Chapter 369 Hat-trick!

Chapter 369 Hat-trick!

  Of course, this can be said to be a problem when switching from offense to defense, but Kanter immediately took the ball forward and Ramsey did not attack immediately, forcing Cochrane to go up.

  As a result, Mahrez immediately retreated and ran to Ramsey's position to raise his hand for the ball.

  At the same time, Kyle Walker decisively moved forward from the right wing at the fastest speed.

  When there were no defenders around Kante, the French midfielder's push took its toll on Arsenal's defence.

  Mahrez dropped back and received Kante's pass. When he turned and pushed forward, Bellerin had to follow him to mark, but at this time Kyle Walker quickly advanced along the right wing.

  Bellerin was suddenly in a dilemma.

  To guard against Mahrez? Or guarding Kyle Walker?
  As a result, Mahrez kicked the ball to the right wing. Kyle Walker strode the ball to the baseline. He rushed forward as quickly as possible and rushed straight to the right side of the penalty area.

  Arsenal's two central defenders have already retreated, but Mustafi had to pull to the right, while Gabriel paid attention to Mane and ignored Zhao Jinge behind him.

  So, Kyle Walker passed the ball directly across the penalty area and landed at the back of the goal.

  Zhao Jinge stepped in at high speed, jumped up high, and headed the ball from close range into the left side of Arsenal's goal.

  "GOAL!!!!!!"

  "In the [-]th minute, Manchester City scored another victory!"

  "Zhao Jinge used a wonderful header to further expand the score for Manchester City."

  "Two to zero!"

  The whole Etihad Stadium felt like a festival.

  Manchester City fans rushed out of their seats crazily, cheering and shouting at the top of their lungs.

  So exciting, so fast!
  From stealing the ball to scoring the goal, the whole process went very quickly, and Manchester City caught Arsenal off guard.

  Many Manchester City fans didn't even see what was going on, and the goal was scored.

  It is precisely because of this quick counterattack and goal that the Manchester City fans in the stands became even crazier and more excited.

  The entire Etihad Stadium was filled with cheers from Manchester City fans.

  Two to zero!
  Manchester City further expanded their advantage.

  At this moment, hundreds of millions of people around the world are watching this game at the same time, which shows the influence of Manchester City and Arsenal.

  But it was also in this world-famous game that Arsenal was beaten very embarrassingly by Manchester City after the opening game.

  In terms of ball possession rate, Arsenal and Manchester City are almost the same, and there is an illusion that the two teams are evenly matched.

  But if you look at the offensive threats and scenes, everyone's impression will be completely overturned.

  Arsenal, who had almost the same ball possession rate, failed to create much of a threat. Twenty minutes had passed since the start of the game and they had only had one shot, but they had yet to hit Manchester City's goal.

  On the other hand, Manchester City's performance is even sharper. They have created five shots, three of them were on target, and they scored two goals. What an outstanding efficiency!

  But behind this efficiency is Manchester City's sharp counterattack.

  When Manchester City's counterattacks can tear apart Arsenal's defense again and again, the offense will naturally be full of threats and the efficiency will naturally be high.

  In Guardiola's view, Arsenal on the court is not only caught by him, but more importantly, Arsenal's players do not know how to adapt.

  Always play in a rhythm.

  On the other hand, Manchester City's pace changed quickly.

  When you are defending, you have one rhythm, and when you want to counterattack, you change to another rhythm.

  Even pressing and pressing, they have different rhythms.

  In this case, Arsenal had a high ball possession rate but struggled to control the rhythm.

  This is fatal.

  The first half ended with a score of [-]-[-].

  Manchester City leads Arsenal by two goals.

  This is mainly because after Manchester City took a two-goal lead, Arsenal played more cautiously.

  While Arsenal had not lost control yet, Manchester City also played steadily and did not rush to grab the ball.

  Because Guardiola repeatedly warned before the game that the most important thing when facing Arsenal is to maintain integrity, and no one can act alone.

  Either don't move, or if you move, the whole team will follow.

  When the players walked off the field, everyone seemed very excited. When they high-fived the coach Guardiola, they also gave the coach an admiring smile. They were obviously satisfied with the result of Arsenal's temporary [-]-[-] lead at home. .

  Guardiola is also quite satisfied with the result.

