manchester City all thought that Arsenal would play in the 433 formation, but now Wenger suddenly changed into the 442 formation...

"No need." Gao Han waved his hand, "Everything changes will never be separated. Wenger's playing style will be like that. We still adopt the game strategy we planned before, and we will adapt to the situation on the field in detail."

Brian Kidd couldn't help but nod and smiled after hearing this.

He vaguely remembers that when Ferguson coached Manchester United, it seemed like this.

Although Brian Kidd rarely contacted Ferguson after leaving Manchester United, he often learned about Ferguson's evaluation of Gao Han from some friends and people in the circle, which is why he was willing to come to Manchester City as an assistant coach.

Now, he really wanted to see if Gao Han was as magical as the legendary one.

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"Goaler Peter Cech, three defenders in the back line are Kompany, Xavi Martinez and Zabaleta, the midfield is still dragged by Xavi Alonso and Mascherano, David Silva and Modric are ahead, and the front trident is Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sturic."

In the visiting team's locker room, Wenger was reading Manchester City's lineup list to all the players.

Except for Sturridge, the other ten players are the main players of Manchester City this season.

As for Sanchez, the reason why he was placed on the bench is probably related to his full two World Cup qualifiers.

Everyone knows that Bielsa's team is famous for its consumption. Sanchez travels back and forth for most of the earth and plays two games in succession. Gao Han hides him and arranges Sturridge, who is more physically energetic, which is understandable.

"The opponent in this game is Gao Han's Manchester City. There are many media and fans outside accusing Gao Han of bombing Manchester City, but if you are careless about this team, then I want to say that you are all wrong, and they are very wrong."

Wenger's tone continued to aggravate, obviously hoping to attract the attention of all players.

"Yes, Manchester City has invested 400 million euros this summer, and its strength has increased significantly, but think about it, in more than a month of training time, more than a dozen players will be reorganized into one team and completely change the team's playing style. Who can do it?"

Wenger's words left many players present speechless.

Anyone who is familiar with the rules of football knows that this is a very difficult thing.

"Is Manchester City's performance bad?" Wenger sneered, "Winning all four games, scoring five goals and conceding one goal. Their goals are not many, but their defense is the best in the Premier League so far. At the beginning of the season, many people said that it would be dangerous to play against the three-back defense. What about now?"

The Arsenal players in the locker room couldn't help but tense up. After listening to Wenger's words, they couldn't help but re-examine this Manchester City team. As Wenger said, the defense is the best in the Premier League.

"Gao Han has had a very clear team plan from the beginning. He selects players based on his own plan. If you think about it carefully, Manchester City's average ball possession rate in four games this season has reached more than 60%, and they can do it in the whole Premier League."

Everyone was shocked and truly felt the threat from Manchester City.

Arsenal is also a ball-control team. Each of them knows how difficult it is to have to have a ball-control rate of more than 60%, but Manchester City, this newly formed team, has done it.

"So, in this game, we must not let Manchester City easily control the ball."

Wenger once again reminded all the players on the scene.

"Alexander Song drags behind, Fabregas is responsible for the midfield guidance. You two should pay attention to protecting the middle lane at any time. Diaby and Denilson should actively play a role in the wing, whether it is offense or defense, but you should also be prepared to rush to the middle lane at any time and strengthen the defense in the middle lane."

Wenger's eyes swept over the players one by one and finally froze on Fabregas.

Espanyol has been in very good shape recently and has just shined in the national team. Wenger also hopes to make Fabregas make a difference in this game.

"Seske, you must always pay attention to the situation. While ensuring the stability of the middle lane, I allow you to actively advance the attack. Players on both sides should pay attention to support."

Fabregas understood Wenger's meaning and nodded heavily.

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When the players of the two teams walked into the city stadium one after another under the leadership of the referee, cheers came from the audience.

Even the live broadcast commentator of Sky TV was surprised at Manchester City's home atmosphere this season.

"The joining of Gao Han and many superstar players has greatly stimulated Manchester City's football market. We have seen that the city stadiums have been full in recent home courts. It is said that their season ticket sales have exceeded 35,000, which has set the highest season ticket sales record in Manchester City's history."

"And Manchester City's start this season is pretty good. Gao Han's team won four games and is currently ranked third in the league standings, behind Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur."

"Tottenham Hotspur is one of the most eye-catching teams in the Premier League this season. Redknapp just defeated Chelsea's Scolari and Manchester City's Gao Han, and was elected the Premier League's coach of the month in August. Tottenham Hotspur's forward Difoe defeated Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney and was elected Player of the Month."

"Many people are not particularly satisfied with the start of Manchester City this season. Recently, many media fans from the outside world have accused Gao Han of his conservative 1-to-zeroism, but this game is believed to be a wonderful showdown against Arsenal, who is good at passing and controlling the style of play."

After the game started, both sides played cautiously at the start, especially in the first five minutes, they were relatively restrained and made many mistakes.

But five minutes later, both sides began to get into the state and the situation gradually became clear.

Arsenal still wants to grab the ball. The reason why Wenger returns to the 442 is to put pressure on more balancedly, especially the two players in the frontcourt, who put pressure on Manchester City's three defenders, forcing Manchester City to fail to pass and receive the ball smoothly in the backcourt.

It can be seen that Wenger's transformation into the array is definitely not aimless, but is prepared for it.

But Gao Han also did his homework and was hailed as the coach in Europe who is best at pressing and oppressing at high positions. From the very beginning, he asked players to put pressure on Arsenal, even on Arsenal's defense line and even the goalkeeper.

The most obvious thing is that in the ninth minute of the game, Arsenal passed the goalkeeper back, and Sturic suddenly rushed into the penalty area, which scared the Gunners goalkeeper Amunia so much that he cleared the ball with a big foot, but the ball was pushed back to Arsenal's half by Kompany just after halftime.

After receiving the ball from the left, Cristiano Ronaldo used his skillful skills and excellent speed to capture a murderous intent between Sarnia and Galas, but Benzema failed to understand the ball in the middle of the road and was slowed down a beat, resulting in the ball being cleared by Vermalen's big foot.

But from this offense, everyone smelled Gao Han's strategy in this game.

Instead of fighting against Arsenal, they press and press and press and pursue offensive efficiency.

This also made Wenger frown and looked worried.

On the other hand, Gao Han seemed to have gained something.
Chapter completed!