Volume 3: The Myth of the Gunslinger Chapter 272: The Battle of Tianwang Mountain (Part II)

Szczesny's mistake added tension to Arsenal's backline, and Li Huan, who has always been famous for assists, did not dare to press it easily, Arsenal's central defender was not very reliable, otherwise he would not have been allowed to come to the central defender position from fullback, but now even the goalkeeper is not reliable, where does Li Huan dare to act rashly, in the case of leading the opponent by seven points, stealing chickens is not a loss and the rice thing is really not done.

Li Huan stopped, and Manchester United and Arsenal launched a fierce battle in the midfield and on the two wings.

Manchester United's impact is very strong, Anderson in the midfield, Park Ji-sung and Nani who play as wingers, and Rooney in the middle, can run well, and there is no lack of skills and experience. Sania and Klich struggled to deal with it and had a hard time getting assists.

Arsenal's two wings are also strong, with Theo Walcott and Arshavin both being good at speed and technique, and Manchester United's Rafael and Patrice Evra, although they are also famous masters, will never dare to be careless, let alone assist easily.

In the battle in the middle lane, Wilshire and Nasri were at a disadvantage against the experienced Fletcher and Carrick, but with Li Huan, the Dinghai God Needle, guarding the middle lane, Wilshire and Nasri had no worries.

Because the game is too important and both sides have their own scruples, although the competition for the game is fierce, it is more traditional, basically the attacker is attacking, the defensive player is defending, like the defensive back plugging in, and the defender is rare to assist with the ball.

In the ninth minute of the game, the first shot on goal appeared in the game.

Carrick played a long pass from the back to Rooney, but Koscielny was behind Rooney and didn't let him turn. In the duties of the two central defenders, Koscielny is responsible for stepping forward to mark people, and Li Huan, who is fast and has a wide vision, fills in to assist in the defense.

Rooney leaned his back against Koscielny, and did not mean to turn around, before the ball flew in, Chubby slammed back with his fat and strong ass, Koscielny This is the first time to participate in the Premier League derby, and the understanding of Rooney is from the video and other people's mouths, thinking that with his height advantage, he can completely push the ball out from behind. But I didn't expect Chubby's body to be so strong, and when he hit him like this, he stumbled, and there was a little gap between him and Rooney.

Rooney took advantage of this time, unloaded the ball with his chest, turned and volleyed directly from 25 meters.

This kick was pulled out by feeling, full of power, and very suddenly, but the angle was a little right.

After a low-level mistake in the opening game, Szczesny's heart was full of remorse, he was looking forward to regaining the trust of his teammates and coaches with his performance, so he was very focused, although Rooney's shot was very sudden, but it was still keenly detected by Szczesny, fortunately, the angle of the shot was not awkward, Szczesny did not need to move, and flew to hit the ball to the sideline.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

There was a lot of applause in the stands, which was not only admiration for Rooney's strong escape and beautiful shot, but also an appreciation for Szczesny's beautiful save, and it was not easy for a young player to adjust his mentality in time to save Rooney's sudden shot in such a scene.

A minute later, Nani threw a throw-in, Rooney squeezed Wilshere with a small tank-like body on the flank, and went straight to the middle, Koscielny was a little jealous when he stepped forward again to defend closely, worried that his body would not be able to resist Rooney.

In the moments of Koscielny's hesitation, Rooney shook him off with a flick of acceleration and tried to find an open space to shoot. But then a swift figure invaded and blocked an empty space that Rooney had just seen.

Rooney reacted quickly, immediately turned the shot into a feint, and again, wanted to dodge the figure in front of the goal, but the figure was faster, and as soon as Rooney stepped out, the figure rushed over and used the side of his body to fight with Rooney for control of the ball.

Xiaopang saw that it was Li Huan, and he was furious, he was born in boxing, his body was extremely strong, and he was full of muscles, he stood on his shoulders and said in his heart, come on, see who suffers.

Li Huan and Rooney collided together, no one had ever bumped into anyone, and they both took a step back, but Li Huan took a step back and nothing, Rooney took a step back but lost possession, and now the ball is not completely under his control.

Rooney wanted to get the ball again, Arsenal's back Song had already rushed over in time to kick the ball to Li Huan, and Xiaopang rushed to Li Huan again, and Li Huan passed it to Song ...... In this way, Rooney was slipped by two people in the backcourt like a monkey for several seconds.

Rooney shoveled at Li Huan with a tackle, and even the spikes of his shoes showed out, he was really angry, this is simply a bully.

