Chapter 1138 Penalty kick
Arsenal has reached the most dangerous moment after being scored by Manchester United in 12 minutes. If Arsenal cannot quickly regain a goal, Arsenal will definitely lose this powerful battle.
Wenger has only these people at hand, and the strongest one has been sent up. He has no better tactics. Manchester United's left and right sides are matched with one offense and one defense, which is very balanced. Gao Xiaodong and Giggs are in charge in the middle. Rooney is like a defender when he returns to defense. Apart from his strength, Arsenal is difficult to start from any point.
The husband's courage is also the one who fights. At this time, Wenger can only encourage the players to move forward bravely and fight Manchester United.
"Forward! Press forward! Give the ball to Van Persie..."
Wenger waved and shouted at the court.
Manchester United fans in the stands were excited, cheering, singing and applause were deafening. Even if Wenger had a horn, he could not reach the players' ears. Arsenal players only saw Wenger's waving arms, which told them to move forward! Attack and attack!
Arsenal are all a group of young people, and even conceding two goals has inspired the fighting spirit of Arsenal players. Even if Wenger does not make any requests, these people will not swallow their anger and accept the result of failure. Fans around the world are watching, and they can't afford to lose this person.
After Rooney scored, Arsenal players' running was almost much more active than before. There were more contact points for passing balls on the field, and the pass penetration was much smoother than before. The number of attacks into Manchester United's attacking third zone is also increasing.
In the 14th minute of the game, Rosici, who had been clamped by Gao Xiaodong, got a short space through the off-ball running position. He received the ball and passed the ball across the ball to Walcott.
Manchester United's defense is not bad, but Arsenal's pass and cut speed is too fast, and Manchester United's defensive players did not keep up and missed Walcott.
Walcott had a short time to handle the ball, and he couldn't even guarantee that he would stop the ball and shoot again. To be on the safe side, Walcott volleyed in front of the penalty area.
Walcott was very fast and ran to the position, but his shooting skills were too bad. The kick was in the wrong position and he pulled it to the upper part of the ball. After the ball bounced to the ground, he flew to the goal without speed and strength.
This kind of shot poses little threat to the goalkeeper, but De Gea was too nervous and made a prediction when Walcott kicked the ball. As a result, he took a step and found that the ball was going in the opposite direction and it was a high ball.
Fortunately, the ball was high and slow, and De Gea turned around and came, so he flew out of the bottom line in a very thrilling way.
A crappy shot almost caused a goal, and Manchester United fans were frightened and a little angry.
"Can De Gea catch a ball?"
“How much stronger is De Gea than a wooden stake?”
“I’m better than De Gea.”
"I don't understand, where did Ferguson like De Gea?"
"Is this the Lord's own son?"
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Manchester United fans complained, wishing they could go up and guard the goal for De Gea.
Ferguson is also frustrated. Just Walcott's little kid's shot, why are you nervous? If you get a goal, even I will probably be implicated.
Ferguson even doubted whether he was wrong. Although De Gea's talent is very good, if he is not mentally ok, it may be difficult to play in the fiercely competitive Premier League.
Although this attack failed to score, it gave Arsenal players greater confidence. When serving a corner kick, Rosici opened the back point, and Arsenal center back Koscheerney ran to the edge of the penalty area to head the ball, but unfortunately the ball hit the side net.
In the following time, Arsenal played more actively, and the ball kept wandering inside and outside the penalty area, creating several opportunities for shooting.
In the 27th minute of the game, Manchester United fought back, but Hernandez did not get the ball under the active fighting of his opponent. Arsenal midfielder Ramsei got the ball and quickly counterattacked, playing Manchester United's offensive and defensive transition.
Van Persie intercepted Manchester United and Walcott intercepted directly behind Manchester United's two full-backs Evra and Smalling.
Walcott was extremely fast, and Smalling, who was facing him, was tall, turned slowly and was the best breakthrough for counterattack. However, Smalling was too high, and Ramsey was afraid that he could not pass it, or in order to pass it over Smalling's head, he changed his mind and passed it to Van Persie who was in front of the middle lane.
Originally, they thought that Ramsey was going to pass it to Walcott, and Manchester United's defensive players were mostly focused on Walcott. Unexpectedly, Ramsey passed it to Van Persie with one kick.
Van Persie followed two central defenders, and except for shooting directly, it was impossible for him to stop the ball under the defense of the two central defenders and then break through and shoot.
Although Manchester United's two central defenders are young, Van Persie is not so arrogant that he can fight against the two. He did not stop the ball, but gently swung the ball towards the side, looking for Walcott who was in the front.
Walcott was originally behind defender Smalling, but when he saw Van Persie ferrying, Walcott accelerated to overtake and suddenly overtook Smalling, snatching the ball toward the bottom line before the ball went out of the sideline.
Smalling also tried hard to accelerate when Walcott overtook, but the speed difference between him and Walcott was very different. Not only did he not catch up with Walcott, he instead pulled the distance wider and wider.
Walcott caught up with the ball five meters away from the baseline, but seeing that Van Persie failed to reach the penalty area in time under the entanglement and blocking of his opponent, Walcott did not wait, and he bravely cut into the penalty area along the wing.
When Walcott caught up with the ball, S moved to the side and prepared to intercept Walcott and cut in.
However, Evans thought Walcott would make a cross, and he was not determined to fill the team up on the flank, and Walcott was indeed fast. When Evans came to the sideline of the penalty area, Walcott also arrived.
Facing Evans who came to intercept, Walcott took a step forward, and directly transferred the ball, quickly scored the ball, and ate Evans with speed.
The most feared central defenders are that they use their speed to compete with you, because they are generally taller, slower, and unfast in turning around. In this case, the central defenders will mostly adopt foul tactics directly.
Walcott can face goalkeeper De Gea in the past. With De Gea's previous performance, Evans really dared not let De Gea fight Walcott one-on-one. He decisively reached out and pulled Walcott to the ground.
Beep!
At this time, the referee Weber's whistle sounded.
Evans knew that he had committed a foul and a yellow card was inevitable, but when he looked up, he found that the referee Weber actually pointed to the penalty spot. Evans was shocked. He remembered that he was pulling someone outside the penalty area line, how could it be a penalty?
Evans originally wanted to pull Walcott up, but then he relaxed his hand, put down Walcott, and hurried over to find Weber to argue.
"Referee! I'm not in the penalty area, this is outside the penalty area." Evans pointed to the sideline of the penalty area and defended.
"No, it's in the penalty area. I can see clearly. This is a penalty kick." Webber waved his hand at Evans and took out a yellow card to Evans.
Seeing this, Evans asked the referee to defend himself, and Manchester United players also came over. Although they didn't see clearly, they believed in their teammates and supported them.
Facing the Manchester United player who was surrounded, Weber looked serious and he stepped back and said, "This is a penalty kick! Don't argue anymore! I won't read it wrong."
Manchester United players explained, but Weber ignored it. He firmly believed that the foul was in the penalty area and it was a penalty kick. Manchester United players had no choice but to accept such a penalty.
Chapter completed!