i want to be king

Chapter 944 This year's Premier League is extremely cold
Entering December, a sudden cold current invaded the British Isles.

Far away in north London, at the Kearney training base, Wenger's mood was colder than the weather outside.

Sarnia and Gibbs are injured!

This was discovered during today's training, and the team doctor told him that the two players will miss the weekend's No.14 Premier League round.

This is to tell Wenger that in the away game against Manchester City, he will not have even a regular full-back in his hands.

Nima, how can you play this?
In the Midweek League Cup, he didn't play as a traditional full-back because he wanted to defend steadily, but the result was good, but he still lost.

Now he has made up his mind, since the defense is not good, I will fight with Manchester City and die with Guardiola.

Unexpectedly, all the full-backs were injured.

Fuck!Simple, isn't it?
Ever seen such bad luck?

Wenger wanted to freak out and became very irritable.

Arsenal is now seventh in the Premier League standings, only three points away from fourth Newcastle, but this does not mean that Arsenal has a good chance, on the contrary, because before Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are ranked fifth and sixth, and these two teams are also eyeing the top four.

According to Wenger's own guess, it is unlikely that Newcastle will maintain the top four rankings, but Tottenham Hotspur still have great hopes of clinging to the top four, while the top two Manchester City and Manchester United have performed relatively steadily, especially Manchester City, which has maintained a record of unbeaten victories so far.

In this case, if you want to break into the top four, you must show solid results.

In other words, Arsenal must try to grab points from strong teams and gnaw hard bones.

Against Manchester City, no matter from which point of view, Arsenal has no reason to let go.

But how to deal with Manchester City?

Thinking of this, Wenger sighed helplessly.

He is proposing to the management that he hopes to make appropriate signings during the winter break. Otherwise, with the current status of the team, the second half will be very difficult. If the top four of the league loses, it will be a very terrible thing for Arsenal.

Van Persie's contract extension is likely to be unexpected.

You know, so far this season, Arsenal's offense is very dependent on Van Persie. Under Van Persie, the team's second leading scorer is Walcott the Tiger, but he scored four goals on all fronts.

That is to say, apart from Van Persie, Arsenal's other attackers collectively pulled their hips.

If you can't renew the contract with Van Persie, what will the Gunners do?
Judging from the situation in recent seasons, if you want to improve your strength, you must sign up.

It is no longer possible to refuse to invest and still want to keep the top four in the league.

Today's Premier League is no longer the Premier League of the past.

Ferguson spoke out for Manchester United's setbacks in the Champions League a few days ago. He believes that the reason why Manchester United performed poorly in the Champions League is because the internal friction in the Premier League is too serious.

This may be an excuse, but it may not be the reason.

Wenger has already basically contacted, and Henry, who plays in the American Major League, also intends to return to Arsenal to ease the Gunners' striker crisis, but this deal still needs the nod of the management.

It is still unknown whether Henry will join, but Manchester City is imminent.

Going north to Manchester, the Gunners must try their best to grab points in this battle.

Even a draw is acceptable.

At the very least, it stopped Manchester City's winning streak.

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On the afternoon of December [-]rd, Manchester's Etihad Stadium.

Premier League No.14 round, Manchester City vs. Arsenal.

When referee Phil Dodd blew the whistle to start the game, City quickly passed the ball back to the defence.

The Arsenal players headed by Robin van Persie moved forward at the fastest speed, approaching Manchester City's defense line, chasing closely all the way, forcing Manchester City to pass the ball back to goalkeeper Courtois.

The Belgian goalkeeper kicked the ball into the frontcourt with a big kick near the penalty spot.

Sudong grabbed the spot and headed it to his midfield teammate David Silva. As a result, Arsenal strangled the midfield again, forcing Manchester City to pass the ball back again.

When the ball was passed to the right this time, Zabaleta kicked the ball to Arsenal's left forward Gervinho and went out of the sideline, forming a penalty.

After Manchester City issued a throw-in, just past the halfway line, they were sniped by Arsenal again, but this time it was Sanchez who touched the ball last, so it became Arsenal's throw-in.

Players from the two teams passed back and forth in the midfield, fighting desperately, and competed fiercely for the ball.

Arsenal also reversed the previous home game in the League Cup knockout round, took the initiative to face Manchester City, did not back down, but behaved very aggressively, obviously also learned the experience and lessons of the League Cup defeat.

The Gunners' strangling tactics in the midfield and frontcourt are a great test of their physical energy consumption, while Manchester City is trying hard to slow down the rhythm of the game, incorporate the rhythm and state they are most familiar with, and slowly fight with Arsenal.

However, Manchester City's passing and possession of the ball was interrupted again and again by Arsenal, and the rhythm of the game was also disrupted again and again in the end.

This made the game in the beginning stage not smooth and not good-looking.

