Chapter 853: Not Doing Your Best
After Arsenal passed back and forth for a while, Manchester City's players were a little numb to running, and in the face of Arsenal's lateral pass, they did not pounce in front of the player with the ball at the first time.
And the Arsenal players know the opportunity they have been waiting for has finally arrived......
When City's players are not actively running and involved in defence, they are open in defence because it means they can't concentrate......
Arsenal passed the ball from the left to the right and fell to right-back Sagna.
After Sagna's pick up the ball on the wing, the City players didn't immediately rush up to defend him, so he made a move to cross directly.
Sun Hai, who played at left-back in this game, immediately jumped up and took a move to block a cross.
As a result, Sagna did not pass the ball up, but stuck to the turf and sent the ball directly into the penalty area.
Fortunately, Manchester City's centre-back Vincent Kompany was not distracted at this time, and he quickly posted on Van Persie, who had already scored a goal.
However, Van Persie did not intend to shoot, he rushed towards the football and, after attracting the attention of the City defenders, slammed the rolling ball behind him with his heel, intending to pass it to Walcott, who was slotted diagonally into the ribs from the wing.
It was a successful attacking tactic, first using frequent lateral passes to send the ball to the right flank, drawing the attention of City's defence to that side and then crossing into the middle. It looks like it's going to score in the middle.
Van Persie's forward run did make him a focal point in City's defence.
In this way, he can pass the football backwards and play Manchester City by surprise!
And Walcott may not have any City players around him at that time, and he can easily get up and shoot on goal, as long as he hits the woodwork, he has a high chance of scoring......
"What a stroke of genius!" Mortensen exclaimed, praising Van Persie's back-heel pass.
It was completely unexpected by everyone.
When he ran towards the football, even Mortensen thought he was going to shoot, but he suddenly passed the ball...... If even the commentator is deceived, then the Manchester City players on the pitch are probably not much better than him......
That's what he thought.
But when the camera camera moves along with the football, he realizes that the situation is not as he imagined......
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Van Persie also turned his head to look behind him after passing the ball to see if Theo Walcott had received it......
But he saw another scene, which surprised him!
He saw a figure suddenly plunge into the box and stab the ball away before Walcott could get the ball!
Van Persie didn't see the man's front, only his back. The sky blue jersey features an Arabic numeral "10" and a surname "RONG......
It's glory!
Did he actually see through that he was a fake shot?!
Walcoat was stunned when he saw the football being snatched from his eyes.
In his stunned moments, Glory had caught up with the football near the sideline.
Then facing the Arsenal midfielder Arshavin, Glory's right foot flicked the football, and the ball drilled between Arshavin's legs.
At the same time, Glory turned and accelerated again, swept past Arshavin's side, and passed through the crotch man!
"Oooo Glory! Mortensen, who was still applauding Arsenal's attack just now, cheered for the glory.
Shake off the glory of Arshavin and catch up with the football, and start running forward with the ball!
"It's a chance for City to fight back!" Alan Hansen straightened up from his walk and leaned over to look at the pitch.
At the same time, the Arsenal players were aware of what was happening and they started to turn and run back.
Before, because Arsenal had been pressing Manchester City back and forth, even the central defenders were standing very forward, and now there is a large space behind them...... It's just too good for glory......
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When Van Persie saw this scene, he didn't go back to defense. Because he was too far away from glory, he knew that with his own speed, he would not be able to catch up with glory.
And most importantly...... He saw another figure and chased it back.
It's Walcott!
If it's him, then there's still a chance to catch up with the glory!
Before Glory came to the Premier League, Arsenal's 'Little Tiger' was arguably the fastest player in the Premier League.
He is the only player in the current Arsenal team who can compete with Glory for speed!
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Glory rushed forward with the ball quickly.
Arsenal's left wing-back Klich was near the halfway line and wanted to keep out the glory. However, in the face of his glory, he didn't even make a feint, he just went forward with the football and passed it over the outside of Chlich!
Chrissy turned to chase after only to see the back of Glory......
Just as he lowered his head and started again, he felt a gust of wind blow around him, and when he looked up again, he saw Walcott's back.
If it's Walcott...... Definitely!
Crich's hope was rekindled, and he sped to catch up.
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Glory dribbled over the halfway line, and Arsenal's centre-back Gallas or Kolo Toure should have pressed up to stop Glory at this time.
