At 17:30 on March 29, local time in the UK, a focus match in the 32nd round of the 2013/14 English Premier League started at the Emirates Stadium.
This is another first-place vs. second-place game.
"The two sides have only met once this season. At that time, the two sides played the craziest goal battle in the history of the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium. The final score was 6-7, and Arsenal won by one goal.
When I came to the Emirates Stadium today, I didn’t know if I could score so many goals..."
It was Manchester City who served first.
They lined up 4-2-3-1.
Goalkeeper: 1- Joe Hart;
Defenders: 5-Zabaleta, 4-Kompany, 26-Demichelis, 22-Klich;
Midfielder: 42-Yaya Toure, 25-Fernandinho;
Midfielder: 15-Navas, 21-Silva, 8-Nasri;
Forward: 10-Dzeko.
Arsenal has exactly the same formation. The goalkeeper is still Szczesny, the four backs remain unchanged, Flamini and Arteta have double midfielders, Rosicky, Modric and Cazorla, who has returned from injury, serve as offensive players. In the midfield, Lin Yun is the single forward.
Manchester City turned away and quickly launched a wave of offensive.
Nasri was very active against his old club, completing two good-quality crosses in just five minutes, but both were kicked into the stands by Dzeko and Navas.
Arsenal didn't have its first decent attack until the 8th minute of the game.
Modric and Rosicky hit the wall and then passed directly to Lin Yun. Lin Yun passed the ball with his back and tricked Kompany who was defending him, and then fell into Manchester City's siege again.
Yaya Toure, Demichelis, and Chrissy came from three directions.
Lin Yun calmly controlled the ball on the spot, flicking the buckle to avoid the two men's steals and then suddenly flicked the ball sideways.
Modric and Rosicky came in parallel from behind, and the football came to the feet of Magic Flute first, but instead of catching the ball, he cleverly missed the ball and gave it to Rosicky on the left side of the penalty area.
As soon as Rosicky caught the ball, he was kicked to the ground by Zabaleta who rushed to defend.
Arsenal didn't wait until the whistle blew, and the fans immediately booed.
"... Rosicky fell to the ground under Zabaleta's defense, but referee Mike Dean refused to call a penalty and Manchester City launched a counterattack!"
The football was passed to Silva's feet.
Arteta quickly stepped forward to intercept, and the two Spanish fellows were in close combat.
Silva dribbled the ball in small steps and used an upper body feint to deceive Arteta cleanly.
Nasri came over to take over, and the two of them passed Flamini and Sagna in consecutive one-twos. Then Nasri sent Dzeko a comfortable through ball on the left side of the penalty area.
Dzeko came out of the hole like a snake and sent the ball into the net with a light push.
The Bosnian who scored the goal was about to rush to the sidelines to celebrate, but the linesman's flag was raised high.
"Offside?!" Pellegrini, who was about to jump and cheer on the sidelines, was a little dumbfounded.
"Offside! The goal is invalid!
Let's take a look at the replay. There is no problem with this penalty. Mertesacker intentionally recovered the ball when Silva passed the ball and put Dzeko in an offside position. Dzeko seemed to be very dissatisfied with this penalty and was arguing with the referee. Negotiate. "
The referee did not talk nonsense with Dzeko and firmly maintained the original verdict.
The Arsenal fans who had booed the referee just now applauded him this time.
Manchester City kicks off.
Lin Yun quietly came to the midfield.
Kompany, who was responsible for marking him, hesitated and decided to continue guarding the penalty area, but shouted to Yaya Toure to let him pay attention to Lin Yun.
Szczesny kicked the ball out with his big foot, and the ball landed exactly where Lin Yun was.
Lin Yun blocked his position and blocked Yaya Toure behind him. When the football came, he quickly ran forward two steps and pretended to stop the ball.
Yaya Toure followed closely, and Lin Yun suddenly picked the ball up with his toes, then turned around and ran away.
The football flew over their heads.
Yaya Toure did not block the ball. He did not even raise his head to look at the football. Instead, he turned around and reached out to pull Lin Yun, but unfortunately he only barely touched a piece of clothing.
When the football fell, Lin Yun stretched his left foot forward, but instead of stopping the ball, he cushioned the ball.
"Lin kept bumping the ball while running fast. Fernandinho came up and Lin picked the ball over his head..."
As soon as Lin Yung passed the ball over Fernandinho, Zabaleta and Kompany joined forces to attack.
Everyone in the stands stood up and all the commentators started yelling the moment he picked out Fernandinho.
This one-stop breakthrough on the football field is always so beautiful and shocking.
"Lin Yun continuously threw the ball over the defensive player's head. Zabaleta and Kompany blocked him in front. Did he pick it again?"
Lin Yun simply ignored the two big men in front of him and threw the ball forward again.
The previous two passes were clever, but this time the pass was a bit reckless.
Kompany and Zabaleta even felt insulted.
The two of them cooperated tacitly and had a clear division of labor.
Zabaleta turned to chase the ball, but Kompany bumped into Lin Yun.
Lin Yun did not slow down, but dodged slightly and pushed Kompany aside with his shoulder.
Zabaleta stretched out his right foot, preparing to take off the football, and the voices of Kompany and Joe Hart rang out from behind and in front of him at the same time.
"careful!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure rushed up from behind him.
Zabaleta only felt that he was hit by a train, and then saw a bolt of lightning flying in front of him...
Lin Yun straightened his chest and pointed the football directly in front of him.
The entire Manchester City defense was overturned by him alone.
Even if the goal was not scored, this moment was enough to make the fans at the scene feel excited and numb.
"...Lin Yun broke through the defense of Zabaleta and Kompany forcefully. Demichelis was the only defensive player left in Manchester City's penalty area. Cazorla rushed to the goal to meet...ah? Hit Already?"
Lin Yun took the ball on the left side of the top of the penalty area and saw Hart when he looked up.
Then there's nothing to be polite about.
Lift your feet and hit the door.
As a result, the previous breakthrough was so awesome, the shot at this moment was so hip...
"Bang!"
The sound was quite loud, but the football didn't even fly. Instead, it rolled against the turf toward the goal.
When Zabaleta rushed forward, Lin Yun had already completed the shot.
Looking at the football rolling towards the goal, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
A long ground ball...
Not to mention that the goalkeeper was a national-level goalkeeper like Hart. Even if there was a piece of wood, the ball would not be scored.
The home fans in the stands were already holding their heads in regret, while the visiting fans sneered unceremoniously, but they soon became speechless.
Hart fell to the ground, dived for the ball, and let go, all in one go!
Cazorla was quick to kill and succeeded with an easy follow-up shot...
(End of chapter)
