Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Price of Looting from a High Position

Arsene Wenger's instructions were well executed and Arsenal were quick to settle down.

What a team is most afraid of is the disunity of tactical thinking, just like the situation of Arsenal just now, once Wenger does not give clear instructions in time, maybe some Arsenal players will want to attack when they are behind, while some Arsenal players want to stabilize the defense first.

Once the team's tactical thinking is broken, the team as a whole quickly becomes a piece of sand.

After scoring a goal, Manchester United also wanted to chase after the victory, but Arsenal's side was still based on defense, and the distance between the two parallel defensive lines in the center and back was very close, and it was difficult for Manchester United to find a breakthrough for a while.

Li Qingshan found that as long as he didn't move forward with the ball in the midfield, the Arsenal players seemed to be letting him go.

In this way, Manchester United's side is not in a hurry. Anyway, it's not themselves who are behind now, and it's better for Arsenal to stay at the back for the whole game, so that Manchester United can win the game at the minimum cost.

United's players started playing possession in central midfield, passing back to each other and it looked like they could pass until the end of the game as long as the Arsenal players didn't come up to steal the ball.

The game suddenly became dull, and the United fans in front of the stadium were still singing, but the fans watching the game in front of the TV were not enduring. No one wants to watch such a slow-paced game, especially in China, because this game is a late game, at this time in China it is more than one o'clock in the morning, many fans are specially staying up all night to watch the game, therefore, in front of the TV set all over the country, I don't know how many fans are yawning at the moment.

Ancelotti sat firmly on the fishing platform and didn't look in a hurry, and he even often looked to Wenger's side.

"Monsieur Arsène, now that I've made a move, it's up to you how you respond!"

Carlo Ancelotti crossed his legs, he knew that Wenger would definitely not stop there, but no matter what method the opponent used, it was nothing more than a soldier to block the water and cover the ground, and after taking a one-goal lead, Manchester United had already taken the initiative in this game.

Arsene Wenger was expressionless and it was hard to see what he was thinking at the moment.

It stands to reason that his side are falling behind at the moment and he should be anxious to get the team into the attacking rhythm as soon as possible and try to create some goal-oriented chances, but Wenger acted as if Arsenal were leading the opposition.

Sanchez worked hard.

In fact, after falling behind, Arsene Wenger still let his team shrink back defensively, leaving the Chilean star feeling a little disappointed.

In Sanchez's view, Arsenal's quality should not be so fearful of Manchester United like a mouse fearing a cat. Arsenal at least have some attacking ability!

And now it's their own side that is lagging behind, and it's Arsenal that should be in a hurry, is it expected that Manchester United, who is in the lead, is in a hurry to attack?

In the twenty-eighth minute of the game, after more than ten minutes of play at such a slow pace, Sanchez finally couldn't help it.

He started pressing forward to grab the ball.

The player who had the ball was Herrera, and when Sanchez came up, he played the ball to the back and to the feet of Hummels.

Hummels stopped the ball and now it was Sanchez who single-handedly came up, and there were enough connecting points in the Manchester United backline, so Hummels was not afraid of Sanchez's menacing upspers.

With Sanchez about two metres away, Hummels played the ball to Rojo at the other end.

And Sanchez is like a bulldog attracted by the ball, chasing the football.

Rojo didn't stop after receiving the ball, he passed the ball forward and passed it to Kramer in front of him.

Kramer then passes to Herrera, who in turn passes to Hummels.

Sanchez kept passing the ball in the circle of four, and finally after Rojo passed the ball again, Sanchez slipped and fell to the ground.

There was laughter in the stands, and the comical scene of several United players making Sanchez tired with a constant pass and eventually slipping and falling made the fans who were watching the ball laugh when they were sleepy.

"Alexis Sanchez is such a fighter, but it doesn't make much difference for him to go up and grab the ball alone, Manchester United's midfield has enough connecting points, Sanchez can't grab the ball anyway, but it was his accidental slip that added a little fun to this dull game." Even Andy Gray in the commentary booth quipped.

Sanchez got up from the grass and the camera gave him a close-up of Arsenal's yellow away shirt, which was blue and black, and it was dirty.

Andy Gray put away his smile: "Sanchez is a respectable player, he is always full of fighting spirit on the field. ”

'Arsenal need a fighter like that, but if you have only one fighter, it's too few. Henry shook his head.

Sanchez angrily waved his arms at his teammates at the back, signaling that they should come up with him to scramble.

Perhaps embarrassed by the humiliation of their team-mates, the Arsenal players began to press up and try to press high in midfield.

But what Manchester United are waiting for is the scene of Arsenal coming up and pressing high.

The midfielder hit the ball in quick succession, and finally it was left wing-back Sandro who found Pogba in the centre circle with a long pass.

Pogba took the ball and turned and dribbled straight forward into the Arsenal box, while the rest of the United players pulled out the gap.

Pogba dribbled all the way to the edge of the penalty area and then fired a shot with his right foot!

Unfortunately, the powerful shot hit the crossbar and bounced back, and was picked up by a frightened Cech.

"Pogba !!"

"Oh.... It's a pity!! The crossbar denied Pogba's goal!! ”

In the stands, the United fans also held their heads in dismay, but they were soon applauded by Pogba's shot.

Carlo Ancelotti, who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, also got up from his seat when Pogba shot, but when he saw the ball hit the crossbar, he slammed back into his seat with regret.

Wenger on the sidelines chuckled in his heart, but when he saw Cech holding the ball in his arms, Wenger quietly wiped his cold sweat.

If you are down 0-1 and still have a kick, if you are 0-2 down, or away, it will be really difficult....

Arsenal, who had just started to attack, were immediately suppressed by Manchester United's attack after breaking the high defensive this time, and they began to be faithful to Wenger's tactics, and they easily did not dare to steal again.

The minutes and seconds of the first half passed until the referee Marina blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the score did not change.