champion light

Chapter 1275
In the middle of the week, Arsenal's away game against Manchester City kicked off.

Although the two teams played the game three days ago, they also deployed all the main players they could in this game.

For both teams, this is a game that cannot be lost.

Rongguang and this Arsenal team can be regarded as old rivals.

Many people know the grievances and grievances between him and Arsenal.

Anyway, every time Arsenal fans see the glory, their eyes are in a state of fire.

Since Rongguang came to Manchester City, Arsenal have to struggle a lot to keep their fourth place in the league every year, let alone their coveted championship.

In addition, the record was also broken by Manchester City, and the new record of Manchester City is still continuing until now.

If Arsenal can bring Manchester City's new record to an end, it would also be able to calm the resentment of Arsenal fans a little bit.

But in fact, except for Arsenal's own fans, most people are not optimistic that Arsenal can beat Manchester City away.

Even if Manchester City has been a little tired recently.

Arsenal's current strength has dropped a lot compared to before. This season they have a lot of injuries and their condition is not good.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have ranked sixth after half of the league...

When the game started, Manchester City put on a defensive counterattack posture at their home ground, while Arsenal continued their attacking football.

These two teams can be regarded as the tip of the needle, and their tactics are very targeted.

Arsenal use their super ball control ability to prevent Manchester City's counterattack, and try to control the football as much as possible, which can reduce the chance of Manchester City's counterattack.

So in the game, Arsenal's ball possession rate was as high as 60.00%. [-], almost [-]% of the ball possession rate...

However this is of no use.

For a team like Manchester City, the ball possession rate is not a hard indicator for them, and it doesn't matter whether the ball possession rate is high or low.

Anyway, they are also playing defensive counterattacks.

In the first half, the two sides drew a tie. Arsenal's offensive was very fierce and the ball possession rate was also very high. It can be seen that they had prepared seriously and really wanted to win Manchester City away.

But no goal in the first half made their previous offensives meaningless.

The half-time break was equivalent to giving Manchester City a chance to breathe, and interrupted Arsenal's good rhythm of the game in the first half.

Sure enough, just after the start of the second half, Manchester City scored the first goal.

This time it was Kaka who scored the goal.

His long-range shot from outside the box broke Szczesny's cross.

This long-range shot was very sudden. When Kaka received the ball at the front of the penalty area, he did not make any preparations to shoot. He was still looking up at the time, as if intending to pass the football.

As a result, as soon as he lowered his head, he swung his right foot and shot.

Because of the sudden shot, neither Szczesny nor the Arsenal defenders reacted.

So the football flew in.

"Kaka! Kaka! Beautiful long shot! This is Kaka's No. 13 league goals this season! This is the fourth best result in his career! The 2008-2009 season is Kaka's single-season league goals. He played 31 times on behalf of AC Milan and scored 2007 goals. In the 2008-2005 season, Kaka played 2006 times in the league and scored 35 goals. Next came the 24-[-] season, with [-] league appearances. Now Kaka is in Manchester City, and he has scored thirteen goals in just [-] rounds of the league! The season is not over yet, and he still has a chance to continue scoring. Judging from his current state, he is very likely to create the best statistics in his career in his first season in Manchester City!"

"Thirteen goals can also rank fourth in the current league scorer list, tied with Rooney. And Rooney's thirteen goals also have a penalty kick, but Kaka's thirteen goals in Manchester City did not have a single penalty kick. This is very remarkable for Kaka. Because although he scored many goals in AC Milan, many of them were penalties...Thirteen goals are not easy for a midfielder. You must know that the top scorers in the league are all forwards except him..."

"Looking at it now, I don't think anyone can deny this, that is, Kaka chose to leave Real Madrid and move to Manchester City. It is really a correct decision. In Manchester City, he has gained full trust, and there is also a chemical reaction between him and his teammates. This makes him feel like a fish in water, as if he should have come to Manchester City long ago..."

"... But I think there will still be many people who are puzzled. They don't understand why Kaka suddenly changed his body... In just one summer, why Kaka's performance in Real Madrid is so different from that in Manchester City...Of course, we can say that this is because Kaka got rid of the influence of the injury, but why and how he got rid of... No one knows."

