Arsenal kept the ball firmly at their feet on Arsene Wenger's instructions.

The game was at a stalemate.

Manchester City, who have one man less, have no room to fight back now, and they have largely shrunk into their own half of the pitch.

However, against them in this half, Manchester City still fought for every inch of land.

As the game progressed and time passed, the physical contact between the two sides became more and more, and the smell of gunpowder naturally became stronger and stronger.

Arsenal and Manchester City have had an old grudge in recent years - Arsenal has always remembered the fact that Manchester City grabbed Arsenal's fourth place in the league.

This revenge has not been avenged until now.

Although Arsenal are back in the Champions League this season, it does not mean that they are not guilty of the past of their former ties.

Manchester City have successfully avenged Inter Milan on the road, and Arsenal want to learn from it.

The various defensive moves of both sides in the game were bigger.

At first, Manchester City, who had one less man, did this, because with one man less, they would have to work harder to defend and have to work harder to make up for the disadvantage. This kind of spelling seems to be a rude move for Arsenal with a technical flow.

Gareth Barry was the first to receive a yellow card in the game.

Then Arsenal were not to be outdone, because they wanted to prevent Manchester City from counter-attacking, so many times they would choose to foul in front. It's just that after the smell of gunpowder is strong, their foul action in the front court is bigger than usual, and it looks more scary. Add to that the fact that this is Manchester City's home stadium, and every foul by Arsenal causes a deafening wave of boos and exclamations from the stands, which put pressure on the referee.

Cesc Fabregas, Song and Julu all received yellow cards in quick succession. And the three yellow cards were received in ten minutes, from twenty-seven to thirty-six minutes.

And Arsenal did do so.

None of them conceded a goal until the end of the first half, and they also had a few chances as they stepped up their pressing and control up front.

It's just that these opportunities were not seized, either by Joe Hart, or by Manchester City's players, or by their own not playing well.

The whistle at the end of the first half recalls that Arsenal went into the break with a one-goal lead.

Commentator John Mortenson was discussing the first and second halves with Alan Hansen.

"One less person still has a big impact on Manchester City...... After Kompany was sent off, Benitez replaced David Silva with Godin. Although he still managed to retain the trident, I think Benitez's substitution is debatable. David Silva, like Glory, has the ability to break through and can change the tide of battle. Replacing him made Manchester City's attack lose some of the speed of the counterattack, and now Manchester City's counterattack can only rely on glory, and Ibrahimovic has not contributed much in the counterattack...... So it's actually Zlatan Ibrahimovic who should be replaced more than David Silva...... After watching the last game against Inter Milan, I think it's okay for City to play without a striker...... 'Alan Hansen said.

"But Benitez certainly wouldn't dare to replace Ibrahimovic. If Ibrahimovic had been replaced in the opening five minutes, he would have smashed things in the dressing room...... "John Mortensen was frustrated by Benitez. "Ibrahimovic is a big star that the club has spent so much money on, as long as he is not injured or sick, he has to stay on the pitch."

Alan Hansen also felt that John Mortensen was right, and it would be difficult for anyone to do it.

'It was lucky that City didn't concede more goals in the first half, but how long can that luck last? You can't always count on luck, right? Looking at it now, we can really only count on the individual performance of Rong and Ibrahimovic......"

"I think it still depends on Rong ......"

Everyone's eyes have fallen on Glory.

Every time Manchester City has problems and troubles, glory is always hopeful.

Of course, glory rarely disappoints.

If anything, it would be last season's Champions League semi-finals.

Manchester City lost 1-3 away to Inter Milan in extremely difficult circumstances. Glory scored just one goal in that game. Although he didn't score twice after returning to home, Inter Milan also scored a goal, and in the end, glory could not save the fate of Manchester City's elimination.

Perhaps this is why Rongguang is so interested in seeking revenge on Inter Milan.

Because he felt that he had failed to live up to the expectations that others had placed on him.

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In the dressing room at half-time, Rafael Benitez was making tactical adjustments.

Although he didn't continue to concede goals in the first half, he was still one goal behind Arsenal, but he couldn't play like this.

A team with one less man will be under a lot of pressure.

The pressure grows as the clock ticks on, because with one less player, the other players have to run more and grab harder to keep the game level with Arsenal. But in this way, the players' physical energy is also depleted very quickly.

