Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 494 The Amended Arsenal

On the second night after Liverpool eliminated Chelsea to advance to the League Cup final, Aston Villa beat Brentford 2-1 in the other semi-final, but they were eliminated 3-4 on aggregate. Tford broke into the League Cup final and will compete with Liverpool for the League Cup title!
This news must be very good for Liverpool, and their probability of winning the championship has soared!

The League Cup final will be played at the end of February.

Liverpool ushered in the fourth round of the FA Cup on the weekend. The team challenged Oldham Athletic as a guest. For this game, Situ Yunbing must be on the full bench, because next week the Premier League will drive fast.

Although Oldham Athletic met Liverpool early, their club is very excited, because they will face Liverpool at home, whether it is the ticket revenue on the match day or the TV broadcast share, it is a very considerable figure for them .

Liverpool's full bench lineup performed pretty well in the away game. Vardy and Mahrez teamed up to score 4 goals for their opponents, helping Liverpool win the away game 4:2.

Liverpool, which has advanced in multiple lines, has a good momentum.

Situ Yunbing is naturally very happy. At the press conference before the match against Arsenal in the middle of the week, Situ Yunbing commented on the team's recent performance: "I think the most difficult period has not yet come, and the time has been postponed by two weeks. In March, we will enter the most critical juncture of the championship. At that time, if we still maintain our hope of qualifying in the European arena, then the pressure we will face will be very high, so we cannot take it lightly now. Achievements, at the same time, don’t be disturbed by the outside world, just try to do your own job well.”

When asked about the prospect of the game, Situ Yunbing said: "Although Arsenal's ranking does not seem to be a threat to Liverpool, it is undeniable that Arsenal's strength is still a strong opponent in the Premier League. We must Going all out at the Emirates Stadium!"

Wenger also hopes to return to Liverpool at home!
Can't let Liverpool go too smoothly!
Now there is no need for Ferguson to mobilize. Many teams in the Premier League need to attack Liverpool. On the one hand, it is for their own survival. For most teams, relegation is survival. It is survival, and on the other hand, he was beaten a bit hard by Liverpool in the first half of the season. It is reasonable to want to fight back.

Situ Yunbing led Liverpool to visit the Emirates Stadium in London.

It is rare that London has a good weather, sunny in late winter and early spring, but the encounter between Liverpool and Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium filled the stadium with chills.

Arsenal's generals were full of momentum and dignified, which made Situ Yunbing aware of the unusualness of the game.

Wenger stood on the sidelines with his arms folded in a solemn posture, while Situ Yunbing put his hands in his pockets with confidence.

"Good afternoon, viewers, welcome to the 24th round of the Premier League, a focus battle!
Arsenal, currently ranked seventh in the league, sits at home against the league leader Liverpool!

Arsenal's current ranking has disappointed Gunners fans, so some Arsenal fans have also exploded in dissatisfaction with Wenger's coaching performance recently. It is undeniable that Wenger is a great coach in Arsenal's history, but he has not won a championship for many years How long can the current Arsenal tolerate Wenger?

Or Wenger may have entered the countdown to get out of class?

Arsenal fans certainly hope that the club can have a coach like Situ Yunbing to revive Arsenal!
But at present, the Arsenal board of directors still trusts Wenger. At least in terms of finances, Wenger has not brought pressure to the club, and even brought great help to the club.

As for when Arsenal will be able to gain more in terms of honor, we don't know.

Now Arsenal will fight to reach the top four in the Premier League.

Today Arsenal played a 433 formation at home.

Goalkeeper: Szczesny.

Defenders: Sagna, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs.

Midfielders: Wilshere, Cazorla, Ramsey.

Forwards: Walcott, Giroud, Podolski.

Liverpool also started 433 away today.
Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Defenders: Glen Johnson, Skrtel, Benatia, Enrique.

Midfield: Eriksson, Gerrard, Casemiro.

Forwards: Sterling, Suarez, Gareth Bale.

Both teams are very skilled, so I think we will enjoy a good game today! "

When the whistle sounded for the start of the game, the cheering momentum of the fans of the two teams at the Emirates Stadium was exciting!
Arsenal, who took the lead to kick off, played steadily and did not rush the attack. It can be seen that they tried to be mature and strengthened control of the game!

This is a good sign. In the 3rd minute of the game, Ramsey shifted the attack to the front right in the midfield after passing consecutive passes from the center to the front.

Walcott smacks the ball across the middle at touch, before quickly cutting inside himself.

Giroud took the initiative to respond and sent the ball into the right side of the penalty area.

