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Chapter 473: Core Abilities

When the game progressed to No. 605 minutes, Manchester City, who fell behind by one goal in the away game and couldn't start the offense, made adjustments again.

Yaya Toure, the core of the midfield, is finally on the field. Although Yaya Toure has been in good physical condition and strength as an African black, after a season as long as a marathon, the Iron Man can't hold on, especially The core of playing nine and 10 minutes in every game.

So Yaya Toure has some problems with his physical fitness. Manchester City's team doctor believes that he cannot play the whole game, otherwise it will be detrimental to his body and easily lead to injury.So Pellegrini intends to let the midfielder come off the bench in the second half. If Manchester City had controlled the game before, Yaya Toure would not have to play and just rest the whole game, but if the situation is not good. African elephants can only work hard.

Now for Manchester City, the situation is not good. It has been more than 60 minutes and Manchester City is still behind.

After seeing Pellegniri replaced Yaya Toure, Wenger began to hesitate. In fact, Arsenal's tactics and overall situation were all set, but after seeing that the game had a good chance of winning, the professor had shake.
Wenger is actually such a person, although he is a very good manager and team manager.But during the game, he often hesitated and was a little indecisive.If it were Mourinho, the Portuguese would be very determined.

Yaya Touré comes on for the so-so Spanish midfielder, the young Xavi Garcia!And took over the command of Manchester City, Yaya Toure played a midfield commander and metronome, Fernandinho continued to play his own defensive midfielder, this is the season of Manchester City. The main core configuration of the field.

Just when Wenger was still hesitating, Blue Moon launched another attack.

The new Yaya Toure took the ball directly and took a long shot from the front of the penalty area. The quality was very high and it hit the goal post.Dzeko's follow-up shot was blocked by Koscielny. Later, Manchester City's corner kick was topped by Kompany and flew over the crossbar.

When the game progressed to No.70 and two minutes, Wenger knew that he could no longer hesitate.Arsenal on the field is now passive, and Manchester City's offense has become more and more violent.Although they are now the leaders, facing Manchester City's one-goal advantage is still not reassuring, and he must make changes.

In Arsenal's warm-up zone, Ramsey and Rosicky had already warmed up and stood in front of the fourth official. When there was a dead ball, the two played one after another.

The midfielder Flamini was replaced. The French veteran was out of breath, and he was not Yaya Toure's opponent in physical confrontation.The young Ramsey's physical fitness is very good. Although he can't compare with the black and hard Yaya Toure, he is still much better than the [-]-year-old Flamini.

The other one who was replaced was Podolski, who missed the opportunity to expand the score for Arsenal. In the first half, Podolski had the opportunity to expand the score for Arsenal and bring the score to a relatively safe second. Zero, but at the last touch he chose to shoot himself instead of passing the ball to Giroud, and he himself went flying.

After the second half of the league season, Podolski has been gradually marginalized by Wenger. In the first half of the season, the German winger could form a good cooperation with Li Zihan, but in the second half of the season, Giroud and Ernesto Zier gradually found the feeling, and when he himself was not in good condition, he lost his position as the team's main force, and now he can only play rotation and substitute.

There are also rumors that the German winger who was unhappy at the Emirates Stadium is looking for a new club. Podolski, who is about to enter his 30s, hopes to make the last transfer in his career. It is said that he hopes to go to other Premier League teams or Back to the German league.

In the end, it is estimated that only he himself knows.

Not long after Arsenal made a substitution, Ramsey and Rosicky just arrived at the position and Manchester City's offense came. Blue Moon caught the opponent by surprise.

Yaya Toure took the ball and sent a long pass over the top, which found Dzeko.Dzeko returned the ball to Milner, then ran into the penalty area himself to suppress the Arsenal center.

Milner took the ball and made a long shot, forcing Arteta to come over and stretch his feet to intercept, but Milner handed the ball to Jovetic who cut in from the wing.The Montenegro forward took the ball and adjusted it, then directly wiped Monreal, and then broke into the penalty area and hit the goal directly.

Koscielny stretched out his thigh and blocked the opponent's shot.It's just that the French central defender failed to control the ball, and the ball bounced to the outside of the penalty area.

Yaya Toure, who followed up, swung his foot and took a long shot without any hesitation. The ball flew towards Arsenal's goal like a surface-to-air cruise missile.

When Szczesny saw the ball approaching Yaya Toure, he already had a premonition that the opponent was about to shoot from a long distance.So when you see the other party swinging your feet, you will decisively throw them out.