  Arsenal actually had opportunities. The most threatening one was a direct free kick from Ramsey, but Caballero saved it.

  Facts have also proved that Guardiola allowed Caballero to take on more games, which was a good supervision for him, making him more self-disciplined and in better condition.

  Guardiola certainly didn't hesitate to praise him.

  After returning to the locker room, the first person he praised was Caballero.

  Otamendi also performed very well, and Guardiola also gave affirmation.

  The Argentinian central defender worked hard tonight, especially his defense against Welbeck, which was really good.

  Guardiola encouraged him to keep up his efforts and try to keep Welbeck clean in the second half.

  "If you can freeze Arsenal's attack in the middle, I will count you as the first contributor in tonight's game!"

  Guardiola laughed.

  Zhao Jinge was the first to respond with support and promised to treat Otamendi to dinner.

  Everyone was booing and shouting that those who listened had a share.

  Everyone knows that Zhao Jinge scored a goal. As long as he can keep Arsenal and Welbeck clean, he will win no matter what.

  Zhao Jinge scored twice and was in a good mood, so he immediately agreed.

  Guardiola, on the other hand, gave suggestions and improvements one by one in response to several problems exposed by the team in the first half, but the more important thing was the second half.

  "That's the same thing. Before the whistle blows at the end of the game, everyone must stay [-]% focused and everyone must execute the tactics. Only in this way can we defeat Arsenal!"

  "I'm very confident that we can score another goal in this game!"

  Guardiola said with confidence.

  "Welcome back to Sky Sports."

  The camera of the studio goes from far to near, and the host and commentators are all sitting upright in suits and ties.

  Andy Gray is still responsible for commentating this game today.

  The second half of the game was about to begin, and Andy Gray's evaluation of the ending of the first half was unexpected.

  "Zhao's free kick was very surprising."

  "I believe that all fans who are familiar with Zhao will feel this way, because the abilities and characteristics he has displayed this season are so shocking!"    "Since last season, Guardiola has brought earth-shaking changes to Manchester City. I I think even the most picky Manchester City fans will not deny this.

  He really embodies the value of a world-class coach. "

  "I even felt very strongly that Manchester City would definitely have a chance to score in the second half."

  Just as he was talking, he saw on the live TV screen that players from both teams had begun to enter the field one after another.

  The live broadcast also switched to the Etihad Stadium.

  As the whistle blew to start the second half, everyone became aware of some changes in Manchester City.

  Especially after kick-off, Manchester City was obviously more aggressive in pushing forward.

  After losing the ball in the frontcourt, the team also reversed the strategy of the first half and began to invest more counterattacks and pressure near Arsenal's penalty area, and did not quickly return to the midline.

  Moreover, this high-position pressing is also holistic, rather than the individual actions of several players.

  This is obviously an instruction from Guardiola.

  Arsenal still controlled the ball slowly and passed back and forth, but under Manchester City's pressing, it was difficult to advance effectively. Even Welbeck was forced to retreat to a deep position to get the ball and support. .

  Manchester City's players played very holistically. As soon as they saw that the frontcourt could no longer hold down the ball, they immediately retreated and dropped to near the center line.

  This is back to the situation in the first half.

  Arsenal tried to pass forward again and again, trying to push Manchester City into the [-]-meter zone, but Manchester City always deployed heavy troops between the [-]-meter zone and the center line and refused to retreat.

  As soon as Arsenal's pass entered this area, they immediately fell into the siege of Manchester City.

  Not only that, Arsenal are also clearly consciously avoiding too much ball appearing on the wing.

  In the first half, the most common defense used by Manchester City was the fan-shaped defense organized by a small team. On the wing, naturally limited by the scope of the stadium, this defensive effect is best on the wing.

  Arsenal conceded many goals as a result.

  But in the second half, it was more in the middle.

  But everyone knows that the defense in the middle is the most intensive.

  As a result, Arsenal kept passing forward, with endless direct passes and over-the-top passes, but they were basically unable to pass into the [-]-meter area of ​​Manchester City. They could only fall forward from the outside and were forced to pass back.

  In just over a minute, Arsenal and Manchester City have already attacked and defended several times.

  But Arsenal was still forced to pass the ball back into their own half.

  Mustafi stopped the ball, but no one came up to press him.

