Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 336 Chelsea's pursuit, Diego Costa's counterattack!

"Wilshere! Arsenal's No. [-], our pride, he used a wonderful goal to help the team win back a goal!"

"We are still one goal behind, now is not the time to slack off, keep attacking, Gunners!"

At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal changed their tactics.

They changed their style in the first half and put more troops into the offense.

After getting more support from the midfield and backcourt, Arsenal's gorgeous pass and cut cooperation in the frontcourt began to appear again.

This scene made the Gunners fans on the scene excited!

That's it, this is the Arsenal we are familiar with!

This is the Emirates Stadium, our home ground and we should not be afraid of anyone!

After scoring the goal, the state of these young Arsenal players is completely up.

Their ability to resist pressure is indeed relatively poor, and the game state is prone to huge ups and downs.

But after they put aside their burdens and played their own characteristics, Arsenal's offensive firepower must not be underestimated.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City played very passively.

Arsenal's lineup does not have that kind of top star, but each of their players has delicate foot skills.

After their self-confidence is played out, they can often play some unconstrained passing and cutting cooperation on the court.

This kind of passing and cutting cooperation, even Barcelona, ​​​​the cosmic team that was once tyrannical, couldn't stand it, and almost overturned!
It was the first time Manchester City saw Arsenal going crazy. Under the opponent's full attack, they were forced to shrink back to their own half to defend.

Lin Quan was very surprised that the state of Arsenal in the first half and the second half was completely different.

Not only is the style of play different, but the players' game attitude and state on the court have also undergone tremendous changes.

It made him curious, what exactly did Wenger say to the Arsenal players in the dressing room during the half-time break?
What kind of chicken soup can make such a big change in their state?
Although he didn't know what was going on, Lin Quan knew that Arsenal's offensive had to be contained.

Otherwise, let the opponent score another goal, and the suspense of the game will be great.

What are you afraid of!
Just when he was worried that Arsenal would take advantage of this wave of offensive climax to score another goal, Manchester City conceded another goal!

In the 74th minute, Arsenal launched an attack from the right.

Ramsey made a cross from the right, but Kompany made a header and failed to push the ball far.

Wilshere headed the ball into the left side of the penalty area before the defenders. Sanchez, who was retreating, saw the ball flying over again, and directly volleyed sideways.

The ball was played so suddenly that Navas could only subconsciously reach out to block it, but the football hit the upper right corner of the goal trickily.

Arsenal chased two goals in a row, and the score was rewritten to 2:2!

The Emirates Stadium was on fire the moment Sanchez scored.

The Chilean star took off his jersey excitedly, and galloped along the sidelines to a slide rail to celebrate.

His teammates chased after him, threw him to the ground, and celebrated wildly.

This is the third goal Sanchez has scored in the last three games. After he came to Arsenal, he conquered the Gunners fans in only four games.

On the sidelines, Wenger also waved his fist excitedly.

It was really distressing when the 4350 million euros were spent, but judging from Sanchez's performance in these few games, the money was well worth it!

Since Van Persie left, Arsenal need a real thigh too much!
Seeing the opponent's goal, Pellegrini rushed to the sidelines a little angrily, shouting at the players on the field, telling them to concentrate and not to be distracted.

In these few games, captain Kompany's performance has been a bit up and down, not as stable as before.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the bench, and his eyes stayed on the new summer aid Van Dijk.

Do you want to replace him?
Van Dijk was sitting on the bench watching the game intently.

Although in a series of warm-up matches before the season, he played many times on behalf of Manchester City and performed well.

But when the Premier League started, he still had relatively few opportunities to play.

After all, he can only be regarded as a substitute at best, not a regular main force.

But Van Dijk didn't complain about it. Manchester City is a Triple Crown team.

As a player who has never played in the five major leagues, it is impossible for him to secure the main position of the team when he first came.

What he has to do is to train well, cherish every minute of playing, and strive to win the trust of the coach and other teammates, so as to get more playing time, and finally secure the main position.

In this regard, Van Dijk is full of confidence!

"Virgil, go warm up and get ready to play!"

At this moment, Van Dijk heard the coach calling his name.