Until the 6th minute, after Hazard got the ball from the left side of the frontcourt, he suddenly cut inside and tried to shake off the defender. He was fouled by Alexander Song and won a direct free kick to the left of the frontcourt for Manchester City.

Su Dong personally took the penalty and kicked a high-quality free kick. However, due to the long distance and angle to the left, his shot was not suppressed and was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Arsenal was in a cold sweat from top to bottom, but Manchester City also failed to score.

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"Damn, pay attention, Alexander, I said, don't foul at the front of the penalty area!"

Wenger went into a rage on the sidelines.

The whole world knows how good Su Dong's free kick is. If he fouls at the front of the penalty area, doesn't this mean that he is given a chance to score a goal?
Although the position just now is relatively biased, it is also very dangerous, isn't it?

Alexander Song was also very depressed, and he didn't want to foul, but the little guy from Manchester City just now was too nimble and cunning, and he dribbled the ball well, and he couldn't hold back when he was forced to take a kick.

Arsenal were somewhat intimidated by this ball, but Wenger still did not change and insisted on letting the team press out.

The League Cup game in the middle of the week strengthened his determination, and he must fight against Manchester City.

The more you retreat, the faster you die!

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Arsenal seems to adopt three midfielders, but the position is actually more like a four-two-three formation.

Needless to say the first three, Ramsey's position is also relatively high, obviously to suppress Busquets.

Alexander Song and Arteta formed a double defensive midfielder, just to protect the defense line, and told to cooperate with Ramsey to suppress Manchester City's midfielder, and the defense line cooperated with the center and front field to press forward as a whole.

This style of play is actually very risky, because everyone knows that Manchester City is very good at passing the ball and directly hitting behind.

Just like 2 minutes after Su Dong’s free kick, David Silva sent a through ball directly into the penalty area, allowing Su Dong to jump in and chase, but goalkeeper Szczesny decisively abandoned the goal and fell to the ground to hug the ball at the penalty spot.

Two consecutive attacks played out the momentum of Manchester City, and as the game deepened and played for nearly 10 minutes, Arsenal's pressing strength was slightly weaker than at the beginning.

After all, they are all human beings, not machines, and they also need to rest and catch their breath.

But the scary thing about Manchester City is that when you can't maintain high-intensity pressure all the time, and you are unwilling to take the initiative to retreat and compress the defensive space, then Manchester City can always penetrate through that kind of player's back and forth and pass the ball, and tear your defense.

Like this time in the 10th minute.

Pepe stopped the ball forward and back and quickly passed the ball to David Silva.

The Spaniard then passed to Hazard.

After the Belgian winger retreated to stop the ball, he failed to turn around, so he could only bring it back and pass it back to Busquets.

But when Hazard retreated, he brought out Koscielny, who was kicking the right back, which made Arsenal's defense on the right too high. At this time, Leighton Bynes was advancing at the fastest speed, clinging to the left line.

Busquets saw the right moment and made a diagonal pass. He accurately passed the ball through the midfield and directly to the line of Leighton Bynes.

Su Dong lay in ambush in the middle. After seeing Leighton Bynes advance, he also advanced quickly. At the moment when the England left back passed the ball, with speed and explosive power, he broke through the defense of Julu and Mertesacker.

"Single knife!!!!!!"

There were repeated exclamations from Manchester City fans at the scene.

After Su Dong stopped the ball, he chased after him without slowing down. Before Szczesny could strike in place, he quickly volleyed with his right foot.

The ball passed Szczesny's side at an extremely fast speed and went straight into the bottom of Arsenal's goal net.

One to zero!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"In the 10th minute, in the 10th minute, Manchester City opened the scoring!!!!"

"Sudong received a cross from the left from Leighton Baines, then inserted to form a single goal, and scored the first goal of the game for Manchester City!"

"It's still a standard Manchester City goal."

"The back-and-forth kicks and penetrations from the midfielders opened up the defensive players, and then Leighton Bynes stepped in from behind and quickly hit behind Koscielny. Busquets' pass was also very good, and the subsequent pass was also very accurate."

"Look at Su Dong's kick to stop the ball. It's very beautiful. The ball seems to be stuck to his feet. He completely obeys his instructions. After stopping in the penalty area, he goes out and hits again."

"The whole scoring process is the embodiment of Manchester City's football philosophy, and it is also a demonstration of Su Dong's personal ability."

"Stopping the ball with just one kick is really pleasing to the eye!"

While Sudong was celebrating his goal, the Manchester City fans in the stands were also chanting his name frantically. The whole Etihad Stadium became very frenzied, as if even the air was ignited.

Only Wenger, who was in front of the coaching bench of the visiting team, involuntarily tightened his suit.

Damn it, it's colder in Manchester than London!

(End of this chapter)