Li Huan's action speed is faster than Rooney's, and Rooney is not a defensive player, the level of this tackle is very average, the timing of the tackle, the angle of the foot is not right, Li Huan flashed, Rooney fell to the ground and watched Li Huan run with the ball by his side, but there was no way.

Li Huan took two steps, and when he was still five meters away from Fletcher, he stopped and turned and accelerated again, using his superior speed to shake Fletcher to his head.

After Li Huan attracted both Carrick and Nani again, he immediately handed the ball to Arshavin on the wing.

Manchester United's midfielder was attracted to Li Huan too much, and Arshavin and Nasri made two one-twos in a row, dangling Evra behind, allowing Arshavin to form a quick breakthrough when Evra turned.

Arshavin crosses!

Chamak had been waiting for this opportunity for so long, and Arshavin rushed down, and Chamak calculated that when Arshavin crossed, he arrived just in time, and if he followed the momentum, Van der Sar really didn't have a chance to save.

However, just as Chamak was staring at the ball to grab a point, he suddenly found that there was an extra wall in front of him, and he couldn't dodge it, so he could only hit it hard, hoping to open a bloody way.

Chamak didn't rush over, and was bounced back by the wall.

This wall is made up of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, who are experienced and accurate in judging the landing and positioning, and have not given Chamak a chance to compete for a header at all.

Veteran goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and the two central defenders worked together to take the ball off, and a fast attack organized by Arsenal was invisibly defused by the three-man old and spicy defense.

As the game progressed, the attacking threat from both sides grew, and the number of shots on goal increased, the young Szczesny gradually developed his potential, his tall and quick reaction advantage reflected, Manchester United against Arsenal with more long balls, and Szczesny's height of 1.95 meters allowed him to dominate the big penalty area, and many of Manchester United's attacks were confiscated by him without the help of defenders.

Seeing that the goalkeeper's performance is becoming more and more eye-catching, Li Huan is a lot more relieved, the number of assists has increased a lot compared to the original, and the game between the two sides has slowly entered the **.

When the game was 30 minutes into the game, Li Huan stepped forward with the ball and shook off two defenders in a row to cross the half.

The aggressive forward caused a wave of panic at the back, as their man-to-man defence in the back area played well, one by one, without giving Arsenal's frontcourt players much of a chance. After Li Huan, a defender, came over, he broke the balance of power between Arsenal and Manchester United, which was easy to cause leakage or misplacement.

Ferguson was sitting in the coach's seat chewing gum, and after Li Huan rushed across the midfield with the ball, Jazz jumped up from his seat nervously, spit out the gum, and shouted not to let Li Huan enter the 30-meter danger area, and not to give him a chance to shoot from a distance.

Ferguson's shout, the already chaotic players on the scene remembered Li Huan's nickname Xiao Li Flying Knife, and it was very dangerous, even fatal, when entering the 30-meter area.

Carrick and Fletcher teamed up to block Li Huan's way, although the two of them went together, they would definitely leak people, but at the moment they couldn't care about so much, Li Huan was a real danger, and he could break the goal at any time if he entered the thirty-meter area.

“…… Dangerous! Dangerous! Manchester United's backline is in a hurry! Li Huan rushed up! Carrick and Fletcher both went up and Chamak went straight to the centre-back! Arshavin and Theo Walcott have both cut inside and are now too dangerous for Manchester United...... Li Huan can pass and shoot...... Li Huan passed, he didn't pass to Chamak, he didn't pass to Walcott, but to Arshavin ......"

Li Huan chose to pass to Arshavin in the case of choosing one of three, or even one of four, this is not a personal feeling, Li Huan knows that Arshavin has finer skills, and his shooting is not comparable to Walcott's hairy guy. So pass the ball to the Tsar.

Everyone thought that at this moment the Tsar would take two more steps to the edge of the penalty area, look for a good angle to shoot, or turn to rush into the box from the ribs.

But the tsar is the tsar, and it is not something that ordinary people can do at all, he raised his foot and hit the door directly.

The Tsar's shot was not angled, but he was used to shooting from a tight angle, and this shot went straight to the close angle of the goal.

Arshavin's shot was too sudden, and it hit the near corner, and Van der Sar was moving towards the side of Arshavin, who had to make a flying save after moving.

Van der Sar is old after all, he is 40 years old, not 20 like Szczesny, his explosiveness and reaction speed are not as good as when he was young, the side save after this move really killed him, the ball did not save, Van der Sar also hit the post and almost lost his breath.

