Chapter 186
The ball was thrown into the air, and the opponent was in the middle.
On the bench of Arsenal, the head coach Emery also took the initiative to stand up and began to call David Luiz's name.
He asked the Arsenal central defender to focus on Xia Yuan in this corner defense.
In the corner flag area.
Before Grealish took the header, he raised his left hand actively. It was obvious that Grealish was giving some tactics to the players in the penalty area.
After that, Grealish quickly passed the ball with his right foot.
Bang.
After the football showed a beautiful arc in the Arsenal penalty area, it went straight to the front point!
As expected, Xia Yuan, who was ambushing in the front post area, successfully grabbed the first point!
However, Arsenal center back David Luiz was very focused in this defense. He was following Xia Yuan closely. When Xia Yuan jumped, David Luiz behind him also jumped.
The Brazilian defender has a good ability to fight for high-altitude balls.
In addition, Xia Yuan's header was at the front point this time, so the angle was not good if he wanted to break through the Arsenal goal.
At this critical moment, Xia Yuan chose to head the ball back.
He did not attack the goal directly, but rubbed the ball to the middle!
In an instant, the ball successfully flew to the middle!
Aston Villa's center forward, Wesley, took off into the air. He used his 191cm height advantage to overwhelm Arsenal's defensive players and completed a header.
Goalkeeper Leno's save was a little slow, and he could only watch the ball fly into the goal.
"Wesley scored!!"
"Aston Villa equalized the score! Oh my god! Aston Villa, who played away, actually scored a goal!"
When Wesley scored, in the studio of Dongqiu.com, commentator Zhan Jun was very excited.
He shouted into the microphone with an almost trembling voice: "When everyone thought Villa would suffer a disastrous defeat in the game tonight, they equalized the score!"
Coach Zhang Lu also commented: "The most important thing for Villa to score this time was Xia Yuan's header. His header directly made Arsenal's defensive players lose their defensive focus."
"However, Aston Villa's equalization is not a good thing. In the next period of time, Arsenal will definitely bombard Aston Villa's goal. The time to test Villa's defense is coming."
As Zhang Lu said, after the restart, Arsenal, who played at home, really launched a strong attack on Aston Villa's goal.
After Aubameyang passed the ball to Saka, the 18-year-old prodigy immediately broke through on the wing.
Of course, Aston Villa's defensive players also had a lesson. When the ball came to Saka's feet, in addition to the full-back Gilbert, another midfielder Nakamba also participated in Saka's defense.
Aston Villa adopted a double-man defense tactic.
Although Saka has excellent breakthrough ability and terrifying explosive power, he is only an 18-year-old player after all, and this season is Saka's first Premier League season. He does not have much game experience, or not much first-team game experience.
His way of playing is not particularly reasonable.
For example, this time, Aston Villa has sent two defensive players to defend Saka at the same time. Generally speaking, the first choice is definitely to pass the ball.
Moreover! In the previous game, Saka made many sprints, and his legs were actually a little tired.
But despite this, Saka still chose to break through.
The final result was that Aston Villa's defensive players jointly completed the steal.
After the ball came to the feet of Aston Villa players, they did not attack rashly. At the instruction of head coach Dean Smith, Aston Villa players began to pass the ball in the backcourt.
Dean Smith hoped that the pace of the game would slow down. After all, he could accept a score of one to one, but Arsenal, playing at home, would not give Villa a chance.
Soon, coach Emery asked the Arsenal players on the field to implement high-pressure pressing.
In a flash, several Arsenal frontcourt players immediately started to grab the ball.
Aubameyang, Ceballos, Saka, and Nicola Pepe all rushed up!
At this moment, the football just passed to Xia Yuan's feet.
When many Arsenal players rushed towards Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan naturally did not dare to be careless. He quickly drove the football to the frontcourt.
Bang~
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A long pass, the ball appeared at the feet of the right winger El Ghazi.
Since the start of the new season, Dean Smith has always set the 24-year-old striker as the team's main force. However, for most of the game, El Ghazi was in a state of paddling, and did not have many eye-catching performances.
After El Ghazi received the pass from Xia Yuan, there were no Arsenal defensive players around him to interfere. It seems that Arsenal coach Emery did not take this player seriously.
"El Ghazi received the ball!"
"This player is from the Netherlands. He is 189cm tall and has certain breakthrough and header abilities. He is a relatively balanced player."
After Zhan Jun introduced El Ghazi's technical style, the commentator Zhang Lu interrupted and said: "Hehe, to put it bluntly, there are not many technical characteristics, and it is mediocre."
El Ghazi in the Emirates Stadium seemed to have heard Zhang Lu's complaints about himself. The next second, El Ghazi chose to break through with the ball.
This caught Arsenal off guard, and even confused the Villa teammates on the field.
In the eyes of other Villa players, El Gachi would definitely choose to pass the ball.
Even McGinn in the midfield was ready to receive the ball, but unexpectedly, El Gachi actually rushed directly towards the Arsenal penalty area with the ball!
The defensive players in the Arsenal penalty area instantly became nervous.
Central defender David Luiz rushed to El Gachi as soon as possible, trying to stop the Dutch striker from breaking through.
On the penalty area line, El Gachi flicked his left foot and took the initiative to lean against David Luiz with his body, and then immediately raised his foot to shoot!
Bang! !
A few seconds later, the football flew directly into the goal.
"El Gachi shot!!"
"He actually made a shooting motion!"
In the studio of Dongqiu.com, commentator Zhan Jun shouted to the microphone in an incredible tone.
On the goal line.
Arsenal goalkeeper Leno dived sideways! He made the save with his right hand.
El Ghazi's shot did not turn into a goal.
"World-class save!"
"German Leno made a crucial save with his right hand!"
