Football is a morale contest like fighting, George? Wood managed to keep out Thierry Henry in this one-on-one, which greatly boosted the morale of the Forest players. Let them know that we are not bad with Arsenal, the captain of the opposing team, the strongest striker is not taking advantage of Wood, then Arsenal is the same in front of our Forest team!

And Arsenal were quick to make their adjustments. On 67 minutes, Arsene Wenger brought on Ljungberg for the underperforming Pennant. Although the youngster is a Nottingham, he received the most boos when he came off the pitch because he was a player developed by Forest's arch-rivals Nottingham.

Arsene Wenger then replaced George with Reyes. Wood and Albertini thoroughly pinched Bergkamp. When Reyes came on the pitch, Wengua stopped him and asked him to relay a message to Cesc Fabregas: "Calm down. ”

George? Wood's outstanding play was not only reflected in the one-on-one defense against Thierry Henry, but also in the man-to-man defense that allowed Cesc Fabregas to hit the wall several times. The Spaniard really doesn't have a good way to deal with such an unreasonable defender.

However, Arsene Wenger insisted on keeping Cesc Fabregas on the pitch, partly because he had no better replacement for the Spaniard, and partly because Wenger felt that the game was a good exercise for Cesc Fabregas. If Sesk wants to be like Patrick Vieira, this kind of game is essential. After the test, you can go further, otherwise it is nothing more than that.

It would be very helpful for him to calm down a little bit and learn to play more with his brain than with his body. After all, Cesc Fabregas's body and George? Wood is far worse than that, and there will be no shortage of such physical confrontations in various competitions in the future. If you can't play at your normal level when you always meet an opponent who is physically strong and defensively fierce, such a player will not achieve much.

The introduction of Ljungberg and Reyes added a point of attack to Arsenal and changed their previous weakness on the wings. Arsene Wenger's side are gradually taking back control.

But time seems to be running out for them.

"Seventy-five minutes into the game, the score is still 1-0, and Nottingham Forest lead Arsenal at home. The Frenchman's side didn't have much to do against a Forest side who were pressing on the defence and they made a lot of mistakes. If that continues, it's only a matter of time before Forest get their first three points of the season. ”

Well, it looks like it's just a matter of time...... The Forest players must have thought so in their hearts. While it's not impossible for the promoted horses to beat the defending champions, both in theory and in practice, it's exciting to beat the defending champions who are unbeaten in 42 rounds.

Seasoned veterans naturally know how to deal with this kind of game, and they have been through all kinds of scenes. But there are too few veterans like this in the Forest squad to stop the young players from thinking about it:

We're going to beat Arsenal! We're about to be the big dark horse that overthrows the defending champions! Forty-two consecutive rounds of unbeaten streak are coming to an end at our feet!

What an enticing prospect...... It was as if Medusa's charming appearance made it difficult for the young people of the Forest team to control themselves, and even forgot that they were still in the heat of the game, and forgot what a dangerous beast their opponent was...... ※※※ The game entered 80 minutes, and the Forest team still maintained the lead, and the excited singing in the stands continued one after another.

The Forest's pressing defence finally cracked as the executors lost their attention, and more and more. The Arsenal players feel like they can stay at their feet for a little longer, and sometimes the Forest players don't even pounce on them at the first time, but watch them hold the ball and decide whether to go up or drop back.

Donn smelled danger in it. He stood on the sidelines, yelling loudly, while also waving his arms constantly: "Rush, rush, hurry, hurry!" Don't give them a chance to get the ball! Bastard! ”

Donn demanded that the forwards follow the pressing style of play on the spot, but Viduka and Eastwood were clearly not as aggressive as they had been at the start of the game. George? Woodhead is constantly running, but can he take care of the whole stadium alone? Albertini is still running, but he is thirty-two years old after all, and there are times when he has more than enough to do.

