Arsenal, according to Wenger's instructions, firmly controlled the football under his feet.

The game was then in a stalemate.

Manchester City, who is one less, has no energy to counterattack now, and they are basically huddling in their own half-court defense.

However, Manchester City still fights for their half.

As the competition progresses and time goes by, the physical contact between the two sides increases, and the smell of gunpowder naturally becomes stronger and stronger.

Arsenal and Manchester City have had old grudges in recent years - Arsenal has always remembered the fact that Manchester City robbed Arsenal of fourth place in the league.

This revenge has not been avenged until now.

Although Arsenal returned to the Champions League this season, this does not mean that they have let down their past grudges.

Manchester City successfully avenged Inter Milan away, and Arsenal also wants to learn it.

The various defensive movements of both sides during the game have become more and more powerful.

At the beginning, Manchester City, which had one less person, did this because if the number of people was less, it would be more difficult to defend, so they had to work harder to make up for this disadvantage. This kind of battle seemed to be a rude move for Arsenal, who had a technical flow.

Gareth Barry received a yellow card in the game.

Arsenal was not to be outdone, because they wanted to prevent Manchester City from fighting back, so they often chose to foul the frontcourt. However, because the gunpowder smelled strong, their foul actions in the frontcourt were bigger than usual and looked more scary. In addition, this is Manchester City's home court, and every foul by Arsenal would cause deafening booing and exclamation to sound in the stands, which would put pressure on the referee.

Fabregas, Song and Zhulu all received yellow cards one after another. Moreover, these three yellow cards were received within ten minutes, from twenty-seven minutes to thirty-six minutes.

And Arsenal did indeed achieve results.

They didn't concede the ball until the end of the first half, and they also gained some opportunities because of strengthening pressing and control in the frontcourt.

But these opportunities were not grasped, either they were saved by Joe Hart, they were blocked by Manchester City players, and they were not good at playing

The whistle at the end of the first half recalled that Arsenal entered the midfield with a goal lead.

Commentator John Motterson was discussing the first and second half with Alan Hansen.

"One person left has a great impact on Manchester City... After Kompany was sent off, Benitez replaced David Silva with Godin. Although he still retained the trident, I think Benitez's substitution is worth discussing. David Silva, like Rongguang, also has the ability to make breakthroughs and he can change the situation. If he replaces him, Manchester City's offense will lose some of the speed of counterattacks. Now Manchester City's counterattack can only rely on Honor. Ibrahimovic has no contribution in the counterattack battle... So in fact, Ibrahimovic is more likely to be replaced, not David Silva... After watching the last game against Inter Milan, I think Manchester City can play without a striker..." Alan Hansen said.

"But Benitez definitely dare not replace Ibrahimovic. If I replaced Ibrahimovic in five minutes of the game, he would probably smash things in the locker room." John Motson felt helpless for Benitez. "Ibrahimovic is a big-name star that the club spent so much money to introduce. As long as they are not injured or sick, they have to stay on the court."

Alan Hansen also felt that John Motson was right, and it would be difficult for anyone to do this.

"Manchester City did not continue to concede the ball in the first half, but how long can this luck last? You can't always count on luck, right? Now, I can only count on the performance of Rong and Ibrahimovic..."

"I think it depends on Rong..."

Everyone's eyes had fallen on the glory.

Every time Manchester City encounters problems and troubles, glory will always be placed on hope.

Of course, glory rarely disappoints people.

If there is any mistake, maybe the Champions League semi-finals last season will be counted.

Manchester City lost to Inter Milan away in extreme difficulties. In that game, Rongguang only scored one goal. Although he didn't score twice after returning to home, Inter Milan also scored one goal, and Rongguang failed to save Manchester City's fate of being eliminated.

Perhaps this is also why Rongguang is so concerned about seeking revenge on Inter Milan.

Because he felt that he had let down other people's expectations of him.

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In the locker room at the intermission, Benitez was making tactical adjustments.

Although he did not continue to concede the ball in the first half, he still lags behind Arsenal with one goal, but he can't keep playing like this.

Teams with one less person will be under great pressure.

This pressure will become greater and greater as the game time goes by, because if one person is missing, other players have to run more and grab more fiercely to maintain a balance between the scene and Arsenal. However, this also allows the players to consume their physical energy very quickly.

