Chapter 773
In fact, Cedric's body was getting lower and lower as he fell to the ground!
Lin Chen's outburst this time failed to succeed in breaking through because the force was too great. When Lin Chen brought the ball to the sideline, the ball had already gone out of bounds.
Just as Lin Chen turned around and prepared to return to midfield, he saw Cedric sitting on the ground, covering his right leg, looking at Arsenal's team doctor.
Lin Chen stepped forward and took a close look at Cedric's right leg. It was obvious that Cedric was injured. His right foot was sprained, and the extent of the sprain was obvious!
After examination by the Arsenal team doctor, Cedric had to be replaced by Chambers.
Just a few minutes into the game, Arsenal replaced the starting right back!
"I originally thought that Lin Chen's breakthrough was useless, but I just replaced Arsenal's main defender on the right side. The effect of this breakthrough was amazing!"
Although Chambers' original condition was not as good as Cedric's, Arteta trusted Chambers more!
After Chambers came on the court, Liverpool began to attack Chambers' side, and kept using Gakpo's breakthroughs to consume Chambers' physical strength!
Although this will make Arsenal's game difficult now, at least it will not give Liverpool any opportunities.
So Arteta didn't take it too seriously, but sat in the coaching seat and continued to discuss tactics with his assistant coach.
But just two minutes later, the referee's whistle lasted much longer and was much louder than normal.
Generally speaking, if the referee makes the call, he will at least give a yellow card if he doesn't give a red card.
Then Arteta looked up and saw that his midfield general, Xhaka, the only midfielder Arsenal could rely on, who had played against Lin Chen for six full seasons, was shown a red card by the referee!
Two minutes ago, Cedric Soares was just replaced by Chambers, and two minutes later, Xhaka was sent off again. Arteta didn't know what else to do.
Lin Chen had not created any opportunities while dribbling the ball in the midfield, but Xhaka stepped on Lin Chen's foot very accurately.
Lin Chen didn’t know whether Xhaka did it on purpose, but when he was sure that his foot was stepped on, the referee saw it clearly and gave a red card!
"Arsenal made another substitution, Holding came on for Nketiah, Lacazette will now play as a lone striker."
"Xhaka is off the field, Holding will partner with Lokonga. I don't want to say whether the players are good or bad. I just want to say that if the two of them play in the midfield together, Liverpool should be able to find a lot of opportunities in the midfield next time!"
Holding and Lokonga partnered up to play in midfield. Their styles cannot play a good role together in the midfield, but Arsenal’s current lineup is not good enough, and Arteta can only let the two hold on for a while!
Less than 10 minutes into the Carabao Cup semi-final, Arsenal replaced two main players in succession, and the midfield looked a little dangerous.
Lin Chen is continuing to dribble the ball to attack Holding, and Gravenberch also begins to look for opportunities from Lokonga!
The 21th minute of the game!
"Gravenberch turned and exploded in the midfield. The ball was kicked far away, but Gravenberch caught up and Liverpool was able to attack!"
Watching Gravenberch's handling of the ball this time, Klopp suddenly discovered that this player seemed to be very good at helping the team turn around and attack.
And unlike Busquets' turn, Gravenberch's turn will adjust the ball to a position further forward and farther away from the body, and then use his explosive ability to catch the ball back.
And the team's speed of transitioning from defense to offense will become faster!
Busquets' turn emphasizes the attack with control, while Gravenberch speeds up the attack with speed!
Gravenberch turned with the ball, then broke through towards Lokonga and tried to pass the ball to Lin Chen.
Lin Chen could have received the ball, but Holding, who came on as a substitute, pulled Lin Chen, then Martinelli also rushed towards Lin Chen, and Tierney also appeared in the midfield at some point. The three of them seemed to have come with the intention of committing a foul and bumped into Lin Chen one after another!
Three consecutive collisions made Lin Chen lose his balance. Then Martinelli suddenly approached Lin Chen and pressed his shoulders, not wanting him to get up!
After Gravenberch passed the ball, Lin Chen had already been knocked down.
The referee didn't even know whether he should show three yellow cards in one go, and in the end only Martinelli received a yellow card.
Feeling the power coming from his shoulder, Lin Chen stood up directly and pushed Martinelli's hand away!
There was a sense of tension between the two of them. Martinelli wanted to provoke Lin Chen. The young man hoped to stop Lin Chen from performing in this way, but after Lin Chen stood up, he patted Martinelli's shoulder heavily with his hand!
"Young man, you were still a child when I won the EFL Cup."
"When I won the World Cup, you were still a child too."
"Young people need to respect their predecessors. Didn't Arteta teach you this?"
Arteta was standing next to the two of them and heard it clearly, but he didn't say anything.
Martinelli didn't know how to refute. Lin Chen seemed to be patting his shoulder in a friendly manner, but the force was very strong. Martinelli even felt that his left and right shoulders were at different heights because of Lin Chen's pat!
“These young players at Arsenal want Lin Chen to stop performing so well, but they can’t stop him.”
"Lin Chen has been performing well for so many seasons, and he has performed well in almost every game."
"Because he will never be disturbed by anyone, you can't disturb his mentality because he has everything."
"You can only anger him with something he doesn't have, but Lin Chen has nothing. He has all the honors!"
"Arteta needs to find a solution quickly. These young Arsenal players on the field are already trying their best, but Liverpool are gradually gaining the upper hand!"
