i want to be king

Chapter 837 Stop him for me!
"Friends of the audience, here is a live broadcast by Sky Sports. In the 20-[-] season, the No. [-] second round of the Premier League is the focus of the match. Arsenal is playing against Manchester City at home."

"It's a head-to-head match between the current Premier League leaders and the No.3 team."

"Manchester City has performed very well this season. Ever since they reversed Chelsea, they have always occupied the leading position, and Arsenal's current ranking is not bad. As an old team, they have a solid foundation in the Premier League, which is something that the upstart Manchester City does not have."

"In the previous first-leg match between the two sides, Arsenal drew [-]-[-] away from Manchester City."

"However, that game sparked intense controversy as the referee gave the hosts Manchester City a red card and sent off Micah Richards just four minutes into the game, forcing City to play one less man for the entire game."

"It can be said that the two teams have a deep grudge, and now it is the most critical moment in the league."

"Arsenal, who are playing at home, are playing with their main force tonight."

"The goalkeeper is Fabianski, the defense is Clichy, Koscielny, Giroud and Sagna, the midfielder is Alexander Song, the front is Cesc Fabregas and Denilson, and the front is the trident combination of Nasri, Van Persie and Theo Walcott."

"We can see that Wilshere, a local teenager who Wenger trusts very much, is placed on the bench. There are also players such as Chamark and Rosicky. They are all players who have performed very well this season. I believe they will be surprise players in this game."

"Manchester City also formed their best four-three-three formation."

"Joe Hart in goal, Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta in defense, Busquets in midfield, David Silva and Toni Kroos in the middle, Di Maria, Sudong and Sanchez in front."

"Manchester City is also strong now, without too many injuries."

"In order to better compete for the league title, the winter break transfer market has just opened, and Manchester City has already brandished their checkbooks and introduced a number of powerful players, greatly strengthening the team's lineup thickness and overall strength."

"We have every reason to believe that Manchester City this season has become a force that cannot be ignored in the Premier League."

"This is tonight's referee, Mike Jones."

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Under the leadership of the referee Mike Jones, the players of the two teams walked out of the court one after another.

Greeting Arsenal was full of cheers, while waiting for Manchester City was overwhelming boos.

Especially Su Dong, who was at the front of the team, the tallest, he was like the standard-bearer of Manchester City, withstanding the most boos and abuse, which any team would encounter in an away game.

Manchester City won the ball in a side guess and Arsenal didn't seem to care.

"How about it?"

When Su Dong walked back to his own half, Pepe and others immediately greeted him.

"It seems that they are also well prepared." Su Dong replied.

This is purely the experience he has accumulated over the years.

Although the game has not yet started, looking at the spirit of the Arsenal players, it is not difficult to see that they are also carefully preparing for this game, perhaps even more fully prepared than Manchester City.

After all, Manchester City does not have as much experience as Arsenal when dealing with the Christmas Devil's schedule.

"Then what should we do?" Pepe asked again.

Su Dong grinned and laughed, "Just do it!"

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With the referee's whistle, Su Dong quickly kicked the ball to Sanchez.

After the latter took a few steps to the right, he passed back to Busquets, who was lagging behind in the midfield, and then passed back to the defense.

Kompany stopped the ball forward, made a long pass, and went directly to the frontcourt to find Su Dong.

But the Belgian central defender's long pass was a little anxious, and it was a little different from Su Dong's original plan.

Koscielny quickly chased back and caught up with the ball at the front of the penalty area. As soon as he stopped the ball, there was a warning from the goalkeeper Fabianski.

"Be careful behind you."

Koscielny was taken aback, and immediately protected the ball, feeling a pressure coming from behind him. As soon as he passed the ball back to the goalkeeper, he felt the pressure loosen from behind.

A gust of wind passed by, and Su Dong went straight to the goalkeeper.

This made Koscielny curse inwardly: Damn, the speed is really fast!
After receiving Koscielno's return pass, Fabianski had long been prepared for Su Dong's pressing. He dunked to the right side of his side and quickly passed the ball to the frontcourt.

Pepe grabbed the ball and headed it to Kompany, and Manchester City regained possession.

After consecutive back and forth passes, Manchester City pushed the ball over the center line again.

After Toni Kroos got the ball on the right side of the center circle, he took a few steps to the right, and suddenly sent a straight pass, which was precisely behind Clichy.

Sanchez suddenly started, sprinted abruptly with speed, stopped the ball before Clichy, ignored Clichy's entanglement, waded into Arsenal's penalty area, and made a sudden stop before the baseline. After dunking Clichy, he dribbled the ball straight to the center line.

David Silva followed quickly and shot directly.

The ball went slightly wide of the goal.

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Guardiola watched the game intently from the sidelines.

