After Leeds United equalized the score, they made two substitutions and strengthened their defense.
After Mattison came on the field, he played as a left back, but basically didn't push forward very much.
After the Norwegian Buck came on the court, he formed a double midfielder with Gravesen.
Smith was pushed to the front line, but when defending, Smith still retreated very deep as before, leaving two wingers, Glenchard and Romelda, in the frontcourt counterattack.
But Arsenal is a strong team after all. Although Leeds United has strengthened its defense, Arsenal's offense has improved than before.
Their midfielders Cesc Fabregas and Bergkamp were guarded and unable to play the ball. Wenger asked Henry and Pires to keep cutting inside and use another method to support the attack in the middle.
Reyes was replaced by Ljungberg in the 70th minute. He played generally under Leeds United's tight defense today.
Now Arsenal's offensive line is basically the same as the Arsenal that was undefeated in the league last season, with skillful cooperation and tacit passing skills.
Leeds United also began to shrink, and the pressure in the frontcourt was not as fierce as before, trying to keep the score.
At Arsenal, Fabregas felt that the pressure was suddenly reduced, and he began to control the midfield with Vieira.
But facing Leeds United's defense, there was no threat for a while, so it just continued to pass.
In the 80th minute, Ljungberg got the ball and tried to break through, but when he found that there was no chance, he passed the ball to Fabregas.
Suddenly, Leeds United's Buck and Davis came together to grab the ball. This change of rhythm made Xiaofa stunned, and the ball was snatched away from Buck. Buck was not impatient after grabbing the ball, and gave the ball back to Graveson.
Graveson cooperated with the two central defenders and Robinson to conduct the ball.
When the ball reaches Albuchesson, Arsenal's Ljungberg and Henry come up to grab it.
Albchisson passed the ball to Robinson, and Ljungberg, who had just been replaced and had sufficient physical fitness, continued to come up and grab it.
Robinson passed the ball to Matheson on the left with a big foot, and Matheson dribbled the ball forward. Fabregas and Bergkamp came up to grab Mathisen again, and Mathisen passed the ball to Smith who retreated to midfield.
Smith did not pause and passed the ball to Glenchar on the left.
Glenchard started dribbling the ball towards the center from near the left midfield, allowing Vieira to follow him.
Behind Vieira, Arsenal's two central defenders were also in defensive positions. With no way to pass, they pushed the ball to Romedal.
Romedal moved forward, trying to compete with Cole for speed, but failed to throw him away and could only stop the ball on the wing.
Cole blocked Romedal's passing route. Romedal had no choice but to pass it back to Mills who came in behind.
Mills made a pass from the right at a 45-degree angle, and the ball flew to the penalty spot.
At Arsenal, Campbell stopped the ball, but Smith rushed over not far away. Both wanted to fight for the high ball.
In the end, Smith took off with a run-up and hit the ball, and the ball flew towards the goal.
Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann blocked it with his hand, but failed to hold the ball.
The ball bounced on the ground. At this time, Smith and Campbell also landed and came to grab the ball. Smith started first, so he was in front of him, but Campbell kept pulling from behind.
Smith stretched out his foot to poke the ball, but because Campbell kept pulling the jersey from behind, he couldn't reach it. He just touched the ball with his toe, and then he fell to the ground.
At this time, Lehmann also landed. He quickly made a save and held the ball in his arms.
Smith fell to the ground, kept spreading his hands, and asked the referee for a penalty kick.
But the referee made no comment and signaled the game to continue.
Lehmann threw the ball to Lauren on the wing. As soon as Lauren got the ball, Smith scooped it out with the ball.
"Du~" the referee called a foul.
A group of people from Leeds United began to surround the referee and said that the foul in the Arsenal penalty area should be a penalty kick.
Referee Mike Dean drove the Leeds players away and then started digging in his pockets.
Yellow card, Davis was shown a yellow card by the referee because of the intentional foul just now.
Then Davis started to argue with the referee again. At the same time, Graveson, Mattison and others who had just walked away gathered around again, and Smith and Campbell started pushing and shoving.
In the end, it took the referee 2 minutes to drive the group away.
The game continued, Arsenal issued a set kick, and Lauren gave the ball to Vieira with a short pass.
After the Arsenal captain got the ball, he took two steps and hit the ball directly behind Matteisen at Leeds United.
When the ball was about to leave the baseline, Ljungberg caught the ball and Matteisen chased after it.
Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Matteisen, Ljungberg made a cross pass and swept the ball towards the center.
The ball passed between the Leeds United defense and the midfielder.
Henry, the King of Highbury, appeared here. Facing the two central defenders of Leeds United, he chose to attack Albuchesson because Mateo was an old acquaintance and Albuchesson had just arrived in the Premier League this season. I definitely don’t understand his rhythm.
Henry moved the ball to the left with his right foot, entered the Leeds United penalty area, and then raised his left foot to hit the goal.
After Henry made the shooting action, Albucheson threw his body out to block the hole of the gun.
But Henry didn't actually shoot. Instead, he dunked the ball and put it back with his right foot, pretending to shoot again.
But Albuchesson made a mistake, hooking Henry from behind after being tricked by him.
"du~" penalty kick
The referee did not hesitate and gave a penalty kick directly.
After giving the penalty, the referee was surrounded by Leeds United villains for the third time in just a few minutes.
"Hush~" The fans booed throughout the Elland Road Stadium.
However, the referee on duty was not afraid of power and insisted on awarding a penalty kick despite the siege. He also took out another yellow card and gave it to Albchesson.
At this time, without competition from Wenger, George Li ran to the fourth official and began to appeal.
Although he knew that Albuchesson's goal was definitely a foul, he still had to do it.
Bergkamp took the penalty kick and he sent the ball towards the center. Robinson misjudged the direction and pounced to the left.
2 to 1.
Arsenal take the lead again.
In the end, the score was maintained until the end.
^^^
After the game, press conference.
"Coach Li, this is your first Premier League game as the official head coach. How does it feel?"
"It's okay. Although we lost, I still feel that we played our own style."
The reporter was obviously not very satisfied with the bland reply.
"Excuse me, are you dissatisfied with the fact that Arsenal committed a foul in the penalty area during the game and the referee did not call a penalty kick?"
This is the question that reporters are most concerned about at this press conference. If George Li answers more vigorously, it can be reported extensively.
But reporters were disappointed again.
George Li’s reply was not what they wanted.
"Maybe it was not a foul. I always believe that the referees chosen by the Football Association have professional vision."
"Are you trying to express that there is something wrong with the referee chosen by the FA?"
"Mr. Reporter, please don't sow discord between me and the FA. We at Leeds United have always supported the FA's work."
The answer is still watertight.
The reporter can only change the topic.
"Arsenal's head coach, Coach Arsene Wenger, spoke very highly of you just now. What do you think of this?"
"Coach Wenger is a very experienced head coach. He has won many honors. I can learn a lot from playing against him."
Calm and calm, reporters have never seen such a head coach.
The team clearly lost the game, and the team was missed a penalty kick that could change the outcome, but they didn't get angry or complain at the press conference.
Could it be that as a disciple of Ferguson, he didn't learn how to use a hair dryer?
"Okay, let's stop here."
After George Li answered a few questions casually again, he hurriedly left the press conference.
Kid asked Lee when he saw him walking off the stage.
"You don't even have to say a few words about this?"
Li quickened his pace and prepared to leave the interview room.
"First, I don't want them to sell more newspapers because I don't keep my mouth shut."
Kidd was almost unable to catch up with George Li, so he could only shout and ask him.
"What about number two?"
"I need to pee..."
