This year the wave of Black Arsenal is even greater than in previous years.
KOP, fans, citizens, even the underdog Red Devils, and the rising star Toffees, everyone is waiting for the Gunners to fall out of the top spot, but everyone is shouting the same sentence in unison: Nana is the champion.
In the increasingly fierce duel between black and white, fans have not forgotten the daily nature and necessity of the black factory. They have realized that since Wu Guanna has gone away, the four-man madman is probably no longer the four-maniac. magic.
So amidst everyone's blessings, Arsenal overturned with joy.
One loss and one draw, two battles without a win.
But what made the KOPs furious was that they themselves also suffered a backlash. Rather than take the opportunity to catch up, Lee Kee first drew 3-3 with Everton and then lost 1-3 away to Hull City.
On the other hand, Chelsea were quite successful, defeating the Hammers 3-0 and winning Southampton 1-3 away from home.
The top rankings in the standings remain unchanged, but the gap between everyone has changed.
Arsenal had 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in 14 games, Chelsea had 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, and Liverpool had 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
35 points, 33 points, 27 points.
The original 7-point gap with the second place was directly caught up to 2 points.
Sure enough, it has reached the point where "Arsenal/Liverpool have never fallen behind in terms of losing the chain".
This undoubtedly makes gun fans deeply miss Lin Yun.
The kind of nostalgia that says, "You just left and I started to miss you."
Who knows, he has only left two games...
Fortunately, in the game against Everton on December 9, Lin Yun finally returned to the team.
This day was a home game, but Lin Yun originally did not intend to show his Golden Boy Award trophy to the fans, because it made him feel like a college student showing off kindergarten flowers to others, but he could not stand the club's request, so he had to He made a perfunctory appearance at the Emirates Stadium with the trophy.
Everton has been awesome this season and is currently ranked fifth in the standings. There is a small gap with Manchester City and Liverpool in front of them. They may break into the Champions League at any time, so Wenger did not dare to be careless at all and sent out His strongest formation.
"In today's football, intensive defensive counterattacks are a popular style of play. Both strong and weak teams know the importance of solid defense. However, in order to ensure attack power, they cannot accumulate too many defensive players in the backcourt. As a result, the 4-2-3-1 formation gradually became popular and became mainstream. Today, both Arsenal and Everton have adopted this formation.
Let’s look at Arsenal first.
Goalkeeper: 1-Szczesny;
Defenders: 3-Sagna, 4-Pertesacker, 6-Koscielny, 28-Gibbs;
Midfielder: 10-Wilshere, 8-Arteta;
Midfielder: 16-Ramsey, 20-Modric, 19-Cazorla;
Forward: 11-Lin Yun. "
"Thanks to the outstanding performance of Lukaku, who is on loan from Chelsea, Everton has performed quite well this season. In this game, Lukaku still appeared in the Toffees' starting lineup as a single arrow.
Arsenal fans should be familiar with him, because he just represented Chelsea against Arsenal in the European Super Cup at the beginning of the season...
Goalkeeper: 24-Howard;
Defenders: 23-Coleman, 6-Gagilka, 15-Distin, 8-Oviedo;
Midfielder: 18-Barry, 16-McCarthy;
Midfielder: 11-Milaras, 20-Barkley, 22-Pienaar;
Forward: 17-Lukaku. "
Lin Yun is not only Lukaku's "acquaintance" at Everton, Everton midfielder Ross Barkley is also an old acquaintance of his.
In the World Youth Championship, this guy was the main midfielder of England U19.
As soon as he saw Lin Yun, he acted like a younger brother meeting his elder brother, so humble that even Lukaku couldn't help but secretly despise him.
Lin Yun originally just wanted to high-five, but Buckley opened his arms and gave him a big hug, "Long time no see, captain!"
"Long time no see," Lin Yun patted him on the shoulder, "You're a lot stronger."
"Hahaha, I'm following you," Barkley said, showing off his muscles. "I've been strengthening my fitness since I came back from the World Youth Championship."
"It looks like it works well..."
Lin Yun's perfunctory attitude definitely made the naive Barkley smile happily, but he couldn't laugh anymore after the game started.
Arsenal served. Lin Yun and a few midfielders simply passed the ball and then dribbled the ball to the middle at high speed. Barkley immediately came up and actively sought physical confrontation as soon as he came up.
Lin Yun was afraid of knocking him over, so he deliberately restrained his strength, but in the end, he was still squeezed out.
Looking at his retreating back, Buckley finally understood what Lin Yun meant.
"Well, it just seems..."
He just couldn't figure it out. Lukaku was clearly a tough guy, but why had he never felt such pressure from him during team training?
After Lin Yun ran over Barkley, he advanced the attack to the edge of Everton's penalty area and could not go any further.
On the surface, Everton is playing 4-2-3-1, but in action it almost looks like 9-0-1.
Organizing offense is not what he is good at. Lin Yun could only pass the ball back to Modric and broke into the penalty area.
It felt like walking into a quagmire.
There were feet all around.
Modric was confused when he saw the dense defensive players in front of him, so he just kicked him casually.
Needless to say, the result was that it hit the defender's feet directly.