In the final fifteen minutes of the game, if nothing changes, Manchester City's fitness could collapse.

After all, they played against Inter Milan three days ago, and their physical fitness is not 100% good.

And Arsenal's possession-based style of play will allow City's players to consume more energy, while their own energy consumption is not as fast.

All of them will develop towards a defence that is not good for Manchester City, unless City can equalise the scores.

So Benitez told the team not to forget to counter-attack when defending.

In the dressing room next door, Arsene Wenger asked the team to continue to play the ball in the second half, to keep the football firmly at his feet, not only to control the football, but also to control the rhythm of the game.

Be fast when you want it to be fast, and slow down when you want it to be slow.

Always hold the initiative of the game, so that Manchester City can only follow the rhythm of Arsenal, so that the most tired is Manchester City, dragging their body down, there is no suspense in this game.

Since God has given Manchester City one less man just five minutes into the game, don't waste such a good opportunity, seize this opportunity and beat Manchester City completely!

Vent out the evil breath that has been blocked in your chest for many years!

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, Arsenal still firmly controlled the football, if the opportunity was not good, they would rather fall at the back than pass forward, just don't want Manchester City to break the ball and then play a counterattack.

Unless the chances are really good and they are sure to have a shot on goal, Arsenal will take the risk of going through.

It's not very nice to play, and it doesn't fit Arsenal's aesthetics.

But there is no way now, in order to be able to beat Manchester City, Arsenal can't care so much.

Let's take revenge first.

As long as they can beat Manchester City, it doesn't matter if they play ugly.

On the field, Arsenal, who had one more person, still pressed Manchester City to play.

So far, there has been no sign that City will be able to score.

Whether it is in the stands or in front of the TV, Manchester City fans are a little anxious.

But one less person, and they really have no problem.

Even if they did lose this game, they had nothing to say.

But if he really loses, Kompany will definitely be scolded to death by the Manchester City fans, and he will carry this pot.

Kompany himself knows very well, so now, Kompany, who is watching the game live in the dressing room, is also quite nervous.

He didn't want to be the sinner he was referring to after the game, the pressure was too much......

The media in England is so well developed that they can literally kill with their pens.

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In the 56th minute, Manchester City finally launched a counterattack, but Glory was surrounded by Arsenal defenders in front of the penalty area, and he could only force a long-range shot in the end, and the quality was naturally not much higher.

Ibrahimovic then received the ball in attack, but his dribbling speed was too slow, and although he passed two Arsenal defenders, he was finally cut off by a third man who caught up, and he didn't even have a shot......

Both seem to be in a difficult situation.

After Ibrahimovic's ball was broken, he set his sights on Glory and found that Glory happened to be looking at him as well.

The two men looked at each other for about two seconds before looking away.

In the 65th minute, Joe Hart was about to launch a quick attack after saving Nasri's shot, but when he got up from the ground, he saw that the Arsenal players were quickly returning to defend. Soon they were back on guard.

The opportunity to break fast is gone.

In desperation, Joe Hart could only throw the ball to central defender Lucio and slowly attack from the back to play a positional battle with Arsenal.

But for Manchester City, who have one man less, they don't have an advantage in positional battles.

Lucio turned and sent the ball to Matuidi's feet, and Nasri immediately rushed up for a tackle.

Matuidi couldn't pass the ball well at all, so he was able to cross the ball to his midfield partner Gareth Barry.

Barry then passed the football to Sneijder.

As soon as Sneijder received the ball, Arsenal players came up to defend closely.

Sneijder is desperately protecting the football, it will be difficult to organize the attack, and he will not be able to hold the ball for a long time, it will be broken......

At this time, he saw that the glory had retreated to his line, so he passed the football over.

Although Rongguang also has Arsenal players around him, who else can he give it to him?

David Silva has been replaced, otherwise he would have passed the football to Silva.

After receiving the ball, Rongguang did not turn around and break through, but passed the football sideways again.

It's not a side, it's a mid-lane.

Ibrahimovic receives the ball!

After passing the ball, Glory immediately turned and stepped forward.

At the same time, Ibrahimovic, with his back to the attack, flicked the ball diagonally behind his body with the outside instep, and the ball rolled towards the front of the glory at high speed!

Just like against Inter Milan, Ibrahimovic sent another through ball to glory!