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Chapter 940 A Weakness, All Losses
Around October 10th, the players returned to the club one after another. Sun Wu immediately asked Dr. Swell to conduct a comprehensive physical examination, and the conclusion was not optimistic.

Not only is the physical fitness greatly consumed, but in addition to the injured Luke Shaw, Shaqiri, and Griezmann who has a cold, Alderweireld and Lingard need to rest for a week.

On October 10, at the press conference before Manchester United's home game against Arsenal, Sun Wu vigorously criticized England coach Hodgson.

"Whether it is Luke Shaw or Harry Kane, they are willing to play for the country, but the national team must also consider their physical condition." Sun Wu said aggressively: "It is unimaginable that Hodgson was forced to call against Estonia and Lithuania. Luke Shaw, who has been injured for more than a month and has not played a minute this season."|
"And he was injured again before he even played, which is bad news for Manchester United, but good news for the England national team?"

"Maybe it's because Hodgson has no confidence in next year's European Cup... Anyway, he won't stay in this position for too long, so he doesn't need to care about Luke Shaw's serious injury!"

What is rare is that Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger agrees with Sun Wu's statement very much, because Chamberlain, who performed very well in the first two months of this season, was seriously injured and left the field in the national team competition.

Seeing these two accusing Hodgson in unison on the stage, the reporters below all wanted to laugh. Since Sun Wu landed in the Premier League, he has had countless friends and enemies, but the real enemy he has made in the field of head coaching There is only one person, and that is Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger.

The two of them sing and harmonize so well, which is almost as weird as Wenger and Mourinho talking and laughing.

But compared with Arsenal, which only lost Chamberlain and Giroud, Manchester United is a bit miserable. The absence of Shaqiri and Griezmann has greatly affected Sun Wu's formation.

Harry Kane was at the front, with Bernardo Silva behind him, and Sun Wu chose Milner as a cameo in another position... Although Milner was born as a winger, it was really a cameo.

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Sun Wu returned to the locker room. Mike Phelan has once again emphasized the tactical deployment and details of the game. This game may not be so easy to play.

In the 7th round of the Premier League at the end of last month, Arsenal swept Chelsea with a 3-0 disparity at home. Sanchez scored twice and Oxlade-Chamberlain scored twice.

After the game, Conte was criticized by countless people in the industry. Many people believed that the Italian coach would become the first coach to dismiss get out of class this season, and he would also be the shortest-lived coach of Chelsea's Abramovich era.

However, Sun Wu keenly found that in the 8th round of the Premier League match between Chelsea and Aston Villa, Conte made a change. When he failed to create a threat in the first half, he abandoned his favorite 4231. Choose to use the 343 formation, and finally Diego Costa scored twice to beat Aston Villa.

Although there are still many differences from the 343 in Sun Wu's impression, such as Cesc Fabregas starting the game, for example, Azpilicueta did not play as a central defender but played on the right wing, but Sun Wu knew that Conte found that the right way.

But Chelsea's game is still early. Manchester United will not face Chelsea's 343 until the penultimate round of the first half of the season. Sun Wu's attention has returned to this game.

Arsenal's style of play this season is relatively simple, but it is also full of strong professorial style. The difference is that with Xhaka's scheduling behind, Giroud almost gave up shooting in front and made a ladder to let Sanchez behind him, Ozil climbed up.

Sun Wu knows Xhaka's strengths and weaknesses, but he wants to see it more clearly in direct dialogue.

Just 13 minutes into the game, Sun Wu could see clearly... that's right, this is a ruthless midfielder.

In the 13th minute, Sun Wu took the ball in the middle of the midfield. After making a move to split the ball, he boldly split the ball and deceived Ramsey. But Sun Wu was shoveled over.

Wenger on the sidelines was a little anxious. This is the fourth yellow card that Xhaka has received this season. The Swiss defensive midfielder is too big in defense, and the card rate is too high.

In the 25th minute, Sun Wu sent a cross to Lucas under Ramsey's close pressure. The latter had no way to break through Bellerin in front of him and had to pass back to Sun Wu.

Sun Wu sent a rubbing pass with his left foot, and Harry Kane, who ran out of the penalty area, went back to the left side of the penalty area and resisted Koscielny's inverted triangle pass from behind. He volleyed directly, but unfortunately the ball flew high over the crossbar.

