Chapter 49 The league reopens(2/2)
The Emirates Stadium was thunderous. Scoring two goals in five minutes would be a huge blow to the morale of any opponent.
Then, Donn made a desperate bet and replaced Layton Barnes, replacing Gareth Bale, who had played two games for Wales, replaced Van der Fate with Ribery, making the team's two wings more determined and sharp. He also asked George Wood to actively participate in the offense and not pay too much attention to defense.
In the 81st minute, the bombing of Nottingham Forest finally received a reward.
George Wood's active fighting in the frontcourt grabbed an opportunity for the Forest. After he passed the football to Ribery, the Forest took the opportunity to counterattack.
Arsenal seemed a little inadequate to conceding the ball in the backcourt. You should know that Wood grabbed the ball by Heleb, and he was the "dribbling genius" who could drive the ball the most. However, when facing Wood, this dribbling genius did not accept the suggestion that Fabregas asked him to pass the ball, but planned to fight one-on-one. He wanted to rely on his current condition and passed this guy who was known as the "defensive monster".
Wood successfully intercepted the ball from Heleb's feet with his prediction and strong body. The Forest launched a counterattack. Although Fabregas expected that Heleb might concede the ball, he did not expect that the Forest's counterattack was launched so quickly. Even if he went to defend Ribery, he was still one step too late, allowing the French to pass the ball. Petrov cut inward to attract Arsenal's defensive attention. Bale told him to insert and received Ribery's overhead ball, and then he crossed...
...It was not a high ball, but a low ball. In the chaotic penalty area, anyone who swept it could score. Such a pass made the Arsenal defender quite afraid of creating an own goal when defending, for fear of creating an own goal. Of course, there were also people who were not afraid, such as William Galas. He stretched out his legs to shovel, but the football quickly passed by his toes. Bentner did not touch the football when he interfered with it. The goalkeepers Amunia and Eastwood were also shaken.
Just when everyone thought football would pass by so much without any danger, a figure wearing a yellow Forest team away jersey flashed by, he fell to the ground and shot, the football was put on his toes, and changed direction and hit the ball net...
"Allen Lennon!!"
Lennon scored the second goal of the Forest, but this only narrowed the score gap between the two sides from two goals to one. If Donn doesn't want the team to lose the game, he must continue to attack within the remaining ten minutes and strive to equalize the score.
At this time, Wenger chose to defend, and he allowed the team to recover in a planned manner and put on a defensive posture.
This move made Tang En completely unexpected. He thought Wenger would fight him to the end...
The Forest team launched a crazy counterattack in the last ten minutes and got multiple good opportunities. Unfortunately, they didn't score points after being in power. They bombarded the ball for ten minutes but still couldn't score.
In the end, Tony Don had no choice but to accept the result: he bravely played against Arsenal for dozens of minutes, satisfying the TV commentators, media, as well as the majority of fans and audiences, but not satisfying himself.
Chapter completed!