green showman

Chapter 991
Although due to the intensive schedule, the media's attention was distracted by the three rounds of the league and the League Cup final in a week, Sun Wu's miraculous performance of 9 assists in 5 minutes still became the headlines of major newspapers.

"The Times", "It is almost an unrepeatable miracle. Even though it is difficult for Best himself to do it again, he has to admit that he is the best midfielder in the European arena. There is no one."

"Daily Mail", "Although Best may not be able to participate in the World Cup or European Championships throughout his career, but only with the performance of the club, he is already one of the best midfield superstars in football history. Look at these five assists Well, Zidane also got a thumbs up."

"Marca", "Florentino will be very, very sorry. Three years ago in the summer he failed to bring Best to the Bernabeu. He chose Modric and Pogba successively, which directly led to Real Madrid. After three years of downfall, this is a superstar who can suppress Barcelona."

Relatively speaking, the "Sun" was more vicious, "Poor De Bruyne, he showed the highest level, but after a few days, Best made his aura disappear..."

Some Manchester United fans even edited a video on the Internet. On the left is De Bruyne coming off the bench, and on the right is Sun Wu coming off the bench.

De Bruyne on the left has not yet completed an assist, and Sun Wu on the right has completed a hat-trick of assists within 5 minutes.

De Bruyne and his teammates on the left celebrate the second assist, but Sun Wu on the right has 9 assists in 5 minutes...

Both came from the Bundesliga, and both started to show world-class midfield in Wolfsburg. After becoming famous in the Bundesliga, they all came to the Premier League. Their technical styles are similar. They are both good at passing and assisting. They are models of playing with their brains. , The comparison between Sun Wu and De Bruyne is inevitable.

Although Guardiola didn't say a word, the Germans in the Manchester City team, such as Sane, Jingdong An, Kimmich, etc., are all regretting that De Bruyne is really unlucky with Best Jewel in front.

However, although De Bruyne was very unhappy, he was not so easily defeated. One day later, in the League Cup final, he once again showed a phenomenal performance.

Although Everton could not keep it strictly, De Bruyne scored a long-range shot from the outside in the first half, and scored again in almost the same position in the second half.

Everton had no choice but to press it out. De Bruyne's direct pass assisted Jesus to score a goal. Manchester City finally defeated Everton 3-0 and easily won the League Cup this season.

With two goals and one assist, De Bruyne continued his outstanding performance, so countless eyes fell on Sun Wu, because the next league match between Manchester United and Arsenal at home.

Speaking of Arsenal, tsk tsk, Arsene Wenger is desperate for change now. No change. At the end of the first half of the season, the Gunners are ranked 7th. The voices of the Arsenal board of directors asking the professor to dismiss get out of class are getting louder and louder. The chief Various slogans in the stadium asking Wenger to dismiss get out of class have become a fixed landscape, and even like in previous lives, various jokes about Wenger dismissing get out of class are frequently circulated on the Internet.

Therefore, from the second half of the season, Wenger abandoned the four-back formation that he had insisted on for more than ten years, and followed the footsteps of Conte and Sun Wu to start playing a three-back formation. This change has had a very good effect. Started to win a wave of six consecutive victories, and defeated Tottenham in the North London derby, and now ranks fifth because of the advantage of goal difference.

However, Wenger's change to a three-back formation was immediately noticed by Manchester United's coaching staff. Sun Wu, Mike Phelan and Rolf were not very optimistic about Wenger's change.

The reason is simple, but in a three-centre back formation, there must be a full-back who can take the ball forward. He needs to widen the field, support the midfielder and even press forward with the ball, such as Chelsea's Azpieri Cuetta, Manchester City's Walker, Manchester United's Lucas or Pavard, they are all full-backs.

There is also a similar player in Arsenal's three-back system, the Spanish left-back Monreal, but this is a thin defensive player. His agility allows him to frequently complete key supplementary defenses, but his thin physical fitness also makes him an Arsenal player. Achilles' heel of the defense.

Therefore, everyone was surprised by Manchester United's starting lineup for this game.

"Other positions are normal, 343 formation Pavard, Van Dijk and Alderweireld form the defense line, Fabinho rotates Kante to start, Sun Wu goes forward, Coleman and Luke Shaw on the wings. Zhan Jun frowned and looked at the starting list: "Accidentally in the frontcourt, Sun Wu chose Griezmann, Falcao and Harry Kane, and the two centers started at the same time..."