Everyone originally thought that this would be a microcosm of the entire game, but they did not expect that after getting the ball, Everton would attack quite aggressively, and it was very likely to compete with Arsenal.
Only then did the gunmen react.
Ouch! The legendary total attack and total defense!
They were also in high spirits.
There was back and forth between the two sides. Everton seemed to be in a mess and played quite casually, but in fact, the offense and defense were very organized.
Until the end of the first half, no one could do anything.
At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal strengthened their crosses from the wing.
Lin Yun, Arteta, Per Mertesacker and others took turns to compete with Everton's goal with headers, but all failed. It was not until the 66th minute that Cazorla pretended to pass a high ball, but in fact, he unexpectedly hit the ball in the penalty area. The ribs passed a stick to the ground.
The football came to the goal, and in the melee, Lin Yun was dragged to the ground by someone unknown.
Before falling, he straightened his left leg and swept the ball directly into the goal with a sharp sweep.
"GOAL!!! The ball finally went in! It was not easy. In the 66th minute of the game, Arsenal finally broke through Everton's dense defense. Lin Yun swept the goal in the chaos, helping Arsenal take the lead."
"This goal also allowed him to surpass Walcott and become Arsenal's top scorer. What Walcott took seven years to do, Lin Yun did in less than a year. …”
Everton's players were protesting to the referee, saying that the ball was fouled first and should be a penalty kick, but the referee was unmoved. Lin Yun had already stood up and walked slowly to the sidelines, doing a meditation posture. Actions.
A mission that started following him right after he debuted has finally been completed.
"Congratulations on completing the mission 'King of Guns', the rewards have been distributed, please pay attention to check them."
Lin Yun received the reward immediately.
An unexpected and reasonable figure came into view.
Michael Owen.
A former sensational boy, England's last Ballon d'Or winner.
"Characteristics: Wind changes direction (Owen, only)."
Breakthrough skills are ever-changing, but they never depart from their basic principles. They come and go with just a few principles.
Relying on speed, deceiving with fake movements, confusing with rhythm changes, etc. Almost all breakthrough techniques evolved from these principles. Different players are good at different types. It is difficult to say clearly which one is more powerful. , whether it is a unique move or a combination of skills, there are people who can do it well.
Generally speaking, eating raw food based on speed is despised by fans, because they think it is bullying based on physical talent and no technical level. However, some fans think that the simpler, the better, and they should do more things that can be done with one movement. The two flower jobs are just performances.
Wind change direction is this type of skill.
When Irving was young, he was able to repeatedly perform great performances on his own, relying on his fast speed and sudden line changes when dribbling the ball at high speed.
There are no dazzling Marseille pirouettes or ox-tail pedaling, and often a simple flick can wipe out the opponent in an instant.
Great sound, great sound, great simplicity.
"That's it, it's not a loss this time."
The lagging Toffees finally attacked, and Lin Yung's newly acquired Gale Change Direction immediately came into use.
In the 72nd minute, Pienaar passed the ball and Barkley's shot from the top of the penalty area was saved by Szczesny. Koscielny passed the ball diagonally to Sagna.
Sania was about to move forward along the side road, but saw a raised hand.
Without saying a word, he passed the ball to Lin Yun with a low pass.
Lin Yun passed the ball and dribbled the ball at high speed from the middle again.
McCarthy was the first to greet him.
Lin Yun was still moving forward at full speed. Seeing that the two sides were about to collide, he suddenly flicked the ball with the outside instep of his left foot and flew past McCarthy like a breeze.
Gagilka and Distin came together from behind and put shovels in front of them at the same time. When they fell to the ground, Lin Yun pushed the ball forward hard, and the football went directly between them.
Lin Yun made a small semicircle by himself, ran past Gagilka and entered the penalty area.
The remaining Oviedo bravely stepped forward and received the same treatment as McCarthy.
"Lin Yun ran a long distance and passed three players of the opponent! Only the goalkeeper and Ovie were left! Another quick change of direction! Passed by, single-handedly!"
Lin Yun turned the ball back and had little angle left for shooting, so he could only kick the ball hard before it went out of bounds.
The goalkeeper stretched his foot to block the ball, but unexpectedly the football hit his foot directly and rolled into the goal after a deflection.
2-0.
Wenger finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replaced Lin Yun.
There are only 10 minutes left in the game. This wave should be stable.
Who knew that not long after Lin Yungang came off the field, Everton would launch a wonderful attack.
Oviedo made a pass from the left, and Lukaku shot an overhead kick!
"...Cross from the wing, Lukaku hooked upside down! Huh? Missed? Deulofeu made a supplementary shot! The ball went in! 2-1!"
"In the 83rd minute of the game, Everton recovered a goal. Is there still a chance?"
No chance.
After 2-1, Arsenal made no more mistakes and maintained the score until the end.
At the same time, Liverpool also defeated West Ham United 4-1, but Manchester City drew 1-1 with Southampton away from home, while Chelsea stumbled on Stoke City and was defeated 3-2.
After further consolidating their lead, Arsenal ushered in another round of devilish schedule.
The Champions League away game against Naples, the league away game against Manchester City, and then Japan's Club World Cup, and then Chelsea's challenge at home before Christmas.
Other people's winter break is the Premier League's hot season...
(End of chapter)