Walcott's speed advantage came into play. Benatia didn't dare to go up and could only quickly return to block the opponent's shooting angle. Walcott forced the ball to accelerate towards the bottom line, and at the last moment quickly kicked a low shot!
Even though Ter Stegen has blocked the near corner of the goal, he can barely block the ball from the bottom line.

Arsenal's offensive is still very methodical, which is what makes them different.

Three minutes later, Liverpool's offensive also swept away towards Arsenal's defense.

Gerrard received a cross from Gareth Bale at the front of the penalty area and then knocked the ball back obliquely. Cazorla and Wilshere, who were actively fighting, were rushing towards Eriksson, but Eric Sen kicked the ball and sent the oblique plug.

Sterling's quick inward cut almost replicated Walcott's attack that pierced through the space in Arsenal's defense zone, but he chose to knock the ball across instead of shooting himself before the baseline.

Szczesny blocked the ball near the near post before Suarez outflanked the shot to defuse the danger!
When Liverpool's defensive posture in the midfield became tougher, Arsenal immediately chose to launch a strong attack from the wing.

Gibbs received a pass from Wilshere after the assist went to the frontcourt.

The combined defensive strength of Arsenal's three midfielders may not be able to effectively withstand Liverpool's offense, but their offensive organization ability is already close to the peak of the Premier League. Taken individually, they are not at the peak level, but what is rare is the three. The famous midfielders all have the ability to attack and organize, Cazorla, Wilshere, Ramsey, so it is a bit difficult to let them have problems with passing the ball.

Gibbs watched Johnson's defensive movement as he passed the ball quickly from the left. When Johnson got inside to compress the space, Gibbs decisively chose to cross.

He hoisted the ball into the front of the left rib of the penalty area, and Podolski made a half-turn and volleyed in the oblique thrust!

This goal is very difficult, but once it is scored, it can almost cause a devastating blow to Liverpool's goal!
Fortunately, the football was higher than the crossbar and flew to the stands!
Arsenal fans applauded Podolski after being disappointed!
"Podolski half-turned and volleyed the ball!
Although the goal was missed, Arsenal's attitude after the opening made us feel that their state today is very unusual! "

Situ Yunbing frowned slightly.

In fact, teams like Arsenal need to be vigilant.

What is vigilant is not that Arsenal suddenly stood up to compete with Liverpool for the league title!
Instead, be wary of Arsenal becoming a spoiler in the championship!
The biggest hidden danger of Liverpool is that they have been winning all the time. It is difficult to find problems during the winning process. Once a problem that was not noticed or paid attention to before is exposed at a critical moment, it is difficult to solve it in a short time.

Arsenal's hidden advantage is that they have ambitions regardless of their results!
In recent years, whether it is the departure of stars or the lack of signings, they have more or less experienced many hardships.

In a bumpy season, how many times Arsenal have self-reflected, corrected problems, strengthened their strengths, and improved their weaknesses in this process are invisible to the outside world. Even if they have many problems, after going through a period After a not-so-successful game period, they will always have a period of fierce momentum!

This is also the commonality of most strong teams, because they are all similar and ambitious, not the kind of mid-range teams who seem to be unable to achieve miracles no matter how hard they try.

The second is that the team has a certain strength foundation and potential after all.

The longer you stay at the league leader, the more vigilant Liverpool need to be!

Now Arsenal are fighting for the top four, that is, fighting for survival!

In terms of fighting spirit, everyone is equal. Liverpool is more ideal for the championship dream, and Arsenal is more pragmatic for survival!

But during the league period of nearly half a year, Arsenal has done much more self-correction and improvement work than Liverpool!

Situ Yunbing likes to look at the problem from another angle. It is only the end of January. If Arsenal can put some pressure on Liverpool now, and even force Liverpool to expose some problems, it will be better than Liverpool having problems in March or April!
In this way, at least he has the space and time to correct and improve the team!
Not to be outdone, Liverpool quickly launched a threatening offensive at the Emirates Stadium. Today, Arsenal deliberately chose Koscielny and Vermaelen instead of Mertesacker. The reason is obviously that they are afraid of the speed of Liverpool's striker. In the halfway confrontation, the scene of Mertesacker being blown up is still vivid.

After Gareth Bale quickly entered the left rib of the penalty area, he received Gerrard's pick pass and wanted to head the goal, but under the interference of Koscielny's take-off, he obviously missed it!
Maybe this kind of ball is replaced by Mertesacker, who will definitely win if he jumps on the spot and competes, but if he returns to the defense and interferes, the speed will not be enough.

This is one of Arsenal's targeted measures to improve the visibility of the team.

(End of this chapter)