At 1:0, Arsenal took the lead.

“goalgoalgoal…… Tsar goal! Arshavin shoots through the door of the Red Devils! Manchester United are in danger! The situation is very unfavorable for Manchester United, if this game is lost, the blow to them is absolutely fatal, and 10 points behind is enough to make any team lose confidence, but there is still time, it depends on how the Jazz adjust the mentality of the players, do not be affected by the goals conceded, the time is still very long, Manchester United players must not be in a hurry, Arsenal's counterattack is very fast......" The on-site commentator said excitedly.

Arshavin, who scored in a Premier League derby for the first time, put his finger to his lips and ran quickly with excitement, and the Arsenal players also chased after him and hugged him.

The 70,000-capacity Old Trafford stadium was silent, and the Red Devils fans came to the stadium with good wishes, hoping to see Manchester United pull Arsenal down, just as they pulled Liverpool off the throne back then, but now they see Arsenal scoring again, but Arsenal is still strong, and the hearts of Red Devils fans have been cold for three points at this moment.

Sir Alex Ferguson stopped shouting, shook his head imperceptibly, and then quickly called the players on the sidelines and took the opportunity to teach them the opportunity to attack and defend against some of the gains and losses in the first half. The Jazz took this game very seriously, and began to yell at their players in front of tens of thousands of fans, ordering them to cheer up and equalize the score.

Arsene Wenger rushed out of the dugout, clenched his fists and shook his arms downward, and then rushed back to the dugout to admire the anxious look of his old rival, for Wenger, seeing Ferguson angry was the happiest thing for him.

After the game started again, Manchester United strengthened the offensive, and also strengthened the defense of Li Huan's back row, of course, it is much more convenient for the defensive central defender to insert forward than the defensive fullback, the general players are concentrated in the middle, and the defense is good in the middle, even if the occasional mistake on the side does not affect the overall situation.

Manchester United increased the thickness of the defense, so that Arsenal could not attack, Arsenal is not in a hurry, they have already scored a goal, even if they can't score a second goal for a while, there are more anxious than them anyway.

Arsenal wants to play Manchester United's counterattack, but ignores Manchester United's impact, Manchester United's nickname is the Red Devils, not only refers to his shirt is red, their style of play and surname are also a bit of a devil's name, once they play emotionally, generally few people can stop it.

Arsenal relaxed a little bit and were immediately seized by United to launch a number of counter-attacks.

In the 40th minute, Manchester United made a series of long passes, Rooney finally ferried the header to the side in the front field under Li Huan's close defense, Nani took the ball and shook it continuously in the face of Klich, shaking Klich dizzy, and then quickly crossed with his left foot to find Rooney.

Rooney was watched by Li Huan, and Park Ji-sung tilted his header from 8 meters when Koscielny was not tight, and the ball flew into the top left corner of the goal in a strange arc.

Park Ji-sung's goal came in so suddenly, he turned his back to the goal, leaned back as if he wanted to pass the ball, who would have thought that the ball would turn to the dead corner of the goal, and the goalkeeper Szczesny couldn't pounce on the ball with all his strength, and could only watch the ball fly past his not far away.

1:1 draw. Park Ji-sung's shot put United on the same page.

The stands were suddenly like a fryer, and the crowd was surging, and more than 60,000 people waved their arms like a forest covering the sky, "Beautiful!" "Well done!" "One more!" "Kill these bastards!" The words go on and on.

"Park Ji-sung scores! The great Park Sam-lung, the great Asian sapper, he actually scored a magical goal to equalize for Manchester United, and put the hearts of Red Devils fans at ease. This Premier League derby also hides the Asian derby, and the highest level of football in the whole of Asia is Li Huan and Park Ji-sung, a genius, an acquired effort, they both played a vital role in their own teams. From now on, Li Huan and Park Ji-sung, one with an assist and the other with a goal, are basically tied. Let's see if Li Huan or Park Ji-sung still has goals. ”

Ferguson's mood suddenly brightened, he rushed to the sidelines and applauded Park Ji-sung, this Asian is really easy to use, sparing no physical strength, the defense is as diligent as a watchdog, and he can score a few surprise goals from time to time, Jazz feels that Park Ji-sung has a bit of Li Huan's taste.

As the game continued, the Reds continued to attack Arsenal's defence, pressing all over the pitch, playing more back balls up front, and using the bodies and stamina of Wayne Rooney, Park Ji-sung and Nani to impact Arsenal's defence.