  The Arsenal central defender took two steps forward and found Mane approaching. Bellerin beside him had already pressed forward, but Mahrez followed closely, which made Mustafi unable to pass to Belley. Lin, so he stopped the ball.

  At this time, Cochran retreated from the front and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

  As soon as Mustafi's pass was stopped by Kirkland, the Arsenal midfielder felt a force from behind. Just when he was about to turn around, the two collided firmly.

  Cochran suddenly lost his balance, staggered, and lost control of the ball before he regained his balance.

  "Gündogan made the steal successfully."

  "Cochran fell to the ground, but the referee did not blow the whistle and there was no foul."

  "Zhao Jinge grabbed the ball before Xhaka and passed it to Mahrez."

  Mahrez stopped the ball with his left foot and headed diagonally towards the center. Mane took the opportunity to pull to the right wing, while Zhao Jinge in front moved diagonally from the left rib to the center, ready to meet Mahrez at any time.

  Manchester City's three-person counterattack team played very well.

  Mahrez took two steps and before Ramsey could catch up, he distributed the ball to the right with his left foot and quickly ran towards the center.

  At this time, Zhao Jinge had already moved forward to the right side of the top of the arc.

  If time were frozen at this moment, we would have found that Arsenal had seven defensive players near their own penalty area, but there were only three Manchester City players wearing blue jerseys, which were the attacking trident in the frontcourt.

  But even so, after stopping the ball, Zhao Jinge blocked Bellerin with his body, passed the ball diagonally to the right side of the penalty area, and then inserted himself laterally into the middle of the penalty area.

  Zhao Jinge quickly crossed into the right side of the penalty area. Instead of stopping Mane's pass, he used his body to block Mustafi and Gabriel. He pushed the ball back with the outside of his right foot and passed it back to Mane to cut inside. on the line.

  Four Arsenal defensive players were broken through by two Manchester City offensive players.

  Mane broke into the penalty area from the right corner and when he received Zhao Jinge's pass, he had already left Bellerin, Kirkland and others behind.

  Mustafi reacted the fastest, turning around immediately and rushing towards Mane, preventing the Manchester City winger from shooting directly.

  But Mane reacted quickly enough. He feinted a shot without actually kicking the ball. Instead, he deceived Mustafi to fall to the ground and blocked it. He then passed the ball across to the left side of the penalty spot.

  At this time, after just passing the ball to Mane, Zhao Jinge, who was rushing forward quickly, was already in place. He stopped with his left foot in front of Mane's pass, and then struck again with his left foot.

  The football almost followed a straight line and got into the lower left corner of Arsenal's goal.

  "GOAL!!!!!!"

  "Zhao Jinge!"

  "Manchester City's third goal!"

  After Zhao Jinge scored, he excitedly turned around and rushed out of the stadium to celebrate his hat trick. Manchester City players chased him out and surrounded him excitedly.

  "Arsenal's defense!"

  "Seven defensive players were actually penetrated by three offensive players from Manchester City."

  "Although it was a quick counterattack, I have to say that Arsenal's defensive organization really has serious problems."

  "There was no sense of hierarchy at all, and there was no defensive flexibility. We were broken through at once."

  "The coordination of the individual abilities of Manchester City's three stars in the frontcourt was truly breathtaking, and they completely outsmarted the Arsenal players."

  "And we all know that this kind of frontcourt player uses his personal ability to play a mercury-dropping offense. This was Arsenal's specialty in the past, but now it is used by Manchester City to break Arsenal's goal."

  "Three to zero!"

  "The current situation is really unfavorable for Arsenal."

  "Manchester City scored again less than two minutes into the second half."

  The entire Etihad Stadium was filled with cheers from Manchester City fans.

  The live TV camera was also shown on the sidelines, and it was found that Guardiola was also excitedly raising his fists in the air, looking extremely excited and excited.

  He said that he would definitely score again in the second half.

  But I really didn’t expect that the goal would come so quickly.

  As he has repeatedly emphasized to the players, Arsenal's defense is actually really bad.

  However, their previous good ball control ability greatly covered up the poor defensive system.

  But now, compared to Manchester City's midfield control ability, which has declined significantly and the players' running ability has been weakened, the problem has been completely exposed.

  (End of this chapter)