Gallas was going to do the same, but just as he was about to come up, he saw team-mate Walcott gesturing to him to go back to defend and back into the box.
Seeing that it was Walcoat chasing glory, Gallas gave up his plan to step forward to intercept glory, and obediently turned around and ran back, intending to reorganize a defensive line in the penalty area.
When Walcott saw that Garras had complied with his arrangement, he hastened towards glory.
At this time, there are no worries, he can have a speed competition with Rongguang without interference!
"Walcoat is on the back! He's so fast! Mortenson exclaimed.
"It's the fastest battle between two players in the Premier League today! Who, exactly, is faster?! ”
At the moment, it seems that Walcott is faster, and the distance between him and Glory is shrinking......
Robinho ran wild in the middle of the pitch, raising his arm as he ran. He wasn't sure if Glory would be able to see him, but he wanted Glory to pass the football over. Because watching Walcott's posture reminded him of the scene when Glory chased him from behind, and then overtook and broke the ball......
He was a little worried that Glory would also be cut off by Walcott.
But just as Walcott was about to get closer to glory, Robinho saw that glory had taken the ball out of the way, a little farther away than before, and then he accelerated and reopened the distance between him and Walcourt in one step!
Robinho was stunned for a moment, and his speed slowed down......
Am I right?
Just now, Rong opened the distance between him and Walket in an instant, right?
This acceleration ...... It's like teleportation!
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It wasn't just Robinho who was surprised, but Walcott, or Walcott the most......
When he and Glory got closer and closer, he was a little proud in his heart - in the Premier League, so many players who are good at speed and Glory fought for speed, all lost, only himself...... Only you can win!
Theo Walcott's all-Premier League fast players and glory are indeed a common phenomenon in the Premier League.
Glory is fast, everyone knows that. Especially after he played Ashley Young once in the first Premier League game.
The Premier League is known for its speed, and there are many players who run fast.
Everyone is competitive, and although Ashley Young lost to Glory, everyone else always wants to compete with Glory.
So every time you play, as long as there is a fast player in the opponent's lineup, you can't help but want to compete with Glory in the game.
So in those games, Glory always encounters such challenges.
Because of him, many fast offensive players have begun to defend actively. Of course, it's defensive glory, and when someone else attacks, they don't care......
Before, those who wanted to challenge Glory in speed lost badly, some people are usually quite confident in their speed, but in the face of Glory, they can't even shorten the distance between the two sides a little closer, Glory is a perfect word, and they don't give them a chance to catch up with themselves at all.
Only Walcott gradually narrowed the distance between himself and glory.
In this way, Walcott is faster than Glory.
Walcott was smug in his heart.
But at this time, he found that Rongguang had made the football a little bigger than before, and then he accelerated suddenly, his body rushed forward, and the distance between him and himself was widened!
It took me about thirty meters to catch up with the distance, and I let Rongguang get rid of it with an acceleration!
He was even a little depressed......
It turns out that Rong didn't run with all his strength before!
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Yes, Glory didn't sprint in full force before.
The most important thing about running with the ball is rhythm, not speed, he had a good rhythm before, and it was not difficult to get rid of Arshavin and Klich, so he didn't have to sprint with all his might.
But when Walcott got close to him, he had to shake him off.
Of course, it's not hard to get rid of Walcott, just make the ball a little bigger and then speed up.
Sure enough, he easily shook off Walcott again.
At this time, he had already rushed to the edge of the penalty area.
Gallas was still retreating, he had no idea that Glory would be able to get away from Walcoat's pursuit so quickly and kill him in a very dangerous place.
Let Glory enter the forbidden area, and that's the end of it!
He hurriedly adjusted his pace, changing from retreating to running forward, and pounced on the glory.
But Rongguang didn't give him a chance to pounce at all, as soon as he stepped into the big penalty area, he directly picked up his right foot and pumped it hard towards the football!
With a bang, the ball flew past Gallas's cheek and went straight to the back post of the goal, Arsenal's goalkeeper Almunia had been moving towards the near corner, and in the process, Glory shot the ball into the far corner, and his reaction was fast enough, quickly kicking the ground and jumping towards the ball.
But his movements were still slow, after all, Glory's kick was too sudden...... He was very decisive when he stepped into the penalty area and there was no sign before he could shoot.
Whether it was Gallas or Almunia, no one expected Glory to shoot with his feet......
Everyone watched as the ball hit the far post and then bounced back into the back of the net......
The ball is in!