Benitez found that Arsenal was actually recovering defense, and he was a little surprised - he really didn't expect that there were more than ten minutes left in the game, Wenger would give up his previous style of play, suddenly changed his tactics and wanted to shrink his defense.

He never made such preparations in his preset of this game.

After all, no one would have thought that Wenger's Arsenal would shrink to defend...

This does not conform to Arsenal's football aesthetics, nor does it conform to Wenger's style...

So in the face of this sudden scene, Benitez didn't know how to deal with it.

It was not only Benitez who was surprised, but the commentators who commented on the game were also surprised.

"Wenger made adjustments...he asked Arsenal to reclaim the defense," exclaimed Motson.

"This..." Alan Hansen couldn't understand either. "What is he afraid of? Is he afraid of Manchester City scoring the goal at the last minute?"

"At present, it seems like this..." After Motson said that, he looked at each other with Alan Hansen - is Manchester City already so terrifying?

Previously, at Stamford Bridge, Hiddink forced him to give up his offense and defended his way to the whole game.

Now at Emirates Stadium, Wenger has also changed his football principles and style.

This is just a change that has not happened in half a season.

If... Benitez, not Mark Hughes, took over the team since the beginning of the season, would this team be where?

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Kaka in front of the TV saw Wenger's idea. He didn't want to give Rong Guang a chance to fight back quickly with speed.

This is a very smart approach. In this way, Manchester City's defensive counterattack tactics cannot be defeated. Arsenal only needs to win without losing the game. As a chaser, if they cannot win in a direct dialogue with the fourth in the league, it will be equivalent to handing over their destiny to others, and it will be even more difficult to get to the top four in the league.

So Manchester City must win this game.

But when Arsenal contracted its defense, Kaka felt that it was already difficult for Manchester City to win this game.

If you can't win this game, why do you say you can participate in the Champions League?

Kaka turned her eyes to the glory on the TV screen.

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Manchester City players were indeed surprised after Arsenal suddenly recovered their defense because they did not expect that. Just as Benitez had never been prepared to face such a situation, Manchester City players were even less prepared.

For a moment, in the face of Arsenal's sudden adjustment, they didn't know what to do.

In the chaos, another five minutes passed.

In these five minutes, Arsenal completed the tactical deployment of shrinking defense, but Manchester City failed to seize this opportunity and scored a goal.

"Arsenal has completely taken it back... There is not much time left for Manchester City. Now it seems that it will be difficult for Manchester City to win this game." John Motterson said.

"The draw is acceptable for Arsenal, but for the chasers Manchester City, it is completely unacceptable..." Alan Hansen also agreed with Motterson's statement. "Wenger must have figured out this point before shrinking the defense. And what's worse for Manchester City is that if they can't hold back in the last ten minutes of the game and want to push out the offense, there will be a lot of room for their defense line. Their defense is not good, and the reason why they can defend before was completely because of the advantage of numbers. With so many people gathered in the penalty area, it is not that easy for Arsenal to make a breakthrough..."

"So, once they push out the offense and want to win the game at the last moment of the game, there will be problems in their defense line, and these problems are likely to be caught by Arsenal..." Motson added.

Alan Hansen nodded: "That's right. Arsenal can also fight back. They have players like Walcott..."

"In this way, Manchester City is really... dangerous."

The two of them sang and reconciled, and the Manchester City fans who could not go to the scene and could only watch live TV were filled with their hearts.

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Alan Hansen analyzed well. As the game time went by, Manchester City players did become a little impatient.

Their attacks also became more simple and rude.

When the football comes to the frontcourt, it often does not involve many meticulous passes and cooperation, but after a simple pass, it will end the attack with a shot.

Whether it is Berbatov, Robinho, or Glory, they do so.

Benitez also replaced the young center Sturric, trained by Manchester City youth training camp, and formed a center partner with Berbatov, hoping to increase the impact in the penalty area.

All signs indicate that Manchester City is in a hurry.

Moreover, Benitez's adjustment has no clear idea, just to simply accumulate the number of offensive players.

There is nothing he can do next...

After Sturridge came on the court, Glory's position also changed. His position was further backward than before, because he wanted to give the space in front of the goal to Berbatov and Sturridge.

In the eyes of commentators and commentators, Benitez's substitution was completely a failure, and this move means that the threat of Glory to Arsenal's goal has also been reduced.

But Rongguang himself doesn't think so.

