Fengba Greenery

Chapter 454 Focus Battle
Chapter 34 Focus Battle

Arsenal and Manchester United, this is the highlight of this round of the Premier League.

October 2015, 10, London, Stadium Stadium.Arsenal sit at home and face the Red Devils Manchester United.

The Emirates Stadium was packed, and all the tickets for the [-]-seat game were sold out.

The battle between the fans of both sides started an hour before the game started.

Generally speaking, there is such a law in the live Premier League: fans of the away team sing louder than fans of the home team; fans in the lower stands sing more happily than fans in the upper stands.Speaking of the upper and lower stands, generally speaking, there are stadiums with upper and lower floors, and the lower stands are cheaper than the upper stands. The fans of the home team at the Emirates Stadium, Old Trafford, and Stamford Bridge are almost the same as the fans of the visiting team. The position behind the goal diagonally.Season ticket holders for these positions are relatively working class and blue collar.However, the minimum ticket price for this A-level event is also 66 pounds.

Arsenal's home ticket prices have always been criticized by Arsenal fans. Almost every year, there are protests against the high home ticket prices.

It's just that Arsenal's board of directors is not too cold about this, and the ticket price has to rise as it should.Arsenal fans had no choice but to accept the most expensive ticket in the Premier League.

The fans of Manchester United's away team sang "Everywhere we go" loudly, trying to overwhelm the Arsenal fans at home.

And the Arsenal fans were not to be outdone, they also used their singing to suppress the voices of the Manchester United fans by virtue of their large numbers.

In the commentary seat, Andy Gray got the starting list of both sides.

"Rooney didn't start!"

He didn't report the starting lineup first, but first said something that fans on both sides care about.

Rooney, as the top card in the UK, has been completely sidelined by Ancelotti this season.In the league, he only got a few opportunities to come off the bench, and he never started once.

More importantly, Manchester United did not use Rooney to start, but instead made a strong recovery this season. A seven-game winning streak left all other teams behind, ranking first in the standings.

The so-called winning is not terrible, whoever is missing is embarrassing.

That's what competitive sports are.If Manchester United's performance fluctuates, even if Rooney doesn't say anything, the media in England will probably explode.Abandoning the England captain, the pressure on Ancelotti will never be as small as it is now.

Even though Manchester United has been winning, doubts about Ancelotti's abandonment of Rooney are still endless.

Even Andy Gray believes that Ancelotti should at least give Rooney a chance to prove himself.After all, Rooney is the highest paid player in Manchester United.

As far as this game is concerned, Arsenal is Rooney's third favorite opponent. Rooney scored 25 goals in 1 appearances in the league, second only to Aspen who scored [-] goals among all opponents. Dunville and Newcastle with [-] goals.Wayne Rooney's first Premier League goal, the first Premier League goal of the Manchester United era, and one Premier League goal were all scored against Arsenal.

Before the start of the game, the media believed that Rooney had a good chance of starting.After all, Manchester United just played a very expensive UEFA Champions League, Rooney did not play.The match against Arsenal was only three days away from the last Champions League match.With all the main players playing in the Champions League, and then facing a strong enemy, Ancelotti may make a small rotation.

But when Andy Gray got the starting list in his hands, he found that Manchester United's starting was the same as the starting of the last Champions League!

Rooney still did not get the chance to start.

The starting goalkeeper De Gea, the right back is Valencia, the left back is Sandro, and the central back combination is Hummels and Smalling.In the midfield, it is still Herrera, Cramer and Fellaini's three midfielders plus Di Maria and Mata.

On the front line is still Li Qingshan.

"This is the most commonly used lineup for Manchester United this season." Andy Gray said, "Manchester United with such a plastic surgery has enough defensive hardness, and on the offensive line, they don't have to worry at all. Di Maria, Mata , Li Qingshan's attacking combination is currently the combination that has scored the most goals in the Premier League. In the seven rounds of the league, this trident has scored 3 goals. The number of goals scored by the three of them alone can rank in the Premier League. No.[-] goals scored by any team in the league - behind only Manchester United and Manchester City."

"The solid defense brought by the three midfielders, coupled with the offensive ability of the three offensive players, may be the reason why Manchester United are so strong this season. Ancelotti's Manchester United play is very simple, but very effective." Carragher said.

Opposite Carragher, of course, is his old rival Gary Neville.

"At Arsenal, Petr Cech was of course the starting goalkeeper, Bellerin at right-back, Mertesacker and Gabriel at centre-back, Gabriel replaced Koscielny with a hamstring injury. Position, left back Monreal. Cazorla and Kirkland guard the middle of the midfield. The two sides are Sanchez on the left and Ramsey on the right. The forward at the top is Walcott, and behind him, the midfielder Ozil is in the position."

"The main central defender is injured. Arsenal may have a hidden danger in the central defender position at home." Gary Neville added. "Manchester United have a better chance of winning this game than Arsenal."

Judging from past records, Manchester United in recent years can be regarded as Arsenal's nemesis.Although the two teams fought bloody and bloody more than ten years ago, from the statistical point of view, Arsenal's biggest nemesis since the Premier League era is Manchester United. The winning rate against the Red Devils is only 24%, which is the lowest among all the Gunners' Premier League opponents.In the past 13 league matches between the two teams, Arsenal only won one victory, and the remaining 12 games had 4 draws and 8 losses.Manchester United has been unbeaten in four consecutive games at the Emirates Stadium, with 2 wins and 2 draws.

Coupled with the strength of Manchester United this season, not many teams were optimistic that Arsenal could make a difference at home before the game.

It is widely believed that if Arsenal can win a draw at home, they will be done.

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Players from both sides filed out of the player tunnel at the Emirates Stadium, and the fans began to cheer for the players.

The camera showed him the coach's bench on the sidelines. After shaking hands with each other, Ancelotti and Wenger returned to their seats.

Before the game, the captains of the two sides picked sides, and Manchester United won the kick-off.

Li Qingshan stepped on the ball under his feet. With the whistle of the referee and the huge cheers of the fans, the first match between Manchester United and Arsenal this season began!
(End of this chapter)