A few days later, the Etihad Stadium welcomed Gunners Arsenal, who have brought in a number of players in the transfer market this season, but it will certainly be difficult to find a replacement for Robin van Persie, so they did not play well in the first two games of the season, drawing with Sunderland and Stoke City in quick succession.

Heading into September, Arsenal's form improved, with three consecutive wins in the league and Europa League.

No matter how hot they are, they can't stand a Manchester City, who just stormed the Bernabeu in the Champions League, and Arsenal has one less day off than Manchester City, and many media believe that the strong Manchester City is undoubtedly more capable of winning.

Wen Sheng still used the tactics of 442 in this game, and Arsene Wenger used 433 on Arsenal's side.

Arsenal has also changed its style over the years, for example, in terms of control, Wenger began to slowly emphasize, in the past, Arsenal's route was to go fast and attack, and the midfielder would not drag the ball after taking the ball, and directly launched a pass to the opponent's half, but now as the teams tend to defend and counterattack, Wenger has to change his thinking.

No way, there are more and more teams playing defensive counterattacks, and when you meet a strong team, you will put a bus first, if you still have the previous attack mode, it will only allow the opponent to get more counterattack opportunities and bring more threats to your defense, there are many ways for strong teams, but Barcelona-style control is a very good way out.

Anyway, if you control the ball or not, they will shrink in the half, so why let the opponent get so many counterattack opportunities for nothing, it is better to control the ball to reduce the threat of the opponent.

Use the ball control to press the opponent step by step, let the opponent retract the tentacles into their own half, and then create opportunities through small areas of cooperation, the individual ability of the star.

Of course, every team can't play like Barcelona, and Premier League teams like Arsenal have a limit to their control, and they have to attack fast when they get the chance.

As a result, Arsenal have changed their style a bit and decided to fight Manchester City for the ball, with Arsene Wenger predicting that whoever has the better playmaking skills will create better chances.

If it weren't for this game, Wenger really couldn't see the mystery of Wensheng's 442, and only when he played with Manchester City did he know Wensheng's tactical plan.

When attacking, Manchester City will become 2242, hoarding manpower in the front, either relying on the organizational ability of Silva and De Bruyne to assist directly in the penalty area, or the full-back crosses, they have Dzeko in the front, there are enough high points, and the ground coordination ability is also very strong, Manchester City has been attacking Arsenal continuously from the beginning.

Wenger thought that Wensheng would fight with the organization, who knew that this guy on the other side made his team play more like Arsenal than Arsenal.

Wen Sheng actually played so freely this season against weak teams or strong teams, if you want to speed up the pace, if you want to create more threats, you must speed up the pace, but at the same time, it will also bring a lot of pressure to your defense, Wen Sheng is very confident in his midfield, so he dares to play such a set.

Guan Gong played a big knife in front of him, Wenger liked this, he himself is this style, since Wen Sheng chose this model, he couldn't ask for it, but soon he finished playing.

Less than 15 minutes into the first half, Manchester City broke down the door of Arsenal, and Manchester City's entire fast attack was quite clear, taking advantage of the Arsenal midfielder's lack of timely positioning, De Bruyne broke through with the ball, and Aguero scored in the far corner of the penalty area.

It looked like Arsenal's defence was intact, but Sergio Aguero's shot was well timed and the feints were realistically done to fool Koscielny, who intercepted him.

Wen Sheng planned to fight with Arsenal from the beginning of this game, whoever has a better defense and who makes fewer mistakes will be easier to win the game, Arsenal's defense Wen Sheng doesn't think they are strong, and sure enough, the continuous impact, a disconnection in the midfield and back brought big trouble to Arsenal.

At the end of the first half, Silva assisted, De Bruyne dribbled into the box and fired a low shot, and Wenger saw the way at this time, this Wensheng is not to compare with him who has more ball control ability, but who is stronger in defense.

Arsenal also got a lot of chances to attack forward, but it was terrible, City's defense was really good, the interceptions were good, and Arsenal didn't create a couple of dangerous goals.

Arsene Wenger was 100 per cent sure he had been fooled, and his side would certainly not have been attacking like this in the second half, and it would have been difficult for his side to get better attacking chances than in the first half.

It is more sensible to teach this, and sure enough, in the second half, Wen Sheng sacrificed the health football method without suspense, Wenger was angry and anxious, but helpless, Arsenal got the ball control no problem, as long as it did not enter the 40-yard area, Manchester City basically made a show, entered the 40-meter area, and Manchester City began to strangle the midfield.

When Manchester City defended, he contracted the middle and let go of the wings, which clearly looked down on Arsenal without high striker Giroud, and Podolski's ability to grab points was still a lot weaker after all.

In short, in such grievances, Arsenal won a defeat at the Etihad Stadium without suspense.

Just such a game has given Wenger a lot of insights.

The first realization, of course, is that Manchester City is very strong! Can it not be strong?! Other teams are playing single-cylinder, Wensheng's side Manchester City is playing with a twin-cylinder engine, Silva and De Bruyne are strong, and there is no better forward combination in the Premier League, which is also one of the best in the world.

As the match progresses, the duo will explode with even greater power.

The second realization, Wenger regretted his use of people and tactics, originally he used Podolski to play ball control, but against Manchester City, he actually lost his plan and rhythm, and Manchester City played against the attack, so that the opponent got a lot of offensive opportunities, under the three-dimensional attack, Arsenal failed to hold on.

Arsene Wenger feels that since he has been on Podolski, he should be firm in his tactics, and even if the attack is not fruitful, at least it is impossible to give Manchester City so many chances.

There is no answer to the third insight, that is, how to deal with Manchester City's health football, Wenger feels that he can only use high positions to press! He should actually feel lucky, because Joe Hart is back in the starting lineup in this game, and it is still at home, and it is impossible to maintain his health for a long time, after all, it is ugly to be spit on by the fans.

Wen Sheng was also forced to use Hart, and did not let Hart start for two consecutive games, and there will definitely be a story between the two of them in another game.

Wen Sheng didn't want to do such a thing at such a moment, so he could only let Hart continue to start, but fortunately, Wenger didn't use high pressing at all today, and it didn't cause much trouble to Manchester City's backfield control.