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After Manchester City took the lead, Arsenal did not give up.

At No. 606 minutes, they tied the score.

It was Arsenal's striker, Van Persie, the team's top scorer, who scored the goal.

This is his No.20 league goal this season.

With [-] goals, he currently ranks second in the league scorer list.

There is no suspense to be number one in the scorer list, of course it is an honor.

Rongguang scored 24 goals in 24 league rounds, and the scoring rate was exactly one goal per game.

However, he has yet to score a goal in this game.

He scored goals very quickly.

No. 70 minutes, just 4 minutes after Van Persie equalized the score, after receiving a pass from Kaka outside the penalty area, Rongguang first made a long-range shot, tricking Arsenal's defensive player into jumping up and blocking the shot with his back, and turned around.

Rong Guang dunked the football and rushed into the penalty area.

He entered the penalty area like a dragon broke into a lake, and immediately set off a huge wave, rampaging in Arsenal's penalty area, causing a mess in Arsenal's penalty area.

Rong Guang, who entered the penalty area, first broke through to the left. Facing the chasing Arsenal defenders, he made an emergency stop, then changed direction to the right, and then accelerated the ball, pushing the football away from the fallen goalkeeper Szczesny, jumping over the goalkeeper and catching up with the football.

Then the ball was pushed into the empty goal.

The ball is in!
"2:1! Manchester City took the lead again! Rong was tossing and turning in Arsenal's penalty area, as if no one could stop him! No one can stop him! 25 league goals! Rong continues to be the top scorer in the league. In fact, there is no suspense in the scorer list every year. Even Van Persie has no way to compete with him..."

"Maybe Van Persie didn't even consider Rong as an opponent? Ha!" Alan Hansen teased.

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The game continued, but neither team was able to score again in the ensuing games.

In the end, with the goals of Kaka and Rongguang, Manchester City defeated Arsenal 2:1 at home.

It's a bad result for Arsenal, but they have to live with it.

Bad for Manchester United too.

That puts City five points ahead of them.

In the next round of the league, Manchester United will challenge Liverpool again, which is a very difficult game.

Because this is the "England National Derby".

But whether Manchester United is willing to accept it or not, such a thing has already happened. Now is not the time to complain about Arsenal's lack of strength, but to focus on playing the next game well.

If United lose to Liverpool and City win against Aston Villa.

The gap between the two sides will be further widened.

In this case, the situation of last season will be repeated.

Last season, Manchester United also took advantage of the glorious opportunity to participate in the Asian Cup in January, shortening the point gap with Manchester City.

Looks promising to overtake Manchester City.

But then, when the glory returned, Manchester City slowly widened the points gap with Manchester United again.In the end, in the direct dialogue between the two teams, Manchester United was defeated and completely lost hope of competing for the championship.

League No.20 five rounds, the first game is Manchester United vs. Liverpool.

The last game of this round of the league is Manchester City's away game against Aston Villa.

Two teams head to tail.

On February [-], Manchester United took the lead, and they played against Liverpool at home.

In the end, Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 at home with Rooney's brace at the beginning of the second half.Got the crucial three points!
Now, before the Manchester City game, Manchester United and Manchester City are only two points away.

A day later, Manchester City's away game against Aston Villa started.

Only one goal was scored in the game and it was Zlatan Ibrahimovic who headed it in from a corner.

This ball is also his No.17 goal in the league.

With his goal, Manchester City beat Aston Villa 1-0 away.

Winning is not pretty, and there is a bit of luck, but in any case, with Manchester United pressing every step of the way, being able to get three points is currently Manchester City's main goal.

After this game, Manchester City has to prepare for the Champions League quarter-finals with Lyon.

As the defending champion, it is officially on the road to defending from the knockout stage.

The UEFA Champions League knockout round and the group stage are completely different games. You will find that teams that perform poorly in the group stage tend to perform well in the knockout round, while those teams that perform very well in the group stage but are in high form may plummet in the knockout round.

The two-month time difference between the group stage and the knockout stage also adds a lot of variables.

All this makes the Champions League knockout look more like an exciting adventure.

(End of this chapter)