He held back the surprise in his heart, stood up from the bench immediately, and ran to the sidelines to warm up.

After Pellegrini named Van Dijk, he looked at the others on the bench.

Arsenal's wing attack in this game was very fierce.

Their midfield lineup is very strong, Ozil, Wilshere, Ramsey, Sanchez and others have excellent skills at their feet.

The two can play very threatening cooperation in a small range, which makes it difficult for Manchester City's press to be effective.

Once the opponent penetrates their defense line with passing coordination, it can pose a fatal threat to their goal.

Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the interception in the middle.

Thinking of this, he named Fernando, intending to let him play to strengthen the midfielder.

In the 78th minute of the second half, Manchester City began to make substitutions, and replaced two people in one breath.

After Van Dijk came on the field, the Arsenal players thought he was young and easy to bully, so they stepped up their attacks on him.

Sanchez, Ramsey and others took turns attacking Van Dijk's defensive area, hoping to open a breakthrough from him.

However, to their disappointment, the young man's performance was extremely calm. Not only did he not make a mistake, but he also used his excellent defense to freeze their offense.

On the other side, after Fernando came on the field, together with his Brazilian compatriot Fernandinho, they propped up an impenetrable iron gate in the midfield.

Manchester City's midfield hardness has been greatly improved, and they have begun to actively increase the pressure on Arsenal's midfielders.

It is no secret that Ozil is afraid of physical confrontation in the Premier League, and the more he fears and avoids physical confrontation, the more his opponents like to use this trick against him!
Manchester City is no exception!

Under the pressing and harassment of Fernandinho and Fernando, Ozil's state declined rapidly.

His performance on the court has become worse and worse, and his turnovers have increased.

Although Arsenal's midfield lineup is gorgeous, no one can match Ozil's ability to pass and threaten the ball.

After freezing Ozil at this point, Arsenal's offensive threat began to plummet.

After stealing Ozil, Manchester City made full use of the large space behind the opponent to play a threatening counterattack with quick and simple passes and movements.

Cazorla was injured in this game, and Arsenal played Flamini as a single midfielder.

It is difficult for a single midfielder to cover the entire midfield when defending!
After grasping this point, Manchester City continued to use the two wings to launch attacks.

Facing Manchester City's counterattack, Arsenal's players returned to defense very actively.

But apart from Ramsey, the other three players are attacking midfielders, and their defense and interception capabilities are not strong.

Running back from the frontcourt to defend, apart from consuming their own physical energy in vain, basically they can't provide much help.

The three attacking midfielders did not return to defense well, which led to a disconnect between the back line and the midfield in Arsenal's 30-meter area.

Relying on a defensive midfielder alone cannot make up for such a large defensive gap!
This weakness was keenly captured by Manchester City!

In the 82nd minute of the game, Manchester City made a quick counterattack after stealing the ball.

The football kept passing forward and was finally handed over to Lin Quan's feet.

An open area appeared in front of him. Lin Quan did not miss this opportunity. After cutting inside from the wing, he dribbled the ball laterally along the open area at the front of Arsenal's penalty area.

The Arsenal defenders were all nervous when they saw Lin Quan dribbling outside their penalty area with the ball.

But when their attention was attracted by Lin Quan, they didn't find a big player wearing a sky blue jersey who rushed in from behind at high speed and entered Arsenal's penalty area.

After Lin Quan caught sight of his teammate's advance, he decisively sent a cross.

Van Dijk jumped high to meet the ball, and with a header, he smashed the ball into Arsenal's goal.

The score became 3:2!

Manchester City once again took the lead!

This is Van Dijk's first goal in the Premier League!
After scoring the goal, he was as excited as a child, rushed to the sidelines, and domineeringly celebrated with a slide.

On the sidelines, Pellegrini was also very excited when he saw Van Dijk scored a crucial goal. He hugged and high-fived with his colleagues one by one to celebrate.

The fans of Manchester City were also very excited. They didn't expect this new aid who only cost 1000 million euros to be so powerful.

At the critical moment when they competed with Chelsea for the top spot, this goal is worth a thousand dollars!

"This guy, why did he appear there?"