Ribery, Ashley? Young, Barnes, Zim Bonda...... These people don't seem to be able to run, and in this game they keep plugging in and retreating, and the physical exertion is really large. But Donn still demanded that they keep pressing on the sidelines and not give Arsenal the slightest chance. Why did Forest play well in the first 80 minutes? It was at the expense of fitness that Arsenal could not find the rhythm they were familiar with.

Now there is a problem with fitness and Arsenal's rhythm is slowly returning.

Cesc Fabregas also calmed down, he didn't want to talk to George? Wood has a hard plan, if Wood comes up and presses hard, he will immediately pass the ball, and then create opportunities to receive the ball through his own movement, and definitely not make senseless entanglements with Wood in the midfield.

Why is a strong team a strong team? Because they are more experienced, because they are more patient...... After the panic in the first half, although Henry failed to make two solo attempts in the second half, Wenger calmed Arsenal's mood with substitutions. The downside did not make the Arsenal players panic, and they waited patiently for their chance.

In the eighty-third minute, after a one-two with Henry, Pire and Henry did not pass the ball into the crowded penalty area, but suddenly passed outside, and then plugged in Gilberto? Silva shoots from distance, high! That's not the crux of the matter, and it's important to note that the Brazilian didn't have a single Forest player up to interfere for about three seconds before the shot was taken.

Don was unhappy with the situation, and he decided to make a substitution.

Eighty-four minutes, Aaron? Lennon replaces Ashley? Young, continue to strengthen the threat on the flanks, hoping to use the younger Lennon to suppress Ashley? Cole.

Lennon had just been substituted and had not yet touched the football, when Arsenal launched another attack. Cesc Fabregas and Ljungberg made a combination, and he attracted George? Wood took his attention, passed the ball to the Swede, and then continued to cut forward, apparently to make a one-two with Ljungberg to hit the wall. George? Wood continued to press on Cesc Fabregas and deny him a chance to catch the ball.

Ljungberg did pass the ball back to Cesc Fabregas, after George? Under Wood's close marking, Cesc Fabregas made a quick stop to protect the ball, and Arsenal had already attacked the forest penalty line, and Fabregas believed Wood would not dare to foul here.

Gilberto saw Cesc Fabregas in control of the ball and pressed it down.

The Brazilian's long-range strike was a wake-up call for Forest's players, and this time, when he rushed up, Forest's centre-back Epson immediately pressed on him. Cesc Fabregas also made a cross to make Epson believe it, and then took another step, but at this time, the Spanish teenager suddenly knocked the football behind him with his heel, across the gap between George? Wood, the ball penetrated the Forest's defence, Thierry Henry received the ball unmarked!

No one thought of it. Cesc Fabregas was defeated throughout the game by Georges? Wood was helpless to defend, and the Forest players didn't pay much attention to this side when they saw Wood entangled with their opponents, and their attention was all cut in by Gilberto? Silva attracted the past. With Wood in the opposite direction, with his back to the attack, how did he see that there would be a vacancy, and how would he know where Henry would be?

Regardless of how Cesc Fabregas did it, his pass gave Henry his third solo run of the game.

If he can't score a goal like that, he's not thierry? Henry!

The Frenchman shoots with his feet, and the ball sticks to the turf and flies from Darren? Ward slid past and hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the back of the net!

"Beautiful! Arsenal equalised in the last minute!! Thierry? Henry! The king of Arsenal, maybe it's a new record!! ”

There was silence in the stands on three sides of the City Stadium, only in the second was the cheers of the away fans, with the Arsenal players celebrating wildly and the Nottingham Forest players standing still, unable to believe what they were seeing.

They held out for eighty-five minutes, but still did not hold on.

Donn, who watched his team concede a goal on the sidelines, smashed into the plexiglass baffle on the side of the dugout, and the anger and disappointment are beyond words...... All he knew was that he was angry, angry. How could Epson rush forward so recklessly?

(To be continued)