Volume 3: The Gunners Myth Chapter 74 Advance to the quarterfinals of the League Cup
Arsenal scored only 7 minutes, launched a wave of onslaught Liverpool equalized the score, this is the 26th minute of the game, Babel received a long pass from the backfield to head the ferry, assisted the forward left-back Insua left rib 24 yards out of the left foot to draw a wonderful leaf ball, the ball sticking to the lintel edge into the net to equalize the score.
“goalgoalgoal…… Insua! Insua scored, one left and one right, almost the same distance, the same world wave, Liverpool equalized the score, the game has not yet reached 30 minutes, there are already two goals, the game has really become more intense, maybe a big drama has just begun, let's wait for the bigger ** to come. ”
Seeing this wonderful goal, thousands of Liverpool fans who accompanied the team sang the song "You Won't Go Alone" excitedly, Benitez on the sidelines smiled, he was in a very good mood, didn't Wenger think his academy was the best? Didn't he think he had the strongest eye for selecting young talents? Is Insua worse than Merida? It doesn't matter if you win or lose, but I want to prove that I don't have a worse vision than you Wenger, and don't think that only you can discover genius.
After each side scored a goal, the game was more open, Arsenal just scored 7 minutes before the equalizer, the mood was very unhappy, in the cheering of more than 60,000 fans, they launched a tidal wave of attacks, Nasri, Merida, Eduardo in the front of the rapid interspersed running, two full-backs Gilbert and Gibbs frequently inserted, constantly creating offensive opportunities on the side.
Although Nasri's strength is not much different from Fabregas, Merida and Eduardo are also quite threatening in the frontcourt, but Gilbert on the right side is much worse than Li Huan, and can neither form a breakthrough on the side, nor attract the defensive forces in the middle, so that Liverpool's defense has become much easier.
Liverpool did not blindly defend to the death, they were not a team that liked to defend in the first place, the style of play was wide open, the defense was very tight, and the attack also dared to boldly press, although the possession time was a little less than Arsenal, but the field was not inferior at all, compared to Arsenal's gorgeous and smooth style, Liverpool's toughness also had a different taste.
The contest between the two teams can be called a contest of styles, but the young men of the two teams have no interest in attacking the opponent's weaknesses on their own strengths, and their minds are only attacking and attacking until they knock the opponent down and can no longer turn over.
In the 37th minute, Merida crossed from the left, although Watt did not stop, Ramsey next to him stopped the ball in front of him, Watt broke through to 7 yards with the ball, twisted and fired a left-footed shot to help Arsenal take the lead again.
The on-site commentator said excitedly: "Beautiful! 2:1。 Watt scored. Arsenal took the lead again and the game went in their favour, but Liverpool will not give up, they just beat the Red Devils Manchester United in their last game, and the players are full of confidence, even if it is a chicken rib game, Liverpool must not let Arsenal pass easily. ”
Sure enough, less than five minutes after Arsenal scored, Liverpool's Ngog received a through heel pass from Voronin, and Degen inserted into the penalty area and shot successfully in front of the goal, rewriting the score to 2:2., and at the end of the first half, neither side was able to take advantage of the opponent.
After the break, the players of both teams did not make any personnel changes to the team, and immediately after the opening kick-off, they attacked one place without any probing. At this moment, the players on both sides are not hiding from thinking about what to advance or what to win or lose, just to fight for a breath.
After about ten minutes of the second half, Liverpool took the lead in breaking through Arsenal's goal for the third time, and the diligent Kuyt finally cut off Silvestre's pass at the edge of the Arsenal penalty area, and then quickly passed it to Babel on the wing, who attracted the defense and suddenly knocked back into the middle, and Kuyt followed up with a cold shot. The ball flew into the goal against the post.
3:2, Liverpool took the lead for the first time in this game.
However, Arsenal is not easy to mess with, Liverpool scored less than two minutes, Arsenal's left-back Gibson drove all the way to the bottom line cross, Eduardo in the middle of the smell is very sensitive, he grabbed this point, poked with his toes, and rewrote the score to 3:3.
Wenger shook his head again and again, he couldn't see through what these young people wanted to do, they were all showing for themselves, but now it seemed that even if the game was over for 90 minutes, he couldn't see who would be the winner, so Li Huan, who was standing up from the bench and looking, was sent on by Wenger as a right-back.
"Any idea what you have to do?" Wenger stared at Li Huan, who had an indifferent expression, and asked......
Li Huan nodded. He is the team's number one star, Wenger must have sent him on the field to let himself decide the outcome of this game, and Li Huan also saw that if he wanted to win, he had to make substitutions.
"If you have the chance, you can cut inside to the edge of the box." Wenger whispered to him. Liverpool's centre-backs were very active defensively, having twice had verbal clashes with Arsenal's players in the first half, and two minutes earlier he tackled Nasri in the box, which was met with curses from the crowd, and if it weren't for the referee's position at the time to see what was happening in the box, this obvious foul could have brought Arsenal a penalty opportunity.
The referee was already waving at Li Huan and signaling him to enter. Arsene Wenger hurried up and said, "Don't get hurt!" This is the most important task. ”
Li Huan nodded. He understood, but who wants to get hurt? It's just that there was an accident that no one could stop.
As soon as Li Huan came on the field, he won a chance for Arsenal to score.
The ball was successfully taken to the side of the penalty area by Li Huan after three passes by Arsenal's right players, and then transferred by Li Huan to Nasri in the middle, but Nasri has not yet received it, and Watt, who arrived at this time, is a kick to the ball!
The ball was safely picked up by Liverpool's goalkeeper, as if Watt had deliberately kicked it into his arms.
Li Huan, who was a few steps away, was dumbfounded. Until now, he has not had a defender around him, as long as Nasri makes a pass with him, he can pass and break through, but Watt is in the most critical position when he is least needed, and gives a very likely goal to the opponent's goalkeeper...... Li Huan now understands that it is impossible to cooperate with these young players as tacit as with those main teammates, so he gave up the plan to cooperate like this and only prepared
(To be continued)