"He played too confidently. If he is counterattacked, he will take the blame!"

Lin Quan was also very curious, wondering how Van Dijk got near the Arsenal penalty area.

So, after the other party finished celebrating, he asked his doubts.

"It's like this. The opponent's striker Welbeck retreated to defend. I followed him to the middle. When I saw that there was space in front of the goal, I rushed over."

Hearing the other party's explanation, Lin Quan couldn't help laughing.

Van Dijk has just played, and he is physically fit at this time, and he can run all over the field without any problem.

Even if there is no result for his forward attack this time, he can run back to defend in the shortest time.

And Arsenal didn't expect him, a defender, to penetrate so deep, and there was no time for anyone to defend him.

Even if he saw his move forward, he couldn't stop him immediately because of physical problems, which gave him such a perfect header.

If it weren't for Van Dijk's spiritual advance this time, Lin Quan might have to spend a little more effort to send the ball to the Arsenal fans.

"Lin, thank you for your pass, your pass is really beautiful, I have never headed such a comfortable header!"

Realizing that this is a great opportunity to get closer to the boss of the team, Van Dijk immediately expressed his gratitude to Lin Quan, and incidentally flattered him.

Lin Quan smiled and said:
"You play beautifully yourself!"

A rookie is so good, and he is so active on the court. As the leader of the team, he needs to be encouraged no matter what!
After the score fell behind again, the Gunners players became a little anxious.

Less than 10 minutes from the end of the game, unless they can score two goals in a row, otherwise, victory is an extravagant hope.

But now they don't dare to expect to get three points, they just want to equalize the score as soon as possible, just get one point!
After realizing that there was a problem with the defense in the middle, under Wenger's command, Arsenal's midfielder consciously shrank its position, further increasing the connection between each other, and not giving Manchester City too many gaps to exploit.

But this trick did not achieve very good results, Manchester City has found a way to deal with them.

At the end of the game, Manchester City's midfielder overwhelmed the half-time, and launched a frantic press against Ozil and Wilshere.

The two were robbed and couldn't hold the ball at all, and they would be robbed if they took a few more steps.

Lin Quan continued to launch fierce attacks from the right, looking for Ozil's troubles again and again.

Ozil couldn't take care of himself because of Lin Quan's life. Almost all of his focus was on defense, but he still couldn't do anything. He watched Manchester City attack from his side again and again.

This scene made many fans feel very familiar. It was very similar to Spain's move against Germany in the World Cup final!
Wenger was forced to have no choice but to replace Ozil with Poldowski.

After Ozil came off the field, Manchester City's two defensive midfielders concentrated their firepower on Wilshere.

The latter was robbed and couldn't hold the ball at all, and without the connection between Ozil and Wilshere, Arsenal's offensive system became fragmented, and it was difficult to organize an effective offense.

At the last moment of the game, Sanchez tried to use his personal strength to complete a breakthrough.

But after all, he is not Messi, nor is he Lin Quan. After all, his strength is limited, and he cannot solve the battle by himself.

Without the support of his teammates, Sanchez's single fight not only failed to help the team equalize the score, but also completely paralyzed the already chaotic Arsenal's offensive system.

On the sidelines, seeing Sanchez playing XJB in the frontcourt, Wenger couldn't help frowning.

Was this guy like this when he was at Barcelona?
In the end, the game ended and Arsenal regrettably lost the game at home with a score of 2:3.

After this game, Arsenal fell to 10th in the standings, 7 points behind Manchester City.

After winning this victory, Manchester City won all four games and continued to lead the standings.

In another Premier League game that followed, Chelsea beat Swansea 4:2 at home, also maintaining a complete victory.

However, their goal difference is one less than that of Manchester City, ranking second with a goal difference disadvantage.

However, on another list, Chelsea players surpassed Lin Quan!
Diego Costa scored a hat-trick within 20 minutes of Chelsea's win over Swansea.

This is his first hat-trick since he came to the Premier League. With this hat-trick, his total goals reached 8 goals!
For the time being, with the advantage of one goal, he overwhelmed Lin Quan and topped the Premier League scorer list.

(End of this chapter)