Elland Road Stadium.
Arsenal had maintained an unbeaten record of 39 league games before this.
A few days ago, they just defeated Manchester United 3-1 in the Community Shield and are in good form.
In this game, they used all their main players. In addition to maintaining the main lineup from last season, the team also introduced the talented Serbian player Reyes for 35 million euros. Reyes started the game.
As soon as Leeds United started the game, they adhered to Lee George's high-pressing style of play and were very active in pressing in the frontcourt. And Reyes, who just joined, has become the focus of attention.
Arsenal grabbed the ball in their own backcourt. Gilberto cooperated with Vieira to grab the ball from Grenciaer's feet. At this time, he was preparing to counterattack. Reyes leaned towards the center to catch the ball.
Gilberto passed the ball to Reyes. At this time, to the right of Reyes, full-back Lauren had already penetrated from the side. Reyes wanted to pass the ball to Lauren, and then he also moved forward. , but when he was about to take off, he saw Leeds United's Ian Hart standing in his passing path.
When the winger failed, Reyes began to move forward to find Bergkamp, but he found that Graveson on Leeds United's side had been sticking to Bergkamp, preventing him from passing the ball to the Dutchman.
If he couldn't get the ball out at these two points, Arsenal would be unable to counterattack. Reyes saw Davis approaching him and could only give the ball back to Vieira.
Vieira wanted to throw the ball to the left, but Smith kept standing in the direction of his left foot. Vieira dunked the ball and passed it to Gilberto. Gilberto took the ball and passed it to Ray. Yes.
As soon as Reyes returned to the wing, the ball came to his feet again. At this time, his teammate Lauren had already retreated because the counterattack just failed. As soon as Reyes got the ball, he faced the Leeds United full-back. Te and winger Glenchar, the two rushed towards Reyes one after the other. Reyes knew that Hart was not fast, so he wanted to use a fake move to deceive Hart's center of gravity, and then directly accelerate past Hart.
But Hart is also a veteran, so he didn't fall for this trick. Reyes could only speed up hard, but at this time Glenciare rushed over and made physical contact with Reyes. Reyes was hit by him and fell to the ground unsteady. The ball was caught by his eyes and feet. Quick Hart stabbed away.
Reyes fell to the ground, the referee did not call, and the game continued.
Hart directly passed the ball to Grenchar. Facing Lauren, Grenchar tilted his center of gravity to the right and pretended to cut in. Lauren moved laterally, and Grenchar moved to the left to speed up, and he was about to pass. , Lauren turned around and pulled her down.
At this time, the referee blew the whistle and gave Leeds United a set kick in the frontcourt.
Players from both sides gathered around and expressed their dissatisfaction with the referee's decision.
Arsenal believed that Reyes had committed a foul when he was hit by Grenciare, while Leeds United stated that Lauren's foul was a tactical foul and a card should be given.
The two sides surrounded the referee. Vieira bumped Graveson with his shoulder at Arsenal. Davis immediately rushed over with several Leeds United players and used his chest against Vieira to talk trash. .
On the sidelines, Wenger rushed to the fourth official first and told him his dissatisfaction. When George Lee saw that Wenger had arrived first, he turned back to his coaching bench.
"The skills of Spanish players are still good, but the confrontation is a bit poor." Cruyff Jr. saw him return to the coaching bench and said to him.
"Maybe he is not used to it yet. A wide player with speed and skills is enough. If the confrontation is still strong, it will be like two Henrys on the opposite side. What else can we play."
"What did Wenger say there?"
"How do I know? I don't like eavesdropping."
George Li stood up again and waved to Mills, who did not go up to argue. Mills immediately ran over when he saw that the set kick had not yet been taken.
"Tell those on the field to give the Spanish forward some strength. He has just come to the Premier League and is still not used to it. Then the opponent will probably focus on attacking your side for a while. Let Thomas lean towards you and let Edgar Pay attention to retreat."
"Okay." Mills nodded and ran onto the field again.