He found that Wenger consciously adopted a shrinking defense tonight and did not intend to fight recklessly with Manchester City.

Obviously, Arsenal's goal is to stabilize the defense first.

Could it be that Wenger guessed that he would take advantage of Arsenal's weakness to organize the offense?
Guardiola couldn't guess Wenger's mind, but he thought he knew, Wenger couldn't possibly not know.

Of course, it is impossible for Wenger to be conservative enough to prevent the team from counterattacking and attacking, but relatively speaking, he played more conservatively and the team retreated faster.

Therefore, Guardiola quickly walked to the sidelines, indicating that the team should speed up the attack, and the speed of switching from defense to offense after stealing the ball should be faster.

Pass the ball and move quickly!

As soon as Guardiola's voice fell, David Silva suddenly sent a pass to Di Maria's feet. The Argentine winger shot with his left foot, but the shot was very reluctant and did not threaten Arsenal's goal.

Guardiola walked to the sidelines and applauded Di Maria's shot, but at the same time signaled to him to stretch out more.

"Move more on the sideways and pull Sania away."

Guardiola walked over and explained to Di Maria who was walking back.

The Argentine gasped and nodded in agreement.

Pull the line of defense, and Su Dong in the middle will have a better chance.

Guardiola also keenly noticed just now that Denilson returned to the defense very quickly.

"David, when you get the ball, don't take too much, be careful with Denilson." Guardiola reminded.

David Silva raised his left hand and he noticed it too.

When Manchester City turned from defense to offense, Arsenal adopted a quick return strategy every time. Denilson always returned to Alexander Song's side for the first time to help defend, which looked like a double midfielder.

David Silva looked at Sudong and found that he began to approach Arsenal's two central defenders intentionally or unintentionally, and sent clear signals to David Silva and Toni Kroos.

He is sure to break through the Arsenal defense and ask his teammates to pass him the ball.

David Silva estimated the distance of his pass, he did not lean forward too much, but moved to the side intentionally or unintentionally.

Di Maria, David Silva, plus a Marcelo, are enough to draw Arsenal's defensive attention to this side.

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In the 6th minute, Manchester City launched an offensive from the left. After receiving the transfer ball from the defense, Marcelo quickly dribbled the ball forward and passed it to David Silva who ran into the gap.

The Spanish midfielder stopped the ball in an open area and turned around only to find that Denilson was about to return to his position.

In front of him, Arsenal has organized two lines of defense.

But David Silva didn't intend to take the ball to rush by himself, but glanced ahead.

Julu stood on the left, and there was a gap between him and Koscielny. Su Dong intentionally or unintentionally rubbed around the perimeter, waiting for David Silva to pass the ball.

The Spaniard understood, and after turning around and adjusting, before Walcott, who was back on defense, approached, he quickly passed the ball to Su Dong with his left foot.

Almost at the moment when David Silva passed the ball, Su Dong quickly approached Koscielny.

When David Silva's pass came, Su Dong just rushed past Koscielny, plugged in from the back row, stopped the ball towards the penalty area with his chest, and accelerated himself to catch up, forming a one-handed one.

Both Zhulu and Koscielny were shocked, and they chased after them.

In front of the home team's coaching bench, Wenger roared excitedly.

"Damn it, stop him for me!"

After Su Dong accelerated to catch up with the football, he had already rushed to the left of the penalty spot.

Goalkeeper Fabianski abandoned the goal and attacked, but Su Dong has dealt with such a single-handed goal many times.

With a skillful fake move, after deceiving Fabianski, Su Dong pushed the ball with his left foot to the empty goal behind him. The whole person continued to run to the sidelines, jumped high, and threw his fist at the Manchester City fans who followed the team to the away game to celebrate.

The referee Mike Jones's effective whistle sounded for the goal, and the entire Emirates Stadium resounded with frantic cheers from Manchester City fans and successive ups and downs of exclamations from Arsenal fans.

No one thought that the conceded goal would come so quickly!

In front of the home team's coaching bench, Wenger looked at the field in shock. He never imagined that there would be such obvious loopholes and mistakes in his well-prepared defense.

The gap between Julu and Koscielny is too great.

Although David Silva did not step forward, his passing accuracy and the tacit understanding between him and Sudong made up for their distance on the court and seized the gap in Arsenal's defense.

Damn it!
"One to zero!"

"City got off to a fantastic start after just six minutes into the game."

"Sudong's goal opened the scoring for Manchester City and also caught Arsenal off guard in the away game."

"Wenger also looked very disappointed. The gap between Julu and Koscielny was too big. Su Dong keenly captured this opportunity, and David Silva's pass was also just right. The two precisely hit Arsenal's defensive loopholes."

"Manchester City temporarily takes the lead [-]-[-]!"

(End of this chapter)