Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 297 The Winning Streak Ends

Li Shou Arsenal will not let him go for the time being. This is the advantage of not signing a termination fee. If there is a termination fee, maybe the rich club will spend money directly to poach people.

On the signing of the central defender, Wenger finally made a decision. He finally chose his partner for many years, and the team's chief scout offered an offer to Villarreal.

In fact, Wenger also wanted to buy Van Dijk, but the boss was unwilling to pay, because Li Shou's outstanding performance was too good, and the boss felt that the team did not need to buy two central defenders.

If possible, Kroenke would not even let Wenger buy anyone, but he also knows that Arsenal currently only have two central defenders, and the current youth team is not very good.

But even if Wenger has decided that it will take a little time to operate, so there will be no new players in the next round of Arsenal's game, and like the previous game, Arsenal will rotate again in the starting lineup.

Sanchez sat on the bench, Griezmann started, Welbeck and Chamberlain remained unchanged, Chamberlain mostly came off the bench this season, and now it’s okay to play more at this stage, Wilshere replaced Cazorla in the midfield, Coquelin still started, both sides of the defense changed afterward, Monreal and Debig returned to their familiar positions, the central defender remained the same, let alone the goalkeeper.

Compared to Arsenal's rotation, Southampton didn't have much rotation, and Southampton didn't seem to consider winning this game, even at home.

So after the game started, Arsenal got the ball, but Arsenal's ball has never really posed any threat to Southampton, because Southampton has fully retreated from the start of the game.

"Seeing today's opponent's tactics, will Arsenal be the same as they were in the last round?" Some people support it and some people hate it. Whether it is a person or a club, it is impossible for everyone to like it, especially in sports.

Arsenal failed to create any threat in the face of Southampton. On the contrary, Southampton used the opportunity of counterattack to create a lot of trouble for Arsenal.

In the No.20 fourth minute of the game, Southampton attacked for the first time in the game. The ball at Wilshere's feet was cut off by Wanyama, and Southampton launched a counterattack.

Tadic made a long pass to Pellet. The latter ferried the header to Mane. Mane took the ball enough to attack Arsenal's penalty area. Koscielny stepped forward to intercept and was passed by Mane.

Koscielny is the last defender in Arsenal's defense, so after Koscielny was broken by Mane, only Li Shou was left in front of Mane.

However, just as Mane was about to rush into the penalty area to face Li Shou, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Since Koscielny was the last man in Arsenal's defense, there was no need to guess who appeared in front of Mane at this moment.

Li Shou knew it was bad when Koscielny rushed towards Mane. Koscielny's personal ability is indeed not bad, but in Li Shou's opinion, Mane's personal ability is stronger.

Moreover, defensive players are already at a disadvantage when facing offensive players, so when Koscielny rushed up, Li Shou also rushed out, and took advantage of the fact that only Koscielny was in Mane's eyes to directly steal the ball from Mane's feet.

"Li~~~ The last line of defense in the arsenal, an insurmountable steel gate." Li Shou's photo of The Times was reused repeatedly, and various pictures were posted on the P. Li Shou felt that he could ask the Times for copyright fees.

At this moment, the Times of Steel Gate mentioned by Andy Gray has been published, and it is also the most recognized one among the many P pictures of The Times.

Because Li Shou is indeed like an insurmountable steel gate. He has not conceded a goal so far, and he has broken the record for the longest goalkeeper in the Premier League without conceding a goal, and it is unknown how long this record will last.

At least Southampton's attack, which was originally extremely threatening, was resolved by Li Shou, and after resolving this wave of counterattacks, Arsenal will definitely restrain themselves.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Arsenal did not press as fully as before in the first half, so Southampton did not get another chance to play a quick counterattack.

But at the same time, Arsenal themselves did not create any real threats. Facing Southampton, which is fully retreating, Arsenal can really do not much.

The best way to break the dense defense is long-range shots, free kicks or relying on the inspiration of the stars. As far as Arsenal is currently, Sanchez sits on the bench at the end of dribbling. As for long-range shots and free kicks.

The Arsenal team has long-range shooting ability, but there are no players who are really famous for long-range shooting. Southampton will definitely not give free kicks easily. Of course, this refers to free kicks in good positions. Li Shou's [-]% success rate is really terrifying.

But even so, Arsenal still got a free kick in a good position not long after the second half, but Li Shou didn't go up to take the penalty.

However, Li Shou would never have imagined that this free kick would be the best free kick opportunity for Arsenal in a normal game. Southampton was extremely prepared for this game.

In fact, there is another reason why Li Shou is not in a hurry, and that is that Tottenham have already overtaken the score. In this round of the league, Chelsea was a guest at White Hart Lane. Chelsea scored the first goal in the first half, but this did not bring good luck to Chelsea. But when the whistle blew in the first half, the score on the field had become 3:1. Tottenham scored three goals in a row to complete the overtake before the end of the first half.

The 3:1 score changed shortly after the start of the second half, and Tottenham scored another goal in two minutes. In this case, it is very difficult for Chelsea to come back.

So Li Shou is unwilling to take this risk, and Southampton's strength is not bad. Although they sold a lot of people last summer, the new ones they bought are all good, and the foundation is still there.

Besides, it wasn't long before the second half of the game started. Li Shou thought that there would still be opportunities, so Li Shou was not in a hurry, but the next situation was somewhat beyond Li Shou's expectations. Southampton never gave him another chance.

Of course, Southampton can’t deny Arsenal a free kick, but Li Shou will definitely not take free kicks from bad positions. Li Shou has always been very fresh and restrained. He is a goalkeeper. His main task is to ensure that the goal behind him is not broken.

So when the referee blew the whistle for the whole game, the score was still 0:0, and this score also declared that Arsenal's winning streak was ended.

The longest winning streak in the Premier League was created by Arsenal, 14 games. Originally, Arsenal had the opportunity to approach or even break the record created by themselves, because before this draw, Arsenal had won 11 consecutive victories.

(End of this chapter)