In the 43rd minute, when Manchester United crossed the ball from the left wing, Chamak cleared the ball in the penalty area and accidentally handballed it, but the referee Webb refused to award a penalty, which he thought was unintentional, and Chamak's arm was not opened, which means that Chamak and Arsenal did not benefit.

However, the United players were not convinced, and they were angry that they put pressure on the referee to change the referee's decision and give them a penalty. But Webb was unfazed and insisted on his decision.

The first half ended 1:1. Players from both sides return to the dressing room to rest.

After the Arsenal players returned to the dressing room, Professor Arsene Wenger came in, and after the scandal, the professor rarely sat with the players anymore.

'A point is a win for us and even a loss doesn't affect our position at the top of the table. If it had been previous seasons I would have said the same but now we can't, whether it's against a relegation team or a title contender, we have to win because we're Arsenal, we're the defending champions. We have bigger goals and you know, if we're 10 points ahead, we can just take care of any problems and that's important for us and I hope we go home with the three points at the end of the second half. ”

It's rare for a professor to say such scrappy words. In the past, the professor was suave and seemed to be on a walk, and his words resonated with the players, who shouted that United must be tackled in the second half.

At the start of the second half, the Reds continued to attack with the three points, but their morale was interrupted by 15 minutes of half-time, and although they wanted to attack like in the last moments of the first half, they did not have the spirit they had then.

Arsenal have come to their senses and will certainly not give United time to build up their fighting spirits, and they have already regretted it in the final stages of the first half.

The first ten minutes of the opening were when the two sides contained each other, everyone attacked and defended, and occasionally attacked the opponent's hinterland, but it was difficult to get good shots, and neither of them broke through the opponent's defense.

Ten minutes later, the attack was even more intense. The pace of the game is also getting faster.

In the 58th minute, Rosicky's shot from the right rib went straight into the far corner. One minute later, Song cleared Manchester United's wide pass and almost owned. In the 64th minute, Rooney made a wonderful pass, and Anderson's shot in the box was bravely blocked by the attacking Szczesny. Two minutes later, Nasri's low shot from the left led to Van der Sar's pounce and Shachamak's shot was blocked by Nemanja Vidic.

In the second half, Li Huan's range of activities increased significantly, and he even moved to the position of the midfielder, and his threat to Manchester United was also increasing.

In the 70th minute, in the rapid passing of Arsenal's front, Li Huan, who was in a state of no ball, silently assisted the opponent's penalty area again.

Walket saw Li Huan appear at the front of the penalty area, and he immediately knocked the ball to Li Huan, but Walket was not stuffed in front of Li Huan, because there was a defender intercepting, Walket was stuffed behind Li Huan, and Li Huan had to lean on Ferdinand with his back to get the ball.

At this time, Li Huan made a move that shocked the whole audience and had to admire, he rubbed the ball with the outside of his left foot with his back to Ferdinand, and the ball flew through Li Huan's body side with his chest, and then Li Huan rose up with lightning speed, and a half-turned volley side hook pumped the ball towards the goal.

When Li Huan made this move, Ferdinand didn't make any defensive moves, first, Ferdinand didn't expect Li Huan to shoot like this. Second, he was also afraid of fouls and was awarded a free kick by the referee.

Li Huan's shot was something Van der Sar never dreamed of, Van der Sar has been a goalkeeper for more than 30 years, but he has never seen anyone shoot in such a way. He even forgot to make a save and just watched the ball fly into the net.

2:1. Arsenal leads.

"Beautiful! It's so beautiful! It's fucking beautiful! Li Huan! He completed an unbelievable goal, he was like playing acrobatics, the defenders and the goalkeeper were stupid, stunned by Li Huan's shot, this is a goal that can go down in history, this is a fan who can make the opponent fans applaud him too. It's not easy to see a goal like this, so let's cheer for it......"

The Manchester United fans at the scene were stunned again, and many people's faces were frozen with such a look of surprise, no one thought that Li Huan would shoot and score, and in this way. As the Arsenal fans applauded and shouted wildly, some Manchester United fans couldn't help but applaud Li Huan, and then more people applauded, everyone applauded.

At this time, they are all fans, not fans of a certain team, and they can't help but praise when they see a good goal, which is such a feeling.

Ferguson stood on the sidelines and couldn't help applauding Li Huan, he glanced at Wenger, who was smiling, and thought depressedly, this old French rascal. , I didn't expect to pick up a treasure in my old age, and then the salted fish turned over. I'm fucking pissed off. If I had a player like Li Huan, I would have a Grand Slam every year.

(To be continued)