Glancing at Xhaka who was standing there watching the show, Sun Wu made a judgment again, this is a midfielder with a big loophole in defense.

Generally speaking, ruthlessness is directly related to the quality of defense.

There are two possibilities for a defensive midfielder to be ruthless. One is that Kanter and Schneiderlin have strong confidence in their own judgment, and this is also one of their technical characteristics.

The other is that, like Xhaka, being ruthless is actually a desperate choice. The Swiss midfielder is not sure. He is actually lackluster in defense, and his position selection and sense of responsibility are very poor.

and so.

Although in the 36th minute of the first half, Lingard scored a supplementary shot in the counterattack, in the 42nd minute, Sanchez cut in from the left and then curved the ball into the far corner to equalize the score.

But Sun Wu has full confidence in winning this game.

This is often the case, in expert duels, if a weakness is caught by the opponent, it is likely to lead to a complete loss.

During the intermission, Sun Wu made a detailed tactical deployment and asked Lingard and Milner to switch positions. This temporary adjustment surprised the coaching staff. This was not a plan discussed before the game.

But soon, Rolf and Mike Phelan were convinced, Best is Best!
Only 5 minutes into the second half, Manchester United once again exceeded the score.

"Bestella's side...lost the ball...Best counterattacked...a direct pass!"

"Oh, Bellerin is so fast... Lucas protects the ball... Lingard!"

"Inverted triangle pass back...Milner!"

"Shoot!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKOOOOOOOAL!"

"It's so easy, it's so easy!" Mortensen shouted: "It's unbelievable, outside the penalty area, no one is going to block Milner's shot!"

In the technical part of filling the position, even Ramsey, who was born as an attacking midfielder, was better than Xhaka, but Ramsey was taken away by Sun Wu, who was pulling the side... Xhaka was standing less than three meters away from Milner , Watching Milner glance at Cech's position, then aim at the back post and kick up the goal.

Petr Cech failed to make a save. He arrived from Chelsea on August 8, and his performance was as stable as ever, but there was nothing he could do for this goal.

Wenger on the sidelines shook his hand, feeling a bad premonition in his heart. So far, he and Sun Wu have never won or even tied. Arsenal were eliminated in the FA Cup in the previous two seasons. Manchester United, but Sun Wu didn't make it to the squad, let alone play.

Seeing that the deployment during the halftime break had a very good effect, all the Manchester United players were rejoicing. Sun Wu directed the team to press heavily and start a crazy high-position press.

In the 55th minute, Bernardo Silva received Sun Wu's oblique plug into the small penalty area and then passed back in an inverted triangle. Harry Kane, who was deliberately pulled out, pushed the far corner with his arch at the first time to expand the score to 3 than 1.

In the 58th minute, Bernardo Silva sent an inverted triangle return pass from the same position. This time Xhaka did not lose his position, and Ramsey obviously noticed it, but their clearance ball fell to Sun Wu's feet.

"Ramsey makes a clearance...Best gets the ball."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhss!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKOOOOOOOOALAAL!"

"Amazing observation, Petr Cech did not expect it at all!"

In the face of Ramsey's reluctant clearance, Sun Wu directly waved his right foot in the right corner of the penalty area, which seemed to be a cross, but the ball flew into the far corner trickily with a large arc flight trajectory. Cech still failed to do it this time. Take rescue action.

Wenger on the sidelines walked around anxiously and helplessly. He knew that Xhaka's defensive quality was not high, but he didn't expect that in just ten minutes, Manchester United seized this weakness and won three consecutive cities.

Substitution?
But replacing Xhaka, Arsenal's organization will have problems.

But soon Wenger quieted down.

In the 63rd minute, Bernardo Silva and Sun Wu switched positions. The Portuguese sent a penetrating oblique ball in the middle, and Coleman advanced into the penalty area at high speed and passed back.

Before Sun Wu could catch the ball and make the next move, Xhaka made a reckless shovel and brought Sun Wu down with the ball.

This was an undisputed penalty, and the referee also took out a yellow card to send Xhaka off the field.

Milner successfully scored a penalty kick, 5 to 1, Arsenal can no longer recover.

And Sun Wu also directed the team to retreat, and then replaced himself with Fletcher.

Sun Wu felt that he hadn't killed everything... But Wenger might not see it that way, he didn't even accept Sun Wu's invitation to drink a glass of red wine after the game.

(End of this chapter)