Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 308

Li Shou resolved Manchester City's first wave of offense, but soon Manchester City entered Arsenal's hinterland again. After all, Arsenal is leading the standings.

I thought Arsenal would be in a hurry, because Chelsea, who played the game one day earlier, had already won the game, but Arsenal were more calm than expected.

On the contrary, Manchester City can't be like this. For Manchester City, this game must be won, otherwise Manchester City's hope of defending the title this season will become very slim.

Still Silva and Aguero, these two are the core of this Manchester City team, but this wave of attacking Manchester City did not pose a real threat. Silva just completed a long shot from outside the penalty area and was saved by Li Shou, and then the corner kick was directly taken off by Li Shou.

Arsenal blew the counterattack horn, Li Shou sent the ball to Ramsey's feet, the latter immediately sent a long pass with the ball, Giroud headed the ball, Sanchez inserted from high speed.

Sanchez's role to Arsenal is second only to Li Shou. He is Arsenal's offensive weapon and the team's top scorer, so Manchester City will definitely not let Sanchez go.

"Foul~~~Fernandinho brought down Sanchez" In this game, Manchester City sent two Brazilian midfielders Fernando and Fernandinho.

Fernandinho's foul was very smart, and he didn't give Sanchez a chance to rush up, so this foul also sent a set kick in a bad position.

Sanchez took the penalty and sent the ball into the penalty area. Giroud leaped high to overwhelm Manchester City captain Kompany with a header and missed the goal. Although Giroud defeated Kompany, he failed to really threaten Manchester City's goal.

Joe Hart has performed well this season, but for now, there is no goalkeeper in the Premier League that can compare with Li Shou. If Li Shou continues to maintain his current performance, he will undoubtedly become the best player in the Premier League, and even the best goalkeeper in Europe.

The continuous waves of offensive made the two teams gradually abandon their cautious start, but the offensive quality of the two teams was very average, or the two teams did a good job defensively.

Of course, in order to stop the opponent, the two teams did not pay a price. No. 16 minutes, Koscielny got the first yellow card of the game.

After 4 minutes, Aguero, who received the pass and was intercepted, returned and tackled Ramsey. This shovel almost caused a conflict between the two teams. Fortunately, the referee gave Aguero a yellow card in time.

No. In the 206th minute, Monreal suddenly stepped in and disrupted Manchester City's defense. Arsenal's left back did not move forward along the wing, but inserted at high speed in the middle of Arsenal's half with the ball.

Monreal found the siege when he rushed into the hinterland of Manchester City with the ball, and then Spain made a fantastic cooperation with Giroud. Monreal passed the ball to Giroud while being surrounded by the two. Giroud wrestled with Kompany again and won.

Giroud knocked the ball to the side, and at this time Monreal had come out from the two surrounded and rushed to the ball, but Monreal passed the ball back to Giroud again, and Giroud had already rushed into the penalty area.

It stands to reason that Giroud's physical fitness is not much better than Kompany's, at most it is half a catty, but Giroud's state in this game is quite good.

"Foul~~~ Kompany~~~ Manchester City captain pulled Giroud." Seeing that the ball was about to reach Giroud's feet, Kompany became anxious. Although Kompany was no longer a kid, this game was too important. In the end, the captain of Manchester City extended his criminal hand. The referee blew his whistle and pointed at the penalty spot.

Cazorla walked up. Although Giroud wanted to take the penalty, he finally gave up the opportunity to Cazorla, because Cazorla is the player who scored the most penalties for Arsenal, and he scored all of them.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL~~~Arsenal scored first~~~ Facing Joe Hart, Cazorla calmly pushed and shot" Joe Hart threw himself in the right direction, but it was useless, he missed the ball.

Joe Hart’s reaction is absolutely nothing to say, but saving a penalty requires more than a reaction. In addition to luck, the goalkeeper most needs anticipation and explosive power, especially explosive power. Just like this time, Joe Hart judged the right direction and made a save, but his explosive power was insufficient, so he didn’t touch the ball.

When Senna scored the first goal of the game, the situation on the field began to change. Manchester City, which was behind, became eager. The change of mentality directly affected the state of the players.

Before the game really started, Li Shou was already mentally prepared. Although Li Shou had absolute confidence in himself, Li Shou didn't think he would be able to keep the ball clean because of Manchester City's strength. Of course, he would do his best for this goal, and he has always done so.

But now, after Arsenal scored the first goal, Li Shou found that Manchester City's offensive threat plummeted, but when the referee blew the whistle for the first half, Manchester City only had one threatening shot.

"The game in the first half was a bit unexpected~~~Pellegrini has to make some moves in the midfield, otherwise Manchester City may not be able to threaten Arsenal's goal in this game." Maybe this game is so important that the mentality of Manchester City's players is a little unstable.

"We played well in the first half, so there is no need to make any changes in the second half." Wenger, who returned to the locker room, was very satisfied with the first half.

Although Arsenal failed to expand their lead, don't forget that this is the Etihad Stadium, home to Manchester City, and Manchester City is the defending champion of the league.

Wenger knows the strength of his team better than anyone, so he also knows that it is very rare for the team to be able to take the lead.

What's more, Manchester City has a problem now. Although Pellegrini is an excellent coach, Wenger believes that as long as Arsenal continues the tactics of the first half, Arsenal can leave with a satisfactory result after the game.

Li Shou has created too many miracles and surprises this season, and Wenger also believes that Li Shou can continue to create miracles and surprises.

And Li Shou did not disappoint Wenger's trust. After the intermission, the mentality of the Manchester City players did stabilize, and they frequently threatened Arsenal's goal shortly after the second half.

However, Manchester City's offense was still unable to pass Li Shou's ten fingers, and even Li Shou used an attack to create a wave of counterattack opportunities for Arsenal.

Although Manchester City immediately chose to foul, but this time their foul could not prevent Arsenal from scoring. Cazorla took a free kick and sent it into the penalty area. Giroud threw away Kompany and dived to the top to complete the goal.

Kompany almost became the sinner of Manchester City losing the game. Arsenal's first goal was due to Kompany's foul, and Kompany failed to defend Giroud for the second goal.

"This is not the captain we are familiar with." In the past few years, Kompany has been the pinnacle of Manchester City's defense.

(End of this chapter)