Finally, the ball met Szczesny on the goal line. Although the Polish national goalkeeper is very tall, he finally touched the ball, but the ball hit his finger, then bounced and hit the inside of the goal post, and finally bounced again. Into Arsenal's goal.

Yaya Toure showed the quality of his key players when he equalized for City early on.

Pellegni let out a vicious breath, and he waved his fist vigorously on the sidelines.

Wenger frowned, expressing his dissatisfaction with the players on the field with a straight face.

The ball was caused by the mistake of the midfielder. When Yaya Toure, who knew that the opponent had a very strong long-range shooting ability, was on the court, the midfielder did not keep up with the defense of the front of the penalty area, which led to the opponent having the time and opportunity to shoot. .This position should have been the area for the protection and sweeping of the midfielder.

This conceded goal once again reflects the lack of interception and sweeping in Arsenal's midfield. They do not have a reliable defensive sweeping midfielder.Chelsea has Matic, Manchester City has Fernandinho, and even Manchester United now has Fellaini, although Fellaini seems to want the command and connection of the midfield more.
And Arsenal only have a 31-year-old Spanish veteran Arteta, and a 30-year-old French veteran Flamini.Both of them are not young, their physical confrontation ability has also declined, and their physical strength can't keep up with the rest. Ramsey is more of a tandem role, linking the tasks of the midfield and frontcourt and running forward. of.

When the score was equalized, the two teams began to really fight the bayonet.Manchester City wants to take advantage of this breath to overtake the score and win Arsenal.

The Gunners are not satisfied with being equalized by the opponent, they hope to score more goals to establish their home position.

The current lineups and tactical arrangements of the two teams are similar, and they are both taking the path of combining side and center.Arsenal have Oxlade-Chamberlain on the touchline, City have Keylor Navas.Manchester City has Jovetic inside, and Arsenal has Rosicky.Manchester City has Yaya Toure and Milner in the middle, Arsenal has Ozil and Ramsey, Arsenal has a high center forward Giroud in front, and Manchester City has Dzeko.
It can be said to be evenly matched, but Manchester City is much more reliable than Arsenal in terms of defense.When Arsenal started to attack, the Gunners' defense started to lose the chain. It was not as amazing as in the first half. They often gave Manchester City a lot of opportunities.

On Manchester City's side, the defensive Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho is much more capable than the veteran Arteta, and Milner is also a full-court role.When attacking, he is a midfielder, and when he needs to defend, he is a midfielder or even a central defender.With so many elite midfielders in Manchester City, Milner hopes to use this method to get more opportunities.

When the game came to the No.80 minute of the game, Pellegrini saw that Navas on the wing still had not much to do, so he decided to replace the Spanish wing.

The Arsenal fans at home rang out huge boos and abuse.

"When there was such a huge booing and some other unfriendly voices at the Emirates Stadium, I didn't even need to look to know that Nasri was on the field!" England football star Lineker, who was watching the game, tweeted on his own Post a joke.

Yes, Pellegrini replaced Nasri.As the most hated "defector" by Arsenal fans, Nasri is the only one who has been able to enjoy such treatment for so many years. Now even Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas will not be so "popular" when they return to the Emirates Stadium.

And in the game, every time Nasri took the ball, every time he dribbled the ball, and even every time he appeared in the camera, it would attract unfriendly boos from the home fans.
Until the end, Wenger did not send his "big killer" Li Zihan to play. For some unknown reason, the one-to-one score continued until the end, and Arsenal and Manchester City once again shook hands and made peace.

The last time the two sides met at the Etihad, Arsenal fell behind by three goals in the early stage.In the end, Li Zihan, who came off the bench, played like a god, and tied the score abruptly. They even almost took away three points from the Etihad. In the end, the two teams also broke the single game of the Premier League. The record for the most goals scored!

In this game, although the two sides were also tied, the total number of goals scored was only two, which was not as high as Arsenal and Manchester City.
But this is also worth understanding. For example, the absolute core of the two teams such as Li Zihan, Aguero and David Silva did not play, and even Yaya Toure and Ramsey came off the bench in the second half.

In the end, the broadcaster also gave Li Zihan a close-up shot. His facial expression was ugly, as if he had lost a game. Although he tried hard to hug and joke with his teammates, his expression still betrayed him.

Then the camera immediately switched to Wenger, the professor's face was also very ugly, of course he didn't blame his players.