"Falcao's range of activities is larger than that of Harry Kane. He has the ability to take the ball and break through from the outside." Zhang Lu guessed: "But let's not talk about Salah in this regard, even Lingard may not be as good as France. Erko is bad."

But fifteen minutes after the start of the game, everyone could see clearly.

Manchester United deliberately went to find Monreal every time they attacked. Harry Kane and Falcao frequently used their bodies to bully the Spaniard. Although they were fouled twice, Monreal obviously couldn't stand it.

On the sidelines, Wenger's face was as dark as paint... That Chinese kid can catch his weakness every time and chase after him. Of course Wenger remembers very clearly. In the disastrous defeat in the first half of the season, it was Sun Wu who caught Xhaka's defensive station. The position problem frequently scored goals in a short period of time, and finally destroyed the Gunners.

In the 12th minute, Manchester United opened the door to victory. Sun Wu sent a cross from the left rib and deliberately looked for the back point. Falcao jumped high and beat Monreal with a header. Easy header relay to score.

"Harry Kane's 20th goal in the league." Mortensen was full of praise for the newly emerging local striker, "Haha, Falcao and Harry cooperate very well."

After taking the lead, Manchester United began to press high. It was difficult for Arsenal to get the ball down smoothly in the midfield, because Sun Wu was tightly attached to Xhaka. The Swiss midfielder conceded the ball twice in a row. Unfortunately, Harry Kane and Gerry Both of Zeman's shots were blocked by Petr Cech.

Xhaka's partner in this game is Ramsey. The Welshman's strength is to attack from the back row, and the organization and conduction of the midfield is not his strong point.

Wenger had to let Ozil and Sanchez come back to help, but Fabinho, Coleman, Luke Shaw and even Pavard put great pressure on the Gunners midfield, and the Manchester United players pressed very fiercely. The movements are relatively large, Sanchez is okay, Ozil is almost difficult to control the ball.

Moreover, once Manchester United steals the ball, they immediately distribute the ball to the two wings. Luke Shaw and Coleman frequently send crosses. The former is sent to the back point, and the latter is sent to the front point... Anyway, it is passed to Monreal's defense zone , Falcao and Harry Kane took turns to attack, Sun Wu and Griezmann waited for the second wave of opportunities at any time near the penalty area.

The singing and shouting of the home fans in the stands never stopped, but the Manchester United players on the field were very quiet. Everyone knew what they should do, and there was basically no communication except Sun Wu's occasional command.

On the Arsenal side, it was much more lively. Koscielny, Ramsey, Xhaka, and Gabriel all yelled loudly to remind their teammates from time to time.

Sun Wu glanced at Koscielny. This central defender is a theoretically perfect central defender, but it is a pity that he faints from time to time, such as now.

Under the command of Koscielny, the Gunners' left wing-back Gibbs recovered deep, while Xhaka frequently returned to the penalty area to help defend.

In the 19th minute, Luke Shaw made a cross from the left and sent it to the back point again. This time, Monreal, Xhaka, and Gibbs got stuck and Harry Kane made a header.

Fabinho on the outside stopped the ball, and Sun Wu walked from the left rib to the middle, while receiving the ball, he looked up and observed the right. On that side, Coleman was unguarded, and the right center back Pavard was also at high speed. Plug in the collation.

"Be careful!" Koscielny shouted, pointing to the right.

Gibbs has already rushed over, and Xhaka is hesitant to push it out.

In the first 20 minutes, Manchester United's offensive routine was to steal the ball, split the side, cross, and bully Monreal... The minds of the Arsenal players were a little stiff.

At this moment, Sun Wu raised his right foot as if he was about to part ways, but the next moment he poked lightly with his toe.

"Best... oh, it's amazing!"

"Ramsey got passed!"

Koscielny, who had already discovered that something was wrong, had no time to complain about Xhaka, so he jumped out and tried to block the hole of the gun.

But it was too late.

After passing Ramsey, Sun Wu took a long shot from the top of the arc outside the penalty area. The shot was powerful and heavy, and flew to the goal quickly against the lawn. Petr Cech, who was blocked by his teammates, looked helplessly at the ball. The inside of the center post pops into the gate.

"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Best's 9th league goal this season!"

"2 to 0, very easy, the same 343 formation, Arsenal has almost no resistance!"

(End of this chapter)