Because Hart went to take the set kick, the two central defenders Mateo and Albucheson pressed up, so Graveson and Mills stayed behind to defend.
After Mills went up, he walked to Graveson's side, leaned into his ear and repeated what George Li just said.
Graveson nodded.
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Hart took the set kick and the ball went into the penalty area and was taken by Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann.
Lehmann looked around and threw the ball directly to Ashley Cole on the left.
After Cole got the ball, he played a one-two with Gilberto, passed Smith, and quickly moved forward after getting the ball again.
Gravesen decisively stepped forward. Cole saw Mills in front of him and Gravesen beside him, so he handed the ball to Bergkamp in the center.
Bergkamp stopped the ball with his back near the center circle and wanted to turn around, but his fellow Dutchman Davis blocked him and prevented him from turning around for a while.
Bergkamp passed back to Vieira. Vieira made a direct pass to the left. The ball passed directly between Davis and Graveson and reached Henry's feet.
Henry took two strides towards Leeds United's penalty area. At this time, only Mills, who had just gone to press Cole, was the only one left in Leeds United's defense. Now he had retreated and returned. Mateo and Albuchesson had not retreated after taking the set piece just now. Arsenal's counterattack was too fast.
Henry's steps began to slow down, and when he saw Mills coming up from the left, he moved the ball to the right with his right foot, adjusted it, and prepared to hit the goal.
Mills saw it and shoveled it down, hoping to block the ball.
Henry raised his foot and shot, hitting the lower left corner of the ball, trying to reach the far corner. This is Henry's best shooting method.
"Bang~" The ball flew towards the lower right corner of Leeds United's goal. Paul Robinson had already stretched his body and could not reach the ball.
The ball bounced on the ground in front of the goal, and then rolled towards the goal again.
"Come in, come in." These are Arsenal fans.
"Don't go in, don't go in, don't go in." This is Leeds United fans.
Maybe because it is the home ground of Leeds United, God hears more calls from Leeds fans.
The ball grazed the goal post and rolled out.
"Huh~" All the Leeds fans took a long breath.
On the coaching bench, Wenger saw Henry shooting and was ready to celebrate, but when he saw the ball slide past, he felt a pang of regret.
There was also a commotion in the Leeds United coaching bench. After all, this was the first official Premier League match for most of the Leeds United coaching staff. When they participated in the Premier League before, they participated more as players, so Brian Key De is educating them.
"Don't stand up all the time. Just let George stand there alone. Don't let people think we have three head coaches in Leeds." Kidd pulled the excited Casper and Harland back to their seats.
"It's so damn dangerous," Casper was still mumbling as he returned to his seat.
"Yeah." Harland also responded.
As soon as Li George finished shouting to the team, asking them to pay special attention to the French forward, he turned around and was about to return to the coaching bench to sit down, when he saw Casper and Harland jumping up from their seats again.
George Lee quickly turned around and saw Leeds United's right winger Romedar breaking through Arsenal's Pires, cutting inside before Cole, and after taking two steps, he gave the ball to Smith who came in the middle. Smith faced He shoots the ball directly.
But because he didn't adjust his pace, Smith didn't hit the right spot with the ball. The kick was crooked and lacked the power.
The ball rolled diagonally to the other side, towards Campbell and Van Persie on the left front.
No one expected this result. Campbell and Van Persie were both stunned, and then they both went to grab the ball.
In the end, Van Persie took a quick step, took the ball a little ahead, and passed Campbell's right hand side.
Van Persie didn't wait for Lehmann to attack and directly kicked with his left foot.
The ball then flew towards the stands behind the Arsenal goal.
Robin van Persie on the court and George Lee off the court acted the same way, holding their heads in disbelief.
But George Li reacted first, put his hand down, and returned to his seat with several coaches around him.
It was Wenger just now, and now it is George Lee's turn. They are all regretful that their team missed an opportunity to change the score.
"He seems too nervous." Kidd said to George Li when he saw him coming back.
"Yes."