In the last fifteen minutes of the game, if nothing changes, Manchester City's physical fitness may collapse.

After all, they played against Inter Milan three days ago, so their physical fitness was not 100% good.

Moreover, Arsenal's controlling ball play will allow Manchester City players to consume more physical energy, while their own physical energy is not so fast.

Everything will move towards a defensive line that is not conducive to Manchester City, unless Manchester City can tie the score.

So Benitez told the team not to forget to fight back when defending.

In the locker room next door, Wenger asked the team to continue playing and controlling the ball in the second half, keeping the football firmly under his feet, not only controlling the football, but also controlling the rhythm of the game.

When it is fast, it will be fast, and when it is slow, it will be slow.

Always taking the initiative in the game, so that Manchester City can only follow the rhythm of Arsenal. The most tiring thing is Manchester City, which will drag down their physical strength, so there will be no suspense in this game.

Since God has left Manchester City with fewer people just five minutes into the game, don't waste such a good opportunity, seize this opportunity and completely defeat Manchester City

Release the anger that had been blocked in the chest for many years

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Arsenal still firmly controlled the football. If the opportunity was not good, they would rather fall down in the backcourt than pass it easily, just not wanting Manchester City to intercept the ball and then counterattack.

Unless the opportunity is really good and you are sure to complete the shot, Arsenal will take a risk of making a pass.

This style of play is not very good, nor does it conform to Arsenal's aesthetic.

But now there is no way. In order to defeat Manchester City, Arsenal doesn't care about so much.

Let’s take revenge first.

As long as you can beat Manchester City, playing ugly is nothing.

In the scene, Arsenal, who had one more man, still played against Manchester City.

So far, there is no sign that Manchester City can score.

Manchester City fans were a little anxious in the stands and in front of the TV.

But if one person is missing, they really have no choice.

Even if they really lost this game, they had nothing to say.

But if he really loses the ball, Kompany will definitely be scolded to death by Manchester City fans. He will take the blame.

Kompani himself knows it very well, so now, Kompani is also very nervous when watching the game live in the locker room.

He doesn't want to become a sinner whom he is criticized by thousands of people after the game, the pressure is too great...

The media in England is very developed, and they can kill people with pens.

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In the 56th minute, Manchester City finally launched a counterattack, but Rongguang was surrounded by Arsenal defenders in front of the penalty area. In the end, he could only force his foot to shoot long shots, and the quality was naturally not much higher.

Ibrahimovic then received the ball in the offense, but his dribbling speed was too slow. Although he passed two Arsenal defenders, he was finally cut off by the third person who caught up and didn't even shoot the goal...

Both of them seemed to be in trouble.

After Ibrahimovic's ball was cut off, he turned his eyes to Rongguang and found that Rongguang was also looking at him.

The two looked at each other for about two seconds, then they looked away.

In the 65th minute, after Joe Hart saved Nasri's shot, he wanted to launch a fast attack, but when he got up from the ground, he saw that Arsenal players were quickly returning to defense. Soon they returned to defense.

The chance of fast attack is gone.

In desperation, Joe Hart could only throw the football to central defender Lucio, slowly launched an attack from the backcourt, and fought with Arsenal in a position.

But for Manchester City, which has one less person, they are not advantageous in positional battles.

Lucio turned around and sent the football to Matuidi's feet, and Nasri rushed up to steal it.

Matuidi couldn't pass the ball well at all, and could only pass the ball horizontally to his midfielder Gareth Barry.

Barry passed the football to Sneijder again.

As soon as Sneijder received the ball, Arsenal players came up to defend closely.

Sneider desperately protects the football, and it will be difficult to organize the offense. Moreover, he cannot hold the ball for a long time and will be cut off...

At this time, he saw that the glory had retreated to his line, so he passed the football over.

Although Rongguang also has Arsenal players around him, who else can he give it to besides giving it to him?

David Silva has been replaced, otherwise he can pass the football to Silva.

After receiving the ball, Rongguang did not turn around and break through, but passed the football sideways again.

It's not about splitting sides, it's about passing to the middle lane.

Ibrahimovic received the ball

After passing the ball, the glory immediately turned around and rushed forward.

At the same time, Ibrahimovic, who was facing away from the attack direction, used his external instep to push the ball diagonally behind his body, and the ball rolled towards the front of Rongguang's high-speed.
Chapter completed!