He never felt that he would be less threatened by his goal.

His requirements for himself have always been based on the standards of a world's top offensive player. How could a world's top offensive player just shoot in the penalty area?

After Glory gave up his position to Sturridge, he retreated and waited for his own opportunity.

Manchester City did play more simply and roughly, which can be seen from the number of crosses they made on the wing.

Most of the time, after they hit the football to the side, they did not pass it, but directly crossed it and hanged the football towards the goal.

This is the first choice for many teams when they are helpless, because the cost of this kind of offense is the lowest and the least technical content.

If every attack fails, Arsenal can fight back.

This made Manchester City very uncomfortable.

They had to run around and quickly return to defense to avoid being scored by the opponent if they failed to score.

This kind of offense and defense conversion when running hard makes Manchester City players very tired, especially when the game is about to end, everyone's physical strength is almost gone. After sprinting like this a few times, many people's physical strength can't keep up...

It seems that Manchester City's goal is more dangerous than Arsenal's goal.

But Manchester City cannot retreat now. In that case, they will lose hope of scoring. Even if they can defend the goal in the end, what's the point of only getting one point?

So now Manchester City can only hold on with the bullet and cannot retreat, and hope to break open their goal before Arsenal scores with a counterattack.

In fact, the winner is only between this goal. Whoever scores the first goal can win the game and completely destroy the opponent's fighting spirit.

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In the 87th minute, Joe Hart had just thrown Adebayo's shot down in a very embarrassing manner. Instead of lying on the ground to delay the game, he got up from the ground with his hands and feet, rushed to the edge of the penalty area, and then threw the football directly into the frontcourt with his arms.

The reason why I didn't kick the football in the frontcourt directly with my big feet is that it is always more accurate to use my hands than to use my feet.

If you want to ensure that this attack is successful, you will not be cut off by Arsenal just after halftime.

So although he was very anxious, he remained calm.

This is rare and valuable. You should know that many goalkeepers often have a simple and rough foot when they are kicking the football to the front court, which seems to make the football closer to the opponent's goal, the easier it is to score.

In a sense, it is correct to think so.

But there must be one premise, that is quality.

The closer the football is to the goal, the greater the threat to the goal, but this must be of mass approach.

If it is just a close distance, it makes no sense, because when the opponent's goalkeeper is holding the football in his hand, he must be the closest to the goal. Then can this threaten the opponent's goal?

Obviously not.

So, the kick-off can be carried forward, although the football can be close to the opponent's goal in distance, but if it is not passed well, the ball will most likely be intercepted halfway, which not only wastes the offensive player's physical strength, but also allows the opponent to launch a counterattack directly.

Joe Hart made the right choice.

Therefore, Manchester City advanced relatively smoothly in this attack and hit the right side. After Sabaret received a pass from Robinho on the side, he directly chose to cross.

There was no fake move, just to hang the football into the penalty area before Arsenal's defensive player could even push it.

Sturridge jumped up to compete for the top. He was strong and strong when he was young, but lacked experience. His position was firmly stuck by Arsenal's central defender Galas. In terms of height, Galas was not as good as Sturridge, but in the end the football landing point was snatched by Galas.

Gareth headed the ball to clear the ball.

Sturridge was not useless at all. He and Galas were still disturbing Gareth.

So the Frenchman didn't hit the ball too far, but just pushed out of the penalty area.

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"Manchester City's offense is too simple and crude, so it failed again without any suspense..." Before the commentator Motson finished speaking, Alan Hansen next to him shouted: "Rong"

Motson quickly searched for glory on the court - he found it soon.

Glory appears before the landing point of football

And he's already started

Everyone is very familiar with this action

Glory swung his right leg towards the football, and at the same time he leaned slightly to the left.

At the same time, Arsenal's midfielder Fabregas also rushed up to stop Glory's shot.

He even used his body to block glory.

But Rong Guang's right foot still arrived a little earlier than him...

When Fabregas jumped up and used his body to block the football, Rong Guang's right foot had already hit the football firmly.

A bang exploded in Fabregas's ears, as if a thunderous sound

Fabregas did not feel the football hitting a part of him, so he knew that his blockade had failed.

Then he can only hope that he will suddenly appear in front of Rongguang and disturb his shot.

So he looked back.

He saw the football shot out by glory like a comet, and the silver-white sphere reflected the lights above the court, pulling out a white light in the night sky.
Chapter completed!